# Miss World 1970

Miss World 1970 was the 20th anniversary of the Miss World pageant, held on 20 November 1970 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, United Kingdom. 58 contestants competed for the Miss World title. Jennifer Hosten from Grenada won the crown of Miss World 1970. Although Miss World 1969, Eva Rueber-Staier of Austria, was present and took part in a dance routine before the announcement of the winner, the new Miss World was crowned by Bob Hope. The event was marked by controversy in the days beforehand, during the contest itself and afterwards.

## Results
### Placement

| Placement | Contestant |
| Miss World 1970 | Grenada – Jennifer Hosten |
| 1st runner-up | Africa South – Pearl Jansen |
| 2nd runner-up | Israel – Irith Lavi |
| 3rd runner-up | Sweden – Marjorie Christel Johansson |
| 4th runner-up | South Africa – Jillian Jessup |
| Top 7 | Brazil – Sônia Guerra  United Kingdom – Yvonne Ormes |
| Top 15 | Australia – Valli Kemp  Ceylon – Yolanda Shahzadi Ahlip  Ecuador – Sofía Monteverde  Guyana – Jennifer Wong  India – Heather Corinne Faville  Philippines – Minerva Cagatao  United States – Sandra Wolsfeld  Yugoslavia – Tereza Đelmiš |

## Contestants

* Africa South – Pearl Gladys Jansen
* Argentina – Patricia María Charré Salazar
* Australia – Valli Kemp
* Austria – Rosemarie Resch
* Bahamas – June Justina Brown
* Belgium – Francine Martin
* Brazil – Sonia Yara Guerra
* Canada – Norma Joyce Hickey
* Ceylon – Yolanda Shahzali Ahlip
* Colombia – Carmelina Bayona Vera
* Cyprus – Louiza Anastadiades
* Denmark – Winnie Hollman
* Dominican Republic – Fátima Shecker
* Ecuador – Sofía Virginia Monteverde Nimbriotis
* Finland – Hannele Hamara
* France – Micheline Beaurain
* Gambia – Margaret Davies
* West Germany – Dagmar Eva Ruthenberg
* Gibraltar – Carmen Gomez
* Greece – Julie Vardi
* Grenada – Jennifer Hosten
* Guyana – Jennifer Diana Evan Wong
* Holland – Patricia Hollman
* Hong Kong – Ann Lay
* Iceland – Anna Hansdóttir
* India – Heather Corinne Faville
* Ireland – Mary Elizabeth McKinley
* Israel – Irith Lavi
* Italy – Marika de Poi
* Jamaica – Elizabeth Ann Lindo
* Japan – Hisayo Nakamura
* South Korea – Lee Jung-hee
* Lebanon – Georgina Rizk
* Liberia – Mainusa Wiles
* Luxembourg – Rita Massard
* Malaysia – Mary Ann Wong
* Malta – Tessa Marthese Galea
* Mauritius – Florence Muller
* Mexico – Libia Zulema López Montemayor †
* New Zealand – Glenys Elizabeth Treweek
* Nicaragua – Evangelina Lacayo
* Nigeria – Stella Owivri †
* Norway – Aud Fosse
* Philippines – Minerva Manalo Cagatao
* Portugal – Ana Maria Diozo Lucas
* Puerto Rico – Alma Doris Pérez
* Seychelles – Nicole Barallon
* South Africa – Jillian Elizabeth Jessup
* Spain – Josefina Román Gutiérrez
* Sweden – Marjorie Christel Johansson
* Switzerland – Sylvia Christina Weisser
* Thailand – Tuanjai Amnakamart
* Tunisia – Kaltoum Khouildi
* Turkey – Afet Tugbay
* United Kingdom – Yvonne Anne Ormes
* United States – Sandra Anne Wolsfeld
* Venezuela – Tomasa Nina de las Casas Mata
* Yugoslavia – Tereza Đelmiš

## Judges

A panel of nine judges evaluated the performance of the contestants in Miss World 1970. Judges included Joan Collins, Roesmin Nurjadin (the Indonesian Ambassador), Eric Gairy (the first Prime Minister of Grenada), Glen Campbell and Nina.