Miss World pageant is the oldest in history and it is still going strong. As one of the biggest events of the year and the most popular, it’s the media’s attention worldwide. It is a prestigious event, which many people wait all year. Now let’s learn about the 10 Miss World true that you might not know.
Deposed / Resignation winners.
The contest has its share of shocking moments. Throughout its history, it was just one of the international beauty contest with two winning big resign or be ousted. One of the first shocking moment came in 1974 – the UK’s Helen Morgan was crowned Miss World 1974 (24 copies), but resigned four days later found that she had have a child. The next one came in 1980 – Gabriella Brum of Germany was crowned Miss World 1980 (Editon 30), Brum has resigned after 18 hours of his reign, initially claimed her boyfriend, and then recording media pressure related to her nude photos are the reasons. We really wanted the organization to take the step bigger and wider stance apart from the fact that a win is a mother or a transsexual or has appeared naked at some point in her life .
Miss World event – Most wins.
Venezuela has the most wins in the history of the competition with a total of six wins. It started its winning streak in 1955 (5th edition) and continued with 1981 (31 copies), 1984 (34 copies), 1991 ($ 1 copy), 1995 (45 copies). Its last victory came in 2011 (61 copies). The winners in chronological order is Susana Duijm, Pilin León, Astrid Herrera, Ninibeth Leal, Jacqueline Aguilera and Ivian Sarcos.
Oldest & youngest Miss World Winner.
The oldest person so far has been Poland’s Aneta Kreglicka has won the title in 1989 (39 copies). She is 24 years 244 days old at the time of her victory. The youngest winner was Wilnelia Merced of Puerto Rico, who won the title in 1975 (25 copies). She was 18 years 39 days at the time of her victory.
Most delegates & Poor.
The number of delegates varies from year to year. The year that saw the least number of countries participating in the event was in 1952 (2nd Edition). The winner for this year’s Swedish FLODIN Louise months. The year that saw the most number of participating countries is 2013, is a huge number of 127 participating countries. This year saw the victory of Megan Young from the Philippines.
Gap largest and smallest.
There have been many cases when a country has won more than once. What is interesting is the period between the victory of a nation. The longest distance between the winner of a country is in Peru. 1967 (17 copies), Madeline Hartog-Bel of Peru was crowned the winner, and after a gap of 37 years, in 2004 (54 copies), María Julia Mantilla of Peru won the title. The record for the shortest distance to be shared between three countries – 1951 (1st Edition) and 1952 (2nd Edition), Kerstin Håkansson of Sweden and May-Louise was crowned FLODIN respectively; 1964 (14 copies) and 1965 (15 copies), Ann Sidney Lesley Langley of England and won the title and in 1999 respectively (49 copies) and 2000 (50).
Win At State.
So far, seven winners were crowned in their country. 1961 (11 copies), Rosemarie Frankland UK; in 1964, (14 copies) of the United Kingdom Ann Sidney; in 1965 (15 copies), Lesley Langley of the United Kingdom, in 1974 (24 copies), Helen Morgan of England and in 1983 (33 copies), Sarah-Jane Hutt UK were crowned in the UK . 2007 (57 copies), Zhang Zilin of China and in 2012 (62 copies), China Yu Wenxia was crowned in China.
Shortest Longest & Reign.
Since Miss World events do not take place on the same day every year, so not all the winners get the same exact time of the dynasty. The longest reign of a winner in the history of the competition was by Kerstin Håkansson of Sweden, who won in 1951 (1st Edition) on July 29, 1951 and the throne of over 14 months 11 in 1952. in other words, she reigned for 1 year, 3 months, 16 days. The shortest reign so far of a winner was by Venezuelan Ivian Sarcos, winner in 2011 (61 copies) on November 6, 2011 and crowned her successor on August 18 year 2012.
The first one (Miss World).
Some winners in addition to winning the crown also set a number of records – Kerstin Håkansson of Sweden became the first European to win the title when she became Miss World 1951 (1st Edition) Antigone Costanda Egypt became the first African and the first from a Muslim country prevailed to win the Miss world title when she became Miss world 1954 (4th Edition), Venezuela has become Susana Duijm the first to Latin America and was the first American to win the Miss world title when she became Miss world 1955 (5th Edition), Carole Joan Crawford Jamaica became the first Caribbean to win United Miss world when she became Miss world 1963 (13 copies), Reita Faria of India became the first Asian to win the Miss world title when she became Miss world 1966 (16 Version), Poland’s Aneta Kreglicka became the first Eastern European to win the Miss world title when she became Miss world 1989 (39th Edition), Nigeria Agbani Darego is the first black African to win Miss world title she became Miss world 2001 (51 copies) and China’s Zhang Zilin Miss world first East Asian origin when she won the Miss world 2007 (57 copies).
Winners Who Won Sub-Titles.
There have been some winners throughout the history of the pageant, the crown with the win, has won a number of subtitles too. Zhang Zilin of China’s (Miss World 2007, 57 copies), Russian Ksenia Sukhinova (Miss World 2008, the 58th Edition) and Megan Young Philippines (Miss World 2013, 63rd Edition) winner throne Miss World Top Model. Rosanna Davison of Ireland (Miss World 2003, 53 copies) and Gibraltar’s Kaiane Aldorino (Miss World 2009, 59 copies) won the Miss World Beach Beauty. China Yu Wenxia (Miss World 2012, 62 copies) won the Miss World Talent. Azra Akın of Turkey (Miss World 2002, 52 copies) won Best World Dress Designer (Spectacular Evening Wear). Astrid Carolina Herrera Venezuela (Miss World 1984, the 34th Edition), India’s Aishwarya Rai (Miss World, 1994, 44th Edition), Jacqueline Aguilera Venezuela (Miss World 1995, 45 copies) and India Diana Hayden (Miss World 1997, 47th Edition), all winning Miss Photogenic. India Diana Hayden (Miss World 1997, 47th Edition) also spectacular win Swimwear.
Source.
The origin of the Miss World is very exciting, because it was planned to make a regular annual event. To honor the swimsuit was introduced at that time, the event was created. It started as a festival Bikini contest in 1951, but the intense media that is Miss World, and it has made possible. When Eric Morley, president of the contest, came to know about the Miss Universe contest the upcoming years later in 1952, after which he decided to make it an annual event.
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