1. Results
    Placements  Special Awards 

2. Contestants

3. Notes
    Debuts  Returns  Withdrawals  Did not compete 

4. General references

5. References

Miss Universe 1979, the 28th Miss Universe pageant, was held on 20 July 1979{{efn|name=Australia date}} at the Perth Entertainment Centre in Perth, Australia. Maritza Sayalero of Venezuela was crowned by Margaret Gardiner of South Africa. This is the first time Venezuela won the pageant.

Notably, a large piece of debris from Skylab, which had fallen 9 days earlier, was displayed on stage during coronation night.^[1]

Results

Placements

Special Awards

Contestants

• {{flag|ATG|name=Antigua}} – Elsie Maynard
• {{ARG}} – Adriana Virginia Álvarez
• {{ABW}} – Lugina Liliana Margareta Vilchez
• {{AUS}} – Kerry Dunderdale
• {{AUT}} – Karin Zorn
• {{BHS}} – Lolita Louise Ambrister
• {{BRB}} – Barbara Bradshaw
• {{BEL}} – Christine Linda Bernadette Cailliau
• {{flag|British Honduras|name=Belize}} – Sarita Diana Acosta
• {{BMU}} – Gina Ann Swainson
• {{BOL}} – María Luisa Rendón
• {{flag|Bophuthatswana}} – Alina Moeketse
• {{flag|Brazil|1968}} – Martha Jussara da Costa
• {{VGB}} – Eartha Ferdinand
• {{CAN}} – Heidi Quiring
• {{CHL}} – María Cecilia Serrano Gildemeister
• {{COL}} – Ana Milena Parra Turbay
• {{CRI}} – Carla Facio Franco
• {{DNK}} – Lone Gladys Joergensen
• {{DOM}} – Viena Elizabeth García Javier
• {{ECU}} – Margarita Plaza
• {{SLV}} – Judith Ivette López Lagos
• {{ENG}} – Carolyn Ann Seaward
• {{FJI}} – Tanya Whiteside
• {{FIN}} – Päivi Uitto
• {{FRA}} – Sylvie Hélène Marie Parera
• {{flag|FRG|name=Germany}} – Andrea Hontschik
• {{GRE}} – Katia Koukidou
• {{GUM}} – Marie Cruz
• {{GUA}} – Michelle Marie Domínguez Santos
• {{flag|NLD|name=Holland}} – Eunice Bharatsingh
• {{HND}} – Gina Maria Weidner Cleaves
• {{flag|British Hong Kong|name=Hong Kong}} – Olivia Chang Man-Ai
• {{ISL}} – Halldora Björk Jonsdóttir
• {{IND}} – Swaroop Sampat
• {{IRL}} – Lorraine Marion O'Conner
• {{ISR}} – Vered Polgar
• {{ITA}} – Elvira Puglisi
• {{flag|Japan|1870}} – Yurika Kuroda
• {{flag|KOR|name=Korea}} – Jae-hwa Seo
• {{MYS}} – Irene Wong Sun Ching
• {{MLT}} – Dian Borg Bartolo
• {{MRI}} – Maria Lynda Allard
• {{MEX}} – Blanca María Luisa Díaz Tejeda
• {{NZL}} – Andrea Karke
• {{MNP}} – Barbara Torres
• {{NOR}} – Unni Margrethe Öglaend
• {{PAN}} – Yahel Cecile Dolande
• {{PNG}} – Molly Misbut
• {{flag|Paraguay|1954}} – Patricia Lohman Bernie
• {{PER}} – Jacqueline Brahm
• {{flag|Philippines|1936}} – Criselda "Dang" Flores Cecilio
• {{POR}} – Marta Maria Mendoça de Gouveia
• {{flag|Puerto Rico|1952}} – Teresa López
• {{flagicon|FRA}} Réunion – Isabelle Jacquemart
• {{flag|Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla|name=Saint Kitts}} – Cheryl Chaderton
• {{flag|VCT|colonial|name=Saint Vincent}} – June de Nobriga
• {{SCT}} – Lorraine Davidson
• {{SGP}} – Elaine Tan Kim Lian
• {{flag|South Africa|1928}} – Veronica Wilson
• {{flag|Spain|1977}} – Gloria María Valencia Rijo
• {{LKA}} – Vidyahari Vanigasooriya
• {{flag|Surinam}} – Sergine Lieuw-A-Len
• {{SWE}} – Annette Marie Ekström
• {{CHE}} – Birgit Krahl
• {{flagicon|FRA}} Tahiti – Fabienne Tapare
• {{THA}} – Wongduan Kerdpoom
• {{flag|Transkei}} – Lindiwe Bam
• {{TTO}} – Marie Noelle Diaz
• {{TUR}} – Fusin Tahire Dermitan
• {{URY}} – Elizabeth Busti
• {{USA}} – Mary Therese Friel
• {{VIR}} – Linda Torres
• {{flag|Venezuela|1954}} – Maritza Sayalero
• {{WAL}} – Janet Beverly Hobson

Notes

Debuts

• {{flag|Bophuthatswana}}
• {{FJI}}
• {{flag|Transkei}}

Returns

Last competed in 1974:

• {{POR}}

Last competed in 1977:

• {{flag|ATG|name=Antigua}}
• {{VGB}}
• {{flag|Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla|name=Saint Kitts}}

Withdrawals

• {{flagicon|Netherlands Antilles|1959}} Bonaire
• {{flagicon|Netherlands Antilles|1959}} Curaçao
• {{LBN}}
• {{flag|Lesotho|1966}}
• {{flag|New Hebrides|1953}}
• {{NIC}} - Patricia Pineda Chamorro
• {{ASM}}

Did not compete

• {{TCA}} - Rosemary Forbes

General references

• {{cite web|title=Miss Universe 1979 |url=http://www.pageantopolis.com:80/international/Universe_1979.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120207054547/http://www.pageantopolis.com/international/Universe_1979.htm |editor-last=West |editor-first=Donald |website=pageantopolis.com |archive-date=February 7, 2012 |deadurl=yes |df= }}

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