Miss World 1971

Miss World 1971, the 21st edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 10 November 1971 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, UK.[2] 56 contestants competed for the Miss World and Lúcia Petterle from Brazil won the crown of Miss World 1971.[3] She was crowned by Miss World 1970, Jennifer Hosten of Grenada. 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.

Miss World 1971
Date10 November 1971
PresentersMichael Aspel, David Vine†
VenueRoyal Albert Hall, London, UK
BroadcasterBBC
Entrants56
Placements15
Debuts
Withdrawals
Returns
WinnerLúcia Petterle[1]
 Brazil

Results
Countries and territories which sent delegates and results for Miss World 1971[3][4]

Placements
Placement Contestant
Miss World 1971
1st Runner-Up
2nd Runner-Up
3rd Runner-Up
4th Runner-Up
Top 7
Top 15

Special awards
Award Contestant
Best National Costume

Contestants

Notes

Debuts
  •  Bermuda
  •  Guam

Returns
  • Last competed in 1966:
    •  Aruba
    •  Trinidad & Tobago
  • Last competed in 1967:
    •  Panama
  • Last competed in 1969:
    •  Paraguay

Crossovers

Other notes
  • 9 of the contestants share the name Maria. They are: Miss Aruba (Maria Elizabeth Bruin), Miss Ecuador (María Cecilia Gómez), Miss Greece (Maria Maltezou), Miss Italy (Maria Pinnone), Miss Panama (María de Lourdes Rivera), Miss Paraguay (Rosa María Duarte), Miss Spain (María García), Miss Trinidad & Tobago (Maria Jordan), and Miss Venezuela (Ana María Padrón).

References
  1. "The Telegraph". Retrieved 27 January 2016.
  2. "Miss World Competition Through the Years". E!. 12 December 2014. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
  3. "Beaver County Times". Retrieved 27 January 2016.
  4. "Times Daily". Retrieved 27 January 2016.
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