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Miss World 1959, the 9th edition of the
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 Int ...
pageant, was held on 10 November 1959 at the
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and was the first to be televised by the
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. 37 contestants competed for the Miss World. The winner was
Corine Rottschäfer Corine Spier-Rottschäfer (8 May 1938 – 24 September 2020) was a Dutch model and beauty queen who won the 1959 Miss World contest, representing the Netherlands.. missworld.com She was the first woman from her country to win the title. The pa ...
, representing
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. She was crowned by The Chief Barker of the Variety Club of Great Britain.


Results


Contestants

* - Amalia Yolanda Scuffi * - Helga Knofel * - Diane Hidalgo * - Dione Brito Oliveira * - Huguette Demers * - Kirsten Olsen * - Margit Jaatinen * - Marie Hélène Trové * - Helga Meyer * - Star Nyaniba Annan * - Viola Howells * - Yakiathi Karaviti * - Margaret Moani Keala Brumaghim * -
Corine Rottschäfer Corine Spier-Rottschäfer (8 May 1938 – 24 September 2020) was a Dutch model and beauty queen who won the 1959 Miss World contest, representing the Netherlands.. missworld.com She was the first woman from her country to win the title. The pa ...
† * - Rosemary Lefebre * - Michelle Mok Ping-Ching * - Sigurbjörg Sveinsdóttir * - Fleur Ezekiel * - Ann Fitzpatrick * - Ziva Shomrat * - Paola Falchi * - Sheila Chong * - Chieko Ichinose * - Ufemia Jabaji * - Seo Jung-ae * - Josee Pundel * - Berit Grundvig * - Elvira dos Santos Encina * - María Elena Rossel Zapata * - Maria Teresa Motoa Cardoso * - Lyllianna Díaz Noya * - Vivien Lentin * - Moya Meaker * - Carola Håkonsson * - Anne Thelwell * - Loretta Powell * - Yvonne Kelly


Notes


Debuts

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Returns

Last competed in
1955 Events January * January 3 – José Ramón Guizado becomes president of Panama. * January 17 – , the first nuclear-powered submarine, puts to sea for the first time, from Groton, Connecticut. * January 18– 20 – Battle of Yijian ...
: * Last competed in
1957 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1957th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 957th year of the 2nd millennium, the 57th year of the 20th century, and the 8th y ...
: * * *


Withdrawals

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References


External links


Miss World official website

Miss World 1959 video(Dutch)-Corine Rottschäfer
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