MISS UNIVERSE 1971
saturday, july 24, 1971
Convention Hall, Miami Beach Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida, U.S.A.
60 contestants
PRESENTERS: bob barker & helen o'connell
entertainment: THE LETTERMEN
Results
1 LEBANON Georgina Rizk (World '70 as Georgette Rizk)
2 AUSTRALIA Tony Suzanne Rayward
3 FINLAND Pirjo Aino Irene Laitila (SF Europe '70, 4th RU Scandinavia '72)
4 PUERTO RICO Idalia Margarita "Beba" Franco Cantino
5 BRAZIL Eliane Parreira Guimarães
Top 12
ENGLAND Marilyn Ann Ward (1st RU World-United Kingdom '71)
FRANCE Myriam Stocco (3rd RU Europe '71, Top 7 World '71)
ISRAEL Ester Orgad
JAPAN Shigeko Taketomi
SPAIN Josefina Román Gutiérrez (World '70, Europe '71)
USA Michele Marlene McDonald
VIRGIN ISLANDS Cherrie Raphaelia Creque
Awards
Miss Amity PERU
Miss Photogenic PHILIPPINES
Best National Costume MEXICO
10 Best in Swimsuit - AUSTRALIA, BRAZIL, ENGLAND, FINLAND, ISRAEL, JAPAN, LEBANON, PUERTO RICO, USA, VIRGIN ISLANDS
Remainder
ARGENTINA Maria del Carmen Vidal
ARUBA Vicenta Vallita Maduro
AUSTRIA Edeltraud Neubauer
BAHAMAS Muriel Terah Rahming
BELGIUM Martine Yasmine De Hert (Europe '71, World '71)
BERMUDA Rana Furbert (World '71)
BOLIVIA Ana María Landívar Gantier
CANADA Lana Drouillard (World '71)
COLOMBIA Piedad Mejía Trujillo
CONGO, REPUBLIC OF Martine Mualuke
COSTA RICA Rosa María Rivera
CURACAO Maria Vonhögen
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Sagrario Margarita Reyes de los Colmenares
ECUADOR Ximena Alexandra Moreno Ochoa (1st RU Coffee '72)
GERMANY Vera Kirst (Europe '70)
GREECE Gely Karagianni
GUAM Linda Mariano Avila
HOLLAND Laura Mulder-Smid (4th RU Europe '71)
HONDURAS Dunia Aracelly Ortega
ICELAND Gudrun Thorelfur Valgardsdóttir
INDIA Raj Gill
IRELAND Marie Hughes
ITALY Mara Palvarini
JAMAICA Suzette Marilyn Wright
KOREA Mi-ae Noh
LUXEMBOURG Mariette Françoise Fay (Cinema Europa '71)
MALAYSIA Yvette Baterman
MALTA Felicity Celia Carbott
MEXICO Maria Luisa López Corzo
NEW ZEALAND Linda Jan Ritchie (World '71)
NICARAGUA Xiomara Paguaga Rodríguez
NORWAY Ruby Reitan (Europe '71, Scandinavia '72)
PANAMA Gladys Isaza
PERU Magnolia Martínez
PHILIPPINES Vida Valentina Fernandez Doria
PORTUGAL Maria Celmira Pereira Bauleth
SCOTLAND Elizabeth Montgomery
SINGAPORE Jenny Ser Wang Wong
SURINAM Masrita Danoe Martowirono
SWEDEN Wivianne "Vava" Öiangen (1st RU Scandinavia '72)
SWITZERLAND Anita Andrini (Europe '71)
THAILAND Warunee Sangsirinavin
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO Sally Karamath
TUNISIA Aida Mzali
TURKEY Filiz Vural (winner Europe '71)
URUGUAY Alba Techeira
VENEZUELA Jeannette Amelia de la Coromoto Donzella Sánchez (2nd RU Coffee '72)
WALES Dawn Cater
WITHDREW:
PARAGUAY Marite Theresa Tomassone (withdrew after few days in Miami)
NO SHOWS:
DENMARK Dorrit Weinrich (due to feminist actions)
TAHITI Jeanne Burns
CEYLON Gail Abayasinghe
YUGOSLAVIA Dunja Ercejovic
EL SALVADOR Anabella Menjivar
CZECHOSLOVAKIA Miroslava Jancíková
REPLACED:
VIRGIN ISLANDS Utha Williams
DEBUTS: -
WITHDRAWALS: Chile, Ceylon, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Hong Kong, Paraguay, Yugoslavia
RETURNS: Thailand, Trinidad & Tobago, US Virgin Islands
JUDGES:
1- Yousuf Karsh - Canadian portrait photographer.
2- Edilson Cid Varela - Brazilian newspaper publisher and director of TV Brasilia.
3- Line Renaud - French singer.
4- Itsuro Watanabe - President of Japan-America Association.
5- Eileen Ford - Beauty expert and founder of Ford Models.
6- George Fowler - Attorney and former New York State Commissioner for Human Rights.
7- Jean-Louis Lindekens - Belgian travel authority.
8- Earl Wilson - International columnist.
9- Dong Kingman - Chinese-American artist.
10- Margareta Arvidsson - Miss Universe 1966 from Sweden.