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Miss World 1958 Penelope Coelen Date 13 October 1958 Presenters Bob Russell Venue Lyceum Ballroom, London, United Kingdom Entrants 20 Placements 6 Debuts Brazil Withdrawals Australia Austria Finland Iceland Luxembourg Tunisia Returns Norway Turkey Winner Penelope Coelen South Africa ← 1957 1959 →

**Miss World 1958** was the eighth edition of the [Miss World](/source/Miss_World) pageant, held at the [Lyceum Ballroom](/source/Lyceum_Theatre%2C_London) in London, United Kingdom, on 13 October 1958.

At the conclusion of the event, [Charles Eade](/source/Charles_Eade) and [Bob Russell](/source/Bob_Russell_(television_presenter)) crowned [Penelope Coelen](/source/Penelope_Coelen) of South Africa as Miss World 1958.[1] 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.[1]

## Background

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.[2] 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](/source/1957%E2%80%931958_influenza_pandemic) during the [Miss World 1957](/source/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](/source/Miss_World_1953), and Norway last competed in [1954](/source/Miss_World_1954).

Hanni Ehrenstrasser of Austria withdrew after winning [Miss Europe 1958](/source/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.[3] Leila Saas of Egypt withdrew for financial reasons. [Pirkko Mannola](/source/Pirkko_Mannola) of Finland, Hjördís Sigurvinsdóttir of Iceland, Lydie Schmit of Luxembourg, and Denise Orlando of Tunisia withdrew for undisclosed reasons.[4] 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.[5]

## Results

Miss World 1958 participating countries and territories

Placement Contestant Miss World 1958 South Africa – Penelope Coelen[6][7] 1st runner-up France – Claudine Auger[6] 2nd runner-up Denmark – Vinnie Ingemann[6] 3rd runner-up Sweden – Harriet Wågström[8] 4th runner-up Holland – Lucienne Struve[6] 5th runner-up United Kingdom – Eileen Sheridan[9]

## 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.[9]

### Selection committee

- Claude Berr – Co-head of the [Miss Europe](/source/Miss_Europe) committee

- [Cowan Dobson](/source/Cowan_Dobson) – Scottish portrait artist

- [Charles Eade](/source/Charles_Eade) – British newspaper editor; Member of the [Council of the British Commonwealth Press Union](/source/Commonwealth_Press_Union)

- [Taina Elg](/source/Taina_Elg) – Finnish-American actress

- [Barbara Goalen](/source/Barbara_Goalen) – British fashion model

- Charles Jacobs – American photographer

- [Stirling Moss](/source/Stirling_Moss) – English [Formula One](/source/Formula_One) racer[10]

- 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.[11]

Country Contestant Age[a] Hometown Belgium Jeanne Chandelle 19 Brussels Brazil Sônia Maria Campos[9] 20 Recife Canada Marilyn Anne Keddie[12] 21 Flin Flon Denmark Vinnie Ingemann[13] 18 Copenhagen France Claudine Auger[14] 17 Paris Greece Mary Panoutospoulou[15] 19 Athens Holland Lucienne Struve[16] 19 Rotterdam Ireland Susan Riddell 17 Derry Israel Rachel Shafrir[17] 19 Tel Aviv Italy Elisabetta Velinsky[18] 18 Rome Japan Hisako Okuse[19] 23 Saitama Morocco Jocelyne Lambin[20] 21 Rabat Norway Åse Qjeldvik 19 Oslo South Africa Penelope Coelen[21] 18 Durban Sweden Harriet Margareta Wågström 20 Stockholm Turkey Sunay Uslu 18 Istanbul United Kingdom[b] Eileen Sheridan[22] 22 Walton-on-Thames United States Nancy Anne Corcoran[23] 23 Washington D.C. Venezuela Ida Margarita Pieri[9] 18 Carúpano West Germany Dagmar Herner 20 Bavaria

## Notes

1. **[^](#cite_ref-B_12-0)** Age at the time of the pageant

1. **[^](#cite_ref-23)** Competed as United Kingdom for the first time in the pageant

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Miss_World_1958_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Miss_World_1958_1-1) Rodríguez Matute, Julio (24 November 2019). ["Miss World 1958"](https://rodriguezmatute.home.blog/2019/11/24/miss-world-1958/). *MISS WORLD HISTORY / HISTORIA DE MISS MUNDO*. Retrieved 21 October 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Erelijst Miss België"](https://www.demorgen.be/tv-cultuur/erelijst-miss-belgie~b5723d4d/). *De Morgen* (in Dutch). 11 January 2010. Retrieved 13 April 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Miss Austria wird seit 90 Jahren gewählt"](https://wien.orf.at/v2/news/stories/2961076/). *Wien* (in German). 27 January 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Rytsä, Paavo (5 February 2008). ["Pirkko Mannolasta Miss Suomi"](http://yle.fi/aihe/artikkeli/2008/02/05/pirkko-mannolasta-miss-suomi). *Yle* (in Finnish). Retrieved 13 April 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Sowa, Karol (9 June 2023). ["O jej śmierci pisała cała Polska. Po 40 latach wszyscy poznali prawdę... Jakie tajemnice skrywała Krystyna Żyła?"](https://viva.pl/ludzie/niezwykle-historie/krystyna-zyla-tajemnica-tragicznej-smierci-wypadek-okolicznosci-co-wiemy-zycie-miss-polonia-143118-r1/) [Her death was written about all over Poland. After 40 years, everyone learned the truth... What secrets did Krystyna Żyła hide?]. *Viva.pl* (in Polish). Retrieved 13 April 2025.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-:0_6-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-:0_6-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-:0_6-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-:0_6-3) ["Miss World 1958 Penelope Coelen uit Zuid-Afrika heeft honingblond haar"](https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ABCDDD:010838264:mpeg21:p003) [Miss World 1958 Penelope Coelen from South Africa has honey blonde hair]. *Het Parool* (in Dutch). 14 October 1958. p. 3. Retrieved 13 April 2025 – via Delpher.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Honey Blonde South African Wins '58 'Miss World' Title"](https://www.newspapers.com/clip/50424956/honey-blonde-south-african-wins-58/). *The News Journal*. 14 October 1958. p. 25. Retrieved 13 April 2025 – via [Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["Op deze foto ziet u tezamen gebracht de vijf"](https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=MMHCO02:163770039:mpeg21:p00011) [In this picture you can see the five put together]. *Twentsch dagblad Tubantia* (in Dutch). 15 October 1958. p. 11. Retrieved 13 April 2025 – via Delpher.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-:12_9-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-:12_9-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-:12_9-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-:12_9-3) ["Ann Coelen, de Sur Africa elegida como "Miss Mundo" 1958"](https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Ca4cAAAAIBAJ&sjid=sWgEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4005%2C1733804) [Ann Coelen, from South Africa chosen as "Miss World" 1958]. *El Tiempo* (in Spanish). 14 October 1958. pp. 1, 11. Retrieved 13 April 2025 – via [Google News Archive](/source/Google_News_Archive).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-:02_10-0)** ["Miss World 1958 Penelope Coelen uit Zuid-Afrika heeft honingblond haar"](https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ABCDDD:010838264:mpeg21:p003) [Miss World 1958 Penelope Coelen from South Africa has honey blonde hair]. *Het Parool* (in Dutch). 14 October 1958. p. 3. Retrieved 13 April 2025 – via Delpher.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** ["8th Miss World - 1954"](https://www.missworld.com/contestants/1958). *[Miss World](/source/Miss_World)*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20250226223518/https://www.missworld.com/contestants/1958) from the original on 26 February 2025. Retrieved 30 April 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-13)** ["Marilyn Burkhardt"](https://web.archive.org/web/20211017182639/https://www.vernonmorningstar.com/obituaries/marilyn-burkhardt/). *[Vernon Morning Star](/source/Vernon_Morning_Star)*. 24 December 2014. Archived from [the original](https://www.vernonmorningstar.com/obituaries/marilyn-burkhardt/) on 17 October 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-14)** ["African girl is Miss World"](https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=PasRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=reYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4638%2C4289306). *The Spokesman-Review*. 14 October 1958. p. 16. Retrieved 13 April 2025 – via Google News Archive.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-15)** Welk, Brian (21 December 2019). ["Claudine Auger, French Actress and Bond Girl in 'Thunderball,' Dies at 78"](https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/claudine-auger-french-actress-bond-185903758.html). *Yahoo! Entertainment*. Retrieved 13 April 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-16)** ["From Greece"](https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=q_5AAAAAIBAJ&sjid=6acMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4542%2C4371732). *Evening Times*. 7 October 1958. p. 7. Retrieved 13 April 2025 – via [Google News Archive](/source/Google_News_Archive).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-17)** ["Miss Holland 1958"](https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/224537507?searchTerm=Miss%20World). *Dutch Australian Weekly*. 23 May 1958. p. 2. Retrieved 13 April 2025 – via Trove.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-18)** ["Israeli Beauty For World Contest"](http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article263067879). *Australian Jewish Times*. 10 October 1958. p. 1. Retrieved 13 April 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-19)** Rifai (16 June 2024). ["Inilah Daftar Lengkap Finalis Miss World Italia 2024, Stunning Abis!"](https://www.idntimes.com/men/ladies/muhammad-ayub-rifai/daftar-lengkap-finalis-miss-world-italia-2024-c1c2?page=all) [Here's the Complete List of Miss World Italia 2024 Finalists, So Stunning!]. *IDN Times* (in Indonesian). Retrieved 13 April 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-20)** ["Miss Japan arrives"](http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Page/straitstimes19581007-1.1.2). *[The Straits Times](/source/The_Straits_Times)*. 7 October 1958. p. 2. Retrieved 13 April 2025 – via [National Library Board](/source/National_Library_Board).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-21)** Babas, Latifa (11 February 2019). ["Histoire : Quand le Maroc était représenté dans les concours internationaux de beauté"](https://www.yabiladi.com/articles/details/74480/histoire-quand-maroc-etait-represente.html). *Yabiladi* (in French). Retrieved 13 April 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-22)** Coetzee, Nikita (16 September 2020). ["A look back at SA's first Miss World"](https://www.news24.com/channel/the-juice/news/pageant/photos-a-look-back-at-sas-first-miss-world-20200916). *Channel 24*. Retrieved 13 April 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-24)** ["Miss United Kingdom"](https://www.newspapers.com/clip/83667683/lancaster-new-era/). *Lancaster New Era*. 1 September 1958. p. 2. Retrieved 13 April 2025 – via [Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-25)** Cooper, Hal (7 October 1958). ["'Miss World' could be a Mrs. from N.Y."](https://www.newspapers.com/clip/39221156/the-atlanta-constitution/) *The Atlanta Constitution*. p. 6. Retrieved 13 April 2025 – via [Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com).

## External links

- [Miss World official website](http://www.missworld.com/)

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v t e Miss World 1958 national titleholders Claudine Auger Penelope Coelen Eileen Sheridan

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