Miss International 1972, the 12th

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pageant, was held on October 6, 1972 at Nippon Budokan in

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. Delegates from 47 countries competed.

Linda Hooks Linda Hooks (born 1952) is a British actress, model and beauty queen who won the Miss International crown in 1972, three years after Valerie Susan Holmes earned the title. She won Miss International 1972 as "Miss Britain" then competed in Miss U ...

representing Britain won the country's second title by outgoing titleholder, Jane Cheryl Hansen from

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Results

Placements

Contestants

* - Adriana Graciela Martin * - Christine Nola Clark * - Brigitt Matzak Von Goricke * - Caroline A Devienne * - Leticia Brunn Aguilera * - Jane Vieira Macambira * -

* - Bonny Brady * - Pamela Virginia Santibáñez Berg * - Lamia El Kouri Chaia * - Isabel Amador Zamora * - Gitte Mogensen * - Lucia del Carmen Fernández Avellaneda * - Tarja Annikki Leskinen * - Suzanne Angly * - Brigitte Burfino * - Neti Fasouli * - Edna Maria Quintanilla * - Allison John * - Monica Strotmann * - Kolbrun Sveinsdóttir * - Indira Muthanna * - Katherine Talbot * - Rita Pistolozzi * - Yuko Tamehisa * - Suh Ae-ja * - Lydia Thilgen * - Francesca Lee Mei Fung * - Dolores Abdilla * - Margarita Julia Martinez * - Janice Dawn Walker * - Connie Anne Ballantyne Sequeira * - Vigdis Thire * - Yolanda "Yogi" Adriatico Dominguez * - Gilda Isabel Abreu * - Miriam López * - May Tan * - Gloria Puyol Toledo * - Damayanthi Gunewardena * - Eva Andersson * - Anneliese Weber * - Moea Arapari * - Sarinya Thattavorn * - Hulya Ercan * - Christina Moller * -

Lindsay Bloom Lindsay Diane Bloom is an American actress and former beauty-pageant contestant. Bloom is a native of Omaha, Nebraska. At age 17, she decided to become an actress and entered beauty pageants to gain attention. She was Miss Omaha in the 1968 preli ...

* - Marilyn Plessman Martínez

Notes

Did not compete

* - Ronit Gafni *

References

External links

Pageantopolis - 1972 Miss International
{{Miss International 1972 delegates

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