User:Mauriziok/Miss Universe 1980

Miss Universe 1980, the 29th Miss Universe pageant, was held on 8 July 1980 at the Sejong Cultural Center in Seoul, South Korea. Shawn Weatherly from the United States was crowned by Maritza Sayalero of Venezuela. Sixty nine contestants competed in this year.

Contestants

 * 🇦🇷 – Silvia Piedrabuena
 *  – Magaly Maduro
 * 🇦🇺 – Katrina Redina
 * 🇦🇹 – Isabel Muller
 *  – Darlene Davies
 * 🇧🇪 – Brigitte Billen
 *  British Honduras – Ellen Marie Clarke
 *  – Jill Murphy
 * 🇧🇴 – Carmen Sonia Pereira Parada
 * 🇧🇷 Brazil – Eveline Schroeter
 * 🇻🇬 – Barbara Stevens
 * 🇨🇦 – Teresa Lynn McKay
 * 🇰🇾 Cayman Islands – Dealia Devon Walter
 * 🇨🇱 – María Gabriela Campusano Puelma
 * 🇨🇴 – Maria Patricia Arbeláez
 * 🇨🇷 – Barbara Herrero
 *  Netherlands Antilles – Hassana Hamoud
 * 🇩🇰 – Jane Bill
 * 🇩🇴 – Milagros Germán
 * 🇪🇨 – Verónica Rivas
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 – Julie Duckworth
 * 🇫🇮 – Sirpa Viljamaa
 * 🇫🇷 – Brigitte Choquet
 *  FRG – Kathrin Glotzl
 * 🇬🇷 – Roula Kanellapoulou
 * 🇬🇵 Guadeloupe – Elydie de Gage
 * 🇬🇺 – Dina Aportadera
 * 🇬🇹 – Lizabeth Iveth Martínez Noack
 *  Holland – Karin Gooyer
 * 🇭🇳 – Etelvina Raudales Velásquez
 *  British Hong Kong – Wanda Tai
 * 🇮🇸 – Guðbjörg Sigurdardóttir
 * 🇮🇳 – Sangeeta Motilal Bijlani
 * 🇮🇩 – Andi Nana Riwayate
 * 🇮🇪 – Maura McMenamim
 * 🇮🇱 – Ilana Shoshan
 * 🇮🇹 – Loredana Del Santo
 * 🇯🇵 Japan – Hisae Hiyama
 * 🇰🇷 South Korea – Kim Eun-jung
 * 🇲🇾 – Felicia Yong
 * 🇲🇹 – Isabelle Zammit
 * 🇲🇽 – Ana Patricia Nuñez Romero
 * 🇳🇿 – Diana Delyse Nottle
 * 🇲🇵 – Angelina Camacho Chong
 * 🇳🇴 – Maiken Nielsen
 * 🇵🇦 – Gloria Karamañites
 * 🇵🇬 – Mispah Alwyn
 * 🇵🇾 Paraguay – Martha Galli
 * 🇵🇪 – Mariailce Ramis
 * 🇵🇭 Philippines – Maria Rosario Silayan †
 * 🇵🇷 – Agnes Tañón Correa
 * 🇷🇪 – Marie Josephe Hoareau
 *  Netherlands Antilles – Lucie Marie Davic
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 – Linda Gallagher
 * 🇸🇬 – Ann Chua Ai Choo
 * 🇪🇸 Spain – Yolanda Hoyos
 * 🇱🇰 – Hyacinth Kurukulasuriya
 * 🇸🇪 – Eva Birgitta Andersson
 * 🇨🇭 – Margrit Kilchoer
 * 🇫🇷 Tahiti – Thilda Raina Fuller
 * 🇹🇭 – Artitaya Promkul
 * 🇹🇹 – Althea Rocke
 * 🇹🇷 – Heyecan Gokoglou
 * 🇹🇨 – Constance Lightbourne
 * 🇺🇾 – Beatriz Antuñez
 * 🇺🇸 – Shawn Weatherly
 * 🇻🇮 – Deborah Mardenborough
 * 🇻🇪 Venezuela – Maye Brandt †
 *  – Kim Ashfield

Celebrity judges

 * George Maharis - actor
 * Ron Duguay - NHL player/actor
 * Yoshi Hara
 * Eileen Ford
 * Dong Kingman
 * Margaret Gardiner - Miss Universe 1978 winner
 * Richard Roundtree
 * Max Boston
 * Abigail Van Bruen

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Debuts

 * 🇰🇾 Cayman Islands

Withdrawals

 * 🇦🇬 ATG
 *  Bophuthatswana - Jacobeth Lolo Matale wasn't granted visa to South Korea.
 * 🇫🇯 Fiji - Margaret Singh
 * 🇲🇺 Mauritius - Christiane Carol MacKay
 *  Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla
 * 🇻🇨 saint vincent and the grenadines
 * 🇿🇦 South Africa - Jenny Kay wasn't granted visa to South Korea.
 * 🇸🇷 - due to the military coup in the country
 *  Transkei - Lindelwa Myataza wasn't granted visa to South Korea.
 * 🇿🇦 South Africa - Jenny Kay wasn't granted visa to South Korea.
 * 🇸🇷 - due to the military coup in the country
 *  Transkei - Lindelwa Myataza wasn't granted visa to South Korea.

Returns
Last competed in 1977: Last competed in 1978:
 * 🇬🇵 Guadeloupe
 *  Netherlands Antilles
 *  Netherlands Antilles
 *  Netherlands Antilles

Did not compete

 * 🇨🇾 Cyprus - Georgia Christodolidou
 * 🇲🇶 Martinique
 *  South West Africa - Bernice Tembo wasn't granted visa to South Korea.