# Miss Universe 1978

Miss Universe 1978 was the 27th Miss Universe pageant, held on 24 July 1978 at the Centro de Convenciones de Acapulco in Acapulco, Mexico. It was the first time in the pageant's history that the event was held in Mexico. Margaret Gardiner of South Africa was crowned by Janelle Commissiong of Trinidad and Tobago at the end of the event. This is the first time South Africa won the pageant.

## Results
### Placements

| Placement | Contestant |
| Miss Universe 1978 | South Africa – Margaret Gardiner |
| 1st runner-up | United States – Judi Andersen |
| 2nd runner-up | Spain – Guillermina Ruiz |
| 3rd runner-up | Colombia – Shirley Saenz |
| 4th runner-up | Sweden – Cécilia Rodhe |
| Top 12 | Belgium – Françoise Moens  Chile – Marianne Müller  Holland – Karen Gustafsson  Ireland – Lorraine Enriquez  Israel – Dorit Jellinek  Mexico – Alba Cervera  Peru – Olga Zumaran |

### Judges

The following celebrities judged the final competition:
* Christiane Martel – Miss Universe 1953 from France
* Dewi Sukarno – Japanese socialite and former first lady of Indonesia
* David Merrick – Tony Award-winning American theatrical producer
* Line Renaud – French singer and actress
* Miloš Forman – Film director from Czechoslovakia
* Ursula Andress – Swiss actress and sex symbol of the 1960s
* Melba Moore – American singer
* Roberto Cavalli – Italian fashion designer
* Wilhelmina Cooper – Founder of Wilhelmina Models
* Anna Moffo – American opera singer
* Mario Moreno "Cantinflas" – Mexican comedian and stage and film actor

## Contestants

* American Samoa – Palepa Sio Tauliili
* Argentina – Delia Stella Maris Muñoz
* Aruba – Margarita Marieta Tromp
* Australia – Beverly Frances Pinder
* Austria – Doris Elizabeth Anwander
* Bahamas – Dulcie Louise Millings
* Barbados – Judy Margot Miller
* Belgium – Françoise Hélène Julia Moens
* Belize – Christina Margarita Ysaguirre
* Bermuda – Madeline Francine Joell
* Bolivia – Raquel Roca Kuikanaga
* Bonaire – Corinne Rosseley Hernandez
* Brazil – Suzana Araújo dos Santos
* Canada – Andrea Leslie Eng
* Chile – Marianne Müller Prieto
* Colombia – Mary Shirley Sáenz Starnes
* Costa Rica – Maribel Fernández García
* Curaçao – Solange Abigail de Castro
* Denmark – Anita Heske
* Dominican Republic – Raquel Josefina Jacobo Jaar
* Ecuador – Mabel Ceballos Sangster
* El Salvador – Iris Ivette Mazorra Castro
* England – Beverly Isherwood
* Finland – Seija Kaarina Paakkola
* France – Brigitte Konjovic
* Greece – Marieta Kountouraki
* Guam – Mary Lois Sampson
* Guatemala – Claudia María Iriarte
* Honduras – Olimpia Velásquez Medina
* Hong Kong – Winnie Chan Man-Yuk
* Iceland – Anna Björk Edwards
* India – Alamjeet Kaur Chauhan
* Ireland – Lorraine Bernadette Enriquez
* Israel – Dorit Jellinek
* Italy – Andreina Mazzoti
* Japan – Hisako Manda
* Lebanon – Reine Antoine Semaan
* Lesotho – Joan Libuseng Khoali
* Malaysia – Yasmin Yusoff
* Malta – Pauline Lewise Farrugia
* Mexico – Alba Margarita Cervera Lavat
* Morocco – Majida Tazi
* Netherlands – Karen Ingrid Gustafsson
* New Hebrides – Christine Spooner
* New Zealand – Jane Simmonds
* Nicaragua – Claudia Herrera Cortés
* Northern Mariana Islands – Julias Salas Concepción
* Norway – Jeanette Aarum
* Panama – Diana Leticia Conte Vergara
* Papua New Guinea – Angelyn Muta Tukana
* Paraguay – Rosa María Duarte Melgarejo
* Peru – Olga Roxana Zumarán Tapullima
* Philippines – Jennifer Mitschek Cortez
* Puerto Rico – Ada Cecilia Flores Perkins †
* Réunion – Evelyn Pongerand
* Scotland – Angela Mary Kate McLeod
* Singapore – Annie Mei Ling Lee
* South Africa – Margaret Gardiner
* Spain – Guillermina Ruiz Domenech
* Sri Lanka – Dlirukshi Wimalasooriya
* Saint Vincent – Gailene Collin
* South Korea – Jung-eun Shon
* Suriname – Garrance Harriette Rustwijk
* Sweden – Cécilia Rodhe
* Switzerland – Sylvia von Arx
* Tahiti – Pascaline Tumia Teriireoo
* Thailand – Pornpit Sakornvijit
* Trinidad and Tobago – Sophia Titus
* Turkey – Billur Lutfiye Bingol
* Uruguay – María del Carmen da Rosa
* United States – Judi Lois Andersen
* United States Virgin Islands – Barbara Henderson
* Venezuela – Marisol Alfonzo Marcano
* Wales – Elizabeth Ann Jones
* West Germany – Eva Marie Gabrielle Gottschalk