Miss Universe 1971

Miss Universe 1971
Date	July 24, 1971
Presenters	Bob Barker
Venue	Miami Beach Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida, United States
Broadcaster	CBS
Entrants	60
Placements	12
Withdraws	Chile, Ceylon, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Hong Kong, Paraguay, Yugoslavia
Returns	Thailand, Trinidad & Tobago, Virgin Islands
Winner	Georgina Rizk  Lebanon

Miss Universe 1971, the 20th Miss Universe pageant, was won by Georgina Rizk of Lebanon. It took place on July 24, 1971 at the Miami Beach Auditorium in Miami Beach, Florida, United States.

Results

Placements

Final results	Contestant
Miss Universe 1971	Lebanon - Georgina Rizk
1st runner-up	Australia - Toni Rayward
2nd runner-up	Finland - Pirjo Aino Laitilla
3rd runner-up	Puerto Rico - Beba Franco
4th runner-up	Brazil - Eliane Parreira Guimarães
Top 12	England - Marilyn Ann Ward  France - Myriam Stocco  Israel - Esther Orgad  Japan - Shigeko Taketomi  Spain - Josefina Román Gutiérrez  USA - Michele McDonald  Virgin Islands - Cherrie Raphaelia Creque

Participating Nations and Results.

Special awards

Award	Contestant
Miss Congeniality	Peru - Magnolia Martínez
Miss Photogenic	Philippines - Vida Valentina Doria
Best National Costume	Mexico - Maria Luisa Lopez Corzo

Contestants

Argentina - Maria 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 Maria Landivar  Brazil - Eliane Parreira Guimaraes  Canada - Lana Drouillard  Colombia - Piedad Mejia Trujillo  Congo-Kinshasa - Martine Mualuke  Costa Rica - Rosa Maria 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-Smid  Honduras - Dunia Aracelly Ortega  Iceland - Gudrun Valgardsdottir  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 - Maria Luisa Lopez Corzo  New Zealand - Linda Jane Ritchie  Nicaragua - Xiomara Paguaga Rodriguez  Norway - Ruby Reitan  Panama - Gladys Isaza  Peru - Magnolia Martinez  Philippines - Vida Valentina Fernandez Doria  Portugal - Maria Celmira Pereira Bauleth  Puerto Rico - Beba Franco  Scotland - Elizabeth Montgomery  Singapore - Jenny Ser Wang  Spain - Josefina Roman Gutierrez  Suriname - Marcelle Darou  Sweden - Vivian Oihanen  Switzerland - Anita Andrini  Thailand - Warunee Sangsirinavin  Trinidad and Tobago - Sally Karamath  Tunisia - Aida Mzali  Turkey - Filiz Vural  Uruguay - Alba Techira  USA - Michele Marlene McDonald  Venezuela - Jeannette Amelia Donzella Sanchez  Virgin Islands - Cherrie Raphelia Creque  Wales - Dawn Cater

Panel of Judges

Julio Alemán Margareta Arvidsson Edilson Cid Varela Eileen Ford George Fowler Yousuf Karsh

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

External links

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