Miss World 1969
| Miss World 1969 | |
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 Eva Rueber-Staier, Miss World 1969 | |
| Date | 27 November 1969 |
| Presenters | |
| Entertainment | Frank Ifield, Lionel Blair & his Dancers |
| Venue | Royal Albert Hall, London, United Kingdom |
| Broadcaster | BBC |
| Entrants | 50 |
| Placements | 15 |
| Debuts |
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| Withdrawals |
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| Returns |
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| Winner | Eva Rueber-Staier[1][2] Austria |
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
| Placement | Contestant |
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| Miss World 1969 | |
| 1st runner-up | |
| 2nd runner-up |
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| 3rd runner-up |
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| 4th runner-up | |
| Top 7 |
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| Top 15 |
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Special awards
| Award | Winner |
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| Miss Photogenic |
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| Miss Personality |
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Contestants
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Argentina – Graciela Marino.svg.png)
Australia – Stefane Meurer
Austria – Eva Rueber-Staier.svg.png)
Bahamas – Wanda Pearce.svg.png)
Belgium – Maud Alin.svg.png)
Brazil – Ana Cristina Rodrigues.svg.png)
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.svg.png)
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.svg.png)
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[3]
Nicaragua – Carlota Marina Brenes López
Nigeria – Morenike Faribido
Norway – Kjersti Jortun.svg.png)
Paraguay – Blanca Zaldívar
Philippines – Feliza Teresa Miro.svg.png)
Seychelles – Sylvia Labonte.svg.png)
South Africa – Linda Meryl Collett
South Korea[a] – Kim Seung-hee
Sweden – Ing-Marie Ahlin.svg.png)
Tunisia – Zohra Tabania
Turkey – Şermin Ayşin[4]
United Kingdom – Sheena Drummond
United States – Gail Renshaw.svg.png)
Venezuela – Marzia Piazza
West Germany – Christa Margraf.svg.png)
Yugoslavia – Radmila Živković
Notes
- ^ Competed as Korea in the pageant
Did not compete
Malaysia – Pauline Chai Siew Phin
References
- ^ a b c "Miss World Competition Through the Years". E!. 12 December 2014. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
- ^ a b c d e The Morning Record
- ^ "HAPPY "MISS N.Z."". The Press. Christchurch, New Zealand. 4 June 1969. p. 3. Retrieved 1 January 2026 – via Papers Past.
- ^ 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.
Miss World 1969 national titleholders | |
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