Tanya Gold

How I became Miss World 1970

Jennifer Hosten, as Miss Grenada, attributes her success to rising early, avoiding questions about race and having a great personal hairdresser

  • Miss World 1970: How I Entered a Pageant and Wound Up Making History

    Jennifer Hosten

    Sutherland House, pp. 153, £18

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