Miss World 1957

Twenty-three contestants were selected to compete in the pageant. One contestant was appointed to represent her country after being a runner-up in her national pageant.

Miss Holland 1957, Corine Rottschäfer was supposed to compete in this edition. However, since she had already won Miss Europe, she was replaced by her first runner-up, Christina van Zijp to compete in Miss World. Rottschäfer later competed at Miss World 1959 and won.^[2]

This edition marked the debut of Canada and Luxembourg, and the return of Australia, which last competed in 1955.

Zubaida Tharwat of Egypt and Yvonne Bridel of Switzerland did not participate due to budget constraints. Tharwat also withdrew from the competition due to the dispute between the United Kingdom and Egypt over the Suez Canal.^[3]

Leyla Sayar of Turkey did not participate for undisclosed reasons. New Zealand withdrew after its respective organization failed to hold a national competition or appoint a delegate.

Monica Amekoafia of Ghana was supposed to participate, but chose to get married.^[4] Alicja Bobrowska of Poland withdrew from the competition for undisclosed reasons.^[5]

The number of placements in this edition has been increased to seven from six in the previous edition. The seven finalists were selected through a preliminary competition held on the day of the final competition consisting of a swimsuit and an evening gown competition.^[6]

• Claude Berr – Co-head of the Miss Europe committee
• Charles Eade – British newspaper editor
• Norman Hartnell – British fashion designer^[7]
• Laurence Harvey – Lithuanian-born British actor
• Trevor Howard – British actor
• Charles Jacobs – American photographer
• Margaret Leighton – British actress
• Mrs. Raine McCorquodale – wife of the Earl of Dartmouth, Gerald Legge^[7]
• Lady Jane Vane-Tempest-Stewart – British socialite and philanthropist^[7]
• Stirling Moss – English Formula One racer^[8]

Twenty-three contestants competed for the title.^[9]

Country	Contestant	Age[a]	Hometown
Australia	Ronnie Goodlet[10]	32	Victoria
Austria	Lilo Fischer[9]	18	Graz
Belgium	Jeanne Chandelle[11]	18	Brussels
Canada	Judith Welch[9]	20	Toronto
Denmark	Lilian Juul Madsen[12]	19	Copenhagen
Finland	Marita Lindahl[13]	19	Helsinki
France	Claude Inès Navarro[14]	19	Maoussa
Greece	Naná Gasparatou[15]	–	Athens
Holland	Christina van Zijp[16]	21	The Hague
Iceland	Rúna Brynjólfdóttir[17]	–	Reykjavík
Ireland	Nessa Welsh[18]	19	Dublin
Israel	Sara Elimor[9]	17	Tel Aviv
Italy	Anna Gorassini[9]	21	Milan
Japan	Muneko Yorifuji[19]	21	Osaka
Luxembourg	Josee Jaminet[9]	18	Luxembourg City
Morocco	Danielle Muller[20]	19	Casablanca
South Africa	Adele June Kruger[21]	21	Johannesburg
Sweden	Elenore Edin[22]	22	Stockholm
Tunisia	Jacqueline Tapia[23]	17	Tunis
Great Britain[b]	Leila Williams[24]	20	Walsall
United States	Charlotte Sheffield[25]	21	Salt Lake City
Venezuela	Consuelo Nouel[26]	23	Caracas
West Germany	Annemarie Karsten[22]	19	Lübeck