Results

1  TRINIDAD & TOBAGO  Janelle "Penny" Commissiong

2  AUSTRIA  Eva Maria Düringer (SF World '77, winner Europe '78)

3  SCOTLAND  Sandra Bell (1st RU Young International-Britain '76)

4  COLOMBIA  Aura Maria Mojica Salcedo

5  GERMANY  Marie-Luise Gassen

Top 12

ARGENTINA  Maritza Elizabet Jurad

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC  Blanca Aurora Sardiñas

HOLLAND  Ineke Berends (1st RU World '77)

NICARAGUA  Beatriz Obregón Lacayo (World '77)

SPAIN  Luz María Polegre Hernández (World '76)

USA  Kimberly "Kim" Louise Tomes

VENEZUELA  Cristal del Mar Montañez Arocha

Awards

Miss Amity  CANADA  

Miss Photogenic  TRINIDAD & TOBAGO  

Best National Costume  1) KOREA, 2) URUGUAY, 3) LEBANON  

Remainder

ANTIGUA  Sheryl Ann Gibbons

ARUBA  Margaret Eldrid Oduber

AUSTRALIA  Jill Maree Minahan

BAHAMAS  Paulette Rosetta Ogylvie Borghardt

BARBADOS  Margaret Sonia Rouse

BELGIUM  Claudine Marie Vasseur (World '77)

BELIZE  Dora Maria Phillips

BERMUDA  Connie Marie Frith (World '77)

BOLIVIA  Liliana Gutiérrez Paz

BRAZIL  Cássia Janys Moraes Silveira

BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS  Andria Dolores Norman

CANADA  Pamela Mercer (World '76)

CHILE  Priscilla Raquel Brenner Conrads

COSTA RICA  Claudia Maria Garnier Arias

CURACAO  Regine Charlotte Tromp

DENMARK  Inge Eline Erlandsen (Scandinavia '78)

ECUADOR  Lucia del Carmen Hernández Quiñones (World '77)

EL SALVADOR  Altagracia Arévalo (1st RU Teenage Intercontinental '77)

ENGLAND  Sarah Louise Long (2nd RU Europe '78)

FINLAND  Armi Anja Orvokki Aavikko (2nd RU Scandinavia '78)

FRANCE  Véronique Fagot (World '77, Europe '78, International '78)

FRENCH GUIANA  Evelyne Randel

GREECE  Maria Spantidaki (Europe '78)

GUADELOUPE  Catherine Reinette

GUAM  Lisa Ann Caso

HAITI  Françoise Elie

HONDURAS  Carolina Rosa Rauscher Sierra

HONG KONG  Loletta Chu Ling-Ling

ICELAND  Kristjana Thrainsdóttir (Scandinavia '77)

INDIA  Bineeta Bose

INDONESIA  Siti Mirza Nuria Arifin (withdrew World '77)

IRELAND  jakki mari moore (SF World '76, Young International '77)

ISRAEL  Zehava Vardi

ITALY  Paola Biasini

JAPAN  Kyoko Satoh

KOREA  Sung-hee Kim 

LEBANON  Hyam Saadé

LIBERIA  Welma Albertine Wani Campbell (withdrew World '77)

MALAYSIA  Leong Li Ping

MALTA  Jane Benedicta Saliba (World '76)

MAURITIUS  Danielle Marie Françoise Bouic

MEXICO  Felicia Mercado Aguado

NEW ZEALAND  Donna Anne Schultze

NORTHERN MARIANAS  Margarita Benavente Camacho

NORWAY  Åshild Jenny Ottesen (World '77, 1st RU Scandinavia '78, Europe '78)

PANAMA  Marina Valenciano

PAPUA NEW GUINEA  Sayah Karakuru (Asia '77, World '77)

PARAGUAY  Maria Leticia Zarza Perriet

PERU  Maria Isabel Frias Zavala (SF Ambar '76, SF World '77)

PHILIPPINES  Anna Lorraine Tomas Kier

PUERTO RICO  María del Mar Rivera Veglio

REUNION  Yolaine Morel

ST. KITTS  Annette Emelda Frank

ST. LUCIA  Iva Lua Mendes

ST. MAARTEN  Marie Madeleine Boirard

SAMOA  Virginia Caroline Suka

SINGAPORE  Marilyn Choon May Sim

SOUTH AFRICA  Glynis Dorothea Fester

SRI LANKA  Sobodhini Nagesan (World '77)

SURINAM  Marlene Roesmienten Saimo

SWEDEN  Birgitta Lindvall (winner Scandinavia '78)

SWITZERLAND  Anja Kristin Terji

TAHITI  Donna Aunoa

THAILAND  Laddawan In-yah

URUGUAY   Adriana María Umpierre Escudero (Young International '75, World '77)

VIRGIN ISLANDS  Denise Naomi George

WALES  Christine Anne Murphy

YUGOSLAVIA  Ljiljana Sobajic

DISQUALIFIED:

MARTINIQUE - Patricia Vatble (too young by 2 days before her 17th birthday)

TURKEY - Manolya Onur (not allowed to compete twice)

NO SHOWS:

GUATEMALA - Marta Elisa Tirado Richardson

LUXEMBOURG - Jeannette Henriette Colling

GRENADA - Lydia Penny

REPLACED:

INDIA  Nalini Vishwanathan

DEBUTS: Antigua, British Virgin Islands, French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Réunion, St. Kitts, St. Lucia

WITHDRAWALS:  Guatemala, Luxembourg, Turkey

RETURNS:  Belize, Haiti, Lebanon, Tahiti

JUDGES:

1- Oscar de la Renta - Fashion designer from Dominican Republic.

2- Wilhelmina Cooper - Founder of Wilhelmina Models.

3- Vidal Sassoon - Leading authority on hair.

4- Gordon Parks - Photographer, novelist, poet and film & TV director.

5- Linda Cristal - Argentinian actress and singer.

6- Robert Evans - American film producer.

7- Marisol Malaret - Miss Universe 1970 from Puerto Rico.

8- Roberto Cavalli - Italian fashion designer.

9- Howard W. Koch - Film producer.

10- J. Armando Bermudez - Dominican businessman and promoter of tourism.

11- Uri Geller - Israeli-British illusionist, magician, television personality, and self-proclaimed psychic.

12- Dionne Warwick - American singer.