22nd November 1974
First Guernsey competitor took part in Miss World
Guernsey made its debut at the 24th edition of the Miss World pageant on 22 November 1974. Gina Elizabeth Ann Atkinson represented the island against 57 rivals. Jersey was the only other Channel Island to take part, sending Christine Marjorie Sangan as its representative.
Held at London’s Royal Albert Hall, the event was hosted by Michael Aspel and David Vine and watched by around 30 million people.
Sadly, Atkinson didn’t bring home the title for Guernsey. The competition was won by Welsh competitor Helen Morgan, but when it was later discovered that she had had a child, she resigned and the title passed to Anneline Kriel of South Africa.
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Other events that occured in November
The court considered a Guernsey porn dealer’s testimony
- A London porn dealer who lived in Guernsey testified against the police.
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Royal Guernsey Light Infantry memorial was unveiled
- The RGLI memorial as Masnieres remembers the soldiers' losses at the Battle of Cambrai
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Admiral Thomas Le Marchant Gosselin died
- Gosselin had an impressive career in the navy and saw a lot of the world before his death in 1857, aged 92.
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German forces confiscated Guernsey’s radios
- The German occupation forces confiscated the radios on Guernsey twice during the war
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