Miss World 1957

Miss World 1957
Date	14 October 1957
Presenters	Eric Morley
Venue	Lyceum Theatre, London, UK
Entrants	23
Debuts	Canada and Luxembourg
Withdraws	Egypt, New Zealand, Switzerland, and Turkey
Returns	Australia
Winner	Marita Lindahl  Finland

Miss World 1957, the seventh annual Miss World pageant, was held on 14 October 1957 at Lyceum Theatre, London, United Kingdom. 23 contestants competed for the Miss World. The winner was Marita Lindahl, represented Finland.

Results

Countries and territories which sent delegates and results.

Final Results	Contestant
Miss World 1957	Finland - Marita Lindahl
1st Runner-up	Denmark - Lilian Juul Madsen
2nd Runner-up	South Africa - Adele June Kruger
3rd Runner-up	Tunisia - Jacqueline Tapia
4th Runner-up	Japan - Muneko Yorifuji
5th Runner-up	France - Claudette Inés Navarro
6th Runner-up	Israel - Sara Elimor

Contestants

•  Australia - June Finlayson
•  Austria - Lilly Fischer
•  Belgium - Jeanine Chandelle
•  Canada - Judith Eleanor Welch
•  Denmark - Lilian Juul Madsen
•  Finland - Marita Lindahl
•  France - Claudette Ines Navarro
•  Germany - Annemarie Karsten
•  Great Britain - Leila Williams
•  Greece - Nana Gasparatou
•  Holland - Christina van Zijp
•  Iceland - Runa Brynjolfdóttir
•  Ireland - Nessa Welsh
•  Israel - Sara Elimor
•  Italy - Anna Gorassini
•  Japan - Muneko Yorifuji
•  Luxembourg - Josee Jaminet
•  Morocco - Danielle Muller
•  South Africa - Adele June Kruger
•  Sweden - Elenore Ulla Edin
•  Tunisia - Jacqueline Tapia
•  United States - Charlotte Sheffield
•  Venezuela - Consuelo Nouel Gomez

Trivia

Returning countries and Debuts

• Canada and Luxembourg competed in Miss World for the first time.
• Australia last competed in 1955.

Boycott

• Egypt - Protesting against the invasion of the Suez Canal by the British forces.

External links

• Miss World official website
• Pageantopolis - Official results of Miss World 1957