Miss Universe 1979
Miss Universe 1979 was the 28th Miss Universe pageant, held at the Perth Entertainment Centre in Perth, Australia, on 20 July 1979.
Margaret Gardiner of South Africa crowned her successor Maritza Sayalero of Venezuela. This marks as the first time a woman from Venezuela won the pageant.
It was the first time in the pageant's history that the event was held in Australia.
Contestants
' – Elsie Maynard
– Adriana Virginia Álvarez' – Lugina Liliana Margareta Vilchez ' – Kerrie Dunderdale' – Karin Zorn ' – Lolita Louise Ambrister' – Barbara Bradshaw ' – Christine Linda Bernadette Cailliau' – Sarita Diana Acosta ' – Gina 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 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' – Swaroop Sampat ' – Lorraine Marion O'Connor' – Vered Polgar ' – Elvira Puglisi' – Yurika Kuroda ' – Irene Wong Sun Ching' – Dian Borg Bartolo ' – Maria Lynda Allard' – Blanca María Luisa Díaz Tejeda ' – Andrea Kake' – 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 Réunion – 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' – Maritza Sayalero ' – Janet Beverly Hobson – Andrea Hontschik