Miss Universe 1961: Marlene Schmidt (Germany)
1st runner up: Rosemarie Frankland (Miss World 1961) (Wales)
2nd runner up: Adriana Gardiazábal (Argentina)
3rd runner up: Arlette Dobson (England)
4th runner up: Sharon Renee Brown (USA)
Semi-finalists
Maria Gloria Silva (Chile)
Lily Wang Li-Ling (China, Taipei)
Simone Darot (France)
Kristjana Magnusdóttir (Iceland)
Atida Pisanti (Israel)
Seo Yang-hee (Korea)
Carmela Stein Bedoya (Peru)
Susan Jones (Scotland)
Gunilla Knutsson (Sweden)
Liliane Burnier (Switzerland)
Special Awards
Miss Amity: Eleftheria "Ria" Deloutsi (Greece)
Others
Austria Ingrid Bayer
Belgium Nicole Ksinozenicki
Bolivia Gloria Soruco Suárez
Brazil Staël Maria da Rocha Abelha
Burma Myint Myint Khin
Canada Wilda Reynolds
Ceylon Ranjini Nilani Jayatilleke
Colombia Patricia Whitman Owen
Cuba (Free) Marta García Vieta
Denmark Jette Nielsen
Ecuador Yolanda Palacios Charvet
Finland Ritva Tuulikki Wächter (SF World 61)
Greece Eleftheria "Ria" Deloutsi
Guatemala Anabelle Sáenz
Holland Gita Kamman
Ireland Jean Russell
Italy Vivianne Romano
Jamaica Marguerite LeWars
Japan Akemi Toyama
Lebanon Leila Antaki (World 61)
Luxembourg Vicky Schoos (World 61)
Madagascar Jacqueline Robertson
Morocco Irene Gorsse
Norway Rigmor Trengereid
Paraguay Maria Cristina Osnaghi Perreira
Puerto Rico Enid del Valle
Rhodesia Jonee Sierra
South Africa Marina Christelis
Spain Pilar Gil Ramos
Turkey Giseren Uysal
Uruguay Susanna Lausorog Ferrari
Venezuela Ana Griselda Vegas Albornoz
Virgin Islands Priscila Bonilla
