Miss World 1969
| Miss World 1969 | |
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 Eva Rueber-Staier, Miss World 1969 | |
| Date | 27 November 1969 |
| Presenters | Michael Aspel, Pete Murray |
| Entertainment | Frank Ifield, Lionel Blair & his Dancers |
| Venue | Royal Albert Hall, London, United Kingdom |
| Broadcaster | BBC |
| Entrants | 50 |
| Placements | 15 |
| Debuts |
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| Withdrawals |
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| Returns |
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| Winner | Eva Rueber-Staier[1][2] Austria |
Miss World 1969 was the 19th edition of the Miss World pageant, held for the first time at the Royal Albert Hall on 27 November 1969, broadcast for the first time in colour by the BBC. 50 delegates vied for the crown won by Eva Rueber-Staier of Austria.[1][2] She was crowned by actor Omar Sharif, not by Miss World 1968 winner Penelope Plummer of Australia.
Debuts, returns, and, withdrawals
[edit]This edition marked the debut of Seychelles. And the return of Paraguay, which last competed in 1959 and The Czechoslovakia, The Gambia, Iceland and Lebanon last competed in 1967.
Ceylon, Ghana, Italy, Kenya, Morocco, Peru, Switzerland, Thailand and Uganda, withdrew from the competition for unknown reasons.
Results
[edit]| Placement | Contestant |
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| Miss World 1969 | |
| 1st runner-up | |
| 2nd runner-up |
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| 3rd runner-up |
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| 4th runner-up | |
| Top 7 |
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| Top 15 |
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Contestants
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Argentina – Graciela Marino
Australia – Stefane Meurer
Austria – Eva Rueber-Staier[1]
Bahamas – Wanda Pearce
Belgium – Maud Alin
Brazil – Ana Cristina Rodrigues
Canada – Jacquie Perrin
Chile – Ana María Nazar
Colombia – Lina María García Ogliastri
Costa Rica – Damaris Ureña
Cyprus – Flora Diaouri
Czechoslovakia – Marcela Bitnarova
Denmark – Jeanne Perfeldt
Dominican Republic – Sandra Simone Cabrera Cabral
Ecuador – Ximena Aulestia Díaz
Finland – Päivi Ilona Raita
France – Suzanne Angly
Gambia – Marie Carayol
Gibraltar – Marilou Chiappe
Greece – Heleni Alexopoulou
Guyana – Pamela Patricia Lord[1]
Holland – Nente van der Vliet
Iceland – Ragnheiður Pétursdóttir
India – Adina Shellim
Ireland – Hillary Clarke
Israel – Tehila Selah
Jamaica – Marlyn Elizabeth Taylor
Japan – Emiko Karashima
Lebanon – Roula Majzoub
Liberia – Antoinette Coleman
Luxembourg – Jacqueline Schaeffer
Malta – Mary Brincat
Mexico – Gloria Leticia Hernández Martín del Campo
New Zealand – Carole Robinson
Nicaragua – Carlota Marina Brenes López
Nigeria – Morenike Faribido
Norway – Kjersti Jortun
Paraguay – Blanca Zaldívar
Philippines – Feliza Teresa Miro
Seychelles – Sylvia Labonte
South Africa – Linda Meryl Collett
South Korea[a] – Kim Seung-hee
Sweden – Ing-Marie Ahlin
Tunisia – Zohra Tabania
Turkey – Şermin Ayşin[3]
United Kingdom – Sheena Drummond
United States – Gail Renshaw
Venezuela – Marzia Rita Gisela Piazza Suprani[1]
West Germany – Christa Margraf[1]
Yugoslavia – Radmila Živković
Notes
[edit]- ^ Competed as Korea in the pageant
Did not compete
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Malaysia – Pauline Chai Siew Phin
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g "Miss World Competition Through the Years". E!. 12 December 2014. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
- ^ a b c d e The Morning Record
- ^ Tarihi, Güncelleme (4 May 2020). "Güzeller canlı yayında buluştu" [Beauties met on live broadcast]. Hürriyet (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 2 January 2023. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
External links
[edit]Miss World 1969 national titleholders | |
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