miss world 1972
friDAY, december 1, 1972
Royal Albert Hall, London, england
53 participants
PRESENTERS: Michael Aspel, terry wogan
entertainment: Mike Sammes Singers, Johnny Greenland’s dancers and Isobel Hurll
Results
1 AUSTRALIA Belinda Lynette Roma Green
2 NORWAY Ingeborg Marie Sorensen (4th RU Maja '67, SF International '69)
3 ISRAEL Hanna Urdan
4 AUSTRIA Ursula "Uschi" Pacher (3rd RU Europe '72, Universe '72)
5 INDIA Malathi Basappa
Top 7
6 FINLAND Tuula Anneli Björkling (winner Scandinavia '73, winner International '73)
7 UNITED KINGDOM Jennifer Mary "Jenny" McAdam (4th RU Europe-England '72, 4th RU Universe-England '72)
Top 15
GUAM Maria Louise "Marylou" Pangelinan
MEXICO Gloria Leticia Gutiérrez López
PHILIPPINES Evangeline Rosales Reyes
SEYCHELLES Jane Edna Stravens
SOUTH AFRICA Stephanie Elizabeth Reinecke
THAILAND Jintana Jitsophon
USA Lynda Jean Córdoba Carter
YUGOSLAVIA Biljana Ristic
Remainder
AFRICA SOUTH Cynthia Shange
ARGENTINA Olga Edith Cognini Ferrer
ARUBA Sandra Werleman
BAHAMAS Heather "Hedda" Cleare
BELGIUM Anne-Marie Roger (Europe '72, SF & Miss Photogenic at Universe '72)
BERMUDA Helen Brown (Universe '72)
BOTSWANA Agnes Motswere Letsebe
BRAZIL Ângela Maria Favi
CANADA Bonny Brady (Universe '72, International '72, Queen of the Pacific '73)
COSTA RICA María Victoria "Vicki" Ross González (Universe '72)
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Teresa Evangelina Medrano Espaillat
ECUADOR Patricia Ximena Falconí Orozco
FRANCE Claudine Cassereau (Europe '72, Universe '72)
GERMANY Heidemarie Renate Weber (SF Universe '72)
GIBRALTAR Rosemarie Vivian Catania
GREECE Heleni Lykissa
HOLLAND Monique Borgeld (Universe '73)
HONDURAS Doris Janeth Van Tuyl (International '71)
HONG KONG Gay Mei-Lin
ICELAND Rosa Helgadóttir (Scandinavia '73)
IRELAND Pauline Theresa Fitzsimons (Universe '73)
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
NEW ZEALAND Kristine Dayle Allan (Universe '72)
PARAGUAY Rosa Angélica Mussi
PORTUGAL Ana Maria Helena "Anita" Castro Marques
PUERTO RICO Ana Nisi Goyco
SINGAPORE Rosalind Lee Eng Neo
SPAIN María del Rocío Martín Madrigal (3rd RU Universe '73)
SWEDEN Rita Rudolfsson Bengtsson (International '70)
SWITZERLAND Astrid Vollenweider
TURKEY Feyzal Kibarer
VENEZUELA Amalia del Carmen Heller Gómez
DISQUALIFIED FOR BEING LATE:
PANAMA Regina Melgar de Gracia (Arrived Nov.30, too late to compete)
NO SHOWS:
COLOMBIA Martha Lucía Cardozo Cruz
KOREA Kum-ok Jung
LUXEMBOURG Lydia Maes
SRI LANKA Damayanthi Gunewardena
DENMARK Marianne Schmidt
CYPRUS Maria Koutrouza
NICARAGUA Connie Anne Ballantyne Sequeira
URUGUAY Christina Moller
NIGERIA Victoria Bamidele
LEBANON Odette Naim
TUNISIA Selma Feki
REPLACED
ITALY Antonella Barci
FRANCE Chantal Bouvier de Lamotte
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Ivonne Butler
SPAIN María del Carmen Muñoz Castañón
DEBUTS: Botswana, Singapore
WITHDRAWALS: Ceylon, Colombia, Cyprus, Guyana, Korea, Luxembourg, Nicaragua, Panama, Trinidad & Tobago, Tunisia
RETURNS: Costa Rica, Honduras, Hong Kong, Liberia
JUDGES:
1- Peter Sellers, renowned British actor.
2- The editor of British Vogue magazine, Beatrix Miller.
3- The Ambassador of Thailand in the United Kingdom, Dr. Konthi Suphamongkhon.
4- The Austrian Eva Rueber-Staier, Miss World 1969.
5- Peter Dimmock, General Manager of BBC Transmissions and Chairman of the Judges.
6- Dame Alicia Markova, famous British dancer.
7- David Hemery, British athlete who won a gold medal in the 1968 Olympics.
8- The wife of the High Commissioner of Ghana to the United Kingdom, Henry Van Hien Sekyi, Mrs. Maria Joyce Tachie-Menson.
9- British fashion photographer David Bailey.