Miss Universe 1972

Miss Universe 1972
Date	July 29, 1972
Presenters	Bob Barker
Venue	Cerromar Beach Hotel, Dorado, Puerto Rico
Broadcaster	CBS
Entrants	61
Placements	12
Debuts	Iraq, Zaire
Withdraws	Congo-Kinshasa, Lebanon, Nicaragua, Panama, Tunisia
Returns	Chile, Denmark, El Salvador, Hong Kong, Paraguay
Winner	Kerry Anne Wells Australia

Participating Nations and Results.

Miss Universe 1972 was held at Cerromar Beach Hotel in Vega Alta, Puerto Rico, on July 29, 1972. Kerry Anne Wells earned Australia's first Miss Universe crown. The outgoing Miss Universe, Georgina Rizk of Lebanon, was not allowed to crown her successor due to government restrictions because of fears of a terrorist attack. Such fears were triggered when, two months prior to the pageant, bombings occurred outside the hotel in which Miss USA, Tanya Wilson, was then staying. In addition, a group of Japanese hired by Arab terrorists, attacked the international airport in Tel Aviv and killed twenty-two Puerto Rican tourists. The Puerto Ricans were en route to the Holy Land when the massacre occurred. Lebanon did not compete in 1972 and Georgina could not be there to crown Miss Universe 1972.

Results

Placements

Final results	Contestant
Miss Universe 1972	Australia - Kerry Anne Wells
1st runner-up	Brazil - Rejane Vieira Costa
2nd runner-up	Venezuela - María Antonieta Cámpoli
3rd runner-up	Israel - Ilana Goren
4th runner-up	England - Jennifer McAdam
Top 12	Belgium - Anne Marie Roger  Germany - Heidi-Marie Weber  India - Roopa Satyan  Japan - Harumi Maeda  Peru - Carmen Amelia Ampuero Mosquetti  Philippines - Armi Barbara Quiray Crespo USA - Tanya Wilson

Special awards

Award	Contestant
Miss Congeniality	Zaire - Ombayi Mukuta
Miss Photogenic	Belgium - Anne Marie Roger
Best National Costume	Peru - Carmen Amelia Ampuero Mosquetti

Contestants

Argentina - Norma Elena Dudik  Aruba - Ivonne Dirksz  Australia - Kerry Ann Wells  Austria - Uschi Pacher  Bahamas - Deborah Jane Taylor  Belgium - Anne-Marie Roger  Bermuda - Helen Brown  Bolivia - Maria Alicia Vargas Vasquez  Brazil - Rejane Vieira Da Costa  Canada - Bonny Brady  Chile - Consuelo Fernandez De Olivares  Colombia - Maria Luisa Lignarolo Martinez-Aparicio  Costa Rica - Vicki Ross Gonzalez  Curaçao - Ingrid Prade  Denmark - Marianne Schmidt  Dominican Republic - Ivonne Butler  Ecuador - Susana Castro Jaramillo  El Salvador - Ruth Eugenia Romero Ramirez  England - Jennifer Mary McAdam  Finland - Maj-Len Eriksson  France - Claudine Cassereau  Germany - Heidemarie Renate Weber  Greece - Nansy Kapetanaki  Guam - Patricia Alvarez  Holland - Jenny Ten Wolde  Honduras - Doris Alicia Roca Pagan  Hong Kong - Rita Leung  Iceland - Maria Johannesdottir  India - Roopa Satyan  Iraq - Wijdan Burham El-Deen Sulyman  Ireland - Maree McGlinchey

Israel - Ilana Goren  Italy - Isabela Specia  Jamaica - Grace Marilyn Wright  Japan - Harumi Maeda  Korea - Park Yeon-joo  Luxembourg - Anita Heck  Malaysia - Helen Looi  Malta - Doris Abdilla  Mexico - Maria Del Carmen Orozco Quibriera  New Zealand - Kristine Dayle Allen  Norway - Liv Hanche Olsen  Paraguay - Maria Stela Volpe Martinez  Peru - Carmen Amelia Ampuero Mosquetti  Philippines - Armi Barbara Quiray Crespo  Portugal - Iris Maria Rosario Dos Santos  Puerto Rico - Barbara Torres  Scotland - Elizabeth Joan Stevely  Singapore - Jacqueline Hong  Spain - Maria Del Carmen Munoz Castanon  Suriname - Carmen Cerna Muntslag  Sweden - Britt Marie Johansson  Switzerland - Anneliese Weber  Thailand - Nipapat Sudsiri  Turkey - Neslihan Sunay  United States Virgin Islands - Carol Krieger  Uruguay - Christina Moller  USA - Tanya Wilson  Venezuela - Maria Antonieta Campoli Prisco  Wales - Eileen Darroch  Zaire - Ombayi Mukuta

Panel of Judges

Edilson Cid Varela Mapita Cortez Kiyoshi Hara Sylvia Hitchcock Kurt Jurgen Jean-Louis Lindican

Lynn Redgrave Line Renaud Arnold Scaasi Fred Williamson Earl Wilson

External links

• official site
• Judges