Results

Final Results	Contestant
Miss World 1971	Brazil - Lúcia Petterle Lucia Petterle -History:A military brat born in Rio de Janeiro who spent her teenage years in Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, where his father served, back Rio, Lucia began participating in beauty contests for fun, while studying medicine at the University Gama Filho, specializing in endocrinology, and was...
1st Runner-up	United Kingdom - Marilyn Ann Ward
2nd Runner-up	Portugal - Ana De Almeida
3rd Runner-up	Guyana - Nalini Moonsar
4th Runner-up	Jamaica - Ava Joy Gill
Finalists	United States - Brucene Smith Brucene Smith Karen Brucene Smith-Galvan is a former beauty queen from the United States who was crowned Miss World USA 1971 and Miss International 1974.-Early life:...  Early Modern France - Myriam Stocco
Semi-finalists	Australia - Valerie Roberts  Austria - Waltraud Lucas  Guam - Deborah Bordallo Nelson  Israel - Miri Ben-David  South Africa - Monica Fairall  Spain - María García  Sweden - Simonetta Kohl  Venezuela - Ana María Padrón

Special Awards

• Best National Costume - Onelia Ison Jose,  Philippines

Contestants

• ' - Gaily Ryan
•  Argentina - Alicia Beatriz Daneri
• ' - Maria Elizabeth Bruin
• - Valerie Roberts
• - Waltraud Lucas
•  The Bahamas - Frances Clarkson
•  Belgium - Martine De Hert
•  Bermuda - Rene Furbert
• - Lúcia Petterle
  Lucia Petterle
  -History:A military brat born in Rio de Janeiro who spent her teenage years in Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, where his father served, back Rio, Lucia began participating in beauty contests for fun, while studying medicine at the University Gama Filho, specializing in endocrinology, and was...
  
  
•  Canada - Lana Drouillard
• ' - Gail Abayasinghe
• - Kyriaki Koursoumba
• - Haydée Kuret
•  Ecuador - María Cecilia Gómez
•  Finland - Mirja Halme
• - Myriam Stocco
•  Germany - Irene Neumann
•  Gibraltar - Lisette Chipolina
•  Greece - Maria Maltezou
• - Deborah Bordallo Nelson
• - Nalini Moonsar
• ' - Monica Strotmann
•  Iceland - Fanney Bjarnadóttir
•  India - Prema Narayan
  Prema Narayan
  Prema Narayan is a Bollywood actress-dancer. She was the Miss India first runner-up in 1971 and represented India at Miss World 1971.-Career:Prema Narayan was an English teacher in a convent school. She also did modeling for part time....
  
  
•  Republic of Ireland - June Glover
• - Miri Ben-David
•  Italy - Maria Pinnone
• - Ava Joy Gill

•  Japan - Emiko Ikeda
• ' - Lee Young-eun
•  Luxembourg - Mariette Werckx
•  Malaysia - Daphne Munro
•  Malta - Doris Abdilla
•  Mauritius - Marie-Anne Ng Sik Kwong
•  Mexico - Lucía Arellano
•  New Zealand - Linda Ritchie
•  Nicaragua - Soraya Herrera
•  Norway - Kate Starvik
•  Panama - María de Lourdes Rivera
•  Paraguay - Rosa María Duarte
•  Philippines - Onelia Ison Jose
• - Ana De Almeida
•  Puerto Rico - Raquel Quintana
•  Seychelles - Nadia Morel du Boil
•  South Africa - Monica Fairall
•  Spain - María García
• - Simonetta Kohl
•  Switzerland - Patrice Sollner
•  Thailand - Boonyong Thongboon
• ' - Maria Jordan
•  Tunisia - Souad Keneari
•  Turkey - Nil Menemencioglu
• - Marilyn Ann Ward
• - Brucene Smith
  Brucene Smith
  Karen Brucene Smith-Galvan is a former beauty queen from the United States who was crowned Miss World USA 1971 and Miss International 1974.-Early life:...
  
  
• - Ana María Padrón
• ' - Zlata Petković

Returning countries and Debuts

• Bermuda and Guam competed in Miss World for the first time.
• Aruba and Trinidad & Tobago last competed in 1966
  Miss World 1966
  Miss World 1966, the 16th Miss World pageant, was won by Reita Faria of India. It took place on November 17, 1966 at the Lyceum Theatre in London, UK.-Results:-Contestants:*' - Graciela Guardone*' - Reina Patricia Hernandez...
  
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• Panama last competed in 1967
  Miss World 1967
  Miss World 1967, the 17th Miss World pageant, was held on November 16, 1967 at Lyceum Theatre, London, United Kingdom. 55 contestants competed for the Miss World...
  
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• Paraguay last competed in 1969
  Miss World 1969
  The 19th annual Miss World pageant was held for the first time at the Royal Albert Hall on November 22, 1969 on BBC. 50 delegates vied for the crown won by Eva Rueber-Staier of Austria.- Results :*Miss World 1969: Eva Rueber-Staier '...
  
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Other notes

• 9 of the contestants share the name Maria
  Maria
  Maria is a female given name in many diverse cultures, including Mexican, African, Arab, Armenian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian, English, Finnish, German, Greek, Italian, Maltese, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Romanian, Pakistani, Afghan, Serbian, Swedish, Spanish.In Roman Empire the...
  
  . They are: Miss Aruba (Maria Elizabeth Bruin), Miss Ecuador (María Cecilia Gómez), Miss Greece (Maria Maltezou), Miss Italy (Maria Pinnone), Miss Panama (María de Lourdes Rivera), Miss Paraguay (Rosa María Duarte), Miss Spain (María García), Miss Trinidad & Tobago (Maria Jordan) and Miss Venezuela (Ana María Padrón).