Petra Schürmann

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Petra Schürmann-Freund (Script error: No such module "IPA".; 15 September 1933 – 14 January 2010) was a German actress, model, TV announcer and beauty queen who won Miss World 1956.[1]

Biography

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Schürmann as an announcer for the Bayerischer Rundfunk, in the 1960s
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Schürmann grave in 2010

Schürmann won the 1956 Miss World[2] contest, representing West Germany.[3][4][5]

since 2012Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". she is the only German to win this title,[3] with the exception of Gabriella Brum who won the title in 1980 but resigned one day later. The pageant was held in London, United Kingdom.[3] Schürmann finished only third in the Miss Germany pageant, but was chosen to represent her country in London because of her better knowledge of English.[6]

At that time Schürmann was studying philosophy and history of the arts at the universities of Bonn and Cologne.[7][3] After winning her Miss World title, she continued her studies in Munich.[6] Beginning with the 1960s Schürmann entered an ongoing radio and television career, primarily with the Munich-based Bayerischer Rundfunk.[3] She also did some acting and wrote several books.[3]

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Schürmann in 1956
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Schürmann last ceremony on 19 January 2010

Personal life

In 1973, Schürmann married the physician Dr. Gerhard Freund (1922–2008), who under a veil of secrecy, had fathered their daughter Alexandra in 1967.[7]

This was at a time when he was still wed to German actress Marianne Koch.[7] Alexandra Freund also had a successful career with the Munich broadcaster but died in 2001, aged 34, from an automobile accident when she collided with a wrong-way driver.[7]

Schürmann never fully recovered from the loss of her daughter, with whom she was very close.[1][7][3] From 2003 until her death, she was involved in an intimate relationship with Felix Raslag, CEO of a biotech company in Munich, who was 35 years her junior.[8][9][10][11]

Death

Schürmann retired in 2006 with her husband to their house on the shores of Lake Starnberg, south of Munich.[7] When he died in August 2008, they had been married for 35 years.[4][5][6] She died on 14 January 2010 in her home in Starnberg following a long illness.[1]

Selected filmography

References

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Awards and achievements
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