User:Mauriziok/Miss Universe 1975

Miss Universe 1975, the 24th Miss Universe pageant, was held on 19 July 1975 at the National Gymnasium in San Salvador, El Salvador. Anne Marie Pohtamo won the title for Finland, thus making her the second Finnish woman to win the Miss Universe crown after Armi Kuusela, who was the first Miss Universe winner, in 1952. After Spain's Amparo Muñoz resigned the previous year, her successor was crowned by Miss Universe 1972, Kerry Anne Wells of Australia.

The political backdrop to the 1975 Miss Universe pageant was not a happy one, however. According to the New York Times, August 5, "while a worldwide television audience saw El Salvador’s sunny beaches before the “Miss Universe” finals July 19, off-camera heavily armed troops were called out to halt demonstrations by students protesting the Government's expenditure of $1-million on the contest". Protests took place in Santa Ana and San Salvador. Again, from the NY Times: "According to the military Government, which contended that the march was part of a “Communist plot”, one person was killed, five wounded, and 11 arrested. But according to the students, at least 12 persons were killed, 20 wounded, and 40 arrested".

This year also marked the first time in the history that all five American territories had been competing together in the Miss Universe pageant along with Miss USA. However, Northern Mariana Islands competed as the geographical region of Micronesia instead of the individual territory itself, but just then, the territory began competing as Miss Northern Marianas a year later.

Contestants

 * 🇦🇷 Argentina - Rosa Del Valle Santillan
 *  Netherlands Antilles - Martica Pamela Brown
 * 🇦🇺 Australia - Jennifer Matthews
 * 🇦🇹 Austria - Rosemarie Holzschuh
 * 🇧🇸 Bahamas - Sonia Chipman
 * 🇧🇪 Belgium - Christine Delmelle
 *  British Honduras - Lisa Longsworth
 * 🇧🇲 Bermuda - Donna Louise Wright
 * 🇧🇴 Bolivia - Jacqueline Gamarra Sckett
 * 🇧🇷 Brazil - Ingrid Budag
 * 🇨🇦 Canada - Sandra Margaret Emily Campbell
 * 🇨🇱 Chile - Raquel Argandoña
 * 🇨🇴 Colombia - Martha Lucia Echeverri Trujillo
 * 🇨🇷 Costa Rica - Maria De Los Angeles Picado Gonzalez
 *  Netherlands Antilles - Jasmin Fraites
 * 🇩🇰 Denmark - Berit Fredriksen
 * 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic - Milvia Troncoso
 * 🇪🇨 Ecuador - Ana Maria Wray Salas
 * 🇸🇻 El Salvador - Carmen Elena Figueroa
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England - Vicki Harris
 * 🇫🇮 Finland - Anne-Marie Pohtamo
 * 🇫🇷 France - Sophie Sonia Perin
 *  West Germany - Sigrid Silke Klose
 * 🇬🇷 Greece - Afroditi Katsouli
 * 🇬🇺 Guam - Deborah Lizama Nacke
 * 🇬🇹 Guatemala - Emy Elivia Abascal
 * 🇭🇹 Haiti - Gerthie David
 *  Holland - Linda Adriana Snippe
 *  British Hong Kong - Mary Cheung
 * 🇮🇸 Iceland - Helga Eldon Jonsdottir
 * 🇮🇳 India - Meenakshi Kurpad
 * 🇮🇩 Indonesia - Lydia Arlini Wahab
 * 🇮🇪 Ireland - Julie Ann Farnham
 * 🇮🇱 Israel - Orit Cooper
 * 🇮🇹 Italy - Diana Salvador
 * 🇯🇲 Jamaica - Gillian Louise Annette King
 * 🇯🇵 Japan - Sachiko Nakayama
 * 🇰🇷 South Korea - Seo Young-ok
 * 🇱🇧 Lebanon - Suad Nachoul
 * 🇱🇷 Liberia - Aurelia Sancho
 * 🇱🇺 Luxembourg - Marie Therese Manderschied
 * 🇲🇾 Malaysia - Alice Cheong
 * 🇲🇹 Malta - Frances Pace Ciantar
 * 🇲🇺 Mauritius - Nirmala Sohun
 * 🇲🇽 Mexico - Delia Servin Nieto
 *  Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands - Elena Delunger Tomokane
 * 🇲🇦 Morocco - Salhi Badia
 * 🇳🇿 New Zealand - Barbara Ann Kirkley
 * 🇳🇮 Nicaragua - Alda Maritza Sanchez
 * 🇵🇦 Panama - Anina Horta Torrijos
 * 🇵🇾 Paraguay - Susana Beatriz Vire Ferreira
 * 🇵🇪 Peru - Olga Lourdes Berninzon Devéscovi
 * 🇵🇭 Philippines - Rose Marie "Chiqui" Singson Brosas
 * 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico - Lorell Del Carmen Carmona Juan
 * 🇦🇸 American Samoa - Darlene Schwenke
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland - Mary Kirkwood
 * 🇸🇬 Singapore - Sally Tan
 * 🇿🇦 South Africa - Gail Anthony
 * 🇪🇸 Spain - Chelo Martin Lopez
 * 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka - Shyama Hirarnya Algama
 * 🇸🇪 Sweden - Catharina Sjödahl
 * 🇨🇭 Switzerland - Beatrice Aschwanden
 * 🇹🇭 Thailand - Wanlaya Thonawanik
 *  Trinidad & Tobago - Christine Mary Jackson
 * 🇹🇷 Turkey - Sezin Topçuoğlu
 * 🇺🇾 Uruguay - Evelyn Rodriguez
 * 🇺🇸 United States - Summer Bartholomew
 * 🇻🇪 Venezuela - Maritza Pineda Montoya
 *  United States Virgin Islands - Julia Florencia Wallace
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Wales - Georgina Kerler
 *  Yugoslavia - Lidija Vera Manić

Debuts

 *  British Honduras
 *  Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands
 *  Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands

Returns
Last competed in 1961: Last competed in 1966: Last competed in 1968: Last competed in 1972: Last competed in 1973:
 * 🇭🇹 Haiti
 * 🇿🇦 South Africa

Did not compete

 * 🇰🇾 Cayman Islands — Dorothy Lamore McKoy
 * 🇬🇵 Guadeloupe — Eloise Jubienne
 * 🇳🇴 — Sissel Gulbrandsen
 * 🇸🇿 Swaziland — Vinah Thembi Mamba

Replacements

 * 🇹🇭 &mdash; Sirikwan Nantasiri, Miss Thailand Universe 1975 (not to be confused with Miss Universe Thailand), refused to compete in order to achieve acting career. The pageant authorities decided to send Wanlaya Thonawanik, her 3rd runner-up to compete instead.

Awards

 * 🇹🇹 — Miss Amity (Christine Mary Jackson)
 * 🇨🇴 — Miss Photogenic (Martha Echeverry)
 * 🇺🇸 — Miss Photogenic (Summer Bartholomew)
 * 🇬🇹 — Best National Costume (Emy Elivia Abascal)