Miss Universe 1978
| Miss Universe 1978 | |
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Miss Universe 1978 participating nations and results
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| Date | 24 July 1978 |
| Presenters | Bob Barker, Helen O'Connell, Margarita Moran, Corinna Tsopei |
| Entertainment | Robert Goulet and Violines Mágicos de Villafontana |
| Venue | Centro de Convenciones de Acapulco, Acapulco, Mexico |
| Broadcaster | CBS |
| Entrants | 75 |
| Placements | 12 |
| Debuts | Lesotho, New Hebrides |
| Withdrawals | Antigua, British Virgin Islands, French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Haiti, Indonesia, Liberia, Mauritius, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Maarten, Yugoslavia |
| Returns | Bonaire, Guatemala, Morocco, St. Vincent, Turkey |
| Winner |
Margaret Gardiner South Africa
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| Congeniality | Sophia Titus Trinidad & Tobago
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| Best National Costume |
Alamjeet Kaur Chauhan India
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| Photogenic |
Maribel Fernández Costa Rica
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Miss Universe 1978, the 27th Miss Universe pageant, was held on 24 July 1978 at the Centro de Convenciones de Acapulco in Acapulco, Mexico. Margaret Gardiner of South Africa was crowned by Janelle Commissiong of Trinidad & Tobago at the end of the event. This is the first time South Africa won the pageant.
The following celebrities judged the final competition:
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