1.
LV EXT. WALDORF HOTEL
0.04

2.
MLV GROUP OF CONTESTANTS
0.07

3.
CU MISS GIBRALTAR
0.12

4.
CU MISS SWEDEN
0.14

5.
CU MISS JAPAN
0.19

6.
CU MISS MALAYSIA
0.23

7.
CU MISS ITALY
0.26

8.
CU MISS FRANCE
0.31

9.
CU MISS MOROCCO
0.33

10.
CU MISS LUXEMBOURG
0.39

11.
CU MISS CYPRUS
0.42

12.
CU MISS NEW ZEALAND
0.47

13.
CU MISS DENMARK
0.50

14.
CU MISS HOLLAND
0.54

15.
CU MISS RHODESIA
0.58

16.
CU MISS BELGIUM
1.01

17.
CU MISS MALTA
1.05

18.
MV JUDGES
1.08

19.
MLV THREE CONTESTANTS JUDGES IN F/G
1.14

20.
CU AWARD FORM
1.17

21.
MV THREE CONTESTANTS PAN TO JUDGES
1.22

22.
CU AWARD FORM
1.23

23.
MV MISS ICELAND PRESENTED WITH CUP
1.29

24.
CU WINNER
1.31



Initials RC/V/BHH/SGM



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Background: PERHAPS SHE APPLIED THE COLDEST COLD-CREAM -- BUT WHATEVER IT WAS, MISS ICELAND -- 17-YEAR-OLD SIGRUN VIGNISDOTTIR -- TONIGHT (TUESDAY) TOPPED OTHER BEAUTIES IN THE MISS WORLD CONTEST TO BE JUDGED THE GIRL WITH THE MOST PERFECT MAKE-UP.

THE COMPETITION, SPONSORED BY THE MAX FACTOR ORGANISATION, WAS A PRELUDE TO THE JUDGING OF MISS WORLD AT THE LYCEUM THEATRE, LONDON, ON NOVEMBER 19.

TONIGHT'S COMPETITION WAS JUDGED AT THE WALDORF HOTEL. IT WAS THE THIRD YEAR THAT MISS WORLD FINALISTS COMPETED IN THE PRELIMINARY CONTEST.

EARLIER TODAY, 32 GIRLS FROM DANCE HALLS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM VIED FOR FIVE POSITIONS ON THE JUDGING PANEL -- JOINING MISS JEAN DOBSON (DAILY MIRROR) AND MISS EVE GARDINER, CHIEF BEAUTY CONSULTANT OF MAX FACTOR.

THE WINNER AND FOUR RUNNERS-UP RECEIVED SPECIAL PRIZES, AND ALL 32 GIRLS ATTENDED THE RECEPTION AND BUFFET DINNER WHEN THE PRESENTATION OF THE TROPHY FOR THE MISS WORLD GIRL WITH THE MOST PERFECT MAKE-UP WAS MADE BY THE SPONSORING COMPANY'S SALES MANAGER, MR TED PRESTON.

THE WINNER, MISS ICELAND, AT 17, IS ONE OF THE YOUNGEST ENTRANTS IN THE MISS WORLD QUEST. SHE IS FOND OF SWIMMING, MUSIC AND ACTING, AND SAYS SHE WANTS TO SEE THEATRES AND MUSEUMS IN PARTICULAR WHILE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM.

YOUNG WOMEN FROM 50 NATIONS ARE COMPETING FOR THE CROWN.