MISS YOUNG INTERNATIONAL 1980

1980 August 17

Folk Arts Theater, Manila, Philippines

44 contestants

The contest was held for the first time in 11 years outside Japan.  Before the contest in Manila began, 100 Filipino students picketed the theatre for 15 minutes, denouncing the contest as an "USA imperialist tool" to sell beauty products. They were dispered by police.  The winner, 16-year-old high-school student Simone Renee Overman, was born in Pueblo, Colorado, but had moved to Hawaii.

Results

1  HAWAII - Simone Renee Overman

2  DENMARK - Rikke Petersen 

3  FINLAND - Anne-Maria Tarhia

4  ICELAND - Unnur Steinsson  (Universe 83; 3rd RU World 83)

5  PHILIPPINES - Maria Felicidad Luis

Semi-finalists

AUSTRALIA - Joanne Katheleen Bacon 

BRITAIN - Janet Beverly Hobson  (SF Universe 79; Europe 80)

JAPAN - Motomi Hibino

MEXICO - Lorena Medina Hernández

UNITED STATES - Maria Berta Palacio

Awards

Miss Mabuhay (Friendship) : ICELAND

Miss Photogenic : DENMARK

Miss Punctual : ICELAND

Best in Swimsuit : HAWAII

Miss Talent : BOLIVIA

Best National Costume : COLOMBIA

Remainder

ARGENTINA - Graciela Patricia Marti

AUSTRIA - Bernadette Moes

BELGIUM - Veronique Louise Deville

BOLIVIA - Heidi Suarez Levy

BRAZIL - Ana Paula de Oliviera Sang

CANADA - Patricia Glinka

CHILE - Claudia Alejandra Leighton Ayala (Teenage Intercontinental '77)

COLOMBIA - Rosa Paulina Davila Abondano

COSTA RICA - Jeannette Leon Aparicio

FRANCE - Isabelle Sophie Benard  (Universe & World 81; SF Europe 81)

GERMANY - Christine Dorow

GREECE - Maria Karafanti

GUADELOUPE - Danielle Haberkorn

GUAM - Kimberley Ann Carey 

HOLLAND - Monique Hermans

HONDURAS - Charlotte Thiebaud

INDIA - Ayesha Dutt

IRELAND - Anne Catriona O'Callaghan

ISRAEL - Lea Barkai

ITALY - Gloria Bozzala

KOREA - Hye-ran Kim

MALAYSIA - Feona Watford

MALTA - Josette Francis Vella

NEW ZEALAND - Kim Subritzsky

NORWAY - Bente Knutsson

PUERTO RICO - Ana Matilde Martinez

SINGAPORE - Tan Bee Lee

SPAIN - María Remedios Tena Durán

SWEDEN - Helena Rundblad

SWITZERLAND - Sandra Blaser

THAILAND - Pirada Somnapan

TURKEY - Irem Ayse Ozyurek

URUGUAY - Silvia Marianela Bas Carresse  (World 81)

VENEZUELA - Lisbeth Fernandez Watson