Miss World 1971

Miss World 1971
Date	10 November 1971
Presenters	Michael Aspel, David Vine
Venue	Royal Albert Hall, London, UK
Broadcaster	BBC
Entrants	56
Debuts	Bermuda, Guam
Withdrawals	Colombia, Denmark, Gambia, Grenada, Hong Kong, Lebanon, Liberia, Nigeria
Returns	Aruba, Panama, Paraguay, Trinidad & Tobago
Winner	Lúcia Petterle [1]  Brazil

Miss World 1971, the 21st edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 10 November 1971 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, UK.^[2] 56 contestants competed for the Miss World and Lúcia Petterle from Brazil won the crown of Miss World 1971.^[3] She was crowned by Miss World 1970, Jennifer Hosten of Grenada.

Results

Countries and territories which sent delegates and results for Miss World 1971^[3][4]

Placements

Final results	Contestant
Miss World 1971	Brazil – Lúcia Petterle [1][3]
1st runner-up	United Kingdom – Marilyn Ann Ward [3]
2nd runner-up	Portugal – Ana Paula de Almeida [3]
3rd runner-up	Guyana – Nalini Moonsar
4th runner-up	Jamaica – Ava Joy Gill
5th runner-up	United States – Brucene Smith [4][3]
6th runner-up	France – Myriam Stocco
Semi-finalists	Australia – Valerie Roberts  Austria – Waltraud Lucas  Guam – Deborah Bordallo Nelson  Israel – Miri Ben-David  South Africa – Monica Fairall  Spain – María García  Sweden – Simonetta Kohl  Venezuela – Ana María Padrón

Special awards

Award	Contestant
Best National Costume	Philippines – Onelia Ison Jose

Contestants

Africa South – Gaily Ryan  Argentina – Alicia Beatriz Daneri  Aruba – Maria Elizabeth Bruin  Australia – Valerie Roberts  Austria – Waltraud Lucas  Bahamas – Frances Clarkson  Belgium – Martine De Hert  Bermuda – Rene Furbert  Brazil – Lúcia Petterle [1]  Canada – Lana Drouillard  Ceylon – Gail Abayasinghe  Cyprus – Kyriaki Koursoumba  Dominican Republic – Haydée Kuret  Ecuador – María Cecilia Gómez  Finland – Mirja Halme  France – Myriam Stocco  Germany – Irene Neumann  Gibraltar – Lisette Chipolina  Greece – Maria Maltezou  Guam – Deborah Bordallo Nelson  Guyana – Nalini Moonsar  Holland – Monica Strotmann  Iceland – Fanney Bjarnadóttir  India – Prema Narayan  Ireland – June Glover  Israel – Miri Ben-David  Italy – Maria Pinnone  Jamaica – Ava Joy Gill

Japan – Emiko Ikeda  Korea – Lee Young-eun  Luxembourg – Mariette Werckx  Malaysia – Daphne Munro  Malta – Doris Abdilla  Mauritius – Marie-Anne Ng Sik Kwong  Mexico – Lucía Arellano  New Zealand – Linda Ritchie  Nicaragua – Soraya Herrera  Norway – Kate Starvik  Panama – María de Lourdes Rivera  Paraguay – Rosa María Duarte  Philippines – Onelia Ison Jose  Portugal – Ana Paula de Almeida  Puerto Rico – Raquel Quintana  Seychelles – Nadia Morel du Boil  South Africa – Monica Fairall  Spain – María García  Sweden – Simonetta Kohl   Switzerland – Patrice Sollner  Thailand – Boonyong Thongboon  Trinidad & Tobago – Maria Jordan  Tunisia – Souad Keneari  Turkey – Nil Menemencioglu  United Kingdom – Marilyn Ann Ward  United States – Brucene Smith  Venezuela – Ana María Padrón  Yugoslavia – Zlata Petković

Notes

Debuts

•  Bermuda
•  Guam

Returns

Last competed in 1966:  Aruba  Trinidad & Tobago

Last competed in 1967:  Panama

Last competed in 1969:  Paraguay

Crossovers

Miss Universe 1968:  South Africa – Monica Fairall 1969:   Switzerland – Patrice Sollner (Semi-finalist) 1970:  Germany – Irene Neumann 1971:  Belgium – Martine De Hert 1971:  Bermuda – Rene Furbert 1971:  Canada – Lana Drouillard 1971:  France – Myriam Stocco (Semi-finalist) 1971:  New Zealand – Linda Ritchie 1971:  United Kingdom – Marilyn Ann Ward (Semi-finalist, as  England) 1972:  Malta – Doris Abdilla Miss International 1970:  Spain – María García 1971:  Malta – Doris Abdilla 1972:  Holland – Monica Strotmann 1974:  United States – Brucene Smith (Winner)

Miss Young International 1970:  Yugoslavia – Zlata Petković (Miss Photogenic) Reinado Internacional del Café 1973:  Argentina – Alicia Beatriz Daneri (Winner) Maja Internacional 1969:   Switzerland – Patrice Sollner (2nd runner-up) Miss Europe 1971:  Belgium – Martine De Hert 1971:  France – Myriam Stocco (3rd runner-up) 1971:  Luxembourg – Mariette Werckx 1971:  Portugal – Ana Paula de Almeida Un Volto Per Il Cinema (Miss Cinema Europa) 1971:  Spain – María García 1972:  Austria – Waltraud Lucas (2nd runner-up) Queen of the Pacific 1972:  India – Prema Narayan (1st runner-up)

Other notes

• 9 of the contestants share the name Maria. They are: Miss Aruba (Maria Elizabeth Bruin), Miss Ecuador (María Cecilia Gómez), Miss Greece (Maria Maltezou), Miss Italy (Maria Pinnone), Miss Panama (María de Lourdes Rivera), Miss Paraguay (Rosa María Duarte), Miss Spain (María García), Miss Trinidad & Tobago (Maria Jordan), and Miss Venezuela (Ana María Padrón).

References

1. "The Telegraph". Retrieved 27 January 2016.
2. "Miss World Competition Through the Years". E!. December 12, 2014. Retrieved January 23, 2016.
3. "Beaver County Times". Retrieved 27 January 2016.
4. "Times Daily". Retrieved 27 January 2016.

External links

• Pageantopolis – Miss World 1971