International beauty pageant

Miss World

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Subject	Miss World
Category	International beauty pageant
Reading time	1 min · Intermediate
Key date	1951

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UUnited Kingdom EEric Morley JJulia Morley MMiss Universe MMiss International MMiss Earth

Miss World is the oldest existing international beauty pageant. It was created in the United Kingdom by Eric Morley in 1951. Since his death in 2000, Morley's widow, Julia Morley, has chaired the pageant. Along with Miss Universe, Miss International, and Miss Earth, it is one of the Big Four beauty pageants.

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