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Bottom  Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Finland, France & Gambia

Middle  Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Guyana, Holland, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Jamaica, Japan, Liberia, Luxembourg, Malta, Mexico, New Zealand, Nicaragua & Nigeria

Top  Norway, Philippines, Seychelles, South Africa, Sweden, Tunisia, Turkey, United Kingdom, U.S.A., Venezuela & Yugoslavia

Absent  Chile, India, Korea, Lebanon & Paraguay

 

Miss World 1969
- an amalgam of news reports -

Miss Austria, 20-year-old blonde model Eva Rueber-Staier, was crowned Miss World 1969.

At 36-23-36, five foot eight inches tall and 122 pounds, she was also a favorite among contestant chaperones for the crown.

“We all like Eva,” said one chaperone.  “She had that kind of demure good looks - that was a nice change from the usual voluptuous beauty queens.”

The blue-eyed, blonde photographic model was crowned by Egyptian actor Omar Sharif.

The doll-faced Miss Austria, wearing a cutaway striped swimsuit, sat on the winner’s throne before a giant tinseled ball symbolizing the world.

She won $6,000 and a chance of picking up about $72,000 in modeling fees and endorsements as the most gorgeous girl in the world.

Miss United States, Gail Renshaw, a 22-year-old accountant from Arlington, Va., was second.  She picked up $1,200 for second place.

Miss Renshaw, clad in a sapphire-blue swimsuit, gasped when she was named runner-up and brushed a tear from her eye.  The contest official who crowned her had trouble fitting the tiara over her long frosted hair.  She took it from him and with shaking hands arranged it herself.

Miss Germany, Christa Margraf, a copper blonde-haired student with a dimpled chin, was third.

Schoolteacher Pamela Lord of Guyana, 24, was fourth.  Miss Venezuela, Marcia Rita Piazza, a dazzling 18-year-old model, fifth.

As the girls paraded across the silver-tinselled stage before a cheering crowd of 5,000 about 40 feminists demonstrated outside Albert Hall, where the contest was held, denouncing beauty competitions as harmful to womankind.

Anti-apartheid demonstrators also were on hand to protest participation of South Africa’s Linda Meryl Collett in the contest.


Austria


U.S.A.


Belgium, Bahamas, Austria, Australia & Argentina

 

MISS WORLD 1969

1969 November 27
London, England
50 entries

Results
1  Austria  Eva Reuber-Staier (SF Universe '69)
2  U.S.A.  Gail Renshaw
3  Germany  Christa Margraf
4  Guyana  Pamela Patricia Lord
5  Venezuela  Marzia Rita Gisela Piazza Suprani

Finalists
6  South Africa  Linda Meryl Collett
7  Norway  Kjersti Jortun

Semi-finalists
Czechoslovakia  Marcela Bitnarova
Finland  Päivi Ilona Raita (Scandinavia '70)
France  Suzanne Angly (Europe '69, SF International '72)
Israel  Tehila Selah
Jamaica  Marilyn Elizabeth Taylor
Malta  Mary Brincat
New Zealand  Carole Robinson Miss Photogenic at Universe '69)
United Kingdom  Sheena Drummond (Universe-Scotland '69)

Remainder
Argentina  Graciela Marino
Australia  Stefane Meurer
Bahamas  Wanda Pearce
Belgium  Maud Alin (Europe '69)
Brazil  Ana Cristina Rodrigues
Canada  Jacquie Perrin (Universe '69, International '70, Queen of the Pacific '70)
Chile  Ana Maria Nazar
Colombia  Lina Maria Garcia Ogliastri
Costa Rica  Damaris Ureña
Cyprus  Flora Diaouri
Denmark  Jeanne Perfeldt (1st RU Europe '69, Universe '69, SF International '70, 4th RU Scandinavia '70)
Dominican Republic  Sandra Simone Cabrera Cabral (winner Maja '73)
Ecuador  Ximena Aulestia Díaz
Gambia  Marie Carayol
Gibraltar  Marilou Chiappe
Greece  Helena Alexopoulou
Holland  Nente Van Der Vliet
Iceland  Ragnheidur Pétursdóttir
India  Adina Shellim
Ireland  Hilary Clarke
Japan  Emiko Karashima
Korea  Kim Seung-hee
Lebanon  Roula Majzoub
Liberia  Antionette Coleman
Luxembourg  Jacqueline Schaeffer (Europe '69)
Mexico  Gloria Leticia Hernández Martín del Campo (Universe '69)
Nicaragua  Carlota Marina Brenes López
Nigeria  Morenkike Faribidio
Paraguay  Blanca Nieves Zaldívar
Rodríguez
Philippines  Feliza "Liza" Teresa Nuesa Miro
Seychelles  Sylvia Labonte
Sweden  Ingrid Marie Ahlin  (1st RU Scandinavia '70)
Tunisia  Zohra Tabania (Universe '70)
Turkey  Sermin Aysin
Yugoslavia  Radmila Zivkovic (International '70)

Awards
Miss Personality  Belgium 
Miss Photogenic  Mexico


Denmark, Sweden & Finland

United Kingdom & U.S.A.


Guyana (3rd RU), U.S.A. (1st RU), Austria (winner), Germany (2nd RU) & Venezuela (4th RU)


5th runner-up
South Africa

6th runner-up
Norway