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Bottom Africa South,
Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Ceylon,
Colombia, Cyprus, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Finland, France,
Gambia, Germany & Gibraltar
Middle Greece, Grenada, Guyana, Holland, Hong Kong,
Iceland, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Korea, Lebanon,
Liberia, Luxembourg, Malta, Mauritius & Mexico
Top New Zealand, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Norway,
Philippines, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Seychelles, South Africa, Spain, Sweden,
Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, United Kingdom, U.S.A., Venezuela & Yugoslavia
Absent Malaysia & Switzerland |
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Miss World 1970
- an amalgam
of news reports -
After a pageant
disrupted by smoke bombs and women’s liberation slogans, Miss Grenada danced
until dawn to celebrate her enthronement as Miss World.
The 22-year-old
West Indian, Jennifer Josephine Hosten, said she did not understand why
demonstrators tried to wreck the contest.
“I do not really
know enough about what they were demonstrating against,” said Miss Hosten.
“All I know is that it has been a wonderful experience competing for the
Miss World title.”
Miss Hosten is an
airline hostess and radio announcer with measurements of 36-24-38.
She shrugged off
complaints that she won the beauty contest because the prime minister of
Grenada was one of the nine judges.
She said she was
not concerned about complaints from television viewers about her win. “There
were 58 of us girls and everyone is entitled to have his favorite,” said
Miss Hosten.
Miss Africa South,
Pearl Gladys Jensen, 20, from Cape Town, finished second. Irith Lavi,
18-year-old Miss Israel, was third. Miss Sweden, 20-year-old Maj Christel
Johansson, the 7-1 betting favorite, was fourth.
Miss Jansen, a
mulatto, is classified under South African racial laws as “colored.” The
white contestant from South Africa, Jillian Jessup, finished fifth.
About 50 women and
a few men hurled smoke bombs, stink bombs, ink bombs and leaflets in a brief
demonstration during the pageant and shouted, “We are liberationists! Ban
this disgraceful cattle market!”
Comedian Bob Hope,
who was to crown Miss World, fled the Albert Hall stage as the missiles
began to fly. Returning after burly security guards cleared the
demonstrators, he said:
“Anyone who would
try to break up an affair as wonderful as this has got to be on some kind of
dope.”
Miss Sweden, the
blonde favored to win the Miss World contest, had two days earlier
denounced the event as a cattle market and said she would have walked out if
she wasn’t under contract to the organizers.
“I don’t even want
to win,” said Maj Christel Johansson, 20-year-old model from Stockholm. “I
was warned the contest was like a cattle market and I’m inclined to agree. I
feel just like a puppet.”
After a talk with
pageant organizers, she retracted her comments.
As Miss World, Miss
Hosten received a $1,200 tiara, $6,000 in cash, a wardrobe, a screen test if
she wants it and the prospect of lucrative personal appearance contracts
that can be worth more than $100,000.. |
Iceland |
Turkey |
Jamaica, Mauritius & Nigeria |
Philippines & Portugal |
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South Africa & Africa South |
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1970 November 20
London, England
58 entries
Results
1 Grenada Jennifer Josephine Hosten
2 Africa South Pearl Gladys Jansen
3 Israel Irit Lavi
4 Sweden Majorie Christal Johansson
5 South Africa Jillian Elizabeth Jessup
Finalists
6 Brazil
Sônia Yara Guerra
7 United Kingdom Yvonne Anne Ormes
Semi-finalists
Australia Valli Kemp
Ceylon Yolanda Shahzadi Ahlip
Ecuador Sofia Virginia Monteverde Nimbriotis
Guyana Jennifer Diana Evan Wong
India Heather Corinne Faville
Philippines Minerva Manalo Cagatao
U.S.A. Sandra Anne Wolsfeld
Yugoslavia Teresa Djelmis
Remainder
Argentina Patricia Maria Charré Salazar
Austria Rosemarie Resch
Bahamas June Justina Brown
Belgium Francine Martin
Canada Norma Joyce Hickey
Colombia Carmelina Bayona Vera
Cyprus Louiza Anastadiades
Denmark Winnie Hollman
Dominican Republic Fatima Scheker
Finland Hannele Hamara
France Micheline Beaurain
Gambia Princess Margaret Davies
Germany Dagmar Eva Ruthenberg
Gibraltar Carmen Gómez
Greece Giouli Vardi
Holland Patricia Hollman
Hong Kong Ann Lay
Iceland Anna Scheving Hansdóttir
Ireland Mary Elizabeth McKinley
Italy Marika De Poi
Jamaica Elizabeth Ann Lindo
Japan Hisayo Nakamura
Korea Lee Jung-hee
Lebanon Georgina Rizk
Liberia Mainusa Wiles
Luxembourg Rita Massard
Malaysia Mary Ann Wong
Malta Tessa Marthese Galea
Mauritius Florence Muller
Mexico Libia Zulema López Montemayor
New Zealand Glenys Elizabeth Treweek
Nicaragua Evangelina Lacayo
Nigeria Stella Owivri
Norway Aud Fosse
Portugal Ana Maria Diozo Lucas
Puerto Rico Alma Doris Perez
Seychelles Nicole Barallon
Spain Josefina Román Gutiérrez
Switzerland Sylvia Christina Weisser
Thailand Tuanjai Amnakamart
Tunisia Kaltoum Khouildi
Turkey Afet Tugbay
Venezuela Tomasa Nina "Tomasita" de Las Casas |
Australia, Argentina & Africa South |
Thailand, Switzerland, Sweden & Spain |
Top 7
United Kingdom, Sweden, South Africa, Israel, Grenada, Brazil & Africa
South |
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Israel (2nd runner-up), South
Africa (4th runner-up), Grenada (winner),
Africa South (1st runner-up) & Sweden (3rd
runner-up) |
Cross-references to some of the other pageants
Belgium Universe 1970 & Europe 1970
Canada Universe 1970, International 1971 (semi-finalist) &
Queen of the Pacific 1972
Ceylon Universe 1970
Denmark Universe 1970 & Scandinavia 1971
Dominican Republic International 1971
Lebanon Universe 1971 (winner)
Luxembourg Europe 1970
Malta Europe 1971
Mexico Universe 1970
New Zealand Universe 1970
Norway Scandinavia 1971 (1st runner-up)
Portugal Universe 1970 & Europe 1970 (1st runner-up)
Spain Universe 1971 (semi-finalist)
United Kingdom Universe-England 1970 |
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