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University of Pretoria.
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Anneline Kriel
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She became the second woman from her country to hold the title. The pageant was held in London, United Kingdom. Thereafter she became an ambassador for several beauty brands, completing public relations activities.
She has also starred in several Afrikaner soap operas and the international hit-film, Kill and Kill Again which debuted at no.2 at the United States Box Office.
This marked a tumultuous period in South Africa"s history, as the international boycott of South Africa continued to take pace. As a result, Kriel sometimes caught the ire of international media that depicted her as a face of the apartheid state.
Singer Shirley Bassey also protested against her crowning. However, the United States later relented and Kriel made television appearances there.
In South Africa, her crowning received a rapturous response from the public and local media.
In 1981 she released the popular single, "He Took Office My Romeos".
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She became 1974"s Mission World at age 19, representing South Africa, after the United Kingdom"s Helen Morgan had resigned only four days after her victory. Kriel was only 19 years old when she became Mission World in 1974. In support of the boycott, the United States and Australia refused to accept her as part of the obligatory world tour of a Mission World.
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Judaist