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Miss World 1957
Marita Lindahl
Date14 October 1957
PresentersEric Morley
VenueLyceum Ballroom, London, United Kingdom
Entrants23
Placements7
Debuts
  • Canada
  • Luxembourg
Withdrawals
  • Egypt
  • New Zealand
  • Switzerland
  • Turkey
Returns
  • Australia
WinnerMarita Lindahl
Finland
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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

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

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 Age[a] Hometown
 Australia Ronnie Goodlet[8] 32 Victoria
 Austria Lilo Fischer[7] 18 Graz
 Belgium Jeanne Chandelle[9] 18 Brussels
 Canada Judith Welch[7] 20 Toronto
 Denmark Lilian Juul Madsen[10] 19 Copenhagen
 Finland Marita Lindahl[11] 19 Helsinki
 France Claude Inès Navarro[12] 19 Maoussa
 Greece Naná Gasparatou[13] – Athens
 Holland Christina van Zijp[14] 21 The Hague
 Iceland Rúna Brynjólfdóttir[15] – Reykjavík
 Ireland Nessa Welsh[16] 19 Dublin
 Israel Sara Elimor[7] 17 Tel Aviv
 Italy Anna Gorassini[7] 21 Milan
 Japan Muneko Yorifuji[17] 21 Osaka
 Luxembourg Josee Jaminet[7] 18 Luxembourg City
 Morocco Danielle Muller[18] 19 Casablanca
 South Africa Adele June Kruger[19] 21 Johannesburg
 Sweden Elenore Edin[20] 22 Stockholm
 Tunisia Jacqueline Tapia[21] 17 Tunis
 Great Britain[b] Leila Williams[22] 20 Walsall
 United States Charlotte Sheffield[23] 21 Salt Lake City
 Venezuela Consuelo Nouel[24] 23 Caracas
 West Germany Annemarie Karsten[20] 19 Lübeck

Notes

  1. ^ Age at the time of the pageant
  2. ^ Competed as Great Britain in the pageant


References

  1. ^ "Om de mooiste van de wereld Jonge Haagse schone mag meedingen te Londen" [Young beauty from The Hague can compete in London for the most beautiful in the world]. Het Parool (in Dutch). 13 July 1957. p. 3. Retrieved 7 April 2025 – via Delpher.
  2. ^ "Jennifer Lawrence Looks Spookily Like 1950s Egyptian Actress (Says Internet)". HuffPost UK. 25 January 2023. Retrieved 7 April 2025.
  3. ^ Johnson, Elizabeth Ofosuah (24 February 2019). "See the first-ever beauty queens from Africa". Face2Face Africa. Retrieved 7 April 2025.
  4. ^ "Alicja Bobrowska: Poland's Post-War Icon of Beauty and Talent". PolandDaily24.com. 8 January 2025. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h "Charlotte's name missing from 'World' finalists". Deseret News. 15 October 1957. p. 21. Retrieved 7 April 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Geinig tijd voor huwelijksreis: Stirling moet miss World kiezen" [Fun time for honeymoon: Stirling has to choose Miss World]. Het Parool (in Dutch). 9 October 1957. p. 9. Retrieved 13 April 2025 – via Delpher.
  7. ^ a b c d e f "1957 'Miss World' line-up". The Straits Times. 11 October 1957. p. 2. Retrieved 13 April 2025 – via National Library Board.
  8. ^ "Beauty pageants from the past in all their crowning glory". Herald Sun. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
  9. ^ "Erelijst Miss België". De Morgen (in Dutch). 11 January 2010. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
  10. ^ "Pernille Sørensen crowned Miss World Denmark". The Times of India. 7 October 2014. Archived from the original on 28 February 2023. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
  11. ^ "Suomen ainoa Miss Maailma Marita Lindahl on kuollut – lue puolison koskettava kirje" [Finland's only Miss World Marita Lindahl has died - read the touching letter from her husband]. Yle (in Finnish). 31 August 2017 [27 June 2017]. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
  12. ^ Belingard, Christian (5 December 2012). "La fabuleuse histoire des Miss se prolonge samedi soir au Zénith de Limoges". France 3 Nouvelle-Aquitaine (in French). Retrieved 13 April 2025.
  13. ^ "7th Miss World - 1957". Miss World. Archived from the original on 22 February 2025. Retrieved 30 April 2025.
  14. ^ "De mooiste Miss" [The most beautiful Miss]. De Volkskrant (in Dutch). 18 July 1957. p. 7. Retrieved 13 April 2025 – via Delpher.
  15. ^ "Op de heliport te Rotterdam arriveerden zaterdagmorgen per helicopter uit Brussel' vijj schoonheidskoninginnen op wiinodigiginp; van een aantal modehuizen" [On Saturday morning, five beauty queens arrived at the heliport in Rotterdam by helicopter from Brussels; of several fashion houses.]. Friese koerier (in Dutch). 7 October 1957. p. 1. Retrieved 13 April 2025 – via Delpher.
  16. ^ "Flu hits the Miss World misses". The Straits Times. 14 October 1957. p. 2. Retrieved 13 April 2025 – via National Library Board.
  17. ^ "Japanese Beauties". Spokane Daily Chronicle. 14 June 1957. p. 33. Retrieved 13 April 2025 – via Google News Archive.
  18. ^ Babas, Latifa (11 February 2019). "Histoire : Quand le Maroc était représenté dans les concours internationaux de beauté". Yabiladi (in French). Retrieved 13 April 2025.
  19. ^ Abrahams, Miguel (12 June 2018). "Adele relives her Miss SA, Miss World pageant days". Bedfordview Edenvale News. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
  20. ^ a b "De zes meisjes, die u van deze" [The six girls you like this]. Nieuw Utrechtsch dagblad (in Dutch). 8 October 1957. p. 5. Retrieved 13 April 2025 – via Delpher.
  21. ^ Ben Khalifa, Lotfi (14 February 2019). "Voyage avec les nymphes tunisiennes". Le Temps (in French). Retrieved 13 April 2025 – via PressReader.
  22. ^ "British beauty". The Singapore Free Press. 11 September 1957. p. 11. Retrieved 13 April 2025 – via National Library Board.
  23. ^ "Universe". Deseret News. 18 July 1957. pp. 1, 4. Retrieved 13 April 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  24. ^ Suárez, Orlando (27 July 2022). "Misses venezolanas de sangre azul". El Diario (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 April 2025.
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