Penny Coelen, Miss World, 1958.
These photos have got nothing to do with ‘Bygone Cape Town’ but I want to share it anyway.
Photo 1. The winner of the 1958 Miss World beauty contest, Penelope Coelen of South Africa is pictured sitting on a throne and wearing a crown flanked by, on left, second placed Claudine Oger of France and on right, Vinne Ingemann of Denmark at the Lyceum ballroom in London on 13th October 1958.
Photo 2. Miss South Africa Rolene Strauss (L), the newly crowned Miss World 2014, speaks to South African 1958 Miss World, Penny Coelen Rey, upon her arrival at OR Tambo International Airport, in Johannesburg on December 20, 2014. Miss South Africa, a 22-year-old medical student was crowned Miss World 2014 at the contest's glitzy final in London on December 14. Miss Strauss is the third South African Miss World, the country having held the title in 1958 and 1974.
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Well done Rolene and Penny...not bad going for a seventy five year old lady.
Penny Coelen, Miss World, 1958.
These photos have got nothing to do with ‘Bygone Cape Town’ but I want to share it anyway.
Photo 1. The winner of the 1958 Miss World beauty contest, Penelope Coelen of South Africa is pictured sitting on a throne and wearing a crown flanked by, on left, second placed Claudine Oger of France and on right, Vinne Ingemann of Denmark at the Lyceum ballroom in London on 13th October 1958.
Photo 2. Miss South Africa Rolene Strauss (L), the newly crowned Miss World 2014, speaks to South African 1958 Miss World, Penny Coelen Rey, upon her arrival at OR Tambo International Airport, in Johannesburg on December 20, 2014. Miss South Africa, a 22-year-old medical student was crowned Miss World 2014 at the contest's glitzy final in London on December 14. Miss Strauss is the third South African Miss World, the country having held the title in 1958 and 1974.
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Well done Rolene and Penny...not bad going for a seventy five year old lady.