Miss World 1975
Miss World 1975 was the 25th edition of the Miss World pageant, held on 20 November 1975 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, UK. 67 contestants took part in the pageant won by Wilnelia Merced of Puerto Rico. She was crowned by Anneline Kriel of South Africa. Runner-up was Germany, Marina Langer, third place was Vicki Harris representing the United Kingdom, fourth place was Maricela Maxie Clark of Cuba, and Yugoslavia's Ladija Verkovska completed the top five.
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Countries and territories which sent delegates and results for Miss World 1975
Results
Placements
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Miss World 1975 | |
1st runner-up |
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2nd runner-up |
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3rd runner-up |
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4th runner-up |
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Top 7 |
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Top 15 |
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Contestants
Africa South – Lydia Gloria Johnstone
Argentina – Lilian Noemí De Asti
Aruba – Cynthia Marlene Bruin
Australia – Anne Davidson
Austria – Rosemarie Holzschuh
Bahamas – Ava Marilyn Burke
Barbados – Peta Hazel Greaves
Belgium – Christine Delmelle
Bermuda – Donna Louise Wright
Bolivia – María Mónica Guardia
Brazil – Zaida Souza Costa
Canada – Normande Jacques
Colombia – Amanda Amaya Correa
Costa Rica – María Mayela Bolaños Ugalde
Cuba – Maricela Clark
Curaçao – Elvira Nelly Maria Bakker
Denmark – Pia Isa Lauridsen
Dominican Republic – Carmen Rosa Arredondo Pou
El Salvador – Ana Stella Comas Durán
Finland – Leena Kaarina Vainio
France – Sophie Sonia Perin
Germany – Marina Langner
Gibraltar – Lillian Anne Lara
Greece – Bella Adamopoulou
Guam – Dora Ann Quintanilla Camacho
Guernsey – Carol Dawn Le Billon
Haiti – Joelle Apollon
Holland – Barbara Ann Neefs
Honduras – Etelinda Mejía Velásquez
Hong Kong – Teresa Chu Tsui-Kuen
Iceland – Halldóra Björk Jónsdóttir
India – Anjana Sood
Ireland – Elaine Rosemary O'Hara
Israel – Atida Mor
Italy – Vanna Bortolini
Japan – Chiharu Fujiwara
Jersey – Susan Maxwell de Gruchy
South Korea – Lee Sung-hee
Lebanon – Ramona Karam
Luxembourg – Marie Thérèse Manderschied
Malaysia – Fauziah Haron
Malta – Marie Grace Ciantar
Mauritius – Marielle Tse Sik-Sun
Mexico – Blanca Patricia López Esparza
New Zealand – Janet Andrea Nugent
Nicaragua – María Auxiliadora Paguaga Mantilla
Norway – Sissel Gulbrandsen
Peru – Mary Orfanides Canakis
Philippines – Suzanne Gonzalez
Puerto Rico – Wilnelia Merced
Saint Lucia – Sophia St. Omer
Seychelles – Amelie Lydia Michel
Singapore – Maggie Siew Teen Sim
South Africa – Rhoda Rademeyer
Sri Lanka – Angela Seneviratne
Swaziland – Vinah Thembi Mamba
Sweden – Agneta Catharina Magnusson
Switzerland – Franziska Angst
Thailand – Raevadee Pattamaphong
Trinidad and Tobago – Donna Sandra Dalrymple
Tunisia – Monia Dida
Turkey – Harika Degirmenci
United Kingdom – Vicki Ann Harris
United States – Annelise Ilschenko
Uruguay – Carmen Abal
Venezuela – María Concepción Alonso Bustillo
Yugoslavia – Lidija Velkovska