{{Short description|Beauty pageant edition}} {{pp-sock|small=yes}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2015}} {{EngvarB|date=November 2015}} {{Infobox beauty pageant | winner = [[Helen Morgan (Miss World)|Helen Morgan]]<ref name=autogenerated1>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1301&dat=19741124&id=Vp0pAAAAIBAJ&sjid=CuUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5878,7461331&hl=en ''The Sydney Morning Herald''<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> ''{{small|(resigned)}}'' <br>[[Anneline Kriel]] ''{{small|(assumed)}}''<ref name=autogenerated3>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1144&dat=19741127&id=rlQdAAAAIBAJ&sjid=wVYEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7240,5989735&hl=en ''The Pittsburgh Press''<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> | represented = South Africa | image = | caption = | date = 22 November 1974 | presenters = {{Hlist|[[Michael Aspel]]|[[David Vine]]}} | venue = [[Royal Albert Hall]], [[London]], United Kingdom | broadcaster = {{Hlist|[[BBC]]}} | entrants = 58 | placements = 15 | debuts = {{Hlist|Barbados|Guernsey|Jersey|Zambia}} | returns = {{Hlist|Costa Rica|Denmark|Ecuador|India|Madagascar|Nicaragua|Tunisia|West Germany}} | withdraws = {{Hlist|Cyprus|Iceland|Luxembourg|Mauritius|Peru|Portugal|Seychelles|Turkey}} | before = [[Miss World 1973|1973]] | next = [[Miss World 1975|1975]] }}
'''Miss World 1974''' was the 24th edition of the [[Miss World]] pageant,<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1356&dat=19741206&id=pHhPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ggUEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4429,1434666&hl=en ''Ocala Star-Banner''<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> held on 22 November 1974 at the [[Royal Albert Hall]] in [[London]], United Kingdom.<ref name="The Times-News">[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1665&dat=19741207&id=iFMaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=vyQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4045,4614357&hl=en ''The Times-News'']</ref> The event was viewed by an estimated 30 million people,<ref name=autogenerated1 /> and was a "Wide World Special" on the [[ABC Television Network]].<ref name="The Times-News" />
[[Helen Morgan (Miss World)|Helen Morgan]] of the [[United Kingdom]] was crowned the winner at the end of the event by [[Julia Morley]], becoming the second Welsh and fourth woman from the United Kingdom to win the title. Although it was known to the organizers at the time that she had a child as a single mother when she has crowned [[Miss Wales]], due to intense pressure and media interest Morgan resigned four days later. The wife of the child's father had given many media interviews in the hours following the contest, creating extremely negative and lurid headlines. Morgan was the first Miss World titleholder to officially resign, and the second not to finish her reign as Miss World, after [[Marjorie Wallace]] in [[Miss World 1973|1973]].
Morgan had represented Wales in [[Miss Universe 1974]] pageant earlier that year and placed first runner-up to eventual winner [[Amparo Muñoz]] of [[Spain]]. When Muñoz relinquished her Miss Universe title later that year, Morgan had already been outed as a mother and, therefore, ineligible to succeed Muñoz as Miss Universe. Muñoz was not replaced by any of the other runners-up.
[[Anneline Kriel]] of [[South Africa]] was crowned the new Miss World after Morgan's resignation. This was the second time that South Africa had won the title of Miss World.
== Debuts, returns, and, withdrawals == This edition marked the debut of Barbados, Guernsey, Jersey and Zambia and the return of Madagascar, which last competed in [[Miss World 1961|1961]], Denmark last competed in [[Miss World 1970|1970]], Nicaragua and Tunisia last competed in [[Miss World 1971|1971]], and Costa Rica, Ecuador, India and Western Germany last competed in [[Miss World 1972|1972]].
Cyprus, Iceland, Luxembourg, Mauritius, Peru, Portugal and Seychelles, withdrew from the competition for unknown reasons. Miss Turkey 1974, Melek Ayberk withdrew from the competition for unknown reasons.<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=tr|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>
==Results== [[File:Miss World 1974 Map.PNG|thumb|250px|Countries and territories which sent delegates and results for Miss World 1974<ref name=autogenerated1 /><ref name="The Times-News" />]] ===Placements=== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;" |- ! Placement ! Contestant |- | '''Miss World 1974''' | * '''{{flag|United Kingdom}} – [[Helen Morgan (Miss World)|Helen Morgan]]<ref name="autogenerated1" />''' ''{{small|(resigned)}}'' |- | 1st runner-up | * {{flag|South Africa|1928}} – [[Anneline Kriel]]<ref name="autogenerated1" /> ''{{small|(successor)}}'' |- | 2nd runner-up | * {{flag|Israel}} – Lea Klain<ref name="autogenerated1" /> |- | 3rd runner-up | * {{flag|Australia}} – Gail Petith<ref name=autogenerated1 /> |- | 4th runner-up | * {{flag|United States}} – Terry Ann Browning |- | Top 7 | * {{flag|Japan|1947}} – Chikako Shima * {{flag|Sweden}} – Jill Lindqvist |- | Top 15 | * {{flag|Barbados}} – Linda Yvonne Field * {{flag|Brazil|1968}} – Mariza Sommer * {{flag|Ireland}} – Julie Ann Farnham * {{flag|Jamaica}} – Andrea Lyon * {{flag|New Zealand}} – Susan "Sue" Nicholson * {{flag|Norway}} – Torill Mariann Larsen * {{flag|South Africa|1928}}{{Efn|Black representative from South Africa competed as Miss Africa South in the pageant}} – Evelyn Peggy Williams * {{flag|Spain|1945}} – Natividad Rodríguez |}
== Contestants == {{div col|colwidth=30em}} * '''{{flag|Argentina|alt}}''' – Sara Barberi * '''{{flag|Netherlands Antilles|1959|name=Aruba}}''' – Esther Angeli Luisa Marugg * '''{{flag|Australia}}''' – Gail Margaret Petith * '''{{flag|Austria}}'''<ref name="The Times-News" /> – Eveline Engleder * '''{{flag|Bahamas}}''' – Monique Betty Cooper * '''{{flag|Barbados}}''' – Linda Yvonne Field * '''{{flag|Belgium}}''' – Anne-Marie Sophie Sikorski * '''{{flag|Bermuda}}''' – Joyce Ann de Rosa * '''{{flag|Botswana}}''' – Rosemary Moleti * '''{{flag|Brazil|1968}}''' – Mariza Sommer * '''{{flag|Canada}}''' – Sandra Margaret Emily Campbell * '''{{flag|Colombia}}''' – Luz María Osorio Fernández * '''{{flag|Costa Rica}}''' – Rose Marie Leprade Coto * '''{{flag|Denmark}}''' – Jane Moller * '''{{flag|Dominican Republic|civil}}''' – Giselle Scanlon Grullón * '''{{flag|Ecuador}}''' – Silvia Aurora Jurado Estrada * '''{{flag|Finland}}''' – Merja Talvikki Ekman * '''{{flag|France}}''' – Edna Tepava * '''{{flag|Gibraltar|ensign}}''' – Patricia Orfila * '''{{flag|Greece|1970}}''' – Evgenia Dafni * '''{{flag|Guam}}''' – Rosemary Pablo Laguna * '''{{flag|Guernsey|1936}}''' – Gina Elizabeth Ann Atkinson * '''{{flag|Holland}}''' – Gerarda Sophia Balm * '''{{flag|Honduras|1949}}''' – Leslie Suez Ramírez * '''{{flag|British Hong Kong|name=Hong Kong}}''' – Judy Denise Anita Dirkin * '''{{flag|India}}''' – Kiran Dholakia * '''{{flag|Ireland}}''' – Julie Ann Farnham * '''{{flag|Israel}}''' – Lea Klain * '''{{flag|Italy}}''' – Zaira Zoccheddu * '''{{flag|Jamaica}}''' – Andrea Lyon * '''{{flag|Japan|1947}}''' – Chikako Shima * '''{{flag|Jersey|old}}''' – Christine Marjorie Sangan * '''{{flag|Lebanon}}''' – Gisèle Hachem * '''{{flag|Madagascar}}''' – Raobelina Harisoa * '''{{flag|Malaysia}}''' – Shirley Tan * '''{{flag|Malta}}''' – Mary Louis Elull * '''{{flag|Mexico}}''' – Guadalupe del Carmen Elorriaga Valdés * '''{{flag|New Zealand}}''' – Susan "Sue" Nicholson<ref>{{cite news |title=‘Miss N.Z.’ feels sorry for feminists |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/press/1974/06/05/6 |work=[[The Press]] |page=6 |access-date=2 January 2026 |date=5 June 1974 |location=[[Christchurch]], New Zealand |via=[[National Library of New Zealand#Papers Past|Papers Past]]}}</ref> * '''{{flag|Nicaragua}}''' – Francis Duarte de León Tapia * '''{{flag|Norway}}''' – Torill Mariann Larsen * '''{{flag|Philippines|1936}}''' – Agnes Benisano Rustia * '''{{flag|Puerto Rico|1952}}''' – Loyda Eunice Valle Blas Machado * '''{{flag|Singapore}}''' – Valerie Oh Choon Lian * '''{{flag|South Africa|1928}}''' – '''[[Anneline Kriel]]''' * '''{{flag|South Africa|1928}}'''{{Efn|Competed as Africa South in the pageant}} – Evelyn Peggy Williams * '''{{flag|South Korea}}'''{{Efn|Competed as Korea in the pageant}} – Shim Kyoung-sook * '''{{flag|Spain|1945}}''' – Natividad Rodríguez Fuentes * '''{{flag|Sri Lanka}}''' – Vinodini Roshanara Jayskera * '''{{flag|Sweden}}''' – Jill Lindqvist * '''{{flag|Switzerland}}''' – Astrid Maria Angst * '''{{flag|Thailand}}''' – Orn-Jir Chaisatra * '''{{flag|Tunisia|1959}}''' – Zohra Kehlifi * '''{{flag|United Kingdom}}''' – [[Helen Morgan (Miss World)|Helen Morgan]]<ref name=autogenerated3 /> * '''{{flag|United States}}''' – Terry Ann Browning * '''{{flag|Venezuela|1954}}''' – Alicia Rivas Serrano * '''{{flag|West Germany}}''' – Sabrina Erlmeier * '''{{flag|Yugoslavia}}''' – Jadranka Banjac * '''{{flag|Zambia}}''' – Christine Munkombwe {{div col end}}
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== References == {{reflist}}
{{Miss World}} {{Miss World 1974 delegates}} [[Category:Miss World]] [[Category:1974 in London]] [[Category:1974 beauty pageants]] [[Category:Beauty pageants in England]] [[Category:Events at the Royal Albert Hall]] [[Category:November 1974 in the United Kingdom]]