Ingrun Helgard Moeckel

Ingrun Helgard Möckel (1941[1] – October 1977), later Ingrun Neckermann, was a German model. She was crowned Miss Germany in 1960, and Miss Europe in 1961.

Ingrun Helgard Möckel
A smiling young blond woman, wearing a dark jacket over a sheath-style dress, stands in front of a window and an American flag, with one hand raised
Ingrun Helgard Möckel, from a 1964 publication of the US Department of State
Born1941
DiedOctober 1977
Other namesIngrun Moeckel, Ingrun Neckermann
OccupationModel
Known forMiss Germany (1960), Miss Europe (1961)
RelativesJosef Neckermann (father-in-law)
Eva Maria Pracht (sister-in-law)
Martina Pracht (niece)

Early life

Möckel was from Düsseldorf.[2] At age 9, she immigrated to New Zealand with her mother.[3][4] She attended Epsom Girls' Grammar School in Auckland.[5] She was a music student in Baden-Baden when she found fame in beauty pageants.[6]

Career

Möckel was crowned Miss Rheinland and Miss Germany in 1960,[7] and Miss Europe in 1961, in Beirut.[8] She was a runner-up at the Miss Universe pageant held in Miami, Florida, in 1960,[9] and at the Miss World pageant that same year, held in London.[10] She worked as a fashion model with the Ford agency in New York.[11]

Personal life

While in New York, Möckel met businessman Johannes Neckermann, son of Josef Neckermann, they married in 1966. They had three children. She died in a car accident in 1977, aged 35 years. Her grave is in the Frankfurt Main Cemetery.[6] In 2001, her three children appeared with singer Billy Joel in a documentary, Die Akte Joel by filmmaker Beate Thalberg.[12]

References
  1. Some sources give 1942 as her birth year; 1941 is the year given on her grave marker.
  2. "Beauty Title to Argentina". The Leader-Post. 1960-11-10. p. 17. Retrieved 2022-04-07 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Miss Germany, 1960". Press. June 7, 1960. p. 2. Retrieved April 7, 2022 – via PapersPast.
  4. "Humor in the News". The Gazette. 1960-06-04. p. 2. Retrieved 2022-04-07 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Pupils at Same School". Press. June 8, 1960. p. 2. Retrieved April 7, 2022 – via PapersPast.
  6. Veszelits, Thomas (2005). Die Neckermanns: Licht und Schatten einer deutschen Unternehmerfamilie (in German). Campus Verlag. pp. 338–344, 370–371, 401, 410. ISBN 978-3-593-37406-2.
  7. "German Beauty Queen". The Knoxville News-Sentinel. 1960-06-01. p. 36. Retrieved 2022-04-07 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. "New 'Miss Europe'". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. 1961-06-07. p. 10. Retrieved 2022-04-07 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Beauties of Five Continents Vie Tonight for Miss Universe". The News Journal. 1960-07-09. p. 2. Retrieved 2022-04-07 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. "2nd place for Miss World '60". Australian Jewish News. 1960-11-18. Retrieved 2022-04-07 – via Trove.
  11. "Munich" Department of State News Letter (October 1964): 54.
  12. Radlmaier, Steffen; Joel, Billy (2014-10-01). Billy and The Joels - The American rock star and his German family story (eBook): Foreword by Billy Joel. ars vivendi Verlag. ISBN 978-3-86913-342-3.
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