# Miss Universe 1975

Miss Universe 1975 was the 24th Miss Universe pageant, 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.

## Background
### Location and date

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, resulting in a student massacre with far-reaching consequences for the country. 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".

### Selection of participants

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.

## Results
### Placements

| Placement | Contestant |
| Miss Universe 1975 | Finland – Anne Marie Pohtamo |
| 1st runner-up | Haiti – Gerthie David |
| 2nd runner-up | United States – Summer Bartholomew |
| 3rd runner-up | Sweden – Catharina Sjödahl |
| 4th runner-up | Philippines – Rose Marie Brosas |
| Top 12 | Brazil – Ingrid Budag  Colombia – Martha Echeverry  El Salvador – Carmen Figueroa  England – Vicki Harris  Ireland – Julie Farnham  Israel – Orit Cooper  Japan – Sachiko Nakayama |

## Contestants

| Country/Territory | Contestant | Hometown |
| American Samoa | Darlene Schwenke | Pago-Pago |
| Argentina | Rosa Del Valle | Tucumán |
| Aruba | Martica Brown | San Nicolaas |
| Australia | Jennifer Matthews | Sydney |
| Austria | Rosemarie Holzschuh | Vienna |
| Bahamas | Sonia Chipman | Nassau |
| Belgium | Christine Delmelle | Liège |
| Belize | Lisa Longsworth | Belmopan |
| Bermuda | Donna Wright | St. David's |
| Bolivia | Jacqueline Gamarra | Cochabamba |
| Brazil | Ingrid Budag | Blumenau |
| Canada | Sandra Campbell | Leamington |
| Chile | Raquel Argandoña | Santiago |
| Colombia | Martha Lucia Echeverri | Tuluá |
| Costa Rica | Maria de Los Angeles Picado | San José |
| Curaçao | Jasmin Fraites | Willemstad |
| Denmark | Berit Fredriksen | Stevns |
| Dominican Republic | Milvia Troncoso | Santiago de los Caballeros |
| Ecuador | Ana Maria Wray Salas | Guayaquil |
| El Salvador | Carmen Figueroa | San Salvador |
| England | Vicki Harris | London |
| Finland | Anne Marie Pohtamo | Helsinki |
| France | Sophie Perin | Talange |
| West Germany | Sigrid Klose | Saarland |
| Greece | Afroditi Katsouli | Athens |
| Guam | Deborah Naqui | Hagåtña |
| Guatemala | Emy Abascal | Guatemala City |
| Haiti | Gerthie David | Port-au-Prince |
| Holland | Linda Snippe | Amsterdam |
| Hong Kong | Mary Cheung | Hong Kong |
| Iceland | Helga Jonsdottir | Reykjavík |
| India | Meenakshi Kurpad | Bangalore |
| Indonesia | Lydia Arlini Wahab | Jakarta |
| Ireland | Julie Farnham | Dublin |
| Israel | Orit Cooper | Tel Aviv |
| Italy | Diana Salvador | Udine |
| Jamaica | Gillian King | Kingston |
| Japan | Sachiko Nakayama | Hokkaido |
| Lebanon | Suad Nachoul | Beirut |
| Liberia | Aurelia Sancho | Monrovia |
| Luxembourg | Marie Therese Manderschied | Tétange |
| Malaysia | Alice Cheong | Kuala Lumpur |
| Malta | Frances Ciantar | Valletta |
| Mauritius | Nirmala Sohun | Port Louis |
| Mexico | Delia Servin | Sinaloa |
| Micronesia | Elena Tomokane | Saipan |
| Morocco | Salhi Badia | Rabat |
| New Zealand | Barbara Kirkley | Auckland |
| Nicaragua | Alda Sanchez | Managua |
| Panama | Anina Horta | Panama City |
| Paraguay | Susana Vire | Asuncion |
| Peru | Olga Berninzon | Lima |
| Philippines | Rose Marie Brosas | Manila |
| Puerto Rico | Lorell Carmona | San Germán |
| Scotland | Mary Kirkwood | Glasgow |
| Singapore | Sally Tan | Singapore |
| South Africa | Gail Anthony | Cape Town |
| South Korea | Seo Young-ok | |
| Spain | Chelo Martin Lopez | Canary Islands |
| Sri Lanka | Shyama Algama | Colombo |
| Sweden | Catharina Sjödahl | Örebro |
| Switzerland | Beatrice Aschwanden | Zürich |
| Thailand | Wanlaya Thonawanik | Bangkok |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Christine Jackson | Tunapuna–Piarco |
| Turkey | Sezin Topçuoğlu | Istanbul |
| United States | Summer Bartholomew | Merced |
| Uruguay | Evelyn Rodriguez | Montevideo |
| Venezuela | Maritza Pineda | Caracas |
| Virgin Islands | Julia Wallace | |
| Wales | Georgina Kerler | Cardiff |
| Yugoslavia | Lidija Manić | Belgrade |