Miss World Winners - Distance to the Crown (1951 - 1960)

1951 : Sweden - Kiki Håkansson

Hometown : Stockholm

Venue : Lyceum Ballroom

Location : London, UK

Distance : 1,434.39 km

Placements :
1st RU : Britain - Laura Ellison-Davies

2nd RU : Britain - Doreen Dawne
3rd RU : France - Jacqueline Lemoine

4th RU : Britain - Aileen P. Chase

Entrants : 26

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1952 : Sweden - May-Louise Flodin
Hometown : Stockholm
Venue : Lyceum Ballroom

Location : London, UK

Distance : 1,434.39 km

Placements :

1st RU : Switzerland - Sylvia Müller

2nd RU : Germany - Vera Marks

3rd RU : Finland - Eeva Hellas

Entrants : 11

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1953 : France - Denise Perrier

Hometown : Ambérieu-en-Bugey, Ain

Venue : Lyceum Ballroom

Location : London, UK

Distance : 737.01 km

Placements :

1st RU : Greece - Alexandra Ladikou
2nd RU : Egypt - Marina Papaelia

3rd RU : Ceylon - Manel Illangakoon

4th RU : Monaco - Elizabeth Chovisky

5th RU : USA - Mary Kemp Griffin

Entrants : 15

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1954 : Egypt - Antigone Costanda

Hometown : Cairo

Venue : Lyceum Ballroom

Location : London, UK

Distance : 3,515.24 km

Placements :

1st RU : USA - Karin Hultman

2nd RU : Greece - Efi Mela

3rd RU : France - Claudine Bleuse

4th RU : Germany - Frauke Walther

Entrants : 17

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1955 : Venezuela - Susana Duijm
Hometown : Aragua de Barcelona
Venue : Lyceum Ballroom
Location : London, UK
Distance : 7,457.17 km

Placements :

1st RU : USA - Margaret Anne Haywood

2nd RU : Greece - Julia Coumoundourou

3rd RU : Cuba - Gilda Marín

4th RU : Sweden - Anita Åstrand

5th RU : France - Gisele Thierry

Semi-finalists :

Australia - Beverly Prowse

Austria - Felicitas Von Goebel

Entrants : 21

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1956 : Germany - Petra Schürmann

Hometown : Mönchengladbach, North Rhine-Westphalia
Venue : Lyceum Ballroom

Location : London, UK

Distance : 458.18 km

Placements :

1st RU : USA - Betty Lane Cherry

2nd RU : Israel - Rina Weiss

3rd RU : Japan - Midoriko Tokura

4th RU : Denmark - Anne Rye Nielsen

5th RU : Sweden - Eva Bränn

Entrants : 24

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1957 : Finland - Marita Lindahl

Hometown : Helsinki

Venue : Lyceum Ballroom

Location : London, UK

Distance : 1,822.94 km

Placements :

1st RU : Denmark - Lilian Juul Madsen

2nd RU : South Africa : Adele June Kruger
3rd RU : Tunisia - Jacqueline Tapia

4th RU : Japan - Muneko Yorifuji

5th RU : France - Claude Inès Navarro
6th RU : Israel - Sara Elimor

Entrants : 23

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1958 : South Africa - Penelope Coelen

Hometown : Durban

Venue : Lyceum Ballroom

Location : London, UK

Distance : 9,557.25 km

Placements :

1st RU : France - Claudine Oger

2nd RU : Denmark - Vinnie Ingemann

3rd RU : Sweden - Harriet Margareta Wågström

4th RU : Holland - Lucienne Struve

5th RU : United Kingdom - Eileen Sheridan

6th RU : Brazil - Sônia Maria Campos

Semi-finalists :

Germany - Dagmar Herner

Italy - Elisabetta Velinsky

Norway - Åse Qjeldvik

Entrants : 22

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1959 : Holland - Corine Rottschäfer

Hometown : Hoorn

Venue : Lyceum Ballroom

Location : London, UK

Distance : 376.68 km

Placements :

1st RU : Peru - María Elena Rossel Zapata

2nd RU : Israel - Ziva Shomrat

3rd RU : United Kingdom - Anne Thelwell

4th RU : Denmark - Kirsten Olsen

Semi-finalists :

Argentina - Amalia Yolanda Scuffi

Greece - Yakiathi Karaviti

Jamaica - Sheila Chong

Rhodesia - Vivien Lentin

South Africa - Moya Meaker

Entrants : 37

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1960 : Argentina - Norma Cappagli

Hometown : Buenos Aires

Venue : Lyceum Ballroom

Location : London, UK

Distance : 11,140.26 km

Placements :

1st RU : Israel - Gila Golan

2nd RU : South Africa - Denise Muir

3rd RU : Germany - Ingrun Helgard Möckel

4th RU : USA - Judith Ann Achter

Semi-finalists : Top 10

Brazil - Maria Edilene Torreão

Ireland - Irene Ruth Kane

Italy - Layla Rigazzi

Korea - Lee Young-hee

United Kingdom - Hilda Fairclough

Semi-finalists : Top 15

Canada - Danica d'Hondt

France - Diane Medina

Japan - Eiko Murai

Norway - Grethe Solhoy

Southern Rhodesia - Jenny Lee Scott

Entrants : 39

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Next : 1961 - 1970

Source : Wikipedia / Distancefromto