Miss World 1951
Date	29 July 1951
Presenters	Eric Morley
Venue	Lyceum Theatre, London, UK
Entrants	26 (5 foreign and 21 British)
Placements	5
Debuts	Denmark, France, Holland, Sweden, United States
Winner	Kiki Håkansson
Represented	Sweden

Miss World 1951, the first annual Miss World pageant, was held on 29 July 1951 at Lyceum Theatre, London, UK. 21 British delegates and 5 from foreign countries; a total of 26 contestants, competed for the inaugural Miss World title. The winner was Kiki Håkansson from Sweden.

Contents 1 Results 2 Contestants 2.1 Foreign Contestants 2.2 British Contestants 3 Notes 3.1 Unknown Names 3.2 Other Notes 4 External links

[edit] Results

Final Results	Contestant
Miss World 1951	Sweden - Kiki Håkansson
1st Runner-up	Britain - Laura Ellison-Davies
2nd Runner-up	Britain - Doreen Dawne
3rd Runner-up	Holland - Sabine Aime di Angelo
4th Runner-up	Britain - Aileen Chase

[edit] Contestants

[edit] Foreign Contestants

22 Denmark - Lily Jacobson 23 France - Jacqueline Lemoine 24 Holland - Sabine Aime di Angelo 25 Sweden - Kerstin "Kiki" Håkansson 26 United States - Annette Gibson

[edit] British Contestants

1Pat Cameron 2Aileen P. Chase 3Fay Cotton 4Doreen Dawne 5Marlene Ann Dee 6Laura Ellison-Davies 7Brenda Mee 8Elayne Pryce 9Sidney Walker 10Nina Way 11Ann Rosemary West

12Unknown 13Unknown 14Unknown 15Unknown 16Unknown 17Unknown 18Unknown 19Unknown 20Unknown 21Unknown

[edit] Notes

[edit] Unknown Names

• The names of the 10 contestants from Britain to be confirmed later.

[edit] Other Notes

• Elayne Pryce (Britain) competed in Miss Europe 1949. She failed to place.
• Aileen Chase (Britain) competed in Miss Universe 1952. She failed to place.
• Marlene Ann Dee (Britain) competed in Miss Europe 1953, where she placed as the 1st Runner-up.

[edit] External links

• Miss World official website
• Pageantopolis - Official results of Miss World 1951

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