1971 Georgina Rizk LEBANON

Miami Beach, Florida, USA

1st runner-up     Toni Rayward   AUSTRALIA 2nd runner-up     Pirjo Laitila   FINLAND 3rd runner-up     Beba Franco   PUERTO RICO 4th runner-up     Elaine Parreira Guimaraes                                BRAZIL SEMI-FINALISTS Marilyn Ann Ward   ENGLAND Myriam Stocco   FRANCE Esther Orgad   ISRAEL Shigeko Taketomi    JAPAN Josefina Roman Gutierrez   SPAIN Michele McDonald   USA Cherri Raphaelia Creque US VIRGIN ISLANDS

Prior to coming to Miami Beach to compete in the Pageant, Georgina was told by a local fortune teller that she would be travelling to a far land and become successful.  That she was as she ran away with the title of Miss Universe 1971. Semi-finalist Miss US Virgin Islands, Cherri Creque said, "I began to believe blacks have a chance in beauty contests when a black girl won Miss World last year."  (Miss World 1970 was Grenada's Jennifer Hosten)  This year, only 12 semi-finalists were chosen instead of 15.

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