Margaret Gardiner becomes Miss Universe

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). ↵