Margaret Gardiner becomes Miss Universe

Date: 24 Jul 1978
Updated: 30 Sep 2019

On this day 18-year-old Margaret Gardiner was crowned Miss Universe in Mexico, becoming the first African and South African to do so. [1] Endnotes [1] Margaret Gardiner, http://www.globalbeauties.com/mbmu/2011/08/5th-place-margaret-gardiner-miss-universe-1978/ (8 April 2017). ↵

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01Margaret Gardiner, https://www.globalbeauties.com/mbmu/2011/08/5th-place-margaret-gardiner-miss-universe-1978/ (8 April 2017).

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South African History Online. (2017, April 10). Margaret Gardiner becomes Miss Universe. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0123183

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