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Miss Universe 1970

Miss Universe 1970 was the 19th Miss Universe pageant, held at the Miami Beach Auditorium in Miami Beach, Florida, United States on 11 July 1970.

Miss Universe 1970
Marisol Malaret, Miss Universe 1970
Date11 July 1970
Presenters
VenueMiami Beach Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida, United States
BroadcasterCBS
Entrants63
Placements15
DebutsCzechoslovakia
Withdrawals
  • Bonaire
  • Thailand
  • Yugoslavia
Returns
WinnerMarisol Malaret †
 Puerto Rico
CongenialityHilary Best
 Guam
Best National CostumeRoxana Brown Trigo
 Bolivia
PhotogenicMargaret Hill
 Bermuda
Expo QueenJosephine Wong
 Malaysia
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At the end of the event, Gloria Diaz of the Philippines crowned Marisol Malaret of Puerto Rico as Miss Universe 1970. It is the first victory of Puerto Rico in the competition.[1]

Contestants from sixty-three countries and territories participated in this year's pageant. The pageant was hosted by Bob Barker in his fourth consecutive year, while June Lockhart provided commentary and analysis throughout the event.

Results edit

 
Miss Universe 1970 participating nations and results

Placements edit

Placement Contestant
Miss Universe 1970
1st runner-up
2nd runner-up
3rd runner-up
4th runner-up
Top 15

Contestants edit

Sixty-three contestants competed for the title.

Country/Territory Contestant Age[a] Hometown
  Argentina Beatriz Gros[3] 21 Buenos Aires
  Aruba Linda Richardson[4] 20 Oranjestad
  Australia Joan Zealand[5] 24 Sydney
  Austria Elfriede Kurz[6] 19 Linz
  Bahamas Antoinette Patrice DeGregory[7] 19 Nassau
  Belgium Francine Martin[8] 20 Liège
  Bermuda Margaret Hill[9] 21 Hamilton
  Bolivia Roxana Brown[10] 18 La Paz
  Brazil Eliane Thompson[11] 20 Piraí
  Canada Norma Hickey[12] 19 Prince Edward Island
  Ceylon Yolanda Ahlip[13] 22 Colombo
  Chile Soledad Errázuriz[14] 19 Santiago
  Colombia María Luisa Riascos[15] 18 Antioquia
  Congo-Kinshasa Marie-Josee Basoko 22 Kinshasa
  Costa Rica Lillian Berrocal 18 Cartago
  Curaçao Nilva Maduro[16] 21 Willemstad
  Czechoslovakia Kristina Hanzalová[17] 20 Bratislava
  Denmark Winnie Hollmann[18] 23 Copenhagen
  Dominican Republic Sobeida Fernández 18 Valverde
  Ecuador Zoila Montesinos[19] 18 Portoviejo
  England Yvonne Ormes 21 Nantwich
  Finland Ursula Rainio 20 Rovaniemi
  France Françoise Durand-Behot 23 Paris
  Germany Irene Neumann[20] 22 Garmisch-Partenkirchen
  Greece Angelique Bourlessa 23 Athens
  Guam Hilary Ann Best 18 Yigo
  Holland Maureen Renzen 19 The Hague
  Honduras Francis Van Tuyl 18 Cortés
  Hong Kong Mabel Hawkett 18 Hong Kong
  Iceland Erna Jóhannesdottir 19 Reykjavík
  India Veena Sajnani 23 Bombay
  Ireland Rita Doherty – Fermanagh
  Israel Moshit Tsiporin 20 Ramat Gan
  Italy Anna Zamboni 18 Turin
  Jamaica Sheila Lorna Neil – Kingston
  Japan Jun Shimada 21 Tokyo
  Lebanon Georgette Gero – Beirut
  Luxembourg Josee Reinert[7] 18 Esch-sur-Alzette
  Malaysia Josephine Lena Wong[21] 18 Ipoh
  Malta Tessie Pisani 20 Birkirkara
  Mexico Libia Zulema López 18 Sinaloa
  New Zealand Glenys Treweek 19 Auckland
  Nicaragua Graciela Salazar – León
  Norway Vibeke Steineger 22 Bergen
  Panama Berta López Herrera – Santiago
  Paraguay Teresa Mercedes Brítez 18 Paraguarí
  Peru Cristina Málaga 21 Arequipa
  Philippines Simonette de Los Reyes[22] 19 Pasay
  Portugal Ana Maria Diozo Lucas 21 Lisbon
  Puerto Rico Marisol Malaret[23] 20 Santurce
  Scotland Lee Marshall 19 Wishaw
  Singapore Cecilia Undasan 21 Singapore
  South Korea Yoo Young-ae[24] 18 Seoul
  Spain Noelia Afonso 19 Canary Islands
  Suriname Ingrid Mamadeus 18 Paramaribo
  Sweden Britt-Inger Johansson 19 Kalmar
   Switzerland Diane Jane Roth 18 Geneva
  Tunisia Zohra Tabania 18 Tunis
  Turkey Asuman Tuğberk 18 Istanbul
  Uruguay Renee Buncristiand – Montevideo
  United States Deborah Shelton[25] 21 Norfolk
  Venezuela Bella La Rosa[26] 20 Carabobo
  Wales Sandra Cater 21 Carmarthen

Notes edit

  1. ^ Ages at the time of the pageant

References edit

  1. ^ "Miss Universe title won by Puerto Rican beauty". The Bulletin. 13 July 1970. p. 12. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "Queen's happy; beau not". The Palm Beach Post. 13 July 1970. p. 12. Retrieved 9 November 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Tension growing at site of Miss Universe finals". Tallahassee Democrat. 11 July 1970. p. 2. Retrieved 9 November 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Untitled". Aruba Esso News. 26 June 1970. pp. 4–5. Retrieved 9 November 2023 – via Digital Library of the Caribbean.
  5. ^ "Miss Universe entrant". The Canberra Times. 4 March 1970. p. 21. Retrieved 23 December 2022 – via Trove.
  6. ^ "Statistik beweist: OÖ hat die schönsten Frauen". Heute.at (in German). 3 September 2018. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
  7. ^ a b "Miss Universe candidates flaunt lovely legs, etc". The Pensacola News. 8 July 1970. p. 11. Retrieved 9 November 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Erelijst Miss België". De Morgen (in Dutch). 11 January 2010. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
  9. ^ "HPWC discusses Miss Bermuda beauty pageant". The Bermuda Recorder. 8 August 1970. p. 1. Retrieved 9 November 2023 – via Bermuda National Library.
  10. ^ "El título les dio alegrías, trabajo y fama que aún saborean" [The title gave them joy, work and fame that they still savor.]. El Deber (in European Spanish). 29 July 2017. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
  11. ^ "Miss Brasil dara sorpresa en el concurso Miss Universo" [Miss Brazil will surprise in the Miss Universe contest]. La Nacion (in Spanish). 4 July 1970. p. 19. Retrieved 9 November 2023 – via Google News Archive.
  12. ^ Shea, Darlene (26 October 2015). "Island girl, Norma (Hickey) Dougherty, returns with new book". SaltWire. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
  13. ^ "Boat ride for contest beauties". The Straits Times. 3 July 1970. p. 8. Retrieved 9 November 2023 – via National Library Board.
  14. ^ "Soledad Errázuriz: En su mejor momento". La Tercera (in Spanish). 14 August 2012. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
  15. ^ "La Senorita Antioquia, Reina Nal. de Belleza". El Tiempo (in Spanish). 12 November 1969. p. 1. Retrieved 9 November 2023 – via Google News Archive.
  16. ^ "Miss Curacao verkiezing". Vrije Stem (in Dutch). 14 July 1970. p. 4. Retrieved 9 November 2023 – via Delpher.
  17. ^ "Doesn't want to go home". The Pensacola News. 4 August 1970. p. 2. Retrieved 9 November 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  18. ^ "Hundene har fået deres eget vaskeri". Jyllands-Posten (in Danish). 19 December 2005. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
  19. ^ "Miami Beach". El Tiempo (in Spanish). 9 July 1970. p. 23. Retrieved 9 November 2023 – via Google News Archive.
  20. ^ "Hamburger diet upsets Bonn beauty". The Orlando Sentinel. 6 July 1970. p. 9. Retrieved 9 November 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  21. ^ "Jelitawan dari Perak di-pileh paling chantek di-Malaysia" [The beauty from Perak was chosen as the most beautiful woman in Malaysia]. Berita Harian (in Malay). 31 May 1970. p. 2. Retrieved 9 November 2023 – via National Library Board.
  22. ^ Lo, Ricky (25 August 2020). "2 more 'golden' beauties". Philippine Star. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
  23. ^ "50,000 Turn Out in San Juan to Honor a Queen". The New York Times. 22 July 1970. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
  24. ^ Cho, Yoo-bin; Oh, Jung-meen (13 April 2021). "Miss Korea, now & then: Meet Korea's beauty icons of '70, '07, '18 [VIDEO]". Korea Times. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
  25. ^ "Miss USA title won by Virginia girl". Arizona Republic. Associated Press. 17 May 1970. p. 5. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
  26. ^ "Venezuela has a twin to spare in Miss Universe beauty pageant". Fort Lauderdale News. 10 July 1970. p. 18. Retrieved 9 November 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
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