South African actress, model and beauty queen, crowned Miss World 1958
Penelope Anne Coelen
Coelen in 1958
Born
(1940-04-15) 15 April 1940 (age 84)
Durban, South Africa
Occupation(s)
Model, Actress
Beauty pageant titleholder
Title
Miss World 1958 Miss South Africa 1958
Major competition(s)
Miss South Africa 1958 (Winner) Miss World 1958 (Winner)
Penelope Anne Coelen (born 15 April 1940) is a South African former actress, model and beauty queen who won Miss World 1958. She was the first major international titleholder to come from Africa.
Penelope Anne Coelen (born 15 April 1940) is a South African former actress, model and beauty queen who won Miss World 1958. She was the first major international...
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13 October 1958 at the Lyceum Ballroom in London, United Kingdom. Penelope Anne Coelen of South Africa was crowned by Marita Lindahl of Finland at the end...
Three Miss South Africas, namely Rolene Strauss, Anneline Kriel and PenelopeCoelen, have won the Miss World titles in 2014, 1974 and 1958 respectively...
second of three South African women to hold the Miss World title after PenelopeCoelen in 1958 and before Rolene Strauss in 2014. In South Africa she achieved...
Pearl Thusi, actress Chad Le Clos, Olympic swimmer Jordy Smith, surfer PenelopeCoelen, Miss World 1958 Nick Price, major winning golfer Black Coffee (DJ)...
first Indigenous African to claim the Miss World title (Past winners PenelopeCoelen and Anneline Kriel, both of South Africa, are of European descent,...
novelist Johnny Clegg, musician noted for performing in Juluka and Savuka PenelopeCoelen, Miss World 1958 Mimi Coertse, soprano - opera singer J. M. Coetzee...
event, along with two other South Africans to have won Miss World, PenelopeCoelen, Miss World 1958 and Anneline Kriel, Miss World 1974. Color keys Actress...
Jeffrey Archer, English author, playwright, and politician 1940 – PenelopeCoelen, South African actress, model, beauty queen and 1958 Miss World 1940...
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Africa 1956 52 1956–1977 1991–present Miss South Africa 36 Winner PenelopeCoelen (1958) Anneline Kriel (1974) (replaced dethroned winner) Rolene Strauss...
is the third South African woman to be crowned Miss World, after Penelope Anne Coelen in 1958 and Anneline Kriel in 1974. Strauss is currently the chairperson...
Miss World 1974, the second South African to hold the title after Penny Coelen in 1958, when Helen Morgan resigned four days after winning the 24th Miss...
Miss World 1974, the second South African to hold the title after Penny Coelen in 1958, when Helen Morgan resigns four days after winning the 24th Miss...