Miss World 1972

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Miss World 1972 was the 22nd edition of the Miss World pageant, held at the Royal Albert Hall in London, England, United Kingdom[1] on 1 December 1972 on BBC. Fifty-three delegates vied for the crown won by Belinda Green of Australia.[2][1][3][4] 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 1967, Costa Rica in 1969 and Hong Kong and Liberia in 1970.

Also, the withdrawal of Ceylon,Template:Efn 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 1972 was not allowed to compete despite having British citizenship. She would later try to compete again in 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.[5][6][7]

Results

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Countries and territories which sent delegates and results for Miss World 1972[3][4]
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Judges

A panel of judges evaluated the contestants' performances.[3] Peter Sellers was one of the judges.[3]

Contestants

Miss World 1972 had a total of 53 contestants.[3] Seven contestants did not arrive on time, and were disqualified from the event.[3][8]

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