Miss World 1972

Miss World 1972
Date 1 December 1972
Presenters Michael Aspel, David Vine
Venue Royal Albert Hall, London, UK
Broadcaster BBC
Entrants 53
Debuts Botswana, Singapore
Withdrawals Ceylon, Colombia, Cyprus, Guyana, Korea, Luxembourg, Nicaragua, Panama, Trinidad & Tobago, Tunisia
Returns Costa Rica, Honduras, Hong Kong, Liberia
Winner Belinda Green [1][2]
 Australia

Miss World 1972, the 22nd edition of the Miss World pageant, was held at the Royal Albert Hall[2] on 1 December 1972 on BBC. 53 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.

Results

Countries and territories which sent delegates and results for Miss World 1972[3][4]
Final results Contestant
Miss World 1972
1st runner-up
2nd runner-up
  •  Israel – Chana Ordan [2]
3rd runner-up
  •  Austria – Ursula Pacher [2]
4th runner-up
5th runner-up
6th runner-up
  •  United Kingdom – Jenny McAdam [3]
Semi-finalists
  •  Guam – Marylou Pangelinan
  •  Mexico – Gloria Gutiérrez
  •  Philippines – Evangeline Reyes
  •  Seychelles – Jane Stravens
  •  South Africa – Stephanie Reinecke
  •  Thailand – Jintana Jitsophon
  •  United States – Lynda Carter
  •  Yugoslavia – Biljana Ristić

Contestants

Miss World 1972 had a total of 53 contestants.[3] Seven contestant did not arrive on time, and were disqualified from the event.[3]

  •  Africa South – Cynthia Shange
  •  Argentina – Olga Edith Cognini Ferrer
  •  Aruba – Sandra Werleman
  •  Australia – Belinda Green [1][2]
  •  Austria – Ursula (Uschi) Pacher [2]
  •  Bahamas – Heather (Hedda) Cleare
  •  Belgium – Anne-Marie Roger
  •  Bermuda – Helen Brown
  •  Botswana – Agnes Motswere Letsebe
  •  Brazil – Ângela Maria Favi
  •  Canada – Bonny Brady
  •  Costa Rica – María Victoria (Vicki) Ross González
  •  Dominican Republic – Teresa Evangelina Medrano
  •  Ecuador – Patricia Falconí
  •  Finland – Tuula Anneli Björkling [3]
  •  France – Claudine Cassereau
  •  Germany – Heidemarie Renate Weber
  •  Gibraltar – Rosemarie Vivian Catania
  •  Greece – Helen Lykissa
  •  Guam – Maria Louise (Marylou) 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 – Hanna Urdan
  •  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 Gutiérrez López
  •  New Zealand – Kristine Dayle Allan
  •  Norway – Ingeborg Marie Sorensen [2]
  •  Paraguay – Rosa Angélica Mussi
  •  Philippines – Evangeline Rosales Reyes
  •  Portugal – Anita Marques
  •  Puerto Rico – Ana Nisi Goyco
  •  Seychelles – Jane Edna Straevens
  •  Singapore – Rosalind Lee Eng Neo
  •  South Africa – Stephanie Elizabeth Reinecke
  •  Spain – María del Carmen Muñoz Castañón
  •  Sweden – Rita Berntsson
  •   Switzerland – Astrid Vollenweider
  •  Thailand – Jintana Jitsophon
  •  Turkey – Feyzal Kibarer
  •  United Kingdom – Jennifer Mary McAdam [3]
  •  United States – Lynda Carter [2]
  •  Venezuela – Amalia Heller Gómez
  •  Yugoslavia – Biljana Ristić

Judges

A panel of judges evaluated the contestants' performances.[3] Peter Sellers was one of the judges.[3]

Notes

Debuts

Returns

Last competed in 1968:

  •  Honduras

Last competed in 1969:

  •  Costa Rica

Last competed in 1970:

  •  Hong Kong
  •  Liberia

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "The Tuscaloosa News". Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 "The Bryan Times". Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "The Sydney Morning Herald". Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  4. 1 2 3 "Ellensburg Daily Record". Retrieved 26 January 2016.
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