Lesley Doreen Langley (born 26 March 1944 in
Weymouth, Dorset
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, 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
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and
Miss World
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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
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* Thal, Lower Austria, Austria
* Thal, Styria, Austria
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* Thal, Uttarakhand, Didihat district, India
* Thal, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
** Thal railway station
* Thal, St. Gallen, Switzerla ...
in the ''
Doctor Who
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'' serial ''
The Daleks
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''.
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
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organist
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Alan Haven
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H ...
—known for his collaborations with
John Barry in the
James Bond films
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''
From Russia with Love'' and ''
Goldfinger''—and they had one daughter named Chloë. They divorced and Lesley later worked as a dental practice assistant.
References
External links
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1944 births
Living people
English female models
Miss World 1965 delegates
Miss World winners
Miss United Kingdom winners
People from Weymouth, Dorset
20th-century English women
20th-century English people
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