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Miss World 1961 Date 9 November 1961 Presenters Michael Aspel Venue Lyceum Theatre, London, UK Broadcaster BBC Entrants 37 Debuts Republic of China and Suriname Withdraws Australia, Burma, Canada, Jordan, Kenya, Norway, Tahiti, and Tanganyika Returns Austria, Ceylon, New Zealand, and Venezuela Winner Rosemarie Frankland
United Kingdom
Countries and territories which sent delegates and results.
Miss World 1961, the 11th Miss World pageant, was won by Rosemarie Frankland of United Kingdom. It took place on November 9, 1961 at the Lyceum Theatre in London, UK.
Contents
Results
Final Results Contestant Miss World 1961 1st Runner-up 
Republic of China - Grace Li Shiu-ying
2nd Runner-up 
Spain - Maria del Carmen Cervera Fernández
3rd Runner-up 
France - Michèle Wargnier
4th Runner-up 
Denmark - Inge Jörgensen
Finalists 
United States - Jo Ann Odum
New Zealand - Leone Mary Main
Semifinalists Contestants
Argentina - Susana Julia Pardal
Austria - Hella Wolfsgrubej
Belgium - Jacqueline Oroi
Bolivia - Nancy Cortez Justiniano
Brazil - Alda Maria Coutinho de Moraes
Ceylon - Sushila Perera- China, Republic of - Grace Li Shiu-Ying
Cyprus - Andreava (Rita) Polydorou- Denmark - Inge Jörgensen
Ecuador - Magdalena Davila Varela
Finland - Ritva Tuulikki Wächter- France - Michèle Wargnier
Germany - Romy März
Greece - Efstathia (Efi) Karaiskaki
Holland - Ria van Zuiden
Iceland - Johanna Kolbrun Kristjansdóttir
India - Veronica Leonora Torcato
Ireland - Olive Ursula White
Israel - Er'ela Hod
Italy - Franca Cattaneo
Japan - Chie Nurakami
Korea - Hyun Chang-ae
Lebanon - Leila Antaki
Luxembourg - Vicky Schoos
Madagascar - Jeanne Rakatomahanina- New Zealand - Leone Mary Main
Nicaragua - Thelma Arana
Rhodesia & Nyasaland - Angela Joyce Moorcroft
South Africa - Yvonne Brenda Hulley
Spain - Maria del Carmen Cervera Fernández
Suriname - Kitty Essed
Sweden - Ingrid Margaretha Lundquist
Turkey - Güler Samuray- United Kingdom - Rosemarie Frankland
- United States - Jo Ann Odum
Uruguay - Roma Spadachinni Aguerre
Venezuela - Bexy Romero Tosta
Trivia
Returning countries and Debuts
- Republic of China and Suriname competed in Miss World for the first time.
- Ceylon last competed in 1955.
- New Zealand last competed in 1956.
- Venezuela last competed in 1958.
- Austria last competed in 1959.
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- 1961 beauty pageants
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