# Miss Universe 1972

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21st Miss Universe pageant

Miss Universe 1972 Kerry Anne Wells Date 29 July 1972 Presenters Bob Barker Venue Cerromar Beach Hotel, Dorado, Puerto Rico Broadcaster CBS (international) Telemundo (official broadcaster) Entrants 61 Placements 12 Debuts Iraq Withdrawals Lebanon Nicaragua Panama Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Returns Chile Denmark El Salvador Hong Kong Paraguay Winner Kerry Anne Wells Australia Congeniality Ombayi Mukuta (Zaire) Best National Costume Carmen Ampuero (Peru) ← 1971 1973 →

**Miss Universe 1972** was the 21st [Miss Universe](/source/Miss_Universe) pageant, held at the Cerromar Beach Hotel in [Dorado](/source/Dorado%2C_Puerto_Rico), Puerto Rico on 29 July 1972.[1] It was the first edition to be held outside the [continental United States](/source/Continental_United_States).

At the conclusion of the event, [Miss Universe 1970](/source/Miss_Universe_1970), [Marisol Malaret](/source/Marisol_Malaret), crowned [Kerry Anne Wells](/source/Kerry_Anne_Wells) of Australia as Miss Universe 1972.[1] It is the first victory of Australia in the pageant's history. Miss Universe 1971, [Georgina Rizk](/source/Georgina_Rizk) of Lebanon, was not able to crown her successor due to government restrictions because of fears of a terrorist attack.[2]

Contestants from sixty-one countries and territories participated in this year's pageant. The pageant was hosted by [Bob Barker](/source/Bob_Barker) in his sixth consecutive year, while Helen O'Connell provided commentary and analysis throughout the event.[3]

## Background

### Location and date

On 3 August 1971, the Miss Universe Organization and the Government Economic Development Administrator of Puerto Rico signed a contract to bring both Miss Universe and Miss USA pageants to San Juan for the next five years.[4] Additionally, instead of Miami, Georgina Rizk, Miss Universe 1971, will reside in the designated territory as per the signed contract. Harold Glasser, president of the Miss Universe Organization, stated that the competition was relocated to Puerto Rico due to the positive impression that Miss Universe 1970, Marisol Malaret, made during her reign.[5]

### Selection of participants

Contestants from sixty-one countries and territories were selected to compete in the pageant. One candidate is appointed to the position after being runner-up in their national pageant.[6]

#### Debuts, returns, and, withdrawals

This edition saw the debut of Iraq[7] and the returns of El Salvador, which last competed in [1955](/source/Miss_Universe_1955); and Chile, Denmark, Hong Kong and Paraguay which last competed in [1970](/source/Miss_Universe_1970).

Miss Lebanon 1972, Christiane Accaoui, withdrew due to government restrictions because of fears of a terrorist attack.[8] Elicia Irish of Trinidad and Tobago and Souad Keneari of Tunisia withdrew for undisclosed reasons.[9] Nicaragua and Panama withdrew from the competition after their respective organizations failed to hold a national competition or appoint a delegate.

Both Maria Koutrouza of Cyprus and Roya Rouhani Moghaddam of Iran are set to compete this year, but withdrew for undisclosed reasons.[8] Daniela Krajcinovic of Yugoslavia withdrew for health problems.[10]

### Incidents during the competition

During the Miss USA 1972 pageant, two months before the competition, two bombs exploded inside the Cerromar Beach Hotel, damaging four rooms and four cars in the hotel. The explosions were suspected to be the work of activists opposing the United States' rule in Puerto Rico.[11][12] As a result, security at the Cerromar Beach Hotel has been tightened during the competition. Only individuals with connections to the hotel, the government, and the competition are permitted inside the competition location. If the damage to the competition persists, the competition in Puerto Rico will not proceed.[13]

On 14 July 1972, Salibe Tartak, the Lebanese Consul in San Juan, announced that the Lebanese government had denied permission for Miss Universe 1971, Georgina Rizk, and the Lebanese candidate for Miss Universe 1972, Christiane Accoui, to travel. Rizk stated that she chose not to fly to Puerto Rico due to fears of reprisals related to the Tel Aviv Airport massacre that occurred on 30 May 1972, which resulted in the deaths of sixteen Puerto Ricans. The massacre was carried out by three Japanese men who had been recruited by Palestinian guerrilla groups.[14][15] According to Tartak, instead of being afraid of the massacre on May 30, Rizk was afraid of possible terrorist activities by terrorist groups on the island at Miss Universe, just like the bombings that occurred during Miss USA 1972.[16]

On the night of the final competition, 400 members of the Puerto Rican Socialist Party gathered to protest along the highway in front of the hotel. The demonstrators chanted, "Working women work, and bourgeois women model." According to Juan Mari Bras, the secretary-general of the Socialist Party, the heavy police presence at the hotel caused a traffic jam on the highway where they were picketing. During the announcement of the winner of the competition, members of the Puerto Rican Socialist Party managed to disconnect the cables of the cameras broadcasting the event. The connection was only restored as Kerry Anne Wells was making her first walk as Miss Universe 1972.[17]

## Results

Miss Universe 1972 participating countries and territories.

### Placements

Placement Contestant Miss Universe 1972 Australia – Kerry Anne Wells[18] 1st Runner-Up Brazil – Rejane Costa[19] 2nd Runner-Up Venezuela – María Antonieta Cámpoli[19] 3rd Runner-Up Israel – Ilana Goren[19] 4th Runner-Up England - Jennifer McAdam[19] Top 12[19] Belgium – Anne-Marie Roger India – Roopa Satyan Japan – Harumi Maeda Peru – Carmen Amelia Ampuero Philippines – Armi Crespo United States – Tanya Wilson West Germany – Heidemarie Weber

### Special awards

Award Contestant Miss Amity Zaire – Ombayi Mukuta[20] Best National Costume Peru – Carmen Amelia Ampuero[19]

## Pageant

### Format

Same with [1971](/source/Miss_Universe_1971), twelve semi-finalists were chosen at the preliminary competition that consists of the swimsuit and evening gown competition. The twelve semi-finalists participated in the casual interview, swimsuit, and evening gown competitions. From twelve, five finalists were shortlisted to advance to the final interview.[21][22]

### Selection committee

- [Mapita Cortés](/source/Mapita_Cort%C3%A9s) – Puerto Rican actress[23]

- Kiyoshi Hara – President of the [Asahi Broadcasting Corporation](/source/Asahi_Broadcasting_Corporation) in Japan[23]

- [Sylvia Hitchcock](/source/Sylvia_Hitchcock) – [Miss Universe 1967](/source/Miss_Universe_1967) from the United States[23]

- [Curt Jurgens](/source/Curd_J%C3%BCrgens) – German-Austrian stage and film actor[23]

- Jean-Louis Lindekens – Belgian columnist[23]

- [Lynn Redgrave](/source/Lynn_Redgrave) – British-American actress[23]

- [Line Renaud](/source/Line_Renaud) – French actress and singer[23]

- [Arnold Scaasi](/source/Arnold_Scaasi) – Canadian fashion designer[23]

- Edilson Cid Varela – Brazilian journalist[23]

- [Fred Williamson](/source/Fred_Williamson) – American actor and former football player[23]

- [Earl Wilson](/source/Earl_Wilson_(columnist)) – American columnist and journalist[23]

## Contestants

Sixty-one contestants competed for the title.

Country/Territory Contestant Age[a] Hometown Argentina Norma Dudik[24] 22 Buenos Aires Aruba Ivonne Dirksz[25] 18 Oranjestad Australia Kerry Anne Wells[26] 20 Perth Austria Uschi Pacher[27] 21 Carinthia Bahamas Deborah Taylor[28] 22 Bimini Belgium Anne-Marie Roger[29] 24 Brussels Bermuda Helen Brown[30] 18 St. George's Bolivia María Alicia Vargas[31] 19 Santa Cruz de la Sierra Brazil Rejane Costa[32] 18 Cachoeira do Sul Canada Bonny Brady[33] 18 Perth Chile Consuelo Fernández[34] 18 Santiago Colombia María Luisa Lignarolo[35] 19 Atlántico Costa Rica Vicki Ross[36] 22 San José Curaçao Ingrid Prade[37] 19 Willemstad Denmark Marianne Schmidt[38] 18 Copenhagen Dominican Republic Ivonne Butler[39] 19 La Romana Ecuador Susana Castro[40] 19 Quito El Salvador Ruth Eugenia Romero 22 San Salvador England Jennifer McAdam[41] 24 London Finland Maj-Len Eriksson[42] 19 Helsinki France Claudine Cassereau[43] 19 Poitou Greece Nansy Kapetanaki[44] 19 Athens Guam Patricia Alvarez 18 Yigo Holland Jenny Ten Wolde[45] 25 The Hague Honduras Doris Alicia Roca[46] 19 Cortés Hong Kong Rita Leung 19 Hong Kong Iceland María Kristín Jóhannesdóttir[47] 19 Reykjavík India Roopa Satyan[48] 18 Bangalore Iraq Wijdan Burhan El-Deen Sulyman[49] 18 Baghdad Ireland Maree McGlinchey 22 Donegal Israel Ilana Goren[50] 19 Kiryat Motzkin Italy Isabela Specia 20 Milan Jamaica Grace Marilyn Wright[51] 20 Kingston Japan Harumi Maeda[52] 21 Tokyo Luxembourg Anita Heck[53] 18 Esch-sur-Alzette Malaysia Helen Looi[54] 22 Georgetown Malta Doris Abdilla[29] 21 Birżebbuġa Mexico María del Carmen Orozco[55] 18 Chihuahua New Zealand Kristine Allan[56] 19 Auckland Norway Liv Olsen[38] 22 Oslo Paraguay María Stela Volpe[57] 19 Asunción Peru Carmen Ampuero[58] 18 Lima Philippines Armi Crespo[59] 18 Manila Portugal Iris dos Santos 18 Portuguese Mozambique Puerto Rico Bárbara Torres[60] 18 Santurce Scotland Elizabeth Stevely 20 Glasgow Singapore Jacqueline Han[61] 21 Singapore South Korea Yeon-joo Park 20 Seoul Spain María del Carmen Muñoz[62] 18 Madrid Suriname Carmen Muntslag[63] 18 Paramaribo Sweden Britt Marie Johansson[38] 19 Trångsund Switzerland Anneliese Weber – Zürich Thailand Nipapat Sudsiri[64] 21 Kanchanaburi Turkey Neslihan Sunay 18 Eskişehir United States Tanya Wilson[65] 22 Honolulu United States Virgin Islands Carol Krieger[60] 18 Saint Croix Uruguay Christina Moller[66] 20 Montevideo Venezuela María Antonieta Cámpoli[67] 18 Nueva Esparta Wales Eileen Darroch[68] 21 Caerwys West Germany Heidemarie Weber[29] 24 Brandenburg Zaire Ombayi Mukuta[20] 18 Kinshasa

## Notes

1. **[^](#cite_ref-24)** Ages at the time of the pageant

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1. **[^](#cite_ref-56)** ["19 anos de Miss Bolivia"](https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=kj41AAAAIBAJ&sjid=xGYEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2317%2C4684069). *El Tiempo* (in Spanish). 24 July 1972. p. 12. Retrieved 7 October 2025 – via [Google News Archive](/source/Google_News_Archive).

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1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-:0_61-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-:0_61-1) ["Miss Virgin Islands"](https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=MHVSAAAAIBAJ&sjid=F64DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6558%2C2043726). *[The Virgin Islands Daily News](/source/The_Virgin_Islands_Daily_News)*. 25 June 1972. p. 8. Retrieved 9 November 2023 – via [Google News Archive](/source/Google_News_Archive).

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1. **[^](#cite_ref-65)** ["Miss Thailand"](https://www.newspapers.com/clip/10862135/the-ithaca-journal/). *The Ithaca Journal*. 24 July 1972. p. 28. Retrieved 9 November 2023 – via [Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com).

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1. **[^](#cite_ref-67)** ["Las reinas tambien son feas"](https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=lD41AAAAIBAJ&sjid=xGYEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2587%2C5175708) [Queens are ugly too]. *El Tiempo* (in Spanish). 27 July 1972. p. 7. Retrieved 7 October 2025 – via [Google News Archive](/source/Google_News_Archive).

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## External links

- [Miss Universe official website](http://www.missuniverse.com/)

v t e Miss Universe 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Titleholders Runners-up and finalists Editions Countries Scorings

v t e Miss Universe 1972 national titleholders AUS: Kerry Anne Wells (winner) FIN: Maj-Len Eriksson FRA: Claudine Cassereau THA: Nipapat Sudsiri USA: Tanya Wilson VEN: María Antonieta Cámpoli

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