Miss World winners from 1971 to 1980

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Lucia Petterle Miss World 1971 from Brazil

Lúcia Petterle from Brazil defeated 55 other contestants at the finale of Miss World 1971, to clinch the coveted title of Miss World 1971. The 21st edition of the Miss World pageant was held on 10 November 1971 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, UK. Petterle was the first and only woman from Brazil to have won Miss World in 1971 to date. After her reign, she went on to finish her medical studies and became a doctor. Today she continues with her charity work helping underprivileged children in her free time by giving medical needs and care to them.

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Belinda Green Miss World 1972 from Australia

Australian beauty Belinda Green became the second woman from her country to win the Miss World title. The first one was Penelope Plummer, who was crowned Miss World in 1968. Belinda was 20 when she won the title. In the same year of her victory, Australia won the Miss Universe crown, the Miss Asia Pacific title, and placed first runner-up in the Miss International. She was a model and began her career in Media, Marketing and Public Relations. Belinda also had a successful Television career as a TV Presenter. Currently, she is involved in rescuing and taking care of injured and orphaned wildlife.

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Marjorie Wallace Miss World 1973 from USA

In 1973, Marjorie Wallace became the first Miss World from USA to win the title. But her victory was short lived, as after 104 days of her crowning, the title was taken away due to controversial reasons. After the MWO took away the title from Marjorie, first runner-up, Evangeline Pascual of the Philippines, was offered to fulfill the duties left by the winner (without the title and the crown) but she refused. The second runner-up, Patsy Yuen of Jamaica, accepted the offer to complete the Miss World duties without being officially crowned as Miss World.

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Anneline Kriel Miss World 1974 from South Africa

Anneline Kriel was crowned as Miss World 1974, four days after the finale when the original winner Helen Morgan was dethroned after it emerged she had a child. Anneline was initially the first runner-up at the finals. Kriel was 19 when she won the title and became the second woman who won the title from her country. Anneline also established herself as an actress later on. She played a main role and starred as an actress in the worldwide hit film “Kill and Kill Again”. She studied drama at the University of Pretoria.

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Wilnelia Merced Miss World 1975 from Puerto Rico

The finale of 1975 Miss World was held on 20th November 2016, and Puerto Rican beauty Wilnelia Merced was crowned as the winner. She travelled widely during her reigning year and was invited to pre-civil war El Salvador by that country's government. During her reign while travelling around the world, she fell in love with England and hence decided to reside there for the rest of her life. Merced lives with her husband and their son, Jonathan Joseph, on the Wentworth Estate in Surrey, England.

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Cindy Breakspeare Miss World 1976 from Jamaica

The 26th edition of Miss World beauty contest was won by Cindy Breakspeare from Jamaica. The finale took place at the Royal Albert Hall in London on Thursday night of 18th November, 1976. She was a Model. Currently, Cindy is a Recording Artist and Entrepreneur. She has always had her inclination towards beauty pageants since she was a teenager. As a teenager, she participated in beauty pageants, including Miss Jamaica Body Beautiful and Miss Universe Bikini.

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Mary Stavin Miss World 1977 from Sweden

Mary Stävin was crowned Miss World 1977 by Cindy Breakspeare at the 27th edition of Miss World beauty contest. Mary is a Swedish actress and model who played a role in ‘Octopussy’ in 1983, ‘A View to a Kill’ in 1985, ‘House’ in 1986, ‘Open House’ in 1987, ‘Alien Terminator’ in 1988 and ‘Born to Fight’ in 1989. Currently, she lives in Beverly Hills, California with her family.

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Silvana Suarez Miss World 1978 from Argentina

Silvana Suárez from Argentina won the 28th edition of Miss World pageant. She studied Architecture at the National University of Cordoba and also studied photography at the Center of Visual Imagery of Madrid. Silvana worked as a Journalist and as photographer for the newspaper. She was the Vice President of Ambito Financiero for ten years. Silvana became the second woman from her country to win the title.

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Gina Swainson Miss World 1979 from Bermuda

Gina Swainson from Bermuda won the 29th edition of Miss World pageant. She defeated 69 other beauties and was 21 when she won the crown. Gina won Miss Bermuda 1979 national beauty contest. Prior to competing at Miss World she had also competed at Miss Universe 1979 where she placed as the First Runner-up. Upon her return to Bermuda, there was a parade in her honour and Swainson was depicted on a series of Bermudian postage stamps in 1980.

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Kimberley Santos Miss World 1980 from Guam

Kimberley Santos from Guam was crowned as Miss World 1980 after Gabriella Brum from Germany resigned from the title, the day after her victory. Gabriella Brum from Germany won Miss World 1980. But due to controversy and allegations she resigned. She also became a Special Constable in London. Kimberley Santos Hill now lives in North Carolina with her husband and their children. She works as a guardian ad litem, a court-appointed representative, for children in the care of the state's social services.