Miss World 1972
Miss World 1972, the 22nd edition of the Miss World pageant, was held at the Royal Albert Hall on 1 December 1972 on BBC. Fifty-three delegates vied for the crown won by Belinda Green of Australia. Green became the second Australian winner of the crown in just four years.
Results
| Final results | Contestant |
| Miss World 1972 |
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| 1st runner-up | |
| 2nd runner-up | |
| 3rd runner-up | |
| 4th runner-up | |
| 5th runner-up | |
| 6th runner-up | |
| Top 15 |
Contestants
Miss World 1972 had a total of 53 contestants. Seven contestants did not arrive on time, and were disqualified from the event.- ' – Cynthia Shange
- ' – Olga Edith Cognini Ferrer
- ' – Sandra Werleman
- ' – Belinda Green
- ' – Ursula Pacher
- ' – Heather Cleare
- ' – Anne-Marie Roger
- ' – Helen Brown
- ' – Agnes Motswere Letsebe
- ' – Ângela Maria Favi
- ' – Bonny Brady
- ' – María Victoria Ross González
- ' – Teresa Evangelina Medrano
- ' – Patricia Falconí
- ' – Tuula Anneli Björkling
- ' – Claudine Cassereau
- ' – Heidemarie Renate Weber
- ' – Rosemarie Vivian Catania
- ' – Helen Lykissa
- ' – Maria Louise Pangelinan
- ' – Monique Borgeld
- ' – Doris van Tuyl
- ' – Gay Mei-Lin
- ' – Rósa Helgadóttir
- ' – Malathi Basappa
- ' – Pauline Therese Fitzsimons
- ' – Hanna Urdan
- ' – Laura Romano
- ' – Gail Geraldeen Phillips
- ' – Akiko Kajitani
- ' – Cecelia Armena King
- ' – Janet Mok Swee Chin
- ' – Jane Attard
- ' – Marie Ange Bestel
- ' – Gloria Gutiérrez López
- ' – Kristine Dayle Allan
- ' – Ingeborg Marie Sorensen
- ' – Rosa Angélica Mussi
- ' – Evangeline Rosales Reyes
- ' – Anita Marques
- ' – Ana Nisi Goyco
- ' – Jane Edna Straevens
- ' – Rosalind Lee Eng Neo
- ' – Stephanie Elizabeth Reinecke
- ' – María del Rocío Martín Madrigal
- ' – Rita Berntsson
- ' – Astrid Vollenweider
- ' – Jintana Jitsophon
- ' – Feyzal Kibarer
- ' – Jennifer Mary McAdam
- ' – Lynda Carter
- ' – Amalia Heller Gómez
- – Biljana Ristić
Judges
Debuts
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Returns
- Last competed in 1968:
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- Last competed in 1969:
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- Last competed in 1970:
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No Shows and Did not compete
- ' - Martha Lucia Cardozo Cruz
- ' - Maria Koutrouza
- ' - Chung Keum-ok
- ' - Regina Melgar de Garcia
- - Delegate was not allowed to compete despite having British citizenship.