Miss Universe 1980

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Miss Universe 1980
Shawn Weatherly.jpg
Date8 July 1980 [a]
Presenters
Entertainment Donny Osmond
Venue Sejong Cultural Center, Seoul, South Korea
Broadcaster
  • CBS (international)
  • KBS (official broadcaster)
Entrants69
Placements12
Debuts
  • Cayman Islands
  • Turks and Caicos Islands
Withdrawals
  • Antigua
  • Barbados
  • Bophuthatswana
  • El Salvador
  • Fiji
  • Mauritius
  • Portugal
  • Saint Kitts
  • Saint Vincent
  • South Africa
  • Suriname
  • Transkei
Returns
  • Curaçao
  • Guadeloupe
  • Indonesia
  • Sint Maarten
Winner Shawn Weatherly
United States
  1979
1981  

Miss Universe 1980 was the 29th Miss Universe pageant, held on 8 July 1980 [a] at the Sejong Cultural Center in Seoul, South Korea. [1] It was the first time in the pageant's history that the event was held in South Korea. Shawn Weatherly from the United States was crowned by Maritza Sayalero of Venezuela. Sixty-nine contestants competed in this year.

Contents

Results

Sejong Cultural Center in Seoul Sejongcultctr.jpg
Sejong Cultural Center in Seoul

Placements

Miss Universe 1980 participating nations and results Miss Universe 1980 Map.PNG
Miss Universe 1980 participating nations and results
PlacementContestant
Miss Universe 1980
1st runner-up
  • Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland – Linda Gallagher [1]
2nd runner-up
  • Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand – Delyse Nottle [1]
3rd runner-up
4th runner-up
Top 12
  • Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada – Teresa MacKay
  • Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia – María Patricia Arbeláez
  • Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland – Guðbjörg Sigurdardóttir
  • Flag of Panama.svg Panama – Gloria Karamañites
  • Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg Puerto Rico – Agnes Tañón
  • Flag of South Korea (1948-1949).svg South Korea – Kim Eun-jung
  • Flag of French Polynesia.svg Tahiti – Thilda Fuller

Final Scores

  Winner
  First runner-up
  Second runner-up
  Third runner-up
  Fourth runner-up
(#) Rank in each round of competition
Country/TerritoryPreliminary AverageInterviewSwimsuitEvening GownSemifinal Average
Flag of the United States.svg United States [2] 8.480 (1)8.317 (1)8.718 (1)8.883 (1)8.639 (1)
Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland [2] 7.785 (3)8.036 (5)8.273 (3)8.267 (5)8.192 (5)
Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand [2] 7.885 (2)8.283 (2)8.400 (2)8.400 (3)8.361 (2)
Flag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg Philippines [2] 7.662 (5)8.121 (4)8.033 (6)8.433 (2)8.196 (4)
Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden [2] 7.572 (8)8.208 (3)8.250 (4)8.346 (4)8.268 (3)
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada [2] 7.711 (4)7.992 (6)8.200 (5)8.100 (6)8.097 (6)
Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg Puerto Rico [2] 7.598 (7)7.850 (7)7.892 (8)7.867 (10)7.870 (7)
Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland [2] 7.636 (6)7.675 (10)7.942 (7)7.933 (9)7.850 (8)
Flag of South Korea (1948-1949).svg Korea [2] 7.525 (11)7.658 (11)7.750 (10)7.967 (8)7.792 (9)
Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia [2] 7.531 (10)7.789 (8)7.729 (12)7.842 (11)7.787 (10)
Flag of Panama.svg Panama [2] 7.514 (12)7.713 (9)7.742 (11)7.825 (12)7.760 (11)
Flag of French Polynesia.svg Tahiti [2] 7.566 (9)6.957 (12)7.858 (9)8.067 (7)7.627 (12)

Contestants

Notes

  1. 1 2 The event was held at 8:00 am Korea Time (UTC+09:00); for the Americas, this was July 7 in their local times including the United States.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Hwang, K. C. (8 July 1980). "Miss Universe hopes her future holds sports broadcasting career". The Columbia Record . Associated Press. p. 1. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "Miss Universe 1980". Carlos 🇵🇪. 3 December 2024. Retrieved 4 July 2025 via YouTube.