Miss World 1972
{{short description|Beauty pageant edition}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2015}}
{{EngvarB|date=November 2015}}
{{Infobox beauty pageant
| winner = Belinda Green{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1817&dat=19721202&id=bhgfAAAAIBAJ&pg=1011,129312&hl=en|title=The Tuscaloosa News|access-date=26 January 2016}}{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=799&dat=19721202&id=rrJPAAAAIBAJ&pg=783,4606536&hl=en|title=The Bryan Times|access-date=26 January 2016}}
| represented = Australia
| date = 1 December 1972
| presenters = {{Hlist|Michael Aspel|David Vine†}}
| venue = Royal Albert Hall, London, United Kingdom
| broadcaster = BBC
| entrants = 53
| placements = 15
| debuts = {{Hlist|Botswana|Singapore}}
| returns = {{Hlist|Costa Rica|Honduras|Hong Kong|Liberia}}
| withdraws = {{Hlist|Ceylon|Cyprus|Guyana|Luxembourg|Nicaragua|Panama|South Korea|Trinidad and Tobago|Tunisia}}
| before = 1971
| next = 1973
}}
Miss World 1972 was the 22nd edition of the Miss World pageant, held at the Royal Albert Hall in London, England, United Kingdom on 1 December 1972 on BBC. Fifty-three delegates vied for the crown won by Belinda Green of Australia.{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=860&dat=19721204&id=d4BUAAAAIBAJ&pg=6864,3487285&hl=en|title=Ellensburg Daily Record|access-date=26 January 2016}} Green became the second Australian winner of the crown in just four years. Since the reigning Miss World 1971, Lúcia Petterle had suffered a broken arm and was unable to travel to London, Mrs. Julia Morley was crowned the new Miss World 1972.
= Selection of participants =
= Debuts, returns, and, withdrawals =
This edition marked the debut of Botswana and Singapore, as well as the return of Honduras, which last competed in 1967, Costa Rica in 1969 and Hong Kong and Liberia in 1970.
Also, the withdrawal of Ceylon,{{Efn|Ceylon renamed to Sri Lanka}} Cyprus, Guyana, Luxembourg, Nicaragua, Panama, South Korea, Trinidad and Tobago and Tunisia, withdrew from the competition for unknown reasons. Maria Koutrouza of Cyprus and Chung Keum-ok of South Korea, was supposed but don’t show up in the host country. Martha Lucia Cardozo Cruz of Colombia, Regina Melgar de Garcia of Panama —- arrived November 30th, too late to compete and Helga Vera Johns of Rhodesia, Miss Rhodesia 1972 was not allowed to compete despite having British citizenship. She would later try to compete again in 1975 as Miss 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.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZVt0AAAAMAAJ&q=Miss+Rhodesia|title=Sanctions: The Case of Rhodesia|last=Strack|first=Harry R.|date=1978|publisher=Syracuse University Press|isbn=9780815621614|pages=233|language=en}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cCCiE0_RDSMC&q=miss+rhodesia&pg=PA149|title=Delta Scout: Ground Coverage Operator|last=Trethowan|first=Anthony|date=2008|publisher=30° South Publishers|isbn=9781920143213|pages=149|language=en}}{{cite book|title = More Misdemeanours - And Other Beauty Queen Stories|publication-date = Apr 20, 2016|ol = 35077796M|isbn = 9781326634148|publisher = Lulu Enterprises|author = Sally-Ann Fawcett}}
Results
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Judges
A panel of judges evaluated the contestants' performances. Peter Sellers was one of the judges.
Contestants
Miss World 1972 had a total of 53 contestants. Seven contestants did not arrive on time, and were disqualified from the event.{{Cite magazine |date=November 1972 |title=Bharat Sundari and Little Miss India |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iwdDAAAAYAAJ&dq=Firoza%20Cooper%20miss%20india&pg=RA11-PT66 |access-date=3 April 2024 |magazine=Women on the March |pages=25 |language=en |volume=XVI}}
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- {{flag|Argentina|alt}} – Olga Edith Cognini Ferrer
- {{flag|Netherlands Antilles|1959|name=Aruba}} – Sandra Werleman
- {{flag|Australia}} – Belinda Green
- {{flag|Austria}} – Ursula Pacher
- {{flag|Bahamas|1953}} – Heather Cleare
- {{flag|Belgium}} – Anne-Marie Roger
- {{flag|Bermuda}} – Helen Brown
- {{flag|Botswana}} – Agnes Motswere Letsebe
- {{flag|Brazil|1968}} – Ângela Maria Favi
- {{flag|Canada}} – Bonny Brady
- {{flag|Costa Rica}} – María Victoria Ross González
- {{flag|Dominican Republic|civil}} – Teresa Evangelina Medrano
- {{flag|Ecuador}} – Patricia Falconí
- {{flag|Finland}} – Tuula Anneli Björkling
- {{flag|France}} – Claudine Cassereau
- {{flag|Gibraltar|ensign}} – Rosemarie Vivian Catania
- {{flag|Greece|1970}} – Helen Lykissa
- {{flag|Guam}} – Maria Louise Pangelinan
- {{flag|Holland}} – Monique Borgeld
- {{flag|Honduras|1949}} – Doris van Tuyl
- {{flag|British Hong Kong|name=Hong Kong}} – Gay Mei-Lin
- {{flag|Iceland}} – Rósa Helgadóttir
- {{flag|India}} – Malathi Basappa
- {{flag|Ireland}} – Pauline Therese Fitzsimons
- {{flag|Israel}} – Chana Ordan
- {{flag|Italy}} – Laura Romano
- {{flag|Jamaica}} – Gail Geraldeen Phillips
- {{flag|Japan|1947}} – Akiko Kajitani
- {{flag|Liberia}} – Cecelia Armena King
- {{flag|Malaysia}} – Janet Mok Swee Chin
- {{flag|Malta}} – Jane Attard
- {{flag|Mauritius}} – Marie Ange Bestel
- {{flag|Mexico}} – Gloria Guadalupe Gutiérrez López
- {{flag|New Zealand}} – Kristine Dayle Allan
- {{flag|Norway}} – Ingeborg Marie Sorensen
- {{flag|Paraguay}} – Rosa Angélica Mussi
- {{flag|Philippines|1936}} – Evangeline Rosales Reyes{{Cite news|last=Burton-Titular|first=Joyce|date=1 October 2013|title=From Vivien to Megan: The PH in Miss World history|url=https://www.rappler.com/entertainment/pageants/40304-philippines-miss-world-history/|access-date=28 April 2025|website=Rappler|language=en|archive-date=24 July 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240724212547/https://onedio.com/haber/hepsi-zirveye-cikti-ancak-hepsi-orada-kalamadi-turkiye-nin-son-25-yildaki-turkiye-guzelleri-simdi-ne-yapiyor-860708|url-status=live}}
- {{flag|Portugal}} – Anita Marques
- {{flag|Puerto Rico}} – Ana Nisi Goyco †
- {{flag|Seychelles|1961}} – Jane Edna Straevens
- {{flag|Singapore}} – Rosalind Lee Eng Neo
- {{flag|South Africa|1928}}{{Efn|Black representative from South Africa competed as Miss Africa South in the pageant}} – Cynthia Shange
- {{flag|South Africa|1928}} – Stephanie Elizabeth Reinecke
- {{flag|Spain|1945}} – María del Rocío Martín Madrigal
- {{flag|Sweden}} – Rita Berntsson
- {{flag|Switzerland}} – Astrid Vollenweider
- {{flag|Thailand}} – Jintana Jitsophon
- {{flag|Turkey}} – Feyzal Kibarer{{Cite news|date=4 May 2020|last=Tarihi|first=Güncelleme|title=Güzeller canlı yayında buluştu|trans-title=Beauties met on live broadcast|url=https://www.hurriyet.com.tr/galeri-1929dan-gunumuze-turkiye-guzelleri-41508916|access-date=29 April 2025|website=Hürriyet|language=tr|archive-date=2 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230102125519/https://www.hurriyet.com.tr/galeri-1929dan-gunumuze-turkiye-guzelleri-41508916|url-status=live}}
- {{flag|United Kingdom}} – Jennifer Mary McAdam
- {{flag|United States}} – Lynda Carter
- {{flag|Venezuela|1954}} – Amalia Heller Gómez
- {{flag|West Germany}} – Heidemarie Renate Weber
- {{flag|Yugoslavia}} – Biljana Ristić
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Notes
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References
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