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{{Short description|Beauty pageant edition}}
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{{Infobox beauty pageant
| photo = [[File:MW 1970 - BBC.png|250px]]
| caption = Miss World 1970 Titlecard
| winner = [[Jennifer Hosten]]<ref name="E! 2014">{{cite web | title=Miss World Competition Through the Years | website=[[E!]] | date=December 12, 2014 | url=http://www.eonline.com/photos/14545/miss-world-competition-through-the-years/443151| access-date=January 23, 2016}}</ref><ref name="Shin 2006">{{cite book | last=Shin | first=H. | title=Beauty for the World: A Spiritual Odyssey | publisher=AuthorHouse | year=2006 | isbn=978-0-595-40022-5 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6KiWZx8ejiIC&pg=PT60 | page=pt60}}</ref> 
| represented = Grenada
| date = 20 November 1970
| presenters = [[Michael Aspel]], [[Keith Fordyce]], [[Bob Hope]]<ref name="Pelling 2015">{{cite web | last=Pelling | first=Rowan | title=What's so wrong about being a beauty queen? | website=[[The Daily Telegraph]] | date=July 13, 2015 | url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/womens-life/11735998/Whats-so-wrong-about-being-a-beauty-queen.html | access-date=January 23, 2016}}</ref><ref name="google.com">{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1978&dat=19701121&id=rl8iAAAAIBAJ&pg=5081,2224382&hl=en|title=''The Owosso Argus-Press''|access-date=27 January 2016}}</ref>
| entertainment = [[Lionel Blair]]
| venue = [[Royal Albert Hall]], London, UK 
| broadcaster = [[BBC]]
| entrants = 58
| placements = 15
| debuts = [[South Africa|Africa South]], [[Grenada]], [[Mauritius]]
| returns = [[Ceylon]], [[Hong Kong]], [[Italy]], [[Malaysia]], [[Portugal]], [[Puerto Rico]], [[Spain]], [[Thailand]]
| withdraws = [[Chile]], [[Costa Rica]], [[Czechoslovakia]], [[Paraguay]]
| before = [[Miss World 1969|1969]]
| next = [[Miss World 1971|1971]]
}}

'''Miss World 1970''' was the 20th anniversary of the [[Miss World]] pageant, held on 20 November 1970 at the [[Royal Albert Hall]] in London, United Kingdom.<ref name="Chaudhuri 2006 p. 48">{{cite book | last=Chaudhuri | first=S. | title=Feminist Film Theorists: Laura Mulvey, Kaja Silverman, Teresa de Lauretis, Barbara Creed | publisher=Taylor & Francis | series=Routledge Critical Thinkers | year=2006 | isbn=978-1-134-34667-7 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=d-9-AgAAQBAJ&pg=PT48 | page=pt48}}</ref> 58 contestants competed for the Miss World title. [[Jennifer Hosten]] from Grenada won the crown of Miss World 1970.<ref name="E! 2014"/><ref name="Shin 2006"/> Although Miss World 1969, [[Eva Rueber-Staier]] of Austria, was present and took part in a dance routine before the announcement of the winner, the new Miss World was crowned by Bob Hope. The event was marked by controversy in the days beforehand, during the contest itself and afterwards.

==Results==
===Placement===
[[File:Miss World 1970 Map.PNG|thumb|250px|Countries and territories which sent delegates and results for Miss World 1970<ref name="google.com"/><ref name="E! 2014"/><ref name="philstar.com 2015"/><ref name="African Drum Publications 1971"/><ref name="google.com1">{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1870&dat=19701121&id=090pAAAAIBAJ&pg=4961,5549651&hl=en|title=''Daytona Beach Sunday News-Journal''|access-date=27 January 2016}}</ref>]]
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;"
|-
! Placement
! Contestant
|-
| '''Miss World 1970'''
|
* '''{{flag|Grenada|1967}}''' – '''[[Jennifer Hosten]]'''<ref name="E! 2014"/><ref name="Shin 2006"/> 
|-
| 1st runner-up
|
* {{flag|South Africa|1928|name=Africa South}} – [[Pearl Jansen]]<ref name="google.com"/> 
|-
| 2nd runner-up
|
* {{flag|Israel}} – Irith Lavi<ref name="google.com"/> 
|-
| 3rd runner-up
|
* {{flag|Sweden}} – Marjorie Christel Johansson<ref name="google.com"/><ref name=autogenerated2>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1842&dat=19701121&id=qxosAAAAIBAJ&sjid=1sgEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1002,3789591&hl=en ''Times Daily''<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
|-
| 4th runner-up
|
* {{flag|South Africa|1928}} – Jillian Jessup
|-
| Top 7
|
* {{flag|Brazil|1968}} – Sônia Guerra
* {{flag|United Kingdom}} – Yvonne Ormes
|-
| Top 15
|
* {{flag|Australia}} – [[Valli Kemp]]
* {{flag|Dominion of Ceylon|name=Ceylon}} – Yolanda Shahzadi Ahlip
* {{flag|Ecuador}} – Sofía Monteverde
* {{flag|Guyana}} – Jennifer Wong
* {{flag|India}} – Heather Corinne Faville
* {{flag|Philippines|1936}} – Minerva Cagatao
* {{flag|United States}} – Sandra Wolsfeld
* {{flag|Yugoslavia}} – Tereza Đelmiš
|}

== Contestants ==
{{div col|colwidth=30em}}
* '''{{flag|South Africa|1928|name=Africa South}}'''<ref name="African Drum Publications 1971">{{cite book | title=Drum: A Magazine of Africa for Africa | publisher=African Drum Publications | year=1971 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IIE6AQAAIAAJ}}</ref>  – [[Pearl Jansen|Pearl Gladys Jansen]]
* '''{{flag|Argentina|alt}}''' – Patricia María Charré Salazar
* '''{{flag|Australia}}''' – [[Valli Kemp]]
* '''{{flag|Austria}}''' – Rosemarie Resch
* '''{{flag|Bahamas|1953}}''' – June Justina Brown
* '''{{flag|Belgium}}''' – Francine Martin
* '''{{flag|Brazil|1968}}''' – Sonia Yara Guerra
* '''{{flag|Canada}}''' – Norma Joyce Hickey
* '''{{flag|Dominion of Ceylon|name=Ceylon}}''' – Yolanda Shahzali Ahlip
* '''{{flag|Colombia}}''' – Carmelina Bayona Vera
* '''{{flag|Cyprus|1960}}''' – Louiza Anastadiades
* '''{{flag|Denmark}}''' – Winnie Hollman
* '''{{flag|Dominican Republic|civil}}''' – Fátima Shecker
* '''{{flag|Ecuador}}''' – Sofía Virginia Monteverde Nimbriotis 
* '''{{flag|Finland}}''' – Hannele Hamara
* '''{{flag|France}}''' – Micheline Beaurain
* '''{{flag|Gambia}}''' – Margaret Davies
* '''{{flag|West Germany}}''' – Dagmar Eva Ruthenberg
* '''{{flag|Gibraltar|ensign}}''' – Carmen Gomez
* '''{{flag|Greece|1970}}''' – Julie Vardi
* '''{{flag|Grenada|1967}}''' – '''[[Jennifer Hosten]]'''
* '''{{flag|Guyana}}''' – Jennifer Diana Evan Wong
* '''{{flag|Netherlands|name=Holland}}''' – Patricia Hollman
* '''{{flag|British Hong Kong|name=Hong Kong}}''' – Ann Lay
* '''{{flag|Iceland}}''' – Anna Hansdóttir
* '''{{flag|India}}''' – Heather Corinne Faville
* '''{{flag|Ireland}}''' – Mary Elizabeth McKinley
* '''{{flag|Israel}}''' – Irith Lavi
* '''{{flag|Italy}}''' – Marika de Poi
* '''{{flag|Jamaica}}''' – Elizabeth Ann Lindo
* '''{{flag|Japan|1947}}''' – Hisayo Nakamura
* '''{{flag|South Korea}}''' – Lee Jung-hee
* '''{{flag|Lebanon}}''' – [[Georgina Rizk]]
* '''{{flag|Liberia}}''' – Mainusa Wiles
* '''{{flag|Luxembourg}}''' – Rita Massard
* '''{{flag|Malaysia}}''' – Mary Ann Wong
* '''{{flag|Malta}}''' – Tessa Marthese Galea
* '''{{flag|Mauritius}}''' – Florence Muller
* '''{{flag|Mexico}}''' – Libia Zulema López Montemayor †
* '''{{flag|New Zealand}}''' – Glenys Elizabeth Treweek
* '''{{flag|Nicaragua}}''' – Evangelina Lacayo
* '''{{flag|Nigeria}}''' – Stella Owivri †
* '''{{flag|Norway}}''' – Aud Fosse
* '''{{flag|Philippines|1936}}''' – Minerva Manalo Cagatao
* '''{{flag|Portugal}}''' – Ana Maria Diozo Lucas
* '''{{flag|Puerto Rico|1952}}''' – Alma Doris Pérez
* '''{{flag|Seychelles|1961}}''' – Nicole Barallon
* '''{{flag|South Africa|1928}}''' – Jillian Elizabeth Jessup
* '''{{flag|Spain|1945}}''' – Josefina Román Gutiérrez
* '''{{flag|Sweden}}''' – Marjorie Christel Johansson<ref name=autogenerated2 /> 
* '''{{flag|Switzerland}}''' – Sylvia Christina Weisser
* '''{{flag|Thailand}}''' – Tuanjai Amnakamart
* '''{{flag|Tunisia}}''' – Kaltoum Khouildi
* '''{{flag|Turkey}}''' – Afet Tugbay
* '''{{flag|United Kingdom}}''' – Yvonne Anne Ormes
* '''{{flag|United States}}''' – Sandra Anne Wolsfeld
* '''{{flag|Venezuela|1954}}''' – Tomasa Nina de las Casas Mata
* '''{{flag|Yugoslavia}}''' – Tereza Đelmiš
{{div col end}}

==Judges==
A panel of nine judges evaluated the performance of the contestants in Miss World 1970.<ref name="google.com"/><ref name=autogenerated1>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1870&dat=19701123&id=1d0pAAAAIBAJ&sjid=mtEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2840,6276997&hl=en ''Daytona Beach Sunday News-Journal''<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2507&dat=19701125&id=L5VAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=EKUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3757,4938975&hl=en ''The Glasgow Herald''<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Judges included [[Joan Collins]], [[:id:Roesmin Noerjadin|Roesmin Nurjadin]] (the Indonesian Ambassador), [[Eric Gairy]] (the first Prime Minister of Grenada), [[Glen Campbell]] and [[Nina van Pallandt|Nina]].<ref name="google.com"/><ref name=autogenerated1 /><ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2194&dat=19701224&id=lr0yAAAAIBAJ&sjid=XO0FAAAAIBAJ&pg=817,3645795&hl=en Ottawa Citizen – Google News Archive Search<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

==Notes==
===Debuts===
* '''{{flagu|South Africa|1928|name=Africa South}}'''
* '''{{flagu|Grenada|1967}}'''
* '''{{flagu|Mauritius}}'''

===Returns===
{{div col|colwidth=22em}}
*Last competed in [[Miss World 1959|1959]]:
** '''{{flagu|British Hong Kong|name=Hong Kong}}'''
** '''{{flagu|Puerto Rico}}'''
*Last competed in [[Miss World 1964|1964]]:
** '''{{flagu|Portugal}}'''
** '''{{flagu|Spain|1945}}'''
*Last competed in [[Miss World 1966|1966]]:
** '''{{flagu|Malaysia}}'''
*Last competed in [[Miss World 1968|1968]]:
** '''{{flagu|Dominion of Ceylon|name=Ceylon}}'''
** '''{{flagu|Italy}}'''
** '''{{flagu|Thailand}}'''
{{div col end}}
===Other Notes===
* '''{{flag|Lebanon}}''' - [[Georgina Rizk]] went on to compete in [[Miss Universe]] in [[Miss Universe 1971|1971]], which was held in [[Miami Beach]], and win the crown.

==Protests and controversy==
There was controversy before the contest began because the organisers had allowed two entries from South Africa, one black, one white. On the evening of the contest, a bomb exploded under a BBC outside broadcast van in an unsuccessful attempt by the [[The Angry Brigade|Angry Brigade]] to prevent the contest being televised. There were no injuries. The audience then had to enter the hall past noisy demonstrators who were penned behind barricades.<ref name="baker">{{cite book
|title=Beautiful Idiots and Brilliant Lunatics: A Sideways Look at Twentieth Century London
|first=Rob
|last=Baker
|isbn=978-1445651194
|publisher=Amberley Publishing
|year=2015
}}</ref>

During the evening there were protests by [[Women's liberation movement|Women's Liberation]] activists.<ref name="google.com1"/> They threw flour bombs during the event, momentarily alarming the host, [[Bob Hope]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mw2006.pl/index.php?id=216&eng |title=Miss World 2006 |access-date=26 January 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080803200450/http://www.mw2006.pl/index.php?id=216&eng |archive-date= 3 August 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.buzzle.com/editorials/7-29-2003-43584.asp |archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20090316054040/http://www.buzzle.com/editorials/7-29-2003-43584.asp |url-status=usurped |archive-date=16 March 2009 |title=L–ast milestone on a record-breaking comedy Road ... Bob Hope dies at 100 |publisher=Buzzle.com |date=29 July 2003 |access-date=24 May 2011 }}</ref> He was also heckled during the proceedings.<ref name="google.com"/><ref name="baker"/><ref>{{cite journal|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=q8gyAAAAIBAJ&pg=1761,1750527&dq=miss-grenada&hl=en|title=Cattle show: Miss Grenada wins, Bob Hope loses|date= 21 November 1970|journal=[[Ottawa Citizen]]|access-date =18 January 2019}}</ref> The protests are the subject of the film [[Misbehaviour (film)|''Misbehaviour'']] which was released in 2020.

Even greater controversy then followed after the result was announced. [[Jennifer Hosten]], Miss Grenada, won, becoming the first Black woman to win Miss World, and the Black contestant from South Africa placed second. The [[BBC]] and newspapers received numerous protests about the result. Four of the nine judges had given first-place votes to Miss Sweden, while Miss Grenada received only two firsts, yet the Swedish entrant finished fourth. Furthermore, the Prime Minister of Grenada, [[Eric Gairy|Sir Eric Gairy]], was on the judging panel. One of Gairy's obituaries described his corruption and use of a gang of thugs when in government.<ref>{{cite journal | title = Obituary |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-sir-eric-gairy-1247273.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220515/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-sir-eric-gairy-1247273.html |archive-date=15 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live| first = Hugh | last = O'Shaughnessy | journal = [[The Independent]] | date = 25 August 1997 }}</ref><ref name="baker"/> There were many accusations that the contest had been rigged, with counter-accusations that scrutiny of the results was motivated by racism and pointed that favouritism of white contestants had been typical in the contest's history. Some of the audience gathered in the street outside [[Royal Albert Hall]] after the contest and chanted "Swe-den, Swe-den". Four days later the organising director, [[Julia Morley]], resigned because of the intense pressure from the newspapers. Years later Miss Sweden, Maj Christel Johansson, was reported as saying that she felt she had been cheated out of the title.{{cn|date=February 2022}}

Morley's husband, [[Eric Morley]], was the chairman of the company (Mecca) that owned the Miss World franchise. To disprove the accusations, Eric Morley put the judging panel's ballot cards on view<ref name="philstar.com 2015">{{cite web | title=Misses World on stamps | website=[[The Philippine Star]] | date=November 11, 2015 | url=http://www.philstar.com/entertainment/229505/misses-world-stamps | access-date=January 23, 2016}}</ref> and described the complex "majority vote system". These cards showed that Jennifer Hosten had more place markings in the 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th positions over Miss Sweden and the other five finalists. Julia Morley then resumed her job. However, many observers still felt Sir Eric Gairy on the judging panel had influenced the other judges to give Ms Hosten token placings.<ref name="baker"/>

==In popular culture==
In 2014, [[BBC Radio]] produced an audio documentary as an episode of its ''[[The Reunion (radio series)|The Reunion]]'' series, bringing together Jennifer Hosten, host of the competition [[Michael Aspel]] and several of the women who had disrupted and protested against the show.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00tkpc1|title = BBC Radio 4 - the Reunion, Miss World 1970}}</ref> This documentary inspired [[Philippa Lowthorpe]] to produce and direct the 2020 movie ''[[Misbehaviour (film)|Misbehaviour]]'' which dramatized the events surrounding the contest. Shortly after its release, [[BBC television]] produced a further documentary ''Beauty Queens and Bedlam'' which interviewed the protestors, organizers, hosts and Misses Grenada, Africa South and Sweden.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p085rbck|title = BBC Two - Miss World 1970: Beauty Queens and Bedlam, the contestants arrive in London}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20010427005607/http://www.geocities.com/TelevisionCity/9699/mcmw70a.html 1970 Miss World Part 1]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20010512183118/http://www.geocities.com/televisioncity/9699/mcmw70b.html 1970 Miss World Part 2]
* [https://www.andrewwhitehead.net/political-voices-sally-alexander.html Sally Alexander, one of the feminists who disrupted the 1970 Miss World contest, talking about the protest]

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