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Date Posted: 08:44:40 07/27/07 Fri
In reply to: MAF 's message, "Australia's Grandslam Winners" on 19:10:37 07/25/07 Wed

>Penelope Plummer won the 1968
>Miss World contest, representing Australia. She became
>the first Aussie to win the title and a grandslam
>international pageant. Plummer's runners up were
>Kathleen Winstanleywas (United Kingdom), 1st
>runner-up; Miri Zamir (Israel), 2nd runner-up; Beatriz
>Sierra Gonzalez (Colombia), 3rd runner-up; and Arene
>Cecilia Amabuyok (Philippines), 4th runner-up. Miss
>World 1968, participated with 53 countries, was held
>in London, United Kingdom.

>

>
>COLOR="#990099">Penelope Plummer

>
>COLOR="#9900FF">Miss World 1968



>
>Four years later, another Aussie
>beauty captured another grandslam beauty title. Kerry
>Anne Wells was crowned Miss Universe 1972 beating 61
>delegates from different countries around the globe.
>Delegates from Brazil, Venezuela, Israel, and England
>were Wells' runners-up in patricular order. Miss
>Universe 1972 was held in Long Beach, California,
>USA.

>

>
>COLOR="#990099">Kerry Anne Wells

>
>COLOR="#9900FF">Miss Universe
>1972



>1972 turned out to be
>Australia's greatest year as Kerry Ann Well's victory
>was duplicated by her compatriot who won Miss World
>1972. Belinda Roma Green bested 53 participants. Green
>is the second Australian to win Miss World. As a
>result, points gathered from Miss World and Miss
>Universe made Australia as Country Of The Year based
>on Global
>Beauties Grandslam Ranking.

>

>
>COLOR="#990099">Belinda Roma Green

>
>COLOR="#9900FF">Miss World 1972



>
>After many years of waiting to
>have Australia's second Miss Universe, a former
>cheerleader for the Newcastle Knights rugby league
>team and the Hunter Pirates basketball team and a
>model, captured the Miss Universe crown in 2004
>finally. Jennifer Hawkins bested more than 80
>beautiful candidates. Earlier prior to the pageant's
>finals, Hawkins was never expected to make it to the
>final 5 by pageant fans, but she proved them wrong
>right during the final competition with her great
>performances in evening gown and swimsuit competitions
>as well as in the final interview. She accidentally
>stripped her skirt off in a fashion show during her
>reign.
>

>
>COLOR="#990099">Jennifer Hawkins

>
>COLOR="#9900FF">Miss Universe
>2004




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*MODERATOR, Tania Verstak,is Australia's FIRST Grandslam WINNER! Please CLICK, here, for more!Proud Oz!* (Please DON'T Forget Tania!)13:16:25 07/27/07 Fri
    Thanks for the info. I never realized Australia had won Miss Inernational first before Miss World. (NT)Moderator16:15:46 07/27/07 Fri


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