Miss Universe 1961, the 10th anniversary of the

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pageant, was held on 15 July 1961 at the Miami Beach Auditorium in

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Marlene Schmidt Marlene Schmidt (born 11 November 1937) is a German control engineer, actress, TV host and beauty queen who won Miss Universe 1961. Born in Breslau, Germany and raised in East Germany, where she earned a master's degree in engineering, in 1960, ...

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was crowned the winner by outgoing titleholder

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of the

Results

Placements

Contestants

* - Adriana Gardiazábal * - Ingrid Bayer * - Nicole Ksinozenicki * - Gloria Soruco Suárez * - Staël Maria da Rocha Abelha * - Khin Myint Myint † * - Wilda Reynolds * - Ranjini Nilani Jayatilleke * - María Gloria Silva † * - Patricia Whitman Owin * - Martha García Vieta * - Jyette Nielsen * - Yolanda Palacios Charvet * - Arlette Dobson * - Ritva Tuulikki Wächter * - Simone Darot * -

* - Eleftheria (Ria) Deloutsi * - Anabelle Sáenz * - Gita Kamman * - Kristjana Magnúsdóttir * - Jean Russell * - Atida Pisanti * - Vivianne Romano * -

Marguerite LeWars Marguerite LeWars (born 1938 in Kingston) is a Jamaican former beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Jamaica in 1961. While serving in that capacity, she played the role of Dr. No's photographer, Annabel Chung, in the first James Bo ...

* - Akemi Toyama * - Seo Yang-hee * - Leila Antaki * - Vicky Schoos * - Jacqueline Robertson * - Irene Gorsse * - Rigmor Trengereid * - María Cristina Osnaghi Pereyra * - Carmela Stein Bedoya * - Enid del Valle * - Wang Li-Ling * - Jonee Sierra * - Susan Jones * - Marina Christelis * - Pilar Gil Ramos * -

Gunilla Knutsson Gunilla Knutsson (sometimes as Gunilla Knutson, Gunilla Knudson or Gunilla Knudsen) is a Swedish model, actress and author, from Ystad. She was named Miss Sweden in 1961 and was a semi-finalist in the Miss Universe pageant the same year. She i ...

* - Liliane Burnier * - Gülseren Uysal * - Susanna Lausorog Ferrari * - Sharon Renee Brown * - Ana Griselda Vegas Albornoz * - Priscila Bonilla * -

Rosemarie Frankland Rosemarie Franklin (1 February 1943 – 2 December 2000) born in Rhosllanerchrugog a village near Wrexham. She was a Wales, Welsh actress, model and beauty queen who won Miss World 1961, having previously finished as first runner-up at Miss Univ ...

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Awards

* - Miss Amity (Eleftheria Deloutsi) * - Miss Photogenic ( Sharon Brown)

References

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