Carole Joan Crawford won the 1963 Miss World

Miss World

The Miss World pageant is the oldest surviving major international beauty pageant. It was created in the United Kingdom by Eric Morley in 1951...

 contest, representing Jamaica

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. The 5'3" (1.59 m) beauty - short by Miss World standards - made history by becoming the first delegate from her country to win the title. The pageant was held in London

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, United Kingdom

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. She wore a specially designed swimsuit with a high neck in the Miss World final in order to look taller.

Jamaica Post

Postage stamps and postal history of Jamaica

This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Jamaica.-Early postal service:Jamaica was the first British colony to operate its own postal service, appointing a Gabriel Martin as postmaster on 31 October 1671, shortly after British possession of the island was confirmed. Martin...

issued a stamp of her face in honour of Crawford winning the Miss World title, which had an issue of three million stamps.