Miss World 1972
Miss World 1972 was the 22nd edition of the Miss World pageant, held at the Royal Albert Hall in London, United Kingdom, on 1 December 1972. 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. Since the reigning Miss World 1971, Lúcia Petterle had suffered a broken arm and was unable to travel to London, Eric Morley's wife Julia crowned the new Miss World 1972.
Selection of participants
Contestants from fifty-three countries and territories were selected to compete in the pageant.Debuts, returns, and, withdrawals
This edition marked the debut of Botswana and Singapore, and the return of Honduras, which last competed in 1967, Costa Rica in 1969 and Hong Kong and Liberia in 1970.Ceylon, Cyprus, Guyana, Luxembourg, Nicaragua, Panama, South Korea, Trinidad and Tobago and Tunisia withdrew from the competition for unknown reasons. Maria Koutrouza of Cyprus and Chung Keum-ok of South Korea were supposed to arrive in the host country, but they never showed up. Martha Lucia Cardozo Cruz of Colombia and Regina Melgar de Garcia of Panama both arrived the day before the election, which was too late to compete, while Helga Vera Johns of Rhodesia, Miss Rhodesia 1972 was not allowed to compete due to her having British citizenship. She would later try to compete again in 1975 as Miss South Africa, but was barred again because she hadn't lived in South Africa for at least five years as per the requirements for the Miss World Organization.
Results
| Placement | Contestant |
| Miss World 1972 |
ContestantsMiss World 1972 had a total of 53 contestants. Seven contestants did not arrive on time, and were disqualified from the event.
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Australia