Miss Universe 1978, the 27th

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pageant, was held on 24 July 1978 at the Centro de Convenciones de Acapulco in

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. It was the first time in the pageant's history that the event was held in

. Margaret Gardiner of

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was crowned by Janelle Commissiong of

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at the end of the event. This is the first time

won the pageant.

Results

Placements

Final Competition

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Judges

The following celebrities judged the final competition: *

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from

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* Dewi Sukarno – Japanese socialite and former first lady of Indonesia *

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– Tony Award-winning American theatrical producer *

Line Renaud Line Renaud (born 2 July 1928) is a French singer, actress and AIDS activist. Early life Line Renaud was born Jacqueline Ente in Pont-de-Nieppe on 2 July 1928. Her mother Simone was a shorthand typist; her father was a truck driver during the we ...

– French singer and actress *

Miloš Forman Jan Tomáš "Miloš" Forman (; ; 18 February 1932 – 13 April 2018) was a Czech and American film director, screenwriter, actor, and professor who rose to fame in his native Czechoslovakia before emigrating to the United States in 1968. Forman ...

– Film director from Czechoslovakia *

Ursula Andress Ursula Andress (born 19 March 1936) is a Swiss-German actress, former model and sex symbol who has appeared in American, British and Italian films. Her breakthrough role was as Bond girl Honey Ryder in the first James Bond film, '' Dr. No'' (1962 ...

– Swiss actress and sex symbol of the 1960s * Melba Moore – American singer *

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– Italian fashion designer *

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– Founder of Wilhelmina Models *

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– American opera singer * Mario Moreno "Cantinflas" – Mexican comedian and stage and film actor

Contestants

* – Palepa Sio Tauliili * – Delia Stella Maris Muñoz * – Margarita Marieta Tromp * – Beverly Frances Pinder * – Doris Elizabeth Anwander * – Dulcie Louise Millings * – Judy Margot Miller * – Françoise Hélène Julia Moens * – Christina Margarita Ysaguirre * – Madeline Francine Joell * – Raquel Roca Kuikanaga * – Corinne Rosseley Hernandez * – Suzana Araújo dos Santos * – Andrea Leslie Eng * – Marianne Müller Prieto * – Mary Shirley Sáenz Starnes * – Maribel Fernández García * – Solange Abigail de Castro * – Anita Heske * – Raquel Josefina Jacobo Jaar * – Mabel Ceballos Sangster * – Iris Ivette Mazorra Castro * – Beverly Isherwood * – Seija Kaarina Paakkola * – Brigitte Konjovic * – Eva Marie Gabrielle Gottschalk * – Marieta Kountouraki * – Mary Lois Sampson * – Claudia María Iriarte * – Karen Ingrid Gustafsson * – Olimpia Velásquez Medina * – Winnie Chan Man-Yuk * – Anna Björk Edwards * – Alamjeet Kaur Chauhan * – Lorraine Bernadette Enriquez * – Dorit Jellinek * – Andreina Mazzoti * –

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* – Jung-eun Shon * – Reine Antoine Semaan * – Joan Libuseng Khoali * –

Yasmin Yusoff Yang Hormat Dato’ Yasmin Yusuff (born 1955), better known by her stage name Yasmin Yusuff, is a former beauty queen, veteran actress and singer in Malaysia. Yasmin is one of the few well-known Malay pageant contestants who won the Miss Univer ...

* – Pauline Lewise Farrugia * – Alba Margarita Cervera Lavat * – Majida Tazi * – Christine Spooner * – Jane Simmonds * – Claudia Herrera Cortés * – Julias Salas Concepción * – Jeanette Aarum * – Diana Leticia Conte Vergara * – Angelyn Muta Tukana * – Rosa María Duarte Melgarejo * – Olga Roxana Zumarán Tapullima * – Jennifer Mitschek Cortez * – Ada Cecilia Flores Perkins † * – Evelyn Pongerand * – Angela Mary Kate McLeod * – Annie Mei Ling Lee * – Margaret Gardiner * – Guillermina Ruiz Domenech * – Dlirukshi Wimalasooriya * – Gailene Collin * – Garrance Harriette Rustwijk * – Cécilia Rodhe * – Sylvia von Arx *

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– Pascaline Tumia Teriireoo * – Pornpit Sakornvijit * – Sophia Titus * – Billur Lutfiye Bingol * – María del Carmen da Rosa * – Judi Lois Andersen * – Marisol Alfonzo Marcano * – Barbara Henderson * – Elizabeth Ann Jones

Notes

Debuts

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Returns

Last competed in

1964 Events January * January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. * January 5 - In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patriarc ...

: * Last competed in

1969 This year is notable for Apollo 11's first landing on the moon. Events January * January 4 – The Government of Spain hands over Ifni to Morocco. * January 5 **Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701 crashes into a house on its approach to ...

: * Last competed in

1975 It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...

: * Last competed in

1976 Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 ...

: * *

Withdrawals

* * * * * * * * *

Awards

* - Miss Amity (Sophia Titus) * - Miss Photogenic (

Maribel Fernández Maribel Fernández (born 9 March 1951 in Mexico City, Mexico) is a Mexican television and film actress, also known in some works as La Pelangocha. Career Maribel Fernández has worked in many Mexican films and telenovelas. She also worked with ...

) * - Best National Costume ( Alamjeet Kaur Chauhan) * - Miss Press (Margarita Marieta Tromp)

General references

References

External links

Miss Universe official website
{{Miss Universe 1978 delegates

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