{{Short description|Beauty pageant edition}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2014}} {{Use British English|date=May 2014}} {{Infobox beauty pageant | winner = [[Corine Rottschäfer]] | photo = [[File:Corine Rottschäfer (miss World 1959).jpg|200px]] | caption = Corine Rottschäfer | represented = Holland | date = 10 November 1959 | presenters = {{Hlist|[[Bob Hope]]}} | entrants = 37 | placements = 11 | venue = [[Lyceum Theatre, London|Lyceum Ballroom]], [[London]], United Kingdom | broadcaster = [[BBC]] | debuts = {{Hlist|Argentina|Ghana|Gibraltar|Hawaii|Hong Kong|India|Jamaica|Jordan|Paraguay|Peru|Portugal|Puerto Rico|Rhodesia and Nyasaland|South Korea|Uruguay}} | returns = {{Hlist|Austria|Finland|Honduras|Iceland|Luxembourg}} | withdrawals = {{Hlist|Morocco|Turkey|Venezuela}} | before = [[Miss World 1958|1958]] | next = [[Miss World 1960|1960]] }} '''Miss World 1959''' was the ninth [[Miss World]] pageant, held at the [[Lyceum Theatre, London|Lyceum Ballroom]], [[London]], United Kingdom, on 10 November 1959.
At the conclusion of the event, the Chief Barker of the Variety Club of Great Britain crowned [[Corine Rottschäfer]] of Holland as Miss World 1959. This is the first victory of Holland in the history of the pageant.
Contestants from thirty-seven countries and territories participated in this year's pageant. The pageant was hosted by [[Bob Hope]].
== Background == [[File:Lyceum_Theatre,_Wellington_St,_London.jpg|thumb|250x250px|Lyceum Ballroom, venue of Miss World 1959]]
=== Selection of participants === Thirty-seven contestants were selected to compete in the pageant. Three contestants were appointed to represent their countries after being a runner-up in their national pageants.
==== Replacements ==== The first runner-up of Miss Maple Leaf 1959, Huguette Demers, was appointed to represent Canada after Miss Maple Leaf 1959, Irene Dobler relinquished her title in order to marry.<ref>{{Cite news|date=26 September 1959|title=Yields title|language=en|pages=6|work=Chicago Tribune|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21240318/chicago-tribune/|access-date=14 April 2025|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> Berit Grundvig, the first-runner of Miss Norway 1959, was appointed to represent her country after Miss Norway 1959, Jorunn Kristjansen, became the first runner-up of [[Miss Universe 1959]].<ref name=":03">{{Cite news|date=5 December 1959|title=Untitled|language=en|pages=13|work=The New York Age|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29345152/the-new-york-age/|access-date=14 April 2025|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> Miss Holland 1957, [[Corine Rottschäfer]], was appointed to represent her country after Miss Holland 1959, Peggy Erwich, withdrew due to her modeling commitments.<ref>{{Cite news|date=6 May 1959|title=Tweehonderd leeuwen in de leeuwenkuil zagen: Miss Holland 1959|language=nl|trans-title=Saw two hundred lions in the lion's den: Miss Holland 1959|pages=11|work=Algemeen Handelsblad|url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=KBNRC01:000036971:mpeg21:p011|access-date=14 April 2025|via=[[Delpher]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=15 August 1959|title=En ook 1 uit velen Corinne|language=nl|trans-title=And also 1 out of many Corinne|pages=5|work=Het Parool|url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ABCDDD:010839059:mpeg21:p005|access-date=14 April 2025|via=Delpher}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=6 November 1959|title=Roem|language=nl|trans-title=Fame|pages=2|work=De Telegraaf|url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:110587841:mpeg21:p002|access-date=14 April 2025|via=Delpher}}</ref>
==== Debuts, returns and withdrawals ==== This edition marked the debut of Argentina, Ghana, Gibraltar, Hawaii, Hong Kong, India, Jamaica, Jordan, Paraguay, Peru, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Rhodesia and Nyasaland,{{Efn|Competed as Southern Rhodesia and Nyasaland in the pageant}} South Korea,{{Efn|Competed as Korea in the pageant}} and Uruguay,<ref>{{Cite news|last=Wang|first=Zijing|date=23 September 2024|title=Beyond the Crown: Miss Hong Kong's Shifting Influence|url=https://www.theworldofchinese.com/2024/09/beyond-the-crown-miss-hong-kongs-shifting-influence/|access-date=24 April 2025|website=[[The World of Chinese]]|language=en|archive-date=24 January 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250124165059/https://www.theworldofchinese.com/2024/09/beyond-the-crown-miss-hong-kongs-shifting-influence/|url-status=live}}</ref> and the return of Honduras, which last competed in [[Miss World 1955|1955]]; and Austria, Finland, Iceland, and Luxembourg last competed in [[Miss World 1957|1957]].
Raymonde Valle of Morocco and Figen Özgür of Turkey withdrew for undisclosed reasons.<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> Venezuela withdrew after its respective organization failed to hold a national competition or appoint a delegate. Habiba Bent Abdallah of Tunisia was supposed to compete, but withdrew from the competition due to financial constraints.
==Results==
=== Placements === {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;" |- ! Placement ! Contestant |- | Miss World 1959 | * {{flag|Holland}} – [[Corine Rottschäfer]]<ref name=":2">{{Cite news|date=11 November 1959|title=Hollandse is "Miss Wereld": Corinne Rottschäfer nr. 1 in Londen|language=nl|trans-title=Dutchwoman is "Miss World": Corinne Rottschäfer No. 1 in London|pages=1|work=[[Het Parool]]|url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ABCDDD:010839183:mpeg21:p001|access-date=5 March 2024|via=Delpher}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite news|date=11 November 1959|title=A Dutch treat|language=en|pages=44|work=The Press Democrat|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29345001/the-press-democrat/|access-date=5 March 2023|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> |- | 1st runner-up | * {{flag|Peru}} – María Elena Rossel<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":0" /> |- | 2nd runner-up | * {{flag|Israel}} – Ziva Shomrat<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":0" /> |- | 3rd runner-up | * {{flag|United Kingdom}} – Anne Thelwell<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":0" /> |- | 4th runner-up | * {{flag|Denmark}} – Kirsten Olsen<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":0" /> |- | Top 11 | * {{flag|Argentina}} – Amalia Yolanda Scuffi<ref name=":2" /> * {{flag|Greece|old}} – Yakiathi Karaviti<ref name=":2" /> * {{flag|Jamaica|1957}} – Sheila Chong<ref name=":2" /> * {{flag|Rhodesia and Nyasaland}} – Vivien Lentin<ref name=":2" /> * {{flag|South Africa|1928}} – Moya Meaker<ref name=":2" /> * {{flag|West Germany}} – Helga Meyer<ref name=":2" /> |}
== Pageant ==
=== Format === The number of placements in this edition has been increased to eleven from six in the previous edition. The eleven semi-finalists were selected through a preliminary competition held on the day of the final competition consisting of a swimsuit and evening gown competition. The eleven semi-finalists were then interviewed by Bob Russell and paraded before the judges, and five finalists were eventually selected to compete in the final interview.<ref name=":2" />
=== Selection committee ===
* Claude Berr – Co-head of the [[Miss Europe]] committee * [[Reg Cudlipp]] – British newspaper editor for ''[[News of the World]]'' * [[Taina Elg]] – Finnish-American actress and dancer * [[Jill Ireland]] – British actress * Lady Lydford – British socialite * Cynthia Oberholzer – South African model * Oscar Santa María – Brazilian politician * [[John Spencer-Churchill, 11th Duke of Marlborough|John Spencer-Churchill]] – 11th Duke of Marlborough<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|date=11 November 1959|title=Corinne Rottschaefer uit Amsterdam "Miss Wereld".|language=nl|trans-title=Corinne Rottschaefer from Amsterdam "Miss World"|pages=7|work=Leeuwarder courant|url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:010615473:mpeg21:p007|access-date=14 April 2025|via=Delpher}}</ref> * [[Godfrey Winn]] – English journalist
==Contestants== Thirty-seven contestants competed for the title.<ref>{{Cite news|date=12 November 1959|title=Dutch Girl "Miss World"|language=en|pages=28|work=The Canberra Times|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/103106903?searchTerm=%22Miss%20World%22|access-date=14 April 2025|via=Trove}}</ref> {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;" !Country !Contestant !Age{{efn|Age at the time of the pageant|name=B}} !Hometown |- |{{flag|Argentina|alt}} |Amalia Yolanda Scuffi<ref>{{Cite web|date=1 October 2021|title=Fue Miss Argentina, inspiró una canción emblemática y por un escándalo no logró ser Miss Mundo|url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/lifestyle/fue-miss-argentina-inspiro-una-cancion-emblematica-y-por-un-escandalo-no-logro-ser-miss-mundo-nid09092021/|access-date=14 April 2025|website=La Nacion|language=es}}</ref> |17 |[[Mar del Plata|Mar de Plata]] |- |{{flag|Austria}} |Helga Knofel |20 |– |- |{{flag|Belgium}} |Diane Hidalgo<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> |19 |– |- |{{flag|Brazil|1889}} |Dione Brito Oliveira<ref>{{Cite news|date=22 June 1959|title=Miss D.F. e a nova Miss Brasil|language=pt|pages=1|work=[[Jornal do Brasil]]|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=bPdTAAAAIBAJ&sjid=hIwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6763%2C4173571|access-date=14 April 2025}}</ref> |18 |[[Caruaru]] |- |{{flag|Canada|1957}} |Huguette Demers<ref>{{Cite web|last=Hart|first=Daniel|date=15 April 2019|title=Une Bouchervilloise défendra les couleurs du Québec au concours Miss World Canada|trans-title=A Bouchervilloise will defend the colors of Quebec at the Miss World Canada contest|url=https://www.lareleve.qc.ca/2019/04/15/une-bouchervilloise-defendra-les-couleurs-du-quebec-au-concours-miss-world-canada/|access-date=14 April 2025|website=La Relève|language=fr-CA}}</ref> |21 |[[Montreal]] |- |{{flag|Denmark}} |Kirsten Olsen<ref name=":03"/> |20 |[[Frederiksberg]] |- |{{flag|Finland}} |Margit Jaatinen<ref name=":03" /> |19 |– |- |{{flag|France}} |Marie Hélène Trové<ref>{{Cite web|last=Mathieu|first=Clément|date=24 November 2019|title=Dans les archives de Match - En 1959, "le dur métier d'être la plus belle femme du monde"|trans-title=In the archives of Match - In 1959, "the hard job of being the most beautiful woman in the world"|url=https://www.parismatch.com/People/Miss-Monde-1959-Photos-Archives-1660552|access-date=14 April 2025|website=Paris Match|language=fr}}</ref> |19 |– |- |{{flag|Ghana|1958}} |Star Nyaniba Annan |20 |[[Accra]] |- |{{flag|Gibraltar|ensign}} |Viola Howells<ref>{{Cite news|date=22 June 2016|title=Queens of beauty|language=en|pages=10|work=Olive Press Gibraltar Newspaper|url=https://issuu.com/theolivepress/docs/1-32_31999ae3990316/10|access-date=14 April 2025|via=Issuu}}</ref> |23 |Gibraltar |- |{{flag|Greece|old}} |Yakiathi Karaviti |20 |[[Athens]] |- |{{flag|Hawaii}} |Margaret Moani Keala Brumaghim<ref>{{Cite news|date=17 October 1959|title=Air Line beauty wins isle title|language=en|pages=1|work=Honolulu Star-Bulletin|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/22328564/honolulu-star-bulletin/|access-date=14 April 2025|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> |26 |[[Honolulu]] |- |{{flag|Netherlands|name=Holland}} |[[Corine Rottschäfer]]'''<ref>{{Cite web|last=Zijl|first=Frank van|date=24 September 2020|title=Corine Spier-Rottschäfer (1938-2020): van eerste Nederlandse Miss World tot zakenvrouw|url=https://www.volkskrant.nl/nieuws-achtergrond/corine-spier-rottschafer-1938-2020-van-eerste-nederlandse-miss-world-tot-zakenvrouw~b1081f4c/|access-date=14 April 2025|website=de Volkskrant|language=nl-NL}}</ref>''' |21 |[[Amsterdam]] |- |{{flag|Honduras|1949}} |Rosemary Lefebre |– |[[Tegucigalpa]] |- |{{flag|Hong Kong|colonial}} |Michelle Mok<ref>{{Cite news|date=11 October 1959|title=Student, 17, named HK Beauty Queen|language=en|pages=5|work=The Straits Times|url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19591011-1.2.38|access-date=14 April 2025}}</ref> |17 |Hong Kong |- |{{flag|Iceland}} |Sigurbjörg Sveinsdóttir<ref>{{Cite news|date=11 November 1959|title=Sigurbjörg Sveinsdóttir varð nr. 4 í fegurðarsamkeppninni í Tívolí í haust.|language=is|trans-title=Sigurbjörg Sveinsdóttir became no. 4 in the beauty contest in Tivoli this fall.|pages=9|work=[[Morgunblaðið]]|url=https://timarit.is/page/1325108?iabr=on|access-date=14 April 2025|via=Tímarit.is}}</ref> |18 |[[Reykjavík]] |- |{{flag|India}} |[[Fleur Ezekiel]]<ref>{{Cite web|last=Aafreedi|first=Navras Jaat|date=25 June 2013|title=The Jewish Beauty Queens of India|url=https://www.jewishpress.com/news/breaking-news/the-jewish-beauty-queens-of-india/2013/06/25/|access-date=14 April 2025|website=[[The Jewish Press]]|language=en-US}}</ref> |18 |– |- |{{flag|Ireland}} |Ann Fitzpatrick<ref>{{Cite news|date=7 November 1959|title=Wie is de mooiste ter wereld|language=nl|trans-title=Who is the most beautiful in the world?|pages=1|work=Het Parool|url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ABCDDD:010839180:mpeg21:p001|access-date=14 April 2025|via=Delpher}}</ref> |17 |[[Dublin]] |- |{{flag|Israel}} |Ziva Shomrat<ref>{{Cite news|date=30 November 1959|title=Miss Israel to wed student|language=en|pages=10|work=The Singapore Free Press|url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/freepress19591130-1.2.104|access-date=14 April 2025|via=[[National Library Board]]}}</ref> |18 |[[Haifa]] |- |{{flag|Italy}} |Paola Falchi<ref>{{Cite news|date=6 October 1958|title=Violenta baruffa tra i giudici per relezione di Miss Italia|language=it|pages=3|work=Stampa Sera|url=http://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/mod,libera/action,viewer/Itemid,3/page,3/articleid,0067_02_1958_0237A_0003_24671100/|access-date=14 April 2025|via=Archivio La Stampa}}</ref> |18 |[[Latium]] |- |{{flag|Jamaica|1957}} |Sheila Chong<ref>{{Cite web|last=Thomas|first=Marcia|date=12 December 2019|title=Sheila Chong, Miss Jamaica 1959 - … The island's first entrant to Miss World 60 years ago|url=https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/commentary/20191221/marcia-thomas-sheila-chong-miss-jamaica-1959-islands-first-entrant-miss|access-date=14 April 2025|website=The Gleaner|language=en}}</ref> |24 |[[Kingston, Jamaica|Kingston]] |- |{{flag|Japan|1947}} |Chieko Ichinose<ref>{{Cite web|last=Caparas|first=Celso de Guzman|date=24 January 2016|title=Other Miss U beauties at the Big Dome|url=https://www.philstar.com/entertainment/2016/01/24/1545931/other-miss-u-beauties-big-dome|access-date=14 April 2025|website=[[Philippine Star]]|language=en}}</ref> |18 |[[Tokyo]] |- |{{flag|Jordan}} |Ufemia Jabaji |17 |[[Amman]] |- |{{flag|Luxembourg}} |Josee Pundel |20 |[[Luxembourg City]] |- |{{flag|Norway}} |Berit Grundvig<ref name=":03" /> |19 |[[Oslo]] |- |{{flag|Paraguay|1954}} |Elvira dos Santos |18 |[[Asunción]] |- |{{flag|Peru}} |María Elena Rossel<ref>{{Cite news|date=22 December 2015|title=Nuestras reinas más bellas desde Gladys Zender a Laura Spoya|language=es|work=El Comercio|url=https://archivo.elcomercio.pe/amp/luces/vida-social/nuestras-reinas-mas-bellas-desde-gladys-zender-laura-spoya-noticia-1865626|access-date=14 April 2025|archive-date=20 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190920212845/http://archivo.elcomercio.pe/amp/luces/vida-social/nuestras-reinas-mas-bellas-desde-gladys-zender-laura-spoya-noticia-1865626|url-status=dead}}</ref> |17 |[[Piura]] |- |{{flag|Portugal}} |Maria Teresa Motoa Cardoso |18 |[[Lisbon]] |- |{{flag|Puerto Rico}} |Lyllianna Díaz |19 |[[San Juan, Puerto Rico|San Juan]] |- |{{flag|Rhodesia and Nyasaland}} |Vivien Lentin |17 |[[Kitwe]] |- |{{flag|South Africa|1928}} |Moya Meaker |18 |[[Pretoria]] |- |{{flag|South Korea|1949}} |Seo Jung-ae<ref>{{Cite web|last=|date=19 April 1959|title=「미스」경남에 「서정애」양|trans-title=Miss Gyeongnam Seo Jung-ae|url=https://www.busan.com/view/busan/view.php?code=19590419000124|access-date=14 April 2025|website=[[Busan Ilbo]]|language=ko}}</ref> |19 |[[Busan]] |- |{{flag|Sweden}} |Carola Håkonsson<ref name=":03" /> |20 |– |- |{{flag|United Kingdom}} |Anne Thelwell<ref>{{Cite news|date=15 September 1959|title=Miss United Kingdom|language=en|pages=6|work=The Tampa Tribune|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/19590217/the-tampa-tribune/|access-date=14 April 2025|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> |22 |[[Heswall]] |- |{{flag|United States|1959}} |Loretta Powell |24 |[[Stratford, Connecticut|Stratford]] |- |{{flag|Uruguay}} |Yvonne Kelly |25 |[[Montevideo]] |- |{{flag|West Germany}} |Helga Meyer |23 |[[Bielefeld]] |}
==Notes== {{notelist}} <references group="lower-alpha" />
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * [http://www.missworld.com Miss World official website] {{Miss World}} {{Miss World 1959 delegates}}
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