Penelope Plummer

Penelope Plummer
Nationality	Australian
Occupation	Model
Awards	Miss World, 1968

Penelope Plummer (born c. 1948) is an Australian actress, model and beauty queen who the winner of the 1968 Miss World contest ^[1] The then 18-year-old librarian from Kempsey, New South Wales, became the first contestant from her country to win the title.^[2]^[3]^[4] The pageant was held in London, United Kingdom.

After winning the Miss World Contest, Plummer appeared in The 1969 Bob Hope Christmas Show in Osan, Korea, along with Swedish-American actress Ann-Margret.

References

Miss World titleholders (1960–1979)

Norma Cappagli (1960) Rosemarie Frankland (1961) Catharina Lodders (1962) Carole Crawford (1963) Ann Sidney (1964) Lesley Langley (1965) Reita Faria (1966) Madeline Hartog-Bel (1967) Penelope Plummer (1968) Eva Rueber-Staier (1969) Jennifer Hosten (1970) Lúcia Petterle (1971) Belinda Green (1972) Marjorie Wallace (1973) Helen Morgan/Anneline Kriel (1974) Wilnelia Merced (1975) Cindy Breakspeare (1976) Mary Stävin (1977) Silvana Suárez (1978) Gina Swainson (1979)

Complete list (1951–1959) (1960–1979) (1980–1999) (2000–2019)

Miss Australia winners in the Grand Slam pageants

Miss Universe	Kerry Anne Wells (1972) Jennifer Hawkins (2004)

Miss World	Penelope Plummer (1968) Belinda Green (1972)

Miss Earth	-

Miss International	Tania Verstak (1962) Jenny Annette Derek (1981) Kirsten Davidson (1992)

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