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Miss World 1967
Miss World 1967, the 17th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 16 November 1967 at the Lyceum Ballroom in London, UK. 54 contestants competed for the Miss World. The winner was Madeline Hartog-Bel represented Peru. She was crowned by Miss World 1966, Reita Faria of India. Hartog-Bel was a semi-finalist of Miss Universe 1966. Results Contestants * – María del Carmen Sabaliauskas † * – Judy Lockey * – Christl Bartu * – Mauricette Sironval * – Wilza de Oliveira Rainato * – Donna Marie Barker * – Therese Fernando * – Margarita Téllez Gabell † * – Marjorie Furniss * – Laila Michaelides * – Alzbeta Strkulova * – Sonja Jensen * – Margarita Rosa Rueckschnat Schott * – Laura Elena Baquero Palacios * – Hedy Rannari * – Carole Noe * - Janie Jack * – Ruth Kocher * - Mimika Niavi * – Araba Martha Vroon * – Laura Bassadone * – Shakira Baksh * – Monica van Beelen * – Alba María Bobadilla * – Hrefna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madeline Hartog-Bel
Madeleine Hartog-Bel (born January, 11 1946) is a Peruvian model and beauty queen who won the 1967 Miss World contest, representing Peru. missworld.com After making it to the semi-finals of the pageant in 1966, she went on to win the Miss World title in , UK the following year. Personal life After Miss World, she lived in |
Bahamas
The Bahamas (), officially the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, is an island country within the Lucayan Archipelago of the West Indies in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic. It takes up 97% of the Lucayan Archipelago's land area and is home to 88% of the archipelago's population. The archipelagic state consists of more than 3,000 islands, cays, and islets in the Atlantic Ocean, and is located north of Cuba and northwest of the island of Hispaniola (split between the Dominican Republic and Haiti) and the Turks and Caicos Islands, southeast of the U.S. state of Florida, and east of the Florida Keys. The capital is Nassau, Bahamas, Nassau on the island of New Providence. The Royal Bahamas Defence Force describes The Bahamas' territory as encompassing of ocean space. The Bahama Islands were inhabited by the Lucayan people, Lucayans, a branch of the Arawakan-Taino language, speaking Taíno, for many centuries. Christopher Columbus was the first European to see the islands, making hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shakira Caine
Shakira, Lady Caine, (née Baksh; born 23 February 1947) is a Guyanese former actress and fashion model. She is married to English actor Michael Caine. Early life Shakira was born on 23 February 1947 in British Guiana (present-day Guyana) to Muslim Indian parents. Her mother was a dressmaker, and she aspired to follow in her footsteps and became a fashion designer. Modeling and acting career At the age of 19, while working as a secretary, she was urged by her employer to enter the 1967 Miss Guyana contest, which she won. She later earned third-place in the 1967 Miss World contest held in London, where she decided to stay to launch a career in modelling. Baksh appeared in several films, including ''Some Girls Do'' (1969), ''Carry On Again Doctor'' (1969), '' Toomorrow'' (1970), '' Son of Dracula'' (1974) and, with her husband, '' The Man Who Would Be King'' (1975). She also appeared in two episodes of the science fiction TV series ''UFO''. She auditioned for the part of the ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss World 1967 Map
Miss (pronounced ) is an English language honorific typically used for a girl, for an unmarried woman (when not using another title such as " Doctor" or "Dame"), or for a married woman retaining her maiden name. Originating in the 17th century, it is a contraction of ''mistress''. Its counterparts are Mrs., used for a married women who has taken her husband's name, and Ms., which can be used for married or unmarried women. The plural ''Misses'' may be used, such as in ''The Misses Doe''. The traditional French "Mademoiselle" (abbreviation "Mlle") may also be used as the plural in English language conversation or correspondence. In Australian, British, and Irish schools the term 'miss' is often used by pupils in addressing any female teacher. Use alone as a form of address ''Miss'' is an honorific for addressing a woman who is not married, and is known by her maiden name. It is a shortened form of ''mistress'', and departed from ''misses/missus'' which became used to signify mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss Universe 1966
Miss Universe 1966, the 15th Miss Universe pageant, was held on 16 July 1966 at the Miami Beach Auditorium in Miami Beach, Florida, United States. Apasra Hongsakula of Thailand crowned her successor Margareta Arvidsson of Sweden at the end of the event. Results Placements Contestants * - Elba Beatriz Baso * - Sandra Fang * - Renate Polacek * - Sandra Zoe Jarrett * - Mireille De Man * - Marie Clarissa Trott * - María Elena Borda * - Ana Cristina Ridzi † * - Marjorie Anne Schofield * - Lorraine Roosmalecocq * - Stella Dunnage Roberts * - Edna Margarita Rudd Lucena * - María Virginia Oreamuno * - Lesbia Murrieta * - Elizabeth Sanchez * - Gitte Fleinert * - Martha Cecilia Andrade Alominia * - Janice Carol Whiteman * - Satu Charlotta Ostring * - Michele Boule * - Marion Heinrich * - Katia Balafouta * - Barbara Jean Perez * - Umblita Van Sluytman † * - Margo Isabelle Domen * - Erla Traustadóttir * - Yasmin Daji * - Gladys Waller * - Aviva Israeli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reita Faria
Reita Faria Powell (née Faria; born 23 August 1943) is an Indian physician, former model and the winner of the Miss World 1966 pageant. Born in Bombay to Goan parents, Faria is the first Asian woman to win the beauty contest. She is also the first Miss World winner to be qualified as a physician. Personal life Faria currently lives in Dublin, Ireland, with her husband, endocrinologist David Powell, whom she married in 1971. She has two daughters. Career Faria was born in Bombay. Soon after winning the Miss Bombay Crown, she won the ''Eve's Weekly Miss India'' contest 1966 competition (not to be confused with the Femina Miss India, won by Yasmin Daji). During the Miss World 1966 contest, she won the sub-titles 'Best in Swimsuit' and 'Best in Eveningwear' for wearing a saree. She eventually went on to win the Miss World 1966 crown at the climax of the event, beating 51 competing delegates from other countries. After her one-year tenure as Miss World, she began receiving variou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss World
Miss World is the oldest existing international beauty pageant. It was created in the United Kingdom by Eric Morley in 1951. Since his death in 2000, Morley's widow, Julia Morley, has co-chaired the pageant. Along with Miss Universe, Miss International, and Miss Earth, it is one of the Big Four international beauty pageants. The current Miss World is Karolina Bielawska of Poland, who was crowned by Toni-Ann Singh of Jamaica on March 16, 2022, in San Juan, Puerto Rico. History 20th century In 1951, Eric Morley organised a bikini contest as part of the Festival of Britain celebrations that he called the Festival Bikini Contest. The event was popular with the press, which dubbed it "Miss World". The swimsuit competition was intended as a promotion for the bikini, which had only recently been introduced to the market and was still widely regarded as immodest. When the 1951 Miss World pageant winner, Kerstin "Kiki" Hakansson from Sweden, was crowned in a bikini, it added to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss World 1968
Miss World 1968, the 18th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held at the Lyceum Ballroom in London, UK on 14 November 1968. 53 contestants competed for the crown. Madeline Hartog-Bel of Peru crowned her successor Penelope Plummer of Australia. This is the first time that an Australian won the Miss World title. Results Contestants * – Viviana Roldán * – Penelope Plummer Penelope Plummer (born 26 October 1949) is an Australian actress, model and beauty queen who was crowned Miss World 1968. The then 18-year-old librarian from Kempsey, New South Wales, became the first contestant from her country to win the titl ... * – Brigitte Krüger * – Rose Helena Dauchot * – Sonja Doumen * – Angela Carmelia Stecca * – Nancy Wilson * – Nilanthie Wijesinghe * – Carmen Smith * – Beatriz Sierra González * – Patricia Diers * – Diana Dimitropoulou * – Yet Schaufuss * – Ingrid García * – Marcia Virginia Ramos Christiansen * – Leena ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss World 1966
Miss World 1966, the 16th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 17 November 1966 at the Lyceum Theatre, London, Lyceum Ballroom in London, UK. The winner was Reita Faria of India, first Asian delegate to win Miss World title. She was crowned by one of the judging panel, Lady Annabel Birley. Results Contestants * – Graciela Guardone * – Reina Patricia Hernandez * – Dorothy Cooper * – Mireille de Man * – Marlucci Manvailler Rocha * – Diane Coulter * – Priscilla Martensyn * – Amelia Galaz * – Sonia Mora * – Annoula Alvaliotou * – Irene Poller Hansen * – Jeanette Dotel Montes de Oca * – Alejandra Vallejo Klaere * – Marita Gellman * – Michèle Boulé * – Oumie Barry * – Jutta Danske * – Grace Valverde * – Efi Fontini Ploumbi * – Umblita Van Sluytman † * – Anneke Geerts * – Danira Miralda Buines * – Auður Harðardóttir * – Reita Faria * – Helen McMahon * – Segula Gohr * – Gigliola Carbon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trinidad And Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago (, ), officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, is the southernmost island country in the Caribbean. Consisting of the main islands Trinidad and Tobago, and numerous much smaller islands, it is situated south of Grenada and off the coast of northeastern Venezuela. It shares maritime boundaries with Barbados to the northeast, Grenada to the northwest and Venezuela to the south and west. Trinidad and Tobago is generally considered to be part of the West Indies. The island country's capital is Port of Spain, while its largest and most populous city is San Fernando. The island of Trinidad was inhabited for centuries by Indigenous peoples before becoming a colony in the Spanish Empire, following the arrival of Christopher Columbus, in 1498. Spanish governor José María Chacón surrendered the island to a British fleet under the command of Sir Ralph Abercromby in 1797. Trinidad and Tobago were ceded to Britain in 1802 under the Treaty of Amiens as se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Syria
Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant. It is a unitary republic that consists of 14 governorates (subdivisions), and is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east and southeast, Jordan to the south, and Israel and Lebanon to the southwest. Cyprus lies to the west across the Mediterranean Sea. A country of fertile plains, high mountains, and deserts, Syria is home to diverse ethnic and religious groups, including the majority Syrian Arabs, Kurds, Turkmens, Assyrians, Armenians, Circassians, Albanians, and Greeks. Religious groups include Muslims, Christians, Alawites, Druze, and Yazidis. The capital and largest city of Syria is Damascus. Arabs are the largest ethnic group, and Mu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suriname
Suriname (; srn, Sranankondre or ), officially the Republic of Suriname ( nl, Republiek Suriname , srn, Ripolik fu Sranan), is a country on the northeastern Atlantic coast of South America. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north, French Guiana to the east, Guyana to the west, and Brazil to the south. At just under , it is the smallest sovereign state in South America. It has a population of approximately , dominated by descendants from the slaves and labourers brought in from Africa and Asia by the Dutch Empire and Republic. Most of the people live by the country's (north) coast, in and around its capital and largest city, Paramaribo. It is also List of countries and dependencies by population density, one of the least densely populated countries on Earth. Situated slightly north of the equator, Suriname is a tropical country dominated by rainforests. Its extensive tree cover is vital to the country's efforts to Climate change in Suriname, mitigate climate ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
