# Miss World 1974 > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Miss_World_1974 > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Miss_World_1974.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_World_1974 > Source revision: 1330851132 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Beauty pageant edition Miss World 1974 Date 22 November 1974 Presenters Michael Aspel David Vine Venue Royal Albert Hall, London, United Kingdom Broadcaster BBC Entrants 58 Placements 15 Debuts Barbados Guernsey Jersey Zambia Withdrawals Cyprus Iceland Luxembourg Mauritius Peru Portugal Seychelles Turkey Returns Costa Rica Denmark Ecuador India Madagascar Nicaragua Tunisia West Germany Winner Helen Morgan[1] (resigned) Anneline Kriel (assumed)[2] South Africa ← 1973 1975 → **Miss World 1974** was the 24th edition of the [Miss World](/source/Miss_World) pageant,[3] held on 22 November 1974 at the [Royal Albert Hall](/source/Royal_Albert_Hall) in [London](/source/London), United Kingdom.[4] The event was viewed by an estimated 30 million people,[1] and was a "Wide World Special" on the [ABC Television Network](/source/ABC_Television_Network).[4] [Helen Morgan](/source/Helen_Morgan_(Miss_World)) of the [United Kingdom](/source/United_Kingdom) was crowned the winner at the end of the event by [Julia Morley](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Marjorie_Wallace) in [1973](/source/Miss_World_1973). Morgan had represented Wales in [Miss Universe 1974](/source/Miss_Universe_1974) pageant earlier that year and placed first runner-up to eventual winner [Amparo Muñoz](/source/Amparo_Mu%C3%B1oz) of [Spain](/source/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](/source/Anneline_Kriel) of [South Africa](/source/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 [1961](/source/Miss_World_1961), Denmark last competed in [1970](/source/Miss_World_1970), Nicaragua and Tunisia last competed in [1971](/source/Miss_World_1971), and Costa Rica, Ecuador, India and Western Germany last competed in [1972](/source/Miss_World_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.[5] ## Results Countries and territories which sent delegates and results for Miss World 1974[1][4] ### Placements Placement Contestant Miss World 1974 United Kingdom – Helen Morgan[1] (resigned) 1st runner-up South Africa – Anneline Kriel[1] (successor) 2nd runner-up Israel – Lea Klain[1] 3rd runner-up Australia – Gail Petith[1] 4th runner-up United States – Terry Ann Browning Top 7 Japan – Chikako Shima Sweden – Jill Lindqvist Top 15 Barbados – Linda Yvonne Field Brazil – Mariza Sommer Ireland – Julie Ann Farnham Jamaica – Andrea Lyon New Zealand – Susan "Sue" Nicholson Norway – Torill Mariann Larsen South Africa[a] – Evelyn Peggy Williams Spain – Natividad Rodríguez ## Contestants - **[Argentina](/source/Argentina)** – Sara Barberi - **[Aruba](/source/Netherlands_Antilles)** – Esther Angeli Luisa Marugg - **[Australia](/source/Australia)** – Gail Margaret Petith - **[Austria](/source/Austria)**[4] – Eveline Engleder - **[Bahamas](/source/The_Bahamas)** – Monique Betty Cooper - **[Barbados](/source/Barbados)** – Linda Yvonne Field - **[Belgium](/source/Belgium)** – Anne-Marie Sophie Sikorski - **[Bermuda](/source/Bermuda)** – Joyce Ann de Rosa - **[Botswana](/source/Botswana)** – Rosemary Moleti - **[Brazil](/source/Brazil)** – Mariza Sommer - **[Canada](/source/Canada)** – Sandra Margaret Emily Campbell - **[Colombia](/source/Colombia)** – Luz María Osorio Fernández - **[Costa Rica](/source/Costa_Rica)** – Rose Marie Leprade Coto - **[Denmark](/source/Denmark)** – Jane Moller - **[Dominican Republic](/source/Dominican_Republic)** – Giselle Scanlon Grullón - **[Ecuador](/source/Ecuador)** – Silvia Aurora Jurado Estrada - **[Finland](/source/Finland)** – Merja Talvikki Ekman - **[France](/source/France)** – Edna Tepava - **[Gibraltar](/source/Gibraltar)** – Patricia Orfila - **[Greece](/source/Greece)** – Evgenia Dafni - **[Guam](/source/Guam)** – Rosemary Pablo Laguna - **[Guernsey](/source/Guernsey)** – Gina Elizabeth Ann Atkinson - **[Holland](/source/Netherlands)** – Gerarda Sophia Balm - **[Honduras](/source/Honduras)** – Leslie Suez Ramírez - **[Hong Kong](/source/British_Hong_Kong)** – Judy Denise Anita Dirkin - **[India](/source/India)** – Kiran Dholakia - **[Ireland](/source/Republic_of_Ireland)** – Julie Ann Farnham - **[Israel](/source/Israel)** – Lea Klain - **[Italy](/source/Italy)** – Zaira Zoccheddu - **[Jamaica](/source/Jamaica)** – Andrea Lyon - **[Japan](/source/Japan)** – Chikako Shima - **[Jersey](/source/Jersey)** – Christine Marjorie Sangan - **[Lebanon](/source/Lebanon)** – Gisèle Hachem - **[Madagascar](/source/Madagascar)** – Raobelina Harisoa - **[Malaysia](/source/Malaysia)** – Shirley Tan - **[Malta](/source/Malta)** – Mary Louis Elull - **[Mexico](/source/Mexico)** – Guadalupe del Carmen Elorriaga Valdés - **[New Zealand](/source/New_Zealand)** – Susan "Sue" Nicholson[6] - **[Nicaragua](/source/Nicaragua)** – Francis Duarte de León Tapia - **[Norway](/source/Norway)** – Torill Mariann Larsen - **[Philippines](/source/Philippines)** – Agnes Benisano Rustia - **[Puerto Rico](/source/Puerto_Rico)** – Loyda Eunice Valle Blas Machado - **[Singapore](/source/Singapore)** – Valerie Oh Choon Lian - **[South Africa](/source/South_Africa)** – **[Anneline Kriel](/source/Anneline_Kriel)** - **[South Africa](/source/South_Africa)**[b] – Evelyn Peggy Williams - **[South Korea](/source/South_Korea)**[c] – Shim Kyoung-sook - **[Spain](/source/Spain)** – Natividad Rodríguez Fuentes - **[Sri Lanka](/source/Sri_Lanka)** – Vinodini Roshanara Jayskera - **[Sweden](/source/Sweden)** – Jill Lindqvist - **[Switzerland](/source/Switzerland)** – Astrid Maria Angst - **[Thailand](/source/Thailand)** – Orn-Jir Chaisatra - **[Tunisia](/source/Tunisia)** – Zohra Kehlifi - **[United Kingdom](/source/United_Kingdom)** – [Helen Morgan](/source/Helen_Morgan_(Miss_World))[2] - **[United States](/source/United_States)** – Terry Ann Browning - **[Venezuela](/source/Venezuela)** – Alicia Rivas Serrano - **[West Germany](/source/West_Germany)** – Sabrina Erlmeier - **[Yugoslavia](/source/Socialist_Federal_Republic_of_Yugoslavia)** – Jadranka Banjac - **[Zambia](/source/Zambia)** – Christine Munkombwe ## Notes 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** Black representative from South Africa competed as Miss Africa South in the pageant 1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** Competed as Africa South in the pageant 1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** Competed as Korea in the pageant ## References 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-autogenerated1_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-autogenerated1_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-autogenerated1_1-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-autogenerated1_1-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-autogenerated1_1-4) [***f***](#cite_ref-autogenerated1_1-5) [***g***](#cite_ref-autogenerated1_1-6) [*The Sydney Morning Herald*](https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1301&dat=19741124&id=Vp0pAAAAIBAJ&sjid=CuUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5878,7461331&hl=en) 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-autogenerated3_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-autogenerated3_2-1) [*The Pittsburgh Press*](https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1144&dat=19741127&id=rlQdAAAAIBAJ&sjid=wVYEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7240,5989735&hl=en) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [*Ocala Star-Banner*](https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1356&dat=19741206&id=pHhPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ggUEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4429,1434666&hl=en) 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-The_Times-News_4-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-The_Times-News_4-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-The_Times-News_4-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-The_Times-News_4-3) [*The Times-News*](https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1665&dat=19741207&id=iFMaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=vyQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4045,4614357&hl=en) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** 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. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["'Miss N.Z.' feels sorry for feminists"](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/press/1974/06/05/6). *[The Press](/source/The_Press)*. [Christchurch](/source/Christchurch), New Zealand. 5 June 1974. p. 6. Retrieved 2 January 2026 – via [Papers Past](/source/National_Library_of_New_Zealand#Papers_Past). 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 1974 national titleholders Anneline Kriel Helen Morgan --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Miss World 1974](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_World_1974) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_World_1974?action=history)). 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