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.

Miss Universe 1975
Date19 July 1975
PresentersBob Barker
VenueNational Gymnasium, San Salvador, El Salvador
BroadcasterCBS
Entrants71
Placements12
Debuts
Withdrawals
Returns
WinnerAnne Marie Pohtamo
 Finland
CongenialityChristine Mary Jackson
 Trinidad and Tobago
Best National CostumeEmy Elivia Abascal
 Guatemala
PhotogenicMartha Echeverry
 Colombia
Summer Bartholomew
 United States

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".[1]

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.

Results
Miss Universe 1975 participating nations and results

Placements
Final results Contestant
Miss Universe 1975
1st Runner-up
  •  Haiti – Gerthie David
2nd Runner-up
3rd Runner-up
  •  Sweden – Catharina Sjödahl
4th Runner-up
Top 12

Contestants

Notes

Debuts

Returns

Last competed in 1961:

Last competed in 1966:

Last competed in 1968:

Last competed in 1972:

Last competed in 1973:

Withdrawals

Did not compete

Replacements
  •  Thailand — 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.[2]

Awards

General References
  • West, Donald (ed.). "Miss Universe 1975". pageantopolis.com. Archived from the original on February 7, 2012. Retrieved December 2, 2018.

References
  1. "Unrest Growing in El Salvador: Demonstrations Put Down After Protest Against Beauty Contest", New York Times, August 5, 1975.
  2. "Miss Thailand Universe 1974 - 1983 era" (in Thai).
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