Results

1  ARGENTINA  Silvana Rosa Suárez Clarence  

2  SWEDEN  Ossie Margaretha Carlsson  

3  AUSTRALIA  Denise Ellen Coward  

4  MEXICO  Martha Eugenia Ortiz Gómez (2nd RU & Miss Photogenic at Young International '78)

5  SPAIN  Gloria María Valenciano Rijo (Universe '79)

Top 7

6  UNITED KINGDOM  Elizabeth Ann Jones (winner Teenage Intercontinental-England '77, Universe-Wales '78)

7  SWITZERLAND  Jeanette Keller  

Top 15

AUSTRIA  Doris Elizabeth Anwander (Universe '78)

COSTA RICA  Maribel Fernández García (Miss Photogenic at Universe '78)

FINLAND  Eija Hillevi Laaksonen  

INDIA  Kalpana Iyer (Teenage Intercontinental '76)

PUERTO RICO  Maria Jesus Cañizares  

SRI LANKA  Manohori Vanigasooriya  

USA  Debra Jean Freeze  

VENEZUELA  Katy Patricia Tóffoli Andrade  

Awards

Miss Personality  CAYMAN ISLANDS

Miss Photogenic  MEXICO

Miss Talent  PHILIPPINES

Remainder

ARUBA  Rose Anne Marie Lejuez

BAHAMAS  Donna Marie McCook

BELGIUM  Françoise Helene Julia Moens (SF Universe '78, International '79)

BERMUDA  Madeline Francine Joell (Universe '78)

BRAZIL  Laura Angélica Viana de Oliveira Pereira

CANADA  Brigitte June Hofmann (Young International '79)

CAYMAN ISLANDS  Wendy Lorraine Daykin  

CHILE  Maria Trinidad Sepulveda Pavón

COLOMBIA  Denise de Castro Santiago

CURACAO  Silvana Angely Trinidad

CYPRUS  Mary Adamou

DENMARK  Birgit Stefansen

DOMINICA  Mona Jno-Lewis

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC  Jenny del Carmen Polanco Rivera

ECUADOR  Antonieta Cecilia Campodonico Aguirre (Maja '78)

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

FRANCE  Kelly Hoarau

GERMANY  Monika Greis

GIBRALTAR  Rosanna Bonfante

GREECE  Ariana Dimitropoulou (Maja '78, SF Mrs World '89)

GUAM  Elizabeth Clara Tenorio (Universe '74, Young International '75)

HOLLAND  Ans Van Haaster

HONDURAS  Maria Elena Bodadilla

HONG KONG  Fiona Lin Wai-Ling

ICELAND  Asdis Loftsdóttir

IRELAND  Lorraine Marion O'Conner (Universe '79, International '79)

ISLE OF MAN  Carol Ann Kneale

ISRAEL  Sari Alon

ITALY  Loren Cristina Mai

JAMAICA  Joan Marcia McDonald

JAPAN  Yuko Yamaguchi (Universe '83)

JERSEY  Chantal Angeline Gosselin

KOREA  Eun-jin Je 

MALAYSIA  Kartina Osir

MALTA  Mary Cumbo

MAURITIUS  Geneviève Chanea

NEW ZEALAND  Lorian Dawn Tangney

NIGERIA  Irene Omagbemi

NORWAY  Elisabeth Klaeboe (Teenage Intercontinental '78, Young International '78, 1st RU Scandinavia '79)

PARAGUAY  Susana Del Pilar Galli Romañach

PERU  Karen Ines Noeth Haupt (Coffee '79)

PHILIPPINES  Louvette Monzon Hammond

SAMOA  Rosalina Sapolu

SINGAPORE  Rosie Tan

ST. VINCENT  June de Nobriga (Universe '79)

SWAZILAND  Nyamalele Nilovu

TAHITI  Moeata Schmouker

THAILAND  Orasa Panichapan

TRINIDAD & TOBAGO  Kathleen Thomas

TUNISIA  Malek Nemlaghi

TURKEY  Sevil Ozgultekin

URUGUAY  Mabel Rua

VIRGIN ISLANDS  Enid D'Lores Francis

DISQUALIFIED:

YUGOSLAVIA  Ljiljana Djogovic (arrived on Sunday Nov.12th. Too late to compete)

NO SHOWS:

BOLIVIA  Liliana Gutiérrez Paz 

GUATEMALA  Claudia María Iriarte

LEBANON  Graziella Abu Fadel

NICARAGUA  Claudia Herrera Cortéz

LESOTHO  Joan Libuseng Khoali

PAPUA NEW GUINEA  Angeline Tukana

TURKS & CAICOS  Rosemary Forbes

SOUTH AFRICA  Yolanda Kloppers (country banned because of Apartheid)

DEBUTS:  Dominica, St. Vincent

WITHDRAWALS:  Bolivia, Lebanon, Luxembourg, Nicaragua, Panama, Papua New Guinea, South Africa

RETURNS:  India, Italy, Jamaica, Malaysia, Mauritius, Nigeria, Philippines, Singapore, Swaziland, Tunisia, Virgin Islands

JUDGES:

01- Stuart Wagstaff, Australian actor and member of the Variety Club.

02- Phil Lynott, Irish singer, songwriter and musician from the group Thin Lizzy.

03- Christopher Cazenove, English actor.

04- Susan George, English actress.

05- Eric Morley, President of Variety International, Miss World and Chairman of the Judges.

06- Miss World 1970 and High Commissioner of Grenada in Canada, Jennifer Hosten-Craig.

07- Ricardo Villa, Argentine soccer player.

08- The French singer born in Belgium, Regine Zylberberg.

09- Michael Chow, Chinese-born British-American restaurateur, interior designer and former actor.

10- Seow Peck Leng, Director of Singapore.