MAVIS YOUNG, 19, WAS CROWNED THE NEW MISS SINGAPORE. MAVIS, WHO HAS WON A STRING OF BEAUTY TITLES LATELY (INCLUDING THE PRESS QUEEN TITLE) WILL REPRESENT THE REPUBLIC IN THE MISS UNIVERSE 1969 CONTEST AT MIAMI BEACH NEXT MONTH ...
STILL DIZZY FROM THE WHIRL OF EVENTS OF THE LAST TWO WEEK, MARGARET VAN MEEL (RIGHT), 19, SINGAPORE'S REPRESENTATIVE TO THE MISS UNIVERSE CONTEST IN MIAMI, RETURNED HOME - SEVEN POUNDS LIGHTER. THE MISS UNIVERSE PAGEANT WILL BE MARGARET'S LAST BEAUTY CONTEST ...
HEALTH CLASS FOR TEACHERS AT MOUNT VERNON SCHOOL ...
AN ATTEMPT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THREE YEARS TO REVIVE INTEREST IN THE MISS SINGAPORE/MISS UNIVERSE HAS MET WITH POOR RESPONSE. E C OW, EXECUTIVE PRODUCER OF THE FAR EAST BEAUTY CONGRESS - WHICH HOLDS THE FRANCHISE FOR THE PRESTIGIOUS QUEST HELD AT MIAMI BEACH IN FLORIDA, UNITED STATES ANNUALLY, SAID THE CONTEST WAS DROPPED IN 1968 BECAUSE OF ITS 'UNPOPULARITY' ...
MISS SINGAPORE 1968 YASMIN SAIF (RIGHT) CAUSED A STIR AT PAYA LEBAR AIRPORT WHEN SHE LEFT FOR HONOLULU - FIRST STOP ON HER JOURNEY TO MIAMI BEACH TO TAKE PART IN THE MISS UNIVERSE CONTEST. YASMIN, 19, A DANCER, WAS CLAD IN A PAIR OF SKIN-TIGHT JEANS, T-SHIRT, HIGH-HEELED SANDALS AND WITH HER LONG PLAITED HAIR COVERED BY A GREEN SCARF. FLYING WITH HER WAS MISS MALAYSIA, MAZNAH BTE MOHAMMED ALI, WHO IS A 20-YEAR OLD PRIVATE SECRETARY WORKING IN KUALA LUMPUR, WAS DRESSED IN A WHITE AND RED SARONG KEBAYA ...