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Margaret Gorman of Washington, D.C., USA was the first White Miss America in 1921.
Kiki Haakonson of Sweden was the first White Miss World in 1951.
Armi Kuusela of Finland was the first White Miss Universe in 1952.
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Kiki Haakonson was the first Miss World, back in 1951.
Then, as now, the contest was run by Eric Morley.
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 BlurtIt: Which year was the bikini accepted in Miss World?
However, protests against the indecent representation of women began to crop up in several conservative societies and the new from of swimwear was replaced by a more modest bathing suit.
The first winner of the pageant in 1951, Sweden’s Kiki Haakonson is the only person so far to be crowned Miss World wearing a two-piece bathing suit.
It took the United States fifteen years to accept the bikini as part of the pop culture.
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 KIKI HAAKONSON : Encyclopedia Entry
Motorcyclist Gunnar Johansson receives a plaquette from the hand of Miss World 1951 Kicki Håkansson
Kerstin (Kiki) Håkansson was the winner of the first Miss World beauty pageant in 1951, where her name was quoted as Kiki Haakonson.
She represented Sweden, and was the first and last winner to don a bikini.
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Open Directory - Business: Arts and Entertainment: Beauty Pageants Site includes summarized rules for contestants, calendar, and information on past and present titleholders.
Miss America, Miss USA, Miss Universe, Miss World Miss Sweden, Kiki Haakonson, wins.
The contest adopts the slogan "Beauty with a Purpose" she sets a new precedent of social activism for titleholders.
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Home > Magazines > Archives > Volume: 51 Issue: 4 > The First Miss World Contest
Miss Sweden, Kiki Haakonson, carried off the first Miss World title in the Lyceum Ballroom in London, in what was originally intended to be a one-off event connected with the Festival of Britain.
It was the brainchild of Eric Morley, once a London orphan, an Army captain during the war and a self-made entertainment entrepreneur of great shrewdness and drive.
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September 3, 2006 -- 1 Miss Sweden 1951 The first "Festival Bikini Contest", held in London, was won by Sweden's Kiki Haakonson, despite the fact that 21 of the 26 contestants...
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The Hindu : Education Plus Bangalore : Let's get QUIZical
What first is credited to Sweden's Kiki Haakonson in 1951?
Name the epic in 12 books and its author that tells the story of a Trojan leader and the founding of Roman Italy.
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