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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.
In 1970, South Africa started sending two candidates to Miss World, one white and one black. The white representative is Miss South Africa while the black representative holds the title Miss Africa South, which is sponsored by South African clothing company owner Harry Solarsh.
- beauty pageant: Miss South Africa
- edition: 15th
- date: June 28, 1970
- finalists: 6
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FINALISTS
- Dorothea Scott (Western Province)
- Ingrid Bownes (Northern Transvaal)
- Jackie Wilmot (Orange Free State)
- Jillian Elizabeth Jessup (Eastern Province)
- Natalie Burger (Southern Transvaal)
- Wendith Brink (Natal Province)
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WINNERS
| PLACEMENT | 1970 | 1969 |
| 2nd princess | Dorothea Scott (Western Province) | Jackie Sayer |
| 1st princess | Wendith Brink (Natal Province) | Diana Newman |
| Miss South Africa | Jillian Elizabeth Jessup (Eastern Province) | Linda Meryl Collett (Natal Province) |
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INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
- beauty pageant: Miss World
- edition: 20th
- venue: Royal Albert Hall, London, England, United Kingdom
- date: November 20, 1970
- candidates: 58
| NAME | HOMETOWN | AGE | RESULT |
| Jillian Elizabeth Jessup Miss South Africa 1970 | Eastern Province, South Africa | 20 | Miss World 1970 fourth runner-up |
| Pearl Gladys Jansen Miss Africa South 1970 | Cape Province, South Africa | 20 | Miss World 1970 first runner-up |
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