# Julia Morley

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British beauty pageant organizer

Julia Morley CBE Morley at Miss World 2007 Born Julia Evelyn Pritchard (1939-10-25) 25 October 1939 (age 86) London, England Occupations Chairwoman of the Miss World Organization President of Variety International 2009–2011 Spouse Eric Morley ​ ​ (m. 1960; died 2000)​ Children 5

**Julia Evelyn Morley** [CBE](/source/Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire) (née **Pritchard**; born 25 October 1939) is an English businesswoman, charity worker and former model. She is the chairwoman and CEO of the Miss World Organization, which organizes the [Miss World](/source/Miss_World) and [Mister World](/source/Mister_World) pageants.[1] She is the [widow](/source/Widow) of Miss World creator, the late [Eric Morley](/source/Eric_Morley) who organized the pageant from its inception in July 1951, until his death in 2000.

## Life and career

Born in London, she worked as a model, and met Eric Morley, then a director of [Mecca Dancing](/source/The_Rank_Group_Plc), at a dance hall in [Leeds](/source/Leeds); the couple married in 1960.[2] She became chairman of Miss World after her husband died in 2000.[3]

As chairman of Miss World, she introduced "Beauty With A Purpose", in 1972, which raises money in support of sick and disadvantaged children.[4] In 2009, Morley used the opening of the Miss World Festival to launch the [Variety](/source/Variety%2C_the_Children's_Charity) International Children’s Fund with a Charity Dinner which raised over $400,000 for nutritional, educational and medical projects in [Haiti](/source/Haiti).[5] She was conferred the Priyadarshini Award for her ‘Save the Children’ campaign.[6] In 2016, Morley received the Variety Humanitarian Award.[7]

Morley was appointed [Commander of the Order of the British Empire](/source/Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire) (CBE) in the [2022 Birthday Honours](/source/2022_Birthday_Honours) for charitable and voluntary services to disadvantaged people in the UK and abroad.[8]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Mister World is back!"](http://www.mrworld.tv/shownews/Mr-World-is-back!/273.html#.VzSlr9R94UQ).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Obituary: Eric Morley", *The Telegraph*, 10 November 2000](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1373861/Eric-Morley.html). Retrieved 6 October 2013

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Miss World 2013: "Contest Empowers Women And Gives Them A Voice" Says Chair Julia Morley", *Huffington Post*, 28 September 2013](http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/09/24/miss-world-2013-empowering-women-say-julia-morley_n_3984148.html). Retrieved 6 October 2013

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Miss World charity auction"](https://web.archive.org/web/20150709015908/http://www.talkvietnam.com/2012/10/gem-of-a-painting-top-seller-at-miss-world-charity-auction/#.UZItEKIp_Pw). *talkvietnam.com*. 26 October 2012. Archived from [the original](http://talkvietnam.com/2012/10/gem-of-a-painting-top-seller-at-miss-world-charity-auction/#.UZItEKIp_Pw) on 9 July 2015. Retrieved 14 May 2013.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Miss World 2009 Charity Dinner"](http://www.beautywithapurpose.com/index.php/en/news/85-miss-world-2009-charity-dinner). *Beauty With A Purpose*. 9 November 2009. Retrieved 14 May 2013.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** Behrawala, Krutika (21 September 2014). ["Chopra and Julia Morley honoured with Priyadarshni Academy's Global Awards 2014 inUmbai"](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Priyanka-Chopra-and-Julia-Morley-honoured-with-Priyadarshni-Academys-Global-Awards-2014-in-Mumbai/articleshow/43005115.cms). *Times of India*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Miss World CEO Julia Morley felicitated with Humanitarian Award"](https://m.beautypageants.in/miss-world/Miss-World-CEO-Julia-Morley-felicitated-with-Humanitarian-Award/eventshow/52062195.cms). *Indiatimes*. 1 May 2016. Retrieved 11 December 2018.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["No. 63714"](https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/63714/supplement/B10). *[The London Gazette](/source/The_London_Gazette)* (Supplement). 1 June 2022. p. B10.

## External links

- [Julia Morley](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1508869/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier))

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