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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 |
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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 |
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U.S.A. |
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Belgium, Bahamas, Austria, Australia & Argentina |
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1969 November 27
London, England
50 entries
Results
1 Austria Eva Reuber-Staier
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
France Suzanne Angly
Israel Tehila Selah
Jamaica Marilyn Elizabeth Taylor
Malta Mary Brincat
New Zealand Carole Robinson
United Kingdom Sheena Drummond
Remainder
Argentina Graciela Marino
Australia Stefane Meurer
Bahamas Wanda Pearce
Belgium Maud Alin
Brazil Ana Cristina Rodrigues
Canada Jacquie Perrin
Chile Ana Maria Nazar
Colombia Lina Maria Garcia Ogliastri
Costa Rica Damaris Ureña
Cyprus Flora Diaouri
Denmark Jeanne Perfeldt
Dominican Republic Sandra Simone Cabrera Cabral
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
Mexico Gloria Leticia Hernández Martín del Campo
Nicaragua Carlota Marina Brenes López
Nigeria Morenkike Faribidio
Paraguay Blanca Zaldívar
Philippines Feliza "Liza" Teresa Nuesa Miro
Seychelles Sylvia Labonte
Sweden Ingrid Marie Ahlin
Tunisia Zohra Tabania
Turkey Sermin Aysin
Yugoslavia Radmila Zivkovic
Awards
Miss Personality Belgium
Miss Photogenic Mexico |
Denmark, Sweden & Finland |
United Kingdom & U.S.A. |
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Guyana (3rd runner-up), U.S.A. (1st runner-up), Austria (winner),
Germany (2nd runner-up) & Venezuela (4th
runner-up) |
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5th runner-up
South Africa |
6th runner-up
Norway |
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Cross-references to some of the other pageants
Austria Universe 1969 (semi-finalist
Belgium Europe 1969
Canada Universe 1969, International 1970 & Queen of the Pacific 1970
Denmark Europe 1969 (1st runner-up), Universe 1969, International
1970 (semi-finalist) & Scandinavia 1970 (4th runner-up)
Dominican Republic Maja International 1973 (winner)
Finland Scandinavia 1970
France Europe 1969 & International 1972
(semi-finalist)
Luxembourg Europe 1969
Mexico Universe 1969
New Zealand Universe 1969 (Miss Photogenic)
Sweden Scandinavia 1970 (1st runner-up)
Tunisia Universe 1970
United Kingdom Universe-Scotland 1969
Venezuela International 1970 |
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