Miss World 1972

Miss World 1972
Date	1 December 1972
Presenters	Michael Aspel and David Vine
Venue	Royal Albert Hall, London, England, United Kingdom
Broadcaster	BBC
Entrants	53
Debuts	Botswana, and Singapore
Withdraws	Ceylon, Colombia, Cyprus, Guyana, Korea, Luxembourg, Nicaragua, Panama, Trinidad & Tobago, Tunisia
Returns	Costa Rica, Honduras, Hong Kong, and Liberia
Winner	Belinda Roma Green

Countries and territories which sent delegates and results.

The 22nd Annual Miss World pageant was held at the Royal Albert Hall on 1 December 1972 on BBC. 53 delegates vied for the crown won by Belinda Green of Australia. Green is also the second Australian winner of the crown in just four years.

Results

Final Results	Contestant
Miss World 1972	Australia - Belinda Green
1st Runner-up	Norway - Ingeborg Sorensen
2nd Runner-up	Israel - Chana Ordan
3rd Runner-up	Austria - Ursula Pacher
4th Runner-up	India - Malathi Basappa
Finalists	Finland - Tuula Anneli Björkling  United Kingdom - Jenny McAdam
Semifinalists	Guam - Marylou Pangelinan  Mexico - Gloria Gutiérrez  Philippines - Evangeline Reyes  Seychelles - Jane Stravens  South Africa - Stephanie Reinecke  Thailand - Jintana Jitsophon  United States - Lynda Carter  Yugoslavia - Biljana Ristić

Contestants

Africa South - Cynthia Shange  Argentina - Olga Edith Cognini Ferrer  Aruba - Sandra Werleman  Australia - Belinda Roma Green  Austria - Ursula (Uschi) Pacher  Bahamas - Heather (Hedda) Cleare  Belgium - Anne-Marie Roger  Bermuda - Helen Brown  Botswana - Agnes Motswere Letsebe  Brazil - Ângela Maria Favi  Canada - Bonny Brady  Costa Rica - María Victoria (Vicki) Ross González  Dominican Republic - Teresa Evangelina Medrano  Ecuador - Patricia Falconí  Finland - Tuula Anneli Björkling  France - Claudine Cassereau  Germany - Heidemarie Renate Weber  Gibraltar - Rosemarie Vivian Catania  Greece - Helen Lykissa  Guam - Maria Louise (Marylou) Pangelinan  Holland - Monique Borgeld  Honduras - Doris van Tuyl  Hong Kong - Gay Mei-Lin  Iceland - Rosa Helgadóttir  India - Malathi Basappa Ireland - Pauline Therese Fitzsimons  Israel - Hanna Urdan

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  Mexico - Gloria Gutiérrez López  New Zealand - Kristine Dayle Allan  Norway - Ingeborg Marie Sorensen  Paraguay - Rosa Angelica Mussi  Philippines - Evangeline Rosales Reyes  Portugal - Anita Marques  Puerto Rico - Ana Nisi Goyco  Seychelles - Jane Edna Straevens  Singapore - Rosalind Lee Eng Neo  South Africa - Stephanie Elizabeth Reinecke  Spain - Maria del Carmen Muñoz Castañón  Sweden - Rita Rudolfsson Berntsson  Switzerland - Astrid Vollenweider  Thailand - Jintana Jitsophon  Turkey - Feyzal Kibarer  United Kingdom - Jennifer Mary McAdam  United States - Lynda Jean Córdoba Carter  Venezuela - Amalia Heller Gómez  Yugoslavia - Biljana Ristic

Trivia

Returning countries and Debuts

• Botswana and Singapore competed in Miss World for the first time.
• Honduras last competed in 1968.
• Costa Rica last competed in 1969.
• Hong Kong and Liberia last competed in 1970.

External links

• Pageantopolis
• Jimmy's Pageant Page
• Veestarz

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