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South African Pictorial held Miss South Africa in 1923, which was won by Doris Gwendoline Heliwell with W. J. van Blommestein and Marjorie Elizabeth Cowley as the respective first and second princesses. In 1943, Susie Smuts became the second woman to hold the title.
Norma Vorster won the first official Miss South Africa competition in 1956. It was open to white females only.
- beauty pageant: Miss South Africa
- edition: 5th
| PLACEMENT | 1960 | 1959 |
| 2nd princess | Stella Pithey | Kitty Green |
| 1st princess | Dorothy Farquhar | Sophie Pieters |
| Miss South Africa | Denise Muir | Moya Meaker (Cape Province) |
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INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
- beauty pageant: Miss World
- edition: 10th
- venue: Lyceum Ballroom, London, England, United Kingdom
- date: November 8, 1960
- candidates: 39
| NAME | HOMETOWN | AGE | RESULT |
| Denise Muir | Miss World 1960 second runner-up |
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