miss world 1959
tuesDAY, november 10, 1959
Lyceum Ballroom, London, england
37 participants
PRESENTERs: bob russell, eric morley
commentator: peter webber
entertainment: British Royal Air Force central band
Results
1 HOLLAND Corine Rottschaefer (winner Europe '57, SF Universe '58)
2 PERU Maria Elena Rosell Zapata
3 ISRAEL Ziva Shomrat
4 UNITED KINGDOM Anne Thelwell
5 DENMARK Kirsten Olsen
Top 11
ARGENTINA Amalia Yolanda Scuffi (Universe '67)
GERMANY Helga Meyer
GREECE Yakinthi Karaviti
JAMAICA Sheila Mechtilde Chong
SOUTHERN RHODESIA & NYASALAND Vivien Maxine Lentin
SOUTH AFRICA Moya Meaker
Remainder
AUSTRIA Helga Knofel
BELGIUM Diane Hidalgo (Europe '60)
BRAZIL Dione Brito Oliveira
CANADA Huguette Demers
FINLAND Margit Jaatinen
FRANCE Marie Hélène Troué
GHANA Star Nyaniba Annan
GIBRALTAR Viola Howells
HAWAII Margaret Moani Keala Brumaghim
HONDURAS Rosemary "Rosa" Lefebre
HONG KONG Michele Mok Ping-Ching
ICELAND Sigurbjörg Sveinsdóttir
INDIA Fleur Ezekiel
IRELAND Ann Fitzpatrick
ITALY Paola Falchi
JAPAN Chieko Ichinose
JORDAN Ufemia Jabaji
KOREA Jung-ae Seo
LUXEMBOURG Josée Pundel (Universe '59, Europe '59)
NORWAY Berit Grundvig (Europe '59)
PARAGUAY Elvira María Isabel dos Santos Encina
PORTUGAL María Teresa Motoa Cardoso (Universe '60)
PUERTO RICO Lillyanna "Lilie" Díaz
SWEDEN Carola Håkansson
URUGUAY Yvonne Kelly
USA Loretta Powell
Disqualified
BERMUDA Rosemary Powell (an impostor)
NO SHOWS:
CUBA Irma Buesa Mas
TURKEY Figen Özgür
MOROCCO Raymonde Valle
TUNISIA Habiba Bent Abdallah
CYPRUS Lia Psara
REPLACED:
CANADA Irene Dobler
HOLLAND Peggy Erwich
NORWAY Jorunn Kristjansen
DEBUTS: Argentina, Ghana, Gibraltar, Hawaii, Hong Kong, India, Jamaica, Jordan, Korea, Paraguay, Peru, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Rhodesia & Nyasaland (Zimbabwe), Uruguay
WITHDRAWALS: Morocco, Tunisia, Turkey, Venezuela
RETURNS: Austria, Finland, Honduras, Luxembourg
JUDGES:
1– Sam Wanamaker - American-born actor who went into exile in Britain for fear of being banned from Hollywood for being a supporter of communism.
2- Oscar Santa Maria – former Brazilian politician.
3- John Spencer-Churchill - Duke of Marlborough.
4- Lady Lydford – Lady of British high society.
5- Reginald Cudlipp - Editor of the British newspaper News of the World.
6- Jill Dorothy Ireland - English actress and singer.
7- Godfrey Herbert Winn - English journalist, writer and actor.
8- Cynthia Oberholzer - South African Model.
9- Claude Berr - from the Miss Europe Committee.