MISS UNIVERSE 1961

Miss Universe 1961

1961 July 15

Miami Beach Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida USA  

48 participants

Results

1  GERMANY  Marlene Schmidt

2  WALES  Rosemarie Frankland (winner World-United Kingdom '61)

3  ARGENTINA  Adriana Gardiazábal

4  ENGLAND  Arlette Dobson

5  USA  Sharon Renee Brown

Top 15

• CHILE  María Gloria Silva Escobar
• REPUBLIC OF CHINA  Lily Wang Li-Ling
• FRANCE  Simone Darot
• ICELAND  Kristjana Magnusdóttir
• ISRAEL  Atida Pisanti
• KOREA  Seo Yang-hee
• PERU  Carmela Stein Bedoya
• SCOTLAND  Susan Jones
• SWEDEN  Gunilla Knutsson
• SWITZERLAND  Liliane Burnier (Europe '61, 3rd RU Maja-France '66)

Awards

Miss Amity  GREECE

Miss Photogenic  Louisiana (Sharon Brown)

Remainder

• AUSTRIA  Ingrid Bayer
• BELGIUM  Nicole Ksinozenicki
• BOLIVIA  Gloria Soruco Suárez
• BRAZIL  Staël Maria da Rocha Abelha
• BURMA  Myint Myint Khin
• CANADA  Wilda Reynolds
• CEYLON  Ranjini Nilani Jayatilleke
• COLOMBIA  Patricia Whitman Owen
• CUBA (Free)  Marta García Vieta
• DENMARK  Jette Nielsen
• ECUADOR  Yolanda Palacios Charvet
• FINLAND  Ritva Tuulikki Wächter (Europe '61, SF World '61)
• GREECE  Eleftheria "Ria" Deloutsi
• GUATEMALA  Anabelle Sáenz
• HOLLAND  Gita Kamman
• IRELAND  Jean Russell
• ITALY  Viviana Romano
• JAMAICA  Marguerite LeWars
• JAPAN  Akemi Toyama
• LEBANON  Leila Antaki (World '61)
• LUXEMBOURG  Vicky Schoos (Europe '61, World '61)
• MADAGASCAR  Jacqueline Robertson
• MOROCCO  Irene Gorsse
• NORWAY  Rigmor Trengereid (Europe '61, winner Norden '61)
• PARAGUAY  Maria Cristina Osnaghi Perreira
• PUERTO RICO  Enid del Valle
• RHODESIA  Jonee Sierra
• SOUTH AFRICA  Marina Christelis
• SPAIN  Pilar Gil Ramos
• TURKEY  Gulseren Uysal
• URUGUAY   Maria Susanna Lausarot Ferrari
• VENEZUELA  Anasaria "Ana Griselda" Vegas Albornoz
• VIRGIN ISLANDS  Priscila Bonilla