Miss Universe 1978 was the 27th

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pageant, 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

Judges

The following celebrities judged the final competition: *

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–

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from

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* Dewi Sukarno – Japanese socialite and former first lady of Indonesia * David Merrick – Tony Award-winning American theatrical producer * Line Renaud – French singer and actress *

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– Film director from Czechoslovakia * Ursula Andress – Swiss actress and sex symbol of the 1960s *

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– American singer * Roberto Cavalli – Italian fashion designer * Wilhelmina Cooper – Founder of

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* Anna Moffo – 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 * – 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 * – Hisako Manda * – Reine Antoine Semaan * – Joan Libuseng Khoali * – Yasmin Yusoff * – 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 * – Gailene Collin * – Angela Mary Kate McLeod * – Annie Mei Ling Lee * – Margaret Gardiner *

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– Jung-eun Shon * – Guillermina Ruiz Domenech * – Dlirukshi Wimalasooriya * – Garrance Harriette Rustwijk * – Cécilia Rodhe * – Sylvia von Arx *

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

References

External links

Miss Universe official website
{{Miss Universe 1978 delegates

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