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[1][2] Australia

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

Countries and territories which sent delegates and results for Miss World 1972^[3][4]

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

1. "The Tuscaloosa News". Retrieved 26 January 2016.
2. "The Bryan Times". Retrieved 26 January 2016.
3. "The Sydney Morning Herald". Retrieved 26 January 2016.
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.