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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.
However, it was Norma Vorster who won the first official Miss South Africa competition in 1956. It was open to white females only.
- beauty pageant: Miss South Africa
- edition: 6th
| PLACEMENT | 1961 | 1960 |
| 2nd princess | Rita Rheeder | Stella Pithey |
| 1st princess | Marlene Boyes | Dorothy Farquhar |
| Miss South Africa | Yvonne Brenda Hulley (Cape Province) | Denise Muir |
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INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
- beauty pageant: Miss World
- edition: 11th
- venue: Lyceum Ballroom, London, England, United Kingdom
- date: November 9, 1961
- candidates: 37
| NAME | HOMETOWN | AGE | RESULT |
| Yvonne Brenda Hulley | Cape Province, South Africa | 19 | Miss World 1961 Top 15 |
Categories: Africa, beauty pageant results, LISTS, South Africa
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