1970
Home Up JUDGES 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Lists A to F Lists G to O Lists P to Z

   

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

 

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


South Africa & Africa South

 

MISS WORLD 1970

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 Christel Johansson 
5  South Africa  Jillian Elizabeth Jessup 

Finalists
6  Brazil  Sônia Yara Guerra
7  United Kingdom  Yvonne Anne Ormes (Universe-England '70)

Semi-finalists
Australia  Valli Kemp 
Ceylon  Yolanda Shahzadi Ahlip (Universe '70)
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 (Universe '70, Europe '70)
Canada  Norma Joyce Hickey (Universe '70, SF International '71, Queen of the Pacific '72)
Colombia
 Carmelina Bayona Vera
Cyprus  Louiza Anastadiades
Denmark  Winnie Hollman (Universe '70, Scandinavia '71)
Dominican Republic  Fátima Magdalena Schéker Ocoa (International '70)
Finland  Hannele Hamara
France  Micheline Beaurain
Gambia  Princess Margaret Davies
Germany  Dagmar Eva Ruthenberg (Cinema Europa '71)
Gibraltar  Carmen Gómez
Greece  Giouli Vardi
Holland  Patricia Hollman
Hong Kong  Ann Lay
Iceland  Anna Scheving Hansdóttir
Ireland  Molly Elizabeth McKinley
Italy  Marika De Poi
Jamaica  Elizabeth Ann Lindo
Japan  Hisayo Nakamura
Korea  Lee Jung-hee
Lebanon  Georgina Rizk (winner Universe '71)
Liberia  Mainusa Wiles
Luxembourg  Rita Massard (Europe '70)
Malaysia  Mary Ann Wong
Malta  Tessa Marthese Galea (Europe '71)
Mauritius  Florence Muller
Mexico  Libia Zulema López Montemayor (Universe '70)
New Zealand  Glenys Elizabeth Treweek (Universe '70)
Nicaragua  Evangelina Lacayo
Nigeria  Stella Owivri
Norway  Aud Fosse (1st RU Scandinavia '71)
Portugal  Ana Maria Diozo Lucas (Universe '70, 1st RU Europe '70)
Puerto Rico  Alma Doris Perez
Seychelles  Nicole Barallon
Spain  Josefina Román Gutiérrez (SF Universe '71)
Switzerland  Sylvia Christina Weisser
Thailand  Tuanjai Amnakamart
Tunisia  Kaltoum Khouildi
Turkey  Afet Tugbay
Venezuela  Tomasa "Tomasita" Nina De Las Casas Mata


Australia, Argentina & Africa South

Thailand, Switzerland, Sweden & Spain

Top 7
United Kingdom, Sweden, South Africa, Israel, Grenada, Brazil & Africa South

Israel (2nd RU), South Africa (4th RU), Grenada (winner), Africa South (1st RU) & Sweden (3rd RU)