Miss World 1952

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At the end of the event, May-Louise Flodin of Sweden was announced as Miss World 1952. It was the first back-to-back victory in Miss World. During the announcement of winners, Flodin was only awarded with a trophy and a bouquet.

The special award was given by to Eva Maria Hellas of Finland, being the award of as the 3rd Runner-Up. As The 4th Runner-Up, There were no winners announced to given as 4th Runner-Up later. but one day, Tally Richards of United States was accepted the offer to used of 4th Runner-Up as the winner.

Eleven contestants from ten countries participated in this year's pageant, the smallest number of contestants in the history of the pageant. The pageant was hosted by Eric Morley.

Background

Selection of participants

Eleven contestants from ten countries were selected to compete in the pageant. One contestant was invited to compete again to even out the number of contestants, while two contestants were appointed to replace the original winner.

Replacements

Elisabeth van Proosdij was set to represent Holland at Miss World.[1] However, van Proosdij chose to get married during her reign.[2] Therefore, Sanny Weitner, first runner-up at Miss Holland 1951, was appointed as the representative of Holland at Miss World.[2]

Debuts and withdrawals

After promoting the competition with twelve contestants, Morley thought of inviting Miss Britain 1951 Marlene Ann Dee to complete the twelve contestants in this edition. This edition marked the debuts of Finland, West Germany, Ireland, and Switzerland. Belgium was also set to debut this year, however, Anne-Marie Pauwels refused to part from her boyfriend during the contest,[3] leading to her disqualification. Thus, only eleven contestants competed in the finals. Leila Teresa Tuma of Syria did not compete due to political tensions.[4]

Results

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Miss World 1952 participating countries

Placements

Placement Contestant
Miss World 1952
1st runner-up
2nd runner-up
3rd runner-up
4th runner-up

Contestants

Twelve or Eleven contestants competed for the title.[8]

Country Contestant AgeTemplate:Efn Hometown
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File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland Script error: No such module "Sort".[9] 19 Helsinki
File:Flag of France.svg France Script error: No such module "Sort".[10] 22 Paris
Template:Country data Holland Script error: No such module "Sort".[11] 19 Amsterdam
File:Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland Script error: No such module "Sort". – Dublin
File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Script error: No such module "Sort".[12] 20 Gothenburg
File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Script error: No such module "Sort". 20 Geneva
File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United KingdomTemplate:Efn Script error: No such module "Sort".[13] 29 London
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File:Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg United States Script error: No such module "Sort".[14] 24 New York City
File:Flag of Germany.svg West Germany Script error: No such module "Sort".[15] 19 Frankfurt

Notes

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