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| alma_mater = [[University of Pretoria]]
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| title = [[Miss World 1974]] <br>Miss South Africa 1974
| title = [[Miss World 1974]] <br>Miss South Africa 1974
| spouse = Peter Bacon (1996)<br/>Phillip Tucker (1989-1994)<br/>Sol Kerzner (1980-1985)
| spouse = Peter Bacon (1996-present)<br/>Phillip Tucker (1989-1994)<br/>Sol Kerzner (1980-1985)
| competitions =Miss Engineering Queen 1973<br>(Winner)<br>Miss Rag Queen 1973<br>(Winner)<br>Miss Northern Transvaal 1973<br>(Winner)<br> [[Miss South Africa|Miss South Africa 1974]]<br>(Winner)<br>[[Miss World 1974]]<br>(1st Runner-Up/Winner)
| competitions =Miss Engineering Queen 1973<br>(Winner)<br>Miss Rag Queen 1973<br>(Winner)<br>Miss Northern Transvaal 1973<br>(Winner)<br> [[Miss South Africa|Miss South Africa 1974]]<br>(Winner)<br>[[Miss World 1974]]<br>(1st Runner-Up/Winner)
| occupation= [[Model (person)|Model]], Actress
| occupation= [[Model (person)|Model]], Actress
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'''Anneline Kriel''' (born 28 July 1955) is a South African actress, model, and beauty queen. In 1974, Kriel won the [[Miss South Africa]] pageant; in the same year, upon resignation of the [[Miss World]] winner, UK's [[Helen Morgan (Miss World)|Helen Morgan]], Kriel was announced as the winner. She is the second South African to hold the Miss World title after [[Penelope Coelen]] in 1958. Since then, she has worked as a model, and actress.
'''Anneline Kriel''' (born 28 July 1955) is a South African actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder who won [[Miss South Africa|Miss South Africa 1974]] and was later crowned [[Miss World 1974]]. She is the second of three South African women to hold the Miss World title after [[Penelope Coelen]] in 1958 and before [[Rolene Strauss]] in 2014. In South Africa she achieved "icon" status where she became known as a "[[Princess Diana]]" figure and also appeared in several local film and television projects such as ''[[Kill and Kill Again]]'' in 1981.<ref name=kar/><ref name=nyt/> She was also in a high-profile marriage (1980-1985) with the late South African hotelier, [[Sol Kerzner]].


== Early life and education ==
== Early life and education ==
Kriel was born in [[Pretoria]] of an [[Afrikaner]] family and raised in the mining town of [[Witbank]], the daughter of a prison officer. Kriel and her two siblings completed their education at [[Hoërskool Generaal Hertzog|Hoërskool Generaal Hertzog.]]
Kriel was born in [[Pretoria]] to an [[Afrikaner]] family and raised in the mining town of [[Witbank]], the daughter of a prison officer.<ref name=kar/> Kriel and her two siblings completed their education at [[Hoërskool Generaal Hertzog]].


As a student, Kriel lived in Huis Asterhof (formerly Vergeet-my-nie) while studying drama at the [[University of Pretoria]]. While at university, she was crowned the [[Rag (student society)|Rag]] Queen and won the Miss Northern Transvaal pageant. During this time, Kriel appeared in the film "Somer" and an Afrikaans television drama entitled "Storieboekmoord."
As a student, Kriel lived in Huis Asterhof (formerly Vergeet-my-nie) while studying drama at the [[University of Pretoria]]. While at university, she was crowned the [[Rag (student society)|Rag]] Queen and won the Miss Northern Transvaal pageant. During this time, Kriel appeared in the film "Somer" and an Afrikaans television drama entitled "Storieboekmoord."


==Career==
==Career==
In 1974, at age 19, Kriel won the [[Miss South Africa]] beauty pageant.<ref>[https://www.jacarandafm.com/shows/drive/exclusive-former-miss-world-1974-joins-rob-and-roz-mauritius/ EXCLUSIVE: Former Miss World 1974 joins Rob and Roz in Mauritius] Jacaranda FM. 25 January 2023</ref> She was awarded the Miss World title that same year, after initially being the first runner-up, as [[Helen Morgan (Miss World)|Helen Morgan]] was disqualified for being an unmarried mother.<ref>[https://www.thefreelibrary.com/The+scandal+that+rocked+Miss+World.-a0121861314 The scandal that rocked Miss World] Western Mail. 2014</ref> There was controversy that Kriel was crowned, amid condemnation of [[apartheid]] in South Africa. Singer and contest judge, [[Shirley Bassey]], protested against Kriel's crowning.<ref name=kar>[https://www.karenbartlett.co.uk/articles/A%20Race%20Apart.pdf A race apart: the beauty queens of the apartheid era] The Times. 25 January 2010</ref> She was coached to avoid answering political questions about her country.<ref name=nyt>[https://www.nytimes.com/1993/09/16/world/apartheid-s-end-transforms-beauty-show.html?searchResultPosition=5 Apartheid's End Transforms Beauty Show] The New York Times. 16 September 1993</ref> She later admitted that she had been raised in a sheltered environment with censored press and scant knowledge of life in South Africa's black townships; “I was 19. I was very innocent. When I finally went to America they asked me on TV if I thought everyone in my country was happy — and I said yes, I did think everyone was happy. Because I did think that.”<ref name=kar/> The tour was also challenging as Kriel was not fluent in English at the time, and had to translate everything in Afrikaans and then back to English in her responses.<ref name=kar/>
In 1974, at age nineteen, Kriel won the Miss South Africa title. She was awarded the Miss World title that same year, after initially being the first runner-up, as [[Helen Morgan (Miss World)|Helen Morgan]] of the UK stepped down. The international media criticised Kriel by depicting her as the face of the apartheid government. In support of the anti-apartheid boycott, the [[United Kingdom]] and [[Australia]] refused to accept Kriel as part of the obligatory world tour of the Miss World pageant.


In contrast, there was a rapturous response towards Kriel in her native South Africa upon her return to the country.<ref name=kar/> In the absence of [[Royal family|royalty]] and Hollywood actors, beauty pageants have always been given considerable press attention in South Africa.<ref name=nyt/> According to Doreen Levin, a veteran reporter for ''[[Sunday Times (South Africa)|Sunday Times]]'', who covered 18 Miss South Africa pageants, Kriel was "South Africa's substitute for [[Princess Di]]," at the height of her fame.<ref name=nyt/> She also worked overseas as a model, working in [[New York City|New York]] for two years and appearing in several television and magazine advertisements for [[Birra Peroni]] in [[Italy]].<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMLQGRpCKII Spot Birra Peroni 1978 Desiderio Matrimonio] YouTube. Accessed on 14 September 2023</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihNKsTPjg8Q Spot Birra Peroni 1979 Bar Uomo calvo] YouTube. Accessed on 14 September 2023</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0o7LnajhJg Anneline Kriel and Family ( Top Billing )] YouTube. Accessed on 15 September 2023</ref>
[[Welsh people|Welsh]] singer [[Shirley Bassey]], a contest judge, also protested against Kriel receiving the award. However, the United States later relented, and Kriel was allowed to make television appearances in the country. In South Africa, her victory at the contest received a positive response from the public and local media.[1]


She also enjoyed some success as an actress, appearing in the action film ''[[Kill and Kill Again]]'', alongside [[James Ryan (actor)|James Ryan]] in 1981. She also appeared in several Afrikaans soap operas, films and stage plays in the 1970s and 1980s. In 1981, Kriel released the pop single "He Took Off My Romeos" and in 2023 reflected on the endeavor in an interview; "I would have liked to be a singer. I tried with He Took Off My Romeos, but realised I didn't have that talent. My friend Marloe Scott Wilson tried to help me, but it was still difficult. The rhythm was reggae and it was interesting, but it was new and unfamiliar to me."<ref name=vy/> Her 1994 cover of ''[[Playboy]]'' South Africa sold 120000 copies in ten days, bettering the regular monthly circulation of 96000.<ref>[https://www.timeslive.co.za/tshisa-live/tshisa-live/2010-10-11-playboy-to-try-its-luck-again-in-sa/ Playboy to try its luck again in SA] Sunday Times. 11 October 2010</ref>
Upon finishing her term as Miss World, Kriel worked as a model.


In 2007 she attended the 50th anniversary of the Miss South Africa pageant.<ref>[https://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/miss-sa-turns-fifty-382012 Miss SA turns fifty] IOL. December 9, 2007</ref> And in 2017, the Krugerrand-studded dress that Kriel wore as her national costume in the 1974 Miss World pageant was put on public display in the exhibition at the Prins & Prins Diamonds Museum of Gems and Jewellery in [[Cape Town]]. In 2018, Kriel added another evening gown that she wore on the evening of the 1974 Miss World Pageant to the exhibition.<ref>[https://www.prinsandprins.com/museum/ Prins & Prins Diamonds] Prins & Prins Diamonds. Accessed on 14 September 2023</ref> As of 2021, she had appeared on the cover of the South African celebrity magazine, ''[[Huisgenoot]]'' magazine thirty-three times.<ref name="thecitizen">{{Cite web |last=Engelbrecht |first=Renate |date=2021-07-05 |title=Where is former Miss World Anneline Kriel today? |url=https://www.citizen.co.za/entertainment/celebrity-news/where-is-for-miss-world-anneline-kriel-today/ |access-date=2023-01-17 |website=The Citizen |language=en}}</ref>
In March 1976, Kriel's nude photographs, taken by Roy Hilligenn, were leaked to the media and appeared on the front page of the ''[[Sunday Times (South Africa)|Sunday Times]]''. It is alleged Hilligenn sold the images to a British newspaper.

Kriel worked in [[Italy]] for five years as the [[Birra Peroni]] model in television and magazine advertisements. She also worked as a model in [[Paris]] and [[New York City|New York]] with the Johnny Casablanca Model Management Agency.

Kriel became an ambassador for several beauty brands, completed public relations activities, and studied drama at the [[University of Pretoria]].[1] She has also starred in several Afrikaans-language films, soap operas, stage plays[2], and the internationally successful film, ''[[Kill and Kill Again]]'', which debuted at number two at the US [[Box Office]].[3]

In 1981, Kriel released the pop single "He Took Off My Romeos."<ref>{{Cite web |title=South African Vinyl Music History |url=http://www.rock.co.za/files/vinyl_sa_index.htm |access-date=2023-01-17 |website=www.rock.co.za}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |title=Anneline Kriel - He Took Off My Romeos |url=https://soundcloud.com/rolling-stone-sa/anneline-kriel-he-took-off-my |language=en |access-date=2023-01-17}}</ref>

In 2017, the Krugerrand-studded dress that Kriel wore as her national costume in the 1974 Miss World pageant was put on public display in the exhibition at the Prins & Prins Diamonds Museum of Gems and Jewellery in [[Cape Town]]. In 2018, Kriel added another evening gown that she wore on the evening of the 1974 Miss World Pageant to the exhibition.

In 2018, Kriel attended the 60th-anniversary celebration of the Miss South African pageant in [[Pretoria]].

On 7 September 2019, Kriel was a guest speaker at the annual upgrade of the Witkruis monument between [[Mokopane]] (Potgietersrus) and [[Polokwane]] (Pietersburg) in South Africa.

She has appeared on the cover of the South African [[Huisgenoot]] magazine 33 times.<ref name="thecitizen">{{Cite web |last=Engelbrecht |first=Renate |date=2021-07-05 |title=Where is former Miss World Anneline Kriel today? |url=https://www.citizen.co.za/entertainment/celebrity-news/where-is-for-miss-world-anneline-kriel-today/ |access-date=2023-01-17 |website=The Citizen |language=en}}</ref>


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
In 1975, Kriel was embroiled in a scandal when she posed for nude photographs taken by [[Roy Hilligenn]], a Mr Bodybuilding South Africa on the [[Vaal River]]. Kriel was on vacation at the time with her then-boyfriend, actor-singer, Richard Loring and they were joined by Loring's former friend, Hilligenn. Hilligenn leaked the photos to the media and the Afrikaans newspaper, ''[[Rapport (newspaper)|Rapport]]'' published the photographs on the back page of the newspaper to avoid censorship.<ref>Vosloo, Ton. Oor Grense: 'n Lewe in die media in 'n tyd van verandering. Jonathan Ball. 2018</ref><ref>[https://www.news24.com/life/archive/celebs-whose-lives-should-be-turned-into-movies-20130806 Celebs whose lives should be turned into movies] News24. 9 August 2013</ref> It became known as the "Sweet Anneline" incident, referencing the song that Loring wrote for Kriel.<ref>Allan, Jani. "Isn't he lovely". ''[[Sunday Times (South Africa)|Sunday Times]]''. 1982</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtPz4wEMues Sweet Anneline] YouTube. Accessed on 14 September 2023</ref> In 1977 Kriel was reportedly in a relationship with Henke Pistorius, father of [[Oscar Pistorius]].<ref>[https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/south-africa/2014-07-01-the-blonde-ambition-of-oscars-dad/ The blonde ambition of Oscar's dad] Sunday Times. 1 July 2014</ref> ''[[Beeld]]'' newspaper reported that Kriel was present when Henke Pistorius accidentally shot himself whilst cleaning his pistol.<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/southafrica/9872091/Oscar-Pistorius-murder-charge-live.html Oscar Pistorius murder charge: Feb 15th as it happened] The Telegraph. 15 February 2013</ref>


Kriel married the South African hotelier, [[Sol Kerzner]], in 1980 before divorcing five years later.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/27/business/sol-kerzner-dead.html Sol Kerzner, South African Casino Tycoon, Is Dead at 84] The New York Times. 27 March 2020</ref>
Kriel learned to speak a little [[French language|French]] and [[Italian language|Italian]] from working in France and Italy.

She returned to South Africa from New York to marry [[Sol Kerzner]] in 1980. They divorced five years later. Kriel converted to [[Judaism]] in Switzerland<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=WvR6DT4FrxYC&dq=anneline+kriel+convert+to+Judaism&pg=PA187 The Adventures of Rabbi Arieh: A Destined Mission Around the World] iUniverse. 2009. pp. 187</ref> under the supervision of [[Rabbi]] [[Mordechai Piron]] (then the rabbi of the [[Israelitische Cultusgemeinde Zürich (ICZ)]], the largest Jewish congregation in Switzerland.)<ref>[https://www.jta.org/1992/12/07/archive/miss-israel-goes-to-africa Miss Israel Goes to Africa]. [[Jewish Telegraphic Agency]]</ref> Later in 1989, she married the millionaire horse breeder [[Philip Rucker|Philip Tucker]] in Johannesburg, where they resided; the couple had two children, Tayla and Witney. They divorced five years later, in 1994.


Kriel converted to [[Judaism]] in [[Switzerland]] when she married a South African Jewish horse breeder, Philip Tucker in 1989<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=WvR6DT4FrxYC&dq=anneline+kriel+convert+to+Judaism&pg=PA187 The Adventures of Rabbi Arieh: A Destined Mission Around the World] iUniverse. 2009. pp. 187</ref> under the supervision of [[Rabbi]] [[Mordechai Piron]] (then the rabbi of the [[Israelitische Cultusgemeinde Zürich (ICZ)]], the largest Jewish congregation in Switzerland.)<ref>[https://www.jta.org/1992/12/07/archive/miss-israel-goes-to-africa Miss Israel Goes to Africa] [[Jewish Telegraphic Agency]] 7 December 1992</ref> South Africa's Chief Rabbi [[Cyril Harris]] criticised Piron for undertaking the conversion "without checking with us" and the [[Johannesburg Beth Din]] refused the couple permission to marry in an [[Orthodox Jewish|Orthodox]] synagogue. They subsequently married in a [[Reform Jewish|Reform]] synagogue.<ref>[https://www.pressreader.com/uk/the-jewish-chronicle/20211217/282020445603935 Miss World weds; a castaway and a cow] The Jewish Chronicle. Accessed on 14 September 2023</ref> The couple lived in [[Johannesburg]] and had two daughters together, Tayla and Whitney. Kriel and Tucker divorced in 1994 and the former couple's custody battle dominated headlines in South Africa.<ref name=nyt/> Tucker wanted sole custody of the children after the court had given Kriel permission to move the family to a mansion in [[Bakoven]] in [[Cape Town]]. The High Court awarded custody to Kriel and gave Tucker visitation. As per the court order, the children would continue to be raised in the Jewish faith and continue attending a Jewish private school and they would spend some of the Jewish holidays with their father.<ref>[https://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/anneline-kriel-wins-custody-battle-62137 Anneline Kriel wins custody battle] IOL. 15 March 2001</ref> Tucker died in an accident in his Johannesburg home in 2008.<ref>[https://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/tuckers-funeral-an-understated-affair-402575 Tucker's funeral an understated affair] IOL. 30 May 2008</ref><ref>[https://mg.co.za/article/2008-05-26-phillip-tucker-exhusband-of-anneline-kriel-found-dead/ Phillip Tucker, ex-husband of Anneline Kriel, found dead] Mail & Guardian. 26 May 2008</ref>
On 28 March 1996, Kriel married Peter Bacon, Sol Kerzner's CEO and former protegé. The couple currently resides in [[Mauritius]].


Kriel and [[Sol Kerzner]] sought an interdict against Jonathan Ball Publishers Ltd. and Allan Breenblo over Breenblo's ''Kerzner Unauthorised'', the [[unauthorised biography]] of Kerzner. They claimed that the content would infringe on their reputations.<ref>{{usurped|[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304030543/http://www.fxi.org.za/pages/Publications/Medialaw/prohibits.htm South African High Court prohibits the publication of Kerzner Unauthorised]}} Retrieved on 14 September 2012</ref>
In 1997, Kriel and her first husband, Kerzner successfully sought an interdict against Jonathan Ball Publishers Ltd. and Allan Breenblo over Breenblo's ''Kerzner Unauthorised'', the [[unauthorised biography]] of Kerzner. They claimed that the content would infringe on their reputations.<ref>{{usurped|[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304030543/http://www.fxi.org.za/pages/Publications/Medialaw/prohibits.htm South African High Court prohibits the publication of Kerzner Unauthorised]}} Retrieved on 14 September 2012</ref><ref>[https://mg.co.za/article/1997-12-19-thou-shalt-not-publish-and-be-damned/ Thou shalt not publish and be damned] Mail & Guardian. 19 December 1997</ref>


In 2007, Kriel, a Goldin family friend, attended the murder trials for the killers of actor [[Brett Goldin]] and fashion designer [[Richard Bloom]].<ref>[http://mg.co.za/article/2007-03-05-goldin-bloom-murder-trial-postponed-to-may Goldin, Bloom murder trial postponed to May] Mail & Guardian. 5 March 2007</ref>
After her divorce from Tucker, Kriel married Peter Bacon, the British-born CEO of [[Sun International]] and former protegé of Kriel's first husband, Sol Kerzner. The couple lived with Kriel's daughters in [[Cape Town]].<ref>[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/peter-bacon-he-s-come-from-the-casinos-of-sun-city-to-play-onearmed-bandits-in-britain-546739.html Peter Bacon: He's come from the casinos of Sun City to play one-armed bandits in Britain] The Independent. 19 September 2004</ref> In 2007, Kriel accompanied her friend, Denise Goldin at the murder trials for the killers of Goldin's son, actor [[Brett Goldin]] and fashion designer [[Richard Bloom]].<ref>[http://mg.co.za/article/2007-03-05-goldin-bloom-murder-trial-postponed-to-may Goldin, Bloom murder trial postponed to May] Mail & Guardian. 5 March 2007</ref> In Cape Town, Kriel devoted her time to a charity that works with street children.<ref name=kar/>


In 2017, Kriel suggested that then [[President of South Africa]], [[Jacob Zuma]] should face charges of crimes against humanity in the [[International Criminal Court]] for failing to protect farmers in South Africa.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://citizen.co.za/news/south-africa/1439031/mngxitama-tells-anneline-kriel-farm-murders-black-revenge/#:~:text=Kriel%20had%20been%20criticising%20President,in%20the%20International%20Criminal%20Court.|title=Mngxitama tells Anneline Kriel farm murders are black revenge|date=24 February 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.businesslive.co.za/rdm/politics/2017-02-24-anneline-kriel-and-andile-mgxithama-go-toe-to-toe-over-farm-murders/|title = Anneline Kriel and Andile Mngxitama go toe-to-toe over farm murders}}</ref>
Kriel is critical of the South African government, citing [[South African farm attacks]], abuse of authority and [[Black Economic Empowerment]] policies.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://citizen.co.za/news/south-africa/1439031/mngxitama-tells-anneline-kriel-farm-murders-black-revenge/#:~:text=Kriel%20had%20been%20criticising%20President,in%20the%20International%20Criminal%20Court.|title=Mngxitama tells Anneline Kriel farm murders are black revenge|date=24 February 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.businesslive.co.za/rdm/politics/2017-02-24-anneline-kriel-and-andile-mgxithama-go-toe-to-toe-over-farm-murders/|title = Anneline Kriel and Andile Mngxitama go toe-to-toe over farm murders}}</ref><ref name=vy>[https://www.vryeweekblad.com/en/lifestyle-and-food/2023-09-01-15-questions-for-anneline-kriel/ 15 questions for Anneline Kriel] Vrye Weekblad. 1 September 2023</ref> She now lives in [[Mauritius]] with her third husband, Peter Bacon and their dogs. Her youngest daughter, Whitney, lives in [[Los Angeles]] and has a swimwear brand LAYA in Mauritius, whereas her oldest daughter, Tayla, is a dog trainer in Portugal.<ref name=vy/><ref>[https://www.news24.com/you/celebs/local/anneline-kriel-at-65-my-magical-life-in-mauritius-20210701 Anneline Kriel at 65: my magical life in Mauritius] YOU. 1 July 2021</ref>


==Filmography==
==Filmography==
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Anneline Kriel
Born (1955-07-28) 28 July 1955 (age 68)
Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa
Alma materUniversity of Pretoria
Occupation(s)Model, Actress
Spouse(s)Peter Bacon (1996-present)
Phillip Tucker (1989-1994)
Sol Kerzner (1980-1985)
Beauty pageant titleholder
TitleMiss World 1974
Miss South Africa 1974
Major
competition(s)		Miss Engineering Queen 1973
(Winner)
Miss Rag Queen 1973
(Winner)
Miss Northern Transvaal 1973
(Winner)
Miss South Africa 1974
(Winner)
Miss World 1974
(1st Runner-Up/Winner)

Anneline Kriel (born 28 July 1955) is a South African actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss South Africa 1974 and was later crowned Miss World 1974. She is the second of three South African women to hold the Miss World title after Penelope Coelen in 1958 and before Rolene Strauss in 2014. In South Africa she achieved "icon" status where she became known as a "Princess Diana" figure and also appeared in several local film and television projects such as Kill and Kill Again in 1981.[1][2] She was also in a high-profile marriage (1980-1985) with the late South African hotelier, Sol Kerzner.

Early life and education[edit]

Kriel was born in Pretoria to an Afrikaner family and raised in the mining town of Witbank, the daughter of a prison officer.[1] Kriel and her two siblings completed their education at Hoërskool Generaal Hertzog.

As a student, Kriel lived in Huis Asterhof (formerly Vergeet-my-nie) while studying drama at the University of Pretoria. While at university, she was crowned the Rag Queen and won the Miss Northern Transvaal pageant. During this time, Kriel appeared in the film "Somer" and an Afrikaans television drama entitled "Storieboekmoord."

Career[edit]

In 1974, at age 19, Kriel won the Miss South Africa beauty pageant.[3] She was awarded the Miss World title that same year, after initially being the first runner-up, as Helen Morgan was disqualified for being an unmarried mother.[4] There was controversy that Kriel was crowned, amid condemnation of apartheid in South Africa. Singer and contest judge, Shirley Bassey, protested against Kriel's crowning.[1] She was coached to avoid answering political questions about her country.[2] She later admitted that she had been raised in a sheltered environment with censored press and scant knowledge of life in South Africa's black townships; “I was 19. I was very innocent. When I finally went to America they asked me on TV if I thought everyone in my country was happy — and I said yes, I did think everyone was happy. Because I did think that.”[1] The tour was also challenging as Kriel was not fluent in English at the time, and had to translate everything in Afrikaans and then back to English in her responses.[1]

In contrast, there was a rapturous response towards Kriel in her native South Africa upon her return to the country.[1] In the absence of royalty and Hollywood actors, beauty pageants have always been given considerable press attention in South Africa.[2] According to Doreen Levin, a veteran reporter for Sunday Times, who covered 18 Miss South Africa pageants, Kriel was "South Africa's substitute for Princess Di," at the height of her fame.[2] She also worked overseas as a model, working in New York for two years and appearing in several television and magazine advertisements for Birra Peroni in Italy.[5][6][7]

She also enjoyed some success as an actress, appearing in the action film Kill and Kill Again, alongside James Ryan in 1981. She also appeared in several Afrikaans soap operas, films and stage plays in the 1970s and 1980s. In 1981, Kriel released the pop single "He Took Off My Romeos" and in 2023 reflected on the endeavor in an interview; "I would have liked to be a singer. I tried with He Took Off My Romeos, but realised I didn't have that talent. My friend Marloe Scott Wilson tried to help me, but it was still difficult. The rhythm was reggae and it was interesting, but it was new and unfamiliar to me."[8] Her 1994 cover of Playboy South Africa sold 120000 copies in ten days, bettering the regular monthly circulation of 96000.[9]

In 2007 she attended the 50th anniversary of the Miss South Africa pageant.[10] And in 2017, the Krugerrand-studded dress that Kriel wore as her national costume in the 1974 Miss World pageant was put on public display in the exhibition at the Prins & Prins Diamonds Museum of Gems and Jewellery in Cape Town. In 2018, Kriel added another evening gown that she wore on the evening of the 1974 Miss World Pageant to the exhibition.[11] As of 2021, she had appeared on the cover of the South African celebrity magazine, Huisgenoot magazine thirty-three times.[12]

Personal life[edit]

In 1975, Kriel was embroiled in a scandal when she posed for nude photographs taken by Roy Hilligenn, a Mr Bodybuilding South Africa on the Vaal River. Kriel was on vacation at the time with her then-boyfriend, actor-singer, Richard Loring and they were joined by Loring's former friend, Hilligenn. Hilligenn leaked the photos to the media and the Afrikaans newspaper, Rapport published the photographs on the back page of the newspaper to avoid censorship.[13][14] It became known as the "Sweet Anneline" incident, referencing the song that Loring wrote for Kriel.[15][16] In 1977 Kriel was reportedly in a relationship with Henke Pistorius, father of Oscar Pistorius.[17] Beeld newspaper reported that Kriel was present when Henke Pistorius accidentally shot himself whilst cleaning his pistol.[18]

Kriel married the South African hotelier, Sol Kerzner, in 1980 before divorcing five years later.[19]

Kriel converted to Judaism in Switzerland when she married a South African Jewish horse breeder, Philip Tucker in 1989[20] under the supervision of Rabbi Mordechai Piron (then the rabbi of the Israelitische Cultusgemeinde Zürich (ICZ), the largest Jewish congregation in Switzerland.)[21] South Africa's Chief Rabbi Cyril Harris criticised Piron for undertaking the conversion "without checking with us" and the Johannesburg Beth Din refused the couple permission to marry in an Orthodox synagogue. They subsequently married in a Reform synagogue.[22] The couple lived in Johannesburg and had two daughters together, Tayla and Whitney. Kriel and Tucker divorced in 1994 and the former couple's custody battle dominated headlines in South Africa.[2] Tucker wanted sole custody of the children after the court had given Kriel permission to move the family to a mansion in Bakoven in Cape Town. The High Court awarded custody to Kriel and gave Tucker visitation. As per the court order, the children would continue to be raised in the Jewish faith and continue attending a Jewish private school and they would spend some of the Jewish holidays with their father.[23] Tucker died in an accident in his Johannesburg home in 2008.[24][25]

In 1997, Kriel and her first husband, Kerzner successfully sought an interdict against Jonathan Ball Publishers Ltd. and Allan Breenblo over Breenblo's Kerzner Unauthorised, the unauthorised biography of Kerzner. They claimed that the content would infringe on their reputations.[26][27]

After her divorce from Tucker, Kriel married Peter Bacon, the British-born CEO of Sun International and former protegé of Kriel's first husband, Sol Kerzner. The couple lived with Kriel's daughters in Cape Town.[28] In 2007, Kriel accompanied her friend, Denise Goldin at the murder trials for the killers of Goldin's son, actor Brett Goldin and fashion designer Richard Bloom.[29] In Cape Town, Kriel devoted her time to a charity that works with street children.[1]

Kriel is critical of the South African government, citing South African farm attacks, abuse of authority and Black Economic Empowerment policies.[30][31][8] She now lives in Mauritius with her third husband, Peter Bacon and their dogs. Her youngest daughter, Whitney, lives in Los Angeles and has a swimwear brand LAYA in Mauritius, whereas her oldest daughter, Tayla, is a dog trainer in Portugal.[8][32]

Filmography[edit]

Film, TV Series/Talk shows and Stage Plays
Year Title Role Notes
1973 Storieboekmoord TV series
1974 Somer Linda du Preez Film
1976-1980 Birra Peroni TV
1978 Iemand Soos Jy Roelien Allman Film
1981 Kill and Kill Again Kandy Kane Film
1981 Oh George Amanda TV series
1984 The Wrong Time of the Year Ingrid Barnard Stage Play
1985 The Marriage-Go-Round Katrin Stage Play
1985 Van der Merwe P.I.[33] Angel Labuschagne Film
1985 Skoppensboer Hedda Steger TV series
1987 Ballade vir 'n Enkeling - 1st Season Alicia Francke TV series
1989 Veels Geluk Happy Returns Herself Talk show
1989 The Tangent Affair Venetia Tangent Film
1990 Reason to Die Lena Wallace Film
1999 Make a Meal of It Herself TV
2017 Halfuur met Hanlie Herself Talk Show
2019 Tussen Ons Herself Talk Show
2019 'n Huppel in die stap Herself TV
2019 Kwela Herself Talk Show
2021 KoppieTeefontein Herself Talk Show
2023 Bravo Herself Talk Show

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g A race apart: the beauty queens of the apartheid era The Times. 25 January 2010
  2. ^ a b c d e Apartheid's End Transforms Beauty Show The New York Times. 16 September 1993
  3. ^ EXCLUSIVE: Former Miss World 1974 joins Rob and Roz in Mauritius Jacaranda FM. 25 January 2023
  4. ^ The scandal that rocked Miss World Western Mail. 2014
  5. ^ Spot Birra Peroni 1978 Desiderio Matrimonio YouTube. Accessed on 14 September 2023
  6. ^ Spot Birra Peroni 1979 Bar Uomo calvo YouTube. Accessed on 14 September 2023
  7. ^ Anneline Kriel and Family ( Top Billing ) YouTube. Accessed on 15 September 2023
  8. ^ a b c 15 questions for Anneline Kriel Vrye Weekblad. 1 September 2023
  9. ^ Playboy to try its luck again in SA Sunday Times. 11 October 2010
  10. ^ Miss SA turns fifty IOL. December 9, 2007
  11. ^ Prins & Prins Diamonds Prins & Prins Diamonds. Accessed on 14 September 2023
  12. ^ Engelbrecht, Renate (5 July 2021). "Where is former Miss World Anneline Kriel today?". The Citizen. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
  13. ^ Vosloo, Ton. Oor Grense: 'n Lewe in die media in 'n tyd van verandering. Jonathan Ball. 2018
  14. ^ Celebs whose lives should be turned into movies News24. 9 August 2013
  15. ^ Allan, Jani. "Isn't he lovely". Sunday Times. 1982
  16. ^ Sweet Anneline YouTube. Accessed on 14 September 2023
  17. ^ The blonde ambition of Oscar's dad Sunday Times. 1 July 2014
  18. ^ Oscar Pistorius murder charge: Feb 15th as it happened The Telegraph. 15 February 2013
  19. ^ Sol Kerzner, South African Casino Tycoon, Is Dead at 84 The New York Times. 27 March 2020
  20. ^ The Adventures of Rabbi Arieh: A Destined Mission Around the World iUniverse. 2009. pp. 187
  21. ^ Miss Israel Goes to Africa Jewish Telegraphic Agency 7 December 1992
  22. ^ Miss World weds; a castaway and a cow The Jewish Chronicle. Accessed on 14 September 2023
  23. ^ Anneline Kriel wins custody battle IOL. 15 March 2001
  24. ^ Tucker's funeral an understated affair IOL. 30 May 2008
  25. ^ Phillip Tucker, ex-husband of Anneline Kriel, found dead Mail & Guardian. 26 May 2008
  26. ^ South African High Court prohibits the publication of Kerzner Unauthorised[usurped] Retrieved on 14 September 2012
  27. ^ Thou shalt not publish and be damned Mail & Guardian. 19 December 1997
  28. ^ Peter Bacon: He's come from the casinos of Sun City to play one-armed bandits in Britain The Independent. 19 September 2004
  29. ^ Goldin, Bloom murder trial postponed to May Mail & Guardian. 5 March 2007
  30. ^ "Mngxitama tells Anneline Kriel farm murders are black revenge". 24 February 2017.
  31. ^ "Anneline Kriel and Andile Mngxitama go toe-to-toe over farm murders".
  32. ^ Anneline Kriel at 65: my magical life in Mauritius YOU. 1 July 2021
  33. ^ Van der Merwe P.I. MNET. Retrieved on 15 September 2012

External links[edit]

External videos
video icon MISS WORLD - COLOUR 1974 Miss World at the Albert Hall. AP Archive - British Movietone News footage.
Awards and achievements
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