Miss Universe 1972

Miss Universe 1972, the 21st Miss Universe pageant, was held on 29 July, 1972 at the Cerromar Beach Hotel in Dorado, Puerto Rico. Kerry Anne Wells earned Australia's first Miss Universe crown. Georgina Rizk of Lebanon, was not allowed to crown her successor due to government restrictions because of fears of a terrorist attack. Lebanon did not compete in 1972 and Georgina could not be there to crown Miss Universe 1972. Wells was crowned by Miss Universe 1970, Marisol Malaret of Puerto Rico and Miss Universe 1971 1st Runner-Up Toni Rayward.
It was the first edition to be held outside the continental United States.

Miss Universe 1972
Miss Universe 1972 participating nations and results
Date29 July 1972
PresentersBob Barker
VenueCerromar Beach Hotel, Dorado, Puerto Rico
Broadcaster
Entrants61
Placements12
Debuts
Withdrawals
Returns
WinnerKerry Anne Wells
 Australia
CongenialityOmbayi Mukuta
 Zaire
Best National CostumeCarmen Ampuero
 Peru
PhotogenicAnne-Marie Roger
 Belgium

Results

Placements
Placement Contestant
Miss Universe 1972
1st Runner-up
2nd Runner-up
3rd Runner-up
4th Runner-up
Top 12

Special Awards
Special Awards Winners
Miss Amity
  •  Zaire – Ombayi Mukuta
Miss Photogenic
Best National Costume
  •  Peru – Carmen Ampuero
Top 10

Best in Prelimimary Swimsuit Competition

Order Of Announcements

Top 12

  1.  England
  2.  Brazil
  3.  Japan
  4.  Venezuela
  5.  Australia
  6.  Peru
  7.  Belgium
  8.  United States
  9.  Israel
  10.  Germany
  11.  Philippines
  12.  India

Top 5

  1.  Australia
  2.  England
  3.  Venezuela
  4.  Israel
  5.  Brazil

Contestants
Country/Territory Contestant Hometown
 ArgentinaNorma Elena DudikBuenos Aires Province
 ArubaIvonne DirkszOranjestad
 AustraliaKerry Anne WellsPerth
 AustriaUschi PacherCarinthia
 BahamasDeborah Jane TaylorBimini
 BelgiumAnne-Marie RogerBrussels
 BermudaHelen BrownSt. George's
 BoliviaMaría Alicia Vargas VásquezSanta Cruz
 BrazilRejane Vieira Costa †Cachoeira do Sul
 CanadaBonny BradyOntario
 ChileConsuelo Fernández de Olivares †Santiago
 ColombiaMaría Luisa Lignarolo Martínez-AparicioAtlántico
 Costa RicaVicki Ross GonzálezSan José
 CuraçaoIngrid PradeWillemstad
 DenmarkMarianne SchmidtCopenhagen
 Dominican RepublicIvonne ButlerLa Romana
 EcuadorSusana Castro JaramilloQuito
 El SalvadorRuth Eugenia Romero RamírezSan Salvador
 EnglandJennifer Mary McAdamLondon
 FinlandMaj-Len Eriksson †Helsinki
 FranceClaudine Cassereau †Poitou
 GermanyHeidemarie Renate WeberBrandenburg
 GreeceNansy KapetanakiAthens
 GuamPatricia AlvarezYigo
 HollandJenny Ten WoldeThe Hague
 HondurasDoris Alicia Roca PaganCortés
 Hong KongRita Leung Suet-LingHong Kong
 IcelandMaría Kristín JóhannesdóttirReykjavík
 IndiaRoopa Satyan †Bangalore
 IraqWijdan Burhan El-Deen SulymanBaghdad
 IrelandMaree McGlincheyDonegal
 IsraelIlana GorenKiryat Motzkin
 ItalyIsabela SpeciaMilan
 JamaicaGrace Marilyn WrightKingston
 JapanHarumi MaedaTokyo
 LuxembourgAnita HeckEsch-sur-Alzette
 MalaysiaHelen Looi EngGeorgetown
 MaltaDoris AbdillaBirżebbuġa
 MexicoMaría del Carmen Orozco QuibrieraChihuahua
 New ZealandKristine Dayle AllenAuckland
 NorwayLiv Hanche OlsenOslo
 ParaguayMaría Stela Volpe MartínezAsunción
 PeruCarmen Amelia Ampuero MosquettiLima
 PhilippinesArmi Barbara Quiray CrespoManila
 PortugalIris Maria Rosario Dos SantosPortuguese Mozambique
 Puerto RicoBárbara TorresSanturce
 ScotlandElizabeth Joan StevelyGlasgow
 SingaporeJacqueline Hong Ghim HanSingapore
 South KoreaPark Yeon-jooSeoul
 SpainMaría del Carmen Muñoz CastañónMadrid
 SurinamCarmen Cerna MuntslagParamaribo
 SwedenBritt Marie JohanssonTrångsund
 SwitzerlandAnneliese WeberZürich
 ThailandNipapat SudsiriKanchanaburi
 TurkeyNeslihan SunayEskişehir
 UruguayChristina MollerMontevideo
 United StatesTanya WilsonHonolulu
 VenezuelaMaría Antonieta CámpoliNueva Esparta
 Virgin IslandsCarol KriegerSaint Croix
 WalesEileen DarrochCaerwys
 ZaireOmbayi MukutaKinshasa

Notes

Debuts

Withdrawals/Did not complete

Name Changes

Awards
  •  Zaire - Miss Amity (Ombayi Mukuta)
  •  Belgium - Miss Photogenic (Anne-Marie Roger)
  •  Peru - Best National Costume (Carmen Ampuero)

General References
  • West, Donald (ed.). "Miss Universe 1972". pageantopolis.com. Archived from the original on February 7, 2012. Retrieved November 30, 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
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