User:Mauriziok/Miss World 1951
Appearance
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![]() Miss World 1951 | |
Date | 29 July 1951 |
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Venue | Lyceum Ballroom, London, United Kingdom |
Entrants | 27 |
Placements | 5 |
Debuts | |
Winner | Kiki Håkansson![]() |
Miss World 1951, the first Miss World pageant, was held on 29 July 1951 at the Lyceum Ballroom in London, United Kingdom. The contest was originally intended to be a one-off event connected with the Festival of Britain.[1] A total of 27 contestants competed for the inaugural Miss World title.
The winner was Kiki Håkansson from Sweden. She wore a bikini when being crowned, the only winner to ever do so.
Results[edit]
Final Result | Contestants |
Miss World 1951 | |
1st runner-up |
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2nd runner-up |
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3rd runner-up |
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4th runner-up |
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Contestants[edit]
27 contestants competed for the first edition of Miss World
Great Britain-Aileen P.Chase
Great Britain-Ann Rosemary Weat
Great Britain-Brenda Mee
Great Britain-Doreen Dawne
Great Britain-Eline M.Price
Great Britain-Fay Cotton
Great Britain-Jean Sweeney
Great Britain-Jean Worthe
Great Britain-Laura Ellison-Davis
Great Britain-Margareth Mills
Great Britain-Margareth Morgan
Great Britain-Margareth Turner
Great Britain-Marlene Ann Dee
Great Britain-Mary McLaney
Great Britain-Maureen O'Neill
Great Britain-Nina Way
Great Britain-Norma Kitchen
Great Britain-Pat Cameron
Great Britain-Sydney Walker
Great Britain-Sylvia Wren
Great Britain-Thelma Kerr
Denmark-Lily Jacobson
France- Jacqueline Lemoine
Holland-Margaret van Beer
Sweden-Kiki Håkansson
United States-Annette Gibson
References[edit]
- ^ http://www.historytoday.com/richard-cavendish/first-miss-world-contest The First Miss World Contest. Retrieved 24 June 2017
External links[edit]
[[:Category:Miss World]] [[:Category:1951 in London]] [[:Category:1951 beauty pageants]] [[:Category:Beauty pageants in the United Kingdom]] [[:Category:July 1951 events]]