Miss World 1972
Encyclopedia
The 22nd Annual Miss World
pageant was held at the Royal Albert Hall
on 1 December 1972 on BBC
. 53 delegates vied for the crown won by Belinda Green
of Australia
. Green is also the second Australian winner of the crown in just four years.
- Cynthia Shange
Miss World
The Miss World pageant is the oldest surviving major international beauty pageant. It was created in the United Kingdom by Eric Morley in 1951...
pageant was held at the Royal Albert Hall
Royal Albert Hall
The Royal Albert Hall is a concert hall situated on the northern edge of the South Kensington area, in the City of Westminster, London, England, best known for holding the annual summer Proms concerts since 1941....
on 1 December 1972 on BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
. 53 delegates vied for the crown won by Belinda Green
Belinda Green
Belinda Roma Green won the 1972 Miss World contest, representing Australia, at the age of 20.Growing up in Sydney, she became the second woman from her country to win the title; the first, Penelope Plummer, was crowned Miss World in 1968...
of Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. Green is also the second Australian winner of the crown in just four years.
Results
| Final Results | Contestant |
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| Miss World 1972 |
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| 1st Runner-up |
Ingeborg Sorensen Ingeborg Sørensen is a Norwegian model. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its March 1975 issue.... |
| 2nd Runner-up |
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| 3rd Runner-up |
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| 4th Runner-up |
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| Finalists |
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| Semifinalists |
 Seychelles - Jane StravensLynda Carter Lynda Jean Carter is an American actress and singer, best known for being Miss World USA and as the star of the 1970s television series The New Original Wonder Woman and The New Adventures of Wonder Woman .... |
Contestants
Africa SouthSouth Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
- Cynthia Shange
Argentina - Olga Edith Cognini Ferrer- ' - Sandra Werleman
Australia - Belinda Roma Green
Austria - Ursula (Uschi) Pacher
The Bahamas - Heather (Hedda) Cleare
Belgium - Anne-Marie Roger
Bermuda - Helen Brown
Botswana - Agnes Motswere Letsebe
Brazil - Ângela Maria Favi
Canada - Bonny Brady
Costa Rica - María Victoria (Vicki) Ross González
Dominican Republic - Teresa Evangelina Medrano
Ecuador - Patricia Falconí
Finland - Tuula Anneli Björkling
Early Modern France - Claudine Cassereau
Germany - Heidemarie Renate Weber
Gibraltar - Rosemarie Vivian Catania
Greece - Helen Lykissa
Guam - Maria Louise (Marylou) Pangelinan- ' - Monique Borgeld
Honduras - Doris van Tuyl
Hong Kong - Gay Mei-Lin
Iceland - Rosa Helgadóttir
India - Malathi Basappa IrelandRepublic of IrelandIreland , described as the Republic of Ireland , is a sovereign state in Europe occupying approximately five-sixths of the island of the same name. Its capital is Dublin. Ireland, which had a population of 4.58 million in 2011, is a constitutional republic governed as a parliamentary democracy,...
- 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
Paraguay - Rosa Angelica 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 - Maria del Carmen Muñoz Castañón
Sweden - Rita Rudolfsson Berntsson
Switzerland - Astrid Vollenweider
Thailand - Jintana Jitsophon
Turkey - Feyzal Kibarer
United Kingdom - Jennifer Mary McAdam
United States - Lynda Jean Córdoba CarterLynda CarterLynda Jean Carter is an American actress and singer, best known for being Miss World USA and as the star of the 1970s television series The New Original Wonder Woman and The New Adventures of Wonder Woman ....
Venezuela - Amalia Heller Gómez
Kingdom of Yugoslavia - Biljana Ristic
Returning countries and Debuts
- Botswana and Singapore competed in Miss World for the first time.
- Honduras last competed in 1968Miss World 1968Miss World 1968, the 18th Miss World pageant was held at Lyceum Theatre, London, United Kingdom on November 14, 1968. 53 contestants competed for the crown...
. - Costa Rica last competed in 1969Miss World 1969The 19th annual Miss World pageant was held for the first time at the Royal Albert Hall on November 22, 1969 on BBC. 50 delegates vied for the crown won by Eva Rueber-Staier of Austria.- Results :*Miss World 1969: Eva Rueber-Staier '...
. - Hong Kong and Liberia last competed in 1970Miss World 1970Miss World 1970, the 20th annual Miss World contest, was held on November 20, 1970 at Royal Albert Hall, London, United Kingdom. 58 contestants competed for the Miss World. Jennifer Hosten from Grenada won the crown of Miss World 1970...
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