Miss World 1969

Miss World 1969
Date	22 November 1969
Presenters	Michael Aspel
Venue	Royal Albert Hall, London, England, United Kingdom
Broadcaster	BBC
Entrants	50
Debuts	Seychelles
Withdraws	Ceylon, Ghana, Italy, Kenya, Morocco, Peru, Thailand, and Uganda
Returns	Czechoslovakia, Gambia, Iceland, Lebanon, and Paraguay
Winner	Eva Rueber-Staier Austria

The 19th annual Miss World pageant was held for the first time at the Royal Albert Hall on November 22, 1969 on BBC. 50 delegates vied for the crown won by Eva Rueber-Staier of Austria.

Results

• Miss World 1969: Eva Rueber-Staier  Austria

• The runner-up were:
  • 1st Runner-up:  United States - Gail Renshaw
  • 2nd Runner-up:  Germany - Christa Margraf
  • 3rd Runner-up:  Guyana - Pamela Patricia Lord
  • 4th Runner-up:  Venezuela - Marzia Rita Gisela Piazza Suprani

• The Finalists were:
  •  South Africa - Linda Meryl Collett
  •  Norway - Kjersti Jortun

• The Semi-finalists were:
  •  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  Bahamas - Wanda Pearce  Belgium - Maud Alin  Brazil - Ana Cristina Rodrigues  Canada - Jacquie Perrin  Chile - Ana Maria Nazar  Colombia - Lina Maria Garcia 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  Gibraltar - Marilou Chiappe  Greece - Heleni Alexopoulou  Guyana - Pamela Patricia Lord  Holland - Nente van der Vliet  Iceland - Ragnheidur 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 Zaldivar  Philippines - Feliza (Liza) Teresa Nuesa Miro  Seychelles - Sylvia Labonte  South Africa - Linda Meryl Collett  Sweden - Ingrid Marie Ahlin  Switzerland - Astrid Vollenweider  Tunisia - Zohra Tabania  Turkey - Sermin Aysin  United Kingdom - Sheena Drummond  United States - Gail Renshaw  Venezuela - Marzia Rita Gisela Piazza Suprani  Yugoslavia - Radmila Zivkovic

Trivia

Returning countries and Debuts

• Seychelles competed in Miss World for the first time.
• Paraguay last competed in 1959.
• Czechoslovakia, Gambia, Iceland, and Lebanon last competed in 1967.

External links

• Pageantopolis
• Jimmy's Pageant Page