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Miss World 1959 Date 10 November 1959 Presenters Bob Hope Venue Lyceum Theatre, London, UK Broadcaster BBC Entrants 37 Debuts Argentina, Ghana, Gibraltar, Hong Kong, India, Jamaica, Jordan, Korea, Paraguay, Peru, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Rhodesia & Nyasaland, and Uruguay Withdraws Morocco, Tunisia, Turkey, and Venezuela Returns Austria, Finland, Honduras, and Luxembourg Winner Corinne Rottschäfer
HollandMiss World 1959, the ninth annual Miss World pageant, was held on November 10, 1959 at Lyceum Theatre, London, United Kingdom and was the first to be televised by the BBC. 37 contestants competed for the Miss World. The winner was Corinne Rottschäfer, represented Holland.
Contents
Results
Countries and territories which sent delegates and results.
Final Results Contestant Miss World 1959 1st Runner-up 
Peru - Maria Elena Rossel Zapata
2nd Runner-up 
Israel - Ziva Shomrat
3rd Runner-up 
United Kingdom - Anne Thelwell
4th Runner-up 
Denmark - Kirsten Olsen
Semifinalists 
Argentina - Amalia Yolanda Scuffi
Germany - Helga Meyer
Greece - Yakiathi Karaviti
Jamaica - Sheila Chong
Rhodesia & Nyasaland - Vivien Lentin
South Africa - Moya Meaker
Contestants
- Argentina - Amalia Yolanda Scuffi
Austria - Helga Knofel
Belgium - Diane Hidalgo
Brazil - Dione Brito Oliveira
Canada - Huguette Demers- Denmark - Kirsten Olsen
Finland - Margit Jaatinen
France - Marie Hélène Trové- Germany - Helga Meyer
Ghana - Star Nyaniba Annan
Gibraltar - Viola Howells- Greece - Yakiathi Karaviti
Hawaii - Margaret Moani Keala Brumaghim- Holland - Corinne Rottschäfer
Honduras - Rosemary Lefebre
Hong Kong - Michelle Mok Ping-Ching
Iceland - Sigurbjörg Sveinsdóttir
India - Fleur Ezekiel
Ireland - Ann Fitzpatrick- Israel - Ziva Shomrat
Italy - Paola Falchi- Jamaica - Sheila Chong
Japan - Chieko Ichinose
Jordan - Ufemia Jabaji
Korea - Seo Jung-ae
Luxembourg - Josee Pundel
Norway - Berit Grundvig
Paraguay - Elvira dos Santos Encina- Peru - Maria Elena Rossel Zapata
Portugal - Maria Teresa Motoa Cardoso
Puerto Rico - Lilie Diaz- Rhodesia & Nyasaland - Vivien Lentin
- South Africa - Moya Meaker
Sweden - Carola Håkonsson- United Kingdom - Anne Thelwell
United States - Loretta Powell
Uruguay - Yvonne Kelly
Trivia
Returning countries and Debuts
- Argentina, Ghana, Gibraltar, Hong Kong, India, Jordan, Korea, Paraguay, Peru, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Rhodesia & Nyasaland, and Uruguay competed in Miss World for the first time.
- Honduras last competed in 1955.
- Austria, Finland, and Luxembourg last competed in 1957.
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