# Miss World 1971 > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Miss_World_1971 > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Miss_World_1971.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_World_1971 > Source revision: 1330842111 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 21st Miss World pageant Miss World 1971 Date 10 November 1971 Presenters Michael Aspel David Vine Venue Royal Albert Hall, London, England, United Kingdom Broadcaster BBC Entrants 56 Placements 15 Debuts Bermuda Guam Withdrawals Colombia Denmark Gambia Grenada Hong Kong Lebanon Liberia Nigeria Returns Aruba Panama Paraguay Trinidad and Tobago Winner Lúcia Petterle[1] Brazil ← 1970 1972 → **Miss World 1971** was the 21st [Miss World](/source/Miss_World) pageant, held at the [Royal Albert Hall](/source/Royal_Albert_Hall) in [London](/source/London), [England](/source/England), United Kingdom, on 10 November 1971.[2] [Jennifer Hosten](/source/Jennifer_Hosten) of Grenada crowned [Lúcia Petterle](/source/L%C3%BAcia_Petterle) of Brazil at the end of the event.[3] Although Petterle completed her reign as Miss World, she fell and broke her arm in the final month of her year and was unable to travel to London to participate in the [Miss World 1972](/source/Miss_World_1972) contest. This edition marked the debut of Bermuda and Guam, and the return of Aruba and Trinidad and Tobago, which last competed in [1966](/source/Miss_World_1966), Panama last competed in [1967](/source/Miss_World_1967) and Paraguay last competed in [1969](/source/Miss_World_1969). Colombia, Denmark, the Gambia, Grenada, Hong Kong, Lebanon, Liberia and Nigeria, withdrew from the competition for unknown reasons. ## Results Countries and territories which sent delegates and results for Miss World 1971[3][4] ### Placements Placement Contestant Miss World 1971 Brazil – Lúcia Petterle[1][3] 1st runner-up United Kingdom – Marilyn Ann Ward[3] 2nd runner-up Portugal – Ana Paula de Almeida[3] 3rd runner-up Guyana – Nalini Moonsar 4th runner-up Jamaica – Ava Joy Gill Top 7 France – Myriam Stocco United States – Brucene Smith[4][3] Top 15 Australia – Valerie Roberts Austria – Waltraud Lucas Guam – Deborah Bordallo Nelson Israel – Miri Ben-David South Africa – Monica Fairall Spain – María García Sweden – Simonetta Kohl Venezuela – Ana María Padrón ## Contestants - **[Argentina](/source/Argentina)** – Alicia Beatriz Daneri - **[Aruba](/source/Netherlands_Antilles)** – Maria Elizabeth Bruin - **[Australia](/source/Australia)** – Valerie Roberts - **[Austria](/source/Austria)** – Waltraud Lucas - **[Bahamas](/source/The_Bahamas)** – Frances Clarkson - **[Belgium](/source/Belgium)** – Martine De Hert - **[Bermuda](/source/Bermuda)** – Rene Furbert - **[Brazil](/source/Brazil)** – **[Lúcia Petterle](/source/L%C3%BAcia_Petterle)**[1] - **[Canada](/source/Canada)** – Lana Drouillard - **[Ceylon](/source/Dominion_of_Ceylon)** – Gail Abayasinghe - **[Cyprus](/source/Cyprus)** – Kyriaki Koursoumba - **[Dominican Republic](/source/Dominican_Republic)** – Haydée Kuret - **[Ecuador](/source/Ecuador)** – María Cecilia Gómez - **[Finland](/source/Finland)** – Mirja Halme - **[France](/source/France)** – Myriam Stocco - **[Gibraltar](/source/Gibraltar)** – Lisette Chipolina - **[Greece](/source/Greece)** – Maria Maltezou - **[Guam](/source/Guam)** – Deborah Bordallo Nelson - **[Guyana](/source/Guyana)** – Nalini Moonsar - **[Holland](/source/Netherlands)** – Monica Strotmann - **[Iceland](/source/Iceland)** – Fanney Bjarnadóttir - **[India](/source/India)** – [Prema Narayan](/source/Prema_Narayan) - **[Ireland](/source/Republic_of_Ireland)** – June Glover - **[Israel](/source/Israel)** – Miri Ben-David - **[Italy](/source/Italy)** – Maria Pinnone - **[Jamaica](/source/Jamaica)** – Ava Joy Gill - **[Japan](/source/Japan)** – Emiko Ikeda - **[Luxembourg](/source/Luxembourg)** – Mariette Werckx - **[Malaysia](/source/Malaysia)** – Daphne Munro - **[Malta](/source/Malta)** – Doris Abdilla - **[Mauritius](/source/Mauritius)** – Marie-Anne Ng Sik Kwong - **[Mexico](/source/Mexico)** – Lucía Arellano - **[New Zealand](/source/New_Zealand)** – Linda Ritchie[5] - **[Nicaragua](/source/Nicaragua)** – Soraya Herrera - **[Norway](/source/Norway)** – Kate Starvik - **[Panama](/source/Panama)** – María de Lourdes Rivera - **[Paraguay](/source/Paraguay)** – Rosa María Duarte - **[Philippines](/source/Philippines)** – Onelia Ison Jose[6] - **[Portugal](/source/Portugal)** – Ana Paula de Almeida - **[Puerto Rico](/source/Puerto_Rico)** – Raquel Quintana - **[Seychelles](/source/Seychelles)** – Nadia Morel du Boil - **[South Africa](/source/South_Africa)**[a] – Gaily Ryan - **[South Africa](/source/South_Africa)** – Monica Fairall - **[South Korea](/source/South_Korea)**[b] – Lee Young-eun - **[Spain](/source/Spain)** – María García - **[Sweden](/source/Sweden)** – Simonetta Kohl - **[Switzerland](/source/Switzerland)** – Patrice Sollner - **[Thailand](/source/Thailand)** – Boonyong Thongboon - **[Trinidad and Tobago](/source/Trinidad_and_Tobago)** – Maria Jordan - **[Tunisia](/source/Tunisia)** – Souad Keneari - **[Turkey](/source/Turkey)** – Nil Menemencioğlu[7] - **[United Kingdom](/source/United_Kingdom)** – Marilyn Ann Ward - **[United States](/source/United_States)** – [Brucene Smith](/source/Brucene_Smith) - **[Venezuela](/source/Venezuela)** – Ana María Padrón Ibarrondo - **[West Germany](/source/West_Germany)** – Irene Neumann - **[Yugoslavia](/source/Socialist_Federal_Republic_of_Yugoslavia)** – [Zlata Petković](/source/Zlata_Petkovi%C4%87) ## Notes 1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** Black representative from South Africa competed as Miss Africa South in the pageant 1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** Competed as Korea in the pageant ## References 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-google.com_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-google.com_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-google.com_1-2) ["*The Telegraph*"](https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2209&dat=19811113&id=rqErAAAAIBAJ&pg=5188,2713766&hl=en). Retrieved 27 January 2016. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Miss World Competition Through the Years"](http://www.eonline.com/photos/14545/miss-world-competition-through-the-years/443152). *[E!](/source/E!)*. 12 December 2014. Retrieved 23 January 2016. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-google.com1_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-google.com1_3-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-google.com1_3-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-google.com1_3-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-google.com1_3-4) [***f***](#cite_ref-google.com1_3-5) ["*Beaver County Times*"](https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2002&dat=19711111&id=VWslAAAAIBAJ&pg=4402,3437049&hl=en). Retrieved 27 January 2016. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-google.com2_4-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-google.com2_4-1) ["*Times Daily*"](https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1842&dat=19711111&id=KyEsAAAAIBAJ&pg=3888,1850717&hl=en). Retrieved 27 January 2016. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Blonde winner of contest"](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/press/1971/06/08/14). *[The Press](/source/The_Press)*. [Christchurch](/source/Christchurch), New Zealand. 8 June 1971. p. 14. Retrieved 2 January 2026 – via [Papers Past](/source/National_Library_of_New_Zealand#Papers_Past). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** Burton-Titular, Joyce (1 October 2013). ["From Vivien to Megan: The PH in Miss World history"](https://www.rappler.com/entertainment/pageants/40304-philippines-miss-world-history/). *[Rappler](/source/Rappler)*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20240724212547/https://onedio.com/haber/hepsi-zirveye-cikti-ancak-hepsi-orada-kalamadi-turkiye-nin-son-25-yildaki-turkiye-guzelleri-simdi-ne-yapiyor-860708) from the original on 24 July 2024. Retrieved 28 April 2025. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** Tarihi, Güncelleme (4 May 2020). ["Güzeller canlı yayında buluştu"](https://www.hurriyet.com.tr/galeri-1929dan-gunumuze-turkiye-guzelleri-41508916) [Beauties met on live broadcast]. *[Hürriyet](/source/H%C3%BCrriyet)* (in Turkish). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20230102125519/https://www.hurriyet.com.tr/galeri-1929dan-gunumuze-turkiye-guzelleri-41508916) from the original on 2 January 2023. Retrieved 29 April 2025. v t e Miss World Editions 1950s 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960s 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970s 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980s 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990s 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000s 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010s 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020s 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 Related Titleholders Runners-up and finalists Editions Countries Beauty with a Purpose v t e Miss World 1971 national titleholders Lúcia Petterle Prema Narayan Brucene Smith Zlata Petković --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Miss World 1971](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_World_1971) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_World_1971?action=history)). 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