Honey blonde Belinda Roman Green of Australia began her reign as Miss World 1972 by trying to find out where in London she can buy 52 boomerangs - one for each of the contestants she defeated.

The new Miss World, who measures 34-24-34, said: “I didn’t think I would win.”  She is 5 feet 7 inches tall and weights 116 pounds. 

The 20-year-old photographic model from North Carlton was crowned in the finale of the 22nd annual contest televised from the Royal Albert Hall.  She smiled through tears as the diamond studded crown was placed on her head.

She said that she didn’t know what she would do with her $7,050 in prize money.  “First of all I have got to buy boomerangs for all my fellow contestants and they all asked me for one,” she said.  “But I don’t know where I can buy them over here.”

Miss Norway, Ingeborg Sorensen, 24, of Oslo, was second; Miss Israel, Chana Ordan, 17, of Tel Aviv, third; Miss Austria, Ursula Pacher, 21, of Klagenfurt, fourth, and Miss India, Malathi Basappa, 21, of Bangalore, fifth.

The other two finalists were Miss Finland, Anneli Bjorkling, 20, of Helsinki, and Miss United Kingdom, Jenny McAdam, 24, of London.

Miss World was crowned and given her ermine robe and handed her scepter by Sir James Carreras, chairman of the international board of the Variety Clubs.  Proceeds from the 22-year-old pageant go to the Variety Club of Great Britain’s children’s fund.

Miss World of 1971, Lucia Petterle of Brazil, said a broken arm kept her from crowning Miss World of 1973.

“The X rays show my fracture hasn’t healed enough to take the cast off, and the doctor told me the cold London weather would not be good for it,” Lucia Petterle said in Rio de Janeiro.

1972 December 1
London, England
53 entries

Results
1  Australia  Belinda Roma Green 
2  Norway  Ingeborg Marie Sorensen
3  Israel  Hanna Urdan 
4  Austria  Ursula "Uschi" Pacher
5  India  Malathi Basappa 

Finalists
6  Finland  Tuula Anneli Björkling
7  United Kingdom  Jennifer Mary McAdam

Semi-finalists
Guam  Maria Louise "Marylou" Pangelinan 
Mexico  Gloria Gutiérrez López 
Philippines  Evangeline Rosales Reyes 
Seychelles  Jane Edna Stravens 
South Africa  Stephanie Elizabeth Reinecke   
Thailand  Jintana Jitsophon 
U.S.A.  Lynda Jean Córdoba Carter 
Yugoslavia  Biljana Ristic 

Remainder
Africa South  Cynthia Shange
Argentina  Olga Edith Cognini Ferrer 
Aruba  Sandra Werleman
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 Espaillat
Ecuador  Patricia Falconí
France  Claudine Cassereau
Germany  Heidemarie Renate Weber
Gibraltar  Rosemarie Vivian Catania
Greece  Heleni Lykissa
Holland  Monique Borgeld
Honduras  Doris Van Tuyl
Hong Kong  Gay Mei-Lin
Iceland  Rosa Helgadóttir 
Ireland  Pauline Theresa Fitzsimons
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
New Zealand  Kristine Dayle Allan
Paraguay  Rosa Angelica Mussi
Portugal  Anita Marques
Puerto Rico  Ana Nisi Goyco
Singapore  Rosalind Lee Eng Neo
Spain  Maria del Carmen Muñoz Castañón
Sweden  Rita Rudolfsson Bengtsson
Switzerland  Astrid Vollenweider
Turkey  Feyzal Kibarer
Venezuela  Amalia Heller Gómez

Among the no-shows
Colombia  Martha Lucia Cardozo Cruz
Cyprus  Maria Koutrouza
Korea  Chung Keum-ok
Panama  Regina Melgar de Garcia (arrived Nov. 30, too late to compete)