Miss World 1974

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

Countries and territories which sent delegates and results.

Miss World 1974, the 24th Miss World pageant, was held on November 22, 1974 in the Royal Albert Hall, London, England.

Helen Elizabeth Morgan of the United Kingdom was crowned the winner at the end of the event, 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.^{[citation needed]}

Morgan had represented Wales in the 1974 Miss Universe 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
Semifinalists	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

Special Awards

• Miss Personality: Judy Dirkin  Hong Kong
• Miss Photogenic: Jadranka Banjac  Yugoslavia

Delegates

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 Maria 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 Ramirez  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 Valdéz  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

Returning countries and Debuts

• Barbados, Guernsey, Jersey, and Zambia competed in Miss World for the first time.
• Madagascar last competed in 1961.
• Denmark last competed in 1970.
• Nicaragua and Tunisia last competed in 1971.
• Costa Rica, Ecuador, Germany, and India last competed in 1972.

External links

• Pageantopolis
• Jimmy's Pageant Page