Tuesday, August 18, 2009
The one-time librarian from Kempsey, New South Wales, was 18 when she won the title. For two years, she was feted like royalty. She toured Vietnam with Bob Hope and, during her reign, earned up to $1,500 a day - a fortune at the time. Two years later, Penny broke her contract with the Miss World organisers to marry Michael Clarke. Today, she has three adult children.
1st Runner-up United Kingdom - Kathleen Winstanley
2nd Runner-up Israel - Miri Zamir
3rd Runner-up Colombia - Beatriz Sierra Gonzalez
4th Runner-up Philippines - Arene Cecilia Amabuyok
Finalists
Guyana - Adrienne Harris
Nicaragua - Margine Davidson Morales
Semi-finalists
Argentina - Viviana Roldan
Austria - Brigitte Krüger
France - Nelly Gallerne
Germany - Margot Schmalzriedt
Ireland - June MacMahon
Sweden - Gunilla Friden
Thailand - Pinnarut Tananchai
Yugoslavia - Ivona Puhlera
Disqualified
Lebanon - Lili Bissar (discovered the night before the finals to be only 15 years old)
