The 1972 pageant was the first to take place outside the continental United States . That year , it was held in Dorado , Puerto Rico . Wells was not crowned by her predecessor , Georgina Rizk because Rizk was not able to travel to Puerto Rico due to government restrictions because of fears of a terrorist attacks after a group of Japanese hired by Arab terrorists , attacked the international airport in Tel Aviv and killed twenty-two Puerto Rican tourists . For that reason Wells was crowned by Miss Universe 1970 , Marisol Malaret of Puerto Rico
Miss Universe 1970
Miss Universe 1970
Kerry Anne Wells