Miss World 1957

Miss World 1957 was the seventh edition of the Miss World pageant, held on 14 October 1957 at the Lyceum Ballroom in London, United Kingdom. 23 candidates competed for the Miss World crown. The winner was Marita Lindahl, represented Finland. She was crowned by Miss World 1956, Petra Schürmann of West Germany.

Miss World 1957
Marita Lindahl, Miss World 1957
Date	14 October 1957
Presenters	Eric Morley †
Venue	Lyceum Ballroom, London, United Kingdom
Entrants	23
Placements	7
Debuts	Canada Luxembourg
Withdrawals	Egypt New Zealand Switzerland Turkey
Returns	Australia
Winner	Marita Lindahl † Finland

Results

Countries and territories which sent delegates and results for Miss World 1957

Placement	Contestant
Miss World 1957	Finland – Marita Lindahl †
1st runner-up	Denmark – Lilian Juul Madsen
2nd runner-up	South Africa – Adele June Kruger
3rd runner-up	Tunisia – Jacqueline Tapia
4th runner-up	Japan – Muneko Yorifuji
5th runner-up	France – Claude Inès Navarro
6th runner-up	Israel - Sara Elimor

Contestants

• Australia - Ronnie Goodlet
• Austria - Lilo Fischer
• Belgium - Jeanne Chandelle
• Canada - Judith Eleanor Welch
• Denmark - Lilian Juul Madsen
• Finland - Marita Lindahl †
• France - Claude Inès Navarro
• West Germany - Annemarie Karsten
• Great Britain - Leila Williams
• Greece - Nana Gasparatou
• Holland - Christina van Zijp
• Iceland - Rúna Brynjólfdóttir
• Ireland - Nessa Welsh
• Israel - Sara Elimor
• Italy - Anna Gorassini
• Japan - Muneko Yorifuji
• Luxembourg - Josee Jaminet
• Morocco - Danielle Muller
• South Africa - Adele June Kruger
• Sweden - Elenore Edin
• Tunisia - Jacqueline Tapia
• United States - Charlotte Sheffield †
• Venezuela - Consuelo Nouel †

Notes

Debuts

• Canada
• Luxembourg

Returns

Last competed in 1955:

• Australia

Withdrawals

• Egypt – Protesting against the invasion of the Suez Canal by British forces.
• New Zealand
• Poland – Alicja Bobrowska
• Switzerland
• Turkey – Leyla Sayar

External links

• Miss World official website