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.

Contestants

 * 🇿🇦 South Africa – Lydia Gloria Johnstone
 * 🇦🇷 Argentina – Lilian Noemí De Asti
 *  Netherlands Antilles – 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
 *  Netherlands Antilles – 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
 *  West 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
 *  British 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

Debuts

 *  Netherlands Antilles
 * 🇸🇻 El Salvador
 * 🇭🇹 Haiti
 *  St. Lucia
 * 🇸🇿 Swaziland

Returns

 * Last competed in 1955:
 * 🇨🇺 Cuba
 * Last competed in 1965:
 * 🇧🇴 Bolivia
 * 🇺🇾 Uruguay
 * Last competed in 1971:
 * 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago
 * Last competed in 1973:
 * 🇮🇸 Iceland
 * 🇱🇺 Luxembourg
 * 🇲🇺 Mauritius
 * 🇵🇪 Peru
 * 🇸🇨 Seychelles
 * 🇹🇷 Turkey

Withdrawals

 * 🇪🇸 Spain – Olga Fernández Pérez promptly withdrew from the competition, after an announcement that Francisco Franco, the ruler of Spain, had died on the morning of the pageant date. Pageant organizers concerned that she had been too upset by Franco's death to appear in the finals.

Replacements

 * 🇮🇹 Italy – Anna Vitale was replaced by Vanna Bortolini, her first runner-up of the Miss Italy beauty pageant, because she decided to return home to take care of her ill mother.
 * 🇿🇦 South Africa – Rhoda Rademeyer was the second runner-up of Miss South Africa beauty pageant. The official titleholder of this pageant, Helga Vera Johns, was disqualified by the Miss World organizers when it was discovered that she came from Rhodesia. Her Rhodesian nationality apparently violated the pageant's rules. The first runner-up, Crystal Coopers, went to London, but her father would not allow her to compete there because it was discovered that Vera Johns was not going to be officially stripped of her title. This was the second time Helga Vera Johns was barred from competing in the Miss World contest and still to this day remains the only contestant to be barred at least twice from competing at Miss World. The first time was in 1972 when she tried to compete as Miss Rhodesia but was not allowed to compete due to her Rhodesian nationality.