{{Short description|Beauty pageant edition}} {{pp-sock|small=yes}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2021}} {{Use British English|date=November 2011}} {{Infobox beauty pageant | image = Marita Lindahl, Miss Suomi 1957 (2) (cropped 2).jpg | caption = [[Marita Lindahl]] | winner = [[Marita Lindahl]] | represented = Finland | date = 14 October 1957 | presenters = [[Eric Morley]] | entrants = 23 | placements = 7 | venue = [[Lyceum Theatre, London|Lyceum Ballroom]], [[London]], United Kingdom | debuts = {{Hlist|Canada|Luxembourg}} | returns = {{Hlist|Australia}} | withdraws = {{Hlist|Egypt|New Zealand|Switzerland|Turkey}} | before = [[Miss World 1956|1956]] | next = [[Miss World 1958|1958]] }}
'''Miss World 1957''' was the seventh [[Miss World]] pageant, held at the [[Lyceum Theatre, London|Lyceum Ballroom]] in [[London]], United Kingdom, on 14 October 1957.
At the conclusion of the event, June Hyde, Miss Welcome to London, crowned [[Marita Lindahl]] of Finland as Miss World 1957.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Rodríguez Matute |first1= Julio |date=17 November 2019 |title=Miss World 1957 |url=https://rodriguezmatute.home.blog/2019/11/17/iss-world-1957/ |access-date=21 October 2025 |website=MISS WORLD HISTORY / HISTORIA DE MISS MUNDO |language=en}}</ref> This is the first victory of Finland in the history of the pageant.
Contestants from twenty-three countries participated in this year's pageant. The pageant was hosted by [[Eric Morley]].
== Background == [[File:Lyceum_Theatre,_Wellington_St,_London.jpg|thumb|250x250px|Lyceum Ballroom, venue of Miss World 1957]]
=== Selection of participants === Twenty-three contestants were selected to compete in the pageant. One contestant was appointed to represent her country after being a runner-up in her national pageant.
==== Replacements ==== Miss Holland 1957, [[Corine Rottschäfer]] was supposed to compete in this edition. However, since she had already won Miss Europe, she was replaced by her first runner-up, Christina van Zijp to compete in Miss World. Rottschäfer later competed at [[Miss World 1959]] and won.<ref>{{Cite news|date=13 July 1957|title=Om de mooiste van de wereld Jonge Haagse schone mag meedingen te Londen|language=nl|trans-title=Young beauty from The Hague can compete in London for the most beautiful in the world|pages=3|work=Het Parool|url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ABCDDD:010833552:mpeg21:p003|access-date=7 April 2025|via=Delpher}}</ref>
==== Debuts, returns and withdrawals ==== This edition marked the debut of Canada and Luxembourg, and the return of Australia, which last competed in [[Miss World 1955|1955]].
Zubaida Tharwat of Egypt and Yvonne Bridel of Switzerland did not participate due to budget constraints. Tharwat also withdrew from the competition due to the dispute between the United Kingdom and Egypt over the [[Suez Crisis|Suez Canal]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=25 January 2023|title=Jennifer Lawrence Looks Spookily Like 1950s Egyptian Actress (Says Internet)|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/01/25/jennifer-lawrence-lookilike-egyptian-actress_n_4664633.html|access-date=7 April 2025|website=HuffPost UK|language=en}}</ref>
Leyla Sayar of Turkey did not participate for undisclosed reasons. New Zealand withdrew after its respective organization failed to hold a national competition or appoint a delegate.
Monica Amekoafia of Ghana was supposed to participate, but chose to get married.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Johnson|first=Elizabeth Ofosuah|date=24 February 2019|title=See the first-ever beauty queens from Africa|url=https://face2faceafrica.com/article/see-the-first-ever-beauty-queens-from-africa|access-date=7 April 2025|website=Face2Face Africa|language=en}}</ref> [[Alicja Bobrowska]] of Poland withdrew from the competition for undisclosed reasons.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=8 January 2025 |title=Alicja Bobrowska: Poland’s Post-War Icon of Beauty and Talent |url=https://polanddaily24.com/alicja-bobrowska-polands-post-war-icon-of-beauty-and-talent/entertainment-buzz/50174 |access-date=13 April 2025 |website=PolandDaily24.com |language=en-US}}</ref>
==Results== [[File:Miss World 1957 Map.PNG|thumb|250x250px|Miss World 1957 participating countries and territories]]
=== Placements === {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;" |- ! Placement ! Contestant |- | Miss World 1957 | * {{flag|Finland}} – [[Marita Lindahl]]'''<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|date=15 October 1957|title=Charlotte's name missing from 'World' finalists|language=en|pages=21|work=Deseret News|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/85675480/charlotte-sheffield-london-miss/|access-date=7 April 2025|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>''' |- | 1st runner-up | * {{flag|Denmark}} – Lilian Juul Madsen'''<ref name=":0" />''' |- | 2nd runner-up | * {{flag|South Africa|1928}} – Adele June Kruger'''<ref name=":0" />''' |- | 3rd runner-up | * {{flag|Tunisia}} – Jacqueline Tapia'''<ref name=":0" />''' |- | 4th runner-up | * {{flag|Japan|1947}} – Muneko Yorifuji'''<ref name=":0" />''' |- | 5th runner-up | * {{flag|France}} – Claude Inès Navarro'''<ref name=":0" />''' |- | 6th runner-up | * {{flag|Israel}} - Sara Elimor'''<ref name=":0" />''' |}
== Pageant ==
=== Format === The number of placements in this edition has been increased to seven from six in the previous edition. The seven finalists were selected through a preliminary competition held on the day of the final competition consisting of a swimsuit and an evening gown competition.'''<ref name=":0" />'''
=== Selection committee ===
* Claude Berr – Co-head of the Miss Europe committee * [[Charles Eade]] – British newspaper editor * [[Norman Hartnell]] – British fashion designer<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Zubillaga |first=Cyril Ray |date=18 October 1957 |title=Beauty Contest |url=http://spprd.insec.netcopy.thompsonjames.co.uk/article/18th-october-1957/10/beauty-contest |access-date=13 February 2026 |website=The Spectator Archive}}</ref> * [[Laurence Harvey]] – Lithuanian-born British actor * [[Trevor Howard]] – British actor * Charles Jacobs – American photographer * [[Margaret Leighton]] – British actress * Mrs. Raine McCorquodale – wife of the Earl of Dartmouth, [[Gerald Legge, 9th Earl of Dartmouth|Gerald Legge]]<ref name=":3" /> * [[Lady Jane Lacey|Lady Jane Vane-Tempest-Stewart]] – British socialite and philanthropist<ref name=":3" /> * [[Stirling Moss]] – English [[Formula One]] racer<ref>{{Cite news|date=9 October 1957|title=Geinig tijd voor huwelijksreis: Stirling moet miss World kiezen|language=nl|trans-title=Fun time for honeymoon: Stirling has to choose Miss World|pages=9|work=Het Parool|url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ABCDDD:010840326:mpeg21:p009|access-date=13 April 2025|via=Delpher}}</ref>
==Contestants== Twenty-three contestants competed for the title.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|date=11 October 1957|title=1957 'Miss World' line-up|language=en|pages=2|work=The Straits Times|url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19571011-1.2.21|access-date=13 April 2025|via=[[National Library Board]]}}</ref> {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;" !Country !Contestant !Age{{efn|Age at the time of the pageant|name=B}} !Hometown |- |{{flag|Australia}} |Ronnie Goodlet<ref>{{Cite web|title=Beauty pageants from the past in all their crowning glory|url=https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/photos/beauty-pageants-from-the-past-in-all-their-crowning-glory/image-gallery/d3a0338b4be541ccf6123b574fd0714c|access-date=13 April 2025|website=Herald Sun|language=en}}</ref> |32 |[[Victoria (state)|Victoria]] |- |{{flag|Austria}} |Lilo Fischer<ref name=":1" /> |18 |[[Graz]] |- |{{flag|Belgium}} |Jeanne Chandelle<ref>{{Cite web|date=11 January 2010|title=Erelijst Miss België|url=https://www.demorgen.be/tv-cultuur/erelijst-miss-belgie~b5723d4d/|access-date=13 April 2025|website=De Morgen|language=nl-NL}}</ref> |18 |[[Brussels]] |- |{{flag|Canada|1957}} |Judith Welch<ref name=":1" /> |20 |[[Toronto]] |- |{{flag|Denmark}} |Lilian Juul Madsen<ref>{{Cite web|date=7 October 2014|title=Pernille Sørensen crowned Miss World Denmark|url=https://beautypageants.indiatimes.com/others/pernille-srensen-crowned-miss-world-denmark/articleshow/44585602.cms|access-date=13 April 2025|website=[[The Times of India]]|language=en|archive-date=28 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230228233237/https://beautypageants.indiatimes.com/others/pernille-srensen-crowned-miss-world-denmark/articleshow/44585602.cms|url-status=dead}}</ref> |19 |[[Copenhagen]] |- |{{flag|Finland}} |[[Marita Lindahl]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=31 August 2017|orig-date=27 June 2017|title=Suomen ainoa Miss Maailma Marita Lindahl on kuollut – lue puolison koskettava kirje|trans-title=Finland's only Miss World Marita Lindahl has died - read the touching letter from her husband|url=https://yle.fi/aihe/artikkeli/2017/06/27/suomen-ainoa-miss-maailma-marita-lindahl-kuollut-lue-puolison-koskettava-kirje|access-date=13 April 2025|website=Yle|language=fi-FI}}</ref> |19 |[[Helsinki]] |- |{{flag|France}} |Claude Inès Navarro<ref>{{Cite web|last=Belingard|first=Christian|date=5 December 2012|title=La fabuleuse histoire des Miss se prolonge samedi soir au Zénith de Limoges|url=https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/nouvelle-aquitaine/2012/12/05/la-fabuleuse-histoire-des-miss-se-prolonge-samedi-soir-au-zenith-de-limoges-158431.html|access-date=13 April 2025|website=France 3 Nouvelle-Aquitaine|language=fr-FR}}</ref> |19 |[[Maoussa]] |- |{{flag|Greece|old}} |Naná Gasparatou<ref>{{cite web|title=7th Miss World - 1957|url=https://www.missworld.com/contestants/1957|work=[[Miss World]]|access-date=30 April 2025|language=en|archive-date=22 February 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250222071456/https://www.missworld.com/contestants/1957|url-status=live}}</ref> |– |[[Athens]] |- |{{flag|Netherlands|name=Holland}} |Christina van Zijp<ref>{{Cite news|date=18 July 1957|title=De mooiste Miss|language=nl|trans-title=The most beautiful Miss|pages=7|work=[[De Volkskrant]]|url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ABCDDD:010844506:mpeg21:p007|access-date=13 April 2025|via=Delpher}}</ref> |21 |[[The Hague]] |- |{{flag|Iceland}} |Rúna Brynjólfdóttir<ref>{{Cite news|date=7 October 1957|title=Op de heliport te Rotterdam arriveerden zaterdagmorgen per helicopter uit Brussel' vijj schoonheidskoninginnen op wiinodigiginp; van een aantal modehuizen.|language=nl|trans-title=On Saturday morning, five beauty queens arrived at the heliport in Rotterdam by helicopter from Brussels; of several fashion houses.|pages=1|work=Friese koerier|url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:010687462:mpeg21:p001|access-date=13 April 2025|via=Delpher}}</ref> |– |[[Reykjavík]] |- |{{flag|Ireland}} |Nessa Welsh<ref>{{Cite news|date=14 October 1957|title=Flu hits the Miss World misses|language=en|pages=2|work=[[The Straits Times]]|url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19571014-1.2.25|access-date=13 April 2025|via=[[National Library Board]]}}</ref> |19 |[[Dublin]] |- |{{flag|Israel}} |Sara Elimor<ref name=":1" /> |17 |[[Tel Aviv]] |- |{{flag|Italy}} |Anna Gorassini<ref name=":1" /> |21 |[[Milan]] |- |{{flag|Japan|1947}} |Muneko Yorifuji<ref>{{Cite news|date=14 June 1957|title=Japanese Beauties|language=en|pages=33|work=[[Spokane Daily Chronicle]]|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=mP5XAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9_YDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4778%2C3254220|access-date=13 April 2025|via=[[Google News Archive]]}}</ref> |21 |[[Osaka]] |- |{{flag|Luxembourg}} |Josee Jaminet<ref name=":1" /> |18 |[[Luxembourg City]] |- |{{flag|Morocco}} |Danielle Muller<ref>{{Cite web|last=Babas|first=Latifa|date=11 February 2019|title=Histoire : Quand le Maroc était représenté dans les concours internationaux de beauté|url=https://www.yabiladi.com/articles/details/74480/histoire-quand-maroc-etait-represente.html|access-date=13 April 2025|website=Yabiladi|language=fr}}</ref> |19 |[[Casablanca]] |- |{{flag|South Africa|1928}} |Adele June Kruger<ref>{{Cite web|last=Abrahams|first=Miguel|date=12 June 2018|title=Adele relives her Miss SA, Miss World pageant days|url=https://bedfordviewedenvalenews.co.za/410000/adele-relives-her-miss-sa-miss-world-pageant-days/|access-date=13 April 2025|website=Bedfordview Edenvale News|language=en-US}}</ref> |21 |[[Johannesburg]] |- |{{flag|Sweden}} |Elenore Edin<ref name=":2">{{Cite news|date=8 October 1957|title=De zes meisjes, die u van deze|language=nl|trans-title=The six girls you like this|pages=5|work=Nieuw Utrechtsch dagblad|url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=MMKB27:017797007:mpeg21:p00005|access-date=13 April 2025|via=Delpher}}</ref> |22 |[[Stockholm]] |- |{{flag|Tunisia}} |Jacqueline Tapia<ref>{{Cite news|last=Ben Khalifa|first=Lotfi|date=14 February 2019|title=Voyage avec les nymphes tunisiennes|language=fr|work=Le Temps|url=https://www.pressreader.com/tunisia/le-temps-tunisia/20190214/281801400224502|access-date=13 April 2025|via=PressReader}}</ref> |17 |[[Tunis]] |- |{{flag|Great Britain}}{{Efn|Competed as Great Britain in the pageant}} |[[Leila Williams]]<ref>{{Cite news|date=11 September 1957|title=British beauty|language=en|pages=11|work=The Singapore Free Press|url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/freepress19570911-1.2.43.1|access-date=13 April 2025|via=[[National Library Board]]}}</ref> |20 |[[Walsall]] |- |{{flag|United States|1912}} |[[Charlotte Sheffield]]<ref>{{Cite news|date=18 July 1957|title=Universe|language=en|pages=1, 4|work=Deseret News|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/84659323/deseret-news/|access-date=13 April 2025|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> |21 |[[Salt Lake City]] |- |{{flag|Venezuela|1954}} |Consuelo Nouel<ref>{{Cite web|last=Suárez|first=Orlando|date=27 July 2022|title=Misses venezolanas de sangre azul|url=https://eldiario.com/2022/07/27/misses-venezolanas-de-sangre-azul/|access-date=13 April 2025|website=El Diario|language=es}}</ref> |23 |[[Caracas]] |- |{{flag|West Germany}} |Annemarie Karsten<ref name=":2" /> |19 |[[Lübeck]] |}
==Notes== {{notelist}} <references group="lower-alpha" />
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * [http://www.missworld.com Official website]
{{Miss World}} {{Miss World 1957 delegates}}
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