Miss World 1952

Miss World 1952
Date	14 November 1952
Presenters	Eric Morley
Venue	Lyceum Ballroom, London, UK
Entrants	11
Placements	5
Debuts	Finland, Germany, Ireland, Switzerland
Winner	May-Louise Flodin Sweden

Miss World 1952, the second edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 14 November 1952 at the Lyceum Ballroom in London, UK. 11 contestants competed for the Miss World title. The winner was May Louise Flodin, who represented Sweden. She became the second Swede to win Miss World, after Kiki Håkansson who won the year before.

Results

Countries and territories which sent delegates and results

Final results	Contestant
Miss World 1952	Sweden - May-Louise Flodin
1st runner-up	Switzerland - Sylvia Müller
2nd runner-up	Germany - Vera Marks
3rd runner-up	Finland - Eeva Hellas
4th runner-up	France - Nicole Drouin

Contestants

Denmark - Lillian Christensen
Finland - Eeva Maria Hellas
France - Nicole Drouin
Germany - Vera Marks
Holland - Sanny Weitner
Ireland - Eithne Dunne
Sweden - May-Louise Flodin
Switzerland - Sylvia Müller
United Kingdom - Doreen Dawne
United Kingdom - Marleen Ann Dee
United States - Tally Richards

Notes

Disqualified contestants

Belgium - Anne-Marie Pauwels (became disqualified because she refused to be parted from her boyfriend during the contest when he accompanied her to England).

Other notes

Doreen Dawne (Britain) also competed in Miss World 1951, where she placed as the 2nd runner-up. This year she got one more chance to win the Miss World crown for Great Britain, but she failed yet again and did not place at all.
6 of the contestants of this year's Miss World pageant; Anne-Marie Pauwels (Belgium), Eeva Hellas (Finland), Nicole Drouin (France), Vera Marks (West Germany), Eithne Dunne (Ireland), and Sylvia Müller (Switzerland) also competed in Miss Europe 1952, held in Naples, Italy on 19 August. All of them failed to place, except from Nicole Drouin (France), who became the 1st runner-up.

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