Kiki Håkansson, the First Winner of the Miss World Beauty Pageant, Dies at 95

A Swede, Håkansson was crowned in 1951. Nearly three decades later, she was living in Utah, working at a Fotomat kiosk.

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Kiki Håkansson, the First Winner of the Miss World Beauty Pageant, Dies at 95

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