Miss World 1974

Miss World 1974
Date	22 November 1974
Presenters	Michael Aspel David Vine†
Venue	Royal Albert Hall, London, United Kingdom
Broadcaster	BBC
Entrants	58
Placements	15
Debuts	Barbados Guernsey Jersey Zambia
Withdrawals	Cyprus Iceland Luxembourg Mauritius Peru Portugal Seychelles Turkey
Returns	Costa Rica Denmark Ecuador India Madagascar Nicaragua Tunisia West Germany
Winner	Helen Morgan (resigned) Anneline Kriel (assumed) South Africa

Miss World 1974 was the 24th edition of the Miss World pageant, held on 22 November 1974 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, United Kingdom. The event was viewed by an estimated 30 million people, and was a "Wide World Special" on the ABC Television Network.

Helen Morgan of the United Kingdom was crowned the winner at the end of the event by Mrs. Julia Morley, becoming the second Welsh and fourth woman from the United Kingdom to win the title. Although it was known to the organizers at the time that she had a child as a single mother when she has crowned Miss Wales, due to intense pressure and media interest Morgan resigned four days later. The wife of the child's father had given many media interviews in the hours following the contest, creating extremely negative and lurid headlines. Morgan was the first Miss World titleholder to officially resign, and the second not to finish her reign as Miss World, after Marjorie Wallace in 1973.

Morgan had represented Wales in Miss Universe 1974 pageant earlier that year and placed first runner-up to eventual winner Amparo Muñoz of Spain. When Muñoz relinquished her Miss Universe title later that year, Morgan had already been outed as a mother and, therefore, ineligible to succeed Muñoz as Miss Universe. Muñoz was not replaced by any of the other runners-up.

Anneline Kriel of South Africa was crowned the new Miss World after Morgan's resignation. This was the second time that South Africa had won the title of Miss World.

Debuts, returns, and, withdrawals

This edition marked the debut of Barbados, Guernsey, Jersey and Zambia and the return of Madagascar, which last competed in 1961, Denmark last competed in 1970, Nicaragua and Tunisia last competed in 1971, and Costa Rica, Ecuador, India and Western Germany last competed in 1972.

Cyprus, Iceland, Luxembourg, Mauritius, Peru, Portugal and Seychelles, withdrew from the competition for unknown reasons. Miss Turkey 1974, Melek Ayberk withdrew from the competition for unknown reasons.

Results

Countries and territories which sent delegates and results for Miss World 1974

Placements

Placement	Contestant
Miss World 1974	United Kingdom – Helen Morgan (resigned)
1st runner-up	South Africa – Anneline Kriel (successor)
2nd runner-up	Israel – Lea Klain
3rd runner-up	Australia – Gail Petith
4th runner-up	United States – Terry Ann Browning
Top 7	Japan – Chikako Shima Sweden – Jill Lindqvist
Top 15	Barbados – Linda Yvonne Field Brazil – Mariza Sommer Ireland – Julie Ann Farnham Jamaica – Andrea Lyon New Zealand – Sue Nicholson Norway – Torill Mariann Larsen South Africa – Evelyn Peggy Williams Spain – Natividad Rodríguez

Contestants

• Argentina – Sara Barberi
• Aruba – Esther Angeli Luisa Marugg
• Australia – Gail Margaret Petith
• Austria – Eveline Engleder
• Bahamas – Monique Betty Cooper
• Barbados – Linda Yvonne Field
• Belgium – Anne-Marie Sophie Sikorski
• Bermuda – Joyce Ann de Rosa
• Botswana – Rosemary Moleti
• Brazil – Mariza Sommer
• Canada – Sandra Margaret Emily Campbell
• Colombia – Luz María Osorio Fernández
• Costa Rica – Rose Marie Leprade Coto
• Denmark – Jane Moller
• Dominican Republic – Giselle Scanlon Grullón
• Ecuador – Silvia Aurora Jurado Estrada
• Finland – Merja Talvikki Ekman
• France – Edna Tepava
• Gibraltar – Patricia Orfila
• Greece – Evgenia Dafni
• Guam – Rosemary Pablo Laguna
• Guernsey – Gina Elizabeth Ann Atkinson
• Holland – Gerarda Sophia Balm
• Honduras – Leslie Suez Ramírez
• Hong Kong – Judy Denise Anita Dirkin
• India – Kiran Dholakia
• Ireland – Julie Ann Farnham
• Israel – Lea Klain
• Italy – Zaira Zoccheddu
• Jamaica – Andrea Lyon
• Japan – Chikako Shima
• Jersey – Christine Marjorie Sangan
• Lebanon – Gisèle Hachem
• Madagascar – Raobelina Harisoa
• Malaysia – Shirley Tan
• Malta – Mary Louis Elull
• Mexico – Guadalupe del Carmen Elorriaga Valdés
• New Zealand – Sue Nicholson
• Nicaragua – Francis Duarte de León Tapia
• Norway – Torill Mariann Larsen
• Philippines – Agnes Benisano Rustia
• Puerto Rico – Loyda Eunice Valle Blas Machado
• Singapore – Valerie Oh Choon Lian
• South Africa – Anneline Kriel
• South Africa – Evelyn Peggy Williams
• South Korea – Shim Kyoung-sook
• Spain – Natividad Rodríguez Fuentes
• Sri Lanka – Vinodini Roshanara Jayskera
• Sweden – Jill Lindqvist
• Switzerland – Astrid Maria Angst
• Thailand – Orn-Jir Chaisatra
• Tunisia – Zohra Kehlifi
• United Kingdom – Helen Elizabeth Morgan
• United States – Terry Ann Browning
• Venezuela – Alicia Rivas Serrano
• West Germany – Sabrina Erlmeier
• Yugoslavia – Jadranka Banjac
• Zambia – Christine Munkombwe