Find Out Who Took the Miss Universe Crown the Year You Were Born

1979: Miss Venezuela, Maritza Sayalero

As soon as Maritza Sayalero won Miss Universe in 1979, the stage literally couldn’t handle it—photographers rushed to snap her photo so aggressively that the platform collapsed under the chaos. No one was seriously hurt, but that wild moment instantly became a pageant legend. After all, she was Venezuela’s first Miss Universe winner.

After the crown, Maritza launched a fashion boutique and studied architecture, proving she had both style and brains. In 1981, she married Mexican tennis star Raúl Ramírez and moved to Mexico. She later became a Mexican citizen and stayed out of the limelight, focusing on business and family life.

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