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Miss World 1951

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Date
  
29 July 1951

Entrants
  
26

Presenters
  
Eric Morley

Placements
  
5

Venue
  
Lyceum Ballroom, London, United Kingdom

Debuts
  
Denmark, France, Holland, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States

Miss World 1951, the first Miss World pageant, was held on 29 July 1951 at the Lyceum Ballroom in London, UK. A total of 26 contestants competed for the inaugural Miss World title.

Contents

The winner was Kiki Håkansson from Sweden. She wore a "bikini" when being crowned, the only winner to ever do so.

Contestants

  •  Britain - Pat Cameron
  •  Britain - Aileen P. Chase
  •  Britain - Fay Cotton
  •  Britain - Laura Ellison-Davies
  •  Britain - Doreen Dawne
  •  Britain - Marlene Ann Dee
  •  Britain - Brenda Mee
  •  Britain - Elayne Pryce
  •  Britain - Sidney Walker
  •  Britain - Nina Way
  •  Britain - Ann Rosemary West
  •  Denmark - Lily Jacobson
  •  France - Jacqueline Lemoine
  •  Holland - Sabine Aime di Angelo
  •  Sweden - Kiki Håkansson
  •  United States - Annette Gibson
  • Names are unknown for 10 remaining contestants who represented Britain

    • Crossovers

    Contestants who previously competed or will be competing at international beauty pageants:

    Miss World
  • 1952:  Britain: Doreen Dawne
  • 1952:  Britain: Marlene Ann Dee
  • 1953:  Britain: Brenda Mee
    • Miss Universe
  • 1952:  Britain: Aileen Chase
    • Miss Europe
  • 1949:  Britain: Elayne Pryce
  • 1953:  Britain: Marlene Ann Dee (1st Runner-up)

    • References

    Miss World 1951 Wikipedia
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