| Miss Universe 1975 |
| Date |
19 July 1975 |
| Presenters |
Bob Barker |
| Venue |
National Gymnasium, San Salvador, El Salvador  |
| Broadcaster |
CBS |
| Entrants |
71 |
| Placements |
12 |
| Debuts |
Belize, Mauritius, Micronesia, Samoa |
| Withdrawals |
Cyprus, Honduras, Portugal, Senegal, Surinam |
| Returns |
Denmark, Ecuador, Guatemala, Haiti, Morocco, Peru, South Africa |
| Winner |
Anne Marie Pohtamo
 Finland |
| Congeniality |
Christine Mary Jackson
 Trinidad & Tobago |
| Best National Costume |
Emy Elivia Abascal
 Guatemala |
| Photogenic |
Martha Echeverry
 Colombia
Summer Bartholomew
 U.S.A. |
Miss Universe 1975 the 24th Miss Universe pageant, was held on 19 July 1975 at the National Gymnasium in San Salvador, El Salvador. Anne Marie Pohtamo of Finland crowned by Miss Universe 1972, Kerry Anne Wells of Australia.
The political backdrop to the 1975 Miss Universe pageant was not a happy one, however. According to the New York Times, August 5, "while a worldwide television audience saw El Salvador’s sunny beaches before the “Miss Universe” finals July 19, off-camera heavily armed troops were called out to halt demonstrations by students protesting the Government’s expenditure of $1-million on the contest". Protests took place in Santa Ana and San Salvador. Again, from the NY Times: "According to the military Government, which contended that the march was part of a “Communist plot”, one person was killed, five wounded, and 11 arrested. But according to the students, at least 12 persons were killed, 20 wounded, and 40 arrested".[1]
Results
Placements
| Final results |
Contestant |
| Miss Universe 1975 |
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| 1st runner-up |
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| 2nd runner-up |
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| 3rd runner-up |
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| 4th runner-up |
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| Semi-finalists |
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Special awards
| Awards |
Contestant |
| Best National Costume |
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| Miss Congeniality |
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| Miss Photogenic |
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Order of announcements
Top 12
- Haiti
- Finland
- El Salvador
- Colombia
- Philippines
- England
- Japan
- Israel
- Ireland
- Brazil
- Sweden
- U.S.A.
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Top 5
- Finland
- Haiti
- U.S.A.
- Philippines
- Sweden
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Judges
Contestants
Notes
Crossovers
- Miss World
- Miss International
- Miss Teenage Intercontinental
- 1975:
 Samoa - Darlene Schwenke (Best National Costume)
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- Miss Young International
- 1971:
 Iceland - Helga Eldon Jonsdóttir (Semi-finalist)
- 1974:
 Singapore - Sally Tan
- Reinado Internacional del Café
- 1975:
 Paraguay - Susana Beatriz Vire Ferreira
- Maja Internacional
- 1974:
 Costa Rica - Maria De Los Angeles Picado Gonzalez
- Miss Ambar del Mundo
- 1977:
 Panama - Anina Horta Torrijos (Semi-finalist)
- Miss Europe
- 1976:
 Scotland - Mary Kirkwood (4th runner-up, Miss Photogenic, Miss Elegance)
- Miss Asia
- Queen of the Pacific
- 1974:
 Indonesia - Lydia Arlini Wahab (Miss Crowning Glory)
- 1975:
 Canada - Sandra Margaret Emily Campbell (Miss Personality)
- 1975: Samoa - Darlene Schwenke
- Miss Oktoberfest
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Other notes
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