13 things about Miss World South Africa 1967 Disa Duivestein

Disa Duivestein represented South Africa in the 17th edition of Miss World. Established in 1951, it is the oldest existing international beauty pageant.

BIOGRAPHY

Duivestein is a South African model and beauty queen originally from Athlone Park, eThekwini, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Here are 13 more things about her:

1. Both of her parents are from Amanzimtoti, eThekwini.
2. She has a younger brother who attended Umbogintwini Primary School in Athlone Park.
3. She was married twice.
4. Her second husband is from the Netherlands.
5. She and her Dutch husband have one daughter and a pair of twins sons.
6. She is the 12th beauty queen to represent South Africa in Miss World.
7. She is the 14th Miss South Africa.
8. She was employed as a secretary in Umbogintwini, eThekwini when she won Miss South Africa 1967.
9. While competing at Miss World 1967, she revealed that her most unusual experience was having tea with billionaire witch doctor Khotso in his palatial home in Pondoland.
10. She finished in the Top 15 at Miss World 1967.
11. In 1968, she lived in London.
12. On June 18, 1973, her successor Miss South Africa 1968 Mitsianna Stander died in a car accident in Victory Park, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa.
13. On March 23, 2025, she turned 58.

Simon Dee and Michael Aspel hosted the Miss World 1967 coronation ceremony at the Lyceum Ballroom in London, England, United Kingdom on November 16, 1967. Among the 54 candidates, Duivestein was selected as one of the 15 semifinalists.

It was Madeleine Hartog-Bel, then 21, of Peru who won the title. She is the first Miss World from her home country.

Runner-up to Hartog-Bel was María del Carmen Sabaliauskas, then 20, of Argentina. The respective second, third and fourth runners-up were Shakira Baksh, then 20, of Guyana, Dalia Regev, then 22, of Israel and Jennifer Lynn Lewis, then 20, of the U.K.