- Miss World 1951
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Miss World 1951 Date 29 July 1951 Presenters Eric Morley Venue Lyceum Theatre, London, UK Entrants 26 (5 foreign and 21 British) Placements 5 Debuts Britain, Denmark, France, Holland, Sweden, United States Winner Kicki Håkansson
SwedenMiss World 1951, the first annual Miss World pageant, was held on 29 July 1951 at Lyceum Theatre, London, UK. 21 British delegates and 5 from foreign countries; a total of 26 contestants, competed for the inaugural Miss World title. The winner was Kiki Håkansson from Sweden.
Contents
Results
Final Results Contestant Miss World 1951 - Sweden - Kicki Håkansson
1st Runner-up 
Britain - Laura Ellison-Davies
2nd Runner-up - Britain - Doreen Dawne
3rd Runner-up 
Holland - Sabine Aime di Angelo
4th Runner-up - Britain - Aileen Chase
Contestants
Foreign Contestants
Denmark - Lily Jacobson
France - Jacqueline Lemoine- Holland - Sabine Aime di Angelo
- Sweden - Kerstin "Kicki" Håkansson
United States - Annette Gibson
British Contestants- Pat Cameron
- Aileen P. Chase
- Fay Cotton
- Doreen Dawne
- Marlene Ann Dee
- Laura Ellison-Davies
- Brenda Mee
- Elayne Pryce
- Sidney Walker
- Nina Way
- Ann Rosemary West
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Notes
Unknown Names
- The names of the 10 contestants from Britain to be confirmed later.
Other Notes
- Elayne Pryce (Britain) competed in Miss Europe 1949. She failed to place.
- Aileen Chase (Britain) competed in Miss Universe 1952. She failed to place.
- Doreen Dawne (Britain) would later competed in Miss World 1952.
- Brenda Mee (Britain) would later competed in Miss World 1953.
- Marlene Ann Dee (Britain) competed in Miss Europe 1953, where she placed as the 1st Runner-up.
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