Robert Nailon provides a contest report on the 1972 Mr South Pacific. Paul Graham would win the competition after a tie with Robert Deegan was settled by the audience. It was decided to let the audience choose the winner by applause.
Paul would go on to Promote the controversial 1980 Mr Olympia that would be won by his good friend Arnold Schwarzenegger. In 1980 the audience wasn’t so kind.
Source: Muscular Development (Oct 1972)
