Miss World 1957

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

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

Results

Final results	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 - June Finlayson
• Austria - Lilly Fischer
• Belgium - Jeanine Chandelle
• Canada - Judith Eleanor Welch
• Denmark - Lilian Juul Madsen
• Finland - Marita Lindahl
• France - Claude Inès Navarro
• Germany - Annemarie Karsten
• 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 Kingdom - Leila Williams
• United States - Charlotte Sheffield
• Venezuela - Consuelo Nouel Gómez

Notes

Debuts

• Canada and Luxembourg competed in Miss World for the first time.

Returning countries

• Australia last competed in 1955.

Withdrawel

• Egypt - Protesting against the invasion of the Suez Canal by the British forces.

External links

• Miss World official website