List of Miss World titleholders – Part 1
75MISS WORLD WINNERS – PART I
1951 Miss World Kiki Håkansson from Sweden
Place Crowned: London, United Kingdom Lyceum Theatre
Full name: Kerstin "Kiki" Håkansson
Date of Birth: 1929
Place of Birth: Sweden
The first Miss World beauty pageant
Runners-up in the pageant:
1st Runner-up Great Britain - Laura Ellison-Davies
2nd Runner-up Great Britain - Doreen Dawne
3rd Runner-up ? - Unknown
4th Runner-up Great Britain - Aileen Chase
May Louise Flodin
1952 Miss World May Louise Flodin from Sweden
Place Crowned: London, United Kingdom Lyceum Theatre
Full name: May Louise Flodin
Date of Birth:
Place of Birth: Sweden
She was the second Swede to win the pageant.
Runners-up in the pageant:
1st Runner-up Switzerland - Sylvia Müller
2nd Runner-up West Germany - Vera Marks
3rd Runner-up Finland - Eeva Maria Hellas
4th Runner-up United States - Tally Richards
Denise Perrier
1953 Miss World Denise Perrier from France
Place Crowned: London, United Kingdom Lyceum Theatre
Full name: Denise Perrier
Date of Birth: 1935
Place of Birth: France
Profession: French model and actress
Runners-up in the pageant:
1st Runner-up Greece - Alexandra Ladikou
2nd Runner-up Egypt - Myshimarina "Marina" Papaelia
3rd Runner-up Ceylon - Manel Illangakoon
4th Runner-up Monte Carlo - Elizabeth Chovisky
5th Runner-up USA - Mary Kemp Griffin
Antigone Costanda
1954 Miss World Antigone Costanda from Egypt
Place Crowned: London, United Kingdom Lyceum Theatre
Full name: Antigone Costanda
Date of Birth:
Place of Birth: Egypt
The first Egypt’s Miss World Winner
She speaks Arabic, Greek, English, Italian and French fluently
Profession: Model, interior designer
Runners-up in the pageant:
1st Runner-up USA - Karin Hultman
2nd Runner-up Greece - Efi Mela
3rd Runner-up France - Claudine Bleuse
4th Runner-up Germany - Frauke Walther
5th Runner-up Denmark - Grete Hoffenblad
Carmen Susana Duijm Zubillaga
1955 Miss World Susana Duijm fromVenezuela
Place Crowned: London, United Kingdom Lyceum Theatre
Full name: Carmen Susana Duijm Zubillaga
Date of Birth: August 11, 1936
Place of Birth: Aragua de Barcelona, Anzoátegui state, Venezuela
The first South American woman to win the title
Runners-up in the pageant:
1st Runner-up United States - Margaret Haywood
2nd Runner-up Greece - Julia Coumoundourou
3rd Runner-up Cuba - Gilda Marín
4th Runner-up Sweden - Anita Åstrand
5th Runner-up France - Gisele Thierry
Petra Susanna Schürmann
1956 Miss World Petra Schürmann from West Germany
Place Crowned: London, United Kingdom Lyceum Theatre
Full name: Petra Susanna Schürmann
Date of Birth: 15 September 1935
Place of Birth: Mönchengladbach, West Germany
The first woman from (West) Germany to win the title
Profession: Actress, with degree in philosophy and history of arts
Runners-up in the pageant:
1st Runner-up USA - Betty Lane Cherry
2nd Runner-up Israel - Rina Weiss
3rd Runner-up Japan - Midoriki Tokura
4th Runner-up Denmark - Anne Rye Nielsen
5th Runner-up Sweden - Eva Bränn
Marita Lindahl
1957 Miss World Marita Lindahl from Finland
Place Crowned: London, United Kingdom Lyceum Theatre
Full name: Marita Lindahl
Date of Birth: 17 October 1938
Place of Birth: Finland
The first woman from her country to win the title and the third Scandinavian woman Runners-up in the pageant:
1st Runner-up Denmark - Lilian Juul Madsen
2nd Runner-up South Africa - Adele June Kruger
3rd Runner-up Tunisia - Jacqueline Tapia
4th Runner-up Japan - Muneko Yorifuji
5th Runner-up France - Claudette Inés Navarro
6th Runner-up Israel - Sara Elimor
Penelope Anne Coelen
1958 Miss World Penelope Anne Coelen from South Africa
Place Crowned: London, United Kingdom Lyceum Theatre
Full name: Penelope Anne Coelen
Date of Birth: 1939
Place of Birth: Durban, South Africa
The first major international titleholder to come from Africa.
Runners-up in the pageant:
1st Runner-up France - Claudine Oger
2nd Runner-up Denmark - Vinnie Ingemann
3rd Runner-up Sweden - Gun Harriett Margareta Wagstrom
4th Runner-up Holland - Lucienne Struve
5th Runner-up UK - Eileen Sheridan
6th Runner-up Brazil - Sonia Maria Campos
Corine Spier-Rottschäfer
1959 Miss World Corine Rottschäfer from Holland
Place Crowned: London, United Kingdom Lyceum Theatre
Full name: Corine Spier-Rottschäfer
Date of Birth: May 8, 1938
Place of Birth:
The first woman from Netherlands to win the title
Profession: Model
Runners-up in the pageant:
1st Runner-up Peru - Maria Elena Rosell Zapata
2nd Runner-up Israel - Ziva Shomrat
3rd Runner-up UK - Anne Thelwell
4th Runner-up Denmark- Kirsten Olsen
Norma Gladys Cappagli
1960 Miss World Norma Cappagli from Argentina
Place Crowned: London, United Kingdom Lyceum Theatre
Full name: Norma Gladys Cappagli
Date of Birth: 1939
Place of Birth:
The first woman from Argentina and the second South American woman to win the title. Runners-up in the pageant:
1st Runner-up Israel - Gila Golan
2nd Runner-up South Africa - Denise Muir
3rd Runner-up Germany - Ingrun Helgard Möckel
4th Runner-up USA - Judith Ann Achter
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