Miss World 1961

Miss World 1961 was the 11th edition of the Miss World pageant, held on 9 November 1961 at the Lyceum Ballroom in London, United Kingdom. The winner was Rosemarie Frankland of United Kingdom. She was crowned by Bob Hope. Frankland also was a first runner-up at Miss Universe 1961, representing Wales.

Contestants

 * 🇦🇷 Argentina – Susana Julia Pardal
 * 🇦🇹 Austria – Hella Wolfsgrubej
 * 🇧🇪 Belgium – Jacqueline Oroi
 * 🇧🇴 Bolivia – Nancy Cortez Justiniano
 * 🇧🇷 Brazil – Alda Maria Coutinho de Moraes
 *  Ceylon – Sushila Perera
 * 🇨🇾 Cyprus – Andreava Polydorou
 * 🇩🇰 Denmark – Inge Jörgensen
 * 🇪🇨 Ecuador – Magdalena Dávila Varela
 * 🇫🇮 Finland – Ritva Tuulikki Wächter
 * 🇫🇷 France – Michèle Wargnier
 * 🇩🇪 Germany – Romy März
 * 🇬🇷 Greece – Efstathia Karaiskaki
 * 🇳🇱 Netherlands – Rita van Zuiden
 * 🇮🇸 Iceland – Jóhanna Kolbrún Kristjánsdóttir
 * 🇮🇳 India – Veronica Leonora Torcato
 * 🇮🇪 Ireland – Olive Ursula White
 * 🇮🇱 Israel – Er'ela Hod
 * 🇮🇹 Italy – Franca Cattaneo
 * 🇯🇵 Japan – Chie Murakami
 * 🇰🇷 South Korea – Hyun Chang-ae
 * 🇱🇧 Lebanon – Leila Antaki
 * 🇱🇺 Luxembourg – Vicky Schoos
 * 🇲🇬 Madagascar – Jeanne Rakatomahanina
 * 🇳🇿 New Zealand – Leone Mary Main
 * 🇳🇮 Nicaragua – Thelma Arana
 *  Rhodesia and Nyasaland – Angela Joyce Moorcroft
 * 🇿🇦 South Africa – Yvonne Brenda Hulley
 * 🇪🇸 Spain – María del Carmen Cervera Fernández
 *  Suriname (Kingdom of the Netherlands) – Kitty Essed
 * 🇸🇪 Sweden – Ingrid Margareta Lundquist
 *  Republic of China – Grace Li Shiu-Ying
 * 🇹🇷 Turkey – Güler Samuray
 * 🇬🇧 United Kingdom – Rosemarie Frankland †
 * 🇺🇾 Uruguay – Roma Spadachinni Aguerre
 * 🇺🇸 United States – Jo Ann Odum
 * 🇻🇪 Venezuela – Bexy Romero Tosta

Debuts

 * China and Suriname competed in Miss World for the first time.

Returning countries

 * Ceylon last competed in 1955.
 * New Zealand last competed in 1956.
 * Venezuela last competed in 1958.
 * Austria last competed in 1959.