title: Miss International 1979
text: # Miss International 1979
  
  Miss International 1979, the 19th Miss International pageant, was held on November 12, 1979 at the Mielparque in Tokyo, Japan. The then–15-year-old Mimilanie "Melanie" Marquez earned Philippines' third Miss International crown, becoming the youngest Miss International in history.
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Placements
  
  | Placement | Contestant |
  | - | - |
  | Miss International 1979 | Philippines - Melanie Marquez |
  | 1st runner-up | United States - Anna Maria Rapagna |
  | 2nd runner-up | Austria - Elisabeth Schmidt |
  | 3rd runner-up | Finland - Kate Elizabeth Nyberg |
  | 4th runner-up | Japan - Hideko Haba |
  
  ## Contestants
  
  * Argentina - Ana Maria Soliman Iribarne
  * Australia - Regina Reid
  * Austria - Elisabeth Schmidt
  * Belgium - Françoise Helene Julia Moens
  * Bolivia - Sonia Beatriz Villarroel
  * Brazil - Suzane Ferreira de Andrade
  * Britain - Beverly Isherwood
  * Canada - Karen Vanderwoude
  * Chile - Paulina Quiroga
  * Colombia - Ivonne Margarita Guerra de la Espriella
  * Costa Rica - Maria Lorena Acuña Karpinski
  * Denmark - Eva Bjerre Johanssen
  * Finland - Kate Elizabeth Nyberg
  * France - Martine Juliette David
  * Germany - Claudia Katharina Herzog
  * Greece - Despina Triantafyllidou
  * Guam - Vivian Elaine Indalecio
  * Hawaii - Zoe Ann Roach
  * Holland - Mary Maria Johanna Adriana Kruyssen
  * Honduras - Lilian Anibeth Rivera
  * Hong Kong - Maria Chung Wai-Ping
  * Iceland - Sigrun Bjork Sverrisdóttir
  * India - Neeta Pravin Painter
  * Ireland - Lorraine Marion O'Conner
  * Israel - Rachel "Helly" Ben-David
  * Italy - Nives Bordignon
  * Japan - Hideko Haba
  * Korea - Kim Jin-sun
  * Malta - Carmen Sue Asciak
  * Mexico - Marcela Díaz Portilla
  * Nicaragua -Maria Elena Amador Valerio
  * Norway - Unni Margrethe Öglaend
  * Philippines - Melanie Marquez
  * Portugal - Maria Luisa da Silva
  * Singapore - Annie Tan Chen Chiau Chuin
  * Spain - Yolanda Maria Hoyos Vega
  * Sweden - Anna Angela Bratt
  * Thailand - Phattamavadee Ann Thanaputti
  * Turkey - Serra Sengül
  * Uruguay - Nidia Silvera
  * USA - Anna Maria Rapagna
  * Venezuela - Nilsa Josefina Moronta Sangronis
  * Yugoslavia - Manuela Mitic
  
  ### Withdrawals
  
  * Malaysia - Nancie Foo collapsed on the finals night
  * Switzerland - Gaby Bosshard (Europe '78)
  