Miss International 1980

Miss International 1980
Miss International 1980
Date	November 4, 1980
Venue	Mielparque, Tokyo, Japan
Entrants	42
Placements	10
Withdrawals	Iceland; Nicaragua; Portugal; Yugoslavia;
Returns	Malaysia; New Zealand; Switzerland;
Winner	Lorna Chávez ; Costa Rica
Congeniality	Mayumi Kanbara ; Japan
Best National Costume	Lorna Chávez ; Costa Rica
Photogenic	Sylvie Parera ; France
	← 1979 1981 →

Miss International 1980, the 20th anniversary of the Miss International pageant, was held on 4 November 1980 at Mielparque in Tokyo, Japan. Melanie Marquez of the Philippines crowned her successor Lorna Chávez of Costa Rica at the end of the event, earning the first Miss International crown for Costa Rica.

Results[]

Final results	Contestant
Miss International 1980	Costa Rica - Lorna Chávez
1st Runner-up	United States - Clarissa Ann Ewing
2nd Runner-up	Spain - María Agustina García Alcaide
3rd Runner-up	Singapore - Jennifer Liong Lai Fong
4th Runner-up	Chile - Mónica Salinas Ruiz
Top 13	Brazil - Fernanda Boscolo de Camargo Colombia - Ana Maria Uribe Giraldo France - Sylvie Hélène Marie Parera Japan - Mayumi Kanbara Mexico - Narda Sabag Cianca Philippines - Diana Jeanne Chiong Uruguay - Erna Isabel Alfonso Venezuela - Lucía Graciela La Rosa

Award	Contestant
Best National Costume	Costa Rica - Lorna Marlene Chávez
Miss Friendship	Japan - Mayumi Kanbara
Miss Photogenic	France - Sylvie Hélène Marie Parera
Miss Elegance	Spain - María Agustina García

v t Miss International
1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
2020 2021 2022
Titleholders Runners-up and finalists Editions