Corine Rottschäfer
Dutch model and beauty queen (1938–2020)
Corine Rottschäfer | |
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 Rottschäfer in 1959 | |
| Born | (1938-05-08)8 May 1938[2] Hoorn, Netherlands |
| Died | 24 September 2020(2020-09-24) (aged 82) Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Occupation | Model |
| Beauty pageant titleholder | |
| Major competition(s) | Miss Holland 1957[1] (Winner) Miss Europe 1957 (Winner) Miss Universe 1958 (Top 15) (Miss Photogenic) Miss World 1959 (Winner) |
Corine Spier-Rottschäfer (8 May 1938 – 24 September 2020) was a Dutch model and beauty queen who won Miss World 1959 contest, representing the Netherlands.[2] She was the first woman from her country to win the title. The pageant was held in London, United Kingdom.
Life
Rottschäfer was born on 8 May 1938 in Hoorn.[3][4] Prior to winning the Miss World title, Rottschäfer also won Miss Europe in the year 1957. She also participated in Miss Universe pageant in the year 1958, where she reached top 15 and won the Miss Photogenic award.[5]
At the Miss World 1959 pageant, a few hours before the announcement of the winner, Corine discovered holes in her evening dress. Miss Israel, Ziva Shomrat was kind enough to lend her an evening dress and it so happened that Corine was adjudged the winner and Miss Israel finished third in the competition.[5] In 1962 she married architect and later politician Edo Spier.[6]
In 1964, after a successful international career in modeling, she founded the model agency Corine's Agency in Amsterdam which was the first professional model agency in the Netherlands.[7] The agency ran into trouble, because that kind of job placement wasn't allowed at the time. Rottschäfer appealed her case all the way to the Supreme Court, and forced the law to be changed.[7][8] She ran the agency until her retirement in 2002.[7]
She is the second cousin of Miss Universe Puerto Rico 2012, Bodine Koehler.[9]
She died on 24 September 2020.[6]
References
- ^ "Miss Holland 1957 | Miss Holland Now |" (in Dutch). Retrieved 11 December 2020.
- ^ a b "Miss World 1959 – Corine Rottschafer – Netherlands". Archived from the original on 24 March 2010. Retrieved 24 March 2010.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link). missworld.com - ^ (in Dutch) Lansdaal, Herman. Hoornse baby zou mooiste miss van de wereld worden Oud Hoorn nr. 14 1992
- ^ "Nederlands eerste Miss World Corine Spier-Rottschäfer overleden" (in Dutch). Nederlandse Omroep Stichting. 24 September 2020. Archived from the original on 24 September 2020.
- ^ a b "Miss Worlds of the 50s and where they are now". The Times of India. 31 July 2015.
- ^ a b "Eerste Nederlandse Miss World Corine Spier overleden" (in Dutch). de Telegraaf. 24 September 2020. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
- ^ a b c "Nederlands eerste Miss World Corine Spier-Rottschäfer overleden". Varone.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 24 September 2020.
- ^ "Dit is vast een bordeel" (PDF). Elsevier Magazine via Ilonka Leenheer (in Dutch). 2013.
- ^ "Bodine Koehler: segura de sí misma". Elnuevodia.com. 19 November 2011. Archived from the original on 16 January 2014. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
External links
Media related to Corine Rottschäfer at Wikimedia Commons
| Awards and achievements | ||
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| Preceded by | Miss World 1959 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by Rita Schmidt | Miss Holland 1957 | Succeeded by Luciënne Struve |
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- Kiki Håkansson (1951)
- May-Louise Flodin (1952)
- Denise Perrier (1953)
- Antigone Costanda (1954)
- Susana Duijm (1955)
- Petra Schürmann (1956)
- Marita Lindahl (1957)
- Penelope Coelen (1958)
- Corine Rottschäfer (1959)
- Norma Cappagli (1960)
- Rosemarie Frankland (1961)
- Catharina Lodders (1962)
- Carole Crawford (1963)
- Ann Sidney (1964)
- Lesley Langley (1965)
- Reita Faria (1966)
- Madeleine Hartog-Bel (1967)
- Penelope Plummer (1968)
- Eva Rueber-Staier (1969)
- Jennifer Hosten (1970)
- Lúcia Petterle (1971)
- Belinda Green (1972)
- Marjorie Wallace (1973)
- Helen Elizabeth Morgan/Anneline Kriel (1974)
- Wilnelia Merced (1975)
- Cindy Breakspeare (1976)
- Mary Stävin (1977)
- Silvana Suárez (1978)
- Gina Swainson (1979)
- Gabriella Brum/Kimberley Santos (1980)
- Pilín León (1981)
- Mariasela Álvarez (1982)
- Sarah-Jane Hutt (1983)
- Astrid Carolina Herrera (1984)
- Hólmfríður Karlsdóttir (1985)
- Giselle Laronde (1986)
- Ulla Weigerstorfer (1987)
- Linda Pétursdóttir (1988)
- Aneta Kręglicka (1989)
- Gina Tolleson (1990)
- Ninibeth Leal (1991)
- Julia Kourotchkina (1992)
- Lisa Hanna (1993)
- Aishwarya Rai (1994)
- Jacqueline Aguilera (1995)
- Irene Skliva (1996)
- Diana Hayden (1997)
- Linor Abargil (1998)
- Yukta Mookhey (1999)
- Priyanka Chopra (2000)
- Agbani Darego (2001)
- Azra Akın (2002)
- Rosanna Davison (2003)
- María Julia Mantilla (2004)
- Unnur Vilhjálmsdóttir (2005)
- Taťána Kuchařová (2006)
- Zhang Zilin (2007)
- Ksenia Sukhinova (2008)
- Kaiane Aldorino (2009)
- Alexandria Mills (2010)
- Ivian Sarcos (2011)
- Yu Wenxia (2012)
- Megan Young (2013)
- Rolene Strauss (2014)
- Mireia Lalaguna (2015)
- Stephanie Del Valle (2016)
- Manushi Chhillar (2017)
- Vanessa Ponce (2018)
- Toni-Ann Singh (2019)
- Karolina Bielawska (2021)
- Krystyna Pyszková (2023)
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