Miss World 1974

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.

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 runner-ups.

Anneline Kriel of South Africa was crowned the new Miss World after Morgan's resignation.

Results

Placements

Final results	Contestant
Miss World 1974	United Kingdom - Helen Morgan (resigned)
1st runner-up	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