Due to the recent death of Miss World 1980 3rd Runner-Up Anat Zimmermann, I have decided to compose a tribute thread to the Miss World contestants who passed away over the years. I have also conducted a delicate, but meticulous research to find out who among these contestants who met tragic deaths and those who died peacefully for various reasons. Without further ado, here is my tribute to deceased Miss World contestants.
Miss World 1952
SWEDEN – May Louise Flodin (Winner)
Miss World 1955
VENEZUELA – Carmen Susana Duijm Zubillaga (Winner)
Miss World 1956
GERMANY – Petra Susanna Schürmann (Winner)
Miss World 1957
FINLAND – Marita Lindahl (Winner)
Miss World 1958
FRANCE – Claudine Auger (1st Runner-up)
Miss World 1959
HOLLAND – Corinne Rottschäfer (Winner)
Miss World 1960
ARGENTINA – Norma Gladys Cappagli (Winner)
SOUTH AFRICA – Denise Muir (2nd Runner-up)
Miss World 1961
UNITED KINGDOM – Rosemarie Frankland (Winner)
Miss World 1963
COLOMBIA – María Eugenia Cucalón Venegas (Semi-finalist)
Miss World 1964
MONTSERRAT – Helen Joseph (Semi-finalist)
SOUTH AFRICA – Vedra Karamitas
Miss World 1966
GUYANA – Umblita Van Sluytman (Semi-finalist)
YUGOSLAVIA – Nikica Marinović (1st Runner-up)
Miss World 1967
ARGENTINA – María del Carmen Sabaliauskas (1st Runner-up)
BRAZIL – Wilza de Oliveira Rainato
PHILIPPINES – Margarita "Maita" Favis Gomez
Miss World 1968
IRELAND – June MacMahon (Semi-finalist)
KENYA – Josephine Moraa Moikobu
SOUTH AFRICA – Mitsianna Stander
Miss World 1970
COLOMBIA – Carmelina Bayona Vera
MEXICO – Libia Zulema López Montemayor
Miss World 1971
SOUTH AFRICA – Monica Fairall (Semi-finalist)
Miss World 1972
PUERTO RICO – Ana Nisi Goyco
Miss World 1973
ARGENTINA – Beatriz Callejón
Miss World 1975
SOUTH AFRICA – Rhoda Rademeyer (Semi-finalist)
Miss World 1976
MEXICO – Carla Jean Evert Reguera
PERU – Rocío Rita Lazcano Mujica
Miss World 1978
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC – Jenny del Carmen Polanco Rivera
Miss World 1979
GERMANY – Andrea Hontschik (Semi-finalist)
Miss World 1980
ISRAEL – Anat Zimmermann (3rd Runner-up)
PARAGUAY – Celia Noemí Schaerer
Miss World 1983
BRAZIL – Cátia Silveira Pedrosa (2nd Runner-up)
Miss World 1984
POLAND – Magdalena Jaworska
YUGOSLAVIA – Dinka Delić
Miss World 1985
ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES – Donna Maria Young
Miss World 1986
BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS – Anthonia Brenda Lewis
Miss World 1987
HONDURAS – Claudia María Paz Valladares
IRELAND – Adrienne Rock
Miss World 1988
BOLIVIA – Claudia Nazer
Miss World 1989
AUSTRALIA – Natalie Tania McCurry (Semi-finalist)
TURKEY – Burcu Burkut
VENEZUELA – Fabiola Chiara Candosin Marchetti
Miss World 1990
FRANCE – Gaëlle Voiry
Miss World 1991
MALAYSIA – Samantha Schubert
SPAIN – Candelaria "Catia" Moreno Navarro
Miss World 1993
MAURITIUS – Viveka Babajee
Miss World 1994
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC – Claudia Franjul González
Miss World 2000
MOLDOVA – Mariana Moraru
Miss World 2004
ARGENTINA – Véronica Estarriaga
Miss World 2008
SWAZILAND – Tiffany Simelane
URUGUAY – Fatimih Dávila Sosa
Miss World 2013
AUSTRIA – Ena Kadić
KYRGYZSTAN – Zhibek Nukeeva
Miss World 2014
NICARAGUA – Yumara López