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 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. 56 contestants competed for the Miss World and Lúcia Petterle from Brazil won the crown of Miss World 1971. She was crowned by Miss World 1970, Jennifer Hosten of Grenada.

Results

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Countries and territories which sent delegates and results

Placements

Final results	Contestant
Miss World 1971	Brazil – Lúcia Petterle
1st runner-up	United Kingdom – Marilyn Ann Ward
2nd runner-up	Portugal – Ana Paula de Almeida
3rd runner-up	Guyana – Nalini Moonsar
4th runner-up	Jamaica – Ava Joy Gill
5th runner-up	United States – Brucene Smith
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
• 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).

External links

• Pageantopolis – Miss World 1971