Miss Universe 1971

Miss Universe 1971
Date	24 July 1971
Presenters	Bob Barker, June Lockhart
Venue	Miami Beach Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida, United States
Broadcaster	CBS
Entrants	60
Placements	12
Withdrawals	Chile, Ceylon, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Hong Kong, Paraguay, Yugoslavia
Returns	Thailand, Trinidad & Tobago, Virgin Islands
Winner	Georgina Rizk Lebanon
Congeniality	Magnolia Martinez Peru
Best National Costume	Maria Luisa Lopez Corzo Mexico
Photogenic	Vida Valentina Doria Philippines

Miss Universe 1971, the 20th Miss Universe pageant, was held on 24 July 1971 at the Miami Beach Auditorium in Miami Beach, Florida, USA. Georgina Rizk of Lebanon was crowned by Marisol Malaret of Puerto Rico.

Results

Miss Universe 1971 competing nations and territories and the results

Placements

Final results	Contestant
Miss Universe 1971	Lebanon - Georgina Rizk
1st runner-up	Australia - Toni Rayward
2nd runner-up	Finland - Pirjo Laitila
3rd runner-up	Puerto Rico - Beba Franco
4th runner-up	Brazil - Eliane Guimarães
Semi-finalists	England - Marilyn Ward France - Myriam Stocco Israel - Ester Orgad Japan - Shigeko Taketomi Spain - Josefina Román USA - Michele McDonald Virgin Islands - Cherrie Creque

Special awards

Awards	Contestant
Miss Congeniality	Peru - Magnolia Martínez
Miss Photogenic	Philippines - Vida Valentina Doria
Best National Costume	Mexico - María Luisa López Corzo

Order of announcements

Top 12

1. England
2. Lebanon
3. France
4. Puerto Rico
5. Spain
6. Virgin Islands
7. Finland
8. Brazil
9. Israel
10. Japan
11. U.S.A.
12. Australia

Top 5

1. Australia
2. Finland
3. Lebanon
4. Brazil
5. Puerto Rico

Judges

• Julio Alemán
• Margareta Arvidsson - Miss Universe 1966 from Sweden
• Edilson Cid Varela
• Eileen Ford
• George Fowler
• Yousuf Karsh

• Dong Kingman
• Jean-Louis Lindican
• Line Renaud
• Hitsiro Watanabe
• Earl Wilson

Contestants

• Argentina - María del Carmen Vidal
• Aruba - Vicenta Vallita Maduro
• Australia - Tony Suzanne Rayward
• Austria - Edeltraud Neubauer
• Bahamas - Muriel Terah Rahming
• Belgium - Martine Yasmine De Hert
• Bermuda - Rene Furbert
• Bolivia - Ana María Landívar
• Brazil - Eliane Parreira Guimarães
• Canada - Lana Drouillard
• Colombia - Piedad Mejía Trujillo
• Congo - Martine Mualuke
• Costa Rica - Rosa María Rivera
• Curaçao - Maria Vonhogen
• Dominican Republic - Sagrario Reyes
• Ecuador - Ximena Moreno Ochoa
• England - Marilyn Ann Ward
• Finland - Pirjo Aino Irene Laitila
• France - Myriam Stocco
• Germany - Vera Kirst
• Greece - Angela Carayanni
• Guam - Linda Mariano Avila
• Holland - Laura Mulder-Snid
• Honduras - Dunia Aracelly Ortega
• Iceland - Guðrún Valgarðsdóttir
• India - Raj Gill
• Ireland - Marie Hughes
• Israel - Ester Orgod
• Italy - Mara Palvarini
• Jamaica - Suzette Marilyn Wright

• Japan - Shigeko Taketomi
• Korea - Noh Mi-ae
• Lebanon - Georgina Rizk
• Luxembourg - Mariette Francoise Fay
• Malaysia - Yvette Baterman
• Malta - Felicity Celia Carbott
• Mexico - María Luisa López Corzo
• New Zealand - Linda Jane Ritchie
• Nicaragua - Xiomara Paguaga Rodríguez
• Norway - Ruby Reitan
• Panama - Gladys Isaza
• Peru - Magnolia Martínez
• Philippines - Vida Valentina Fernandez Doria
• Portugal - Maria Celmira Pereira Bauleth
• Puerto Rico - Beba Franco
• Scotland - Elizabeth Montgomery
• Singapore - Jenny Ser Wang
• Spain - Josefina Román Gutiérrez
• Surinam - Marcelle Darou
• Sweden - Vivian Oihanen
• Switzerland - Anita Andrini
• Thailand - Warunee Sangsirinavin
• Trinidad & Tobago - Sally Karamath
• Tunisia - Aida Mzali
• Turkey - Filiz Vural
• Uruguay - Alba Techira
• USA - Michele McDonald
• Venezuela - Jeannette Amelia Coromoto Donzella Sánchez
• Virgin Islands - Cherrie Raphaelia Creque
• Wales - Dawn Cater

Notes

Crossovers

Miss World

• 1970: Lebanon - Georgina Rizk (as Georgette Rizk)
• 1970: Spain - Josefina Román Gutiérrez
• 1971: England - Marilyn Ann Ward (1st runner-up, as United Kingdom)
• 1971: France - Myriam Stocco (6th runner-up)
• 1971: Belgium - Martine Yasmine De Hert
• 1971: Bermuda - Rene Furbert
• 1971: Canada - Lana Drouillard
• 1971: New Zealand - Linda Jane Ritchie

Reinado Internacional del Café

• 1972: Ecuador - Ximena Moreno Ochoa (1st runner-up)
• 1972: Venezuela - Jeannette Amelia Coromoto Donzella Sánchez (2nd runner-up)

Miss Europe

• 1970: Germany - Vera Kirst
• 1971: Turkey - Filiz Vural (winner)
• 1971: France - Myriam Stocco (3rd runner-up)
• 1971: Holland - Laura Mulder-Snid (4th runner-up)
• 1971: Finland - Pirjo Aino Irene Laitila (semi-finalist)
• 1971: Spain - Josefina Román Gutiérrez (Miss Amity)
• 1971: Belgium - Martine Yasmine De Hert
• 1971: Norway - Ruby Reitan
• 1971: Switzerland - Anita Andrini

Miss Scandinavia

• 1972: Sweden - Vivian Oihanen (1st runner-up, Miss Press)
• 1972: Finland - Pirjo Aino Irene Laitila (4th runner-up)
• 1972: Norway - Ruby Reitan

Un Volto Per Il Cinema

• 1971: Luxembourg - Mariette Francoise Fay

External links

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