Miss World 1971

Miss World 1971
Miss World 1971
Date	10 November 1971
Presenters	Michael Aspel; David Vine†;
Venue	Royal Albert Hall, London, England, United Kingdom
Broadcaster	BBC
Entrants	56
Placements	15
Debuts	Bermuda; Guam;
Withdrawals	Colombia; Denmark; Gambia; Grenada; Hong Kong; Lebanon; Liberia; Nigeria;
Returns	Aruba; Panama; Paraguay; Trinidad and Tobago;
Winner	Lúcia Petterle; Brazil
	← 1970 1972 →

Miss World 1971 was the 21st Miss World pageant, held at the Royal Albert Hall in London, England, United Kingdom, on 10 November 1971.^[2]

Evangelina Lacayo of Nicaragua crowned Lúcia Petterle of Brazil at the end of the event.^[3] Although Petterle completed her reign as Miss World, she fell and broke her arm in the final month of her year and was unable to travel to London to participate in the Miss World 1972 contest.

This edition marked the debut of Bermuda and Guam. And the return of Aruba and Trinidad and Tobago, which last competed in 1966, Panama last competed in 1967 and Paraguay last competed in 1969.

Colombia, Denmark, the Gambia, Grenada, Hong Kong, Lebanon, Liberia and Nigeria, withdrew from the competition for unknown reasons.

Results

Placements

Placement	Contestant
Miss World 1971	Brazil – Lúcia Petterle^[1]^[3]
1st runner-up	United Kingdom – Marilyn Ann Ward^[3]
2nd runner-up	Portugal – Ana Paula de Almeida^[3]
3rd runner-up	Guyana – Nalini Moonsar
4th runner-up	Jamaica – Ava Joy Gill
Top 7	France – Myriam Stocco United States – Brucene Smith^[4]^[3]
Top 15	Australia – Valerie Roberts Austria – Waltraud Lucas Guam – Deborah Bordallo Nelson Israel – Miri Ben-David South Africa – Monica Fairall Spain – María García Sweden – Simonetta Kohl Venezuela – Ana María Padrón

Contestants

Argentina – Alicia Beatriz Daneri
Aruba – Maria Elizabeth Bruin
Australia – Valerie Roberts
Austria – Waltraud Lucas
Bahamas – Frances Clarkson
Belgium – Martine De Hert
Bermuda – Rene Furbert
Brazil – Lúcia Petterle^[1]
Canada – Lana Drouillard
Ceylon – Gail Abayasinghe
Cyprus – Kyriaki Koursoumba
Dominican Republic – Haydée Kuret
Ecuador – María Cecilia Gómez
Finland – Mirja Halme
France – Myriam Stocco
Gibraltar – Lisette Chipolina
Greece – Maria Maltezou
Guam – Deborah Bordallo Nelson
Guyana – Nalini Moonsar
Holland – Monica Strotmann
Iceland – Fanney Bjarnadóttir
India – Prema Narayan
Ireland – June Glover
Israel – Miri Ben-David
Italy – Maria Pinnone
Jamaica – Ava Joy Gill
Japan – Emiko Ikeda
Luxembourg – Mariette Werckx
Malaysia – Daphne Munro
Malta – Doris Abdilla
Mauritius – Marie-Anne Ng Sik Kwong
Mexico – Lucía Arellano
New Zealand – Linda Ritchie
Nicaragua – Soraya Herrera
Norway – Kate Starvik
Panama – María de Lourdes Rivera
Paraguay – Rosa María Duarte
Philippines – Onelia Ison Jose^[5]
Portugal – Ana Paula de Almeida
Puerto Rico – Raquel Quintana
Seychelles – Nadia Morel du Boil
South Africa^[a] – Gaily Ryan
South Africa – Monica Fairall
South Korea^[b] – Lee Young-eun
Spain – María García
Sweden – Simonetta Kohl
Switzerland – Patrice Sollner
Thailand – Boonyong Thongboon
Trinidad and Tobago – Maria Jordan
Tunisia – Souad Keneari
Turkey – Nil Menemencioğlu^[6]
United Kingdom – Marilyn Ann Ward
United States – Brucene Smith
Venezuela – Ana María Padrón Ibarrondo
West Germany – Irene Neumann
Yugoslavia – Zlata Petković †

Notes

^ Black representative from South Africa competed as Miss Africa South in the pageant
^ Competed as Korea in the pageant

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "The Telegraph". Retrieved 27 January 2016.
^ "Miss World Competition Through the Years". E!. 12 December 2014. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Beaver County Times". Retrieved 27 January 2016.
^ ^a ^b "Times Daily". Retrieved 27 January 2016.
^ Burton-Titular, Joyce (1 October 2013). "From Vivien to Megan: The PH in Miss World history". Rappler. Archived from the original on 24 July 2024. Retrieved 28 April 2025.
^ Tarihi, Güncelleme (4 May 2020). "Güzeller canlı yayında buluştu" [Beauties met on live broadcast]. Hürriyet (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 2 January 2023. Retrieved 29 April 2025.

[6] Black representative from South Africa competed as Miss Africa South in the pageant

[7] Competed as Korea in the pageant

[google.com-1] "The Telegraph". Retrieved 27 January 2016.

[2] "Miss World Competition Through the Years". E!. 12 December 2014. Retrieved 23 January 2016.

[google.com1-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Beaver County Times". Retrieved 27 January 2016.

[google.com2-4] "Times Daily". Retrieved 27 January 2016.

[5] Burton-Titular, Joyce (1 October 2013). "From Vivien to Megan: The PH in Miss World history". Rappler. Archived from the original on 24 July 2024. Retrieved 28 April 2025.

[8] Tarihi, Güncelleme (4 May 2020). "Güzeller canlı yayında buluştu" [Beauties met on live broadcast]. Hürriyet (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 2 January 2023. Retrieved 29 April 2025.

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