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Wilnelia, Lady Forsyth-Johnson (née Merced, born October 12, 1957) is a Puerto Rican former actress, model and beauty queen. She won Miss World 1975, and was married to entertainer Sir Bruce Forsyth from 1983 until his death in August 2017.
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Career
Born in Caguas, Puerto Rico, she won Miss Mundo de Puerto Rico 1975 and went on to win Miss World 1975 at the Royal Albert Hall in London. She remained the only Puerto Rican to win the title until Stephanie Del Valle won Miss World 2016. She travelled widely during her reigning year and was invited to pre-civil war El Salvador by that country's government. She fell in love with England, which she would later make her home.
After passing on her crown, in 1976, she was signed by Ford Models in New York City. In 1978, a giant poster of her was displayed in Times Square, and she was introduced, in London at the 1980 Miss World competition gala to English television entertainer Bruce Forsyth. Merced and Forsyth married in New York in 1983. While still a public figure at home in Puerto Rico, she retired as a model after her wedding. The couple's son was born in 1987. She was married to Forsyth until his death in 2017. She lives with her son, Jonathan Joseph (JJ) on the Wentworth Estate in Surrey, England.
She has a foundation to help Puerto Rico's underprivileged children, for which she organizes charity balls. In 2002, during one of her visits to Puerto Rico, her home was broken into by thieves, who injured one of her maids.
