Miss Universe 1970

Miss Universe 1970
Date	July 11, 1970
Presenters	Bob Barker
Venue	Miami Beach Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida, United States
Broadcaster	CBS
Entrants	64
Placements	15
Debuts	Czechoslovakia
Withdraws	Bonaire, Thailand
Returns	Lebanon, Panama, Paraguay, Portugal
Winner	Marisol Malaret Puerto Rico

Miss Universe 1970, the 19th Miss Universe pageant, was won by Marisol Malaret of Puerto Rico. It took place on July 11, 1970 at the Miami Beach Auditorium in Miami Beach, Florida, United States. The delegates also visited Expo '70, Osaka, Japan.

Results

Placements

Final results	Contestant
Miss Universe 1970	Puerto Rico - Marisol Malaret
1st runner-up	USA - Deborah Shelton
2nd runner-up	Australia - Joan Lydia Zealand
3rd runner-up	Japan - Jun Shimada
4th runner-up	Argentina - Beatriz Martha Gross
Top 15	Brazil - Eliane Fialho Thompson  Czechoslovakia - Kristina Hanzalová  Greece - Angelique Bourlessa  Guam - Hilary Anne Best  Hong Kong - Mabel Hawkett  Italy - Anna Zamboni  Malaysia - Josephine Lena Wong Jaw Leng  Sweden - Britt Johansson  Switzerland - Diane Jane Roth  Venezuela - Bella La Rosa

Order of announcement of semifinalists

• Group 1: Malaysia, Greece, Hong Kong, Argentina, Switzerland, Czechoslovakia, & Puerto Rico
• Group 2: Australia, Italy, Brazil, Venezuela, Japan, Guam, Sweden & USA

Order of announcement of finalists

• Puerto Rico, USA, Australia, Argentina & Japan

Special awards

Award	Contestant
Miss Congeniality	Guam - Hilary Anne Best
Miss Photogenic	Bermuda - Margaret Hill
Expo Queen	Malaysia - Josephine Lena Wong Jaw Leng
Best National Costume	Bolivia - Roxana Brown Trigo

Contestants

Argentina - Beatriz Marta Gros  Aruba - Linda Annette Richmon  Australia - Joan Lydia Zealand  Austria - Evi Ilfriede Kurz  Bahamas - Antoinette Patrice DeGregory  Belgium - Francine Martin  Bermuda - Margaret Hill  Bolivia - Roxana Brown Trigo  Brazil - Eliane Fialho Thompson  Canada - Norma Joyce Hickey  Ceylon - Yolanda Shahzadi Ahlip  Chile - Soledad Errazuriz Garcia Moreno  Colombia - Maria Luisa Riascos Velasquez  Congo-Kinshasa -Marie-Josee Basoko  Costa Rica - Lillian Berrocal  Curaçao - Nilva Maduro  Czechoslovakia - Kristina Hanzalová  Denmark - Winnie Hollmann  Dominican Republic - Sobeida Fernandez Reyes  Ecuador - Zoila Montesinos Rivera  England - Yvonne Anne Ormes  Finland - Ursula Rainio  France - Francoise Durand-Behot  Germany - Irene Neumann  Greece - Angelique Bourlessa  Guam - Hilary Ann Best  Holland - Maureen Joan Renzen  Honduras - Francis Irene Van Tuyl  Hong Kong - Mabel Hawkett  Iceland - Erna Johannesdottir  India - Veena Sajnani  Ireland - Rita Doherty

Israel - Moshit Tsiporin  Italy - Anna Zamboni  Jamaica - Sheila Lorna Neil  Japan - Jun Shimada  Korea - Yoo Young-ae  Lebanon - Georgette Gero  Luxembourg - Josee Reinert  Malaysia - Josephine Lena Wong  Malta - Tessie Pisani  Mexico - Libia Zulerna Lopez Montemayor  New Zealand - Glenys Elizabeth Treweek  Nicaragua - Graciela Salazar Lanzas  Norway - Vibeke Steineger  Panama - Berta Lopez Herrera  Paraguay - Teresa Mercedez Britez Sullow  Peru - Cristina Malaga Butron  Philippines - Simonette Berenguer De Los Reyes  Portugal - Ana Maria Diozo Lucas  Puerto Rico - Marisol Malaret Contreras  Scotland - Lee Hamilton Marshall  Singapore - Cecilia Undasan  Spain - Noelia Afonso Cabrera  Suriname - Ingrid Mamadeus  Sweden - Britt Johansson  Switzerland - Diane Jane Roth  Tunisia - Zohra Tabania  Turkey - Asuman Tugberk  Uruguay - Renee Buncristiand  USA - Debbie Dale Shelton  Venezuela - Bella Mercedes La Rosa De La Rosa  Wales - Sandra Cater  Yugoslavia - Snezana Dzambas

Panel of judges

Julio Alemán Pearl Bailey Edilson Cid Varela Eileen Ford Sukichiro Hirae Yousuf Karsh

Dong Kingman David Merrick Line Renaud Corinna Tsopei Earl Wilson

External links

• Pageant summary