Miss Universe 1961

Miss Universe 1961, the 10th Miss Universe pageant, was held on 15 July 1961 at the Miami Beach Auditorium in Miami Beach, Florida, United States. Marlene Schmidt of Germany was crowned the winner by outgoing titleholder Linda Bement of the United States.

Miss Universe 1961
Date	15 July 1961
Presenters	Johnny Carson
Venue	Miami Beach Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida, United States
Entrants	48
Placements	15
Debuts	Ireland Jamaica Madagascar Republic of China Rhodesia Scotland Virgin Islands Wales
Withdrawals	Costa Rica Hong Kong Jordan New Zealand Portugal Surinam Tunisia
Returns	Ceylon Guatemala Puerto Rico Turkey
Winner	Marlene Schmidt  Germany
Congeniality	Eleftheria Deloutsi  Greece
Photogenic	Sharon Brown  United States

Results

Miss Universe 1961 participating nations and results

Placements

Final results	Contestant
Miss Universe 1961	Germany – Marlene Schmidt
1st Runner-Up	Wales – Rosemarie Frankland †
2nd Runner-Up	Argentina – Adriana Gardiazábal
3rd Runner-Up	England – Arlette Dobson
4th Runner-Up	USA – Sharon Renee Brown
Semi-finalists	Chile – María Gloria Silva  France – Simone Darot  Iceland – Kristjana Magnúsdóttir  Israel – Atida Pisanti  Korea – Seo Yang-hee  Peru – Carmela Stein Bedoya  Republic of China – Wang Li-Ling  Scotland - Susan Jones  Sweden – Gunilla Knutson   Switzerland – Liliane Burnier

Contestants

•  Argentina - Adriana Gardiazábal
•  Austria - Ingrid Bayer
•  Belgium - Nicole Ksinozenicki
•  Bolivia - Gloria Soruco Suárez
•  Brazil - Staël Maria da Rocha Abelha
•  Burma - Khin Myint Myint †[1]
•  Canada - Wilda Reynolds
•  Ceylon - Ranjini Nilani Jayatilleke
•  Chile - María Gloria Silva
•  Colombia - Patricia Whitman Owin
•  Cuba - Martha García Vieta
•  Denmark - Jyette Nielsen
•  Ecuador - Yolanda Palacios Charvet
•  England - Arlette Dobson
•  Finland - Ritva Tuulikki Wächter
•  France - Simone Darot
•  Germany - Marlene Schmidt
•  Greece - Eleftheria (Ria) Deloutsi
•  Guatemala - Anabelle Sáenz
•  Holland - Gita Kamman
•  Iceland - Kristjana Magnúsdóttir
•  Ireland - Jean Russell
•  Israel - Atida Pisanti
•  Italy - Vivianne Romano
•  Jamaica - Marguerite LeWars
•  Japan - Akemi Toyama
•  Korea - Seo Yang-hee
•  Lebanon - Leila Antaki
•  Luxembourg - Vicky Schoos
•  Madagascar - Jacqueline Robertson
•  Morocco - Irene Gorsse
•  Norway - Rigmor Trengereid
•  Paraguay - María Cristina Osnaghi Pereyra
•  Peru - Carmela Stein Bedoya
•  Puerto Rico - Enid del Valle
•  Republic of China - Wang Li-Ling
•  Rhodesia - Jonee Sierra
•  Scotland - Susan Jones
•  South Africa - Marina Christelis
•  Spain - Pilar Gil Ramos
•  Sweden - Gunilla Knutsson
•   Switzerland - Liliane Burnier
•  Turkey - Gülseren Uysal
•  Uruguay - Susanna Lausorog Ferrari
•  United States - Sharon Renee Brown
•  Venezuela - Ana Griselda Vegas Albornoz
•  Virgin Islands - Priscila Bonilla
•  Wales - Rosemarie Frankland †

Awards

•  Greece - Miss Amity (Eleftheria Deloutsi)
•  United States - Miss Photogenic (Sharon Brown)

General References

• West, Donald (ed.). "Miss Universe 1961". pageantopolis.com. Archived from the original on February 7, 2012. Retrieved November 22, 2018.

References

1. Htwe, Nien Ei Ei (28 September 2009). "Former 'Miss Burma' winner passes away". The Myanmar Times. Retrieved 11 November 2017.