Miss World 1969

Miss World 1969
Miss World 1969
	Eva Rueber-Staier, Miss World 1969
Date	27 November 1969
Presenters	Michael Aspel, Pete Murray
Entertainment	Frank Ifield, Lionel Blair & his Dancers
Venue	Royal Albert Hall, London, UK
Broadcaster	BBC
Entrants	50
Placements	15
Debuts	Seychelles;
Withdrawals	Ceylon; Ghana; Italy; Kenya; Morocco; Peru; Thailand; Uganda;
Returns	Czechoslovakia; Gambia; Iceland; Lebanon; Paraguay;
Winner	Eva Rueber-Staier; Austria
	← 1968 1970 →

Miss World 1969 was the 19th edition of the Miss World pageant, held for the first time at the Royal Albert Hall on 27 November 1969, broadcast for the first time in colour by the BBC. 50 delegates vied for the crown won by Eva Rueber-Staier of Austria.^[1]^[2] She was crowned by actor Omar Sharif, not by Miss World 1968 winner Penelope Plummer of Australia.

Results

Placement	Contestant
Miss World 1969	Austria – Eva Rueber-Staier^[1]^[2]
1st runner-up	United States – Gail Renshaw^[2]
2nd runner-up	West Germany – Christa Margraf^[2]
3rd runner-up	Guyana – Pamela Lord
4th runner-up	Venezuela – Marzia Piazza
Top 7	Norway – Kjersti Jortun South Africa – Linda Collett
Top 15	Czechoslovakia – Marcela Bitnarova Finland – Päivi Ilona Raita France – Suzanne Angly Israel – Tehila Selah Jamaica – Marlyn Elizabeth Taylor Malta – Mary Brincat New Zealand – Carole Robinson United Kingdom – Sheena Drummond