{{short description|Beauty pageant edition}} {{pp-sock|small=yes}} {{Infobox beauty pageant | photo = File:Miss_Universe_1975_opening_titles.jpg | winner = [[Anne Marie Pohtamo]] | represented = Finland | date = 19 July 1975 | presenters = [[Bob Barker]] | venue = [[Gimnasio Nacional José Adolfo Pineda|National Gymnasium]], [[San Salvador]], El Salvador | broadcaster = {{ubl|[[CBS]] (international)|[[Canal 6 (Salvadoran TV channel)|TV6]] (Official broadcaster)}} | entrants = 71 | placements = 12 | debuts = {{Hlist|American Samoa|Belize|Mauritius|Micronesia}} | withdraws = {{Hlist|Cyprus|Honduras|Portugal|Senegal|Suriname}} | returns = {{Hlist|Denmark|Ecuador|Guatemala|Haiti|Morocco|Peru|South Africa}} | congeniality = Christine Mary Jackson (Trinidad and Tobago) | photogenic = Martha Echeverry (Colombia)<br> [[Summer Bartholomew]] (United States) | best national costume = Emy Elivia Abascal (Guatemala) | before = [[Miss Universe 1974|1974]] | next = [[Miss Universe 1976|1976]] }}
'''Miss Universe 1975''' was the 24th [[Miss Universe]] pageant, held at the [[Gimnasio Nacional José Adolfo Pineda|National Gymnasium]] in [[San Salvador]], [[El Salvador]], on 19 July 1975.
At the conclusion of the event, [[Miss Universe 1972]], [[Kerry Anne Wells]] of [[Australia]] crowned [[Anne Marie Pohtamo|Anne Pohtamo]] of [[Finland]] as Miss Universe 1975. The previous winner, [[Amparo Muñoz]] of Spain, did not attend the pageant after she resigned the previous year.
Contestants from seventy-one countries and territories participated in this year's pageant. The pageant was hosted by [[Bob Barker]] in his ninth consecutive year, while Helen O'Connell provided commentary and analysis throughout the event.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Barker|first=Bob|date=16 July 1975|title=Host job great reward|language=en|pages=12B|work=The Evening Independent|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=U_4LAAAAIBAJ&sjid=GFgDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5931%2C165171|access-date=29 November 2025|via=[[Google News Archive]]}}</ref>
== Background == [[File:Gimnasio José Adolfo Pineda.JPG|thumb|Gimnasio José Adolfo Pineda, venue of the pageant]]
=== 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 Miss Universe and Miss USA to San Juan from 1972 to 1976.<ref>{{Cite news |date=6 August 1971 |title=PR gets Miss Universe contest for five years |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=SyQwAAAAIBAJ&sjid=pkQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2614%2C2960258 |access-date=13 October 2025 |work=The Virgin Islands Daily News |pages=1, 15 |language=en |via=[[Google News Archive]]}}</ref> However, the Puerto Rican government canceled the agreement in February 1973 because, according to Puerto Rican government officials, the agreement was allegedly illegal.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |date=17 February 1973 |title=Pageant may move to Latin America |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ErxOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=260DAAAAIBAJ&pg=5963%2C4130653 |access-date=12 October 2025 |work=The Virgin Islands Daily News |pages=10 |language=en |via=[[Google News Archive]]}}</ref> On 31 December 1974, Miss Universe Inc. president Harold Glasser announced that the Miss Universe 1975 pageant would be held in San Salvador, El Salvador on 19 July 1975.<ref>{{Cite news|date=8 July 1975|title=Karate guard for beauty queens|language=en|pages=3|work=[[The Straits Times]]|url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Page/straitstimes19750708-1.1.3|access-date=15 October 2025|via=National Library Board}}</ref>
On the day of the competition, several groups of armed soldiers with submachine guns surrounded the competition site to stop student demonstrations protesting the El Salvadoran government's spending of $1 million on the competition.<ref>{{Cite news|date=19 July 1975|title=Trouble threatens Miss Universe contest|language=en|pages=12|work=Amigoe di Curacao|url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:010460697:mpeg21:p012|access-date=15 October 2025|via=Delpher}}</ref> Hours before the competition, a bomb exploded in the center of San Salvador in protest against the Miss Universe pageant, injuring a civilian, and damaging the National Tourist Office of El Salvador, which organized the pageant.<ref>{{Cite news|date=20 July 1975|title=Protest Bombing In San Salvador|language=en-US|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1975/07/20/archives/protest-bombing-in-san-salvador.html|access-date=30 March 2023|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
A week after the competition, protests broke out in the cities of Santa Ana and San Salvador, resulting in the [[1975 Salvadoran student massacre]]. According to the military government of El Salvador, one person was killed, five were injured, and eleven were imprisoned, while according to students who participated in the protests, approximately twelve people were killed, twenty were injured, and forty were imprisoned.<ref>{{Cite news |date=10 August 1975|title=Unrest growing in El Salvador|language=en|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1975/08/10/archives/unrest-growing-in-el-salvador-demonstrations-put-down-after-protest.html|access-date=29 November 2025}}</ref>
=== Selection of participants === Contestants from seventy-one countries and territories were selected to compete in the pageant. Two candidates were selected to replace the original dethroned winner.
==== Replacements ==== Miss Spain 1974 first runner-up, Consuelo Martin, was appointed as the candidate of Spain after Miss Spain 1974, Natividad Rodriguez, relinquished her title after joining Miss World. Miss Thailand Universe 1975 third runner-up, Wanlaya Thonawanik, was appointed as the representative of Thailand after Miss Thailand Universe 1975, Sirikwan Nantasiri, chose to pursue her film career.<ref>{{Cite web |date=19 October 2013|title=Sex Bombs: 10 Thai beauties from the 60s and 70s|url=https://coconuts.co/bangkok/lifestyle/sex-bombs-10-thai-beauties-60s-and-70s/|access-date=29 November 2025|website=Coconuts|language=en-US}}</ref>
==== Debuts, returns, and, withdrawals ==== This edition saw the debuts of American Samoa, Belize, Mauritius, and Micronesia, and the returns of Guatemala which last competed in [[Miss Universe 1961|1961]]; Morocco which last competed in [[Miss Universe 1966|1966]]; Haiti and South Africa which last competed in [[Miss Universe 1968|1968]]; Ecuador and Peru which last competed in [[Miss Universe 1972|1972]];<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=|first=|date=12 November 2017|title=Miss Perú: las peruanas más bellas de las últimas décadas|url=https://elcomercio.pe/tvmas/farandula/miss-peru-peruanas-bellas-ultimas-decadas-noticia-473145-noticia/|access-date=29 November 2025|website=[[El Comercio Perú]]|language=es|trans-title=Miss Peru: The most beautiful Peruvian women of recent decades}}</ref> and Denmark which last competed in [[Miss Universe 1973|1973]].
Mavis Slengard of Suriname withdrew because she was ill.<ref>{{Cite news |date=28 June 1975|title=Miss Suriname niet internationaal contest|language=nl|pages=10|work=Vrije Stem|url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:011021184:mpeg21:p010|access-date=29 November 2025|via=Delpher}}</ref> Cyprus, Honduras, Portugal, and Senegal withdrew after their respective organizations failed to hold a national competition or appoint a delegate. Eva Arni of Papua New Guinea withdrew after winning an international pageant. Arni competed in the following year.<ref>{{Cite news |date=26 May 1975|title=Black Eva scores a beauty 'first'|language=en|pages=2|work=The Straits Times|url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19750526-1.2.17.2|access-date=29 November 2025|via=National Library Board}}</ref>
==Results== [[File:Miss Universe 1975 Map.PNG|thumb|250px|Miss Universe 1975 participating countries and territories]]
===Placements=== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;" |- ! Placement !! Contestant |- | Miss Universe 1975 | * {{flagu|Finland}} – [[Anne Marie Pohtamo]]<ref name=":10">{{Cite news|date=20 July 1975|title=Finnish model new Miss Universe|language=en|pages=2|work=The Independent|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/76620195/miss-haiti-1975/|access-date=15 October 2025|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> |- | 1st Runner-Up | * {{flagu|Haiti|1964}} – Gerthie David<ref name=":10" /> |- | 2nd Runner-Up | * {{flagu|United States}} – [[Summer Bartholomew]]<ref name=":10" /> |- | 3rd Runner-Up | * {{flagu|Sweden}} – Catharina Sjödahl<ref name=":10" /> |- | 4th Runner-Up | * {{flagu|Philippines|1936}} – Rose Marie Brosas<ref name=":10" /> |- | Top 12<ref name=":10" /> | * {{flagu|Brazil|1968}} – Ingrid Budag * {{flagu|Colombia}} – Martha Lucia Echeverri * {{flagu|El Salvador}} – [[Carmen Elena Figueroa|Carmen Figueroa]] * {{flagu|England}} – Vicki Harris * {{flagu|Ireland}} – Julie Farnham * {{flag|Israel}} – Orit Cooper * {{flagu|Japan|1870}} – Sachiko Nakayama |}
=== Special awards === {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;" |- ! Award ! Contestant |- | Miss Photogenic | * {{flag|Colombia}} – Martha Lucia Echeverri<ref name=":2">{{Cite news |date=19 July 1975|title=Título de la más fotogénica quedó compartido entre Estados Unidos y Colombia|language=es|pages=4C|work=La Nacion|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rjcfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=cc8EAAAAIBAJ&pg=3419%2C10723847|access-date=29 November 2025|trans-title=The title of most photogenic was shared between the United States and Colombia}}</ref> * {{flag|United States}} – [[Summer Bartholomew]]<ref name=":2" /> |- |Miss Congeniality | * {{flag|Trinidad and Tobago}} – Christine Jackson |- |Best National Costume | * {{flag|Guatemala|civil}} – Emy Abascal<ref>{{Cite web |date=14 May 2021|title=Which Country Has Won the Most National Costume Titles at Miss Universe?|url=https://www.esquiremag.ph/culture/lifestyle/miss-universe-country-most-national-costume-titles-a00203-20210514|access-date=29 November 2025|website=Esquire|language=en}}</ref> |}
== Pageant ==
=== Format === Same with [[Miss Universe 1971|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.<ref name=":10" />
=== Selection committee ===
* [[Maribel Arrieta]] – Miss El Salvador 1955, first runner-up at [[Miss Universe 1955]]<ref name=":32">{{Cite news |last=Loaiza|first=Norma|date=15 July 1975|title=El presidente Molina declaro a candidatas huespedes de honor|language=es|pages=1B|work=La Nacion|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=qzcfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=cc8EAAAAIBAJ&pg=5183%2C9242335|access-date=29 November 2025|trans-title=President Molina declared the candidates honorary guests.}}</ref> * [[Ernest Borgnine]] – American actor<ref name=":9">{{Cite news |last=Anderson|first=Nancy|date=16 August 1975|title=Scheider determined to be strong|language=en|pages=18|work=The Desert Sun|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/116422619/the-desert-sun/|access-date=29 November 2025|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> * [[Aline Griffith, Countess of Romanones]] – American-born Spanish aristocrat and socialite * Kiyoshi Hara – President of the [[Asahi Broadcasting Corporation]] in Japan<ref name=":11">{{Cite news |date=16 July 1975|title=Miss Universe jury in El Salvador|language=nl|pages=5|work=Amigoe di Curacao|url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:010460694:mpeg21:p005|access-date=29 November 2025|via=Delpher}}</ref> * [[Jean-Claude Killy|Jean Claude Killy]] – French alpine skier<ref name=":11" /> * [[Peter Lawford]] – British actor<ref name=":9" /> * [[Max Lerner]] – American journalist and educator * [[Susan Strasberg]] – American actress and author * [[Leon Uris]] – American author * [[Sarah Vaughan]] – American jazz singer and pianist<ref>{{Cite news |date=22 July 1975|title=Bias in beauty quest alleged|language=en|pages=4|work=The Canberra Times|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/110648517?searchTerm=%22Miss%20Universe%22|access-date=29 November 2025|via=Trove}}</ref> * [[Luz Marina Zuluaga]] – [[Miss Universe 1958]] from Colombia<ref name=":32" />
==Contestants== Seventy-one contestants competed for the title. {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%" |- ! Country/Territory !! Contestant !Age{{efn|Ages at the time of the pageant|name=A}}!! Hometown |- | {{flag|American Samoa}} || Darlene Schwenke<ref name=":3">{{Cite news|last=Loaiza|first=Norma|date=15 July 1975|title=El presidente Molina declaro a candidatas huespedes de honor|language=es|pages=1B|work=La Nacion|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=qzcfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=cc8EAAAAIBAJ&pg=5183%2C9242335|access-date=15 October 2025|via=[[Google News Archive]]}}</ref> |18||[[Pago Pago|Pago-Pago]] |- | {{flag|Argentina}}|| Rosa Del Valle<ref>{{Cite news|date=17 July 1975|title=Che!|language=es|pages=13A|work=El Tiempo|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=9XAjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=T2MEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5812%2C3370624|access-date=15 October 2025|via=[[Google News Archive]]}}</ref> |19||[[Tucumán Province|Tucumán]] |- | {{flag|Netherlands Antilles|1959|name=Aruba}} || Martica Brown<ref>{{Cite news|date=19 July 1975|title=Los ensayos son agotadores|language=es|pages=10C|work=La Nacion|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rjcfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=cc8EAAAAIBAJ&pg=4557%2C10751705|access-date=15 October 2025|via=[[Google News Archive]]}}</ref> |21||[[San Nicolaas]] |- | {{flag|Australia}} || Jennifer Matthews<ref>{{Cite news|date=2 October 1974|title=In search of world titles|language=en|pages=2|work=The Australian Women's Weekly|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/44801225|access-date=15 October 2025|via=Trove}}</ref> |20||[[Pymble]] |- | {{flag|Austria}} || Rosemarie Holzschuh<ref>{{Cite web|last=Calderon|first=Beatriz|date=25 September 2023|title="Me gustan los frijoles y las pupusas": esto dijo la finlandesa que ganó Miss Universo 1975 sobre El Salvador|url=https://www.laprensagrafica.com/farandula/Me-gustan-los-frijoles-y-las-pupusas-esto-dijo-la-finlandesa-que-gano-Miss-Universo-1975-sobre-El-Salvador-20230630-0018.html|access-date=15 October 2025|website=La Prensa Grafica|language=es}}</ref> |21||[[Vienna]] |- | {{flag|Bahamas}} || Sonia Chipman<ref>{{Cite news|date=2 October 1975|title=Bahamas beauty bids for Miss Universe crown|language=en|pages=26–30|work=Jet|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZEIDAAAAMBAJ&dq=sonia+chipman+miss+bahamas&pg=PA26|access-date=15 October 2025|via=Google Books}}</ref> |18||[[Nassau, Bahamas|Nassau]] |- | {{flag|Belgium}} || Christine Delmelle<ref>{{Cite web |date=11 January 2010|title=Erelijst Miss België|url=https://www.demorgen.be/tv-cultuur/erelijst-miss-belgie~b5723d4d/|access-date=11 October 2025|website=De Morgen|language=nl-NL}}</ref> |18||[[Liège]] |- | {{flag|British Honduras|name=Belize}} || Lisa Longsworth<ref name=":6">{{Cite news |date=10 July 1975|title=La capital de Miss Universo se moviliza|language=es|pages=1B|work=La Nacion|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=qDcfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=cc8EAAAAIBAJ&pg=3690%2C7437527|access-date=29 November 2025|trans-title=The Miss Universe capital mobilizes}}</ref> |17||[[Belmopan]] |- | {{flag|Bermuda}} || Donna Wright<ref>{{Cite news |date=July 1975|title=Photo album of 1975 Miss Bermuda|language=en|pages=20–25|work=Fame Magazine|url=https://bnl.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16347coll1/id/3155/rec/74|access-date=29 November 2025|via=Bermuda National Library}}</ref> |22||[[St. David's Island, Bermuda|St. David's]] |- | {{flag|Bolivia}} || Jacqueline Gamarra<ref>{{Cite news |date=9 July 1975|title=Candidatas a Miss Universo vistian escenario del actio|language=es|pages=23A|work=La Nacion|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=pzcfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=cc8EAAAAIBAJ&pg=6930%2C6186276|access-date=29 November 2025|trans-title=Miss Universe contestants visited the stage of the event|via=[[Google News Archive]]}}</ref> |19||[[Cochabamba]] |- | {{flag|Brazil|1968}} || Ingrid Budag<ref>{{Cite news |date=9 July 1975|title=San Salvador|language=es|pages=18A|work=La Nacion|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=pzcfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=cc8EAAAAIBAJ&pg=4475%2C6169930|access-date=29 November 2025|via=[[Google News Archive]]}}</ref> |18|| [[Blumenau]] |- | {{flag|Canada}} || Sandra Campbell<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zVs_AAAAIBAJ&dq=%22Sandra+Campbell%22&pg=PA46|title=Sandra denies marriage plans|date=19 July 1975|pages=46|access-date=29 November 2025|work=The Windsor Star|language=en|via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref> |23||[[Leamington, Ontario|Leamington]] |- | {{flag|Chile}} || [[Raquel Argandoña]] <ref>{{Cite web |date=20 February 2022|title=Así luce Raquel Argandoña, ex Miss Chile, a sus 64 años|url=https://www.terra.cl/entretenimiento/2022/2/20/asi-luce-raquel-argandona-ex-miss-chile-sus-64-anos-12764.html|access-date=29 November 2025|website=Terra|language=es|trans-title=This is what Raquel Argandoña, former Miss Chile, looks like at 64 years old}}</ref> |17||[[Santiago]] |- | {{flag|Colombia}} || Martha Lucia Echeverri<ref>{{Cite news |date=12 November 1974|title=Valle, otra vez!|language=es|pages=1, 1B|work=El Tiempo|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=f6AqAAAAIBAJ&sjid=TmMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3237%2C834119|access-date=29 November 2025|trans-title=Valle, again!|via=[[Google News Archive]]}}</ref> |18|| [[Tuluá]] |- | {{flag|Costa Rica}} || Maria de Los Angeles Picado<ref>{{Cite news |date=13 July 1975|title="Me gustaria que esto fuera algo mas que concurso de belleza"|language=es|pages=2A|work=La Nacion|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=qTcfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=cc8EAAAAIBAJ&pg=4156%2C7574649|access-date=29 November 2025|trans-title="I would like this to be more than just a beauty pageant"|via=[[Google News Archive]]}}</ref> |18||[[San José, Costa Rica|San José]] |- | {{flag|Netherlands Antilles|1959|name=Curaçao}} || Jasmin Fraites<ref>{{Cite news|date=20 June 1975|title=Berdad riba Miss Corsow 1975|language=pap|pages=8|work=Amigoe di Curacao|url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:010460724:mpeg21:p008|access-date=15 October 2025|via=Delpher}}</ref> |19||[[Willemstad]] |- | {{flag|Denmark}} || Berit Fredriksen<ref name=":4">{{Cite news |date=3 July 1975|title=Nueva York|language=es|pages=22|work=La Nacion|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=pTcfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=cc8EAAAAIBAJ&pg=7241%2C4537769|access-date=29 November 2025|via=[[Google News Archive]]|trans-title=New York}}</ref> |20||[[Stevns Municipality|Stevns]] |- | {{flag|Dominican Republic}} || Milvia Troncoso |18||[[Santiago de los Caballeros]] |- | {{flag|Ecuador|1900}} || Ana Maria Wray<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YJoqAAAAIBAJ&dq=Ana+Maria+Wray&pg=PA9|title=Concurso Miss Universo, 'estafa international'|date=23 July 1975|pages=9|access-date=29 November 2025|work=El Tiempo|language=es|trans-title=Miss Universe pageant, 'international fatigue'|via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref> |18||[[Guayaquil]] |- | {{flag|El Salvador}} || [[Carmen Elena Figueroa|Carmen Figueroa]] <ref>{{Cite news |date=14 July 1975|title=Todas tienen algo en comun: quieren ser Miss Universo|language=es|pages=18A|work=La Nacion|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=qjcfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=cc8EAAAAIBAJ&pg=4787%2C8252136|access-date=29 November 2025|trans-title=They all have something in common: they want to be Miss Universe|via=[[Google News Archive]]}}</ref> |20|| [[San Salvador, El Salvador|San Salvador]] |- | {{flag|England}} || Vicki Harris<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JC9LAAAAIBAJ&dq=%22Vicki+Harris%22+England&pg=PA2|title=Finnish Lass Miss Universe|date=20 July 1975|pages=2|access-date=29 November 2025|work=The Press-Courier|language=en|via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref> |22|| [[London]] |- | {{flag|Finland}} || [[Anne Marie Pohtamo]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nieminen|first=Arja|date=19 July 2015|title=Anne Pohtamo näyttää yhä Miss Universumilta|url=https://www.iltalehti.fi/viihde/a/2015071819918629|access-date=29 November 2025|website=Iltalehti|language=fi|trans-title=Anne Pohtamo still looks like Miss Universe}}</ref> |19|| [[Helsinki]] |- | {{flag|France|1974}} || [[Sophie Perin]] <ref>{{Cite web |last=Dematte|first=Delphine|date=18 November 2021|title=Metz. Savez-vous qui a été élue Miss France puis Miss International ?|url=https://www.republicain-lorrain.fr/insolite/2021/11/18/savez-vous-qui-a-ete-elu-miss-france-puis-miss-international|access-date=29 November 2025|website=Le Républicain Lorrain|language=FR-fr|trans-title=Metz. Do you know who was elected Miss France and then Miss International?}}</ref> |18||[[Talange]] |- | {{flag|Greece|old}} || Afroditi Katsouli<ref name=":7">{{Cite news |date=13 July 1975|title=72 bellezas participan en concurso Miss Universo|language=es|pages=18A|work=La Nacion|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=qTcfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=cc8EAAAAIBAJ&pg=3334%2C7656468|access-date=29 November 2025|trans-title=72 beauties participate in the Miss Universe contest|via=[[Google News Archive]]}}</ref> |19||[[Athens]] |- | {{flag|Guam}} || Deborah Naqui<ref name=":12">{{Cite news |last=Bacon|first=James|date=23 July 1975|title=Surrounded by beauty unnoticed|language=en|pages=45|work=Youngstown Vindicator|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mIxIAAAAIBAJ&dq=%22Miss+Northern+Marianas%22&pg=PA25&article_id=758,2390261|access-date=29 November 2025|via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref> |22||[[Hagåtña, Guam|Hagåtña]] |- | {{flag|Guatemala}}|| Emy Abascal<ref name=":32" /> |22||[[Guatemala City]] |- | {{flag|Haiti|1964}} || Gerthie David<ref>{{Cite web |date=1 February 2017|title=Miss Univers : avant Raquel Pélissier, il y a eu Gerthie David|url=https://lenouvelliste.com/article/167968/miss-univers-avant-raquel-pelissier-il-y-a-eu-gerthie-david|access-date=29 November 2025|website=Le Nouvelliste|language=fr|trans-title=Miss Universe: Before Raquel Pélissier, there was Gerthie David}}</ref> |21|| [[Port-au-Prince]] |- | {{flag|Holland}} || Linda Snippe<ref>{{Cite news |date=6 May 1975|title=Lynda Miss Holland|language=nl|pages=17|work=Het vrije volk|url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:010958760:mpeg21:p017|access-date=29 November 2025|via=Delpher}}</ref> |17||[[Amsterdam]] |- | {{flag|British Hong Kong|name=Hong Kong}} || [[Mary Cheung]] <ref>{{Cite news |date=30 June 1975|title=Miss HK 1975|language=en|pages=1|work=[[The Straits Times]]|url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Page/straitstimes19750630-1.1.1|access-date=29 November 2025|via=National Library Board}}</ref> |22||Hong Kong |- | {{flag|Iceland}} || Helga Jonsdottir<ref>{{Cite news |date=10 March 1975|title=Sunna sendir konur til keppni|language=is|pages=20|work=Vísir|url=https://timarit.is/page/3260973?iabr=on|access-date=29 November 2025|via=Tímarit.is|trans-title=Sunna sends women to compete}}</ref> |22||[[Reykjavík]] |- | {{flag|India}} || Meenakshi Kurpad<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=29 November 2025|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref> |21||[[Bangalore]] |- | {{flag|Indonesia}} || [[Lydia Arlini Wahab]] <ref>{{Cite web |last=Martinus|first=Alps|date=1 March 2022|title=Ingat Prisa Adinda? Anak Jendral, Dulu Terkenal Kolaborasi Dengan J-Rocks, Ini Kabarnya|url=https://manado.tribunnews.com/2022/03/01/ingat-prisa-adinda-anak-jendral-dulu-terkenal-kolaborasi-dengan-j-rocks-ini-kabarnya|access-date=29 November 2025|website=Tribun Manado|language=id-ID|trans-title=Remember Prisa Adinda? The daughter of a general, she was once famous for collaborating with J-Rocks. Here's what she's been up to.}}</ref> |22||[[Jakarta]] |- | {{flag|Ireland}} || Julie Farnham<ref name=":8">{{Cite news |date=18 July 1975|title=Beauties to compete|language=en|pages=28|work=The Greenville News|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/19534183/the-greenville-news/|access-date=29 November 2025|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> |18|| [[Dublin]] |- | {{flag|Israel}} || Orit Cooper<ref>{{Cite news |date=20 June 1975|title=Israel's beauty queen for 1975|language=en|pages=10|work=B'nai B'rith Messenger|url=https://www.nli.org.il/en/newspapers/bbh/1975/06/20/01/article/48/?srpos=1&e=------197-en-20--1--img-txIN%7ctxTI-%22Orit+Cooper%22----1975---------1|access-date=29 November 2025|via=National Library of Israel|archive-date=14 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230114141618/https://www.nli.org.il/en/newspapers/bbh/1975/06/20/01/article/48/?srpos=1&e=------197-en-20--1--img-txIN%7CtxTI-%22Orit+Cooper%22----1975---------1|url-status=dead}}</ref> |18|| [[Tel Aviv]] |- | {{flag|Italy}} || Diana Salvador |22||[[Udine]] |- | {{flag|Jamaica}} || Gillian King<ref>{{Cite news |date=19 July 2017|title=Photo Flashback|language=en|work=The Gleaner|url=https://www.pressreader.com/jamaica/jamaica-gleaner/20170719/282166471236407|access-date=29 November 2025|via=[[PressReader]]}}</ref> |17||[[Kingston, Jamaica|Kingston]] |- | {{flag|Japan|1870}} || Sachiko Nakayama<ref>{{Cite news |date=9 July 1975|title=Poolside frolic by two beauties from the east...|language=en|pages=28|work=[[The Straits Times]]|url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19750709-1.2.127|access-date=29 November 2025|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> |19|| [[Hokkaido]] |- | {{flag|Lebanon}} || Suad Nachoul |19||[[Beirut]] |- | {{flag|Liberia}} || Aurelia Sancho<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dibba|first=Amie|date=3 November 2016|title=Koisey Hiama crowned Miss Liberia Minnesota|url=https://mshale.com/2016/11/03/koisey-hiama-crowned-liberia-minnesota/|access-date=29 November 2025|website=Mshale|language=en-US}}</ref> |20||[[Monrovia]] |- | {{flag|Luxembourg}} || Marie Therese Manderschied<ref name=":7" /> |19||[[Tétange]] |- | {{flag|Malaysia}} || Alice Cheong<ref>{{Cite news |date=9 June 1975|title=Alice is Miss Malaysia|language=en|pages=9|work=[[The Straits Times]]|url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19750609-1.2.42.1|access-date=29 November 2025|via=National Library Board}}</ref> |20||[[Kuala Lumpur]] |- | {{flag|Malta}} || Frances Ciantar |20||[[Valletta]] |- | {{flag|Mauritius}} || Nirmala Sohun |19||[[Port Louis]] |- | {{flag|Mexico}} || Delia Servin<ref>{{Cite news |date=14 July 1975|title=El Salvador|language=es|pages=18A|work=La Nacion|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=qjcfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=cc8EAAAAIBAJ&pg=6964%2C8254264|access-date=29 November 2025|via=[[Google News Archive]]}}</ref> |18||[[Sinaloa]] |- | {{flag|Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands|name=Micronesia}} || Elena Tomokane<ref name=":12" /> |19||[[Saipan]] |- | {{flag|Morocco}} || Salhi Badia<ref>{{Cite news |date=21 July 1975|title=Three faint at world beauty show|language=en|pages=6|work=New Nation|url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Page/newnation19750721-1.1.6|access-date=29 November 2025|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> |19||[[Rabat]] |- | {{flag|New Zealand}} || Barbara Kirkley<ref>{{Cite news |date=14 July 1975|title=Untitled|language=en|pages=6|work=The Canberra Times|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/110647124?searchTerm=%22Miss%20Universe%22|access-date=29 November 2025|via=Trove}}</ref> |20||[[Auckland]] |- | {{flag|Nicaragua}} || Alda Sanchez<ref name=":5">{{Cite news |date=13 July 1975|title=Medidas y dimensiones, un aspecto destacado del concurso Miss Universo|language=es|pages=11B|work=La Nacion|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=qTcfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=cc8EAAAAIBAJ&pg=4172%2C7961659|access-date=29 November 2025|trans-title=Measurements and dimensions, a highlight of the Miss Universe contest|via=[[Google News Archive]]}}</ref> |20||[[Managua]] |- | {{flag|Panama}} || Anina Horta<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=29 November 2025|website=Telemetro|language=es-PA|trans-title=These are the Panamanian women who participated in Miss Universe}}</ref> |19||[[Panama City]] |- | {{flag|Paraguay|1954}} || Susana Viré<ref>{{Cite web|last=Coronel|first=Raul|date=15 October 2021|title=Te presentamos a todas nuestras representantes en Miss Universe|url=http://www.epa.com.py/2021/10/15/te-presentamos-a-todas-nuestras-representantes-en-miss-universe/|access-date=15 October 2025|website=Epa!|language=es|archive-date=3 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211203234725/http://www.epa.com.py/2021/10/15/te-presentamos-a-todas-nuestras-representantes-en-miss-universe/|url-status=dead}}</ref> |18||[[Asunción|Asuncion]] |- | {{flag|Peru}} || Olga Berninzon<ref name=":0" /> |17||[[Lima]] |- | {{flag|Philippines|1936}} || Rose Marie Brosas<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lo|first=Ricky|date=13 October 2015|title=How Chiqui caught Ali's heart|url=https://www.philstar.com/entertainment/2015/10/13/1510328/how-chiqui-caught-alis-heart|access-date=29 November 2025|website=[[Philippine Star]]|language=en}}</ref> |18|| [[Manila]] |- | {{flag|Puerto Rico|1952}} || Lorell Carmona |18||[[San Germán, Puerto Rico|San Germán]] |- | {{flag|Scotland}} || Mary Kirkwood<ref name=":02">{{Cite web |last=Smith|first=Ken|date=10 February 2017|title=Herald Picture Archive: Marie crowned Miss Scotland and becomes a canned attraction|url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/15082864.herald-picture-archive-marie-crowned-miss-scotland-becomes-canned-attraction/|access-date=29 November 2025|website=Herald Scotland|language=en}}</ref> |19||[[Glasgow]] |- | {{flag|Singapore}} || Sally Tan<ref>{{Cite news |date=23 June 1975|title=Sally bags the crown on her second try|language=en|pages=9|work=[[The Straits Times]]|url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19750623-1.2.68|access-date=29 November 2025|via=National Library Board}}</ref> |20||Singapore |- | {{flag|South Africa|1928}} || Gail Anthony<ref>{{Cite news |date=5 July 1975|title=Het is weer zover|language=nl|trans-title=It is that time again|pages=3|work=Limburgsch dagblad|url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:010560325:mpeg21:p003|access-date=29 November 2025|via=Delpher}}</ref> |17||[[Cape Town]] |- | {{flag|South Korea|1948}} || Young-ok Seo<ref>{{Cite web |date=26 November 2018|title=Fans Compile Evidence That Jin's Mom Was A Miss Korea—And Everything Makes Sense|url=https://www.koreaboo.com/stories/evidence-bts-jins-mother-miss-korea/|access-date=29 November 2025|website=Koreaboo|language=en-US}}</ref> |18||[[Daegu]] |- | {{flag|Francoist Spain|1945|name=Spain}} || Consuelo Martin<ref>{{Cite news |date=12 July 1975|title=Signing away|language=en|pages=6|work=Marshfield News-Herald|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/115053769/marshfield-news-herald/|access-date=29 November 2025|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> |18||[[Canary Islands]] |- | {{flag|Sri Lanka}} || Shyama Algama<ref>{{Cite news |date=19 July 1975|title=Rigors of rehearsal for beauties|language=en|pages=2|work=The Evening Sun|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/102408895/the-evening-sun/|access-date=29 November 2025|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> |20||[[Colombo District|Colombo]] |- | {{flag|Sweden}} || Catharina Sjödahl |17|| [[Örebro]] |- | {{flag|Switzerland}} || Beatrice Aschwanden<ref>{{Cite web |date=12 November 2013|title=Sheilas Mami war Miss Schweiz|url=https://www.20min.ch/story/sheilas-mami-war-miss-schweiz-105083470502|access-date=29 November 2025|website=20 Minuten|language=de|trans-title=Sheila's mom was Miss Switzerland}}</ref> |21||[[Zürich]] |- | {{flag|Thailand}} || Wanlaya Thonawanik<ref>{{Cite news |date=19 July 1975|title=Beauty takes a bow|language=en|pages=5|work=[[The Straits Times]]|url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19750719-1.2.22.4|access-date=29 November 2025|via=National Library Board}}</ref> |23||[[Bangkok]] |- | {{flag|Trinidad and Tobago}}|| Christine Jackson |23||[[Tunapuna–Piarco]] |- | {{flag|Turkey}} || Sezin Topçuoğlu |18||[[Istanbul]] |- | {{flag|United States}} || [[Summer Bartholomew]]<ref>{{Cite news |date=19 May 1975|title=Miss California wins title of Miss USA for 1975|language=en|pages=10|work=News-Press|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/22822656/news-press/|access-date=29 November 2025|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> |23|| [[Merced, California|Merced]] |- | {{flag|United States Virgin Islands}} || Julia Wallace<ref>{{Cite news |date=23 July 1975|title=Welcome home kiss|language=en|pages=14|work=The Virgin Islands Daily News|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Ix0uAAAAIBAJ&sjid=j0QDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5231%2C2797643|access-date=29 November 2025|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> |18||[[Saint Croix]] |- | {{flag|Uruguay}} || Evelyn Rodriguez<ref name=":6" /> |23||[[Montevideo]] |- | {{flag|Venezuela|1954}} || Maritza Pineda<ref>{{Cite news |date=11 July 1975|title=El Salvador|language=es|pages=18A|work=La Nacion|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=qDcfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=cc8EAAAAIBAJ&pg=5856%2C6898115|access-date=29 November 2025|via=[[Google News Archive]]}}</ref> |19||[[Caracas]] |- | {{flag|Wales}} || Georgina Kerler<ref name=":8" /> |18||[[Cardiff]] |- | {{flag|West Germany}} || Sigrid Klose<ref name=":4" /> |21||[[Saarland]] |- | {{flag|Yugoslavia}} || [[Lidija Manić]] |22||[[Belgrade]] |}
== Notes == <references group="lower-alpha" responsive="1"></references>
==References== {{Reflist}}
== External links ==
* [http://www.missuniverse.com/ Miss Universe official website] {{Miss Universe}} {{Miss Universe 1975 delegates}} {{San Salvador}}
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