Miss Universe 1980

Miss Universe 1980 was the 29th Miss Universe pageant, held on 8 July 1980^[a] at the Sejong Cultural Center in Seoul, South Korea.^[1] It was the first time in the pageant's history that the event was held in South Korea. Shawn Weatherly from the United States was crowned by Maritza Sayalero of Venezuela. Sixty-nine contestants competed in this year.

Miss Universe 1980
Shawn Weatherly
Date	8 July 1980[a]
Presenters	Bob Barker Helen O'Connell Jayne Kennedy
Entertainment	Donny Osmond
Venue	Sejong Cultural Center, Seoul, South Korea
Broadcaster	CBS (international) KBS (official broadcaster)
Entrants	69
Placements	12
Debuts	Cayman Islands Turks and Caicos Islands
Withdrawals	Antigua Barbados Bophuthatswana El Salvador Fiji Mauritius Portugal South Africa Saint Kitts Saint Vincent Suriname Transkei
Returns	Curaçao Guadeloupe Indonesia Sint Maarten
Winner	Shawn Weatherly United States
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Results

Sejong Cultural Center in Seoul

Placements

Miss Universe 1980 participating nations and results

Placement	Contestant
Miss Universe 1980	United States – Shawn Weatherly[1]
1st runner-up	Scotland – Linda Gallagher[1]
2nd runner-up	New Zealand – Delyse Nottle[1]
3rd runner-up	Philippines – Maria Rosario Silayan[1]
4th runner-up	Sweden – Eva Birgitta Andersson[1]
Top 12	Canada – Teresa MacKay Colombia – María Patricia Arbeláez Iceland – Guðbjörg Sigurdardóttir – Panama Gloria Karamañites Puerto Rico – Agnes Tañón South Korea – Kim Eun-jung Tahiti – Thilda Fuller

Contestants

•  Argentina – Silvia Piedrabuena
•  Aruba – Magaly Maduro
•  Australia – Katrina Redina
•  Austria – Isabel Muller
•  Bahamas – Darlene Davies
•  Belgium – Brigitte Billen
•  Belize – Ellen Marie Clarke
•  Bermuda – Jill Murphy
•  Bolivia – Carmen Sonia Pereira Parada
•  Brazil – Eveline Schroeter
•  British Virgin Islands – Barbara Stevens
•  Canada – Teresa Lynn McKay
•  Cayman Islands – Dealia Devon Walter
•  Chile – María Gabriela Campusano Puelma
•  Colombia – Maria Patricia Arbeláez
•  Costa Rica – Barbara Herrero
•  Curaçao – Hassana Hamoud
•  Denmark – Jane Bill
•  Dominican Republic – Milagros Germán
•  Ecuador – Verónica Rivas
•  England – Julie Duckworth
•  Finland – Sirpa Viljamaa
•  France – Brigitte Choquet
•  Germany – Kathrin Glotzl
•  Greece – Roula Kanellapoulou
•  Guadeloupe – Elydie de Gage
•  Guam – Dina Aportadera
•  Guatemala – Lizabeth Iveth Martínez Noack
•  Holland – Karin Gooyer
•  Honduras – Etelvina Raudales Velásquez
•  Hong Kong – Wanda Tai
•  Iceland – Guðbjörg Sigurdardóttir
•  India – Sangeeta Motilal Bijlani
•  Indonesia – Andi Nana Riwayatie Basoamier
•  Ireland – Maura McMenamim
•  Israel – Ilana Shoshan
•  Italy – Loredana Del Santo
•  Japan – Hisae Hiyama
•  South Korea – Kim Eun-jung
•  Malaysia – Felicia Yong
•  Malta – Isabelle Zammit
•  Mexico – Ana Patricia Nuñez Romero
•  New Zealand – Diana Delyse Nottle
•  Northern Mariana Islands – Angelina Camacho Chong
•  Norway – Maiken Nielsen
•  Panama – Gloria Karamañites
•  Papua New Guinea – Mispah Alwyn
•  Paraguay – Martha Galli
•  Peru – Mariailce Ramis
•  Philippines – Maria Rosario Silayan †
•  Puerto Rico – Agnes Tañón Correa
•  Réunion – Myrose Hoareau
•  Sint Maarten – Lucie Marie Davic
•  Scotland – Linda Gallagher
•  Singapore – Ann Chua Ai Choo
•  Spain – Yolanda Hoyos
•  Sri Lanka – Hyacinth Kurukulasuriya
•  Sweden – Eva Birgitta Andersson
•  Switzerland – Margrit Kilchoer
• Tahiti – Thilda Raina Fuller
•  Thailand – Artitaya Promkul
•  Trinidad and Tobago – Althea Rocke
•  Turkey – Heyecan Gokoglou
•  Turks and Caicos Islands – Constance Lightbourne
•  Uruguay – Beatriz Antuñez
•  United States – Shawn Weatherly
•  United States Virgin Islands – Deborah Mardenborough
•  Venezuela – Maye Brandt †
•  Wales – Kim Ashfield

Notes

1. The event was held at 8:00 am Korea Time (UTC+09:00); for the Americas, this was July 7 in their local times including the United States.