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| It all started way back in 1951 as part of that year's Festival of Britain celebrations. Officially titled the "Festival Bikini Contest," it was the British press who dubbed it "Miss World." The media frenzy welcomed a global audience bigger than international events like the World Cup and the Olympic Games. Fifty years later, it attracts an annual audience of 2.5 billion people. Founder Eric Morley, a former bingo hall manager, originally intended the contest to be a one-time event. But when the Miss Universe Pageant entered the equation the following year, he decided to make his show an annual one. For Eric and his wife, Julia, it then became a life's work and passion. Here's a brief look at the history of the pageant over the years. |
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1951 - Kerstin Haakansson, Sweden |
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1952 - May Louise Flodin, Sweden |
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1953 - Denise Perrier, France |
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1954 - Antigone Costanda, Egypt |
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1955 - Carmen Susana Zubillaga, Venezuela |
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1956 - Petra Schürmann, Germany |
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1957 - Marita Lindahl, Finland |
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1958 - Penelope Anne Coelen, South Africa |
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1959 - Corine Rottschaefer, Holland |
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1960 - Norma Gladys Cappagli, Argentina |
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1961 - Rosemarie Frankland, United Kingdom |
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1962 - Catharina Johanna Lodders, Holland |
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1963 - Carole Joan Crawford, Jamaica |
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1964 - Ann Sidney, United Kingdom |
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1965 - Lesley Langley, United Kingdom |
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1966 - Reita Faria, India |
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1967 - Madeleine Hartog-Bel Houghton, Peru |
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1968 - Penelope Plummer, Australia |
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1969 - Eve Reuber-Staier, Austria |
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1970 - Jennifer Josephine Hosten, Grenada |
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1971 - Lúcia Tavares Peterlle, Brazil |
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1972 - Belinda Roma Green, Australia |
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1973 - Marjorie (Marji) Wallace, United States |
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1974 - Helen Elizabeth Morgan, United Kingdom |
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1975 - Wilnelia Merced Cruz, Puerto Rico |
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1976 - Cynthia Jean Breakspeare, Jamaica |
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1977 - Mary Ann-Catrin Stavin, Sweden |
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1978 - Silvana Suárez Clarence, Argentina |
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1979 - Gina Ann Swainson, Bermuda |
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1980 - Gabriella Brum, Germany |
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1981 - Carmen Josefina (Pilín) León Crespo, Venezuela |
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1982 - Mariasela Alvarez Lebrón, Dominican Republic |
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1983 - Sarah-Jane Hutt, United Kingdom |
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1984 - Astrid Carolina Herrara Irrazábal, Venezuela |
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1985 - Holmfridur Karlsdóttir, Iceland |
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1986 - Giselle Jeanne-Marie Laronde, Trinidad & Tobago |
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1987 - Ulla Weigerstorfer, Austria |
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1988 - Linda Pétursdóttir, Iceland |
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1989- Aneta-Beata Kreglicka, Poland |
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1990 - Gina Marie Tolleson, United States |
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1991 - Ninibeth Beatriz Leal Jiménez, Venezuela |
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1992 - Yuliya Alexandrovna Kourotchkina, Russia |
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1993 - Lisa Hanna, Jamaica |
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1994 - Aishwarya Rai, India |
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1995 - Jacqueline Maria Aguilera Marcano, Venezuela |
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1996 - Irene Skliva, Greece |
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1997 - Diana Hayden, India |
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1998 -Linor Abargil, Israel |
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1999 - Yukta Mookhey, India |
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2000 - Priyanka Mini Chopra, India |
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2001 - Asenite Darego, Nigeria |
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2002 - Diana Hayden, India |
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