Miss World 1969
| Miss World 1969 | |
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Eva Rueber-Staier, Miss World 1969 | |
| Date | 27 November 1969 |
| Presenters | Michael Aspel, Pete Murray |
| Entertainment | Frank Ifield, Lionel Blair & his Dancers |
| Venue | Royal Albert Hall, London, United Kingdom |
| Broadcaster | BBC |
| Entrants | 50 |
| Placements | 15 |
| Debuts |
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| Withdrawals |
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| Returns |
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| Winner | Eva Rueber-Staier[1][2] Austria |
Miss World 1969 was the 19th edition of the Miss World pageant, 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.
Debuts, returns, and, withdrawals
This edition marked the debut of Seychelles. And the return of Paraguay, which last competed in 1959 and The Czechoslovakia, The Gambia, Iceland and Lebanon last competed in 1967.
Ceylon, Ghana, Italy, Kenya, Morocco, Peru, Switzerland, Thailand and Uganda, withdrew from the competition for unknown reasons.
Results
| Placement | Contestant |
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| Miss World 1969 | |
| 1st runner-up | |
| 2nd runner-up |
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| 3rd runner-up |
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| 4th runner-up | |
| Top 7 |
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| Top 15 |
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Contestants
- Argentina – Graciela Marino
- Australia – Stefane Meurer
- Austria – Eva Rueber-Staier[1]
- Bahamas – Wanda Pearce
- Belgium – Maud Alin
- Brazil – Ana Cristina Rodrigues
- Canada – Jacquie Perrin
- Chile – Ana María Nazar
- Colombia – Lina María García Ogliastri
- Costa Rica – Damaris Ureña
- Cyprus – Flora Diaouri
- Czechoslovakia – Marcela Bitnarova
- Denmark – Jeanne Perfeldt
- Dominican Republic – Sandra Simone Cabrera Cabral
- Ecuador – Ximena Aulestia Díaz
- Finland – Päivi Ilona Raita
- France – Suzanne Angly
- Gambia – Marie Carayol
- Gibraltar – Marilou Chiappe
- Greece – Heleni Alexopoulou
- Guyana – Pamela Patricia Lord[1]
- Holland – Nente van der Vliet
- Iceland – Ragnheiður Pétursdóttir
- India – Adina Shellim
- Ireland – Hillary Clarke
- Israel – Tehila Selah
- Jamaica – Marlyn Elizabeth Taylor
- Japan – Emiko Karashima
- Lebanon – Roula Majzoub
- Liberia – Antoinette Coleman
- Luxembourg – Jacqueline Schaeffer
- Malta – Mary Brincat
- Mexico – Gloria Leticia Hernández Martín del Campo
- New Zealand – Carole Robinson
- Nicaragua – Carlota Marina Brenes López
- Nigeria – Morenike Faribido
- Norway – Kjersti Jortun
- Paraguay – Blanca Zaldívar
- Philippines – Feliza Teresa Miro
- Seychelles – Sylvia Labonte
- South Africa – Linda Meryl Collett
- South Korea[a] – Kim Seung-hee
- Sweden – Ing-Marie Ahlin
- Tunisia – Zohra Tabania
- Turkey – Şermin Ayşin[3]
- United Kingdom – Sheena Drummond
- United States – Gail Renshaw
- Venezuela – Marzia Rita Gisela Piazza Suprani[1]
- West Germany – Christa Margraf[1]
- Yugoslavia – Radmila Živković
Notes
- ^ Competed as Korea in the pageant
Did not compete
- Malaysia – Pauline Chai Siew Phin
References
- ^ a b c d e f g "Miss World Competition Through the Years". E!. 12 December 2014. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
- ^ a b c d e The Morning Record
- ^ Tarihi, Güncelleme (4 May 2020). "Güzeller canlı yayında buluştu" [Beauties met on live broadcast]. Hürriyet (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 2 January 2023. Retrieved 29 April 2025.