Miss World 1957

Miss World 1957 was the seventh edition of the Miss World pageant, held on 14 October 1957 at the Lyceum Ballroom in London, United Kingdom. 23 candidates competed for the Miss World crown. The winner was Marita Lindahl, represented Finland. She was crowned by Miss World 1956, Petra Schürmann of West Germany.

Contestants

 * 🇦🇺 Australia - Ronnie Goodlet
 * 🇦🇹 Austria - Lilo Fischer
 * 🇧🇪 Belgium - Jeanne Chandelle
 * 🇨🇦 Canada - Judith Eleanor Welch
 * 🇩🇰 Denmark - Lilian Juul Madsen
 * 🇫🇮 Finland - Marita Lindahl †
 * 🇫🇷 France - Claude Inès Navarro
 *  West Germany - Annemarie Karsten
 *  Great Britain - Leila Williams
 * 🇬🇷 Greece - Nana Gasparatou
 * 🇳🇱 Netherlands - Christina van Zijp
 * 🇮🇸 Iceland - Rúna Brynjólfdóttir
 * 🇮🇪 Ireland - Nessa Welsh
 * 🇮🇱 Israel - Sara Elimor
 * 🇮🇹 Italy - Anna Gorassini
 * 🇯🇵 Japan - Muneko Yorifuji
 * 🇱🇺 Luxembourg - Josee Jaminet
 * 🇲🇦 Morocco - Danielle Muller
 * 🇿🇦 South Africa - Adele June Kruger
 * 🇸🇪 Sweden - Elenore Edin
 * 🇹🇳 Tunisia - Jacqueline Tapia
 * 🇺🇸 United States - Charlotte Sheffield †
 * 🇻🇪 Venezuela - Consuelo Nouel †

Debuts

 * 🇨🇦 Canada
 * 🇱🇺 Luxembourg

Returns
Last competed in 1955:
 * 🇦🇺 Australia

Withdrawals

 * 🇪🇬 Egypt – Protesting against the invasion of the Suez Canal by British forces.
 * 🇳🇿 New Zealand
 * 🇵🇱 Poland – Alicja Bobrowska
 * 🇨🇭 Switzerland
 * 🇹🇷 Turkey – Leyla Sayar