Miss Universe 1979 was the 28th

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pageant, held at the

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, Australia, on 20 July 1979. Margaret Gardiner of

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crowned her successor

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. This marks as the first time a woman from

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Results

Placements

Contestants

* – Elsie Maynard * – Adriana Virginia Álvarez * – Lugina Liliana Margareta Vilchez * – Kerry Dunderdale * – Karin Zorn * – Lolita Louise Ambrister * – Barbara Bradshaw * – Christine Linda Bernadette Cailliau * – Sarita Diana Acosta * – Gina Ann Swainson * – María Luisa Rendón * – Alina Moeketse * – Martha Jussara da Costa * – Eartha Ferdinand * – Heidi Quiring * – María Cecilia Serrano Gildemeister * – Ana Milena Parra Turbay * – Carla Facio Franco * – Lone Gladys Joergensen * – Viena Elizabeth García Javier * – Margarita Plaza * – Judith Ivette López Lagos * – Carolyn Ann Seaward * – Tanya Whiteside * – Päivi Uitto * – Sylvie Hélène Marie Parera * – Katia Koukidou * – Marie Cruz * – Michelle Marie Domínguez Santos * – Eunice Bharatsingh * – Gina Maria Weidner Cleaves * – Olivia Chang Man-Ai * – Halldora Björk Jonsdóttir * –

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* – Lorraine Marion O'Conner * –

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* – Elvira Puglisi * – Yurika Kuroda * – Irene Wong Sun Ching * – Dian Borg Bartolo * – Maria Lynda Allard * – Blanca María Luisa Díaz Tejeda * – Andrea Karke * – Barbara Torres * – Unni Margrethe Öglaend * – Yahel Cecile Dolande * – Molly Misbut * – Patricia Lohman Bernie * – Jacqueline Brahm * – Criselda Flores Cecilio * – Marta Maria Mendoça de Gouveia * – Teresa López *

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– Isabelle Jacquemart * – Cheryl Chaderton * – June de Nobriga * – Lorraine Davidson * – Elaine Tan Kim Lian * – Veronica Wilson * – Jae-hwa Seo * – Gloria María Valencia Rijo * – Vidyahari Vanigasooriya * – Sergine Lieuw-A-Len * – Annette Marie Ekström * – Birgit Krahl * – Fabienne Tapare * – Wongduan Kerdpoom * – Lindiwe Bam * – Marie Noelle Diaz * – Fusin Tahire Dermitan * – Mary Therese Friel * – Linda Torres * – Elizabeth Busti * –

* – Janet Beverly Hobson * – Andrea Hontschik †

Notes

References

External links

Miss Universe official website
{{Miss Universe 1979 delegates

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