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Miss World 1951
Date	29 July 1951
Presenters	Eric Morley
Venue	Lyceum Ballroom, London, United Kingdom
Entrants	27
Placements	5
Debuts	Denmark France Holland Sweden United Kingdom United States
Winner	Kiki Håkansson Sweden

Miss World 1951, the first Miss World pageant, was held on 29 July 1951 at the Lyceum Ballroom in London, United Kingdom. The contest was originally intended to be a one-off event connected with the Festival of Britain. A total of 27 contestants competed for the inaugural Miss World title.

The winner was Kiki Håkansson from Sweden. She wore a bikini when being crowned, the only winner to ever do so.

Results

Final Result	Contestants
Miss World 1951	Sweden - Kiki Håkansson
1st runner-up	Great Britain - Laura Ellison Davies
2nd runner-up	Great Britain - Doreen Dawne
3rd runner-up	France - Jacqueline Lemoine
4th runner-up	Great Britain - Aileen P. Chase

Contestants

27 contestants competed for the first edition of Miss World

• Great Britain-Aileen P.Chase
• Great Britain-Ann Rosemary Weat
• Great Britain-Brenda Mee
• Great Britain-Doreen Dawne
• Great Britain-Eline M.Price
• Great Britain-Fay Cotton
• Great Britain-Jean Sweeney
• Great Britain-Jean Worthe
• Great Britain-Laura Ellison-Davis
• Great Britain-Margareth Mills
• Great Britain-Margareth Morgan
• Great Britain-Margareth Turner
• Great Britain-Marlene Ann Dee
• Great Britain-Mary McLaney
• Great Britain-Maureen O'Neill
• Great Britain-Nina Way
• Great Britain-Norma Kitchen
• Great Britain-Pat Cameron
• Great Britain-Sydney Walker
• Great Britain-Sylvia Wren
• Great Britain-Thelma Kerr
• Denmark-Lily Jacobson
• France- Jacqueline Lemoine
• Holland-Margaret van Beer
• Sweden-Kiki Håkansson
• United States-Annette Gibson

External links

• Miss World official website

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