Peruvian "Miss World’
35-23-35, has been living in Paris for three months and had to sell her car to pay her fare to the contest. Mecca Promotions said she was engaged to a 35-year-old Peruvian industrial worker. “I don’t know yet when I’m going to marry but winning the title isn’t going to change my life,” she said. “Miss Argentina,” a 20-year-old law student, Maria Sabaliaskas, and “Miss Guyana,” a stenographer, Shakira Baksh, aged 20, fled from the stage almost in tears immediately the crowning was over. “Miss Israel,” 22-year-old
(N.Z.P. A.-Reuter—Copyright) LONDON, Nov. 17. A Peruvian model, Madeleine Hartog - Bel, aged 21, overcame a fainting fit last night to head a Sonth African conquest of the “Miss World” contest. Madeleine hurriedly revived with smelling salts when she collapsed on hearing she had won—stood shakily beside the runner-up “Miss Argentina” and third-placed “Miss Guyana” for the crowning ceremony. The new “Miss World,” raven-haired and a shapely
Dahlia Regev, who came fourth, jumped from the stage into the arms of her boy friend, Jakob Schnitzel, who had flown unexpectedly from Tel Aviv to watch her compete. “Miss New Zealand,” 18-year-old Pamela McLeod, was eliminated from the finals. She was one of those affected by sickness.
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Press, Volume CVII, Issue 31530, 18 November 1967, Page 3
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