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19 unusual facts about Miss World


Carole Gist

The 1990 pageant had representatives from Georgia (Brenda Leithleiter), Alaska (Karin Elizabeth Meyer), Kentucky (Tiffany Tenfelde), South Carolina (Gina Tolleson, who as 1st runner-up then went on to represent the country at the Miss World pageant, winning the title) and Karin Hartz of New Jersey making up with Gist the Top 6 finalists.

Chen Lili

Newspaper sources are not clear whether Chen attempted to enter and was rejected by the Miss World pageant or the Miss Universe pageant.

Demir Sabancı

He married in 2002 his schoolmate at Cornell University, Aslıhan Koruyan, a beauty contestant and the Turkish delegate to Miss World in 1991.

Eden Harel

She also appeared on some special events such as the MTV Europe Awards and in 1998, she hosted the Miss World Pageant, together with singer, Ronan Keating (in which the Israeli candidate won).

Geisha Montes

She later entered Miss Mundo Dominicana 2008 and won, gaining the right to represent the Dominican Republic at Miss World.

Ingeborg Sørensen

She was Miss Norway in 1972, and finished in second place in the 1972 Miss World competition (which was won by Australian Belinda Green).

Judith Chalmers

In the 1980s Chalmers was a regular host of the Miss World contest on ITV, also presenting the associated UK beauty pageants such as Miss United Kingdom and the British Beauty Championships.

Lars Wallin

Since then he has received many prestigious assignments, designing for Miss World and the Eurovision Song Contest.

Laura Hernández

Later in 1997 she obtained the third place in the Miss World beauty pageant representing the town of Hatillo, afterwards, she finished her Master Degree in Economics in the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras campus.

Mamuda Aliyu Shinkafi

As deputy governor of Zamfara State in 2002, he endorsed an Islamic judgement calling on Muslims to kill the fashion writer Isioma Daniel after she wrote that the Prophet Mohammed may have approved of the Miss World contest and perhaps would have wished to marry one of the beauty queens.

Miss

Another notable use of Miss is as the title of a beauty queen (given that in most pageants it is a requirement that contestants be unmarried), such as Miss America, Miss World, and Miss Universe.

Rhosllannerchrugog

In September 2006, letters were sent by Rhos Community Council to relatives of people buried in the village's cemetery, where former Miss World Rosemarie Frankland is buried, asking them to limit the number of floral tributes left at grave sites.

Ritu Kumar

Since 1994, Ritu Kumar has also designed the wardrobes for the Femina Miss India contestants for their participation in international beauty pageants such as Miss Universe, Miss World and Miss Asia Pacific.

Singapore Cable Car

It played hosts to the contestants of the Miss World Pageant when it was held in Singapore in 1989, as well as the sportsmen and officials who were there for the Southeast Asian Games in 1990.

Suanne Braun

Braun co-presented Miss South Africa and Miss World for three consecutive years in the early 1990s, and received the People's Choice award for South Africa's most beautiful woman in 1993.

The British Guide to Showing Off

The British Guide to Showing Off is a 2011 documentary film written and directed by Jes Benstock, which follows the build-up and execution of the twelfth Alternative Miss World - artist Andrew Logan's pastiche of the Miss World beauty pageant.

The Pedruco Sisters

The Pedruco Sisters is a family of 4 sisters who have competed at the Miss Chinese International pageant and Miss World pageant representing Macau.

Titilope Lawoyin

Lawoyin - then known as Ann Suinner - placed second in MBGN 2001, but replaced Agbani Darego after the latter was crowned Miss World.

Trevor Baines

John Trevor Roche Baines (born 19 December 1939), is a British former businessman and tycoon, who claimed to have amassed an estimated fortune of over £130 million, through banking, financial trading, and investment in the Miss World competition.


Amy Kleinhans

As the official representative of her country to the 1992 Miss World pageant held in Sun City, South Africa on 12 December, she became Miss World Africa and 4th runner-up to eventual winner Julia Kourotchkina of Russia.

Antigone Costanda

The following year, during the 1955 Miss World beauty pageant held in London, Costanda did not attend the event because of political hostilities between Egypt and Britain over the Suez Canal.

Brooke Angus

Brooke Elizabeth Angus (born February 14, 1982) is a beauty queen from Essex, Vermont who has competed in the Miss USA 2002 and Miss World 2006 pageants.

Carolyn Seaward

Later that year she won the Miss United Kingdom pageant, and went on to represent Great Britain in Miss World 1979, becoming this time first runner-up to the first runner-up from Miss Universe, the same girl from Bermuda, Gina Swainson, who won the Miss World title.

Catherine Jean Milligan

Catherine Jean Milligan (born 11 September 1986, Newtownards, County Down, Northern Ireland) was Miss Northern Ireland 2006 and represented her country in the Miss World finals in Poland.

Cynthia de la Vega

A native of Nuevo León, Cynthia de la Vega was chosen to represent her country in the 61st Miss World pageant in 2011 during the 2010 edition of Nuestra Belleza México, held September 25, 2010 in Saltillo, Coahuila.

David Vine

Programmes he hosted include Sportscene, It's a Knockout (1967–1971), Jeux Sans Frontieres, Miss UK, Miss World, Quiz Ball, Rugby Special, Match of the Day, A Question of Sport (1970–1978 and 1989), Grandstand, Superstars, Starshot, Ski Sunday (1978–1996) and the BBC's Winter and Summer Olympic Games coverage.

Gösta Schwarck

In the early 1950s and throughout the decade he organised Denmarks first national beauty pageants and became the official national representation of the Miss Denmark, Miss World and Miss Europe.

Katarzyna Borowicz

Katarzyna Weronika Borowicz (born 28 June 1985 in Ostrów Wielkopolski, Poland) is a beauty queen who has competed in the Miss World, Miss Earth and Miss Europe pageants.

Kinga Czuczor

Czuczor went on to represent Hungary in the Miss World pageant which was held on November 8, 1990 in the London Palladium.

Laura Tanguy

On January 6, 2008, the President of the Miss France committee proclaimed Laura Tanguy, second runner-up of Valérie Bègue, as the successor of the latter, a mandate to represent France in competitions beauties Miss World and Miss Universe, and that accompany Geneviève de Fontenay to galas regional elections (first runner-up, Miss New Caledonia, did not wish to hold the post for reasons relating to her studies).

Linda Pétursdóttir

Linda Pétursdóttir (born 27 December 1969) is a former Miss World from Vopnafjörður, Iceland.

Marina Papaelia

According to Eric Morley's 1967 book, "The Miss World Story", when Miss Egypt Antigone Costanda won the 1954 Miss World pageant, she claimed her victory that year was also a victory for Marina Papaelia.

Rym Amari

This mark as a comeback for Algeria in the international pageant scene since 2002 when they competed in Miss World.

Ulla Weigerstorfer

Ulla Weigerstorfer (born Ulrike Weigerstorfer 1967 in Bad Aussee, Styria, Austria) won the 1987 Miss World pageant in London, United Kingdom, representing Austria.

Witbank

It is also the home town of Miss World of 1974, Anneline Kriel, who was crowned with this title at the age of 19.