Miss Universe 1972
Miss Universe 1972, the 21st Miss Universe pageant, was held on 29 July, 1972 at the Cerromar Beach Hotel in Dorado, Puerto Rico. Kerry Anne Wells earned Australia's first Miss Universe crown. Georgina Rizk of Lebanon, was not allowed to crown her successor due to government restrictions because of fears of a terrorist attack. Lebanon did not compete in 1972 and Georgina could not be there to crown Miss Universe 1972. Wells was crowned by Miss Universe 1970, Marisol Malaret of Puerto Rico and Miss Universe 1971 1st Runner-Up Toni Rayward.Results
Placements
Contestants
- ' - Norma Elena Dudik
- ' - Ivonne Dirksz
- ' - Kerry Anne Wells
- ' - Uschi Pacher
- ' - Deborah Jane Taylor
- ' - Anne-Marie Roger
- ' - Helen Brown
- ' - María Alicia Vargas Vásquez
- ' - Rejane Vieira Costa †
- ' - Bonny Brady
- ' - Consuelo Fernández de Olivares †
- ' - María Luisa Lignarolo Martínez-Aparicio
- ' - Vicki Ross González
- ' - Ingrid Prade
- ' - Marianne Schmidt
- ' - Ivonne Butler
- ' - Susana Castro Jaramillo
- ' - Ruth Eugenia Romero Ramírez
- ' - Jennifer Mary McAdam
- ' - Maj-Len Eriksson †
- ' - Claudine Cassereau
- ' - Heidemarie Renate Weber
- ' - Nansy Kapetanaki
- ' - Patricia Alvarez
- ' - Jenny Ten Wolde
- ' - Doris Alicia Roca Pagan
- ' - Rita Leung Suet-Ling
- ' - María Kristín Jóhannesdóttir
- ' - Roopa Satyan †
- ' - Wijdan Burhan El-Deen Sulyman
- ' - Maree McGlinchey
- ' - Ilana Goren
- ' - Isabela Specia
- ' - Grace Marilyn Wright
- ' - Harumi Maeda
- ' - Park Yeon-joo
- ' - Anita Heck
- ' - Helen Looi
- ' - Doris Abdilla
- ' - María del Carmen Orozco Quibriera
- ' - Kristine Dayle Allen
- ' - Liv Hanche Olsen
- ' - María Stela Volpe Martínez
- ' - Carmen Amelia Ampuero Mosquetti
- ' - Armi Barbara Quiray Crespo
- ' - Iris Maria Rosario Dos Santos
- ' - Bárbara Torres
- ' - Elizabeth Joan Stevely
- ' - Jacqueline Hong
- ' - María del Carmen Muñoz Castañón
- ' - Carmen Cerna Muntslag
- ' - Britt Marie Johansson
- ' - Anneliese Weber
- ' - Nipapat Sudsiri
- ' - Neslihan Sunay
- ' - Christina Moller
- ' - Tanya Wilson
- ' - María Antonieta Cámpoli
- ' - Carol Krieger
- ' - Eileen Darroch
- - Ombayi Mukuta
Withdrawals
- ' - Christiane Accaoui
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Name Changes
- ' began competed as '.
Awards
- ' - Miss Amity
- ' - Miss Photogenic
- - Best National Costume
