{{Short description|Beauty pageant edition}} {{pp-sock|small=yes}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Use British English|date=May 2014}} {{Infobox beauty pageant | image = File:Penelope Anne Coelen, Miss South Africa.jpg | caption = [[Penelope Coelen]] | winner = [[Penelope Coelen]] | represented = South Africa | date = 13 October 1958 | presenters = [[Bob Russell (television presenter)|Bob Russell]] | entrants = 20 | placements = 6 | venue = [[Lyceum Theatre, London|Lyceum Ballroom]], London, United Kingdom | debuts = {{Hlist|Brazil}} | returns = {{Hlist|Norway|Turkey}} | withdraws = {{Hlist|Australia|Austria|Finland|Iceland|Luxembourg|Tunisia}} | before = [[Miss World 1957|1957]] | next = [[Miss World 1959|1959]] }}
'''Miss World 1958''' was the eighth edition of the [[Miss World]] pageant, held at the [[Lyceum Theatre, London|Lyceum Ballroom]] in London, United Kingdom, on 13 October 1958.
At the conclusion of the event, [[Charles Eade]] and [[Bob Russell (television presenter)|Bob Russell]] crowned [[Penelope Coelen]] of South Africa as Miss World 1958.<ref name="Miss World 1958">{{Cite web |last1=Rodríguez Matute |first1= Julio |date=24 November 2019 |title=Miss World 1958 |url=https://rodriguezmatute.home.blog/2019/11/24/miss-world-1958/ |access-date=21 October 2025 |website=MISS WORLD HISTORY / HISTORIA DE MISS MUNDO |language=en}}</ref> 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 Bob Russell.<ref name="Miss World 1958"/>
== Background == [[File:Lyceum_Theatre,_Wellington_St,_London.jpg|thumb|250x250px|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.<ref>{{Cite web |date=11 January 2010 |title=Erelijst Miss België |url=https://www.demorgen.be/tv-cultuur/erelijst-miss-belgie~b5723d4d/ |access-date=13 April 2025 |website=De Morgen |language=nl-NL}}</ref> 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 [[1957–1958 influenza pandemic|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 [[Miss World 1953|1953]], and Norway last competed in [[Miss World 1954|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.<ref>{{Cite web|date=27 January 2019|title=Miss Austria wird seit 90 Jahren gewählt|url=https://wien.orf.at/v2/news/stories/2961076/|access-date=13 April 2025|website=Wien|language=de}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Rytsä|first=Paavo|date=5 February 2008|title=Pirkko Mannolasta Miss Suomi|url=http://yle.fi/aihe/artikkeli/2008/02/05/pirkko-mannolasta-miss-suomi|access-date=13 April 2025|website=Yle|language=fi-FI}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sowa |first=Karol |date=9 June 2023 |title=O jej śmierci pisała cała Polska. Po 40 latach wszyscy poznali prawdę... Jakie tajemnice skrywała Krystyna Żyła? |trans-title=Her death was written about all over Poland. After 40 years, everyone learned the truth... What secrets did Krystyna Żyła hide? |url=https://viva.pl/ludzie/niezwykle-historie/krystyna-zyla-tajemnica-tragicznej-smierci-wypadek-okolicznosci-co-wiemy-zycie-miss-polonia-143118-r1/ |access-date=13 April 2025 |website=Viva.pl |language=pl-PL}}</ref>
== Results == [[File:Miss World 1958 Map.PNG|thumb|250x250px|Miss World 1958 participating countries and territories]]
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;" |- ! Placement ! Contestant |- | Miss World 1958 | * {{flag|South Africa|1928}} – [[Penelope Coelen]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|date=14 October 1958|title=Miss World 1958 Penelope Coelen uit Zuid-Afrika heeft honingblond haar|language=nl|trans-title=Miss World 1958 Penelope Coelen from South Africa has honey blonde hair|pages=3|work=Het Parool|url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ABCDDD:010838264:mpeg21:p003|access-date=13 April 2025|via=Delpher}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=14 October 1958|title=Honey Blonde South African Wins '58 'Miss World' Title|language=en|pages=25|work=The News Journal|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/50424956/honey-blonde-south-african-wins-58/|access-date=13 April 2025|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> |- | 1st runner-up | * {{flag|France}} – [[Claudine Auger]]<ref name=":0" /> |- | 2nd runner-up | * {{flag|Denmark}} – Vinnie Ingemann<ref name=":0" /> |- | 3rd runner-up | * {{flag|Sweden}} – Harriet Wågström<ref>{{Cite news|date=15 October 1958|title=Op deze foto ziet u tezamen gebracht de vijf|language=nl|trans-title=In this picture you can see the five put together|pages=11|work=Twentsch dagblad Tubantia|url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=MMHCO02:163770039:mpeg21:p00011|access-date=13 April 2025|via=Delpher}}</ref> |- | 4th runner-up | * {{flag|Holland}} – Lucienne Struve<ref name=":0" /> |- | 5th runner-up | * {{flag|United Kingdom}} – [[Eileen Sheridan (model)|Eileen Sheridan]]<ref name=":12">{{Cite news|date=14 October 1958|title=Ann Coelen, de Sur Africa elegida como "Miss Mundo" 1958|language=es|trans-title=Ann Coelen, from South Africa chosen as "Miss World" 1958|pages=1, 11|work=El Tiempo|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Ca4cAAAAIBAJ&sjid=sWgEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4005%2C1733804|access-date=13 April 2025|via=[[Google News Archive]]}}</ref> |}
== 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.<ref name=":12" />
=== Selection committee === * Claude Berr – Co-head of the [[Miss Europe]] committee * [[Cowan Dobson]] – Scottish portrait artist * [[Charles Eade]] – British newspaper editor; Member of the [[Commonwealth Press Union|Council of the British Commonwealth Press Union]] * [[Taina Elg]] – Finnish-American actress * [[Barbara Goalen]] – British fashion model * Charles Jacobs – American photographer * [[Stirling Moss]] – English [[Formula One]] racer<ref name=":02">{{Cite news|date=14 October 1958|title=Miss World 1958 Penelope Coelen uit Zuid-Afrika heeft honingblond haar|language=nl|trans-title=Miss World 1958 Penelope Coelen from South Africa has honey blonde hair|pages=3|work=Het Parool|url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ABCDDD:010838264:mpeg21:p003|access-date=13 April 2025|via=Delpher}}</ref> * Cynthia Oberholzer – South African model * Oscar Santa Maria – former Brazilian politician * Shakuntala Sharma – Indian Princess and fashion designer
== Contestants == Twenty contestants competed for the title.<ref>{{cite web|title=8th Miss World - 1954|url=https://www.missworld.com/contestants/1958|work=[[Miss World]]|access-date=30 April 2025|language=en|archive-date=26 February 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250226223518/https://www.missworld.com/contestants/1958|url-status=live}}</ref> {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;" !Country !Contestant !Age{{efn|Age at the time of the pageant|name=B}} !Hometown |- | {{flag|Belgium}} || {{sortname|Jeanne|Chandelle|nolink=1}} || 19 || [[Brussels]] |- | {{flag|Brazil|1889}} || {{sortname|Sônia Maria|Campos|nolink=1}}<ref name=":12" /> || 20 || [[Recife]] |- | {{flag|Canada|1957}} || {{sortname|Marilyn Anne|Keddie|nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite web|last=|date=24 December 2014|title=Marilyn Burkhardt|url=https://www.vernonmorningstar.com/obituaries/marilyn-burkhardt/|access-date=13 April 2025|website=[[Vernon Morning Star]]|language=en-CA|archive-date=17 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211017182639/https://www.vernonmorningstar.com/obituaries/marilyn-burkhardt/|url-status=dead}}</ref> || 21 || [[Flin Flon]] |- | {{flag|Denmark}} || {{sortname|Vinnie|Ingemann|nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite news|date=14 October 1958|title=African girl is Miss World|language=en|pages=16|work=The Spokesman-Review|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=PasRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=reYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4638%2C4289306|access-date=13 April 2025|via=Google News Archive}}</ref> || 18 || [[Copenhagen]] |- | {{flag|France}} || {{sortname|Claudine|Auger}}<ref>{{Cite web|last=Welk|first=Brian|date=21 December 2019|title=Claudine Auger, French Actress and Bond Girl in ‘Thunderball,’ Dies at 78|url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/claudine-auger-french-actress-bond-185903758.html|access-date=13 April 2025|website=Yahoo! Entertainment|language=en-US}}</ref> || 17 || [[Paris]] |- | {{flag|Greece|old}} || {{sortname|Mary|Panoutospoulou|nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite news|date=7 October 1958|title=From Greece|language=en|pages=7|work=Evening Times|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=q_5AAAAAIBAJ&sjid=6acMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4542%2C4371732|access-date=13 April 2025|via=[[Google News Archive]]}}</ref> || 19 || [[Athens]] |- | {{flag|Netherlands|name=Holland}} || {{sortname|Lucienne|Struve|nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite news|date=23 May 1958|title=Miss Holland 1958|language=en|pages=2|work=Dutch Australian Weekly|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/224537507?searchTerm=Miss%20World|access-date=13 April 2025|via=Trove}}</ref> || 19 || [[Rotterdam]] |- | {{flag|Ireland}} || {{sortname|Susan|Riddell|nolink=1}} || 17 ||[[Derry]] |- | {{flag|Israel}} || {{sortname|Rachel|Shafrir|nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite news|date=10 October 1958|title=Israeli Beauty For World Contest|language=en|pages=1|work=Australian Jewish Times|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article263067879|access-date=13 April 2025}}</ref> || 19 || [[Tel Aviv]] |- |{{flag|Italy}} || {{sortname|Elisabetta|Velinsky|nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rifai |first= |date=16 June 2024 |title=Inilah Daftar Lengkap Finalis Miss World Italia 2024, Stunning Abis! |trans-title=Here's the Complete List of Miss World Italia 2024 Finalists, So Stunning! |url=https://www.idntimes.com/men/ladies/muhammad-ayub-rifai/daftar-lengkap-finalis-miss-world-italia-2024-c1c2?page=all |access-date=13 April 2025 |website=IDN Times |language=id}}</ref> || 18 || [[Rome]] |- | {{flag|Japan|1947}} || {{sortname|Hisako|Okuse|nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite news|date=7 October 1958|title=Miss Japan arrives|language=en|pages=2|work=[[The Straits Times]]|url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Page/straitstimes19581007-1.1.2|access-date=13 April 2025|via=[[National Library Board]]}}</ref> || 23 || [[Saitama (city)|Saitama]] |- |{{flag|Morocco}} || {{sortname|Jocelyne|Lambin|nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite web |last=Babas |first=Latifa |date=11 February 2019 |title=Histoire : Quand le Maroc était représenté dans les concours internationaux de beauté |url=https://www.yabiladi.com/articles/details/74480/histoire-quand-maroc-etait-represente.html |access-date=13 April 2025 |website=Yabiladi |language=fr}}</ref> || 21 || [[Rabat]] |- | {{flag|Norway}} || {{sortname|Åse|Qjeldvik|nolink=1}} || 19 || [[Oslo]] |- | {{flag|South Africa|1928}} || {{sortname|Penelope|Coelen}}'''<ref>{{cite web|author=Coetzee|first=Nikita|date=16 September 2020|title=A look back at SA's first Miss World|url=https://www.news24.com/channel/the-juice/news/pageant/photos-a-look-back-at-sas-first-miss-world-20200916|access-date=13 April 2025|website=Channel 24|language=en}}</ref>''' || 18 || [[Durban]] |- | {{flag|Sweden}} || {{sortname|Harriet Margareta|Wågström|nolink=1}} || 20 || [[Stockholm]] |- | {{flag|Turkey}} || {{sortname|Sunay|Uslu|nolink=1}} || 18 || [[Istanbul]] |- | {{flag|United Kingdom}}{{Efn|Competed as United Kingdom for the first time in the pageant}} || {{sortname|Eileen|Sheridan|link=Eileen Sheridan (model)}}<ref>{{Cite news|date=1 September 1958|title=Miss United Kingdom|language=en|pages=2|work=Lancaster New Era|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/83667683/lancaster-new-era/|access-date=13 April 2025|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> || 22 || [[Walton-on-Thames]] |- | {{flag|United States|1912}} || {{sortname|Nancy Anne|Corcoran|nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite news|last=Cooper|first=Hal|date=7 October 1958|title='Miss World' could be a Mrs. from N.Y.|language=en|pages=6|work=The Atlanta Constitution|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/39221156/the-atlanta-constitution/|access-date=13 April 2025|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> || 23 || [[Washington, D.C.|Washington D.C.]] |- | {{flag|Venezuela|1954}} || {{sortname|Ida Margarita|Pieri|nolink=1}}<ref name=":12" /> || 18 || [[Carúpano]] |- | {{flag|West Germany}} || {{sortname|Dagmar|Herner|nolink=1}} || 20 || [[Bavaria]] |}
== Notes == {{notelist}} <references group="lower-alpha" />
== References == {{reflist}}
== External links == * [http://www.missworld.com/ Miss World official website]
{{Miss World}} {{Miss World 1958 delegates}}
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