Miss Universe 1975
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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....
pageant was held at the National Gymnasium
Gimnasio Nacional José Adolfo Pineda
Gimnasio Nacional José Adolfo Pineda is an indoor sporting arena located in San Salvador, El Salvador. The capacity of the arena is 12,500 spectators. It is mainly used to host basketball and other indoor sporting events...
, San Salvador
San Salvador
The city of San Salvador the capital and largest city of El Salvador, which has been designated a Gamma World City. Its complete name is La Ciudad de Gran San Salvador...
, El Salvador
El Salvador
El Salvador or simply Salvador is the smallest and the most densely populated country in Central America. The country's capital city and largest city is San Salvador; Santa Ana and San Miguel are also important cultural and commercial centers in the country and in all of Central America...
on July 19, 1975. The live telecast was broadcast on CBS
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
. Miss Universe 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...
of Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
crowned the new Miss Universe, Anne Marie Pohtamo
Anne Marie Pohtamo
Anne Marie Pohtamo was the second woman from Finland to capture the Miss Universe crown. She claimed the Miss Universe crown in 1975 at the pageant held in El Salvador....
of Finland
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
.
The political backdrop to the 1975 Miss Universe pageant was not a happy one, however. 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. 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."
Placements
| Final results | Contestant |
|---|---|
| Miss Universe 1975 |
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| 1st runner-up |
 Haiti - Gerthie David |
| 2nd runner-up |
 United States - Summer BartholomewSummer Bartholomew Summer Robin Bartholomew is a model and actress who won the 1975 Miss USA pageant.Her first pageant experience came in 1973 when she won the Miss Oktoberfest title.... |
| 3rd runner-up |
 Sweden - Catharina Sjödahl |
| 4th runner-up |
 Philippines - Rose Marie Singson Brosas |
| Top 12 |
 Brazil - Ingrid Budag Colombia - Martha Lucia Echeverry Trujillo El Salvador - Carmen Elena Figueroa Kingdom of England - Vicki Harris Israel - Orit Cooper Japan - Sachiko Nakayama |
Special Awards
| Award | Contestant |
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| Best National Costume |
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| Miss Congeniality |
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| Miss Photogenic |
Colombia - Martha Echeverry United States - Summer Bartholomew Summer Bartholomew Summer Robin Bartholomew is a model and actress who won the 1975 Miss USA pageant.Her first pageant experience came in 1973 when she won the Miss Oktoberfest title.... |
Contestants
Argentina - Rosa Del Valle Santillan
Aruba - Martica Pamela Brown
Australia - Jennifer Matthews
Austria - Rosemarie Holzschuh
The Bahamas - Sonia Chipman
Belgium - Christine Delmelle
Belize - Lisa Longsworth
Bermuda - Donna Louise Wright
Bolivia - Jacqueline Gamarra Sckett
Brazil - Ingrid Budag
Canada - Sandra Margaret Emily Campbell
Chile - Raquel Argandona- Colombia - Martha Lucia Echeverri Trujillo
Costa Rica - Maria De Los Angeles Picado Gonzalez
Curaçao - Jasmin Fraites
Denmark - Berit Fredriksen
Dominican Republic - Milvia Troncoso
Ecuador - Ana Maria Wray Salas- El Salvador - Carmen Elena Figueroa
- Kingdom of England - Vicki Harris
Finland - Anne-Marie Pohtamo
Early Modern France - Sophie Sonia PerinSophie Sonia PerinSophie Sonia Perin of France is the first Miss International winner from her country.Before her victory in Tokyo, Japan in 1976, she competed as France's representative in the 1975 Miss Universe in San Salvador, El Salvador, and in the 1975 Miss World in London, United Kingdom. In both pageants,...
Germany - Sigrid Silke Klose
Greece - Afroditi Katsouli
Guam - Deborah Lizama Nacke
Guatemala - Emy Elivia Abascal- Haiti - Gerthie David
- ' - Linda Adriana Snippe
- ' - Mary Cheung
Iceland - Helga Eldon Jonsdottir
India - Meenakshi Kurpad
Indonesia - Lydia Arlini Wahab- ' - Julie Ann Farnham
- Israel - Orit Cooper
Italy - Diana Salvador
Jamaica - Gillian Louise Annette King
- Japan - Sachiko Nakayama
- ' - Seo Ji-hye
Lebanon - Souad Nakhoul
Liberia - Aurelia Sancho
Luxembourg - Marie Therese Manderschied
Malaysia - Alice Cheong
Malta - Frances Pace Ciantar
Mauritius - Nirmala Sohun
Mexico - Delia Servin Nieto
MicronesiaMicronesiaMicronesia is a subregion of Oceania, comprising thousands of small islands in the western Pacific Ocean. It is distinct from Melanesia to the south, and Polynesia to the east. The Philippines lie to the west, and Indonesia to the southwest....
- Elena Delunger Tomokane
Morocco - Salhi Badia
New Zealand - Barbara Ann Kirkley
Nicaragua - Alda Maritza Sanchez
Panama - Anina Horta Torrijos
Paraguay - Susana Beatriz Vire Ferreira
Peru - Olga Lourdes Berninzon Devescovi- Philippines - Rose Marie Singson Brosas
Puerto Rico - Lorell Del Carmen Carmona Juan
SamoaAmerican SamoaAmerican Samoa is an unincorporated territory of the United States located in the South Pacific Ocean, southeast of the sovereign state of Samoa...
-Darlene Schwenke
Kingdom of Scotland - Mary Kirkwood
Singapore - Sally Tan
South Africa - Gail Anthony
Spain - Chelo Martin Lopez
Sri Lanka - Shyama Hirarnya Algama- Sweden - Catharina Sjödahl
Switzerland - Beatrice Aschwanden
Thailand - Wanlaya Thonawanik- ' - Christine Mary Jackson
Turkey - Sezin Topcuoglu
Uruguay - Evelyn Rodriguez- United States - Summer Robin BartholomewSummer BartholomewSummer Robin Bartholomew is a model and actress who won the 1975 Miss USA pageant.Her first pageant experience came in 1973 when she won the Miss Oktoberfest title....
Venezuela - Maritza Pineda MontoyaMaritza PinedaMaritza Pineda Montoya was Miss Venezuela 1975 and hence the official representative of Venezuela to the Miss Universe 1975 pageant held in San Salvador, El Salvador, on July 19, 1975....
Virgin IslandsVirgin IslandsThe Virgin Islands are the western island group of the Leeward Islands, which are the northern part of the Lesser Antilles, which form the border between the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean...
- Julia Florencia Wallace
Wales - Georgina Kerler
Kingdom of Yugoslavia - Lidija Vera Manić
Contestants Notes
- Austria: Rosemarie Holzschuh also competed both in Miss International 1975 and Miss World 1975, but failed to placed.
- Belgium: Christine Delmelle also competed in Miss World 1975, but unplaced.
- Bermuda: Donna Louise Wright also competed in Miss World 1975, but unplaced.
- Canada: Sandra Margaret Emily Campbell was competed both in Miss International 1974 and Miss World 1974, but failed to placed.
- Kingdom of England: Vicki Harris placed 2nd runner-up in Miss World 1975 as represented United KingdomUnited KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
. - Early Modern France: Sophie Sonia PerinSophie Sonia PerinSophie Sonia Perin of France is the first Miss International winner from her country.Before her victory in Tokyo, Japan in 1976, she competed as France's representative in the 1975 Miss Universe in San Salvador, El Salvador, and in the 1975 Miss World in London, United Kingdom. In both pageants,...
also competed in Miss World 1975, but unplaced. She became Miss International 1976 later. - Germany: Sigrid Silke Klose also competed in Miss International 1975, but unplaced.
- Iceland: Helga Eldon Jonsdóttir placed 2nd runner-up in Miss International 1973.
- Indonesia: Lydia Arlini Wahab was competed in Miss International 1974, but unplaced.
- ': Julie Ann Farnham was a semifinalist in Miss World 1974.
- Lebanon: Souad Nakhou competed in Miss World 1976 two years later, but failed to placed.
- Luxembourg: Marie Thérèse Manderschied also competed in Miss World 1975, but unplaced.
- Kingdom of Scotland: Mary Kirkwood placed 2nd runner-up in Miss Europe 1976 two years later.
- Spain: Chelo Martín Lópe was a semifinalist in Miss International 1974.
- Switzerland: Beatrice Aschwanden competed in Miss International 1976 two years later.
- Kingdom of Yugoslavia: Lidija Vera Manić became Miss International 1975Miss International 1975Miss International 1975, the 15th Miss International beauty pageant was held at Okinawa's Expo Portside Theater, Motobu, Japan on November 3, 1975. 48 contestants competed for the pageant. Finally, Lidija Manić from Yugoslavia crown as Miss International 1975....
later. - Philippines placed for the 4th consecutive time and it's highest after Margarita Moran's win in 1973
Panel of Judges
- Maribel Arrieta Gálvez
- Ernest BorgnineErnest BorgnineErnest Borgnine is an American actor of television and film. His career has spanned more than six decades. He was an unconventional lead in many films of the 1950s, including his Academy Award-winning turn in the 1955 film Marty...
- Aline GriffithAline, Countess of RomanonesDoña María Aline Griffith Dexter, Countess of Romanones, Grandee of Spain is a Spanish-American aristocrat, socialite, and writer who started at the US Office of Strategic Services as a cipher clerk during World War II...
- Kiyoshi Hara
- Jean-Claude KillyJean-Claude KillyJean-Claude Killy was an alpine ski racer, who dominated the sport in the late 1960s. He was a triple Olympic champion, winning the three alpine events at the 1968 Winter Olympics, becoming the most successful athlete there...
- Peter LawfordPeter LawfordPeter Sydney Ernest Aylen , better known as Peter Lawford, was an English-American actor.He was a member of the "Rat Pack", and brother-in-law to US President John F. Kennedy, perhaps more noted in later years for his off-screen activities as a celebrity than for his acting...
- Max LernerMax LernerMaxwell "Max" Alan Lerner was an American journalist and educator known for his controversial syndicated column....
- Susan StrasbergSusan StrasbergSusan Elizabeth Strasberg was an American film and stage actress.-Background and career:Strasberg was born in New York City, New York, the daughter of theatre director and drama coach Lee Strasberg of the Actors Studio and former actress Paula Strasberg...
- Leon UrisLeon UrisLeon Marcus Uris was an American novelist, known for his historical fiction and the deep research that went into his novels. His two bestselling books were Exodus, published in 1958, and Trinity, in 1976.-Life:...
- Sarah VaughanSarah VaughanSarah Lois Vaughan was an American jazz singer, described by Scott Yanow as having "one of the most wondrous voices of the 20th century."...
- Luz Marina ZuluagaLuz Marina ZuluagaLuz Marina Zuluaga is a Colombian beauty pageant winner and Miss Universe 1958. She is the only Colombian in history to hold the Miss Universe title.-Biography:...