Miss World 1959

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Miss World 1959
Corine Rottschäfer, winner of Miss World 1959
Date10 November 1959
PresentersBob Hope
VenueLyceum Ballroom, London, United Kingdom
BroadcasterBBC
Entrants37
DebutsArgentina, Ghana, Gibraltar, Hawaii, Hong Kong, India, Jamaica, Jordan, Korea, Paraguay, Peru, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Rhodesia and Nyasaland, Uruguay
WithdrawalsMorocco, Tunisia, Turkey, Venezuela
ReturnsAustria, Finland, Honduras, Luxembourg
WinnerCorine Rottschäfer [1]
 Holland

Miss World 1959, the ninth edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 10 November 1959 at the Lyceum Ballroom in London, UK and was the first to be televised by the BBC. 37 contestants competed for the Miss World. The winner was Corine Rottschäfer, represented Holland.[1] She was crowned by Miss World 1958, Penelope Anne Coelen of South Africa.

Results

Final results Contestant
Miss World 1959
1st runner-up
  •  Peru - María Elena Rossel Zapata
2nd runner-up
3rd runner-up
4th runner-up
Semi-finalists

Contestants

Notes

Debuts

  • Argentina, Ghana, Gibraltar, Hawaii, Hong Kong, India, Jamaica, Jordan, Korea, Paraguay, Peru, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Rhodesia and Nyasaland, and Uruguay competed in Miss World for the first time.

Returning countries

  • Honduras last competed in 1955.
  • Austria, Finland, and Luxembourg last competed in 1957.

References

  1. ^ a b c d St. Petersburg Times

External links

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