Results

1  SOUTH AFRICA  Margaret Gardiner

2  USA  Judi Lois Andersen

3  SPAIN  Guillermina Ruiz Doménech (SF World '77, Europe '78)

4  COLOMBIA  Mary Shirley Sáenz Starnes

5  SWEDEN  Cecilla Catharina Björnsdotter Rohde

Top 12

6 BELGIUM Françoise Helene Julia Moens (World '78, International '79)

7 CHILE Marianne Müller Prieto

8 ISRAEL Dorit Jellinek

9 MEXICO Alva Margarita Cervera Lavat

10 IRELAND Lorraine Bernadette Enriquez (World '77, Europe '78, 4th RU International '78)

11 PERU Olga Roxana Zumarán Burga (World '81, Mrs World 2009)

12 HOLLAND Karin Ingrid Gustafsson (International '78)

Awards

Miss Amity  TRINIDAD & TOBAGO  

Miss Photogenic  COSTA RICA  

Best National Costume  1) INDIA, 2) KOREA, 3) MALAYSIA

Miss Press  ARUBA

Remainder

ARGENTINA  Delia Stella Maris Muñoz

ARUBA  Margarita Marieta Tromp

AUSTRALIA  Beverley Frances Pinder

AUSTRIA  Doris Elizabeth Anwander (SF World '78)

BAHAMAS  Dulcie Louise Mullings

BARBADOS  Judy Margot Miller

BELIZE  Christina Margarita Ysaguirre

BERMUDA  Madeline Francine Joell (World '78)

BOLIVIA  Raquel Roca Kuikunaga (Coffee '79)

BONAIRE  Corinne Rosseley Hernandez

BRAZIL  Suzana Araújo dos Santos

CANADA  Andrea Leslie Eng

COSTA RICA  Maribel Fernández García (SF World '78)

CURACAO  Solange Abigail de Castro

DENMARK  Anita Heske (Scandinavia '79)

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC  Raquel Josefina Jacobo Jaar (Coffee '79)

ECUADOR  Mabel Ceballos Sangster (Teenage Intercontinental '77)

EL SALVADOR  Iris Ivette Mazorra Castro (Teenage Intercontinental '78, SF Ambar '78, World '78)

ENGLAND  Beverly Isherwood (International-Britain '79)

FINLAND  Seija Kaarin Paakkola (2nd RU Scandinavia '79)

FRANCE  Brigitte Konjovic

GERMANY  Eva Marie Gabriele Gottschalk

GREECE  Marieta Kountouraki

GUAM  Mary Lois Sampson

GUATEMALA  Claudia Maria Iriarte (2nd RU Coffee '79)

HONDURAS  Olimpia Velásquez Medina (Coffee '79)

HONG KONG  Winnie Chan Man-Yuk

ICELAND  Anna Björk Edwards

INDIA  Alamjeet Kaur Chauhan

ITALY  Andreina Mazzotti

JAPAN  Hisako Manda

KOREA  Jung-eun Shon (real name: Young-eun Shon)

LEBANON  Reine Antoine Semaan

LESOTHO  Joan Libuseng Khoali

MALAYSIA  Yasmin Yusuff

MALTA  Pauline Lewise Farrugia (World '77)

MOROCCO  Majida Tazi

NEW HEBRIDES   Christine Spooner

NEW ZEALAND  Jane Simmonds

NICARAGUA  Claudia Herrera Cortés

NORTHERN MARIANAS  Julias Salas Concepcion

NORWAY  Jeanette Aarum (1st RU International '78, 4th RU Scandinavia '79, World '79)

PANAMA  Diana Leticia Conte Vergara (SF Ambar '78)

PAPUA NEW GUINEA  Angelyn Muta Tukana (Asia '78)

PARAGUAY  Rosa María Naumann

PHILIPPINES  Jennifer Mitschek Cortes

PUERTO RICO  Ada Cecille Perkins Flores (2nd RU Teenage Intercontinental '78)

REUNION  Evelyn Pongerard

SAMOA  Palepa Sio Tauiliili

SCOTLAND  Angela Mary Kate Macleod

SINGAPORE  Annie Mei Ling Lee

SRI LANKA  Dilrukshi Wimalasoonya

ST. VINCENT  Gailene Collin

SURINAM  Garance Harriette Rustwijk

SWITZERLAND  Sylvia Von Arx

TAHITI  Pascaline Tumia Teriireoo

THAILAND  Pornpit Sakornvijit

TRINIDAD & TOBAGO  Sophia Titus

TURKEY  Billur Lutfiye Bingol

URUGUAY   Maria del Carmen da Rosa

VENEZUELA  Marisol Coromoto Alfonzo Marcano (Coffee '79)

VIRGIN ISLANDS  Barbara M. Henderson

WALES  Elizabeth Ann Jones (winner Teenage Intercontinental '77, 5th RU World-United Kingdom '78)

NO SHOWS:

ANTIGUA  Nadine Defraites

GRENADA  Marguerite Preudhomme

GUADELOUPE  Mlue Debor

MARTINIQUE  Catherine Marlin

MAURITIUS  Maria Ingrid Desmarais

BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS  Jennifer Fonseca

ST KITTS  Aurelie Buchanan

ST LUCIA  Dawn Theobalds

YUGOSLAVIA  Sonja Stojanovic

REPLACED:

FRANCE  Pascale Taurua

BELGIUM  Maggy Moreau

ARGENTINA  Silvana Rosa Suárez Clarenc

CANADA  Catherine Swing

DEBUTS: Lesotho, New Hebrides

WITHDRAWALS:  Antigua, British Virgin Islands, French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Haiti, Indonesia, Liberia, Mauritius, St Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Maarten, Yugoslavia

RETURNS:  Bonaire, Guatemala, Morocco, St. Vincent, Turkey

JUDGES:

1- Christiane Martel – Miss Universe 1953 from France.

2- Dewi Sukarno – Socialite and former first lady of Indonesia.

3- David Merrick – Tony Award-winning American theatrical producer.

4- Line Renaud – French singer and actress.

5- Miloš Forman – Film director from Czechoslovakia.

6- Ursula Andress – Swiss actress and sex symbol of the 1960s.

7- Melba Moore – American singer.

8- Roberto Cavalli – Italian fashion designer.

9- Wilhelmina Cooper – Founder of Wilhelmina Models.

10- Anna Moffo – American opera singer.

11- Mario Moreno "Cantinflas" – Mexican comedian and stage and film actor.