MISS UNIVERSE 1961
saturday, july 15, 1961
Convention Hall, Miami Beach Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida, U.S.A.
90 contestants (47 international - 43 miss usa)
total international contestants (including miss usa): 48
PRESENTER: JOHNNY CARSON
commentators: JOHN DALY, JAYNE MEADOWS
entertainment: -
Results
1 GERMANY Marlene Schmidt
2 WALES Rosemarie Frankland (winner World-United Kingdom '61)
3 ARGENTINA Adriana Gardiazábal
4 ENGLAND Arlette Dobson
5 USA Sharon Renee Brown
Top 15
CHILE María Gloria Silva Escobar
REPUBLIC OF CHINA Lily Wang Li-Ling
FRANCE Simone Darot
ICELAND Kristjana Magnusdóttir
ISRAEL Atida Pisanti
KOREA Seo Yang-hee
PERU Carmela Stein Bedoya
SCOTLAND Susan Jones
SWEDEN Gunilla Knutsson
SWITZERLAND Liliane Burnier (Europe '61, 3rd RU Maja-France '66)
Awards
Miss Amity GREECE
Miss Photogenic Louisiana (Sharon Brown)
Remainder
AUSTRIA Ingrid Bayer
BELGIUM Nicole Ksinozenicki
BOLIVIA Gloria Soruco Suárez
BRAZIL Staël Maria da Rocha Abelha
BURMA Myint Myint Khin
CANADA Wilda Reynolds
CEYLON Ranjini Nilani Jayatilleke
COLOMBIA Patricia Whitman Owen
CUBA (Free) Marta García Vieta
DENMARK Jette Nielsen
ECUADOR Yolanda Palacios Charvet
FINLAND Ritva Tuulikki Wächter (Europe '61, SF World '61)
GREECE Eleftheria "Ria" Deloutsi
GUATEMALA Anabelle Sáenz
HOLLAND Gita Kamman
IRELAND Jean Russell
ITALY Viviana Romano
JAMAICA Marguerite LeWars
JAPAN Akemi Toyama
LEBANON Leila Antaki (World '61)
LUXEMBOURG Vicky Schoos (Europe '61, World '61)
MADAGASCAR Jacqueline Robertson
MOROCCO Irene Gorsse
NORWAY Rigmor Trengereid (Europe '61, winner Norden '61)
PARAGUAY Maria Cristina Osnaghi Perreira
PUERTO RICO Enid del Valle
RHODESIA Jonee Sierra
SOUTH AFRICA Marina Christelis
SPAIN Pilar Gil Ramos
TURKEY Gulseren Uysal
URUGUAY Maria Susanna Lausarot Ferrari
VENEZUELA Anasaria "Ana Griselda" Vegas Albornoz
VIRGIN ISLANDS Priscila Bonilla
NO SHOWS:
COSTA RICA Ana Cecilia Araya Brenes
HONG KONG Ge Ai Xian
JORDAN Eriny Emile Sebella
NEW ZEALAND Leone Mary Main
HAITI Edna Delinois
PORTUGAL Maria Josabete Silva Santos
TAHITI Tarita Teriipaia
REPLACED:
VENEZUELA Gloria Lilue
SPAIN Maria del Carmen Cervera Fernández
DEBUTS: Ireland, Jamaica, Madagascar, Republic of China, Rhodesia, Scotland, Virgin Islands, Wales
WITHDRAWALS: Costa Rica, Hong Kong, Jordan, New Zealand, Portugal, Surinam, Tunisia
RETURNS: Ceylon, Guatemala, Puerto Rico, Turkey
JUDGES:
01- Gustavo Lorca Rojas - Major of Viña del Mar.
02- Earl Wilson - Syndicated columnist for the New York Post.
03- Miyoko Yanagita - Japanese modern artist.
04- Russell Patterson - Artist and illustrator.
05- Raul Manteola - Argentine artist.
06- Peter Demaerel - Director of the Belgian-American Tourist Office in the U.S.A.
07- Michel Tapie, French art critic.