Miss World 1974

Miss World 1974
Date	22 November 1974
Presenters	Michael Aspel and David Vine
Venue	Royal Albert Hall, London, England, United Kingdom
Broadcaster	BBC
Entrants	58
Debuts	Barbados, Guernsey, Jersey, and Zambia
Withdraws	Iceland, Luxembourg, Mauritius, Peru, Portugal, Seychelles, and Turkey
Returns	Costa Rica, Denmark, Ecuador, Germany, India, Madagascar, Nicaragua, and Tunisia
Winner	Helen Morgan  United Kingdom (resigned) Anneline Kriel  South Africa (successor)
Personality	Judy Dirkin  Hong Kong
Photogenic	Jadranka Banjac  Yugoslavia

Countries and territories which sent delegates and results.

Miss World 1974, the 24th Miss World pageant, was held on November 22, 1974 in the Royal Albert Hall, London, England.

Helen Elizabeth Morgan of the United Kingdom was crowned the winner at the end of the event, becoming the second Welsh and fourth woman from the United Kingdom to win the title. She resigned four days later on discovery that she had a child. Morgan was the first Miss World titleholder to officially resign, and the third not to finish her reign as Miss World, after Marjorie Wallace in 1973 and Lúcia Petterle in 1971.^{[citation needed]}

Morgan had represented Wales in the 1974 Miss Universe pageant earlier that year and placed first runner-up to eventual winner Amparo Muñoz of Spain. When Muñoz relinquished her Miss Universe title later that year, Morgan had already been outed as a mother and, therefore, ineligible to succeed Muñoz as Miss Universe. Muñoz was not replaced by any of the other runner-ups.

Anneline Kriel of South Africa was crowned the new Miss World after Morgan's resignation.

Results

Placements

Special Awards

• Miss Personality: Judy Dirkin  Hong Kong
• Miss Photogenic: Jadranka Banjac  Yugoslavia

Delegates

Returning countries and Debuts

• Barbados, Guernsey, Jersey, and Zambia competed in Miss World for the first time.
• Madagascar last competed in 1961.
• Denmark last competed in 1970.
• Nicaragua and Tunisia last competed in 1971.
• Costa Rica, Ecuador, Germany, and India last competed in 1972.

External links

• Pageantopolis
• Jimmy's Pageant Page