- Margaret Gardiner
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This article is about the beauty queen. For the artist, see Margaret Gardiner (artist).
Margaret Gardiner Beauty pageant titleholder Born Margaret Gardiner
August 21, 1959
Cape Town, South AfricaHeight 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Hair color Brown Eye color Green Title(s) Miss RSA 1978
Miss Universe 1978Margaret Gardiner, from Woodstock, South Africa is the winner of the Miss Universe pageant in 1978. She was 18 years old when she won the pageant.[1][2] After the 3 semi-final competitions, she entered the 5 finalists in 4th place, but ended up winning the pageant after answering the final question.
During the event held in Acapulco, she received her crown from Janelle Commissiong, the first black titleholder of the pageant.[1]
She is now working as a print and television journalist in Los Angeles. She is married to Andre Nel, a professor at UCLA.
References
- ^ a b (25 July 1978). Judges Name Capetown Woman Country's First Miss Universe, Palm Beach Post (Associated Press)
- ^ (25 July 1978). Miss Universe Title Goes to Tall South African, St. Joseph Gazette (UPI)
Miss Universe titleholders (1960–1979) Linda Bement (1960) · Marlene Schmidt (1961) · Norma Nolan (1962) · Iêda Maria Vargas (1963) · Corinna Tsopei (1964) · Apasra Hongsakula (1965) · Margareta Arvidsson (1966) · Sylvia Hitchcock (1967) · Martha Vasconcellos (1968) · Gloria Maria Diaz (1969) · Marisol Malaret (1970) · Georgina Rizk (1971) · Kerry Anne Wells (1972) · Maria Margarita Moran (1973) · Amparo Muñoz (1974) · Anne Marie Pohtamo (1975) · Rina Messinger (1976) · Janelle Commissiong (1977) · Margaret Gardiner (1978) · Maritza Sayalero (1979)
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