Miss International 1979, the 19th

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pageant, was held on November 12, 1979 at the

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. The then–15-year-old Mimilanie "Melanie" Marquez earned

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' third Miss International crown, becoming the youngest

in history.

Results

Placements

Contestants

* - Ana Maria Soliman Iribarne * - Regina Reid * - Elisabeth Schmidt * - Françoise Helene Julia Moens * - Sonia Beatriz Villarroel * - Suzane Ferreira de Andrade * - Beverly Isherwood * - Karen Vanderwoude * - Paulina Quiroga * - Ivonne Margarita Guerra de la Espriella * - Maria Lorena Acuña Karpinski * - Eva Bjerre Johanssen * - Kate Elizabeth Nyberg * - Martine Juliette David * - Claudia Katharina Herzog * - Despina Triantafyllidou * - Vivian Elaine Indalecio * - Zoe Ann Roach * - Mary Maria Johanna Adriana Kruyssen * - Lilian Anibeth Rivera * - Maria Chung Wai-Ping * - Sigrun Bjork Sverrisdóttir * - Neeta Pravin Painter * - Lorraine Marion O'Conner * - Rachel "Helly" Ben-David * - Nives Bordignon * - Hideko Haba * - Kim Jin-sun * - Carmen Sue Asciak * - Marcela Díaz Portilla * - Maria Elena Amador Valerio * - Unni Margrethe Öglaend * -

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* - Maria Luisa da Silva * - Annie Tan Chen Chiau Chuin * - Yolanda Maria Hoyos Vega * - Anna Angela Bratt * - Phattamavadee Ann Thanaputti * - Serra Sengül * - Nidia Silvera * - Anna Maria Rapagna * - Nilsa Josefina Moronta Sangronis * - Manuela Mitic

Withdrawals

* - Nancie Foo---she collapsed on the finals night * - Gaby Bosshard (Europe '78)

Notes

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