Marita Lindahl

Marita Lindahl (born 17 October 1938) won the 1957 Miss World beauty pageant, representing Finland.^[1] She became the first woman from her country to win the title and the third Scandinavian woman; after Sweden had won the two first contests.

The pageant was held in London, England. Lindahl was described by pageant director Eric Morley as having "the haunting beauty and intrigue of a Greta Garbo". The first runner-up was Lilian Madsen from Denmark, second runner-up Adele Kruger from South Africa and third runner-up Jacqueline Tapia from Tunisia.

Lindahl married a fellow Finn and later ran one of the most popular restaurants in Helsinki.

References

^ http://www.missworld.com/1950-s/1957.html

Miss World titleholders (1951–1959)

Kiki Håkansson (1951) · May-Louise Flodin (1952) · Denise Perrier (1953) · Antigone Costanda (1954) · Susana Duijm (1955) · Petra Schürmann (1956) · Marita Lindahl (1957) · Penelope Coelen (1958) · Corine Rottschäfer (1959)

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Name	Lindahl, Marita
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Date of birth	17 October 1938
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