Miss World 1970 : How I Entered a Pageant and Wound Up Making History: An Inspiration for the Major Motion Picture ""Misbehaviour""
- Ashland : The Sutherland House Incorporated, (c)2020.
- 1 online resource (103 pages)
Includes bibliographies and index.
Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Foreword -- Prologue: The Big Stage -- Chapter One: A Tomboy -- Chapter Two: Flying High -- Chapter Three: Miss Grenada -- Chapter Four: The Miss World Pageant -- Chapter Five: Behind the Curtain -- Chapter Six: The Night of Nights -- Chapter Seven: Stealing the Show -- Chapter Eight: Miss World 1970 -- Chapter Nine: Rigging, Racism, Rioting -- Chapter Ten: Touring with Bob Hope -- Chapter Eleven: Miss World Around the World -- Chapter Twelve: Swept Off My Feet -- Chapter Thirteen: New York, New York -- Chapter Fourteen: A Grenadian in the Snow Chapter Fifteen: Her Excellency, High Commissioner -- Chapter Sixteen: The Revolution Comes -- Chapter Seventeen: The Bloody End -- Chapter Eighteen: A Whole New Me -- Chapter Nineteen: Fighting for Justice -- Chapter Twenty: Hurricanes and Living History -- Epilogue: Beauty Contests and Other Blessings
Jennifer Hosten went to the 1970 Miss World pageant on a lark, representing the tiny Caribbean island of Grenada, and came home with the crown and a place in history. What was supposed to be a light-hearted affair, with a parade of the world's most beautiful women vying for the attention of the judges and comedian/host Bob Hope, turned out to be the most controversial, politically-charged, and consequential pageant ever.