MISS UNIVERSE 1978
1978 July 24 - Centro de Convenciones de Acapulco, Acapulco (Mexico) (75 delegates)

1 SOUTH AFRICA - Margaret Gardiner
2 USA - Judi Lois Anderson
3 SPAIN - Guillermina Ruiz Doménech
4 COLOMBIA - Shirley Sáenz Starnes
5 SWEDEN - Cecilia Catharina Bjornsdotter Rohde

(semi-finalists)
BELGIUM - Françoise Moens
CHILE - Marianne Müller Prieto
HOLLAND - Karen Ingrid Gustafsson
IRELAND - Lorraine Bernadette Enriquez
ISRAEL - Dorith Jellinek
MEXICO - Alba Margarita Cervera Lavat
PERU - Olga Roxana Zumarán Burga

(75 contestants)
ARGENTINA - Delia Stella María Muzol
ARUBA - Margarita Marieta Tromp                                                 Miss Press
AUSTRALIA - Beverly Frances Pinder
AUSTRIA - Doris Elizabeth Anwander (MW 78)
BAHAMAS - Dulcie Louise Mullings
BARBADOS - Judy Margot Miller
BELGIUM - Françoise Moens (MW 78, MI 79)
BELIZE - Christina Margarita Ysaguirre
BERMUDA - Madeline Francine Joell (MW 78)
BOLIVIA - Raquel Roca Kuikunaga (Café 79)
BONAIRE - Corinne Rosseley Hernandez
BRAZIL - Suzana Araújo dos Santos
CANADA - Andrea Leslie Eng
CHILE - Marianne Müller Prieto
COLOMBIA - Shirley Sáenz Starnes
COSTA RICA - Maribel Fernández García (MW 78)                           Miss Photogenic
CURACAO - Solange Abigail de Castro
DENMARK - Anita Heske
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Raquel Josefina Jacobo Jaar (Ambar 78, Café 79)
ECUADOR - Mabel Ceballos Sangster
EL SALVADOR - Iris Ivette Mazorra Castro (TeenageIC 78, Ambar 78, MW 78)
ENGLAND - Beverly Isherwood (MI 79)
FINLAND - Seija Kaarina Paakkola
FRANCE - Brigitte Konjovic
GERMANY - Eva Marie Gabriele Gottschalk
GREECE - Marieta Kountouraki
GUAM - Mary Lois Sampson
GUATEMALA - Claudia María Iriarte (Café 79)
HOLLAND - Karen Ingrid Gustafsson (MI 78)
HONDURAS - Olimpia Velásquez Medina (Café 79)
HONG KONG - Winnie Chan Man-Yuk
ICELAND - Anna Björk Edwards
INDIA - Alamjeet Kaur Chauhan                                                         Best National Costume
IRELAND - Lorraine Bernadette Enriquez (MW 77, MI 78)
ITALY - Andreina Mazzotti
JAPAN - Hisako Manda
KOREA - Sohn Jungeun                                                                    1ST RU, Best National Costume
LEBANON - Reine Antoine Semaan
LESOTHO - Joan Libuseng Khoali
MALAYSIA - Yasmin Yussuf                                                             2ND RU, Best National Costume
MALTA - Pauline Lewise Farrugia (MW 77)
MEXICO - Alba Margarita Cervera Lavat
MOROCCO - Majida Tazi
NEW HEBRIDES - Christine Spooner
NEW ZEALAND - Jane Simmonds
NICARAGUA - Claudia Herrera Cortés
NORTHERN MARIANAS - Julias Salas Concepcion
NORWAY - Jeanette Aarum (MI 78, MW 79)
PANAMA - Diana Leticia Conte Vergara (Ambar 78)
PAPUA-NEW GUINEA - Angelyn Muta Takana (Asia 78)
PARAGUAY - Rosa María Duarte Melgarejo (MW 71)
PERU - Olga Roxana Zumarán Burga (MW 81)
PHILIPPINES - Jennifer Mitcheck Cortes
PUERTO RICO - Ada Cecille Flores Perkins (TeenageIC 78)
RÉUNION - Evelyn Pongerard
SAINT VINCENT - Gailene Collin
SAMOA - Palepa Sio Tauiliili
SCOTLAND - Angela Mary Kate Macleod
SINGAPORE - Annie Mei Ling Lee
SOUTH AFRICA - Margaret Gardiner
SPAIN - Guillermina Ruiz Doménech (MW 77)
SRI LANKA - Dilrukshi Wimalasoonya
SURINAME - Garance Harriette Rustwlik
SWEDEN - Cecilia Catharina Bjornsdotter Rohde
SWITZERLAND - Sylvia Vonarx
TAHITI - Pascaline Tumia Teriireoo
THAILAND - Pornpit Sakornvijit
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO - Sophia Titus                                                     Miss Amity
TURKEY - Billur Lutfiye Bingol
URUGUAY - María del Carmen da Rosa
USA - Judi Lois Anderson
VENEZUELA - Marisol Alfonso Marcano (Café 79)
VIRGIN ISLANDS - Barbara M. Henderson
WALES - Elizabeth Ann Jones (Miss Teenage Intercontinental ‘77, MW 78)

(did not compete)
ANTIGUA - Nadine Defraites
GRENADA - Margaret Prudome
GUADELOUPE - Mlue Debor
MARTINIQUE - Catherine Marlin
MAURITIUS - Maria Ingrid Desmarais


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