1.
LV GIRLS LINED UP ON STAGE AT THE START
0.04

2.
SV PAN FROM LT. TO RT. HONDURAS, HOLLAND, GUYANA, GREECE, GIBRALTER, GERMANY, GAMBIA, AND FRANCE.
0.10

3.
SV PAN FROM LEFT TO RIGHT, YUGOSLAVIA, VENEZUELA, U.S.A., U.K., TURKEY, TRINIDAD AND OTHERS
0.15

4.
GV AUDIENCE
0.18

5.
GV AND SV MISS JAMAICA
0.23

6.
SV MISS JAPAN
0.29

7.
SV MISS MALAYSIA.
0.33

8.
SV MISS MALTA
0.37

9.
SV JUDGES
0.39

10.
GV TO SV MISS MEXICO
0.42

11.
SV AUDIENCE
0.44

12.
SV PAN MISS GERMANY
0.50

13.
SV MISS NEW ZEALAND
0.54

14.
SV ZOOM TO SCU MISS SWEDEN
0.59

15.
SV MISS SYRIA
1.05

16.
SV JUDGES
1.06

17.
SV MISS VENEZUELA
1.11

18.
GV PAN MISS U.S.A.
1.17

19.
SV MISS FRANCE
1.22

20.
SV PAN MISS CANADA
1.27

21.
SV MISS NORWAY
1.32

22.
SV PAN MISS ITALY
1.38

23.
SV PAN MISS YUGOSLAVIA
1.42

24.
LV ZOOM INTO SCU MISS INDIA
1.48

25.
SV AUDIENCE
1.51

26.
GV MISS YUGOSLAVIA AWARDED SECOND PLACE AND CROWNED
1.59

27.
LV THE WINNER MISS INDIA ON THRONE
2.05

28.
SV MISS INDIA CROWNED MISS WORLD
2.14

29.
SV AUDIENCE
2.16

30.
GV MISS INDIA PARADES WITH WINNERS REGALIA
2.28

31.
GV PRESSMEN
2.31

32.
GV GROUP POSE FOR PRESS, MISS WORLD, MISS ITALY, MISS YUGOSLAVIA, MISS BRAZIL.
2.36



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Background: MISS REITA FARIA OF INDIA WAS CHOSEN AS 'MISS WORLD' IN LONDON (THURSDAY). SHE IS THE FIRST INDIAN TO EVER HOLD THE TITLE.

SIXTY ATTRACTIVE YOUNG WOMEN FROM MANY PARTS OF THE WORLD COMPETED IN THE CONTEST.

MISS, FARIA, AGED 23 AND WITH MEASUREMENTS OF 35 INCHES, 24 INCHES AND 35 INCHES (89, 51 & 89 C.M.) HOPES TO BECOME A DOCTOR. SHE HAS PUBLICLY DISAPPROVED OF MINI SKIRTS.

MISS YUGOSLAVIA, MISS MIKICA MARINOVIC, WAS THE FIRST CONTESTANT FROM A COMMUNIST NATION TO COMPETE IN THE MISS WORLD COMPETITION. SHE WAS PLACED SECOND.

THIRD PLACE WENT TO MISS EFI PLUMBI, AGED 21, OF GREECE.

MISS FARIA WON A PRIZE OF GBP2,500 STERLING, A YEAR'S TRAVEL, AND THE CHANGE OF SCREEN TESTS. THE CONTESTANTS WERE JUDGED FOR THEIR BEAUTY, POISE AND INTELLIGENCE.

MISS MARINOVIC OF YUGOSLAVIA WON A CASH PRIZE OF GBP500 STERLING.