1970 Marisol Malaret PUERTO RICO

Miami Beach, Florida USA

1st runner-up     Debbie Shelton   USA 2nd runner-up     Joan Zealand   AUSTRALIA 3rd runner-up     Jun Shimada   JAPAN 4th runner-up     Beatriz Gros   ARGENTINA SEMI-FINALISTS Eliane Fialho Thompson   BRAZIL Kristina Hanazalova   CZECHOSLOVAKIA Angelique Bourlessa   GREECE Hilary Ann Best   GUAM Mabel Hawkett   HONG KONG Anna Zamboni   ITALY Josephine Lena Wong Jaw Leng   MALAYSIA Britt-Inger Johansson   SWEDEN Diane Jane Roth   SWITZERLAND Bella Mercedes La Rosa de la Rosa                   VENEZUELA

Miami Beach revelled at the 64 contestants gracing the pageant that year, the most number in the history of the pageant to date.  On the day of Miss Universe 1970's homecoming, Puerto Rico's governor, Luis A. Ferre, proclaimed a half-holiday for all government workers.  At her first press conference at Miss Universe headquarters in New York, defined beauty: "There are two kinds of beauty - inside and outside. A woman can be beautiful on the outside with nothing else, but a woman with beauty on the inside - that's perfect." When asked to compare older men and younger men, Marisol coyly replied, "It depends on what kind you prefer, and for what."

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