Miss Universe 1972
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Miss Universe
Miss Universe is an annual international beauty contest that is run by the Miss Universe Organization. The pageant is the most publicized beauty contest in the world with 600 million viewers....
1972 was held at Cerromar Beach Hotel in Vega Alta, Puerto Rico
Vega Alta, Puerto Rico
Vega Alta is a municipality of Puerto Rico. Vega Alta is located on the northern coast of the island, north of Morovis and Corozal; east of Vega Baja; and west of Dorado with an area of . Vega Alta is spread over seven wards and Vega Alta Pueblo...
, on July 29, 1972. Kerry Anne Wells
Kerry Anne Wells
Kerry Anne Wells of Australia was the 1972 winner of the Miss Universe contest. She is from East Victoria Park, Western Australia.The 1972 pageant was the first to take place place outside the continental United States. That year, it was held in Dorado, Puerto Rico...
earned Australia's first Miss Universe crown. The outgoing Miss Universe, Georgina Rizk of Lebanon, was not allowed to crown her successor due to government restrictions because of fears of a terrorist attack. Such fears were triggered when, two months prior to the pageant, bombings occurred outside the hotel in which Miss USA, Tanya Wilson, was then staying. In addition, a group of Japanese hired by Arab terrorists, attacked the international airport in Tel Aviv and killed twenty-two Puerto Rican tourists. The Puerto Ricans were en route to the Holy Land when the massacre occurred. Lebanon did not compete in 1972 and Georgina could not be there to crown Miss Universe 1972.
Placements
| Final results | Contestant |
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| Miss Universe 1972 |
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| 1st runner-up |
 Brazil - Rejane Vieira Costa |
| 2nd runner-up |
 Venezuela - María Antonieta CámpoliMaría Antonieta Cámpoli María Antonieta Cámpoli Prisco is a pageant titleholder, was born in Isola del Liri, Italy on October 9, 1955, and grew up in Caracas, Venezuela... |
| 3rd runner-up |
 Israel - Ilana Goren |
| 4th runner-up |
 Kingdom of England - Jennifer McAdam |
| Top 12 |
 Belgium - Anne Marie Roger Germany - Heidi-Marie Weber India - Roopa Satyan Japan - Harumi Maeda Peru - Carmen Amelia Ampuero Mosquetti Philippines - Armi Barbara Quiray Crespo USAMiss USA The Miss USA beauty contest has been held annually since 1952 to select the United States entrant in the Miss Universe pageant. The Miss Universe Organization operates both pageants, as well as Miss Teen USA... - Tanya Wilson Tanya Wilson Tanya Wilson is a beauty queen from Honolulu, Hawaii who held the Miss USA 1972 title.Wilson placed second runner-up in the Miss Nevada pageant in 1969 and also competed in 1970. After moving to Honolulu with her mother, Wilson won the Miss Hawaii USA title in early May 1972... |
Special awards
| Award | Contestant |
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| Miss Congeniality |
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| Miss Photogenic |
Belgium - Anne Marie Roger |
| Best National Costume |
Peru - Carmen Amelia Ampuero Mosquetti |
Contestants
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Argentina - Norma Elena Dudik -
Aruba - Ivonne Dirksz -
Australia - Kerry Ann Wells -
Austria - Uschi Pacher -
The Bahamas - Deborah Jane Taylor - Belgium - Anne-Marie Roger
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Bermuda - Helen Brown -
Bolivia - Maria Alicia Vargas Vasquez - Brazil - Rejane Vieira Da Costa
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Canada - Bonny Brady -
Chile - Consuelo Fernandez De Olivares -
Colombia - Maria Luisa Lignarolo Martinez-Aparicio -
Costa Rica - Vicki Ross Gonzalez -
Curaçao - Ingrid Prade -
Denmark - Marianne Schmidt -
Dominican Republic - Ivonne Butler -
Ecuador - Susana Castro Jaramillo -
El Salvador - Ruth Eugenia Romero Ramirez - Kingdom of England - Jennifer Mary McAdam
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Finland - Maj-Len Eriksson -
Early Modern France - Claudine Cassereau - Germany - Heidemarie Renate Weber
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Greece - Nansy Kapetanaki -
Guam - Patricia Alvarez - - Jenny Ten Wolde
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Honduras - Doris Alicia Roca Pagan -
Hong Kong - Rita Leung -
Iceland - Maria Johannesdottir - India - Roopa Satyan
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Iraq - Wijdan Burham El-Deen Sulyman -
Republic of Ireland - Maree McGlinchey
- Israel - Ilana Goren
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Italy - Isabela Specia -
Jamaica - Grace Marilyn Wright - Japan - Harumi Maeda
- - Park Yeon-joo
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Luxembourg - Anita Heck -
Malaysia - Helen Looi -
Malta - Doris Abdilla -
Mexico - Maria Del Carmen Orozco Quibriera -
New Zealand - Kristine Dayle Allen -
Norway - Liv Hanche Olsen -
Paraguay - Maria Stela Volpe Martinez - Peru - Carmen Amelia Ampuero Mosquetti
- Philippines - Armi Barbara Quiray Crespo
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Portugal - Iris Maria Rosario Dos Santos -
Puerto Rico - Barbara Torres -
Kingdom of Scotland - Elizabeth Joan Stevely -
Singapore - Jacqueline Hong -
Spain - Maria Del Carmen Munoz Castanon -
Suriname - Carmen Cerna Muntslag -
Sweden - Britt Marie Johansson -
Switzerland - Anneliese Weber -
Thailand - Nipapat SudsiriNipapat SudsiriNipapat Sudsiri , nicknamed Lek was Miss Thailand 1971. she competed in the Miss Universe 1972 pageant competition held in Puerto Rico.... -
Turkey - Neslihan Sunay -
United States Virgin Islands - Carol Krieger -
Uruguay - Christina Moller - United States - Tanya Wilson
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Venezuela - Maria Antonieta Campoli PriscoMaría Antonieta CámpoliMaría Antonieta Cámpoli Prisco is a pageant titleholder, was born in Isola del Liri, Italy on October 9, 1955, and grew up in Caracas, Venezuela... -
Wales - Eileen Darroch -
Zaire - Ombayi Mukuta
Panel of Judges
- Edilson Cid Varela
- Mapita Cortez
- Kiyoshi Hara
- Sylvia HitchcockSylvia HitchcockSylvia Louise Hitchcock-Carson is a pageant titleholder who held the Miss USA 1967 and Miss Universe 1967 titles.Hitchcock was born in Haverhill, Massachusetts and grew up on a chicken farm in Miami, Florida. She attended Palmetto High School, Miami-Dade Junior College and studied art at the...
- Kurt Jurgen
- Jean-Louis Lindican
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- Arnold Scaasi
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