{{Short description|Beauty pageant edition}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Use British English|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox beauty pageant | image = | caption = | winner = [[Rosemarie Frankland]] | represented = United Kingdom | date = 9 November 1961 | presenters = {{Hlist|[[Peter West]]|[[Michael Aspel]]}} | entrants = 37 | placements = 15 | venue = [[Lyceum Theatre, London|Lyceum Ballroom]], [[London]], United Kingdom | broadcaster = [[BBC]] | debuts = {{Hlist|Republic of China|Suriname}} | returns = {{Hlist|Austria|Ceylon|New Zealand|Venezuela}} | withdraws = {{Hlist|Australia|Burma|Canada|French Polynesia|Jordan|Kenya|Norway|Tanganyika}} | before = [[Miss World 1960|1960]] | next = [[Miss World 1962|1962]] }}
'''Miss World 1961''' was the 11th [[Miss World]] pageant, held at the [[Lyceum Theatre, London|Lyceum Ballroom]], [[London]], United Kingdom, on 9 November 1961. Thirty-seven candidates competed in that pageant. The winner was [[Rosemarie Frankland]], representing the United Kingdom.<ref>{{Cite news |date=10 November 1961 |title=British beauty is new 'Miss World' |language=en |pages=2 |work=Simpson's Leader-Times |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40787214/simpsons-leader-times/ |access-date=11 April 2025 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=10 November 1961 |title=Miss U.K. wins title in Miss World contest |language=en |pages=1 |work=The Singapore Free Press |url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/freepress19611110-1.2.3 |access-date=11 April 2025 |via=National Library Board}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=10 November 1961 |title=Miss United Kingdom is winner of Miss World title |language=en |pages=2 |work=The Daily News |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/279746/10nov1961thedailynewspennsylvania/ |access-date=11 March 2025 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=10 November 1961 |title=She's chosen, feathers fly |language=en |pages=1 |work=Press and Sun-Bulletin |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/121159997/press-and-sun-bulletin/ |access-date=11 March 2025 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>
== Selection of participants == Contestants from thirty-seven countries and territories were selected to participate in the competition. Two contestants were appointed to represent their countries/territories after being runners-up in their national competitions or were selected through a casting process.
=== Replacements === Miss France 1961, Luce Auger, was initially supposed to represent her country. However, she was dethroned due to already having a child. Auger was replaced by her first runner-up, Michèle Wargnier.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Davies |first=Lizzy |date=15 February 2009 |title=Miss France's iron lady goes to court over winner's allegations of 'topless exploitation' |language=en-GB |work=The Observer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/feb/15/miss-france-legal-battle |access-date=11 April 2025 |issn=0029-7712 |via=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Mathieu |first=Clement |date=4 December 2022 |title=Miss France 1961 : "Son bébé lui a coûté sa couronne" |url=https://www.parismatch.com/People/Luce-Auger-Miss-France-1961-Son-bebe-lui-a-coute-sa-couronne-1099025 |access-date=11 March 2025 |website=Paris Match |language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=8 February 1961 |title=FRANKRIJK heeft een nieuwe schoonheidskoningin 1961 |language=nl |trans-title=FRANCE had to choose a new beauty queen in 1961 |pages=5 |work=Het Parool |url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ABCDDD:010839157:mpeg21:p005 |access-date=11 April 2025 |via=Delpher}}</ref> Additionally, the third runner-up of Miss Holland 1961, Rita van Zuiden, was appointed to represent Holland because Miss Holland 1961, Anne Marie Brink, had already participated in another international beauty pageant, and one of the runners-up, [[Stanny van Baer]], became [[Miss International]] 1961.<ref>{{Cite news |date=18 May 1961 |title=Oud-leerlinge AKI Enschede werd miss-Holland 1961 Anne Marie Brink leest graag |language=nl |trans-title=Former student AKI Enschede became Miss Holland 1961 Anne Marie Brink likes to read |pages=27 |work=Twentsch dagblad Tubantia |url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=MMHCO02:163788015:mpeg21:p00027 |access-date=11 March 2025 |via=Delpher}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=3 November 1961 |title=Nederlandse schone naar Miss World verkiezing |language=nl |trans-title=Dutch beauty to Miss World pageant |pages=39 |work=De waarheid |url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:010371383:mpeg21:p005 |access-date=24 March 2025 |via=Delpher}}</ref>
=== Debuts, returns, and withdrawals === This edition marked the debut of the Republic of China and Suriname, and the return of Austria, Ceylon, New Zealand, and Venezuela. Ceylon last competed in [[Miss World 1955|1955]], New Zealand in [[Miss World 1956|1956]], Venezuela in [[Miss World 1958|1958]], and Austria in [[Miss World 1959|1959]]. Australia, Burma, French Polynesia, Canada, Jordan, Kenya, Norway, and Tanganyika withdrew from the competition due to their national organizations failed to hold a national competition or appoint a delegate.<ref>{{Cite web |date=27 April 2021 |title=60 ans de Miss Tahiti : (re)découvrez toutes les lauréates du concours |url=https://la1ere.francetvinfo.fr/polynesie/60-ans-de-miss-tahiti-re-decouvrez-toutes-les-laureates-du-concours-994630.html |access-date=11 March 2025 |website=Polynésie la 1ère |language=fr-FR}}</ref>
Chriss Leon of Jamaica was originally supposed to participate. However, her boyfriend did not allow her to go to participate. Leon would instead participate the next year, in which she made into the top 15.<ref>{{Cite magazine|date=16 November 1961|title=Romance Rankles Chaperone; Sends Beauty Home|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pbMDAAAAMBAJ&dq=chriss+leon+miss+world&pg=PA15|magazine=Jet|location=Chicago, Illinois|publisher=Johnson Publishing Co. Inc.|access-date=11 April 2025|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Thomas |first=Marcia |date=7 January 2020 |title=Jamaica at Miss World: A 60-year success story |language=en |work=The Gleaner |url=https://www.pressreader.com/jamaica/jamaica-gleaner/20200107/281668256907513 |access-date=11 March 2025 |via=PressReader}}</ref>
==Results== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;" !Placement !Contestant |- |Miss World 1961 | * {{flagicon|UK}} United Kingdom – [[Rosemarie Frankland]]<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |date=10 November 1961 |title=Miss World |language=nl |pages=4 |work="Nieuw Suriname |url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:010501524:mpeg21:p004 |access-date=11 April 2025 |via=Delpher}}</ref> |- |1st runner-up | * {{flagicon|ROC}} Republic of China – Grace Li<ref name=":1" /> |- |2nd runner-up | * {{flagicon|ESP}} Spain – [[Carmen Cervera]]<ref name=":1" /> |- |3rd runner-up | * {{flagicon|FRA}} France – Michèle Wargnier<ref name=":1" /> |- |4th runner-up | * {{flagicon|DEN}} Denmark – Inge Jörgensen<ref name=":1" /> |- |Top 7 | * {{flagicon|NZL}} New Zealand – Leone Main<ref name=":1" /> * {{flagicon|US}} United States – Jo Ann Odum<ref name=":1" /> |- |Top 15 | * {{flagicon|ARG}} Argentina – Susana Pardal * {{flagicon|AUT}} Austria – Hella Wolfsgrubej * {{flagicon|FIN}} Finland – Ritva Wächter * {{flagicon|IRE}} Ireland – Olive White * {{flagicon|JAP}} Japan – Chie Murakami * {{flagicon|SA|1928}} South Africa – Yvonne Hulley * {{flagicon|TUR}} Turkey – Güler Samuray * {{flagicon|GER}} West Germany – Romy März |}
== Competition == === Format === Several changes were implemented in this edition. The number of semi-finalists was reduced to fifteen from eighteen in the previous edition. The fifteen semi-finalists were selected through a preliminary competition held on the day of the final event, which consisted of a swimsuit and evening gown competition. The fifteen semi-finalists were interviewed by [[Peter West]], and from them, seven finalists were chosen to proceed to the final interview.<ref>{{Cite news |date=10 November 1961 |title=Lacrime e litigi fra le "superbelle per la scelta di "Miss Mondo 1961 |language=it |trans-title=Tears and quarrels between the "super-beauties" for the choice of "Miss World 1961 |pages=3 |work=La Stampa |url=http://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/mod,libera/action,viewer/Itemid,3/page,3/articleid,1573_02_1961_0267_0003_22024449/ |access-date=1 May 2025}}</ref>
=== Selection Committee === * [[Denis Butler, 9th Earl of Lanesborough|Denis Butler]] – 9th [[Earl of Lanesborough]]<ref name=":2">{{Cite news |date=9 November 1961 |title=Stasera nel salone del "Lyceum", il comico Bob Hope incorona la prescelta |language=it |trans-title=Tonight in the Lyceum hall, comedian Bob Hope crowns the chosen one |pages=4 |work=La Stampa |url=http://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/mod,libera/action,viewer/Itemid,3/page,4/articleid,1573_02_1961_0266_0004_22024116/ |access-date=24 April 2023}}</ref> * [[Norman Hartnell]] – English designer for [[Queen Elizabeth II]]<ref name=":2" /> * La Countess Ethel Beatty – Member of the [[English aristocracy]]<ref name=":2" /> * [[Bob Hope]] – English-American actor and comedian<ref>{{Cite news |date=10 November 1961 |title=«Miss Mondo» è un'inglese di 18 anni fa l'indossatrice ed aspira al cinema |language=it |trans-title="Miss World" is an 18-year-old Englishwoman, works as a model and aspires to a film career |pages=3 |work=La Stampa |url=http://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/mod,libera/action,viewer/Itemid,3/page,3/articleid,0083_01_1961_0267_0003_17204143/ |access-date=1 May 2025}}</ref> * [[Frances Manners, Duchess of Rutland|Frances Manners]] – [[Duchess of Rutland]]<ref name=":2" /> * [[Bernard Delfont]] – English impresario<ref name=":2" /> * [[Billy Butlin]] – English businessman * [[Richard Todd]] – English-Irish actor<ref name=":2" /> * [[11th Duke of Marlborough|John Spencer-Churchill]] – [[11th Duke of Marlborough]] and nephew of [[Winston Churchill]]<ref name=":2" />
== Contestants == Thirty-seven contestants competed for the title.<ref>{{Cite news |date=9 November 1961 |title=37 beauties prepare for Miss World contest |language=en |pages=1 |work=The Daily News |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40785187/the-daily-news/ |access-date=11 April 2025 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=25 May 1961 |title=In Knokke is Nicole Ksinozenicki uit Sint Gillis (Brussel) tot miss België uitgeroepen. |language=nl |trans-title=In Knokke, Nicole Ksinozenicki from Sint Gillis (Brussels) was proclaimed Miss Belgium. |pages=3 |work=Leeuwarder courant |url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:010615939:mpeg21:p003 |access-date=11 April 2025 |via=Delpher}}</ref> {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;" !Country !Contestant !Age{{Efn|Ages at the time in the pageant}} !Hometown |- | [[File:Flag of Argentina (1818–1819, 1820–1829, 1861–2010).svg|23px]] Argentina || Susana Pardal || 22 || [[Buenos Aires]] |- | {{flagicon|AUT}} Austria || Hella Wolfsgrubej || 18 || [[Salzburg]] |- | {{flagicon|BEL}} Belgium || Jacqueline Oroi<ref>{{Cite web |date=11 January 2010 |title=Erelijst Miss België |url=https://www.demorgen.be/tv-cultuur/erelijst-miss-belgie~b5723d4d/ |access-date=11 April 2025 |website=De Morgen |language=nl-NL}}</ref> || 20 || [[Brussels]] |- | {{flagicon|BOL}} Bolivia || Nancy Justiniano || 19 || [[Santa Cruz, Bolivia|Santa Cruz]] |- | [[File:Flag of Brazil (1968–1992).svg|23px]] Brazil || Alda Coutinho<ref>{{Cite news |date=19 June 1961 |title="Miss" Minas Gerais e a nova "Miss" Brasil |language=pt |pages=1 |work=Jornal do Brasil |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=oSMjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=NO4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6966%2C2933303 |access-date=11 April 2025}}</ref> || 23 || [[Guanabara (state)|Guanabara]] |- | [[File:Flag of Ceylon (1951–1972).svg|23px]] Ceylon || Sushila Perera<ref>{{Cite news |date=8 November 1961 |title=La chioma di Miss Ceylon |language=it |trans-title=Miss Ceylon's hair |pages=3 |work=La Stampa |url=http://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/mod,libera/action,viewer/Itemid,3/page,3/articleid,1573_02_1961_0265_0003_22023910/ |access-date=11 April 2025}}</ref> || 19 || [[Colombo]] |- | [[File:Flag of Cyprus (1960–2006).svg|23px]] Cyprus || Andreava Polydorou || 21 || - |- | {{flagicon|DEN}} Denmark || Inge Jörgensen || 19 || [[Odense]] |- | [[File:Flag of Ecuador (1900–2009).svg|23px]] Ecuador || Magdalena Dávila<ref>{{Cite news |date=1 July 1961 |title=Candidale ai massimi titoli di bellezza |language=it |trans-title=Nominee for top beauty titles |pages=5 |work=La Stampa |url=http://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/mod,libera/action,viewer/Itemid,3/page,5/articleid,1572_02_1961_0156_0005_22009795/ |access-date=11 April 2025}}</ref> || - || [[Pichincha, Ecuador|Pichincha]] |- | {{flagicon|FIN}} Finland || Ritva Wächter<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lehtikanto |first=Katariina |date=29 December 2020 |title=Kun kuvankaunis Ritva pyrki lentoemännäksi vuonna 1963, raati mietti pitkään, kelpaako hän työhön |url=https://www.iltalehti.fi/viihdeuutiset/a/133f1a2e-71b1-4009-bc28-bb910a0b8954 |access-date=11 April 2025 |website=Iltalehti |language=fi}}</ref> || 20 || [[Helsinki]] |- | {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Miss France|France]] || Michèle Wargnier<ref>{{Cite news |date=18 March 1967 |title=Qui a falsifié l'acte de candidature de Mlle Auger au titre de miss France 1961 ? |language=fr |work=Le Monde |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/archives/article/1967/03/18/qui-a-falsifie-l-acte-de-candidature-de-mlle-auger-au-titre-de-miss-france-1961_2616492_1819218.html |access-date=11 April 2025}}</ref> || 19 || [[Paris]] |- | [[File:Hellenic Kingdom Flag 1935.svg|23px]] Greece || Efstathia Karaiskaki<ref>{{Cite news |date=6 November 1961 |title=Preoccupati gli organizzatori del concorso per "Miss Mondo |language=it |trans-title=The organizers of the contest for "Miss World" are concerned |pages=11 |work=La Stampa |url=http://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/mod,libera/action,viewer/Itemid,3/page,11/articleid,1573_02_1961_0263A_0011_23587707/ |access-date=11 April 2025}}</ref> || 22 || [[Athens]] |- | {{flagicon|NED}} Holland || Ria van Zuiden<ref>{{Cite news |date=4 November 1961 |title=Miss Holland nummer vier, Rita van Zuiden, is gisteravond van Schip- hol naar Londen vertrokken voor de verkiezing van Miss World. |language=nl |trans-title=Miss Holland number four, Rita van Zuiden, left Schiphol for London last night for the Miss World pageant. |pages=1 |work=Leeuwarder courant |url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:010616078:mpeg21:p001 |access-date=11 April 2025 |via=Delpher}}</ref> || 21 || - |- | {{flagicon|ISL}} Iceland || Jóhanna Kolbrún Kristjánsdóttir || - || [[Reykjavík]] |- | {{flagicon|IND}} India || Veronica Torcato<ref>{{Cite news |date=9 November 1961 |title=... Tomorrow the World |language=en |pages=684 |work=Daily News |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/61481047/miss-world-1961-india-usa/ |access-date=11 April 2025 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> || 25 || [[Maharashtra]] |- | {{flagicon|IRE}} Ireland || Olive White<ref>{{Cite web |title=Model Olive White Marries |url=https://www.rte.ie//archives/2019/0117/1023874-model-olive-white-marries/ |access-date=11 April 2025 |website=RTÉ Archives |language=en}}</ref> || 17 || [[Dublin]] |- | {{flagicon|ISR}} Israel || Er'ela Hod || 18 || - |- | [[File:Flag of Italy (1946–2003).svg|23px]] Italy || Franca Cattaneo<ref>{{Cite web |last=Balzarotti |first=Leda |date=7 September 2016 |title=Miss Italia: tutte le reginette dal 1939 a oggi |url=https://www.iodonna.it/eventi-e-mostre/gallery/miss-italia-una-storia-scritta-da-73-reginette-2/ |access-date=11 April 2025 |website=IO Donna |language=it-IT}}</ref> || 20 || [[Genova]] |- | [[File:Flag of Japan (1870–1999).svg|23px]] Japan || Chie Murakami<ref>{{Cite news |date=26 June 1961 |title=Queenly trio |language=en |pages=39 |work=The Windsor Star |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EU8_AAAAIBAJ&dq=Chie+Murakami&pg=PA39&article_id=5917,4088642 |access-date=11 April 2025 |via=Google Books}}</ref> || 19 || [[Osaka]] |- | [[File:Flag of Lebanon (1943-1990).svg|23px]] Lebanon || Leila Antaki || 22 || [[Beirut]] |- | {{flagicon|LUX}} Luxembourg || Vicky Schoos || 18 || [[Luxembourg City]] |- | {{flagicon|MAD}} Madagascar || Jeanne Rakatomahanina || 20 || [[Diego-Suárez]] |- | {{flagicon|NZL}} New Zealand || Leone Main<ref>{{cite news |title= General News: “Miss N.Z.” Leaves |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/press/1961/06/09/12 |work=[[The Press]] |page=12 |access-date=1 January 2026 |date=9 June 1961 |location=[[Christchurch]], New Zealand |via=[[National Library of New Zealand#Papers Past|Papers Past]]}}</ref> || 20 || [[Auckland]] |- | [[File:Flag of Nicaragua (1908–1971).svg|23px]] Nicaragua || Thelma Arana || 22 || [[Granada, Nicaragua|Granada]] |- | {{flagicon|ROC}} Republic of China || Grace Li<ref>{{Cite news |date=11 November 1961 |title=Grace takes No. 2 place |language=en |pages=3 |work=The Straits Times |url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Page/straitstimes19611111-1.1.3 |access-date=11 April 2025 |via=National Library Board}}</ref> || 19 || [[Taipei]] |- | {{flagicon|Rhodesia and Nyasaland}} [[Miss Rhodesia and Nyasaland|Rhodesia and Nyasaland]] || Angela Moorcroft<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://flashbak.com/on-this-day-in-photos-rhodesia-in-crisis-ian-smith-issues-a-unilateral-declaration-of-independence-9557/|title=On This Day In Photos – Rhodesia In Crisis: Ian Smith Issues A Unilateral Declaration of Independence {{!}}|work=Flashbak|access-date=2025-04-12|language=en}}</ref> || 19 || [[Salisbury]] |- | {{flagicon|SA|1928}} South Africa || Yvonne Hulley || 19 || [[Overberg]] |- | [[File:Flag of South Korea (1949–1984).svg|23px]] South Korea{{Efn|Competed as Korea in the pageant}} || Hyun Chang-ae<ref>{{Cite news |date=7 November 1961 |title=Three hope to be Miss World |language=en |pages=20 |work=The Straits Times |url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Page/straitstimes19611107-1.1.20 |access-date=11 April 2025 |via=National Library Board}}</ref> || 19 || [[Seoul]] |- | {{flagicon|ESP|1945}} Spain || [[Carmen Cervera]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=De los Rios |first=Elena |date=21 June 2021 |title=Miss España a los 18, viuda a los 30, madre soltera a los 37 y baronesa Thyssen a los 42: así pasó Carmen Cervera de los concursos de belleza a convertirse en la mujer más poderosa (y rica) del arte en España |url=https://www.mujerhoy.com/celebrities/202102/03/carmen-cervera-baronesa-thyssen-tragedia-muerte-marido-madre-soltera-coleccion-arte-polemica-museo-20210202205830.html |access-date=11 April 2025 |website=Mujer Hoy |language=es}}</ref> || 18 || [[Barcelona]] |- | [[File:Flag of Suriname (1959–1975).svg|23px]] Suriname || Kitty Essed<ref>{{Cite news |date=3 November 1961 |title=Ook Surinaamse naar Miss World-verkiezing |language=nl |trans-title=Also Surinamese to Miss World pageant |pages=15 |work=Leeuwarder courant |url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:010616077:mpeg21:p015 |access-date=11 April 2025 |via=Delpher}}</ref> || 18 || [[Paramaribo]] |- | {{flagicon|SWE}} Sweden || Ingrid Lundquist || 21 || - |- | {{flagicon|TUR}} [[Miss Turkey|Turkey]] || Güler Samuray<ref>{{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=Turkish|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}}</ref> || 20 || [[Istanbul]] |- | {{flagicon|UK}} United Kingdom || [[Rosemarie Frankland]]<ref>{{Cite news |date=22 September 1961 |title=Untitled |language=en |pages=16 |work=The Vancouver Sun |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/83668173/miss-uk-1960/ |access-date=11 April 2025 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> || 18 || [[Lancashire]] |- | {{flagicon|US}} United States || Jo Ann Odum<ref>{{Cite news |date=28 August 1961 |title=Miss U.S.A. is Southern Brunette, 19 |language=en |pages=3 |work=The Spokesman-Review |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=BjVWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=D-gDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7053%2C4353142 |access-date=11 April 2025}}</ref> || 19 || Huntington |- | {{flagicon|URU}} Uruguay || Roma Spadaccini Aguerre || 25 || [[Montevideo]] |- | {{flagicon|VEN|1954}} [[Miss Venezuela|Venezuela]] || Bexy Romero || 18 || [[Caracas]] |- | {{flagicon|GER}} West Germany || Romy März<ref>{{Cite news |date=8 November 1961 |title="Miss Mondo" sarà eletta domani |language=it |trans-title="Miss World" will be elected tomorrow |pages=5 |work=La Stampa |url=http://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/mod,libera/action,viewer/Itemid,3/page,5/articleid,0083_01_1961_0265_0005_17196240/ |access-date=11 April 2025|via=Delpher}}</ref> || 20 || [[Munich]] |- |}
==Notes== {{notelist}}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * [http://www.missworld.com Miss World official website]
{{Miss World}} {{Miss World 1961 delegates}}
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