Hayek Queens
Back
Completed
No image
20th Edition
Miss World 1970
Host City
London, United Kingdom 🇬🇧
Royal Albert Hall
Dates
Nov 20, 1970
Participation
58 Contestants
Winner
Jennifer Hosten
🇬🇩 Grenada
Previous
1969 · Edition 19
Open edition
Current
1970 · Edition 20
You are here
Next
1971 · Edition 21
Open edition

Notes

ENFrom edition_translations
Miss World 1970, the 20th edition, was held on 20 November 1970 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, United Kingdom, and broadcast by the BBC. Jennifer Hosten of Grenada won, becoming the first black Miss World; the black South African entrant placed second. The event was disrupted by Women’s Liberation protesters who threw flour bombs, and a bomb exploded under a BBC van beforehand. The result sparked controversy and accusations of rigging, partly because Grenada’s Prime Minister Eric Gairy served as a judge; organiser Julia Morley briefly resigned before resuming.

Final Placements

Official Results
Jennifer Hosten
Winner
Miss World 1970Edition 20
Jennifer Hosten
🇬🇩Grenada
View Profile →
2
Pearl Gladys Jansen
🇿🇦South Africa
1st Runner-up
3
Irith Lavi
🇮🇱Israel
2nd Runner-up
4
Marjorie Christel Johansson
3rd Runner-up
5
Jillian Elizabeth Jessup
🇿🇦South Africa
4th Runner-up
Top Finalists
Minerva Manalo Cagatao
🇵🇭Philippines
3
Sandra Anne Wolsfeld
🇺🇸United States
4
Sonia Yara Guerra
🇧🇷Brazil
6
Tereza Đelmiš
🇾🇺Yugoslavia
7
Valli Kemp
🇦🇺Australia
8

Contestants

Page 7
← PrevNext →

Professionals

Page 3
← PrevNext →

Media

empty