Sunday, August 16, 2009
This year, the original host for the pageant, Calgary, Canada, dropped out due to financial trouble. Miami came to the rescue with barely enough time to prepare. The largest number of delegates arrive in Miami, all 81 of them, a record left unbroken until 1995 produced one more delegate. Local favorites included Mises Venezuela, Colombia and Holland. Guatemala’s Julieta Urrutia impressed people more and more as the pageant progressed. She would later that year win the Miss International crown in Japan. However, Sweden’s Yvonne Ryding was the clear leader on most scorecards and, eventually, the judges'. This year, only 10 semi-finalists were chosen. This is the last year South Africa sends a delegate untill 1995.
1st runner-up Leticia Snyman S. AFRICA
2nd runner-up Carmen Ma. Montiel Avila
VENEZUELA
3rd runner-up Ma. Desiree Verdadero
PHILIPPINES
4th runner-up Susana Caldas COLOMBIA
SEMI-FINALISTS
Brigitte Berx GERMANY
Ilma Julieta Urrutia GUATEMALA (MISS INTERNATIONAL 1984)
Nancy Neede HOLLAND
Savinee Prakaranang THAILAND
Mai Therese Shanley USA
