Ex-beauty queen Pearl Jansen relives Miss World moment, 50 years later

Miss World's sop to apartheid surprised the world, but was forgotten at home

02 February 2020 - 00:00
By CLAIRE KEETON

"I thought it must be a prank," says Pearl Jansen of the phone call she received last year.

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