Miss World 1970

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Now a film starring Keira Knightley, Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Greg Kinnear.

Jennifer Hosten went to the 1970 Miss World pageant on a lark, representing the tiny Caribbean Island of Grenada, and came home with the crown and a place in history. What was supposed to be a light-hearted affair turned out to be the most controversial, politically-charged and consequential pageant ever. Women's liberation activists blew up a BBC broadcast truck. They threw rotten vegetables in the auditorium and hit Bob Hope with a flour bomb. When order was restored, Jennifer Hosten made history as the first women of colour ever to win the title. The broadcast introduced its massive audience to both a new brand of feminism and a new ideal of beauty.

Ms. Hosten followed her triumph with a successful career as a diplomat and public servant in Grenada and Canada. Her book tells the stories of the epochal 1970 contest and her life with grace and an amused modesty.

Book details and technical specifications

Format: Hardback
ISBN13: 9781989555231
Published: March 2020

Number of pages: 200
Width: 140 mm
Height: 216 mm
Depth: not specified

Publisher: The Sutherland House Inc.