Miss World 1969

Miss World 1969
Eva Rueber-Staier, Miss World 1969
Date	27 November 1969
Presenters	Michael Aspel Pete Murray
Entertainment	Frank Ifield, Lionel Blair & his Dancers
Venue	Royal Albert Hall, London, United Kingdom
Broadcaster	BBC
Entrants	50
Placements	15
Debuts	Seychelles
Withdrawals	Ceylon Ghana Italy Kenya Morocco Peru Switzerland Thailand Uganda
Returns	Czechoslovakia Gambia Iceland Lebanon Paraguay
Winner	Eva Rueber-Staier [1] [2] Austria
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Miss World 1969 was the 19th edition of the Miss World pageant, held for the first time at the Royal Albert Hall on 27 November 1969, broadcast for the first time in colour by the BBC. Fifty 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.

Debuts, returns, and, withdrawals

This edition marked the debut of Seychelles, and the return of Paraguay, which last competed in 1959, and Czechoslovakia, Gambia, Iceland and Lebanon, who last competed in 1967.

Ceylon, Ghana, Italy, Kenya, Morocco, Peru, Switzerland, Thailand and Uganda withdrew from the competition for unknown reasons.

Results

Countries and territories which sent delegates and results

Placement	Contestant
Miss World 1969	Austria – Eva Rueber-Staier [1] [2]
1st runner-up	United States – Gail Renshaw [2]
2nd runner-up	West Germany – Christa Margraf [2]
3rd runner-up	Guyana – Pamela Lord
4th runner-up	Venezuela – Marzia Piazza
Top 7	Norway – Kjersti Jortun South Africa – Linda Collett
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

Special awards

Award	Winner
Miss Photogenic	Mexico – Gloria Leticia Hernández [3]
Miss Personality	Belgium – Maud Alin [3]

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 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
• Finland – Päivi Ilona Raita
• France – Suzanne Angly
• Gambia – Marie Carayol
• Gibraltar – Marilou Chiappe
• Greece – Heleni Alexopoulou
• Guyana – Pamela Patricia Lord
• Holland – Nente van der Vliet
• Iceland – Ragnheiður Pétursdóttir
• India – Adina Shellim
• Ireland – Hillary Clarke
• Israel – Tehila Selah
• Jamaica – Marlyn Elizabeth Taylor
• Japan – Emiko Karashima
• 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 – Morenike Faribido
• Norway – Kjersti Jortun
• Paraguay – Blanca Zaldívar
• Philippines – Feliza Teresa Miro
• Seychelles – Sylvia Labonte
• South Africa – Linda Meryl Collett
• South Korea ^[a] – Kim Seung-hee
• Sweden – Ing-Marie Ahlin
• Tunisia – Zohra Tabania
• Turkey – Şermin Ayşin ^[4]
• United Kingdom – Sheena Drummond
• United States – Gail Renshaw
• Venezuela – Marzia Piazza
• West Germany – Christa Margraf
• Yugoslavia – Radmila Živković

Notes

1. Competed as Korea in the pageant

Did not compete

•  Malaysia – Pauline Chai Siew Phin

References

1. "Miss World Competition Through the Years". E! . 12 December 2014. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
2. The Morning Record
3. Miss World Coverage 1969
4. Tarihi, Güncelleme (4 May 2020). "Güzeller canlı yayında buluştu" [Beauties met on live broadcast]. Hürriyet (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 2 January 2023. Retrieved 29 April 2025.

External links

• Pageantopolis – Miss World 1969