1975 Anne-Marie Pohtamo FINLAND

San Salvador, El Salvador

1st runner-up     Gerthie David   HAITI 2nd runner-up     Summer Bartholomew   USA 3rd runner-up     Catharina Sjodahl   SWEDEN 4th runner-up     Rosemarie Brosas  PHILIPPINES SEMI-FINALISTS Ingrid Budag   BRAZIL Martha Lucia Echeverry Trujillo   COLOMBIA Carmen Elena Figueroa   EL SALVADOR Vicki Harris   ENGLAND Julie Ann Farnham   IRELAND Orit Cooper   ISRAEL Sachiko Nakayama   JAPAN

A test run on a computer involved inputting all the facts about this year's 71 Miss Universe delegates  and determined that Miss Bolivia, Jacqueline Gamarra, would win. She did not even make the semi-finals.   "It seems so small today. Last night it seemed too big," she remarked about the crown she had only won the night before.  History repeats itself as Haiti's Gerthie David is the second black to place as 1st runner-up.  She was the second Finn to win the title. Armi Kuusela, Miss Universe 1952 was also from Finland.

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