User:Mauriziok/Miss World 1972
| Mauriziok/Miss World 1972 | |
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| Date | 1 December 1972 |
| Presenters | Michael Aspel, David Vine |
| Venue | Royal Albert Hall, London, UK |
| Broadcaster | BBC |
| Entrants | 53 |
| Debuts | Botswana, Singapore |
| Withdrawals | Ceylon, Colombia, Cyprus, Guyana, Korea, Luxembourg, Nicaragua, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia |
| Returns | Costa Rica, Honduras, Hong Kong, Liberia |
| Winner | Belinda Green[1][2] Australia |
Miss World 1972, the 22nd edition of the Miss World pageant, was held at the Royal Albert Hall[2] on 1 December 1972 on BBC. Fifty-three delegates vied for the crown won by Belinda Green of Australia.[1][2][3][4] Green became the second Australian winner of the crown in just four years.
Results
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| Final results | Contestant |
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| Miss World 1972 | |
| 1st Runner-up | |
| 2nd Runner-up | |
| 3rd Runner-up | |
| 4th Runner-up | |
| Top 7 |
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| Top 15 |
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Contestants
[edit]Miss World 1972 had a total of 53 contestants.[3] Seven contestants did not arrive on time, and were disqualified from the event.[3]
Africa South – Cynthia Shange
Argentina – Olga Edith Cognini Ferrer
Aruba – Sandra Werleman- Australia – Belinda Green[1][2]
Austria – Ursula (Uschi) Pacher[2]
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[3]
France – Claudine Cassereau (Deceased)
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 – Rósa Helgadóttir
India – Malathi Basappa[2]
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[2]
Paraguay – Rosa Angélica 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 – María del Rocío Martín Madrigal
Sweden – Rita Berntsson
Switzerland – Astrid Vollenweider
Thailand – Jintana Jitsophon
Turkey – Feyzal Kibarer
United Kingdom – Jennifer Mary McAdam[3]
United States – Lynda Carter[2]
Venezuela – Amalia Heller Gómez
Yugoslavia – Biljana Ristić
Judges
[edit]A panel of judges evaluated the contestants' performances.[3] Peter Sellers was one of the judges.[3]
Notes
[edit]Debuts
[edit]- Botswana
- Singapore
Returns
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No Shows and Did not compete
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Colombia - Martha Lucia Cardozo Cruz
Cyprus - Maria Koutrouza
Korea - Chung Keum-ok
Panama - Regina Melgar de Garcia (arrived November 30th, too late to compete)
Rhodesia - Delegate was not allowed to compete despite having British citizenship.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "The Tuscaloosa News". Retrieved 26 January 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "The Bryan Times". Retrieved 26 January 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "The Sydney Morning Herald". Retrieved 26 January 2016.
- ^ a b c "Ellensburg Daily Record". Retrieved 26 January 2016.
- ^ Strack, Harry R. (1978). Sanctions: The Case of Rhodesia. Syracuse University Press. p. 233. ISBN 9780815621614.
External links
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