User:Mauriziok/Miss Universe 1972

Mauriziok/Miss Universe 1972
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	Iraq Zaire
Withdrawals	Congo-Kinshasa Lebanon Nicaragua Panama Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia
Returns	Chile Denmark El Salvador Hong Kong Paraguay
Winner	Kerry Anne Wells Australia
Congeniality	Ombayi Mukuta Zaire
Best National Costume	Carmen Ampuero Peru
Photogenic	Anne-Marie Roger Belgium

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.
It was the first edition to be held outside the continental United States.

Results

Placements

Final results	Contestant
Miss Universe 1972	Australia – Kerry Anne Wells
1st Runner-up	Brazil – Rejane Costa †
2nd Runner-up	Venezuela – María Antonieta Cámpoli
3rd Runner-up	Israel – Ilana Goren
4th Runner-up	England - Jennifer McAdam
Top 12	Belgium – Anne-Marie Roger Germany – Heidemarie Weber India – Roopa Satyan † Japan - Harumi Maeda Peru – Carmen Amelia Ampuero Philippines – Armi Barbara Crespo USA – Tanya Wilson

Special Awards

Special Awards	Winners
Miss Amity	Zaire – Ombayi Mukuta
Miss Photogenic	Belgium – Anne-Marie Roger
Best National Costume	Peru – Carmen Ampuero

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.

Awards

• Zaire - Miss Amity (Ombayi Mukuta)
• Belgium - Miss Photogenic (Anne-Marie Roger)
• Peru - Best National Costume (Carmen Ampuero)

General References

• West, Donald (ed.). "Miss Universe 1972". pageantopolis.com. Archived from the original on February 7, 2012. Retrieved November 30, 2018.

External links

• Miss Universe official website

[[:Category:Miss Universe|1972]] [[:Category:1972 in Puerto Rico]] [[:Category:1972 beauty pageants]] [[:Category:Beauty pageants in Puerto Rico]] [[:Category:Dorado, Puerto Rico]] [[:Category:July 1972 events in North America]]