Miss World 1974

Miss World 1974
Date	22 November 1974
Presenters	Michael Aspel, David Vine
Venue	Royal Albert Hall, London, UK
Broadcaster	BBC
Entrants	58
Debuts	Barbados, Guernsey, Jersey, Zambia
Withdrawals	Iceland, Luxembourg, Mauritius, Peru, Portugal, Seychelles, Turkey
Returns	Costa Rica, Denmark, Ecuador, Germany, India, Madagascar, Nicaragua, Tunisia
Winner	Helen Morgan United Kingdom (resigned) Anneline Kriel South Africa (successor)

Miss World 1974, the 24th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 22 November 1974 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, UK. The event was viewed by an estimated 30 million people, and was a "Wide World Special" on the ABC Television Network.

Helen Elizabeth Morgan of the United Kingdom was crowned the winner at the end of the event by Mrs. Julia Morley, becoming the second Welsh and fourth woman from the United Kingdom to win the title. She resigned four days later on discovery that she had a child. Morgan was the first Miss World titleholder to officially resign, and the third not to finish her reign as Miss World, after Marjorie Wallace in 1973 and Lúcia Petterle in 1971.

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.

Results

Countries and territories which sent delegates and results for Miss World 1974

Placements

Final results	Contestant
Miss World 1974	United Kingdom – Helen Morgan (resigned) South Africa – Anneline Kriel (successor)
2nd runner-up	Israel – Lea Klain
3rd runner-up	Australia – Gail Margaret Petith
4th runner-up	United States – Terry Ann Browning
5th runner-up	Sweden – Jill Lindqvist
6th runner-up	Japan – Chikako Shima
Semi-finalists	Africa South – Evelyn Peggy Williams Barbados – Linda Yvonne Field Brazil – Mariza Sommer Ireland – Julie Ann Farnham Jamaica – Andrea Lyon New Zealand – Sue Nicholson Norway – Torill Mariann Larsen Spain – Natividad Rodríguez

Contestants

• Africa South – Evelyn Peggy Williams
• Argentina – Sara Barberi
• Aruba – Esther Angeli Luisa Marugg
• Australia – Gail Margaret Petith
• Austria – Eveline Engleder
• Bahamas – Monique Betty Cooper
• Barbados – Linda Yvonne Field
• Belgium – Anne-Marie Sophie Sikorski
• Bermuda – Joyce Ann de Rosa
• Botswana – Rosemary Moleti
• Brazil – Mariza Sommer
• Canada – Sandra Margaret Emily Campbell
• Colombia – Luz María Osorio Fernández
• Costa Rica – Rose Marie Leprade Coto
• Denmark – Jane Moller
• Dominican Republic – Giselle Scanlon Grullón
• Ecuador – Silvia Aurora Jurado Estrada
• Finland – Merja Talvikki Ekman
• France – Edna Tepava
• Germany – Sabrina Erlmeier
• Gibraltar – Patricia Orfila
• Greece – Evgenia (Nia) Dafni
• Guam – Rosemary Pablo Laguna
• Guernsey – Gina Elizabeth Ann Atkinson
• Holland – Gerarda (Gemma) Sophia Balm
• Honduras – Leslie Suez Ramírez
• Hong Kong – Judy Denise Anita Dirkin
• India – Kiran Dholakia
• Ireland – Julie Ann Farnham
• Israel – Lea Klain
• Italy – Zaira Zoccheddu
• Jamaica – Andrea Lyon
• Japan – Chikako Shima
• Jersey – Christine Marjorie Sangan
• Korea – Shim Kyoung-sook
• Lebanon – Gisèle Hachem
• Madagascar – Raobelina Harisoa
• Malaysia – Shirley Tan
• Malta – Mary Louis Elull
• Mexico – Guadalupe del Carmen Elorriaga Valdés
• New Zealand – Sue Nicholson
• Nicaragua – Francis (Fanny) Duarte de León Tapia
• Norway – Torill Mariann Larsen
• Philippines – Agnes Benisano Rustia
• Puerto Rico – Loyda Eunice Valle Blas Machado
• Singapore – Valerie Oh Choon Lian
• South Africa – Anneline Kriel
• Spain – Natividad Rodríguez Fuentes
• Sri Lanka – Vinodini Roshanara Jayskera
• Sweden – Jill Lindqvist
• Switzerland – Astrid Maria Angst
• Thailand – Orn-Jir Chaisatra
• Tunisia – Zohra Kehlifi
• United Kingdom – Helen Elizabeth Morgan
• United States – Terry Ann Browning
• Venezuela – Alicia Rivas Serrano
• Yugoslavia – Jadranka Banjac
• Zambia – Christine Munkombwe

Notes

Debuts

• Barbados
• Guernsey
• Jersey
• Zambia

Returns

• Last competed in 1961:
  • Madagascar
• Last competed in 1970:
  • Denmark
• Last competed in 1971:
  • Nicaragua
  • Tunisia
• Last competed in 1972:
  • Costa Rica
  • Ecuador
  • Germany
  • India

External links

• Pageantopolis – Miss World 1974