Miss World 1969

Miss World 1969
Date	27 November 1969
Presenters	Michael Aspel
Venue	Royal Albert Hall, London, UK
Broadcaster	BBC
Entrants	50
Debuts	Seychelles
Withdrawals	Ceylon, Malaysia, Ghana, Italy, Kenya, Morocco, Peru, Thailand, Uganda
Returns	Czechoslovakia, Gambia, Iceland, Lebanon, Paraguay
Winner	Eva 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	Austria – Eva Rueber-Staier [1][2]
1st runner-up	United States – Gail Renshaw [2]
2nd runner-up	Germany – Christa Margraf [2]
3rd runner-up	Guyana – Pamela Patricia Lord
4th runner-up	Venezuela – Marzia Rita Gisela Piazza Suprani
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

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  Germany – Christa Margraf [1]  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  Korea – Kim Seung-hee  Lebanon – Rola Mayzob  Liberia – Antionette Coleman  Luxembourg – Jacqueline Schaeffer  Malta – Mary Brincat  Mexico – Gloria Leticia Hernández Martín del Campo  New Zealand – Carole Robinson  Nicaragua – Carlota Marina Brenes López  Nigeria – Morenkike Farabidio  Norway – Kjersti Jortun  Paraguay – Blanca Zaldívar  Philippines – Feliza (Liza) Teresita Nuesa Miro  Seychelles – Sylvia Labonte  South Africa – Linda Meryl Collett  Sweden – Ingrid Marie Ahlin  Tunisia – Zohra Tabania  Turkey – Sermin Aysin  United Kingdom – Sheena Drummond  United States – Gail Renshaw  Venezuela – Marzia Rita Gisela Piazza Suprani [1]  Yugoslavia – Radmila Zivkovic

Notes

Debuts

•  Seychelles

Returns

Last competed in 1959:  Paraguay

Last competed in 1967:  Czechoslovakia  Gambia  Iceland  Lebanon

References

1. "Miss World Competition Through the Years". E!. December 12, 2014. Retrieved January 23, 2016.
2. The Morning Record

External links

• Pageantopolis – Miss World 1969