Miss World 1969
Miss World 1969 |
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Date |
27 November 1969 |
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Presenters |
Michael Aspel |
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Venue |
Royal Albert Hall, London, UK |
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Broadcaster |
BBC |
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Entrants |
50 |
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Debuts |
Seychelles |
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Withdrawals |
Ceylon, Ghana, Italy, Kenya, Morocco, Peru, Thailand, Uganda |
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Returns |
Czechoslovakia, Gambia, Iceland, Lebanon, Paraguay |
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Winner |
Eva Rueber-Staier [1][2]
Austria |
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Miss World 1969, the 19th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held for the first time at the Royal Albert Hall on 27 November 1969 on BBC. 50 delegates vied for the crown won by Eva Rueber-Staier of Austria.[1][2] She was crowned by actor Omar Shariff, not by Miss World 1968 winner Penelope Plummer of Australia.
Results
Final results |
Contestant |
Miss World 1969 |
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1st runner-up |
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2nd runner-up |
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Germany – Christa Margraf [2]
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3rd runner-up |
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Guyana – Pamela Patricia Lord
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4th runner-up |
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5th runner-up |
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South Africa – Linda Meryl Collett
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6th runner-up |
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Norway – Kjersti Jortun
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Semi-finalists |
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Czechoslovakia – Marcela Bitnarova
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Finland – Päivi Ilona Raita
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France – Suzanne Angly
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Israel – Tehila Selah
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Jamaica – Marlyn Elizabeth Taylor
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Malta – Mary Brincat
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New Zealand – Carole Robinson
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United Kingdom – Sheena Drummond
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Contestants
Notes
Debuts
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Seychelles
Returns
Last competed in 1959:
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Paraguay
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Last competed in 1967:
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Czechoslovakia
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Gambia
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Iceland
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Lebanon
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References
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