Miss World 1972
Beauty pageant edition
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Miss World 1972 was the 22nd edition of the Miss World pageant, held at the Royal Albert Hall in London, United Kingdom[2], on 1 December 1972. Fifty-three delegates vied for the crown won by Belinda Green of Australia.[1][2][3][4] Green became the second Australian winner of the crown in just four years. Since the reigning Miss World 1971, Lúcia Petterle had suffered a broken arm and was unable to travel to London, Eric Morley's wife Julia crowned the new Miss World 1972.
| Miss World 1972 | |
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| Date | 1 December 1972 |
| Presenters | |
| Venue | Royal Albert Hall, London, United Kingdom |
| Broadcaster | BBC |
| Entrants | 53 |
| Placements | 15 |
| Debuts |
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| Withdrawals |
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| Returns |
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| Winner | Belinda Green[1][2] Australia |
Selection of participants
Contestants from fifty-three countries and territories were selected to compete in the pageant.
Debuts, returns, and, withdrawals
This edition marked the debut of Botswana and Singapore, and the return of Honduras, which last competed in 1967, Costa Rica in 1969 and Hong Kong and Liberia in 1970.
Ceylon,[a] Cyprus, Guyana, Luxembourg, Nicaragua, Panama, South Korea, Trinidad and Tobago and Tunisia withdrew from the competition for unknown reasons. Maria Koutrouza of Cyprus and Chung Keum-ok of South Korea were supposed to arrive in the host country, but they never showed up. Martha Lucia Cardozo Cruz of Colombia and Regina Melgar de Garcia of Panama both arrived the day before the election, which was too late to compete, while Helga Vera Johns of Rhodesia, Miss Rhodesia 1972 was not allowed to compete due to her having British citizenship. She would later try to compete again in 1975 as Miss South Africa, but was barred again because she hadn't lived in South Africa for at least five years as per the requirements for the Miss World Organization.[5][6][7]
Results
| Placement | Contestant |
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| Miss World 1972 | |
| 1st runner-up | |
| 2nd runner-up | |
| 3rd runner-up | |
| 4th runner-up | |
| Top 7 |
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| Top 15 |
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Judges
A panel of judges evaluated the contestants' performances.[3] Peter Sellers was one of the judges.[3]
Contestants
Miss World 1972 had a total of 53 contestants.[3] Seven contestants did not arrive on time, and were disqualified from the event.[3][8]
Argentina – Olga Edith Cognini Ferrer
Aruba – Sandra Werleman
Australia – Belinda Green[1][2]
Austria – Ursula Pacher[2]
Bahamas – Heather Cleare
Belgium – Anne-Marie Roger
Bermuda – Helen Brown
Botswana – Agnes Motswere Letsebe
Brazil – Ângela Maria Favi
Canada – Bonny Brady
Costa Rica – María Victoria Ross González
Dominican Republic – Teresa Evangelina Medrano
Ecuador – Patricia Falconí
Finland – Anneli Björkling[3]
France – Claudine Cassereau
Gibraltar – Rosemarie Vivian Catania
Greece – Helen Lykissa
Guam – Maria Louise Pangelinan
Holland – Monique Borgeld
Honduras – Doris van Tuyl
Hong Kong – Gay Mei-Lin
Iceland – Rósa Helgadóttir
India – Malathi Basappa[2]
Ireland – Pauline Therese Fitzsimons
Israel – Chana Ordan
Italy – Laura Romano
Jamaica – Gail Geraldeen Phillips
Japan – Akiko Kajitani
Liberia – Cecelia Armena King
Malaysia – Janet Mok Swee Chin
Malta – Jane Attard
Mauritius – Marie Ange Bestel
Mexico – Gloria Guadalupe Gutiérrez López
New Zealand – Kristine Allan[9]
Norway – Ingeborg Sørensen[2]
Paraguay – Rosa Angélica Mussi
Philippines – Evangeline Rosales Reyes[10]
Portugal – Anita Marques
Puerto Rico – Ana Nisi Goyco
Seychelles – Jane Edna Straevens
Singapore – Rosalind Lee Eng Neo
South Africa[b] – Cynthia Shange- South Africa – Stephanie Elizabeth Reinecke
Spain – María del Rocío Martín Madrigal
Sweden – Rita Berntsson
Switzerland – Astrid Vollenweider
Thailand – Jintana Jitsophon
Turkey – Feyzal Kibarer[11]
United Kingdom – Jennifer Mary McAdam[3]
United States – Lynda Carter[2]
Venezuela – Amalia Heller
West Germany – Heidemarie Renate Weber
Yugoslavia – Biljana Ristić
