{{Short description|19th Miss Universe pageant}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2024}} {{Infobox beauty pageant | photo = Marisol Malaret in Oval Office (cropped).jpg |caption = Marisol Malaret | date = 11 July 1970 | presenters = {{Hlist|[[Bob Barker]]|[[June Lockhart]]}} | venue = [[Miami Beach Convention Center|Miami Beach Auditorium]], [[Miami Beach, Florida|Miami Beach]], Florida, United States | broadcaster = {{Hlist|[[CBS]]}} | entrants = 63 | placements = 15 | debuts = {{Hlist|Czechoslovakia}} | withdraws = {{Hlist|Bonaire|Thailand|Yugoslavia}} | returns = {{Hlist|Lebanon|Panama|Paraguay|Portugal}} | winner = [[Marisol Malaret]] | represented = Puerto Rico | congeniality = Hilary Best (Guam) | photogenic = Margaret Hill (Bermuda) | best national costume = Roxana Brown (Bolivia) | before = [[Miss Universe 1969|1969]] | next = [[Miss Universe 1971|1971]] }}

'''Miss Universe 1970''' was the 19th [[Miss Universe]] pageant, held at the [[Miami Beach Convention Center|Miami Beach Auditorium]] in [[Miami Beach, Florida|Miami Beach]], Florida, on 11 July 1970.

At the conclusion 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.<ref>{{Cite news |date=July 13, 1970 |title=Miss Universe title won by Puerto Rican beauty |pages=12 |work=[[The Bulletin (Bend)|The Bulletin]] |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=gv1XAAAAIBAJ&sjid=C_cDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3520%2C3286345 |access-date=November 20, 2022}}</ref>

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.

== Background == === Queen of Expo '70 === Prior to the competition in Miami Beach, fifty-four candidates traveled to [[Osaka]], Japan, for the Queen of [[Expo '70]] pageant, which took place at the 1970 Osaka Exposition on 20 June 1970. Not all candidates participated in the pageant, and the results did not influence their scores in the official competition in Miami. This event was intended as an experiment featuring computer judges rather than human ones.<ref>{{Cite news|date=9 February 1970|title=Expo-koningin|language=nl|pages=2|work=De Telegraaf|url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:011197887:mpeg21:p002|access-date=4 October 2025|via=Delpher|trans-title=Expo queen}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=15 June 1970|title=Miss Holland naar Japan|language=nl|pages=1|work=Amigo di Curacao|url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:010462835:mpeg21:p001|access-date=4 October 2025|via=Delpher|trans-title=Miss Holland to Japan}}</ref> [[Josephine Lena Wong|Josephine Wong]] from Malaysia was crowned the winner of the pageant.<ref name=":6">{{Cite news |date=18 June 1970 |title=Chinese girl Miss Universe pick |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y34fAAAAIBAJ&dq=%22Queen+of+Expo+%2770%22&pg=PA63 |access-date=4 October 2025 |work=Sarasota Herald-Tribune |pages=63 |language=en |via=Google Books}}</ref>

=== Selection of participants === Contestants from sixty-three countries and territories were selected to compete in the pageant.

==== Debuts, returns, and withdrawals ==== This edition saw the debut of the Czechoslovakia, and the returns of Portugal which last competed in [[Miss Universe 1965|1965]]; Panama and Paraguay in [[Miss Universe 1967|1967]]; and Lebanon, which last competed in [[Miss Universe 1968|1968]].

Despite competing at the Queen of Expo '70 pageant, Miss Thailand 1969, Warunee Sangsirinavin was disqualified for not meeting the minimum age requirement.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=15 August 2016 |title=สปอร์ตไลท์ส่อง นางสาวไทยคนที่ 19 ! เปีย วารุณี ภรรยาของ ตรีทิพย์ เตลาน |trans-title=Spotlight on the 19th Miss Thailand! Pia Warunee, wife of Tritip Telan |url=https://dodeden.com/%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%9B%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%A3%E0%B9%8C%E0%B8%95%E0%B9%84%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%97%E0%B9%8C%E0%B8%AA%E0%B9%88%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%87-%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A7%E0%B9%84%E0%B8%97/ |access-date=4 October 2025 |website=Dodeden.com |language=th}}</ref> She competed a year later. Snežana Džambas of Yugoslavia withdrew for health reasons which caused her not compete at the preliminary competition.<ref>{{Cite news|date=12 July 1970|title=Miss Puerto Rico is Miss Universe|language=en|pages=14|work=The Palm Beach Post|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/10858439/the-palm-beach-post/|access-date=4 October 2025|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> Bonaire withdrew for financial reasons.<ref>{{Cite news|date=23 May 1970|title=Geen geld, geen Miss Bonaire '70|language=nl|pages=1|work=Amigoe di Curacao|url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:010462816:mpeg21:p001|access-date=4 October 2025|via=Delpher|trans-title=No money, no Miss Bonaire '70}}</ref>

== Results == [[File:Miss Universe 1970 Map.PNG|thumb|250px|Miss Universe 1970 participating nations and results]]

=== Placements === {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;" |- ! Placement !! Contestant |- | Miss Universe 1970 | * {{flagu|Puerto Rico}} – [[Marisol Malaret]]<ref name=":4">{{Cite news|date=July 13, 1970|title=Queen's happy; beau not|language=en|pages=12|work=The Palm Beach Post|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/10858716/the-palm-beach-post/|access-date=November 9, 2023|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> |- | 1st Runner-Up | * {{flagu|United States}} – [[Deborah Shelton]]<ref name=":4" /> |- | 2nd Runner-Up | * {{flagicon image|Flag of Australia.svg}} Australia – Joan Zealand<ref name=":4" /> |- | 3rd Runner-Up | * {{flagu|Japan|1870}} – Jun Shimada<ref name=":4" /> |- | 4th Runner-Up | * {{flagicon image|Flag of Argentina (1818–1819, 1820–1829, 1861–2010).svg}} Argentina – Beatriz Gross<ref name=":4" /> |- | Top 15<ref name=":4" /> | * {{flagu|Brazil|1968}} – Eliane Thompson * {{flagu|Czechoslovakia}} – Kristina Hanzalová * {{flagu|Greece|1970}} – Angelique Bourlessa * {{flagu|Guam}} – Hilary Best * {{flagu|British Hong Kong|name=Hong Kong}} – Mabel Hawkett * {{flagicon image|Flag of Italy (1946–2003).svg}} Italy – Anna Zamboni * {{flagu|Malaysia}} – [[Josephine Lena Wong|Josephine Wong]] * {{flagu|Sweden}} – [[Kristina Wayborn|Britt-Inger Johansson]] * {{flagu|Switzerland}} – Diane Roth * {{flagu|Venezuela|1954}} – Bella La Rosa |}

=== Special awards === {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;" ! Award !! Contestant |- | Miss Amity | * {{flagu|Guam}} – Hilary Best<ref>{{Cite news|date=12 July 1970|title="Miss Universo" para Puerto Rico|language=es|pages=1, 29|work=El Tiempo|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=HAsvAAAAIBAJ&sjid=xmYEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5824%2C2146527|access-date=4 October 2025|trans-title="Miss Universe" for Puerto Rico|via=Google News Archive}}</ref> |- | Miss Photogenic | * {{flagu|Bermuda|1910}} – Margaret Hill<ref>{{Cite news|date=9 July 1970|title=Miss Bermuda wins Miss Pixable title|language=en|pages=8|work=The Pensacola News|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/10857758/the-pensacola-news/|access-date=4 October 2025|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> |- | Best National Costume | * {{flagu|Bolivia}} – Roxana Brown<ref>{{Cite news|date=9 July 1970|title=Best Costume|language=en|pages=2–A|work=The Evening Independent|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Y11QAAAAIBAJ&sjid=jFcDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5877%2C1916413|access-date=4 October 2025|via=Google News Archive}}</ref> |- | Queen of Expo '70 | * {{flagu|Malaysia}} – [[Josephine Lena Wong|Josephine Wong]]<ref name=":6" /> |- | Top 10 Best in Swimsuit<ref name=":2">{{Cite news|date=10 July 1970|title=Josephine among Top 10 'Best in Swimsuit' contest|language=en|pages=17|work=[[The Straits Times]]|url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19700710-1.2.112|access-date=4 October 2025|via=National Library Board}}</ref> | * {{flagicon image|Flag of Argentina (1818–1819, 1820–1829, 1861–2010).svg}} Argentina – Beatriz Gross * {{flagicon image|Flag of Australia.svg}} Australia – Joan Zealand * {{flagu|Brazil|1968}} – Eliane Thompson * {{flagu|Czechoslovakia}} – Kristina Hanzalová * {{flagu|Holland}} – Maureen Renzen * {{flagu|Japan|1870}} – Jun Shimada * {{flagu|Malaysia}} – [[Josephine Lena Wong|Josephine Wong]] * {{flagu|Puerto Rico}} – [[Marisol Malaret]] * {{flagu|Sweden}} – [[Kristina Wayborn|Britt-Inger Johansson]] * {{flagu|United States}} – [[Deborah Shelton]] |}

== Pageant == === Format === Same with [[Miss Universe 1966|1966]], fifteen semi-finalists were chosen at the preliminary competition that consists of the swimsuit and evening gown competition. Each of the fifteen semi-finalists were individually interviewed by Bob Barker.<ref>{{Cite news|date=9 July 1970|title=Primeros premios en concurso de Miss Universo|language=es|pages=23|work=El Tiempo|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=GgsvAAAAIBAJ&sjid=xmYEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2813%2C1644738|access-date=4 October 2025|trans-title=First prizes in the Miss Universe contest|via=Google News Archive}}</ref> Following the interviews, the fifteen semi-finalists participated in the swimsuit and evening gown competitions. From fifteen, five contestants were shortlisted to advance to the final interview.

=== Selection committee === * [[Julio Alemán]] – Mexican actor<ref name=":5">{{Cite news |date=5 July 1970 |title=11 and 13 to carry pageant |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D-0cAAAAIBAJ&dq=%22Queen+of+Expo+%2770%22&pg=PA50 |access-date=4 October 2025 |work=[[Sarasota Herald-Tribune]] |pages=50 |via=Google Books}}</ref> * [[Pearl Bailey]] – American actress and singer<ref name=":5" /> * [[Eileen Ford]] – American model and founder of Ford Models<ref name=":5" /> * [[Yousuf Karsh]] – Armenian-Canadian photographer<ref name=":5" /> * [[Dong Kingman]] – Chinese-American painter<ref name=":5" /> * [[David Merrick]] – American theatre producer<ref name=":5" /> * [[Line Renaud]] – French actress and singer<ref name=":5" /> * [[Corinna Tsopei]] – [[Miss Universe 1964]] from Greece<ref name=":5" /> * Edilson Cid Varela – Brazilian journalist<ref name=":5" /> * [[Earl Wilson (columnist)|Earl Wilson]] – American columnist and journalist<ref name=":5" />

== Contestants == Sixty-three contestants competed for the title. {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;" ! Country/Territory !! Contestant !! Age{{efn|Ages at the time of the pageant}} !! Hometown |- | {{flagicon image|Flag of Argentina (1818–1819, 1820–1829, 1861–2010).svg}} [[Miss Argentina|Argentina]] || {{sortname|Beatriz|Gros|nolink=1}}<ref name=":3">{{Cite news|date=July 11, 1970|title=Tension growing at site of Miss Universe finals|language=en|pages=2|work=Tallahassee Democrat|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/10858117/tallahassee-democrat/|access-date=November 9, 2023|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> || 21 || [[Buenos Aires]] |- | {{flagdeco|ANT|1959}} [[Miss Aruba|Aruba]] || {{sortname|Linda|Richardson|nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite news|date=June 26, 1970|title=Untitled|language=en|pages=4–5|work=Aruba Esso News|url=https://dloc.com/CA03400001/00800/images/3|access-date=November 9, 2023|via=[[Digital Library of the Caribbean]]}}</ref> || 20 || [[Oranjestad, Aruba|Oranjestad]] |- | {{flagicon image|Flag of Australia.svg}} [[Miss Australia|Australia]] || {{sortname|Joan|Zealand|nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite news|date=March 4, 1970|title=Miss Universe entrant|language=en|pages=21|work=[[The Canberra Times]]|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/107911806?searchTerm=%22Miss%20Universe%22|access-date=December 23, 2022|via=[[Trove]]}}</ref> || 24 || [[Sydney]] |- | {{flagdeco|AUT}} [[Miss Austria|Austria]] || {{sortname|Elfriede|Kurz|nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite web|last=|date=September 3, 2018|title=Statistik beweist: OÖ hat die schönsten Frauen|url=https://www.heute.at/s/acht-miss-oo-wurden-in-20-jahren-zur-miss-austria-59278078|access-date=November 9, 2023|website=Heute.at|language=de}}</ref> || 19 || [[Linz]] |- | {{flagdeco|BHS|1964}} [[Miss Bahamas|Bahamas]] || {{sortname|Antoinette Patrice|DeGregory|nolink=1}}<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|date=July 8, 1970|title=Miss Universe candidates flaunt lovely legs, etc.|language=en|pages=11|work=The Pensacola News|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/10857637/the-pensacola-news/|access-date=November 9, 2023|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> || 19 || [[Nassau, Bahamas|Nassau]] |- | {{flagdeco|BEL}} [[Miss Belgium|Belgium]] || {{sortname|Francine|Martin|nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 11, 2010 |title=Erelijst Miss België |url=https://www.demorgen.be/gs-b5723d4d |access-date=October 17, 2023 |website=[[De Morgen]] |language=nl-NL}}</ref> || 20 || [[Liège]] |- | {{flagdeco|BMU|1910}} [[Miss Bermuda|Bermuda]] || {{sortname|Margaret|Hill|nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite news|date=August 8, 1970|title=HPWC discusses Miss Bermuda beauty pageant|language=en|pages=1|work=The Bermuda Recorder|url=https://bnl.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15212coll1/id/14915/rec/3|access-date=November 9, 2023|via=[[Bermuda National Library]]}}</ref> || 21 || [[Hamilton, Bermuda|Hamilton]] |- | {{flagdeco|BOL}} [[Miss Bolivia|Bolivia]] || {{sortname|Roxana|Brown|nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=July 29, 2017 |title=El título les dio alegrías, trabajo y fama que aún saborean |trans-title=The title gave them joy, work and fame that they still savor. |url=https://eldeber.com.bo/sociales/el-titulo-les-dio-alegrias-trabajo-y-fama-que-aun-saborean_32650 |access-date=October 17, 2023 |website=El Deber |language=es-ES |archive-date=October 23, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231023090330/https://eldeber.com.bo/sociales/el-titulo-les-dio-alegrias-trabajo-y-fama-que-aun-saborean_32650 |url-status=dead }}</ref> || 18 || [[La Paz]] |- | {{flagdeco|BRA|1968}} [[Miss Brazil|Brazil]] || {{sortname|Eliane|Thompson|nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite news|date=July 4, 1970|title=Miss Brasil dara sorpresa en el concurso Miss Universo|language=es|pages=19|work=La Nacion|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=EfYcAAAAIBAJ&sjid=xXoEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3644%2C4452844|access-date=November 9, 2023|trans-title=Miss Brazil will surprise in the Miss Universe contest|via=[[Google News Archive]]}}</ref> || 20 || [[Piraí]] |- | {{flagdeco|CAN}} [[Miss Dominion of Canada|Canada]] || {{sortname|Norma|Hickey|nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite web|last=Shea|first=Darlene|date=October 26, 2015|title=Island girl, Norma (Hickey) Dougherty, returns with new book|url=https://www.saltwire.com/prince-edward-island/lifestyles/island-girl-norma-hickey-dougherty-returns-with-new-book-63949/|access-date=November 9, 2023|website=[[SaltWire]]|language=en}}</ref> || 19 || [[Prince Edward Island]] |- | {{flagdeco|CEY}} [[Miss Universe Sri Lanka|Ceylon]] || {{sortname|Yolanda|Ahlip|nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite news|date=July 3, 1970|title=Boat ride for contest beauties|language=en|pages=8|work=The Straits Times|url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19700703-1.2.52|access-date=November 9, 2023|via=[[National Library Board]]}}</ref> || 22 || [[Colombo]] |- | {{flagdeco|CHL}} [[Miss Universe Chile|Chile]] || {{sortname|Soledad|Errázuriz|nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite web|date=August 14, 2012|title=Soledad Errázuriz: En su mejor momento|url=https://www.latercera.com/paula/soledad-errazuriz-en-su-mejor-momento/|access-date=November 9, 2023|website=La Tercera|language=es}}</ref> || 19 || [[Santiago]] |- | {{flagdeco|COL}} [[Miss Colombia|Colombia]] || {{sortname|María Luisa|Riascos|nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite news|date=November 12, 1969|title=La Senorita Antioquia, Reina Nal. de Belleza|language=es|pages=1|work=El Tiempo|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=JPQeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=SmgEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1417%2C2152496|access-date=November 9, 2023|via=[[Google News Archive]]}}</ref> || 18 || [[Antioquia, Colombia|Antioquia]] |- | {{flagdeco|Congo-Kinshasa|1966}} [[Miss Congo (RDC)|Congo-Kinshasa]] || {{sortname|Marie-Josée|Basoko|nolink=1}} || 22 || [[Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville)|Kinshasa]] |- | {{flagdeco|CRI}} [[Miss Universe Costa Rica|Costa Rica]] || {{sortname|Lillian|Berrocal|nolink=1}} || 18 || [[Cartago, Costa Rica|Cartago]] |- | {{flagdeco|ANT|1959}} [[Miss Curaçao|Curaçao]] || {{sortname|Nilva|Maduro|nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite news|date=July 14, 1970|title=Miss Curacao verkiezing|language=nl|pages=4|work=Vrije Stem|url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:011187256:mpeg21:p004|access-date=November 9, 2023|via=[[Delpher]]}}</ref> || 21 || [[Willemstad]] |- | {{flagdeco|CSK}} [[Miss České republiky|Czechoslovakia]] || {{sortname|Kristina|Hanzalová|nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite news|date=August 4, 1970|title=Doesn't want to go home|language=en|pages=2|work=The Pensacola News|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/10858778/the-pensacola-news/|access-date=November 9, 2023|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> || 20 || [[Bratislava]] |- | {{flagdeco|DNK}} [[Miss Denmark|Denmark]] || {{sortname|Winnie|Hollmann|nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite web|date=December 19, 2005|title=Hundene har fået deres eget vaskeri|url=https://jyllands-posten.dk/indland/ECE4995790/Hundene-har-f%C3%A5et-deres-eget-vaskeri/|access-date=November 9, 2023|website=[[Jyllands-Posten]]|language=da}}</ref> || 23 || [[Copenhagen]] |- | {{flagdeco|DOM}} [[Miss Dominican Republic|Dominican Republic]] || {{sortname|Sobeida|Fernández|nolink=1}} || 18 || [[Valverde Province|Valverde]] |- | {{flagdeco|ECU|1900}} [[Miss Ecuador|Ecuador]] || {{sortname|Zoila|Montesinos|nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite news|date=July 9, 1970|title=Miami Beach|language=es|pages=23|work=El Tiempo|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=GgsvAAAAIBAJ&sjid=xmYEAAAAIBAJ&pg=507%2C1645836|access-date=November 9, 2023|via=[[Google News Archive]]}}</ref> || 18 || [[Portoviejo]] |- | {{flagdeco|ENG}} [[Miss England|England]] || {{sortname|Yvonne|Ormes|nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite web|last=Hilton|first=Rhiannon|date=4 June 2013|title=Nantwich beauty crowned Miss GB in 1968 tells of glitz glamour and opportunities|url=http://www.crewechronicle.co.uk/liverpoolecho/news/local-news/nantwich-beauty-crowned-miss-gb-5597159|access-date=28 September 2025|website=Crewe Chronicle|language=en}}</ref> || 21 || [[Nantwich]] |- | {{flagdeco|FIN}} [[Miss Finland|Finland]] || {{sortname|Ursula|Rainio|nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite web|last=Himberg|first=Petra|date=11 April 2009|title=Ursula Rainio - Miss Suomi 1970|url=http://yle.fi/aihe/artikkeli/2009/11/04/ursula-rainio-miss-suomi-1970|access-date=28 September 2025|website=Yle|language=fi-FI}}</ref> || 20 |[[Rovaniemi]] |- | {{flagdeco|FRA}} [[Miss France|France]] || {{sortname|Françoise|Durand-Behot|nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite news|date=9 July 1970|title=France stance|language=en|pages=23|work=The Orlando Sentinel|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/10857735/the-orlando-sentinel/|access-date=28 September 2025|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> || 23 || [[Paris]] |- | {{flagdeco|GRC|1970}} [[Miss Star Hellas|Greece]] || {{sortname|Angelique|Bourlessa|nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite news|last=Kenny|first=Matthew|date=9 July 1970|title=Bellezas latinoamericanas estan encantadas en Miami|language=es|pages=20|work=La Nacion|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ja4cAAAAIBAJ&sjid=yHoEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7190%2C489641|access-date=1 May 2025}}</ref> || 23 || [[Athens]] |- | {{flagdeco|GUM}} [[Miss Guam|Guam]] || {{sortname|Hilary|Best|nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite news|date=13 July 1970|title=Miss Guam in semi-finals|language=en|pages=1|work=Pacific Daily News|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/pacific-daily-news-greg-s-perezlost-at/116717286/|access-date=28 September 2025|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> || 18 || [[Yigo, Guam|Yigo]] |- | {{flagdeco|NLD}} [[Miss Nederland|Holland]] || {{sortname|Maureen|Renzen|nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite news|date=4 July 1970|title=De concurrentie van Miss Holland|language=nl|pages=1|work=Algemeen Dagblad|url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=KBPERS01:002850004:mpeg21:p00001|access-date=28 September 2025|via=Delpher}}</ref> || 19 || [[The Hague]] |- | {{flagdeco|HND|1949}} [[Miss Honduras|Honduras]] || {{sortname|Francis|Van Tuyl|nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite news|date=12 March 2016|title=Eternamente linda: elegante Francis Van Tuyl|language=es|work=Diario La Prensa|url=https://www.pressreader.com/honduras/diario-la-prensa/20160312/282205124992640|access-date=1 May 2025|via=[[PressReader]]}}</ref> || 18 || [[Cortés, Honduras|Cortés]] |- | {{flagdeco|British Hong Kong}} [[Miss Hong Kong Pageant|Hong Kong]] || {{sortname|Mabel|Hawkett|nolink=1}} || 18 || Hong Kong |- | {{flagdeco|ISL}} [[Miss Iceland|Iceland]] || {{sortname|Erna|Jóhannesdottir|nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite news|date=30 June 1970|title=Vijf missen op hoteldak|language=nl|pages=13|work=Tubantia|url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=KBPERS01:003327027:mpeg21:p00013|access-date=28 September 2025|via=Delpher}}</ref> || 19 || [[Reykjavík]] |- | {{flagdeco|IND}} [[Femina Miss India|India]] || {{sortname|Veena|Sajnani|nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite web|date=25 March 2013|title=50 years of Miss India: Winners through the years|url=https://photogallery.indiatimes.com/beauty-pageants/miss-india/50-years-of-miss-india-winners-through-the-years/winners-through-the-years/articleshow/19188085.cms|access-date=1 May 2025|website=[[The Times of India]]|language=en}}</ref> || 23 || [[Bombay]] |- | {{flagdeco|IRL}} [[Miss Ireland|Ireland]] || {{sortname|Rita|Doherty|nolink=1}} || 21 || [[County Fermanagh|Fermanagh]] |- | {{flagdeco|ISR}} [[Miss Israel|Israel]] || {{sortname|Moshit|Tsiporin|nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite news|date=7 May 1970|title=Soldier is Miss Israel|language=en|pages=12|work=⁨⁨The Australian Jewish Times|url=https://www.nli.org.il/en/newspapers/austjewishtimes/1970/05/07/01/article/58/?srpos=164&e=-------en-20--161--img-txIN%7ctxTI-Miss+Universe-------------1|access-date=1 May 2025|via=National Library of Israel}}</ref> || 20 || [[Ramat Gan]] |- | {{flagicon image|Flag of Italy (1946–2003).svg}} [[Miss Italia|Italy]] || {{sortname|Anna|Zamboni|nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite news|date=2 September 1969|title=Row over Miss Italy contest|language=en|pages=3|work=The Straits Times|url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19690902-1.2.19.10|access-date=1 May 2025|via=National Library Board}}</ref> || 18 || [[Turin]] |- | {{flagdeco|JAM}} [[Miss Jamaica Universe|Jamaica]] || {{sortname|Sheila|Neil|nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite web|date=2 August 2022|title=The day in our past|url=https://www.pressreader.com/jamaica/jamaica-gleaner/20220802/281951726575250|access-date=1 May 2025|website=The Gleaner|language=en|via=[[PressReader]]}}</ref> || 23 || [[Kingston, Jamaica|Kingston]] |- | {{flagdeco|JPN|1870}} [[Miss Japan|Japan]] || {{sortname|Jun|Shimada|nolink=1}} || 21 || [[Tokyo]] |- | {{flagdeco|LBN|1943}} [[Miss Lebanon|Lebanon]] || {{sortname|Georgette|Gero|nolink=1}} || 20 || [[Beirut]] |- | {{flagdeco|LUX}} [[Miss Luxembourg|Luxembourg]] || {{sortname|Josée|Reinert|nolink=1}}<ref name=":0" /> || 18 || [[Esch-sur-Alzette]] |- | {{flagdeco|MYS}} [[Miss Universe Malaysia|Malaysia]] || {{sortname|Josephine|Wong|link=Josephine Lena Wong}}<ref>{{Cite news|date=May 31, 1970|title=Jelitawan dari Perak di-pileh paling chantek di-Malaysia|language=ms|pages=2|work=Berita Harian|url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/beritaharian19700531-1.2.19|access-date=November 9, 2023|via=[[National Library Board]]|trans-title=The beauty from Perak was chosen as the most beautiful woman in Malaysia}}</ref> || 18 || [[Ipoh]] |- | {{flagdeco|MLT}} [[Miss Malta Universe|Malta]] || {{sortname|Tessie|Pisani|nolink=1}} || 18 || [[Birkirkara]] |- | {{flagdeco|MEX}} [[Miss Mexico Organization|Mexico]] || {{sortname|Libia|Zulema|nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite web|last=Lomelí|first=Julieta|date=7 May 2019|title=In memoriam Libia Zulema López Montemayor (1952-2019). ¡Hasta siempre, Señorita México!|url=https://www.elsoldesinaloa.com.mx/incoming/in-memoriam-libia-zulema-lopez-montemayor-1952-2019.-hasta-siempre-senorita-mexico-3582486.html|access-date=28 September 2025|website=El Sol de Sinaloa|language=es|archive-date=24 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221224174543/https://www.elsoldesinaloa.com.mx/incoming/in-memoriam-libia-zulema-lopez-montemayor-1952-2019.-hasta-siempre-senorita-mexico-3582486.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> || 18 || [[Sinaloa]] |- | {{flagdeco|NZL}} [[Miss Universe New Zealand|New Zealand]] || {{sortname|Glenys|Treweek|nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite web|date=31 January 2009|title=Not mine, says Barbara|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/manawatu-standard/news/222535/Not-mine-says-Barbara|access-date=28 September 2025|website=Stuff|language=en}}</ref> || 19 || [[Auckland]] |- | {{flagdeco|NIC|1908}} [[Miss Nicaragua|Nicaragua]] || {{sortname|Graciela|Salazar|nolink=1}} || 18 || [[León, Nicaragua|León]] |- | {{flagdeco|NOR}} [[Miss Norway|Norway]] || {{sortname|Vibeke|Steineger|nolink=1}}<ref name=":3" /> || 22 || [[Bergen]] |- | {{flagicon image|Flag of Panama (1925-2017).svg}} [[Señorita Panamá|Panama]] || {{sortname|Berta|López|nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite web|date=7 January 2015|title=Estas son las panameñas que participaron de Miss Universo|url=https://www.telemetro.com/noticias/2015/01/07/panamenas-participaron-miss-universo/1656598.html|access-date=28 September 2025|website=Telemetro|language=es-PA}}</ref> || 18 || [[Santiago de Veraguas|Santiago]] |- | {{flagdeco|PRY|1954}} [[Miss Paraguay|Paraguay]] || {{sortname|Teresa|Brítez|nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite web|date=19 February 2006|title=Apuesta a la familia|url=https://www.abc.com.py/edicion-impresa/suplementos/abc-revista/apuesta-a-la-familia-886568.html|access-date=28 September 2025|website=ABC|language=es}}</ref> || 18 || [[Paraguarí]] |- | {{flagdeco|PER}} [[Miss Peru|Peru]] || {{sortname|Cristina|Málaga|nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite web|last1=El Comercio|first1=Archivo|date=18 May 2021|title=El día de la caravana de candidatas a Miss Perú en la avenida Arequipa|url=https://elcomercio.pe/archivo-elcomercio/grafico/sucedio-hace-50-anos-caravana-de-la-belleza-en-avenida-arequipa-noticia/|access-date=28 September 2025|website=El Comercio Perú|language=es}}</ref> || 21 || [[Arequipa]] |- | {{flagdeco|PHL|1936}} [[Binibining Pilipinas|Philippines]] || {{sortname|Simonette|de los Reyes|nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite web|last=Lo|first=Ricky|date=August 25, 2020|title=2 more 'golden' beauties|url=https://www.philstar.com/entertainment/2020/08/25/2037541/2-more-golden-beauties|access-date=November 9, 2023|website=[[Philippine Star]]|language=en}}</ref> || 19 || [[Pasay]] |- | {{flagdeco|PRT}} [[Miss Portugal|Portugal]] || {{sortname|Ana Maria|Lucas|nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite web|date=8 October 2021|title=Ana Maria Lucas em rara aparição ao lado da neta|url=https://lux.iol.pt/nacional/08-10-2021/ana-maria-lucas-em-rara-aparicao-ao-lado-da-neta|access-date=28 September 2025|website=Lux|language=pt}}</ref> || 21 || [[Lisbon]] |- | {{flagdeco|PRI}} [[Miss Puerto Rico|Puerto Rico]] || {{sortname|Marisol|Malaret}}<ref>{{Cite news|date=July 22, 1970|title=50,000 Turn Out in San Juan to Honor a Queen|language=en-US|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1970/07/22/archives/50000-turn-out-in-san-juan-to-honor-a-queen.html|access-date=November 9, 2023|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> || 20 || [[Santurce, Puerto Rico|Santurce]] |- | {{flagdeco|SCO}} [[Miss Scotland|Scotland]] || {{sortname|Lee|Marshall|nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite news|date=12 July 1970|title=She's Miss Scotland|language=en|pages=16|work=The Wishaw Press, etc.|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/107317019/miss-scotland-1970/|access-date=28 September 2025|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> || 19 || [[Wishaw]] |- | {{flagdeco|SGP}} [[Miss Universe Singapore|Singapore]] || {{sortname|Cecilia|Undasan|nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite news|date=25 May 1970|title=Outdoor-type Cecilia is crowned Miss Singapore|language=en|pages=15|work=[[The Straits Times]]|url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19700525-1.2.110|access-date=28 September 2025|via=National Library Board}}</ref> || 21 || Singapore |- | {{flagdeco|KOR|1949}} [[Miss Korea|South Korea]] || {{sortname|Young-ae|Yoo|nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Cho|first1=Yoo-bin|last2=Oh|first2=Jung-meen|date=April 13, 2021|title=Miss Korea, now & then: Meet Korea's beauty icons of '70, '07, '18 [VIDEO]|url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2022/12/720_307083.html|access-date=November 9, 2023|website=Korea Times|language=en}}</ref> || 18 || [[Seoul]] |- | {{flagdeco|ESP|1945}} [[Miss Spain|Spain]] || {{sortname|Noelia|Afonso|nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ortiz|first=Ana Maria|date=26 July 2017|title='Noelia', de Miss Europa a empresaria millonaria|url=https://www.elmundo.es/cultura/musica/2017/07/26/597777b0e5fdea62138b45d6.html|access-date=28 September 2025|website=El Mundo|language=es}}</ref> || 19 || [[Canary Islands]] |- | {{flagicon|Suriname (Kingdom of the Netherlands)}} [[Miss Suriname|Suriname]] || {{sortname|Ingrid|Mamadeus|nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite news|date=7 July 1970|title=Miss Universe beauties are bustier, but slimmer|language=en|pages=24|work=Fort Lauderdale News|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/10857563/fort-lauderdale-news/|access-date=28 September 2025|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> || 20 || [[Paramaribo]] |- | {{flagdeco|SWE}} [[Miss Sweden|Sweden]] || {{sortname|Britt-Inger|Johansson|link=Kristina Wayborn}}<ref>{{Cite web|last=Acuna|first=Kirsten|date=11 October 2021|title=THEN AND NOW: 40 of the most iconic Bond women|url=https://www.insider.com/bond-girls-then-and-now-2019-12|access-date=28 September 2025|website=Insider|language=en-US}}</ref> || 19 || [[Kalmar]] |- | {{flagdeco|CHE}} [[Miss Switzerland|Switzerland]] || {{sortname|Diane|Roth|nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite news|date=4 July 1970|title=Buiten mededinging|language=nl|pages=3|work=De Volkskrant|url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ABCDDD:010848490:mpeg21:p003|access-date=28 September 2025|via=Delpher}}</ref> || 18 || [[Geneva]] |- | {{flagdeco|TUN|1959}} [[Miss Tunisia|Tunisia]] || {{sortname|Zohra|Tabania|nolink=1}} || 18 || [[Tunis]] |- | {{flagdeco|TUR}} [[Miss Turkey|Turkey]] || {{sortname|Asuman|Tuğberk|nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite news|date=9 July 1970|title=Tumult engulfs beauties|language=en|pages=12|work=Youngstown Vindicator|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=pWdcAAAAIBAJ&sjid=qVYNAAAAIBAJ&pg=812%2C2793088|access-date=28 September 2025|via=[[Google News Archive]]}}</ref> || 18 || [[Istanbul]] |- | {{flagdeco|USA}} [[Miss USA|United States]] || {{sortname|Deborah|Shelton}}<ref name="Republic">{{cite news |date=May 17, 1970 |title=Miss USA title won by Virginia girl |pages=5 |work=[[Arizona Republic]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/arizona-republic/8092827/ |access-date=July 24, 2023}}</ref> || 21 || [[Norfolk, Virginia|Norfolk]] |- | {{flagdeco|URY}} [[Miss Uruguay|Uruguay]] || {{sortname|Renee|Buoncristiano|nolink=1}}<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|last=Kenny|first=Matthew|date=9 July 1970|title=Bellezas latinoamericanas estan encatadas en Miami|language=es|pages=20|work=La Nacion|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ja4cAAAAIBAJ&sjid=yHoEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7190%2C489641|access-date=28 September 2025|via=[[Google News Archive]]}}</ref> || 22 || [[Montevideo]] |- | {{flagdeco|VEN|1954}} [[Miss Venezuela|Venezuela]] || {{sortname|Bella|La Rosa|nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite news|date=July 10, 1970|title=Venezuela has a twin to spare in Miss Universe beauty pageant|language=en|pages=18|work=Fort Lauderdale News|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/10857897/fort-lauderdale-news/|access-date=November 9, 2023|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> || 20 || [[Carabobo]] |- | {{flagdeco|WAL}} [[Miss Wales|Wales]] || {{sortname|Sandra|Cater|nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite web|last=|date=30 August 2006|title=Can our Seventies glamour girls still cut it?|url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/can-seventies-glamour-girls-still-2324272|access-date=28 September 2025|website=WalesOnline|language=en}}</ref> || 21 || [[Carmarthen]] |- | {{flagdeco|DEU}} [[Miss Universe Germany|West Germany]] || {{sortname|Irene|Neumann|nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite news|date=July 6, 1970|title=Hamburger diet upsets Bonn beauty|language=en|pages=9|work=[[The Orlando Sentinel]]|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/10857512/the-orlando-sentinel/|access-date=November 9, 2023|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> || 22 || [[Garmisch-Partenkirchen]] |}

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