Miss World 1969

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 Sharif, not by Miss World 1968 winner Penelope Plummer of Australia.

Miss World 1969
Eva Rueber-Staier, Miss World 1969
Date	27 November 1969
Presenters	Michael Aspel, Pete Murray
Venue	Royal Albert Hall, London, UK
Broadcaster	BBC
Entrants	50
Debuts	Seychelles
Withdrawals	Ceylon, Ghana, Italy, Kenya, Morocco, Peru, Thailand, Uganda
Returns	Czechoslovakia, Gambia, Iceland, Lebanon, Paraguay
Winner	Eva Rueber-Staier[1][2]  Austria

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
Top 15	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 – 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 – Morenkike Faribidio
•  Norway – Kjersti Jortun
•  Paraguay – Blanca Zaldívar
•  Philippines – Feliza (Liza) Teresita Nuesa Miro
•  Seychelles – Sylvia Labonte
•  South Africa – Linda Meryl Collett
•  Sweden – Ing-Marie Ahlin
•  Tunisia – Zohra Tabania
•  Turkey – Sermin Elmasi
•  United Kingdom – Sheena Drummond
•  United States – Gail Renshaw
•  Venezuela – Marzia Rita Gisela Piazza Suprani[1]
•  Yugoslavia – Radmila Živković

Notes

Debuts

•  Seychelles

Withdraws

•  Malaysia – Pauline Chai Siew Phin (decided to withdraw from the pageant as she already competed in the Miss International 1969.)

Returns

• Last competed in 1959:
  •  Paraguay
• Last competed in 1967:
  •  Czechoslovakia
  •  Gambia
  •  Iceland
  •  Lebanon

References

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

External links

• Pageantopolis – Miss World 1969