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Mauriziok/Miss World 1959
Corine Rottschäfer, winner of Miss World 1959
Date	10 November 1959
Presenters	Bob Hope
Venue	Lyceum Ballroom, London, United Kingdom
Broadcaster	BBC
Entrants	37
Placements	12
Debuts	Argentina Ghana Gibraltar Hawaii Hong Kong India Jamaica Jordan Korea Paraguay Peru Portugal Puerto Rico Rhodesia and Nyasaland Uruguay
Withdrawals	Morocco Tunisia Turkey Venezuela
Returns	Austria Finland Honduras Luxembourg
Winner	Corine Rottschäfer Holland

Miss World 1959, the ninth edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 10 November 1959 at the Lyceum Ballroom in London, United Kingdom and was the first to be televised by the BBC. 37 contestants competed for the Miss World. The winner was Corine Rottschäfer, representing Holland. She was crowned by Miss World 1958, Penelope Anne Coelen of South Africa.

Results

Miss World 1959 Results

Final results	Contestant
Miss World 1959	Holland – Corine Rottschäfer
1st Runner-up	Peru – María Elena Rossel Zapata
2nd Runner-up	Israel – Ziva Shomrat
3rd Runner-up	United Kingdom – Anne Thelwell
4th Runner-up	Denmark – Kirsten Olsen
Top 11	Argentina – Amalia Yolanda Scuffi Germany – Helga Meyer Greece – Yakiathi Karaviti Jamaica – Sheila Chong Rhodesia and Nyasaland – Vivien Lentin South Africa – Moya Meaker

Contestants

• Argentina - Amalia Yolanda Scuffi
• Austria - Helga Knofel
• Belgium - Diane Hidalgo
• Brazil - Dione Brito Oliveira
• Canada - Huguette Demers
• Denmark - Kirsten Olsen
• Finland - Margit Jaatinen
• France - Marie Hélène Trové
• Germany - Helga Meyer
• Ghana - Star Nyaniba Annan
• Gibraltar - Viola Howells
• Greece - Yakiathi Karaviti
• Hawaii - Margaret Moani Keala Brumaghim
• Holland - Corine Rottschäfer
• Honduras - Rosemary Lefebre
• Hong Kong - Michelle Mok Ping-Ching
• Iceland - Sigurbjörg Sveinsdóttir
• India - Fleur Ezekiel
• Ireland - Ann Fitzpatrick
• Israel - Ziva Shomrat
• Italy - Paola Falchi
• Jamaica - Sheila Chong
• Japan - Chieko Ichinose
• Jordan - Ufemia Jabaji
• Korea - Seo Jung-ae
• Luxembourg - Josee Pundel
• Norway - Berit Grundvig
• Paraguay - Elvira dos Santos Encina
• Peru - María Elena Rossel Zapata
• Portugal - Maria Teresa Motoa Cardoso
• Puerto Rico - Lilie Díaz
• Rhodesia and Nyasaland - Vivien Lentin
• South Africa - Moya Meaker
• Sweden - Carola Håkonsson
• United Kingdom - Anne Thelwell
• United States - Loretta Powell
• Uruguay - Yvonne Kelly

Notes

Debuts

• Argentina
• Ghana
• Gibraltar
• Hawaii
• Hong Kong
• India
• Jamaica
• Jordan
• Korea
• Paraguay
• Peru
• Portugal
• Puerto Rico
• Rhodesia and Nyasaland
• Uruguay

Returns

Last competed in 1955:

• Honduras

Last competed in 1957:

• Austria
• Finland
• Luxembourg

Withdrawals

• Morocco
• Tunisia
• Turkey
• Venezuela

External links

• Miss World official website

• Miss World 1959 video(Dutch)-Corine Rottschäfer

[[:Category:Miss World]] [[:Category:1959 in London]] [[:Category:1959 beauty pageants]] [[:Category:Beauty pageants in the United Kingdom]] [[:Category:November 1959 events]]