Miss World 1969
Beauty pageant edition
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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. Fifty 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.
Date27 November 1969
Presenters
EntertainmentFrank Ifield, Lionel Blair & his Dancers
VenueRoyal Albert Hall, London, United Kingdom
| Miss World 1969 | |
|---|---|
Eva Rueber-Staier, Miss World 1969 | |
| Date | 27 November 1969 |
| Presenters | |
| 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 |
Debuts, returns, and, withdrawals
This edition marked the debut of Seychelles, and the return of Paraguay, which last competed in 1959, and Czechoslovakia, Gambia, Iceland and Lebanon, who last competed in 1967.
Ceylon, Ghana, Italy, Kenya, Morocco, Peru, Switzerland, Thailand and Uganda withdrew from the competition for unknown reasons.
Results
| Placement | Contestant |
|---|---|
| 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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Special awards
| Award | Winner |
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| Miss Photogenic |
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| Miss Personality |
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Contestants
Argentina – Graciela Marino
Australia – Stefane Meurer
Austria – Eva Rueber-Staier
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
Finland – Päivi Ilona Raita
France – Suzanne Angly
Gambia – Marie Carayol
Gibraltar – Marilou Chiappe
Greece – Heleni Alexopoulou
Guyana – Pamela Patricia Lord
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[4]
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[5]
United Kingdom – Sheena Drummond
United States – Gail Renshaw
Venezuela – Marzia Piazza
West Germany – Christa Margraf
Yugoslavia – Radmila Živković
Notes
- Competed as Korea in the pageant
Did not compete
Malaysia – Pauline Chai Siew Phin
