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Italy & Spain |

Bottom Argentina, Belgium,
Bolivia, Ceylon, China, Cyprus, Ecuador, Finland, France, Germany, Greece,
Iceland, India & Ireland
Top Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, Lebanon, Luxembourg, New
Zealand, Rhodesia, South Africa, Spain,
Surinam, Sweden, Turkey, Uruguay, United Kingdom &
U.S.A.
Absent Austria, Brazil, Denmark,
Holland, Madagascar, Nicaragua & Venezuela |
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Miss World 1961
- an amalgam
of news reports -
Rosemarie Frankland, an 18-year-old brunette
beauty from Great Britain, was chosen as Miss World from among contestants
from 36 countries.
She had come
in second in the Miss Universe contest in Miami, Fla.
Welsh-born,
she is 5 feet, 6 inches tall, weighs 124 pounds and her measurements are a
perfect 36-22-36. She is a professional model and had wanted to become an
actress.
“Hooray, I’m
Miss World and I’m rich,” exclaimed Miss Frankland when her name was
announced as the winner. She was presented with a trophy, crown and scepter
from comedian Bob Hope, one of the seven judges. In addition, she won
$7,000 in prize money.
“You’re the
most beautiful girl I ever saw,” said Hope.
She had been
favored for the title with blonde Romy Marz, 20, of Germany and brown-haired
Jo Ann Odum, 19, Miss U.S.A. of Huntington, W. Va., who placed sixth.
Second place
and $1,400 went to Miss Free China - Grace Li, 19, with vital statistics of
35-22-35. She is a student.
Third place
was won by Miss
Spain
- green-eyed Carmen Cervera, 18, another student.
Miss France,
Michele Wargnier, 19 - who sprained her ankle the day before the finals -
took fourth place.
Inge Jorgensen, 19, won fifth place as Miss
Denmark.
Commenting
on the fact that no American girl has won the title here in 11 years, Alfred
Patricelli, 49, of Bridgeport, Conn., sponsor of the Miss U.S.A. contest
said:
“Our girls
are the sweet, flowery type generally. They are lovely - don’t get me
wrong. But foreign women know how to project sex appeal, how to get the eye
of a man they’re interested in.”
Patricelli said, “American girls are too
reserved. They won’t put themselves out to please a man and make themselves
beautiful to him ...”
He
emphasized that Miss Odum’s beauty “took a back seat to nobody” in the
contest, “but she has the girl-next-door look, which we in America prize so
highly and she couldn’t make any headway against British judges who are used
to the other type of woman who puts herself forward.” |

Korea, Bolivia, Ecuador, Spain (front), Brazil, Italy & unidentified |

Japan, China & Korea |

France sprained her ankle the day before the finals |
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Top 15
Argentina, Austria, Republic of China, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland,
Japan, New Zealand, South Africa, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom & U.S.A. |
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1961 November 9
London, England
37 entries
Results
1 United Kingdom Rosemarie Frankland
2 Republic of China Grace Li Shiu-ying
3 Spain Maria del Carmen Cervera Fernández
4 France Michèle Wargnier
5 Denmark Inge Jörgensen
Finalists
6 U.S.A. Jo Ann Odum
7 New Zealand Leone Mary Main
Semi-finalists
Argentina Susana Julia Pardal
Austria Hella Wolfsgrubej
Finland Ritva Tuulikki Wächter
Germany Romy März
Ireland Olive Ursula White
Japan Chie Nurakami
South Africa Yvonne Brenda Hulley
Turkey Güler Samuray
Remainder
Belgium Jacqueline Oroi
Bolivia Nancy Cortez Justiniano
Brazil Alda Maria Coutinho de Moraes
Ceylon Sushila Perera
Cyprus Andreava "Rita" Polydorou
Ecuador Magdalena Dávila Varela
Greece Efstathia "Efi" Karaiskaki
Holland Ria van Zuiden
Iceland Johanna Kolbrun Kristjansdóttir
India Verónica Leonora Torcato
Israel Er'ela Hod
Italy Franca Cattaneo
Korea Chang-ae Hyun
Lebanon Leila Antaki
Luxembourg Vicky Schoos
Madagascar Jeanne Rakotomahanina
Nicaragua Thelma Arana
Rhodesia & Nyasaland Angela Joyce Moorcroft
Surinam Kitty Essed
Sweden Ingrid Margaretha Lundquist
Uruguay Roma Spadaccini Aguerre
Venezuela Bexy Romero Tosta
Did not compete
Tahiti Tahia Piehi
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South Africa, Spain & Rhodesia |

Top 7 |

Denmark (4th runner-up), Spain
(2nd runner-up), United Kingdom (winner), Republic of China (1st runner-up) & France (3rd
runner-up) |
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Cross-references to some of the other pageants
Belgium
International 1961 & Europe 1962
Bolivia Sugar Cane 1962 (2nd runner-up)
Ecuador International 1960
Finland Universe 1961 & Europe 1961
France
International 1962
Ireland International 1963 (semi-finalist)
Italy Europe 1962
Lebanon Universe 1961
Luxembourg Universe 1961 & Europe 1961
New Zealand International 1961
Spain International
1961 (2nd runner-up) & Europe 1961 (2nd runner-up)
United Kingdom Universe-Wales
1961 (1st runner-up) |
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