MISS UNIVERSE 1980
tuesday, july 8, 1980 (in Korea)
Monday, july 7, 1980 (in america)
Sejong Cultural Center, Seoul, Korea
69 contestants
PRESENTERS: bob barker & helen o'connell
computer analyst: jayne kennedy
entertainment: donny osmond, LITTLE ANGELS & NATIONAL KOREAN DANCE COMPANY
Results
1 USA Shawn Nichols Weatherly
2 SCOTLAND Linda Gallagher
3 NEW ZEALAND Diana Delyse Nottle
4 PHILIPPINES Maria Rosario Rivera Silayan
5 SWEDEN Eva Brigitta Andersson (2nd RU Scandinavia '81)
Top 12
6 CANADA Teresa "Terry" Lynn Mackay
7 PUERTO RICO Agnes Tañón Correa
8 ICELAND Gudbjörg Sigurdardóttir (Scandinavia '80)
9 KOREA Eun-jung Kim
10 COLOMBIA Maria Patricia Arbeláez Peláez
11 PANAMA Gloria Karamañites Davis
12 TAHITI Thilda Raina Fuller (World '79, 1st RU Mrs World '87)
Awards
Miss Amity CAYMAN ISLANDS
Miss Photogenic NEW ZEALAND
Best National Costume 1) INDIA, 2) FRANCE, 3) JAPAN
Remainder
ARGENTINA Silvia Graciela Piedrabuena (15th place)
ARUBA Magaly Celestina Maduro
AUSTRALIA Katrina Judith Rose Redina
AUSTRIA Isabel Stefanie Muller
BAHAMAS Darlene Cecilia Davis
BELGIUM Brigitte Biche Billen (World '80)
BELIZE Ellen Marie Clarke
BERMUDA Jill Lorraine Murphy
BOLIVIA Carmen Sonia Pereira Parada
BRAZIL Eveline Schroeder (14th place)
BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS Barbara Enola Stevens
CAYMAN ISLANDS Dealia Devon Walter (World '80)
CHILE Maria Gabriela Campusano Puelma
COSTA RICA Bárbara Bonilla Herrero
CURACAO Hassana Noemi Hamoud
DENMARK Jane Bill (World '80, Scandinavia '81)
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Milagros Germán Olalla (winner Coffee '81)
ECUADOR Leslie Verónica Rivas Machala
ENGLAND Julie Duckworth
FINLAND Sirpa Anneli Viljamaa (4th RU Scandinavia '81)
FRANCE Brigitte Anne Marie Choquet
GERMANY Kathrin Glotzl (13th place)
GREECE Stavroula "Roula" Kanellapoulou
GUADELOUPE Elydie Billioti De Gage
GUAM Dina Singson Aportadera
GUATEMALA Lizabeth "Ligia" Iveth Martínez Noack (World '80, 2nd RU Coffee '81)
HOLLAND Karin Gooyer (20th place)
HONDURAS Rosario Etelvina "Ethel" Raudales Velásquez (World '80)
HONG KONG Wanda Tai Yuet-Ngor
INDIA Sangeeta Motilal Baljana (19th place)
INDONESIA Andi Nana Riwayati Basoamier
IRELAND Maura McMenamim (World '79, Europe '80)
ISRAEL Ilana Shushan (1st RU Teenage Intercontinental '78)
ITALY Loredana Del Santo
JAPAN Hisae Hiyama
MALAYSIA Felicia Yong Lee Lin
MALTA Isabelle Zammit
MEXICO Ana Patricia Núñez Romero (1st RU Coffee '81)
NORTHERN MARIANAS Angelina "Angie" Camacho Chong
NORWAY Maiken Nielsen (World '80) (17th place)
PAPUA NEW GUINEA Mispah Alwyn (Asia '80, World '80)
PARAGUAY Martha Maria Galli Romanach (World '79)
PERU Mariailce Lisseth Ramis Figueroa
REUNION Marie Josephe Hoareau
ST. MAARTEN Lucie Marie Davic
SINGAPORE Ann Chua Ai Choo
SPAIN Yolanda María Hoyos Vega (International '79)
SRI LANKA Hyacinth Kurukulasuriya
SWITZERLAND Margrit Kilchoer (Young International '79, World '81)
THAILAND Ar-tittaya Promkul (Asia Pacific '84)
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO Althea Ingrid Rocke (5th RU World '82)
TURKEY Heyecan Gokoglou
TURKS & CAICOS Constance Lightbourne
U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS Deborah Velisa Mardenborough
URUGUAY Beatriz Ivanov Antúñez (16th place)
VENEZUELA Maria "Maye" Xavier Brandt Angulo (21st place)
WALES Kim Ashfield (4th RU World-United Kingdom '80) (18th place)
Did not compete (not granted visas by South Korea):
BOPHUTHATSWANA Jacobeth Lolo Matale
NAMIBIA Bernice Tembo
SOUTH AFRICA Jenny Kay
TRANSKEI Lindelwa Myataza
NO SHOWS:
EL SALVADOR Luz Maria Cardenas (expected but didn't arrive, her roommate was Miss Peru)
HAITI Connie Frances Joseph
SAMOA Rosalina Saute Sapolu (franchise belonged to American Samoa Directors although she was from Western Samoa)
MARTINIQUE Jocelyne Pigeonneau
FIJI Margaret Singh (no budget to travel to Korea)
MAURITIUS Christiane Carol MacKay
ST VINCENT Cassandra Thomas
ANTIGUA Janice Herbert
ST KITTS Cheryl Dore
LEBANON Celeste El-Assal
GIBRALTAR Audrey Lopez
CYPRUS Georgia Christodolidou
REPLACED:
FRANCE Patricia Barzyk (underage) (2 R.U. World'80)
GERMANY Gabriella Brum (winner Miss World 1980)
SPAIN María Dolores Forner Toro
ICELAND Kristín Bernharosdottir
SWITZERLAND Jeannette Linkenheil (World '80, Universe '82)
AUSTRIA Helga Scheidl
DEBUTS: Cayman Islands, Turks & Caicos
WITHDRAWALS: Antigua, Barbados, Bophuthatswana, El Salvador, Fiji, Mauritius, Portugal, South Africa, St. Kitts, St. Vincent, Suriname, Transkei
RETURNS: Curaçao, Guadeloupe, Indonesia, St. Maarten
JUDGES:
1- George Maharis - American actor.
2- Che-Qum Oh - Chairman of the board of the Korean community school association.
3- Ron Duguay - Canadian ice jockey & NHL player and actor.
4- Luis Maria Anton - President of the Press Association of Spain and author.
5- Kyoshi Hara - President of the Asahi Broadcasting Corporation of Japan.
6- Eileen Ford - Owner of Ford Models Agency.
7- Dong Kingman - Chinese-American artist.
8- Il-Yung Jung - Ambassador and member of the national assembly of Korea.
9- Margaret Gardiner - Miss Universe 1978 from South Africa.
10- Richard Roundtree - Actor.
11- Max Bostock - Musician and TV executive from Australia.
12- Abigail Van Buren - Columnist.