Miss World 1972

Miss World 1972
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 & Tobago, Tunisia
Returns	Costa Rica, Honduras, Hong Kong, Liberia
Winner	Belinda Green Australia

Miss World 1972, the 22nd edition of the 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 became the second Australian winner of the crown in just four years.

Results

Countries and territories which sent delegates and results

Final results	Contestant
Miss World 1972	Australia – Belinda Green
1st runner-up	Norway – Ingeborg Sørensen
2nd runner-up	Israel – Chana Ordan
3rd runner-up	Austria – Ursula Pacher
4th runner-up	India – Malathi Basappa
5th runner-up	Finland – Tuula Anneli Björkling
6th runner-up	United Kingdom – Jenny McAdam
Semi-finalists	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 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 – Rósa 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 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 Carmen Muñoz Castañón
• Sweden – Rita Berntsson
• Switzerland – Astrid Vollenweider
• Thailand – Jintana Jitsophon
• Turkey – Feyzal Kibarer
• United Kingdom – Jennifer Mary McAdam
• United States – Lynda Carter
• Venezuela – Amalia Heller Gómez
• Yugoslavia – Biljana Ristic

Notes

Debuts

• Botswana
• Singapore

Returns

Last competed in 1968:

• Honduras

Last competed in 1969:

• Costa Rica

Last competed in 1970:

• Hong Kong
• Liberia

Crossovers

Miss Universe

• 1972: Austria – Ursula (Uschi) Pacher
• 1972: Belgium – Anne-Marie Roger (Semi-finalist, Miss Photogenic)
• 1972: Bermuda – Helen Brown
• 1972: Canada – Bonny Brady
• 1972: Costa Rica – María Victoria (Vicki) Ross González
• 1972: France – Claudine Cassereau
• 1972: Germany – Heidemarie Renate Weber (Semi-finalist)
• 1972: New Zealand – Kristine Dayle Allan
• 1972: United Kingdom – Jennifer Mary McAdam (4th runner-up, as England)
• 1973: Holland – Monique Borgeld
• 1973: Ireland – Pauline Therese Fitzsimons

Miss International

• 1969: Norway – Ingeborg Marie Sorensen (Semi-finalist)
• 1970: Sweden – Rita Berntsson
• 1971: Honduras – Doris van Tuyl
• 1972: Canada – Bonny Brady
• 1973: Finland – Tuula Anneli Björkling (Winner)
• 1973: Ireland – Pauline Therese Fitzsimons

Miss Young International

• 1972: Switzerland – Astrid Vollenweider

Maja Internacional

• 1967: Norway – Ingeborg Marie Sorensen (4th runner-up)

Miss Europe

• 1972: Austria – Ursula (Uschi) Pacher (2nd runner-up)
• 1972: Belgium – Anne-Marie Roger
• 1972: France – Claudine Cassereau
• 1972: United Kingdom – Jennifer Mary McAdam (4th runner-up, as England)
• 1973: Ireland – Pauline Therese Fitzsimons
• 1974: Malta – Jane Attard

Miss Scandinavia

• 1973: Finland – Tuula Anneli Björkling (Winner)
• 1973: Iceland – Rósa Helgadóttir

Queen of the Pacific

• 1973: Canada – Bonny Brady

External links

• Pageantopolis – Miss World 1972