Miss Universe 1961

Miss Universe 1961
Date	15 July 1961
Presenters	Johnny Carson
Venue	Miami Beach Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida, USA
Entrants	48
Placements	15
Debuts	Ireland, Jamaica, Madagascar, Rhodesia and Nyasaland, Scotland, Taiwan, US Virgin Islands, Wales
Withdraws	Costa Rica, Hong Kong, Jordan, New Zealand, Philippines, Portugal, Suriname, Tunisia
Returns	Ceylon, Guatemala, Puerto Rico, Turkey
Winner	Marlene Schmidt Germany
Congeniality	Eleftheria Deloutsi Greece
Photogenic	Sharon Renee Brown USA

Participating Nations and Results

Miss Universe 1961, the 10th Miss Universe pageant, took place on 15 July 1961 at the Miami Beach Auditorium in Miami Beach, Florida, USA. It was won by 24-year-old Marlene Schmidt of Germany. She was crowned by Linda Bement from USA.

Results

Final result	Contestant
Miss Universe 1961	Germany - Marlene Schmidt
1st runner-up	Wales - Rosemarie Frankland †
2nd runner-up	Argentina - Adriana Gardiazábal
3rd runner-up	England - Arlette Dobson
4th runner-up	USA - Sharon Renee Brown
Top 15	Chile - María Gloria Silva France - Simone Darot Iceland - Kristjana Magnúsdóttir Israel - Atida Pisanti Korea - Seo Yanghee Peru - Carmela Stein Bedoya Scotland - Susan Jones Sweden - Gunilla Knutsson Switzerland - Liliane Burnier Taiwan - Wang Li-Ling

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