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Miss World 1962
Miss World 1962, the 12th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 8 November 1962 at the Lyceum Ballroom in London, United Kingdom. The winner was Catharina Lodders of Holland. She was crowned by Miss World 1961, Rosemarie Frankland of United Kingdom. Lodders was the second woman from Holland to win Miss World title after Corine Rottschäfer in 1959. Results Contestants * – María Amalia Ramirez * – Inge Jaklin * – Christine Delit * – Vera Lúzia Saba * – Marlene Leeson * – Roxsana L.S. Chiang * – Magda Michailides * – Rikki Stisager * – Elaine Ortega Hougen * – Kaarina Marita Leskinen * – Monique Lemaire * – Anita Steffen * – Glasmine Moraitou * – Catharina Johanna Lodders * – Rannveig Ólafsdóttir * – Ferial Karim† * – Muriel O'Hanlon * – Ilana Porat * – Raffaella da Carolis * – Chriss Leon * – Teruko Ikeda * – Leila Emile Khadder * – Chung Tae-ja * – Brita Gerson * – Maureen Te Rangi R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catharina Lodders
Catharina Johanna Lodders, now Catharina EvansChubby Checker visits former pastor Jan 21, 2016, Jean Etsinger, Sarasota Herald-Tribune (born 18 August 1942 in Haarlem) is a Dutch model and beauty queen who won the 1962 contest, representing the Netherlands. Prior to the Miss World contest, she was crowned Miss Holland in May 1962. Winning Miss Holland would therefore give her a chance to be crowned Miss International 1962 ...
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Miss World 1961
Miss World 1961, the 11th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 9 November 1961 at the Lyceum Ballroom in London, United Kingdom. The winner was Rosemarie Frankland of United Kingdom. She was crowned by Bob Hope. Frankland also was a first runner-up at Miss Universe 1961, representing Wales. Results Contestants * – Susana Julia Pardal * – Hella Wolfsgrubej * – Jacqueline Oroi * – Nancy Cortez Justiniano * – Alda Maria Coutinho de Moraes * – Sushila Perera * – Andreava Polydorou * – Inge Jörgensen * – Magdalena Dávila Varela * – Ritva Tuulikki Wächter * – Michèle Wargnier * – Romy März * – Efstathia Karaiskaki * – Ria van Zuiden * – Jóhanna Kolbrún Kristjánsdóttir * – Veronica Leonora Torcato * – Olive Ursula White * – Er'ela Hod * – Franca Cattane* – Chie Murakami * – Hyun Chang-ae * – Leila Antaki * – Vicky Schoos * – Jeanne Rakatomahanina * – Leone Mary Main * – Thelma Arana * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Hope
Leslie Townes "Bob" Hope (May 29, 1903 – July 27, 2003) was a British-American comedian, vaudevillian, actor, singer and dancer. With a career that spanned nearly 80 years, Hope appeared in Bob Hope filmography, more than 70 short and feature films, with 54 feature films with Hope as star, including a series of seven ''Road to ...'' musical comedy films with Bing Crosby as Hope's Billing (performing arts), top-billed partner. In addition to hosting the Academy Awards show 19 times, List of Academy Awards ceremonies#Multiple ceremonies hosted, more than any other host, Hope appeared in many stage productions and television roles and wrote 14 books. The song "Thanks for the Memory" was his signature tune. Hope was born in the Eltham, London, Eltham district of southeast London, he arrived in the United States with his family at the age of four, and grew up near Cleveland, Ohio. After a brief career as a Boxer (boxing), boxer in the late 1910s, Hope began his career in sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grace Fields
Dame Gracie Fields (born Grace Stansfield; 9 January 189827 September 1979) was an English actress, singer, comedian and star of cinema and music hall who was one of the top ten film stars in Britain during the 1930s and was considered the highest paid film star in the world in 1937. She was known affectionately as ''Our Gracie'' and ''the Lancashire Lass'' and for never losing her strong, native Lancashire accent. She was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) and an Officer of the Venerable Order of St John (OStJ) in 1938, and a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in 1979. Life and work Early life Fields was born Grace Stansfield, a daughter of Frederick Stansfield (1874–1956) and his wife Sarah Jane 'Jenny' Stansfield née Bamford (1879–1953), over a fish and chip shop owned by her grandmother, Sarah Bamford, in Molesworth Street, Rochdale, Lancashire. Her great-grandfather, William Stansfield (b.1805), of Hebden Bridge, Y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Times Of London
''The Times'' is a British daily national newspaper based in London. It began in 1785 under the title ''The Daily Universal Register'', adopting its current name on 1 January 1788. ''The Times'' and its sister paper ''The Sunday Times'' (founded in 1821) are published by Times Newspapers, since 1981 a subsidiary of News UK, in turn wholly owned by News Corp. ''The Times'' and ''The Sunday Times'', which do not share editorial staff, were founded independently and have only had common ownership since 1966. In general, the political position of ''The Times'' is considered to be centre-right. ''The Times'' is the first newspaper to have borne that name, lending it to numerous other papers around the world, such as ''The Times of India'', ''The New York Times'', and more recently, digital-first publications such as TheTimesBlog.com (Since 2017). In countries where these other titles are popular, the newspaper is often referred to as , or as , although the newspaper is of national ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maureen Waaka
Maureen Te Rangi Rere I Waho Waaka (née Kingi, 5 October 1942 – 1 July 2013) was Miss New Zealand 1962, the second Māori woman to win the title. She later became a local-body politician, serving on the Rotorua District Council for 18 years. Of Māori descent, she identified with the Ngāti Tūwharetoa and Ngāti Whakaue iwi. Early life and education Waaka was born in 1942. Her father was an interpreter for the Māori Affairs Department in Rotorua and she was a niece of Hepi Te Heuheu VII. She was raised at Ohinemutu where she came under the influence of Guide Rangi. She attended Rotorua High School, where in her final year she was a prefect and received the Maori Purposes Fund Prize for being the top Māori girl at the school. After she left school, she studied radiography at Auckland Hospital. Miss New Zealand Waaka was crowned Miss New Zealand in 1962, becoming the second Māori woman to win the title (after Moana Manley in 1954). She went on to represent New Zeal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
María Noel Genovese
María Noel Genovese Berisso (born 25 December 1943, in Montevideo), better known for her stage name María Noel, is a former Uruguayan model and actress. In 1962 she took part in Miss Uruguay and Miss World, where she was a runner-up. Afterwards she developed a career as model and actress in Argentina and USA. Television * ''Los cinco sentidos'' (1963) * '' It Takes a Thief'' (1969) at Youtube * '' Hupumorpo'' (1974) * '' Mi hermano Javier'' (1977) * '''' (1980) * '' [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ferial Karim
Ferial Karim ( ar, فريال كريم, translit=Faryāl Karīm; 16 April 1938 – 4 July 1988) was a Lebanese actress and singer known for her comedian roles and parodies. Ferial was introduced to show business at a very young age by her father, she garnered popular acclaim and traveled back to Lebanon where she continued performing until she died on stage at the age of fifty. Early life Ferial Karim was born Vera Semaan to a Christian family on April 16, 1938, to Bechara, a postal office clerk and Marie, a housewife. Karim had five siblings, four girls and a brother; she received preferential treatment from her parents ever since she was diagnosed with rheumatic heart disease; she enjoyed and got away with mimicking her parents' guests and her teachers. Karim's maternal cousin Alexandra Badran was an actress and singer who was known as Nour al-Hoda. Alexandra encouraged Karim's father Bechara to pursue a singing career for his eldest daughter Isabelle in Egypt. Bechara t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss World 1962 Map
Miss (pronounced ) is an English language honorific typically used for a girl, for an unmarried woman (when not using another title such as "Doctor" or " Dame"), or for a married woman retaining her maiden name. Originating in the 17th century, it is a contraction of ''mistress''. Its counterparts are Mrs., used for a married women who has taken her husband's name, and Ms., which can be used for married or unmarried women. The plural ''Misses'' may be used, such as in ''The Misses Doe''. The traditional French "Mademoiselle" (abbreviation "Mlle") may also be used as the plural in English language conversation or correspondence. In Australian, British, and Irish schools the term 'miss' is often used by pupils in addressing any female teacher. Use alone as a form of address ''Miss'' is an honorific for addressing a woman who is not married, and is known by her maiden name. It is a shortened form of ''mistress'', and departed from ''misses/missus'' which became used to signify mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss World 1959
Miss World 1959, the 9th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 10 November 1959 at the Lyceum Ballroom in London, United Kingdom and was the first to be televised by the BBC. 37 contestants competed for the Miss World. The winner was Corine Rottschäfer, representing Holland. She was crowned by The Chief Barker of the Variety Club of Great Britain. Results Contestants * - Amalia Yolanda Scuffi * - Helga Knofel * - Diane Hidalgo * - Dione Brito Oliveira * - Huguette Demers * - Kirsten Olsen * - Margit Jaatinen * - Marie Hélène Trové * - Helga Meyer * - Star Nyaniba Annan * - Viola Howells * - Yakiathi Karaviti * - Margaret Moani Keala Brumaghim * - Corine Rottschäfer † * - Rosemary Lefebre * - Michelle Mok Ping-Ching * - Sigurbjörg Sveinsdóttir * - Fleur Ezekiel * - Ann Fitzpatrick * - Ziva Shomrat * - Paola Falchi * - Sheila Chong * - Chieko Ichinose * - Ufemia Jabaji * - Seo Jung-ae * - Josee Pundel * - Berit Grundvig * - Elv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corine Rottschäfer
Corine Spier-Rottschäfer (8 May 1938 – 24 September 2020) was a Dutch model and beauty queen who won the 1959 Miss World contest, representing the Netherlands.. missworld.com She was the first woman from her country to win the title. The pageant was held in London, United Kingdom. Life Rottschäfer was born on 8 May 1938 in Hoorn. Prior to winning the Miss World title, Rottschäfer also won Miss Europe in the year 1957. She also participated in Miss Universe pageant in the year 1958, where she reached top 15 and won the Miss Photogenic award. At the Miss World 1959 pageant, a few hours before the announcement of the winner, Corine discovered holes in her evening dress. Miss Israel, ''Ziva Shomrat'' was kind enough to lend her an evening dress and it so happened that Corine was adjudged the winner and Miss Israel finished third in the competition. In 1962 she married architect and later politician Edo Spier. In 1964, after a successful international career in modeling, she f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosemarie Frankland
Rosemarie Franklin (1 February 1943 – 2 December 2000) born in Rhosllanerchrugog a village near Wrexham. She was a Welsh actress, model and beauty queen who won Miss World 1961, having previously finished as first runner-up at Miss Universe 1961. Biography Born in Rhosllannerchrugog, Wrexham, north-east Wales in 1943, Frankland moved to Lancashire, England, as a child. She took part in many beauty pageants and won the title of Miss Wales and, later in 1961 in London, she became (as Miss United Kingdom) the first British woman and the seventh European (Sweden won the two first contests, France won in 1953, Germany three years later, Finland in 1957 and the Netherlands in 1959) to win the Miss World competition. She also was the first runner-up at Miss Universe 1961. Together with Gina Swainson, who won the Miss World title as Miss Bermuda in 1979, Frankland is one of the two women who came closest to winning both Miss Universe and Miss World, having been second at Miss Uni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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