Summary

Miss Venezuela Susan Duijm wins 1955 Miss World contest at the Lyceum Ballroom in London, England

Source Sherman Grinberg
Newsreel Pathe
Negative # 38638
Clip SR005352_02_02mov
Date 10/20/1955
Title Miss Venezuela Susan Duijm wins 1955 Miss World contest at the Lyceum Ballroom in London, England
Description Title: Venezuelan Beauty New 'Miss World' superimposed over contestant walking runway / MS judges: Gloria Swanson and Steve Cochran / Miss Britain Jennifer Chimes walking runway / LS judges panel watching / Miss Italy Franca Incorvaia walking past camera and turning / Miss USA Margaret Anne Haywood walking past camera and turning / Young men in tuxedos watching / LS Miss Venezuela Susana Duijm walking runway, orchestra in fgd judges and men in tuxedos in bkgd / MS judges Mrs Smith Crichton, Sir Gerald Kelly and Hermione Gingold / Miss Venezuela walking runway / Pan contestants in row on stage / audience applauding / actress and first Bond girl Eunice Gayson crowns Miss Venezuela
Personality Gloria Swanson, Steve Cochran, Hermione Gingold, Jennifer Chimes, Franca Incorvaia, Margaret Anne Haywood, Susana Duijm, Gerald Kelly, Eunice Gayson
Country United Kingdom
City London

Keywords

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beauty pageants
Miss World
bathing suits
runways judges
tuxedos
competitions
winners
crowns
actresses
celebrities
Lyceum Ballroom
James Bond
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