User:Mauriziok/Miss Universe 1961

Miss Universe 1961, the 10th Miss Universe pageant, was held on 15 July 1961 at the Miami Beach Auditorium in Miami Beach, Florida, United States. Marlene Schmidt of Germany was crowned the winner by outgoing titleholder Linda Bement of the United States.

Contestants

 * 🇦🇷 - Adriana Gardiazábal
 * 🇦🇹 - Ingrid Bayer
 * 🇧🇪 - Nicole Ksinozenicki
 * 🇧🇴 - Gloria Soruco Suárez
 * 🇧🇷 Brazil - Staël Maria da Rocha Abelha
 *  Burma - Khin Myint Myint †
 * 🇨🇦 Canada - Wilda Reynolds
 *  Dominion of Ceylon - Ranjini Nilani Jayatilleke
 * 🇨🇱 - María Gloria Silva
 * 🇨🇴 - Patricia Whitman Owin
 * 🇨🇺 - Martha García Vieta
 * 🇩🇰 - Jyette Nielsen
 * 🇪🇨 - Yolanda Palacios Charvet
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 - Arlette Dobson
 * 🇫🇮 - Ritva Tuulikki Wächter
 * 🇫🇷 - Simone Darot
 *  FRG - Marlene Schmidt
 *  Kingdom of Greece - Eleftheria (Ria) Deloutsi
 * 🇬🇹 - Anabelle Sáenz
 *  Holland - Gita Kamman
 * 🇮🇸 - Kristjana Magnúsdóttir
 * 🇮🇪 - Jean Russell
 * 🇮🇱 - Atida Pisanti
 * 🇮🇹 - Vivianne Romano
 * 🇯🇲 Jamaica - Marguerite LeWars
 * 🇯🇵 Japan - Akemi Toyama
 * 🇰🇷 South Korea - Seo Yang-hee
 * 🇱🇧 - Leila Antaki
 * 🇱🇺 - Vicky Schoos
 * 🇲🇬 - Jacqueline Robertson
 * 🇲🇦 - Irene Gorsse
 * 🇳🇴 - Rigmor Trengereid
 * 🇵🇾 Paraguay - María Cristina Osnaghi Pereyra
 * 🇵🇪 - Carmela Stein Bedoya
 * 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico - Enid del Valle
 *  - Wang Li-Ling
 *  Southern Rhodesia - Jonee Sierra
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 - Susan Jones
 * 🇿🇦 South Africa - Marina Christelis
 * 🇪🇸 Spain - Pilar Gil Ramos
 * 🇸🇪 - Gunilla Knutsson
 * 🇨🇭 - Liliane Burnier
 * 🇹🇷 - Gülseren Uysal
 * 🇺🇾 - Susanna Lausorog Ferrari
 * 🇺🇸 - Sharon Renee Brown
 * 🇻🇪 Venezuela - Ana Griselda Vegas Albornoz
 *  United States Virgin Islands - Priscila Bonilla
 *  - Rosemarie Frankland †

Awards

 *  Kingdom of Greece - Miss Amity (Eleftheria Deloutsi)
 * 🇺🇸 United States - Miss Photogenic (Sharon Brown)