Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Rueber-Staier was born in 1951 in Bruck an der Mur, Austria. She won the title of Miss Austria and participated in the Miss Universe contest in 1969, in which she was a top 15 semifinalist. She went on to win the Miss World pageant that same year. During her tenure, Eva starred in the Bob Hope USO tour in Vietnam. On 1st January 1973, then aged 23 she married film producer Ronald ("Ronnie") Fouracre, (15 years her senior), at Caxton Hall register office, London. Her acting career contains a recurring James Bond credit: she played General Gogol's assistant Rubelvitch in the films The Spy Who Loved Me, For Your Eyes Only, and Octopussy. She has lived in an Elizabethan Grade II listed house in Pinner for 23 years with her current husband, publisher Brian Cowan and loved son Alexander. She also appeared naked in the soft-porn Mayfair magazine in the UK. Eva also played the Cadburys Flake girl in the 1980s Austrian Skiing advert directed by Ridley Scott. She now produces metalwork sculptures - these were exhibited during Hertfordshire Visual Arts Forum's "open studios 2008".
1st Runner-up: United States - Gail Renshaw
2nd Runner-up: Germany - Christa Margraf
3rd Runner-up: Iceland - Ragnheidur Pétursdóttir
4th Runner-up: Venezuela - Marzia Rita Gisela Piazza Suprani
The Finalists were:
South Africa - Linda Meryl Collett
Norway - Kjersti Jortun
The Semi-finalists were:
Czechoslovakia - Marcela Bitnarova
Finland - Päivi Ilona Raita
France - Suzanne Angly
Israel - Tehila Selah
Jamaica - Marilyn Elizabeth Taylor
Malta - Mary Brincat
New Zealand - Carole Robinson
United Kingdom - Sheena Drummond
