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Ingrid Finger
Ingrid Finger is a German beauty queen who became the first representative from her country to win the Miss International pageant in 1965. Retrieved on 11 Apr 2008. Nicknamed Fifi, Finger bested a field of 44 delegates to win the title in Long Beach, California. Since the successive edition of the pageant was held two years after her crowning in 1967, she holds the distinction for the longest reign of any Miss International winner until Sireethorn Leearamwat surpassed her. By the time she passed on her crown to Mirta Massa of Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ..., her reign had exceeded 20 months. References Miss International winners Miss International 1965 delegates Year of birth missing (living people) Living people German beauty pageant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German People
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Miss International
Miss International (''Miss International Beauty'' or ''The International Beauty Pageant'') is a Japan-based international beauty pageant organized by the International Culture Association. First held in 1960, it is the fourth largest pageant in the world in terms of the number of national winners participating in the international contest. Along with Miss World, Miss Universe, and Miss Earth, the pageant is one of the Big Four international beauty pageants. The Miss International Organization and the brand are currently owned (since 1968), along with Miss International Japan, by the International Cultural Association and Miss Paris Group. The pageant crown used by the organization is supplied and patented by the Mikimoto (company), Mikimoto pearl company. In 2020 and again in 2021, the pageant was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The current Miss International is Jasmin Selberg of Germany, who was crowned at the Miss International 2022 pageant on 13 December 2022 in Tok ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beauty Contest
A beauty pageant is a competition that has traditionally focused on judging and ranking the physical attributes of the contestants. Pageants have now evolved to include inner beauty, with criteria covering judging of personality, intelligence, talent, character, and charitable involvement, through private interviews with judges and answers to public on-stage questions. The term beauty pageant refers originally to the Big Four international beauty pageants. Pageant titles are subdivided into Miss, Mrs. or Ms., and Teen – to clearly identify the difference between pageant divisions. Hundreds and thousands of beauty contests are held annually, but the Big Four are considered the most prestigious, widely covered and broadcast by media. For example, ''The Wall Street Journal'', BBC News, CNN, Xinhua News Agency, and global news agencies such as Reuters, Associated Press and Agence France-Presse collectively refer to the four major pageants as "Big Four" namely: Miss Universe, Miss ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Long Beach, California
Long Beach is a city in Los Angeles County, California. It is the 42nd-most populous city in the United States, with a population of 466,742 as of 2020. A charter city, Long Beach is the seventh-most populous city in California. Incorporated in 1897, Long Beach lies in Southern California in the southern part of Los Angeles County. Long Beach is approximately south of downtown Los Angeles, and is part of the Gateway Cities region. The Port of Long Beach is the second busiest container port in the United States and is among the world's largest shipping ports. The city is over an oilfield with minor wells both directly beneath the city as well as offshore. The city is known for its waterfront attractions, including the permanently docked and the Aquarium of the Pacific. Long Beach also hosts the Grand Prix of Long Beach, an IndyCar race and the Long Beach Pride Festival and Parade. California State University, Long Beach, one of the largest universities in California b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sireethorn Leearamwat
Sireethorn Leearamwat ( th, สิรีธร ลีห์อร่ามวัฒน์; ; born 4 December 1993) is a Thai pharmacist and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss International 2019. She is the first woman from Thailand to win Miss International. Prior to winning Miss International, Leearamwat was crowned Miss Thailand 2019. She is also the first titleholder to have the longest reign in Miss International history, since the upcoming contest was canceled twice. Early life Leearamwat was born on December 4, 1993 in Bangkok. She attended Mahidol University, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Pharmacy degree. After graduating, she began working as a pharmacist in Bangkok. Pageantry Leearamwat began her pageantry career in 2019, in the Miss Thailand 2019 competition. After receiving the right to represent Bangkok, she was ultimately selected as one of the representatives from Central Thailand to participate in the main competition. In Miss Thailand 201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mirta Teresita Massa
Mirta Teresita Massa (born 1945) is an Argentine model and beauty queen who was the first delegate of Argentina to capture the Miss International Miss International (''Miss International Beauty'' or ''The International Beauty Pageant'') is a Japan-based international beauty pageant organized by the International Culture Association. First held in 1960, it is the fourth largest pageant i ... crown in 1967. She became an instant celebrity in her country, gracing parades and fashion magazines. Massa went on to pursue a career as a model, and was also offered some acting opportunities. She eventually took up an interest in painting, and continues to do so upon retirement from modeling. References External links * Living people 1945 births Argentine female models Miss International winners Miss International 1967 delegates Argentine people of Italian descent Argentine beauty pageant winners 21st-century Argentine women {{Argentina-model-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Argentina
Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, the fourth-largest country in the Americas, and the eighth-largest country in the world. It shares the bulk of the Southern Cone with Chile to the west, and is also bordered by Bolivia and Paraguay to the north, Brazil to the northeast, Uruguay and the South Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Drake Passage to the south. Argentina is a federal state subdivided into twenty-three provinces, and one autonomous city, which is the federal capital and largest city of the nation, Buenos Aires. The provinces and the capital have their own constitutions, but exist under a federal system. Argentina claims sovereignty over the Falkland Islands, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, and a part of Antarctica. The earliest recorded human prese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gemma Cruz-Araneta
Gemma Teresa Guerrero Cruz—Araneta (; born 30 September 1943) is a Filipino politician, writer, director, and beauty queen who won Miss International 1964, becoming the first Filipino and Asian to win the title. She received an "Outstanding Manileña" and a "Golden Heart" Presidential decoration from the former Philippine President Diosdado Macapagal. Heritage Araneta's paternal great-grandmother was Doña Maria Mercado, the sister of the Philippines' national hero, José Rizal. Her mother is writer and journalist Carmen Guerrero Nakpil, and her maternal uncle is writer and diplomat León María Guerrero III. Rise to fame She earned the right to represent the country at Miss International 1964 contest by winning the Miss Philippines 1964 pageant, sponsored by the City of Manila. She donated the US$10,000 prize money to the Manila Boys Town and Girls Home, a home for indigent and out of school youth in Marikina. This led the Congress to pass a resolution to exempt her from pay ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss International 1965
Miss International 1965, the 6th Miss International pageant, was held on August 13, 1965 at the Long Beach Municipal Auditorium, Long Beach, California, United States. 43 contestants competed for the pageant. Finally, Ingrid Finger from Germany was crowned as Miss International 1965 by outgoing titleholder, Gemma Cruz from Philippines. Results Placements Special Awards Contestants * - Alicia Raquel Arruabarrena * - Carole Jackson * - Hannelore Hogn * - Monique Moret * - Sandra Penno Rosa * - Mary Lou Farrell † * - Christine Muriel de Souza * - Matilde Erika Von Saint George Gonzalez * - Regina Salcedo Herrera * - Ana Koberg * - Lisbeth Lefeuve * - Maria Eugenia Mosquera Bañados * - Carol Crompton * - Esti Östring * - Marie-France Perron * - Ingrid "Fiffi" Finger * - Vivi Niavi * - Bennett Ann Crisostomo * - Elaine Bollen * - Rosa Einarsdóttir * - Elizabeth Black * - Iris Bar-Or * - Faida Fagioli * - Hiroko Fukushima * - Kim Min-jin (real name: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mirta Massa
Mirta Teresita Massa (born 1945) is an Argentine model and beauty queen who was the first delegate of Argentina to capture the Miss International Miss International (''Miss International Beauty'' or ''The International Beauty Pageant'') is a Japan-based international beauty pageant organized by the International Culture Association. First held in 1960, it is the fourth largest pageant i ... crown in 1967. She became an instant celebrity in her country, gracing parades and fashion magazines. Massa went on to pursue a career as a model, and was also offered some acting opportunities. She eventually took up an interest in painting, and continues to do so upon retirement from modeling. References External links * Living people 1945 births Argentine female models Miss International winners Miss International 1967 delegates Argentine people of Italian descent Argentine beauty pageant winners 21st-century Argentine women {{Argentina-model-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lesley Langley
Lesley Doreen Langley (born 26 March 1944 in Weymouth, Dorset, with the name Lesley Hill, which she changed to Leslie Langley to make it more artistic) is a British model, beauty queen and actress who was Miss United Kingdom and Miss World in 1965. She became the third woman from her country to win the title, and the second Miss United Kingdom in a row, thus making the United Kingdom the second country to have back-to-back winners. Sweden was the first, winning the inaugural pageant in 1951 and the second pageant in 1952. Career Langley attended the Royal Merchant Navy School—now known as Reddam House, Berkshire—in the 1950s. In the mid-1960s she played a small part as a member of an all-female team of pilots in the James Bond film '' Goldfinger'' as well as a Thal in the ''Doctor Who'' serial ''The Daleks''. She also became the front cover in 1967 on Weymouth's Official Holiday Guide, with photos inside. Personal life During her tenure Langley met and married jazz orga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apasra Hongsakula
Apasra Hongsakula ( th, อาภัสรา หงสกุล, , ; born January 16, 1947) is a Thai businesswoman and beauty queen who won the title of Miss Universe 1965. She is a daughter of Group Captain Perm and Kayoon Hongsakula. She was the first woman from Thailand and the first Southeast Asian to win the Miss Universe title. Biography Apasra was born and raised in Bangkok, but she was sent to learn English at a girls secondary school in Penang, Malaysia. She married the first cousin of Queen Sirikit, by whom she has a son. The marriage ended long ago in divorce, but she remains a revered social figure in the country. Her younger sister, Paveena, is a prominent political figure and former member of Parliament. Her son, Passakorn, from her second marriage with Chirathivat, who in 2017 became chairman of the board of directors of Bangkok Post, got officially engaged to Rasri Balenciaga on December 8, 2017, in a ceremony presided over by Princess Soamsawali. Pageantr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
