Rosemarie Frankland
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Rosemarie Frankland was a beauty pageant contestant who won the 1961 Miss United Kingdom and Miss World.
Born in Rhosllannerchrugog, in north-east Wales in 1943, Rosemarie moved to Lancashire, England as a child. She took part in many beauty pageants and won the title of Miss Wales and, later in 1961 in London, England, she became the first British woman and the seventh European (Sweden won the two first contests, France won in 1953, Germany three years later, Finland in 1957 and the Netherlands in 1959) to win the Miss World competition. She also was the 1st runner-up at Miss Universe 1961.
After Miss World, she married and went to live in Los Angeles in the United States. She divorced, re-married and had a daughter. She died at the age of 57 in December 2000 at Marina del Ray, near Los Angeles. Her ashes were flown back to Wales and were buried at Rhosllannerchrugog Cemetery in February 2001.
| Preceded by Joan Boardman |
Miss United Kingdom 1961 |
Succeeded by Jackie White |
| Preceded by Norma Cappagli |
Miss World 1961 |
Succeeded by Catharina Lodders |
