Miss Universe 1978
Margaret Gardiner dari Afrika Selatan
Tanggal	24 Juli 1978
Tempat	Centro de Convenciones de Acapulco, Acapulco, Meksiko
Pembawa acara	Bob Barker Helen O'Connell
Pengisi acara	Robert Goulet Violines Mágicos de Villafontana
Stasiun televisi	CBS (internasional) Televisa (resmi)
Kontestan	75
Semifinalis	12
Debut	Hebrides Baru Lesotho
Tidak berkompetisi	Antigua dan Barbuda Guadeloupe Guyana Prancis Haiti Indonesia Kepulauan Virgin Britania Raya Liberia Mauritius Saint Kitts dan Nevis Saint Lucia Sint Maarten Yugoslavia
Berkompetisi kembali	Bonaire Guatemala Maroko Saint Vincent Turki
Pemenang	Margaret Gardiner ( Afrika Selatan)
Persahabatan	Sophia Titus ( Trinidad dan Tobago)
Kostum Nasional Terbaik	Alamjeet Kaur Chauhan ( India)
Fotogenik	Maribel Guardia ( Kosta Rika)
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Miss Universe 1978 adalah kontes Miss Universe ke-27, yang diadakan di Centro de Convenciones de Acapulco di Acapulco, Meksiko, pada tanggal 24 Juli 1978. Ini adalah pertama kalinya dalam sejarah kontes tersebut acara itu diadakan di Meksiko. Margaret Gardiner dari Afrika Selatan dinobatkan oleh Janelle Commissiong dari Trinidad dan Tobago di akhir acara. Ini adalah pertama kalinya Afrika Selatan memenangkan kontes tersebut.

Hasil

Kontestan

Negara/Teritori	Kontestan	Usia	Asal
American Samoa	Palepa Sio Tauliili[1]	21	Pago Pago
Argentina	Delia Muñoz	17	Buenos Aires
Aruba	Margarita Tromp[2]	26	Oranjestad
Australia	Beverley Pinder[3]	23	Melbourne
Austria	Doris Anwander	18	Bregenz
Bahama	Dulcie Millings	18	Nassau
Barbados	Judy Miller[4]	20	Saint Michael
Belgia	Françoise Moens	18	Brussels
Belize	Christina Ysaguirre	20	Belmopan
Bermuda	Madeline Joell	19	Smith's Parish
Bolivia	Raquel Roca	18	Guayaramerín
Bonaire	Corinne Hernandez	19	Kralendijk
Brazil	Suzana Araújo	20	Dionísio
Canada	Andrea Eng	22	Vancouver
Chili	Marianne Müller	18	Santiago
Colombia	Shirley Sáenz	18	Bogotá
Costa Rica	Maribel Fernández	19	San José
Curaçao	Solange de Castro	20	Willemstad
Denmark	Anita Heske	20	Copenhagen
Dominican Republic	Raquel Josefina Jacobo	17	San Cristóbal
Ecuador	Mabel Ceballos	18	Guayaquil
El Salvador	Iris Mazorra	18	San Salvador
England	Beverly Isherwood	19	Bolton
Finland	Seija Paakkola[5]	19	Oulu
France	Brigitte Konjovic	18	Paris
French Polynesia	Pascaline Tumia Teriireoo	19	Papeete
Greece	Marieta Kountouraki	21	Thessaloniki
Guam	Mary Lois Sampson	22	Mangilao
Guatemala	Claudia María Iriarte	20	Guatemala City
Holland	Karen Gustafsson	21	Rotterdam
Honduras	Olimpia Velásquez	20	Tegucigalpa
Hong Kong	Winnie Chan	22	Kowloon
Iceland	Anna Björk Edwards	19	Reykjavík
India	Alamjeet Kaur Chauhan	23	New Delhi
Ireland	Lorraine Enriquez	19	Dublin
Israel	Dorit Jellinek	19	Haifa
Italy	Andreina Mazzoti	21	Brescia
Japan	Hisako Manda	20	Osaka
Lebanon	Reine Antoine Semaan	17	Beirut
Lesotho	Joan Libuseng Khoali	21	Maseru
Malaysia	Yasmin Yusuff	22	Kuala Lumpur
Malta	Pauline Farrugia	22	Żebbuġ
Mexico	Alba Margarita Cervera	19	Yucatan
Morocco	Majida Tazi	–	Rabat
New Hebrides	Christine Spooner	18	Luganville
New Zealand	Jane Simmonds[6]	21	Auckland
Nicaragua	Claudia Herrera	19	Masaya
Northern Mariana Islands	Julias Salas Concepción	17	Saipan
Norway	Jeanette Aarum	19	Oslo
Panama	Diana Leticia Conte	20	Panama City
Papua New Guinea	Angelyn Muta Tukana	21	Bougainville
Paraguay	Rosa María Duarte	26	Asunción
Peru	Olga Zumarán	19	Lima
Philippines	Jennifer Cortes[7]	17	Manila
Puerto Rico	Ada Perkins	18	San Juan
Réunion	Evelyn Pongerand	19	La Possession
Saint Vincent	Gailene Collin	22	Kingstown
Scotland	Angela McLeod	20	Fife
Singapore	Annie Lee	20	Singapore
South Africa	Margaret Gardiner	18	Cape Town
South Korea	Jung-eun Shon	23	Seoul
Spain	Guillermina Ruiz	21	Barcelona
Sri Lanka	Dlirukshi Wimalasooriya	27	Colombo
Suriname	Garrance Rustwijk	18	Paramaribo
Sweden	Cécilia Rodhe	17	Gothenburg
Switzerland	Sylvia von Arx	20	Appenzell Innerrhoden
Thailand	Pornpit Sakornvijit	23	Bangkok
Trinidad and Tobago	Sophia Titus	18	Port of Spain
Turkey	Billur Lutfiye Bingol	19	Istanbul
United States	Judi Andersen	20	Honolulu
US Virgin Islands	Barbara Henderson	23	Christiansted
Uruguay	María del Carmen da Rosa	21	Salto
Venezuela	Marisol Alfonzo	21	Caracas
Wales	Elizabeth Ann Jones	20	Welshpool
West Germany	Eva Marie Gabrielle Gottschalk	26	Berlin

Referensi

1. ↑ "Beauties all set for big contest". The Straits Times. 24 July 1978. hlm. 13. Diakses tanggal 8 February 2026 – via National Library Board.
2. ↑ "Miss Aruba naar Mexico" [Miss Aruba to Mexico]. Amigoe (dalam bahasa Belanda). 27 June 1978. hlm. 5. Diakses tanggal 8 February 2026 – via Delpher.
3. ↑ "Choice of the week". Royal Australian Navy News. 3 November 1978. hlm. 3. Diakses tanggal 8 February 2026 – via Trove.
4. ↑ "West Indian trio". The Virgin Islands Daily News. 17 July 1978. hlm. 10. Diakses tanggal 8 February 2026 – via Google News Archive.
5. ↑ Lindfors, Jukka (22 November 2011) [28 October 2009]. "Seija Paakkola, Miss Suomi 1978" [Seija Paakkola, Miss Finland 1978]. Yle (dalam bahasa Suomi). Diakses tanggal 8 February 2026.
6. ↑ "Miss N.Z. title goes north". The Press. Christchurch, New Zealand. 18 May 1978. hlm. 1. Diakses tanggal 29 January 2026 – via Papers Past.
7. ↑ Lo, Ricky (16 March 2016). "Whatever happened to Jennifer Cortes?". Philippine Star. Diakses tanggal 8 February 2026.
8. "Once More... Who's the Fairest". Los Angeles Times. July 24, 1978. Diarsipkan dari asli tanggal January 31, 2013. Diakses tanggal 10 July 2011.

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