Miss Universe 1970

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.

Miss Universe 1970
Marisol Malaret
Date	July 11, 1970
Presenters	Bob Barker June Lockhart
Venue	Miami Beach Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida, United States
Broadcaster	CBS
Entrants	63
Placements	15
Debuts	Czechoslovakia
Withdrawals	Bonaire Thailand Yugoslavia
Returns	Lebanon Panama Paraguay Portugal
Winner	Marisol Malaret † Puerto Rico
Congeniality	Hilary Best, Guam
Best National Costume	Roxana Brown Trigo (Bolivia)
Photogenic	Margaret Hill, Bermuda
Expo Queen	Josephine Wong (Malaysia)
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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

Miss Universe 1970 participating nations and results

Placements

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

Contestants

Sixty-three contestants competed for the title.

Country/Territory	Contestant	Age[lower-alpha 1]	Hometown
Argentina	Beatriz Martha Gross[3]	21	Buenos Aires
Aruba	Linda Richardson[4]	20	Oranjestad
Australia	Joan Zealand[5]	24	Sydney
Austria	Elfriede Kurz[6]	19	Linz
Bahamas	Antoinette Patrice DeGregory[7]	19	Nassau
Belgium	Francine Martin[8]	20	Liège
Bermuda	Margaret Hill[9]	21	Hamilton
Bolivia	Roxana Brown[10]	18	La Paz
Brazil	Eliane Thompson[11]	20	Piraí
Canada	Norma Hickey[12]	19	Prince Edward Island
Ceylon	Yolanda Ahlip[13]	22	Colombo
Chile	Soledad Errázuriz[14]	19	Santiago
Colombia	María Luisa Riascos[15]	18	Antioquia
Congo-Kinshasa	Marie-Josee Basoko	22	Kinshasa
Costa Rica	Lillian Berrocal	18	Cartago
Curaçao	Nilva Maduro[16]	21	Willemstad
Czechoslovakia	Kristina Hanzalová[17]	20	Bratislava
Denmark	Winnie Hollmann[18]	23	Copenhagen
Dominican Republic	Sobeida Fernández	18	Valverde
Ecuador	Zoila Montesinos[19]	18	Portoviejo
England	Yvonne Ormes	21	Nantwich
Finland	Ursula Rainio	20	Rovaniemi
France	Françoise Durand-Behot	23	Paris
West Germany	Irene Neumann[20]	22	Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Greece	Angelique Bourlessa	23	Athens
Guam	Hilary Ann Best	18	Yigo
Holland	Maureen Renzen	19	The Hague
Honduras	Francis Van Tuyl	18	Cortés
Hong Kong	Mabel Hawkett	18	Hong Kong
Iceland	Erna Jóhannesdottir	19	Reykjavík
India	Veena Sajnani	23	Bombay
Ireland	Rita Doherty	–	Fermanagh
Israel	Moshit Tsiporin	20	Ramat Gan
Italy	Anna Zamboni	18	Turin
Jamaica	Sheila Lorna Neil	–	Kingston
Japan	Jun Shimada	21	Tokyo
Lebanon	Georgette Gero	–	Beirut
Luxembourg	Josee Reinert[7]	18	Esch-sur-Alzette
Malaysia	Josephine Lena Wong[21]	18	Ipoh
Malta	Tessie Pisani	20	Birkirkara
Mexico	Libia Zulema López †	18	Sinaloa
New Zealand	Glenys Treweek	19	Auckland
Nicaragua	Graciela Salazar	–	León
Norway	Vibeke Steineger	22	Bergen
Panama	Berta López Herrera	–	Santiago
Paraguay	Teresa Mercedes Brítez	18	Paraguarí
Peru	Cristina Málaga	21	Arequipa
Philippines	Simonette de Los Reyes[22]	19	Pasay
Portugal	Ana Maria Diozo Lucas	21	Lisbon
Puerto Rico	Marisol Malaret[23]	20	Santurce
Scotland	Lee Marshall	19	Wishaw
Singapore	Cecilia Undasan	21	Singapore
South Korea	Yoo Young-ae[24]	18	Seoul
Spain	Noelia Afonso	19	Canary Islands
Suriname	Ingrid Mamadeus	18	Paramaribo
Sweden	Britt-Inger Johansson	19	Kalmar
Switzerland	Diane Jane Roth	18	Geneva
Tunisia	Zohra Tabania	18	Tunis
Turkey	Asuman Tuğberk	18	Istanbul
Uruguay	Renee Buncristiand	–	Montevideo
United States	Deborah Shelton[25]	21	Norfolk
Venezuela	Bella La Rosa[26]	20	Carabobo
Wales	Sandra Cater	21	Carmarthen

Notes

1. Ages at the time of the pageant

References

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