Miss Universe 1970 was the 19th Miss Universe pageant, held at the Miami Beach Auditorium in Miami Beach, Florida, United States on July 11, 1970.
At the end of the event, Gloria Diaz of the Philippines crowned Marisol Malaret of Puerto Rico as Miss Universe 1970. It is the first victory of Puerto Rico in the competition.[1]
Contestants from sixty-three countries and territories participated in this year's pageant. The pageant was hosted by Bob Barker in his fourth consecutive year, while June Lockhart provided commentary and analysis throughout the event.
Results
Placements
| Placement | Contestant |
|---|---|
| Miss Universe 1970 |
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| 1st runner-up |
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| 2nd runner-up |
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| 3rd runner-up |
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| 4th runner-up |
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| Top 15 |
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Contestants
Sixty-three contestants competed for the title.
| Country/Territory | Contestant | Age[a] | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|
 Argentina
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Beatriz Gros[3] | 21 | Buenos Aires |
 Aruba
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Linda Richardson[4] | 20 | Oranjestad |
 Australia
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Joan Zealand[5] | 24 | Sydney |
 Austria
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Elfriede Kurz[6] | 19 | Linz |
 Bahamas
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Antoinette Patrice DeGregory[7] | 19 | Nassau |
 Belgium
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Francine Martin[8] | 20 | Liège |
 Bermuda
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Margaret Hill[9] | 21 | Hamilton |
 Bolivia
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Roxana Brown[10] | 18 | La Paz |
 Brazil
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Eliane Thompson[11] | 20 | Piraí |
 Canada
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Norma Hickey[12] | 19 | Prince Edward Island |
 Ceylon
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Yolanda Ahlip[13] | 22 | Colombo |
 Chile
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Soledad Errázuriz[14] | 19 | Santiago |
 Colombia
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María Luisa Riascos[15] | 18 | Antioquia |
 Congo-Kinshasa
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Marie-Josee Basoko | 22 | Kinshasa |
 Costa Rica
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Lillian Berrocal | 18 | Cartago |
| Curaçao
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Nilva Maduro[16] | 21 | Willemstad |
 Czechoslovakia
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Kristina Hanzalová[17] | 20 | Bratislava |
 Denmark
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Winnie Hollmann[18] | 23 | Copenhagen |
 Dominican Republic
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Sobeida Fernández | 18 | Valverde |
 Ecuador
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Zoila Montesinos[19] | 18 | Portoviejo |
 England
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Yvonne Ormes | 21 | Nantwich |
 Finland
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Ursula Rainio | 20 | Rovaniemi |
 France
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Françoise Durand-Behot | 23 | Paris |
 West Germany
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Irene Neumann[20] | 22 | Garmisch-Partenkirchen |
 Greece
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Angelique Bourlessa | 23 | Athens |
 Guam
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Hilary Ann Best | 18 | Yigo |
 Holland
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Maureen Renzen | 19 | The Hague |
 Honduras
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Francis Van Tuyl | 18 | Cortés |
 Hong Kong
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Mabel Hawkett | 18 | Hong Kong |
 Iceland
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Erna Jóhannesdottir | 19 | Reykjavík |
 India
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Veena Sajnani | 23 | Bombay |
 Ireland
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Rita Doherty | – | Fermanagh |
 Israel
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Moshit Tsiporin | 20 | Ramat Gan |
 Italy
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Anna Zamboni | 18 | Turin |
 Jamaica
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Sheila Lorna Neil | – | Kingston |
 Japan
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Jun Shimada | 21 | Tokyo |
 Lebanon
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Georgette Gero | – | Beirut |
 Luxembourg
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Josee Reinert[7] | 18 | Esch-sur-Alzette |
 Malaysia
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Josephine Lena Wong[21] | 18 | Ipoh |
 Malta
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Tessie Pisani | 20 | Birkirkara |
 Mexico
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Libia Zulema López † | 18 | Sinaloa |
 New Zealand
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Glenys Treweek | 19 | Auckland |
 Nicaragua
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Graciela Salazar | – | León |
 Norway
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Vibeke Steineger | 22 | Bergen |
 Panama
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Berta López Herrera | – | Santiago |
 Paraguay
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Teresa Mercedes Brítez | 18 | Paraguarí |
 Peru
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Cristina Málaga | 21 | Arequipa |
 Philippines
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Simonette de Los Reyes[22] | 19 | Pasay |
 Portugal
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Ana Maria Diozo Lucas | 21 | Lisbon |
 Puerto Rico
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Marisol Malaret[23] | 20 | Santurce |
 Scotland
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Lee Marshall | 19 | Wishaw |
 Singapore
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Cecilia Undasan | 21 | Singapore |
 South Korea
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Yoo Young-ae[24] | 18 | Seoul |
 Spain
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Noelia Afonso | 19 | Canary Islands |
 Suriname
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Ingrid Mamadeus | 18 | Paramaribo |
 Sweden
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Britt-Inger Johansson | 19 | Kalmar |
 Switzerland
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Diane Jane Roth | 18 | Geneva |
 Tunisia
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Zohra Tabania | 18 | Tunis |
 Turkey
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Asuman Tuğberk | 18 | Istanbul |
 Uruguay
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Renee Buncristiand | – | Montevideo |
 United States
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Deborah Shelton[25] | 21 | Norfolk |
 Venezuela
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Bella La Rosa[26] | 20 | Carabobo |
 Wales
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Sandra Cater | 21 | Carmarthen |
Notes
- ^ Ages at the time of the pageant
References
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- ^ "Statistik beweist: OÖ hat die schönsten Frauen". Heute.at (in German). September 3, 2018. Retrieved November 9, 2023.
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- ^ "HPWC discusses Miss Bermuda beauty pageant". The Bermuda Recorder. August 8, 1970. p. 1. Retrieved November 9, 2023 – via Bermuda National Library.
- ^ "El título les dio alegrías, trabajo y fama que aún saborean" [The title gave them joy, work and fame that they still savor.]. El Deber (in European Spanish). July 29, 2017. Archived from the original on October 23, 2023. Retrieved October 17, 2023.
- ^ "Miss Brasil dara sorpresa en el concurso Miss Universo" [Miss Brazil will surprise in the Miss Universe contest]. La Nacion (in Spanish). July 4, 1970. p. 19. Retrieved November 9, 2023 – via Google News Archive.
- ^ Shea, Darlene (October 26, 2015). "Island girl, Norma (Hickey) Dougherty, returns with new book". SaltWire. Retrieved November 9, 2023.
- ^ "Boat ride for contest beauties". The Straits Times. July 3, 1970. p. 8. Retrieved November 9, 2023 – via National Library Board.
- ^ "Soledad Errázuriz: En su mejor momento". La Tercera (in Spanish). August 14, 2012. Retrieved November 9, 2023.
- ^ "La Senorita Antioquia, Reina Nal. de Belleza". El Tiempo (in Spanish). November 12, 1969. p. 1. Retrieved November 9, 2023 – via Google News Archive.
- ^ "Miss Curacao verkiezing". Vrije Stem (in Dutch). July 14, 1970. p. 4. Retrieved November 9, 2023 – via Delpher.
- ^ "Doesn't want to go home". The Pensacola News. August 4, 1970. p. 2. Retrieved November 9, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Hundene har fået deres eget vaskeri". Jyllands-Posten (in Danish). December 19, 2005. Retrieved November 9, 2023.
- ^ "Miami Beach". El Tiempo (in Spanish). July 9, 1970. p. 23. Retrieved November 9, 2023 – via Google News Archive.
- ^ "Hamburger diet upsets Bonn beauty". The Orlando Sentinel. July 6, 1970. p. 9. Retrieved November 9, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Jelitawan dari Perak di-pileh paling chantek di-Malaysia" [The beauty from Perak was chosen as the most beautiful woman in Malaysia]. Berita Harian (in Malay). May 31, 1970. p. 2. Retrieved November 9, 2023 – via National Library Board.
- ^ Lo, Ricky (August 25, 2020). "2 more 'golden' beauties". Philippine Star. Retrieved November 9, 2023.
- ^ "50,000 Turn Out in San Juan to Honor a Queen". The New York Times. July 22, 1970. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved November 9, 2023.
- ^ Cho, Yoo-bin; Oh, Jung-meen (April 13, 2021). "Miss Korea, now & then: Meet Korea's beauty icons of '70, '07, '18 [VIDEO]". Korea Times. Retrieved November 9, 2023.
- ^ "Miss USA title won by Virginia girl". Arizona Republic. Associated Press. May 17, 1970. p. 5. Retrieved July 24, 2023.
- ^ "Venezuela has a twin to spare in Miss Universe beauty pageant". Fort Lauderdale News. July 10, 1970. p. 18. Retrieved November 9, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
