| 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 |
| Placements | 15 |
| 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 |
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Miss World 1972 was the 22nd edition of the Miss World pageant, held at the Royal Albert Hall in London, UK[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. Since the reigning Miss World 1971 had suffered a broken arm and was unable to travel to London, Mrs. Julia Morley crowned the new Miss World 1972.
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| Miss World 1972 | |
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Miss World 1972 had a total of 53 contestants.[3] Seven contestants did not arrive on time, and were disqualified from the event.[3][5]
Africa South – Cynthia Shange
Argentina – Olga Edith Cognini Ferrer
Aruba – Sandra Werleman Australia – Belinda Green[1][2]
Austria – Ursula Pacher[2]
Bahamas – Heather Cleare
Belgium – Anne-Marie Roger
Bermuda – Helen Brown
Botswana – Agnes Motswere Letsebe
Brazil – Ângela Maria Favi
Canada – Bonny Brady
Costa Rica – María Victoria Ross González
Dominican Republic – Teresa Evangelina Medrano
Ecuador – Patricia Falconí
Finland – Tuula Anneli Björkling[3]
France – Claudine Cassereau
West Germany – Heidemarie Renate Weber
Gibraltar – Rosemarie Vivian Catania
Greece – Helen Lykissa
Guam – Maria Louise 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 RistićA panel of judges evaluated the contestants' performances.[3] Peter Sellers was one of the judges.[3]
Botswana Singapore Honduras Costa Rica Hong Kong Liberia
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 - Helga Vera Johns, Miss Rhodesia 1972 was not allowed to compete despite having British citizenship. She would later try to compete again in 1975asMiss South Africa but was barred again because she hadn't lived in South Africa for at least 5 years as per the requirements for the Miss World Organization.[6][7][8]|
Miss World 1972 national titleholders
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