Miss Universe 1961

Miss Universe 1961
Date	15 July 1961
Presenters	Johnny Carson
Venue	Miami Beach Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida, USA
Entrants	48
Placements	15
Debuts	Ireland, Jamaica, Madagascar, Rhodesia, Scotland, Republic of China, Virgin Islands, Wales
Withdrawals	Costa Rica, Hong Kong, Jordan, New Zealand, Philippines, Portugal, Surinam, Tunisia
Returns	Ceylon, Guatemala, Puerto Rico, Turkey
Winner	Marlene Schmidt  Germany
Congeniality	Eleftheria Deloutsi  Greece
Photogenic	Sharon Renee Brown  USA

Miss Universe 1961, the 10th Miss Universe pageant, was held on 15 July 1961 at the Miami Beach Auditorium in Miami Beach, Florida, USA. Marlene Schmidt of Germany was crowned the winner by outgoing titleholder Linda Bement of the USA.

Results

Participating Nations and Results

Placements

Final results	Contestant
Miss Universe 1961	Germany - Marlene Schmidt
1st runner-up	Wales - Rosemarie Frankland †
2nd runner-up	Argentina - Adriana Gardiazábal
3rd runner-up	England - Arlette Dobson
4th runner-up	USA - Sharon Renee Brown
Semi-finalists	Chile - María Gloria Silva  France - Simone Darot  Iceland - Kristjana Magnúsdóttir  Israel - Atida Pisanti  Korea - Seo Yang-hee  Peru - Carmela Stein Bedoya  Republic of China - Wang Li-Ling  Scotland - Susan Jones  Sweden - Gunilla Knutsson   Switzerland - Liliane Burnier

Special awards

Awards	Contestant
Miss Congeniality	Greece - Eleftheria Deloutsi
Miss Photogenic	USA - Sharon Renee Brown

Judges

Peter Demerault Troy Donahue Gustavo Guarca Raul Matyola

Michel Papier Russell Patterson Earl Wilson Miyoko Yanagita

Contestants

Argentina - Adriana Gardiazábal  Austria - Ingrid Bayer  Belgium - Nicole Ksinozenicki  Bolivia - Gloria Soruco Suárez  Brazil - Staël Maria da Rocha Abelha  Burma - Myint Myint Khin  Canada - Wilda Reynolds  Ceylon - Ranjini Nilani Jayatilleke  Chile - María Gloria Silva  Colombia - Patricia Whitman Owin  Cuba - Martha García Vieta  Denmark - Jyette Nielsen  Ecuador - Yolanda Palacios Charvet  England - Arlette Dobson  Finland - Ritva Tuulikki Wächter  France - Simone Darot  Germany - Marlene Schmidt  Greece - Eleftheria (Ria) Deloutsi  Guatemala - Anabelle Sáenz  Holland - Gita Kamman  Iceland - Kristjana Magnúsdóttir  Ireland - Jean Russell  Israel - Atida Pisanti  Italy - Vivianne Romano

Jamaica - Margaret Lewars  Japan - Akemi Toyama  Korea - Seo Yang-hee  Lebanon - Leila Antaki  Luxembourg - Vicky Schoos  Madagascar - Jacqueline Robertson  Morocco - Irene Gorsse  Norway - Rigmor Trengereid  Paraguay - María Cristina Osnaghi Perreira  Peru - Carmela Stein Bedoya  Puerto Rico - Enid del Valle  Republic of China - Wang Li-Ling  Rhodesia - Jonee Sierra  Scotland - Susan Jones  South Africa - Marina Christelis  Spain - Pilar Gil Ramos  Sweden - Gunilla Knutsson   Switzerland - Liliane Burnier  Turkey - Gülseren Uysal  Uruguay - Susanna Lausorog Ferrari  USA - Sharon Renee Brown  Venezuela - Ana Griselda Vegas Albornoz  Virgin Islands - Priscila Bonilla  Wales - Rosemarie Frankland †

Notes

Crossovers

Miss World 1961:  Wales - Rosemarie Frankland (winner, as  United Kingdom) 1961:  Finland - Ritva Tuulikki Wächter (semi-finalist) 1961:  Lebanon - Leila Antaki 1961:  Luxembourg - Vicky Schoos Maja Internacional 1966:   Switzerland - Liliane Burnier (4th runner-up, as  France)

Miss Europe 1961:  England - Arlette Dobson 1961:   Switzerland - Liliane Burnier 1961:  Finland - Ritva Tuulikki Wächter 1961:  Luxembourg - Vicky Schoos 1961:  Norway - Rigmor Trengereid Miss Norden (Miss Scandinavia) 1961:  Norway - Rigmor Trengereid (winner)

External links

• Pageantopolis - Miss Universe 1961
• Judges