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{{short description|Beauty pageant edition}}
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{{Infobox beauty pageant
| winner     = [[Belinda Green]]<ref name="google.com">{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1817&dat=19721202&id=bhgfAAAAIBAJ&pg=1011,129312&hl=en|title=''The Tuscaloosa News''|access-date=26 January 2016}}</ref><ref name="google.com1">{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=799&dat=19721202&id=rrJPAAAAIBAJ&pg=783,4606536&hl=en|title=''The Bryan Times''|access-date=26 January 2016}}</ref> 
| represented = Australia
| date        = 1 December 1972
| presenters  = {{Hlist|[[Michael Aspel]]|[[David Vine]]†}}
| venue       = [[Royal Albert Hall]], [[London]], United Kingdom
| broadcaster = [[BBC]]
| entrants    = 53
| placements  = 15
| debuts      = {{Hlist|Botswana|Singapore}}
| returns     = {{Hlist|Costa Rica|Honduras|Hong Kong|Liberia}}
| withdraws   = {{Hlist|Ceylon|Cyprus|Guyana|Luxembourg|Nicaragua|Panama|South Korea|Trinidad and Tobago|Tunisia}}
| before      = [[Miss World 1971|1971]]
| next        = [[Miss World 1973|1973]]
}}

'''Miss World 1972''' was the 22nd edition of the [[Miss World]] pageant, held at the [[Royal Albert Hall]] in [[London]], England, United Kingdom<ref name="google.com1"/> on 1 December 1972 on [[BBC]]. Fifty-three delegates vied for the crown won by [[Belinda Green]] of Australia.<ref name="google.com"/><ref name="google.com1"/><ref name="TSMH-1"/><ref name="google.com2">{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=860&dat=19721204&id=d4BUAAAAIBAJ&pg=6864,3487285&hl=en|title=''Ellensburg Daily Record''|access-date=26 January 2016}}</ref> Green became the second Australian winner of the crown in just four years. Since the reigning [[Miss World 1971]], [[Lúcia Petterle]] had suffered a broken arm and was unable to travel to London, the CEO [[Julia Morley]] crowned the new Miss World 1972.

== Selection of participants ==
== Debuts, returns, and, withdrawals ==
This edition marked the debut of Botswana and Singapore, as well as the return of Honduras, which last competed in [[Miss World 1967|1967]], Costa Rica in [[Miss World 1969|1969]] and Hong Kong and Liberia in [[Miss World 1970|1970]].

Also, the withdrawal of Ceylon,{{Efn|Ceylon renamed to [[Sri Lanka]]}} Cyprus, Guyana, Luxembourg, Nicaragua, Panama, South Korea, Trinidad and Tobago and Tunisia, withdrew from the competition for unknown  reasons. Maria Koutrouza of Cyprus and Chung Keum-ok of South Korea, was supposed but don’t show up in the host country. Martha Lucia Cardozo Cruz of Colombia, Regina Melgar de Garcia of Panama —- arrived November 30th, too late to compete and Helga Vera Johns of Rhodesia, [[Miss Rhodesia|Miss Rhodesia 1972]] was not allowed to compete despite having British citizenship. She would later try to compete again in [[Miss World 1975|1975]] as [[Miss South Africa]] but was barred again because she hadn't lived in South Africa for at least 5 years as per the requirements for the Miss World Organization.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZVt0AAAAMAAJ&q=Miss+Rhodesia|title=Sanctions: The Case of Rhodesia|last=Strack|first=Harry R.|date=1978|publisher=Syracuse University Press|isbn=9780815621614|pages=233|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cCCiE0_RDSMC&q=miss+rhodesia&pg=PA149|title=Delta Scout: Ground Coverage Operator|last=Trethowan|first=Anthony|date=2008|publisher=30° South Publishers|isbn=9781920143213|pages=149|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title = More Misdemeanours - And Other Beauty Queen Stories|publication-date = Apr 20, 2016|ol = 35077796M|isbn = 9781326634148|publisher = Lulu Enterprises|author = Sally-Ann Fawcett}}</ref>

== Results ==
[[File:Miss World 1972 Map.PNG|thumb|250px|Countries and territories which sent delegates and results for Miss World 1972<ref name="TSMH-1">{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1301&dat=19721203&id=aPljAAAAIBAJ&pg=1674,991165&hl=en|title=''The Sydney Morning Herald''|access-date=26 January 2016}}</ref><ref name="google.com2"/>]]

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;"
|-
! Placement
! Contestant
|-
| '''Miss World 1972'''
|
* '''{{flag|Australia}}''' – '''[[Belinda Green]]'''<ref name="google.com"/><ref name="google.com1"/><ref name="google.com2"/> 
|-
| 1st runner-up
|
* {{flag|Norway}} – [[Ingeborg Sørensen]]<ref name="google.com1"/> 
|-
| 2nd runner-up
|
* {{flag|Israel}} – Chana Ordan<ref name="google.com1"/> 
|-
| 3rd runner-up
|
* {{flag|Austria}} – Ursula Pacher<ref name="google.com1"/> 
|-
| 4th runner-up
|
* {{flag|India}} – [[Malathi Basappa]]<ref name="google.com1"/> 
|-
| Top 7
|
* {{flag|Finland}} – [[Tuula Anneli Björkling]]<ref name="TSMH-1"/> 
* {{flag|United Kingdom}} – Jenny McAdam<ref name="TSMH-1"/> 
|-
| Top 15
|
* {{flag|Guam}} – Marylou Pangelinan
* {{flag|Mexico}} – Gloria Mayo
* {{flag|Philippines}} – Evangeline Reyes
* {{flag|Seychelles|1961}} – Jane Stravens
* {{flag|South Africa|1928}} – Stephanie Reinecke
* {{flag|Thailand}} – Jintana Jitsophon
* {{flag|United States}} – [[Lynda Carter]]
* {{flag|Yugoslavia}} – Biljana Ristić
|}


== Judges ==
A panel of judges evaluated the contestants' performances.<ref name="TSMH-1"/> [[Peter Sellers]] was one of the judges.<ref name="TSMH-1"/>

==Contestants==
Miss World 1972 had a total of 53 contestants.<ref name="TSMH-1"/> Seven contestants did not arrive on time, and were disqualified from the event.<ref name="TSMH-1"/><ref>{{Cite magazine |date=November 1972 |title=Bharat Sundari and Little Miss India |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iwdDAAAAYAAJ&dq=Firoza%20Cooper%20miss%20india&pg=RA11-PT66 |access-date=3 April 2024 |magazine=Women on the March |pages=25 |language=en |volume=XVI}}</ref>
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* '''{{flag|Argentina|alt}}''' – Olga Edith Cognini Ferrer
* '''{{flag|Netherlands Antilles|1959|name=Aruba}}''' – Sandra Werleman
* '''{{flag|Australia}}''' – '''[[Belinda Green]]'''<ref name="google.com"/><ref name="google.com1"/> 
* '''{{flag|Austria}}''' – Ursula Pacher<ref name="google.com1"/> 
* '''{{flag|Bahamas|1953}}''' – Heather Cleare
* '''{{flag|Belgium}}''' – Anne-Marie Roger
* '''{{flag|Bermuda}}''' – Helen Brown
* '''{{flag|Botswana}}''' – Agnes Motswere Letsebe
* '''{{flag|Brazil|1968}}''' – Ângela Maria Favi
* '''{{flag|Canada}}''' – Bonny Brady
* '''{{flag|Costa Rica}}''' – María Victoria Ross González
* '''{{flag|Dominican Republic|civil}}''' – Teresa Evangelina Medrano
* '''{{flag|Ecuador}}''' – Patricia Falconí
* '''{{flag|Finland}}''' – [[Anneli Björkling|Tuula Anneli Björkling]]<ref name="TSMH-1"/> 
* '''{{flag|France}}''' – Claudine Cassereau
* '''{{flag|Gibraltar|ensign}}''' – Rosemarie Vivian Catania
* '''{{flag|Greece|1970}}''' – Helen Lykissa
* '''{{flag|Guam}}''' – Maria Louise Pangelinan
* '''{{flag|Holland}}''' – Monique Borgeld
* '''{{flag|Honduras|1949}}''' – Doris van Tuyl
* '''{{flag|British Hong Kong|name=Hong Kong}}''' – Gay Mei-Lin
* '''{{flag|Iceland}}''' – Rósa Helgadóttir
* '''{{flag|India}}''' – [[Malathi Basappa]]<ref name="google.com1"/> 
* '''{{flag|Ireland}}''' – Pauline Therese Fitzsimons
* '''{{flag|Israel}}''' – Chana Ordan
* '''{{flag|Italy}}''' – Laura Romano
* '''{{flag|Jamaica}}''' – Gail Geraldeen Phillips
* '''{{flag|Japan|1947}}''' – Akiko Kajitani
* '''{{flag|Liberia}}''' – Cecelia Armena King
* '''{{flag|Malaysia}}''' – Janet Mok Swee Chin
* '''{{flag|Malta}}''' – Jane Attard
* '''{{flag|Mauritius}}''' – Marie Ange Bestel
* '''{{flag|Mexico}}''' – Gloria Guadalupe Gutiérrez López
* '''{{flag|New Zealand}}''' – Kristine Dayle Allan
* '''{{flag|Norway}}''' – [[Ingeborg Sørensen|Ingeborg Marie Sorensen]]<ref name="google.com1"/> 
* '''{{flag|Paraguay}}''' – Rosa Angélica Mussi
* '''{{flag|Philippines|1936}}''' – Evangeline Rosales Reyes<ref>{{Cite news|last=Burton-Titular|first=Joyce|date=1 October 2013|title=From Vivien to Megan: The PH in Miss World history|url=https://www.rappler.com/entertainment/pageants/40304-philippines-miss-world-history/|access-date=28 April 2025|website=[[Rappler]]|language=en|archive-date=24 July 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240724212547/https://onedio.com/haber/hepsi-zirveye-cikti-ancak-hepsi-orada-kalamadi-turkiye-nin-son-25-yildaki-turkiye-guzelleri-simdi-ne-yapiyor-860708|url-status=live}}</ref>
* '''{{flag|Portugal}}''' – Anita Marques
* '''{{flag|Puerto Rico}}''' – [[Ana Nisi Goyco]] †
* '''{{flag|Seychelles|1961}}''' – Jane Edna Straevens
* '''{{flag|Singapore}}''' – Rosalind Lee Eng Neo
* '''{{flag|South Africa|1928}}'''{{Efn|Black representative from South Africa competed as Miss Africa South in the pageant}} – Cynthia Shange
* '''{{flag|South Africa|1928}}''' – Stephanie Elizabeth Reinecke
* '''{{flag|Spain|1945}}''' – María del Rocío Martín Madrigal
* '''{{flag|Sweden}}''' – Rita Berntsson
* '''{{flag|Switzerland}}''' – Astrid Vollenweider
* '''{{flag|Thailand}}''' – Jintana Jitsophon
* '''{{flag|Turkey}}''' – Feyzal Kibarer<ref>{{Cite news|date=4 May 2020|last=Tarihi|first=Güncelleme|title=Güzeller canlı yayında buluştu|trans-title=Beauties met on live broadcast|url=https://www.hurriyet.com.tr/galeri-1929dan-gunumuze-turkiye-guzelleri-41508916|access-date=29 April 2025|website=[[Hürriyet]]|language=tr|archive-date=2 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230102125519/https://www.hurriyet.com.tr/galeri-1929dan-gunumuze-turkiye-guzelleri-41508916|url-status=live}}</ref>
* '''{{flag|United Kingdom}}''' – Jennifer Mary McAdam<ref name="TSMH-1"/> 
* '''{{flag|United States}}''' – [[Lynda Carter]]<ref name="google.com1"/> 
* '''{{flag|Venezuela|1954}}''' – [[Amalia Heller|Amalia Heller Gómez]]
* '''{{flag|West Germany}}''' – Heidemarie Renate Weber
* '''{{flag|Yugoslavia}}''' – Biljana Ristić
{{div col end}}

== Notes ==
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==References==
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{{Miss World}}
{{Miss World 1972 delegates}}

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