Miss Universe 1971

Miss Universe 1971
Miss Universe 1971
	Georgina Rizk
Date	24 July 1971
Presenters	Bob Barker; June Lockhart;
Venue	Miami Beach Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida, United States
Broadcaster	CBS (WTVJ)
Entrants	60
Placements	12
Withdrawals	Chile; Ceylon; Czechoslovakia; Denmark; Hong Kong; Paraguay;
Returns	Thailand; Trinidad and Tobago; United States Virgin Islands;
Winner	Georgina Rizk; Lebanon
Congeniality	Magnolia Martinez ; Peru
Best National Costume	Maria Luisa Lopez Corzo ; Mexico
Photogenic	Vida Valentina Doria ; Philippines
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Miss Universe 1971 was the 20th Miss Universe pageant, held at the Miami Beach Auditorium in Miami Beach, Florida, United States on 24 July 1971.

At the end of the event, Marisol Malaret of Puerto Rico crowned Georgina Rizk of Lebanon as Miss Universe 1971. It is the first victory of Lebanon in the competition.^[1]

Contestants from sixty countries and territories participated in this year's pageant. The pageant was hosted by Bob Barker in his fifth consecutive year, while June Lockhart provided commentary and analysis throughout the event.

Results

Placements

Placement	Contestant
Miss Universe 1971	Lebanon – Georgina Rizk^[2]
1st runner-up	Australia – Toni Rayward^[2]
2nd runner-up	Finland – Pirjo Laitila^[2]
3rd runner-up	Puerto Rico – Beba Franco^[2]
4th runner-up	Brazil – Eliane Guimarães^[2]
Top 12	England – Marilyn Ward^[2] France – Myriam Stocco^[2] Israel – Ester Orgad^[2] Japan – Shigeko Taketomi^[2] Spain – Josefina Román^[2] United States – Michele McDonald^[2] United States Virgin Islands – Cherrie Creque^[2]

Contestants

Sixty contestants competed for the title.

Country/Territory	Contestant	Age^[a]	Hometown
Argentina	María del Carmen Vidal^[3]	21	Santa Fe
Aruba	Vallita Maduro^[4]	–	Santa Cruz
Australia	Toni Rayward^[5]	19	Sydney
Austria	Edeltraud Neubauer^[6]	18	Vienna
Bahamas	Muriel Rahming^[7]	24	Nassau
Belgium	Martine De Hert^[8]	18	Antwerp
Bermuda	Rene Furbert	20	Paget Parish
Bolivia	Ana María Landívar^[9]	18	Sucre
Brazil	Eliane Guimarães^[10]	21	Mariana
Canada	Lana Drouillard^[11]	20	Ancaster
Colombia	Piedad Mejía^[12]	22	Manizales
Congo-Kinshasa	Martine Mualuke	19	Kinshasa
Costa Rica	Rosa María Rivera^[13]	18	San José
Curaçao	Maria Vonhogen^[14]	–	Willemstad
Dominican Republic	Sagrario Reyes	–	El Seibo
Ecuador	Ximena Moreno	18	Quito
England	Marilyn Ann Ward^[15]	21	Hampshire
Finland	Pirjo Laitila	20	Helsinki
France	Myriam Stocco	20	Languedoc-Roussillon
Germany	Vera Kirst	22	Bavaria
Greece	Angela Carayanni	18	Athens
Guam	Linda Mariano Avila	18	Mangilao
Holland	Laura Mulder-Snid	18	Amsterdam
Honduras	Dunia Ortega	–	Santa Bárbara
Iceland	Guðrún Valgarðsdóttir	18	Skagafjörður
India	Raj Gill	18	Dhule
Ireland	Marie Bernadette Hughes	22	Dublin
Israel	Ester Orgod	19	Eilat
Italy	Mara Palvarini	20	Mantua
Jamaica	Suzette Marilyn Wright	–	Clarendon
Japan	Shigeko Taketomi	21	Tokyo
Lebanon	Georgina Rizk	18	Beirut
Luxembourg	Mariette Francoise Fay	–	Mersch
Malaysia	Yvette Baterman^[16]	21	Shah Alam
Malta	Felicity Carbott	19	Valletta
Mexico	María Luisa López^[17]	21	Mexico City
New Zealand	Linda Jane Ritchie	21	Auckland
Nicaragua	Xiomara Paguaga	20	Managua
Norway	Ruby Reitan	23	Oslo
Panama	Gladys Isaza	18	Panama City
Peru	Magnolia Martínez^[18]	24	Lima
Philippines	Vida Doria^[19]	20	Binmaley
Portugal	Maria Celmira Pereira Bauleth	18	Portuguese Angola
Puerto Rico	Beba Franco	24	San Juan
Scotland	Elizabeth Montgomery	18	Ayr
Singapore	Jenny Wong^[20]	23	Singapore
South Korea	Noh Mi-ae	–	Seoul
Spain	Josefina Román	24	Cádiz
Suriname	Marcelle Darou	–	Paramaribo
Sweden	Vivian Oihanen	20	Vaxholm
Switzerland	Anita Andrini	19	Ticino
Thailand	Warunee Sangsirinavin	19	Bangkok
Trinidad and Tobago	Sally Karamath	22	San Fernando
Tunisia	Aida Mzali	–	Tunis
Turkey	Filiz Vural	18	Istanbul
Uruguay	Alba Techira	18	Montevideo
United States	Michele McDonald^[21]	19	Butler
United States Virgin Islands	Cherrie Creque^[22]	20	Saint Croix
Venezuela	Jeannette Donzella	18	Monagas
Wales	Dawn Cater	19	Cardiff

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