Jenny Annette Derek is an Australian model and beauty queen. She became the second Australian to win the

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. Her victory in 1981, beating 41 other contestants in

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, came 19 years after

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took home the title. Jenny went on to a successful modeling career in Adelaide. She appeared in Wheel of Fortune as the prizes hostess for several years. She and her husband John owned The Body Shop franchise in South Australia until 2011. She is currently still in retail and had 3 children

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External links

Official Miss International website - Past titleholders
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