Miss World 1957

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Miss World 1957 was the seventh Miss World pageant, held at the Lyceum Ballroom in London, United Kingdom on 14 October 1957.

At the end of the event, Petra Schürmann of West Germany crowned Marita Lindahl of Finland as Miss World 1957. This is the first victory of Finland in the history of the pageant.

Contestants from twenty-three countries participated in this year's pageant. The pageant was hosted by Eric Morley.

Background

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Lyceum Ballroom, venue of Miss World 1957

Selection of participants

Twenty-three contestants were selected to compete in the pageant. One contestant was appointed to represent her country after being a runner-up in her national pageant.

Replacements

Miss Holland 1957, Corine Rottschäfer was supposed to compete in this edition. However, since she had already won Miss Europe, she was replaced by her first runner-up, Christina van Zijp to compete in Miss World. Rottschäfer later competed at Miss World 1959 and won.[1]

Debuts, returns and withdrawals

This edition marked the debut of Canada and Luxembourg, and the return of Australia, which last competed in 1955.

Zubaida Tharwat of Egypt and Yvonne Bridel of Switzerland did not participate due to budget constraints. Tharwat also withdrew from the competition due to the dispute between the United Kingdom and Egypt over the Suez Canal.[2]

Leyla Sayar of Turkey did not participate for undisclosed reasons. New Zealand withdrew after its respective organization failed to hold a national competition or appoint a delegate.

Monica Amekoafia of Ghana was supposed to participate, but chose to get married.[3] Alicja Bobrowska of Poland withdrew from the competition for undisclosed reasons.[4]

Results

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Miss World 1957 participating countries and territories

Placements

Placement Contestant
Miss World 1957
1st runner-up
2nd runner-up
3rd runner-up
4th runner-up
5th runner-up
6th runner-up

Pageant

Format

The number of placements in this edition has been increased to seven from six in the previous edition. The seven finalists were selected through a preliminary competition held on the day of the final competition consisting of a swimsuit and an evening gown competition.[5]

Selection committee

Contestants

Twenty-three contestants competed for the title.[7]

Country Contestant AgeTemplate:Efn Hometown
File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia Ronnie Goodlet[8] 32 Victoria
File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria Lilo Fischer[7] 18 Graz
File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium Jeanne Chandelle[9] 18 Brussels
File:Canadian Red Ensign (1957–1965).svg Canada Judith Welch[7] 20 Toronto
File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark Lilian Juul Madsen[10] 19 Copenhagen
File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland Marita Lindahl[11] 19 Helsinki
File:Flag of France.svg France Claude Inès Navarro[12] 19 Maoussa
File:Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Greece Naná Gasparatou[13] – Athens
File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Holland Christina van Zijp[14] 21 The Hague
File:Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland Rúna Brynjólfdóttir[15] – Reykjavík
File:Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland Nessa Welsh[16] 19 Dublin
File:Flag of Israel.svg Israel Sara Elimor[7] 17 Tel Aviv
File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy Anna Gorassini[7] 21 Milan
File:Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Japan Muneko Yorifuji[17] 21 Osaka
File:Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg Josee Jaminet[7] 18 Luxembourg City
File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco Danielle Muller[18] 19 Casablanca
File:Flag of South Africa (1928–1982).svg South Africa Adele June Kruger[19] 21 Johannesburg
File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Elenore Edin[20] 22 Stockholm
File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia Jacqueline Tapia[21] 17 Tunis
File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great BritainTemplate:Efn Leila Williams[22] 20 Walsall
File:Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg United States Charlotte Sheffield[23] 21 Salt Lake City
File:Flag of Venezuela (1954–2006).svg Venezuela Consuelo Nouel[24] 23 Caracas
File:Flag of Germany.svg West Germany Annemarie Karsten[20] 19 Lübeck

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References

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