Miss World 1961

Miss World 1961
Date	9 November 1961
Presenters	Michael Aspel
Venue	Lyceum Ballroom, London, UK
Broadcaster	BBC
Entrants	37
Debuts	Taiwan, Suriname
Withdrawals	Australia, Burma, Canada, Jordan, Kenya, Norway, Tahiti, Tanganyika
Returns	Austria, Ceylon, New Zealand, Venezuela
Winner	Rosemarie Frankland  United Kingdom

Miss World 1961, the 11th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 9 November 1961 at the Lyceum Ballroom in London, UK. The winner was Rosemarie Frankland of United Kingdom. She was crowned by Miss World 1960, Norma Gladys Cappagli of Argentina. Frankland also was a first runner-up at Miss Universe 1961, representing Wales.^[1]

Results

Countries and territories which sent delegates and results

Final results	Contestant
Miss World 1961	United Kingdom – Rosemarie Frankland†
1st runner-up	Taiwan – Grace Li Shiu-ying
2nd runner-up	Spain – María del Carmen Cervera Fernández
3rd runner-up	France – Michèle Wargnier
4th runner-up	Denmark – Inge Jörgensen
5th runner-up	New Zealand – Leone Mary Main
6th runner-up	United States – Jo Ann Odum
Semi-finalists	Argentina – Susana Julia Pardal  Austria – Hella Wolfsgrubej  Finland – Ritva Tuulikki Wächter  Germany – Romy März  Ireland – Olive Ursula White  Japan – Chie Murakami  South Africa – Yvonne Brenda Hulley  Turkey – Güler Samuray

Contestants

Argentina – Susana Julia Pardal  Austria – Hella Wolfsgrubej  Belgium – Jacqueline Oroi  Bolivia – Nancy Cortez Justiniano  Brazil – Alda Maria Coutinho de Moraes  Ceylon – Sushila Perera  Taiwan – Grace Li Shiu-Ying  Cyprus – Andreava (Rita) Polydorou  Denmark – Inge Jörgensen  Ecuador – Magdalena Dávila Varela  Finland – Ritva Tuulikki Wächter  France – Michèle Wargnier  Germany – Romy März  Greece – Efstathia (Efi) Karaiskaki  Holland – Ria van Zuiden  Iceland – Jóhanna Kolbrún Kristjánsdóttir  India – Veronica Leonora Torcato  Ireland – Olive Ursula White  Israel – Er'ela Hod

Italy – Franca Cattaneo  Japan – Chie Murakami  Korea – Hyun Chang-ae  Lebanon – Leila Antaki  Luxembourg – Vicky Schoos  Madagascar – Jeanne Rakatomahanina  New Zealand – Leone Mary Main  Nicaragua – Thelma Arana  Rhodesia and Nyasaland – Angela Joyce Moorcroft  South Africa – Yvonne Brenda Hulley  Spain – María del Carmen Cervera Fernández  Suriname – Kitty Essed  Sweden – Ingrid Margareta Lundquist  Turkey – Güler Samuray  United Kingdom – Rosemarie Frankland†  Uruguay – Roma Spadachinni Aguerre  United States – Jo Ann Odum  Venezuela – Bexy Romero Tosta

Notes

Debuts

• Republic of China and Suriname competed in Miss World for the first time.

Returning countries

• Ceylon last competed in 1955.
• New Zealand last competed in 1956.
• Venezuela last competed in 1958.
• Austria last competed in 1959.

References

1. "Miss World 1961". MissWorld. Archived from the original on 2015-07-06. Retrieved 2015-12-28.

External links

• Miss World official website
• Pageantopolis – Miss World 1961