19th Miss Universe pageant
Miss Universe 1970 Marisol Malaret
Date 11 July 1970 Presenters Venue Miami Beach Auditorium ,Miami Beach, Florida , United StatesBroadcaster CBS Entrants 63 Placements 15 Debuts Czechoslovakia Withdrawals Bonaire Thailand Yugoslavia Returns Lebanon Panama Paraguay Portugal Winner Marisol Malaret Puerto RicoCongeniality Hilary Best (Guam) Best National CostumeRoxana Brown Trigo (Bolivia) Photogenic Margaret Hill (Bermuda) Expo Queen Josephine Wong (Malaysia)
Miss Universe 1970 was the 19thMiss Universe pageant, held at theMiami Beach Auditorium inMiami Beach, Florida , United States, on 11 July 1970.
At the conclusion of the event,Gloria Diaz of the Philippines crownedMarisol Malaret of Puerto Rico as Miss Universe 1970. It is the first victory of Puerto Rico in the competition.[ 1]
Contestants from sixty-three countries and territories participated in this year's pageant. The pageant was hosted byBob Barker in his fourth consecutive year, whileJune Lockhart provided commentary and analysis throughout the event.
Prior to the competition in Miami Beach, fifty-four candidates traveled to Osaka, Japan, for the Queen of Expo '70 pageant, which took place at the 1970 Osaka Exposition on 20 June 1970. Not all candidates participated in the pageant, and the results did not influence their scores in the official competition in Miami. This event was intended as an experiment featuring computer judges rather than human ones.[ 2] [ 3] Josephine Wong from Malaysia was crowned the winner of the pageant.[ 4]
Selection of participants [ edit ] Contestants from sixty-three countries and territories were selected to compete in the pageant.
Debuts, returns, and withdrawals[ edit ] This edition saw the debut of Czechoslovakia, and the returns of Portugal which last competed in1965 ; Panama and Paraguay which last competed in1967 ; and Lebanon which last competed in1968 .
Despite competing at the Queen of Expo '70 pageant, Miss Thailand 1969, Warunee Sangsirinavin was disqualified for not meeting the minimum age requirement.[ 5] She competed a year later. Snezana Dzambas of Yugoslavia withdrew for health reasons which caused her not compete at the preliminary competition.[ 6] Bonaire withdrew for financial reasons.[ 7]
Miss Universe 1970 participating nations and results Placement Contestant Miss Universe 1970 1st runner-up 2nd runner-up Australia – Joan Zealand[ 8] 3rd runner-up Japan – Jun Shimada[ 8] 4th runner-up Argentina – Beatriz Martha Gross[ 8] Top 15
Award Contestant(s) Miss Amity Guam – Hilary Best[ 9] Miss Photogenic Bermuda – Margaret Hill[ 10] Best National Costume Bolivia – Roxana Brown[ 11] Queen of Expo '70 Top 10 Best in Swimsuit
Same with1966 , fifteen semi-finalists were chosen at the preliminary competition that consists of the swimsuit and evening gown competition. Each of the fifteen semi-finalists were individually interviewed by Bob Barker.[ 13] Following the interviews, the fifteen semi-finalists participated in the swimsuit and evening gown competitions. From fifteen, five contestants were shortlisted to advance to the final interview.
Selection committee [ edit ] Sixty-three contestants competed for the title.
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