| Miss World 1975 |
| Date |
20 November 1975 |
| Presenters |
David Vine |
| Venue |
Royal Albert Hall, London, UK |
| Broadcaster |
BBC |
| Entrants |
67 |
| Debuts |
Curaçao, El Salvador, Haiti, St. Lucia, Swaziland |
| Withdrawals |
Botswana, Jamaica, Madagascar, Spain, Zambia |
| Returns |
Bolivia, Cuba, Iceland, Luxembourg, Mauritius, Peru, Seychelles, Trinidad & Tobago, Turkey, Uruguay |
| Winner |
Wilnelia Merced [1][2]
 Puerto Rico |
Miss World 1975, the 25th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 20 November 1975 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, UK. 67 contestants took part in the pageant won by Wilnelia Merced of Puerto Rico.[1][2] She was crowned by Anneline Kriel of South Africa. Runner-up was Germany, Marina Langer, third place was Vicki Harris representing the United Kingdom, fourth place was Maricela Maxie Clark of Cuba, and Yugoslavia's Ladija Verkovska completed the top five.
Results
Countries and territories which sent delegates and results for Miss World 1975
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Placements
| Final results |
Contestant |
| Miss World 1975 |
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| 1st runner-up |
 Germany – Marina Langner [3]
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| 2nd runner-up |
 United Kingdom – Vicki Harris [3]
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| 3rd runner-up |
 Cuba – Maricela Maxie Clark
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| 4th runner-up |
 Yugoslavia – Lidija Velkovska
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| 5th runner-up |
 Haiti – Joelle Apollon
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| 6th runner-up |
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| Semi-finalists |
 Australia – Anne Davidson Finland – Leena Kaarina Vainio India – Anjana Sood Lebanon – Ramona Keram Mauritius – Mariella Tse-Sik-Sun St. Lucia – Sophia St Omer South Africa – Rhoda Rademeyer Uruguay – Carmen Abal
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Contestants
- Africa South – Lydia Gloria Johnstone
 Argentina – Lilian Noemí De Asti Aruba – Cynthia Marlene Bruin- Australia – Anne Davidson
 Austria – Rosemarie Holzschuh Bahamas – Ava Marilyn Burke Barbados – Peta Hazel Greaves Belgium – Christine Delmelle Bermuda – Donna Louise Wright Bolivia – María Mónica Guardia Brazil – Zaida Souza Costa Canada – Normande Jacques Colombia – Amanda Amaya Correa Costa Rica – María Mayela Bolaños Ugalde- Cuba – Maricela Clark
- Curaçao – Elvira Nelly Maria Bakker
 Denmark – Pia Isa Lauridsen Dominican Republic – Carmen Rosa Arredondo Pou El Salvador – Ana Stella Comas Durán- Finland – Leena Kaarina Vainio
 France – Sophie Sonia Perin- Germany – Marina Langner
 Gibraltar – Lillian Anne Lara Greece – Bella Adamopoulou Guam – Dora Ann Quintanilla Camacho Guernsey – Carol Dawn Le Billon- Haiti – Joelle Apollon
 Holland – Barbara Ann Neefs Honduras – Etelinda Mejía Velásquez Hong Kong – Teresa Chu Tsui-Kuen Iceland – Halldóra Björk Jónsdóttir- India – Anjana Sood
 Ireland – Elaine Rosemary O'Hara Israel – Atida Mor
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 Italy – Vanna Bortolini Japan – Chiharu Fujiwara Jersey – Susan Maxwell de Gruchy Korea – Lee Sung-hee- Lebanon – Ramona Karam
 Luxembourg – Marie Thérèse Manderschied Malaysia – Fauziah Haron Malta – Marie Grace (Mary) Ciantar- Mauritius – Marielle Tse Sik-Sun
 Mexico – Ester Korenfeld Kleiman New Zealand – Janet Andrea Nugent Nicaragua – María Auxiliadora Mantilla Norway – Sissel Gulbrandsen Peru – Mary Orfanides Canakis Philippines – Suzanne Gonzalez- Puerto Rico – Wilnelia Merced [1]
- 23x15px St. Lucia – Sophia St. Omer
 Seychelles – Amelie Lydia Michel Singapore – Maggie Siew Teen Sim- South Africa – Rhoda Rademeyer
 Sri Lanka – Angela Seneviratne Swaziland – Vinah Thembi Mamba Sweden – Agneta Catharina Magnusson Switzerland – Franziska Angst Thailand – Raevadee Pattamaphong Trinidad & Tobago – Donna Sandra Dalrymple Tunisia – Monia Dida Turkey – Harika Degirmenci- United Kingdom – Vicki Ann Harris
 United States – Annelise Ilschenko- Uruguay – Carmen Abal
 Venezuela – María Concepción Alonso Bustillo- Yugoslavia – Lidija Velkovska
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Notes
Debuts
- Curaçao
- El Salvador
- Haiti
- 23x15px St. Lucia
- Swaziland
Returns
Withdrawals
- 23x15px Spain promptly withdrew from the competition, after an announcement that General Francisco Franco, the ruler of Spain, had died on the morning of the pageant date. Pageant organizers concerned that she had been too upset by Franco's death to appear in the finals.
Replacements
- Italy – Anna Vitale was replaced by Vanna Bortolini, her first runner-up of the Miss Italy beauty pageant, because she decided to return home to take care of her ill mother.
- South Africa – Rhoda Rademeyer was the second runner-up of Miss South Africa beauty pageant. The official titleholder of this pageant, Vera Johns, was disqualified by the Miss World organizers when it was discovered that she came from Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). Her Rhodesian nationality apparently violated the pageant's rules. The first runner-up, Crystal Coopers, went to London, but her father would not allow her to compete there because it was discovered that Vera Johns was going to be officially stripped of her title.
References
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