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Miss World 1972, the 22nd edition of the Miss World pageant, was held at the Royal Albert Hall on 1 December 1972 on BBC. Fifty-three delegates vied for the crown won by Belinda Green of Australia. Green became the second Australian winner of the crown in just four years.

Contestants
Miss World 1972 had a total of 53 contestants. Seven contestants did not arrive on time, and were disqualified from the event.


 * 🇿🇦 South Africa – Cynthia Shange
 * 🇦🇷 Argentina – Olga Edith Cognini Ferrer
 *  Netherlands Antilles – Sandra Werleman
 * 🇦🇺 Australia – Belinda Green
 * 🇦🇹 Austria – Ursula (Uschi) Pacher
 * 🇧🇸 Bahamas – Heather (Hedda) Cleare
 * 🇧🇪 Belgium – Anne-Marie Roger
 * 🇧🇲 Bermuda – Helen Brown
 * 🇧🇼 Botswana – Agnes Motswere Letsebe
 * 🇧🇷 Brazil – Ângela Maria Favi
 * 🇨🇦 Canada – Bonny Brady
 * 🇨🇷 Costa Rica – María Victoria (Vicki) Ross González
 * 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic – Teresa Evangelina Medrano
 * 🇪🇨 Ecuador – Patricia Falconí
 * 🇫🇮 Finland – Tuula Anneli Björkling
 * 🇫🇷 France – Claudine Cassereau (Deceased)
 *  West Germany – Heidemarie Renate Weber
 * 🇬🇮 Gibraltar – Rosemarie Vivian Catania
 * 🇬🇷 Greece – Helen Lykissa
 * 🇬🇺 Guam – Maria Louise (Marylou) Pangelinan
 *  Holland – Monique Borgeld
 * 🇭🇳 Honduras – Doris van Tuyl
 *  British Hong Kong – Gay Mei-Lin
 * 🇮🇸 Iceland – Rósa Helgadóttir
 * 🇮🇳 India – Malathi Basappa
 * 🇮🇪 Ireland – Pauline Therese Fitzsimons
 * 🇮🇱 Israel – Hanna Urdan
 * 🇮🇹 Italy – Laura Romano
 * 🇯🇲 Jamaica – Gail Geraldeen Phillips
 * 🇯🇵 Japan – Akiko Kajitani
 * 🇱🇷 Liberia – Cecelia Armena King
 * 🇲🇾 Malaysia – Janet Mok Swee Chin
 * 🇲🇹 Malta – Jane Attard
 * 🇲🇺 Mauritius – Marie Ange Bestel
 * 🇲🇽 Mexico – Gloria Gutiérrez López
 * 🇳🇿 New Zealand – Kristine Dayle Allan
 * 🇳🇴 Norway – Ingeborg Marie Sorensen
 * 🇵🇾 Paraguay – Rosa Angélica Mussi
 * 🇵🇭 Philippines – Evangeline Rosales Reyes
 * 🇵🇹 Portugal – Anita Marques
 * 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico – Ana Nisi Goyco
 * 🇸🇨 Seychelles – Jane Edna Straevens
 * 🇸🇬 Singapore – Rosalind Lee Eng Neo
 * 🇿🇦 South Africa – Stephanie Elizabeth Reinecke
 * 🇪🇸 Spain – María del Rocío Martín Madrigal
 * 🇸🇪 Sweden – Rita Berntsson
 * 🇨🇭 Switzerland – Astrid Vollenweider
 * 🇹🇭 Thailand – Jintana Jitsophon
 * 🇹🇷 Turkey – Feyzal Kibarer
 * 🇬🇧 United Kingdom – Jennifer Mary McAdam
 * 🇺🇸 United States – Lynda Carter
 * 🇻🇪 Venezuela – Amalia Heller Gómez
 *  Yugoslavia – Biljana Ristić

Judges
A panel of judges evaluated the contestants' performances. Peter Sellers was one of the judges.

Returns

 * Last competed in 1968:
 * Last competed in 1969:
 * Last competed in 1970:
 * Last competed in 1970:
 * Last competed in 1970:

No Shows and Did not compete

 * 🇨🇴 Colombia - Martha Lucia Cardozo Cruz
 * 🇨🇾 Cyprus - Maria Koutrouza
 * 🇰🇷 South Korea - Chung Keum-ok
 * 🇵🇦 Panama - Regina Melgar de Garcia (arrived November 30th, too late to compete)
 *  Rhodesia - Delegate was not allowed to compete despite having British citizenship.