Miss Universe 1975

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Miss Universe 1975
Miss Universe 1975 opening titles.jpg
Date19 July 1975
Presenters Bob Barker
Venue National Gymnasium, San Salvador, El Salvador
Broadcaster
  • CBS (international)
  • TV6 (Official broadcaster)
Entrants71
Placements12
Debuts
Withdrawals
Returns
Winner Anne Marie Pohtamo
Finland
CongenialityChristine Mary Jackson (Trinidad and Tobago)
Best National CostumeEmy Elivia Abascal (Guatemala)
PhotogenicMartha Echeverry (Colombia)
Summer Bartholomew (United States)
  1974
1976  

Miss Universe 1975 was the 24th Miss Universe pageant, held on 19 July 1975 at the National Gymnasium in San Salvador, El Salvador. Anne Marie Pohtamo won the title for Finland, thus making her the second Finnish woman to win the Miss Universe crown after Armi Kuusela, who was the first Miss Universe winner, in 1952. After Spain's Amparo Muñoz resigned the previous year, her successor was crowned by Miss Universe 1972, Kerry Anne Wells of Australia.

Contents

Background

Location and date

According to the New York Times, August 5, "while a worldwide television audience saw El Salvador’s sunny beaches before the “Miss Universe” finals July 19, off-camera heavily armed troops were called out to halt demonstrations by students protesting the Government's expenditure of $1-million on the contest." Protests took place in Santa Ana and San Salvador, resulting in a student massacre with far-reaching consequences for the country. Again, from the NY Times: "According to the military Government, which contended that the march was part of a “Communist plot”, one person was killed, five wounded, and 11 arrested. But according to the students, at least 12 persons were killed, 20 wounded, and 40 arrested". [1]

Selection of participants

Sirikwan Nantasiri, Miss Thailand Universe 1975 (not to be confused with Miss Universe Thailand), refused to compete in order to achieve acting career. The pageant authorities decided to send Wanlaya Thonawanik, her 3rd runner-up to compete instead. [2]

Results

Miss Universe 1975 participating nations and results Miss Universe 1975 Map.PNG
Miss Universe 1975 participating nations and results

Placements

PlacementContestant
Miss Universe 1975
1st runner-up
  • Flag of Haiti (1964-1986).svg  Haiti – Gerthie David
2nd runner-up
3rd runner-up
  • Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden – Catharina Sjödahl
4th runner-up
Top 12


Contestants

Country/TerritoryContestantHometown
Flag of American Samoa.svg  American Samoa Darlene Schwenke Pago-Pago
Flag of Argentina (civil).svg  Argentina Rosa Del Valle Tucumán
Flag of the Netherlands Antilles (1959-1986).svg  Aruba Martica Brown San Nicolaas
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Jennifer Matthews Sydney
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Rosemarie Holzschuh Vienna
Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas Sonia Chipman Nassau
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Christine Delmelle Liège
Flag of British Honduras (1919-1981).svg  Belize Lisa Longsworth Belmopan
Flag of Bermuda.svg  Bermuda Donna Wright St. David's
Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg  Bolivia Jacqueline Gamarra Cochabamba
Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg  Brazil Ingrid Budag Blumenau
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Sandra Campbell Leamington
Flag of Chile.svg  Chile Raquel Argandoña Santiago
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia Martha Lucia Echeverri Tuluá
Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica Maria de Los Angeles Picado San José
Flag of the Netherlands Antilles (1959-1986).svg  Curaçao Jasmin Fraites Willemstad
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Berit Fredriksen Stevns
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic Milvia Troncoso Santiago de los Caballeros
Flag of Ecuador (1900-2009).svg  Ecuador Ana Maria Wray Salas Guayaquil
Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador Carmen Figueroa San Salvador
Flag of England.svg  England Vicki Harris London
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Anne Marie Pohtamo Helsinki
Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France Sophie Perin Talange
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany Sigrid Klose Saarland
Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg  Greece Afroditi Katsouli Athens
Flag of Guam.svg  Guam Deborah Naqui Hagåtña
Civil Ensign of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala Emy Abascal Guatemala City
Flag of Haiti (1964-1986).svg  Haiti Gerthie David Port-au-Prince
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Holland Linda Snippe Amsterdam
Flag of Hong Kong 1959.svg  Hong Kong Mary Cheung Hong Kong
Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland Helga Jonsdottir Reykjavík
Flag of India.svg  India Meenakshi Kurpad Bangalore
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia Lydia Arlini Wahab Jakarta
Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland Julie Farnham Dublin
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Orit Cooper Tel Aviv
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Diana Salvador Udine
Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica Gillian King Kingston
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan Sachiko Nakayama Hokkaido
Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon Suad Nachoul Beirut
Flag of Liberia.svg  Liberia Aurelia Sancho Monrovia
Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg Marie Therese Manderschied Tétange
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia Alice Cheong Kuala Lumpur
Flag of Malta.svg  Malta Frances Ciantar Valletta
Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius Nirmala Sohun Port Louis
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico Delia Servin Sinaloa
Flag of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.svg  Micronesia Elena Tomokane Saipan
Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco Salhi Badia Rabat
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Barbara Kirkley Auckland
Flag of Nicaragua.svg  Nicaragua Alda Sanchez Managua
Flag of Panama.svg  Panama Anina Horta Panama City
Flag of Paraguay (1954-1988).svg  Paraguay Susana Vire Asuncion
Flag of Peru.svg  Peru Olga Berninzon Lima
Flag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg  Philippines Rose Marie Brosas Manila
Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg  Puerto Rico Lorell Carmona San Germán
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland Mary Kirkwood Glasgow
Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore Sally TanSingapore
Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg  South Africa Gail Anthony Cape Town
Flag of South Korea (1948-1949).svg  South Korea Seo Young-ok
Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Spain Chelo Martin Lopez Canary Islands
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka Shyama Algama Colombo
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Catharina Sjödahl Örebro
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland Beatrice Aschwanden Zürich
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand Wanlaya Thonawanik Bangkok
Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago Christine Jackson Tunapuna–Piarco
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Sezin Topçuoğlu Istanbul
Flag of the United States.svg  United States Summer Bartholomew Merced
Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay Evelyn Rodriguez Montevideo
Flag of Venezuela (1954-2006).svg  Venezuela Maritza Pineda Caracas
Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg  Virgin Islands Julia Wallace
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales Georgina Kerler Cardiff
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia Lidija Manić Belgrade

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References

  1. "Unrest Growing in El Salvador: Demonstrations Put Down After Protest Against Beauty Contest", New York Times, August 5, 1975.
  2. "Miss Thailand Universe 1974 - 1983 era" (in Thai).