Miss International 1978
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Miss International
Miss International is an annual international beauty pageant held since 1960.The current Miss International is Fernanda Cornejo, from Ecuador...
1978 was held at Mielparque
Mielparque
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, Tokyo
Tokyo
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, Japan
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on November 10, 1978. Katherine Patricia Ruth
Katherine Patricia Ruth
Katherine Patricia Ruth, from California, is the second United States delegate to win the Miss International beauty title.Katherine won the international pageant in 1978 in Tokyo, Japan, four years after United States won its first title in 1974.-References:...
earned USA
United States
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's second Miss International crown.
Results
| Final Result | Contestant |
|---|---|
| Miss International 1978 |
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| 1st runner-up |
 Norway - Jeanette Aarum |
| 2nd runner-up |
 Belgium - Brigitte Maria Antonia Muyshondt |
| 3rd runner-up |
 Germany - Petra Brinkmann |
| 4th runner-up |
 Republic of Ireland - Lorraine Bernadette Enriquez |
Special awards
- Friendship: Rosita de Lourdes Requeña (Bolivia)
- Photogenic: Elisabeth Havichek (Austria)
- National costume: Olga Pescador Sosa (Mexico)