Miss World 1969

Miss World 1969, the 19th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held for the first time at the Royal Albert Hall on 27 November 1969, broadcast for the first time in colour by the BBC. 50 delegates vied for the crown won by Eva Rueber-Staier of Austria.[1][2] She was crowned by actor Omar Sharif, not by Miss World 1968 winner Penelope Plummer of Australia.

Miss World 1969
Eva Rueber-Staier, Miss World 1969
Date27 November 1969
PresentersMichael Aspel, Pete Murray
EntertainmentFrank Ifield, Lionel Blair & his Dancers
VenueRoyal Albert Hall, London, UK
BroadcasterBBC
Entrants50
Placements15
DebutsSeychelles
WithdrawalsCeylon, Ghana, Italy, Kenya, Morocco, Peru, Thailand, Uganda
ReturnsCzechoslovakia, Gambia, Iceland, Lebanon, Paraguay
WinnerEva Rueber-Staier[1][2]
 Austria

Results
Placement Contestant
Miss World 1969
1st Runner-up
2nd Runner-up
3rd Runner-up
  •  Guyana – Pamela Patricia Lord
4th Runner-up
Top 7
Top 15

Contestants

Notes

Debuts
  •  Seychelles

Withdraws
  •  Malaysia – Pauline Chai Siew Phin

Returns
  • Last competed in 1959:
    •  Paraguay
  • Last competed in 1967:
    •  Czechoslovakia
    •  Gambia
    •  Iceland
    •  Lebanon

References
  1. "Miss World Competition Through the Years". E!. 12 December 2014. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
  2. The Morning Record
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.