Miss World 1972

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
Placements	15
Debuts	Botswana, Singapore
Withdrawals	Ceylon, Colombia, Cyprus, Guyana, South Korea, Luxembourg, Nicaragua, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia
Returns	Costa Rica, Honduras, Hong Kong, Liberia
Winner	Belinda Green; Australia
	← 1971 1973 →

Miss World 1972 was the 22nd edition of the Miss World pageant, held at the Royal Albert Hall in London, UK^[2] on 1 December 1972 on BBC. Fifty-three 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. Since the reigning Miss World 1971 had suffered a broken arm and was unable to travel to London, Mrs. Julia Morley crowned the new Miss World 1972.

Results

Placement	Contestant
Miss World 1972	Australia – Belinda Green^[1]^[2]^[4]
1st runner-up	Norway – Ingeborg Sørensen^[2]
2nd runner-up	Israel – Chana Ordan^[2]
3rd runner-up	Austria – Ursula Pacher^[2]
4th runner-up	India – Malathi Basappa^[2]
Top 7	Finland – Tuula Anneli Björkling^[3] United Kingdom – Jenny McAdam^[3]
Top 15	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 contestants did not arrive on time, and were disqualified from the event.^[3]^[5]

Africa South – Cynthia Shange
Argentina – Olga Edith Cognini Ferrer
Aruba – Sandra Werleman
Australia – Belinda Green^[1]^[2]
Austria – Ursula Pacher^[2]
Bahamas – Heather Cleare
Belgium – Anne-Marie Roger
Bermuda – Helen Brown
Botswana – Agnes Motswere Letsebe
Brazil – Ângela Maria Favi
Canada – Bonny Brady
Costa Rica – María Victoria Ross González
Dominican Republic – Teresa Evangelina Medrano
Ecuador – Patricia Falconí
Finland – Tuula Anneli Björkling^[3]
France – Claudine Cassereau
West Germany – Heidemarie Renate Weber
Gibraltar – Rosemarie Vivian Catania
Greece – Helen Lykissa
Guam – Maria Louise 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 Rocío Martín Madrigal
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

Botswana
Singapore

Returns

Last competed in 1968:
- Honduras
Last competed in 1969:
- Costa Rica
Last competed in 1970:
- Hong Kong
- Liberia

No Shows and Did not compete

Colombia - Martha Lucia Cardozo Cruz
Cyprus - Maria Koutrouza
South Korea - Chung Keum-ok
Panama - Regina Melgar de Garcia (arrived November 30th, too late to compete)
Rhodesia - Helga Vera Johns, Miss Rhodesia 1972 was not allowed to compete despite having British citizenship. She would later try to compete again in 1975 as Miss South Africa but was barred again because she hadn't lived in South Africa for at least 5 years as per the requirements for the Miss World Organization.^[6]^[7]^[8]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "The Tuscaloosa News". Retrieved 26 January 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m "The Bryan Times". Retrieved 26 January 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j "The Sydney Morning Herald". Retrieved 26 January 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Ellensburg Daily Record". Retrieved 26 January 2016.
^ "Bharat Sundari and Little Miss India". Women on the March. Vol. XVI. November 1972. p. 25. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
^ Strack, Harry R. (1978). Sanctions: The Case of Rhodesia. Syracuse University Press. p. 233. ISBN 9780815621614.
^ Trethowan, Anthony (2008). Delta Scout: Ground Coverage Operator. 30° South Publishers. p. 149. ISBN 9781920143213.
^ Sally-Ann Fawcett (20 April 2016). More Misdemeanours - And Other Beauty Queen Stories. Lulu Enterprises. ISBN 9781326634148. OL 35077796M.

[google.com-1] "The Tuscaloosa News". Retrieved 26 January 2016.

[google.com1-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m "The Bryan Times". Retrieved 26 January 2016.

[TSMH-1-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j "The Sydney Morning Herald". Retrieved 26 January 2016.

[google.com2-4] "Ellensburg Daily Record". Retrieved 26 January 2016.

[5] "Bharat Sundari and Little Miss India". Women on the March. Vol. XVI. November 1972. p. 25. Retrieved 3 April 2024.

[6] Strack, Harry R. (1978). Sanctions: The Case of Rhodesia. Syracuse University Press. p. 233. ISBN 9780815621614.

[7] Trethowan, Anthony (2008). Delta Scout: Ground Coverage Operator. 30° South Publishers. p. 149. ISBN 9781920143213.

[8] Sally-Ann Fawcett (20 April 2016). More Misdemeanours - And Other Beauty Queen Stories. Lulu Enterprises. ISBN 9781326634148. OL 35077796M.

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