Anne Marie Braafheid

Anne Marie Braafheid is a Curaçaoan actress and beauty pageant titleholder who became the first black woman to attain the position of first runner-up in the Miss Universe 1968 contest.^[1][2] As Miss Curaçao, she was the choice of two judges for the Miss Universe title, which was won that year by Miss Brazil.^[2] At the time, she was a primary school teacher.^[3]

Fluent in five languages, she has been married since the 1970s, has one daughter, and still resides in Curaçao.^{[citation needed]}