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Miss World 1969
Date27 November 1969
PresentersMichael Aspel
VenueRoyal Albert Hall, London, UK
BroadcasterBBC
Entrants50
DebutsSeychelles
WithdrawalsCeylon, Ghana, Italy, Kenya, Morocco, Peru, Thailand, Uganda
ReturnsCzechoslovakia, Gambia, Iceland, Lebanon, Paraguay
WinnerEva Rueber-Staier [1][2]
 Austria

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 on BBC. 50 delegates vied for the crown won by Eva Rueber-Staier of Austria.[1][2] She was crowned by actor Omar Shariff, not by Miss World 1968 winner Penelope Plummer of Australia.

Results

Final results Contestant
Miss World 1969
1st runner-up
2nd runner-up
  •  Germany – Christa Margraf [2]
3rd runner-up
  •  Guyana – Pamela Patricia Lord
4th runner-up
5th runner-up
  •  South Africa – Linda Meryl Collett
6th runner-up
  •  Norway – Kjersti Jortun
Semi-finalists
  •  Czechoslovakia – Marcela Bitnarova
  •  Finland – Päivi Ilona Raita
  •  France – Suzanne Angly
  •  Israel – Tehila Selah
  •  Jamaica – Marlyn Elizabeth Taylor
  •  Malta – Mary Brincat
  •  New Zealand – Carole Robinson
  •  United Kingdom – Sheena Drummond

Contestants

Notes

Debuts

  •  Seychelles

Returns

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Miss World Competition Through the Years". E!. 12 December 2014. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d e The Morning Record
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