# Miss World 1957

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Beauty pageant edition

Miss World 1957 Marita Lindahl Date 14 October 1957 Presenters Eric Morley Venue Lyceum Ballroom, London, United Kingdom Entrants 23 Placements 7 Debuts Canada Luxembourg Withdrawals Egypt New Zealand Switzerland Turkey Returns Australia Winner Marita Lindahl Finland ← 1956 1958 →

**Miss World 1957** was the seventh [Miss World](/source/Miss_World) pageant, held at the [Lyceum Ballroom](/source/Lyceum_Theatre%2C_London) in [London](/source/London), United Kingdom, on 14 October 1957.

At the conclusion of the event, June Hyde, Miss Welcome to London, crowned [Marita Lindahl](/source/Marita_Lindahl) of Finland as Miss World 1957.[1] 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](/source/Eric_Morley).

## Background

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](/source/Corine_Rottsch%C3%A4fer) 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](/source/Miss_World_1959) and won.[2]

#### Debuts, returns and withdrawals

This edition marked the debut of Canada and Luxembourg, and the return of Australia, which last competed in [1955](/source/Miss_World_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 Canal](/source/Suez_Crisis).[3]

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.[4] [Alicja Bobrowska](/source/Alicja_Bobrowska) of Poland withdrew from the competition for undisclosed reasons.[5]

## Results

Miss World 1957 participating countries and territories

### Placements

Placement Contestant Miss World 1957 Finland – Marita Lindahl[6] 1st runner-up Denmark – Lilian Juul Madsen[6] 2nd runner-up South Africa – Adele June Kruger[6] 3rd runner-up Tunisia – Jacqueline Tapia[6] 4th runner-up Japan – Muneko Yorifuji[6] 5th runner-up France – Claude Inès Navarro[6] 6th runner-up Israel - Sara Elimor[6]

## 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.**[6]**

### Selection committee

- Claude Berr – Co-head of the Miss Europe committee

- [Charles Eade](/source/Charles_Eade) – British newspaper editor

- [Norman Hartnell](/source/Norman_Hartnell) – British fashion designer[7]

- [Laurence Harvey](/source/Laurence_Harvey) – Lithuanian-born British actor

- [Trevor Howard](/source/Trevor_Howard) – British actor

- Charles Jacobs – American photographer

- [Margaret Leighton](/source/Margaret_Leighton) – British actress

- Mrs. Raine McCorquodale – wife of the Earl of Dartmouth, [Gerald Legge](/source/Gerald_Legge%2C_9th_Earl_of_Dartmouth)[7]

- [Lady Jane Vane-Tempest-Stewart](/source/Lady_Jane_Lacey) – British socialite and philanthropist[7]

- [Stirling Moss](/source/Stirling_Moss) – English [Formula One](/source/Formula_One) racer[8]

## Contestants

Twenty-three contestants competed for the title.[9]

Country Contestant Age[a] Hometown Australia Ronnie Goodlet[10] 32 Victoria Austria Lilo Fischer[9] 18 Graz Belgium Jeanne Chandelle[11] 18 Brussels Canada Judith Welch[9] 20 Toronto Denmark Lilian Juul Madsen[12] 19 Copenhagen Finland Marita Lindahl[13] 19 Helsinki France Claude Inès Navarro[14] 19 Maoussa Greece Naná Gasparatou[15] – Athens Holland Christina van Zijp[16] 21 The Hague Iceland Rúna Brynjólfdóttir[17] – Reykjavík Ireland Nessa Welsh[18] 19 Dublin Israel Sara Elimor[9] 17 Tel Aviv Italy Anna Gorassini[9] 21 Milan Japan Muneko Yorifuji[19] 21 Osaka Luxembourg Josee Jaminet[9] 18 Luxembourg City Morocco Danielle Muller[20] 19 Casablanca South Africa Adele June Kruger[21] 21 Johannesburg Sweden Elenore Edin[22] 22 Stockholm Tunisia Jacqueline Tapia[23] 17 Tunis Great Britain[b] Leila Williams[24] 20 Walsall United States Charlotte Sheffield[25] 21 Salt Lake City Venezuela Consuelo Nouel[26] 23 Caracas West Germany Annemarie Karsten[22] 19 Lübeck

## Notes

1. **[^](#cite_ref-B_10-0)** Age at the time of the pageant

1. **[^](#cite_ref-25)** Competed as Great Britain in the pageant

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## External links

- [Official website](http://www.missworld.com)

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v t e Miss World 1957 national titleholders Marita Lindahl Charlotte Sheffield

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