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- ↑ "Miss World Cuts Short Her Reign". Sarasota Herald-Tribune . Associated Press. 15 November 1980. Retrieved 2 October 2010.
- ↑ "Miss World".
- ↑ "Behind the Crown - the on-line magazine covering the Miss USA, Miss Universe, Miss Teen USA, Miss AMerica, and Miss World Pageants". Archived from the original on 19 October 2012. Retrieved 22 July 2012.
