Results

1  VENEZUELA  Maritza Sayalero Fernández

2  BERMUDA  Gina Ann Casandra Swainson (winner World '79)

3  ENGLAND  Carolyn Ann Seaward (1st RU World-United Kingdom  '79)

4  BRAZIL  Martha Jussara da Costa

5  SWEDEN  Anette Marie Ekström (2nd RU Scandinavia '80)

Top 12

6 SOUTH AFRICA Veronika Wilson

7 BELIZE Sarita Diana Acosta

8 USA Mary Therese Friel

9 GERMANY Andrea Hontschik (SF World '79 , SF Europe '80)

10 SCOTLAND Lorraine Davidson (International-Britain '80, Europe '80)

11 ARGENTINA Adriana Virginia Alvarez

12 WALES Janet Beverly Hobson (Young International-Britain '80, Europe '80)

Awards

Miss Amity JAPAN

Miss Photogenic  ENGLAND

Best National Costume  1) URUGUAY, 2) BRAZIL, 3) SOUTH AFRICA

Remainder

ANTIGUA  Elsie Maynard

ARUBA  Lugina Liliana Margareta Vilchez

AUSTRALIA  Kerrie Ann Dunderdale

AUSTRIA  Karin Zorn (6th RU World '79, winner Europe '80) (13th place)

BAHAMAS  Lolita Louise Ambrister

BARBADOS  Barbara Bradshaw

BELGIUM  Christine Linda Bernadette Cailliau (World '79, 1st RU Europe '80)

BOLIVIA  Maria Luisa Rendón

BOPHUTHATSWANA  Alina Moeketse

BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS  Eartha Ferdinand

CANADA  Heidi Quiring

CHILE  María Cecilia Serrano Gildemeister

COLOMBIA  Ana Milena Parra Turbay

COSTA RICA  Carla Facio Franco

DENMARK  Lone Gladys Jörgensen (World '79, Scandinavia '80, Europe '80)

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC  Viena Elizabeth García Javier (4th RU Maja '79)

ECUADOR  Ana Beatriz "Anita" Plaza Guerra

EL SALVADOR  Judith Ivette Lopez Lagos (World '79)

FIJI   Tanya Whiteside

FINLAND  Päivi Maarit Kristiina Uitto (3rd RU Scandinavia '80, Europe '80)

FRANCE  Sylvie Hélène Marie Parera (World '79, Europe '80, International '80)

GREECE  Katia Koukidou

GUAM  Marie Cruz

GUATEMALA  Michele Marie Domínguez Santos (World '79)

HOLLAND  Eunice Bharatsingh

HONDURAS  Gina Marie Weidner Cleaves (World '79)

HONG KONG  Olivia Chang Man-Ai

ICELAND  Halldora Björk Jonsdóttir (World '75, Scandinavia '79)

INDIA  Swaroop Sampat

IRELAND  Lorraine Marion O’Conner (World '78, International '79)

ISRAEL  Vered Polgar

ITALY  Elvira Puglisi

JAPAN  Yurika Kuroda

KOREA  Jae-hwa Seo 

MALAYSIA  Irene Wong Sun Ching

MALTA  Dian Borg Bartolo

MAURITIUS  Maria Chanea Allard (World '79)

MEXICO  Blanca María Luisa Díaz Tejeda

NEW ZEALAND  Andrea Kake

NORTHERN MARIANAS  Barbara Torres

NORWAY  Unni Margrethe Öglaend (International '79, Scandinavia '80)

PANAMA  Yahel Cecilia Dolande de Gracia

PAPUA NEW GUINEA  Molly Misbut

PARAGUAY  Patricia Lourdes Lohman Bernie

PERU  Jacqueline Brahm Flechelle

PHILIPPINES  Criselda Flores Cecilio

PORTUGAL  Marta Maria Mendoça de Gouveia

PUERTO RICO  Audrey Teresa "Tere" López Fernández

REUNION  Isabelle Jacquemart  (15th place)

ST. KITTS  Cheryl Chaderton

ST. VINCENT  June de Nobriga (World '78)

SINGAPORE  Elaine Tan Kim Lian

SPAIN  Gloria María Valenciano Rijo (4th RU World '78)  

SRI LANKA  Vidyahari Vanigasooriyar

SURINAM  Sergine Lieuw-A-Len

SWITZERLAND  Birgit Krahl (Europe '80)

TAHITI  Fabienne Tiare Tapare

THAILAND  Wongduan Kerd-poom

TRANSKEI  Lindiwe Bam

TRINIDAD & TOBAGO  Marie Noelle Diaz

TURKEY  Füsan Tahire Dermitas

U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS  Linda Torres

URUGUAY   Elizabeth Busti  (14th place)

WITHDREW:

NICARAGUA  Patricia Guadalupe Pineda Chamorro (withdrew July 13 due to death threats to her family during Nicaragua's civil war)

NO SHOWS:

TURKS & CAICOS  Rosemary Forbes

INDONESIA  Andi Nana Riwayati Basoamier (expected but never arrived. Pageant was closed doors due to government ban. She was sent to MU80 instead).

YUGOSLAVIA  Biljana Pelevic

LESOTHO  Pauline Essie Kanedi

CYPRUS  Konstantina Christodoulidou

SAMOA  Ana Decima Schmidt

GRENADA  Ann-Marie Mitchell

DOMINICA  Mona-Jo Lewis

ST. LUCIA  Sheila Semei

ST. MAARTEN  Sueling Williams

GUADELOUPE  Joëlle Ursull

LEBANON  Jacqueline "Jacky" Riachi

CAYMAN ISLANDS  Jennifer Pearl Jackson

CURACAO  Jeanine Windt (Miss Curacao pageant was not held and they thought to send the 1978 2nd runner-up but it didn't happen)

REPLACED:

ITALY  Alba Antonella Parietti

SWITZERLAND  Barbara Mayer

MAURITIUS  Marie Francoise Genevieve Chanea

DEBUTS: Bophuthatswana, Fiji, Transkei

WITHDRAWALS:  American Samoa, Bonaire, Curaçao, Lebanon, Lesotho, Morocco, New Hebrides, Nicaragua

RETURNS:  Antigua, British Virgin Islands, Mauritius, Portugal, St. Kitts

JUDGES:

1- Anne Marie Pohtamo - Miss Universe 1975 from Finland.

2- Don Galloway - American film actor.

3- Lana Cantrell - Australian singer.

4- Yves Corbassiere - French painter and sculptor.

5- Ita Buttrose - Publisher of the Australian Women's Weekly.

6- Robin Moore - American writer.

7- Rossana Podesta - Italian actress.

8- Apasra Hongsakula - Miss Universe 1965 from Thailand.

9- Julio Iglesias - Spanish singer.

10- Constance Towers - Actress and singer.

11- Tony Marvin - American radio & TV personality.