Anneline Kriel

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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)
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 model, beauty queen and actress 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.

Early life and education

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

In 1974, at age 19, Kriel won the Miss South Africa beauty pageant.[2] She was awarded the Miss World title that same year, after initially being the first runner-up, as Helen Morgan was disqualified for bring an unmarried mother.[3] 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.[4] 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.[4] 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.[4]

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 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" 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."[5]

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.[6]

Personal life

In 1975, Kriel was embroiled in a scandal when she posed for nude photographs taken by Roy Hilligenn, Mr Bodybuilding South Africa on the Vaal River. The Afrikaans newspaper, Rapport published the photographs on the back page of the newspaper to avoid censorship.[7]

Kriel married the South African hotelier, Sol Kerzner in 1980 before divorcing five years later.[8]

Kriel converted to Judaism in Switzerland when she married a South African Jewish horse breeder, Philip Tucker in 1989[9] under the supervision of Rabbi Mordechai Piron (then the rabbi of the Israelitische Cultusgemeinde Zürich (ICZ), the largest Jewish congregation in Switzerland.)[10] The couple lived in Johannesburg and had two daughters together, Tayla and Whitney. Kriel and Tucker divorced in 1994 and fourteen years later, Tucker died in an accident in his home.[11][12] 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.[13][14]

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.[15] In 2007, Kriel, a Goldin family friend, attended the murder trials for the killers of actor Brett Goldin and fashion designer Richard Bloom.[16] In Cape Town, Kriel devoted her time to a charity that works with street children.[4]

Kriel is critical of the South African government, citing South African farm attacks, abuse of authority and Black Economic Empowerment policies.[17][18][5] 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 in Mauritius, whereas her oldest daughter, Tayla, is a dog trainer in Cape Town.[5][19]

Filmography

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.[20] 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

  1. ^ a b c d e A race apart: the beauty queens of the apartheid era The Times. 25 January 2010
  2. ^ EXCLUSIVE: Former Miss World 1974 joins Rob and Roz in Mauritius Jacaranda FM. 25 January 2023
  3. ^ The scandal that rocked Miss World Western Mail. 2014
  4. ^ a b c d Apartheid's End Transforms Beauty Show The New York Times. 16 September 1993
  5. ^ a b c 15 questions for Anneline Kriel Vrye Weekblad. 1 September 2023
  6. ^ Engelbrecht, Renate (5 July 2021). "Where is former Miss World Anneline Kriel today?". The Citizen. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
  7. ^ Vosloo, Ton. Oor Grense: 'n Lewe in die media in 'n tyd van verandering. Jonathan Ball. 2018
  8. ^ Sol Kerzner, South African Casino Tycoon, Is Dead at 84 The New York Times. 27 March 2020
  9. ^ The Adventures of Rabbi Arieh: A Destined Mission Around the World iUniverse. 2009. pp. 187
  10. ^ Miss Israel Goes to Africa. Jewish Telegraphic Agency
  11. ^ Tucker's funeral an understated affair IOL. 30 May 2008
  12. ^ Phillip Tucker, ex-husband of Anneline Kriel, found dead Mail & Guardian. 26 May 2008
  13. ^ South African High Court prohibits the publication of Kerzner Unauthorised[usurped] Retrieved on 14 September 2012
  14. ^ Thou shalt not publish and be damned Mail & Guardian. 19 December 1997
  15. ^ Peter Bacon: He's come from the casinos of Sun City to play one-armed bandits in Britain The Independent. 19 September 2004
  16. ^ Goldin, Bloom murder trial postponed to May Mail & Guardian. 5 March 2007
  17. ^ "Mngxitama tells Anneline Kriel farm murders are black revenge". 24 February 2017.
  18. ^ "Anneline Kriel and Andile Mngxitama go toe-to-toe over farm murders".
  19. ^ Anneline Kriel at 65: my magical life in Mauritius YOU. 1 July 2021
  20. ^ Van der Merwe P.I. MNET. Retrieved on 15 September 2012

External links

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