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Miss Universe 1961 Date July 15, 1961 Presenters Johnny Carson Venue Miami Beach Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida, USA Entrants 48 Placements 15 Debuts Ireland, Jamaica, Madagascar, Republic of China, Rhodesia, Scotland, Virgin Islands, Wales Withdraws Costa Rica, Hong Kong, Jordan, New Zealand, Portugal, Suriname, Tunisia Returns Guatemala, Puerto Rico, Ceylon, Turkey Winner Marlene Schmidt
GermanyCongeniality Eleftheria Deloutsi
GreecePhotogenic Sharon Renee Brown
USAMiss Universe 1961, the 10th Miss Universe pageant, was won by 24-year-old Marlene Schmidt of Germany. It took place on 15 July 1961 at the Miami Beach Auditorium in Miami Beach, Florida, USA.
Contents
Results
Placements
Final results Contestant Miss Universe 1961 1st runner-up 2nd runner-up - Argentina - Adriana Gardiazábal
3rd runner-up - England - Arlette Dobson
4th runner-up Top 15 - Chile - María Gloria Silva
- Republic of China - Wang Li-Ling
- France - Simone Darot
- Iceland - Kristjana Magnusdóttir
- Israel - Atida Pisanti
- Korea - Seo Yanghee
- Peru - Carmela Stein Bedoya
- Scotland - Susan Jones
- Sweden - Gunilla Knutsson
- Switzerland - Liliane Burnier
Special awards
Award Contestant Miss Congeniality - Greece - Eleftheria Deloutsi
Miss Photogenic Contestants
- Argentina - Adriana Gardiazábal
- 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
- Chile - María Gloria Silva
- Colombia - Patricia Whitman Owin
- Cuba - Martha García Vieta
- Denmark - Jyette Nielsen
- Ecuador - Yolanda Palacios Charvet
- England - Arlette Dobson
- Finland - Ritva Tuulikki Wächter
- France - Simone Darot
- Germany - Marlene Schmidt
- Greece - Eleftheria (Ria) Deloutsi
- Guatemala - Anabelle Sáenz
- Holland - Gita Kamman
- Iceland - Kristjana Magnusdóttir
- Ireland - Jean Russell
- Israel - Atida Pisanti
- Italy - Vivianne Romano
- Jamaica - Margaret Lewars
- Japan - Akemi Toyama
- Korea - Seo Yanghee
- Lebanon - Leila Antaki
- Luxembourg - Vicky Schoos
- Madagascar - Jacqueline Robertson
- Morocco - Irene Gorsse
- Norway - Rigmor Trengereid
- Paraguay - María Cristina Osnaghi Perreira
- Peru - Carmela Stein Bedoya
- Puerto Rico - Enid del Valle
- Republic of China - Wang Li-Ling
- Rhodesia - Jonee Sierra
- Scotland - Susan Jones
- South Africa - Marina Christelis
- Spain - Pilar Gil Ramos
- Sweden - Gunilla Knutsson
- Switzerland - Liliane Burnier
- Turkey - Giseren Uysal
- Uruguay - Susanna Lausorog Ferrari
- USA - Sharon Renee Brown
- Venezuela - Ana Griselda Vegas Albornoz
- Virgin Islands - Priscila Bonilla
- Wales - Rosemarie Frankland
Panel of Judges
- Peter Demerault
- Troy Donahue
- Gustavo Guarca
- Raul Matyola
- Michel Papier
- Russell Patterson
- Earl Wilson
- Miyoko Yanagita
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- 1961 beauty pageants
- Beauty pageants in the United States
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