{"id":5009,"date":"2012-08-22T11:07:42","date_gmt":"2012-08-22T11:07:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.generalknowledgetoday.com\/?p=5009"},"modified":"2012-08-22T11:07:42","modified_gmt":"2012-08-22T11:07:42","slug":"history-of-miss-world-and-the-list-of-winners-till-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/generalknowledgetoday.com\/?p=5009","title":{"rendered":"History of Miss World and the List of Winners till 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Miss world competition was started as part of the Festival of Britain celebrations in 1951. It was created in the United Kingdom by Eric Morle<\/strong>y. The first Miss World, Sweden’s Kiki Haakonson.<\/strong> Opposition to the wearing of bikinis led to their replacement with more modest swimwear after the first contest. In 1959, the BBC started broadcasting the competition. The pageant’s popularity grew with the advent of television. During the 1960s and 1970s, Miss World would normally be the highest rated programme of the year on British television. In the 1980s, the pageant repositioned itself with the slogan \u201cBeauty With a Purpose\u201d,<\/strong> with added tests of intelligence and personality. Miss World is franchised in more than 120 countries and has raised over 500 million for children charities around the globe.<\/p>\n