Monday, August 17, 2009
May Louise Flodin won the Miss World Contest in 1952, representing Sweden. She was the second Swede to win the pageant. May Louise balanced life on the catwalk with a life on water-skis - performing with her husband at public shows. Nowadays she runs a hotel chain in Jordan. She has four children and six grandchildren.
1st Runner-up: Switzerland - Sylvia Müller
2nd Runner-up : Germany - Vera Marks
3rd Runner-up : Finland - Eeva Maria Hellas
4th Runner-up : United States - Tally Richards
Contestants:
Denmark - Lillian Christensen
Egypt - Unknown
Finland - Eeva Maria Hellas
France - Nicole Drouin
Great Britain - Doreen Dawne
Holland - Sanny Weitner
Ireland - Eithne Dunne
Sweden - May Louise Flodin
Switzerland - Sylvia Müller
United States - Tally Richards
West Germany - Vera Marks
***Belgium - Anne-Marie Pauwels, the Belgian contestant, became disqualified because she refused to be parted from him during the contest when her boyfriend accompanied her to England.
