User:Mauriziok/Miss World 1951
| Mauriziok/Miss World 1951 | |
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 Miss World 1951 | |
| Date | 29 July 1951 |
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| Venue | Lyceum Ballroom, London, United Kingdom |
| Entrants | 27 |
| Placements | 5 |
| Debuts | |
| Winner | Kiki Håkansson Sweden |
Miss World 1951, the first Miss World pageant, was held on 29 July 1951 at the Lyceum Ballroom in London, United Kingdom. The contest was originally intended to be a one-off event connected with the Festival of Britain.[1] A total of 27 contestants competed for the inaugural Miss World title.
The winner was Kiki Håkansson from Sweden. She wore a bikini when being crowned, the only winner to ever do so.
Results[edit]
| Final Result | Contestants |
| Miss World 1951 | |
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| 3rd runner-up |
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Contestants[edit]
27 contestants competed for the first edition of Miss World
Great Britain-Aileen P.Chase- Great Britain-Ann Rosemary Weat
- Great Britain-Brenda Mee
- Great Britain-Doreen Dawne
- Great Britain-Eline M.Price
- Great Britain-Fay Cotton
- Great Britain-Jean Sweeney
- Great Britain-Jean Worthe
- Great Britain-Laura Ellison-Davis
- Great Britain-Margareth Mills
- Great Britain-Margareth Morgan
- Great Britain-Margareth Turner
- Great Britain-Marlene Ann Dee
- Great Britain-Mary McLaney
- Great Britain-Maureen O'Neill
- Great Britain-Nina Way
- Great Britain-Norma Kitchen
- Great Britain-Pat Cameron
- Great Britain-Sydney Walker
- Great Britain-Sylvia Wren
- Great Britain-Thelma Kerr
Denmark-Lily Jacobson
France- Jacqueline Lemoine
Holland-Margaret van Beer
Sweden-Kiki Håkansson
United States-Annette Gibson
References[edit]
- ^ http://www.historytoday.com/richard-cavendish/first-miss-world-contest The First Miss World Contest. Retrieved 24 June 2017
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[[:Category:Miss World]] [[:Category:1951 in London]] [[:Category:1951 beauty pageants]] [[:Category:Beauty pageants in the United Kingdom]] [[:Category:July 1951 events]]