Miss World 1958

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Miss World 1958 was the eighth edition of the Miss World pageant, held at the Lyceum Ballroom in London, United Kingdom on 13 October 1958.

At the end of the event, Marita Lindahl of Finland crowned Penelope Anne Coelen of South Africa as Miss World 1958. This is the first victory of South Africa and the second victory of Africa in the history of the pageant.

Contestants from twenty countries participated in this year's pageant. The pageant was hosted by Eric Morley.

Background

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Lyceum Ballroom, venue of Miss World 1958

Selection of participants

Twenty contestants were selected to compete in the pageant. One contestant was appointed to represent her country in this edition after contracting an illness from the previous edition.

Replacements

Miss Belgium 1958, Michele Gouthals was scheduled to represent her country in this edition.[1] However, she was unable to participate in the competition because her organization appointed Miss Belgium 1957, Jeanne Chandelle to represent Belgium once again because she contracted the Asian Flu during the Miss World 1957 pageant and only showed up on the day of the coronation.

Debuts, returns and withdrawals

This edition marked the debut of Brazil, and the returns of Turkey, which last competed in 1953, and Norway last competed in 1954.

Hanni Ehrenstrasser of Austria withdrew after winning Miss Europe 1958, making her ineligible to compete at Miss World. Elisabeth Schubel-Auer was set to replace Ehrenstrasser, but did not push through for undisclosed reasons.[2] Leila Saas of Egypt withdrew for financial reasons. Pirkko Mannola of Finland, Hjördís Sigurvinsdóttir of Iceland, Lydie Schmit of Luxembourg, and Denise Orlando of Tunisia withdrew for undisclosed reasons.[3] Australia withdrew after their organization failed to hold a national competition or appoint a candidate.

Janet Ohene-Agyei Boateng of Ghana was supposed to compete, but withdrew due to financial constraints. Krystyna Żyła of Poland was supposed to compete as well, but was barred by her government from competing. She was eventually found dead in December 1958.[4]

Results

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Miss World 1958 participating countries and territories
Placement Contestant
Miss World 1958
1st runner-up
2nd runner-up
3rd runner-up
4th runner-up
5th runner-up

Pageant

Format

The number of placements in this edition has been reduced to six from seven in the previous edition. The six finalists were selected through a preliminary competition held on the day of the final competition consisting of a swimsuit and an evening gown competition.[8]

Selection committee

Contestants

Twenty contestants competed for the title.[10]

Country Contestant AgeTemplate:Efn Hometown
File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium Script error: No such module "Sort". 19 Brussels
File:Flag of Brazil (1889–1960).svg Brazil Script error: No such module "Sort".[8] 20 Recife
File:Canadian Red Ensign (1957–1965).svg Canada Script error: No such module "Sort".[11] 21 Flin Flon
File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark Script error: No such module "Sort".[12] 18 Copenhagen
File:Flag of France.svg France Script error: No such module "Sort".[13] 17 Paris
File:Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Greece Script error: No such module "Sort".[14] 19 Athens
File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Holland Script error: No such module "Sort".[15] 19 Rotterdam
File:Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland Script error: No such module "Sort". 17 Londonderry
File:Flag of Israel.svg Israel Script error: No such module "Sort".[16] 19 Tel Aviv
File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy Script error: No such module "Sort".[17] 18 Rome
File:Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Japan Script error: No such module "Sort".[18] 23 Saitama
File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco Script error: No such module "Sort".[19] 21 Rabat
File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway Script error: No such module "Sort". 19 Oslo
File:Flag of South Africa (1928–1982).svg South Africa Script error: No such module "Sort".[20] 18 Durban
File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Script error: No such module "Sort". 20 Stockholm
File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey Script error: No such module "Sort". 18 Istanbul
File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United KingdomTemplate:Efn Script error: No such module "Sort".[21] 22 Walton-on-Thames
File:Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg United States Script error: No such module "Sort".[22] 23 Washington D.C.
File:Flag of Venezuela (1954–2006).svg Venezuela Script error: No such module "Sort".[8] 18 Carúpano
File:Flag of Germany.svg West Germany Script error: No such module "Sort". 20 Bavaria

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