Miss Universe 1972
Miss Universe 1972, the 21st Miss Universe pageant, was held on 29 July, 1972 at the Cerromar Beach Hotel in Dorado, Puerto Rico. Kerry Anne Wells earned Australia's first Miss Universe crown. Georgina Rizk of Lebanon, was not allowed to crown her successor due to government restrictions because of fears of a terrorist attack. Lebanon did not compete in 1972 and Georgina could not be there to crown Miss Universe 1972. Wells was crowned by Miss Universe 1970, Marisol Malaret of Puerto Rico and Miss Universe 1971 1st Runner-Up Toni Rayward.
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![]() Miss Universe 1972 participating nations and results | |
Date | 29 July 1972 |
Presenters | Bob Barker |
Venue | Cerromar Beach Hotel, Dorado, Puerto Rico |
Broadcaster | CBS |
Entrants | 61 |
Placements | 12 |
Debuts | |
Withdrawals | |
Returns | |
Winner | Kerry Anne Wells![]() |
Congeniality | Ombayi Mukuta ![]() |
Best National Costume | Carmen Ampuero ![]() |
Photogenic | Anne-Marie Roger ![]() |
Results
Placements
Final results | Contestant |
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2nd Runner-up | |
3rd Runner-up |
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4th Runner-up |
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Top 12 |
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Contestants
Argentina - Norma Elena Dudik
Aruba - Ivonne Dirksz
Australia - Kerry Anne Wells
Austria - Uschi Pacher
Bahamas - Deborah Jane Taylor
Belgium - Anne-Marie Roger
Bermuda - Helen Brown
Bolivia - María Alicia Vargas Vásquez
Brazil - Rejane Vieira Costa †
Canada - Bonny Brady
Chile - Consuelo Fernández de Olivares †
Colombia - María Luisa Lignarolo Martínez-Aparicio
Costa Rica - Vicki Ross González
Curaçao - Ingrid Prade
Denmark - Marianne Schmidt
Dominican Republic - Ivonne Butler
Ecuador - Susana Castro Jaramillo
El Salvador - Ruth Eugenia Romero Ramírez
England - Jennifer Mary McAdam
Finland - Maj-Len Eriksson †
France - Claudine Cassereau †
Germany - Heidemarie Renate Weber
Greece - Nansy Kapetanaki
Guam - Patricia Alvarez
Holland - Jenny Ten Wolde
Honduras - Doris Alicia Roca Pagan
Hong Kong - Rita Leung Suet-Ling
Iceland - María Kristín Jóhannesdóttir
India - Roopa Satyan †
Iraq - Wijdan Burhan El-Deen Sulyman
Ireland - Maree McGlinchey
Israel - Ilana Goren
Italy - Isabela Specia
Jamaica - Grace Marilyn Wright
Japan - Harumi Maeda
Korea - Park Yeon-joo
Luxembourg - Anita Heck
Malaysia - Helen Looi
Malta - Doris Abdilla
Mexico - María del Carmen Orozco Quibriera
New Zealand - Kristine Dayle Allen
Norway - Liv Hanche Olsen
Paraguay - María Stela Volpe Martínez
Peru - Carmen Amelia Ampuero Mosquetti
Philippines - Armi Barbara Quiray Crespo
Portugal - Iris Maria Rosario Dos Santos
Puerto Rico - Bárbara Torres
Scotland - Elizabeth Joan Stevely
Singapore - Jacqueline Hong
Spain - María del Carmen Muñoz Castañón
Surinam - Carmen Cerna Muntslag
Sweden - Britt Marie Johansson
Switzerland - Anneliese Weber
Thailand - Nipapat Sudsiri
Turkey - Neslihan Sunay
Uruguay - Christina Moller
United States - Tanya Wilson
Venezuela - María Antonieta Cámpoli
Virgin Islands - Carol Krieger
Wales - Eileen Darroch
Zaire - Ombayi Mukuta
Notes
Withdrawals
Lebanon - Christiane Accaoui
Nicaragua
Panama
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Name Changes
Congo-Kinshasa began competed as
Zaire.
General References
- West, Donald (ed.). "Miss Universe 1972". pageantopolis.com. Archived from the original on February 7, 2012. Retrieved November 30, 2018.
External links
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