Miss World 1974

Miss World 1974
Date 22 November 1974
Presenters
Venue Royal Albert Hall, London, United Kingdom
Broadcaster
Entrants 58
Debuts
Withdrawals
Returns
Winner Helen Morgan[1]
 United Kingdom (resigned)
Anneline Kriel[2]
 South Africa (successor)

Miss World 1974, the 24th edition of the Miss World pageant,[3] was held on 22 November 1974 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, United Kingdom.[4] The event was viewed by an estimated 30 million people,[1] and was a "Wide World Special" on the ABC Television Network.[4]

Helen Morgan of the United Kingdom was crowned the winner at the end of the event by Mrs. Julia Morley, becoming the second Welsh and fourth woman from the United Kingdom to win the title. Although it was known to the organizers at the time she was crowned Miss Wales and she was completely open about the issue with the media, Morgan resigned four days later over the intense pressure and media interest in that she had a child as a single mother. The wife of the child's father had given many media interviews in the hours following the contest, creating extremely negative and lurid headlines. 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.

Morgan had represented Wales in Miss Universe 1974 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 runners-up.

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

Results

Countries and territories which sent delegates and results for Miss World 1974[1][4]

Placements

Final results Contestant
Miss World 1974
2nd Runner-up
3rd Runner-up
4th Runner-up
5th Runner-up
6th Runner-up
  •  Japan – Chikako Shima
Top 15

Contestants

Notes

Debuts

Returns

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 The Sydney Morning Herald
  2. 1 2 The Pittsburgh Press
  3. ↑ Ocala Star-Banner
  4. 1 2 3 4 The Times-News
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