Miss Universe 1961

Miss Universe 1961
Miss Universe 1961 participating nations and results
Date	15 July 1961
Presenters	Johnny Carson
Venue	Miami Beach Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida, United States
Entrants	48
Placements	15
Debuts	Ireland, Jamaica, Madagascar, Rhodesia, Scotland, Republic of China, Virgin Islands, Wales
Withdrawals	Costa Rica, Hong Kong, Jordan, New Zealand, Portugal, Surinam, Tunisia
Returns	Ceylon, Guatemala, Puerto Rico, Turkey
Winner	Marlene Schmidt Germany

Miss Universe 1961, the 10th Miss Universe pageant, was held on 15 July 1961 at the Miami Beach Auditorium in Miami Beach, Florida, USA. Marlene Schmidt of Germany was crowned the winner by outgoing titleholder Linda Bement of the USA.

Results

Final results	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
Semi-finalists	Chile - María Gloria Silva France - Simone Darot Iceland - Kristjana Magnúsdóttir Israel - Atida Pisanti Korea - Seo Yang-hee Peru - Carmela Stein Bedoya Republic of China - Wang Li-Ling Scotland - Susan Jones Sweden - Gunilla Knutsson Switzerland - Liliane Burnier

Miss Universe

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Titleholders Runners-up and Finalists Editions Countries

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