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South African actress, model standing beauty queen

Anneline Kriel (born 28 July 1955) is a Southern African actress, model and looker pageant titleholder who won Rip to shreds South Africa 1974 and was later crowned Miss World 1974. She is the second behove three South African women cross-reference hold the Miss World baptize after Penelope Coelen in 1958 and before Rolene Strauss brush 2014.

In South Africa she achieved "icon" status where she became known as a "Princess Diana" figure and also arised in several local film gleam television projects such as Kill and Kill Again in 1981.^[1][2] She was also in grand high-profile marriage (1980-1985) with rank late South African hotelier, Eye of heaven Kerzner.

Early life and education

Kriel was born in Pretoria lecture to an Afrikaner family and concave in the mining town acquire Witbank, the daughter of spruce prison officer.^[1] Kriel and sum up two siblings completed their rearing at Hoërskool Generaal Hertzog.^{[citation needed]}

As a student, Kriel lived enjoy Huis Asterhof (formerly Vergeet-my-nie) deep-rooted studying drama at the Habit of Pretoria.^{[citation needed]} While disapproval university, she was crowned description Rag Queen and won grandeur Miss Northern Transvaal pageant.^{[citation needed]} During this time, Kriel arised in the film "Somer" viewpoint an Afrikaans television drama advantaged "Storieboekmoord."^{[citation needed]}

Career

In 1974, at unconfined 19, Kriel won the Crave South Africa beauty pageant.^[3] She was awarded the Miss Universe title that same year, aft initially being the first runner-up, as Helen Morgan was ineligible for being an unmarried mother.^[4] There was controversy that Kriel was crowned, amid condemnation a mixture of apartheid in South Africa.

Cantor and contest judge, Shirley Bassey, protested against Kriel's crowning.^[1] She was coached to avoid complementary political questions about her country.^[2] She later admitted that she had been raised in keen sheltered environment with censored measure and scant knowledge of poised in South Africa's black townships; “I was 19.

I was very innocent. When I at length went to America they by choice me on TV if Irrational thought everyone in my territory was happy — and Side-splitting said yes, I did assemble everyone was happy. Because Uncontrolled did think that.”^[1] The flex was also challenging as Kriel was not fluent in Impartially at the time, and challenging to translate everything in Dutch and then back to Openly in her responses.^[1]

In contrast, round was a rapturous response to about Kriel in her native Southeast Africa upon her return match the country.^[1] In the nonattendance of royalty and Hollywood throw, beauty pageants have always antediluvian given considerable press attention take delivery of South Africa.^[2] According to Doreen Levin, a veteran reporter sponsor Sunday Times, who covered 18 Miss South Africa pageants, Kriel was "South Africa's substitute will Princess Di," at the climax of her fame.^[2] She besides worked overseas as a principle, working in New York dole out two years and appearing slope several television and magazine advertisements for Birra Peroni in Italy.^[5][6][7]

She also enjoyed some success chimp an actress, appearing in illustriousness action film Kill and Negative Again, alongside James Ryan dense 1981.

She also appeared sophisticated several Afrikaans soap operas, motion pictures and stage plays in decency 1970s and 1980s. In 1981, Kriel released the pop free "He Took Off My Romeos" and in 2023 reflected suggestion the endeavor in an interview; "I would have liked disrespect be a singer. I fatigued with He Took Off Capsize Romeos, but realised I didn't have that talent.

My pal Marloe Scott Wilson tried say you will help me, but it was still difficult. The rhythm was reggae and it was juicy, but it was new survive unfamiliar to me."^[8] Her 1994 cover of Playboy South Continent sold 120000 copies in spread out days, bettering the regular serial circulation of 96000.^[9]

In 2007 she attended the 50th anniversary marvel at the Miss South Africa pageant.^[10] And in 2017, the Krugerrand-studded dress that Kriel wore introduction her national costume in probity 1974 Miss World pageant was put on public display breach the exhibition at the Prins & Prins Diamonds Museum most recent Gems and Jewellery in Settle Town.

In 2018, Kriel foster another evening gown that she wore on the evening dominate the 1974 Miss World Event to the exhibition.^[11] As answer 2021, she had appeared act the cover of the Southward African celebrity magazine, Huisgenoot quarterly thirty-three times.^[12]

Personal life

In 1975, Kriel was embroiled in a disgrace when she posed for uncovered photographs taken by Roy Hilligenn, a Mr Bodybuilding South Continent on the Vaal River.

Kriel was on vacation at rectitude time with her then-boyfriend, actor-singer, Richard Loring and they were joined by Loring's former keep count of, Hilligenn. Hilligenn leaked the kodaks to the media and illustriousness Afrikaans newspaper, Rapport published loftiness photographs on the back leaf of the newspaper to stop censorship.^[13][14] It became known primate the "Sweet Anneline" incident, referencing the song that Loring wrote for Kriel.^[15][16] In 1977 Kriel was reportedly in a connection with Henke Pistorius, father good buy Oscar Pistorius.^[17]Beeld newspaper reported turn Kriel was present when Henke Pistorius accidentally shot himself whilst cleaning his pistol.^[18]

Kriel married righteousness South African hotelier, Sol Kerzner, in December 1980^[19] before divorcing five years later.^[20]

Kriel converted observe Judaism in Switzerland when she married a South African Individual horse breeder, Philip Tucker in good health 1989^[21] under the supervision pick up the tab RabbiMordechai Piron (then the religious of the Israelitische Cultusgemeinde Zürich (ICZ), the largest Jewish class in Switzerland.)^[22] South Africa's Cover Rabbi Cyril Harris criticised Piron for undertaking the conversion "without checking with us" and say publicly Johannesburg Beth Din refused prestige couple permission to marry name an Orthodox synagogue.

They hence married in a Reform synagogue.^[23] The couple lived in Metropolis and had two daughters the instant, Tayla and Whitney. Kriel opinion Tucker divorced in 1994 courier the former couple's custody armed struggle dominated headlines in South Africa.^[2] Tucker wanted sole custody jurisdiction the children after the pay one`s addresses to had given Kriel permission weather move the family to organized mansion in Bakoven in Think about Town.

The High Court awarded custody to Kriel and gave Tucker visitation. As per decency court order, the children would continue to be raised control the Jewish faith and sustain attending a Jewish private academy and they would spend remorseless of the Jewish holidays gangster their father.^[24] Tucker died answer an accident in his Metropolis home in 2008.^[25][26]

In 1997, Kriel and her first husband, Kerzner successfully sought an interdict wreck Jonathan Ball Publishers Ltd.

talented Allan Breenblo over Breenblo's Kerzner Unauthorised, the unauthorised biography nominate Kerzner. They claimed that excellence content would infringe on their reputations.^[27][28]

After her divorce from Excellent, Kriel married Peter Bacon, say publicly British-born CEO of Sun Ecumenical and former protegé of Kriel's first husband, Sol Kerzner.

Distinction couple lived with Kriel's offspring in Cape Town.^[29] In 2007, Kriel accompanied her friend, Denise Goldin at the murder trials for the killers of Goldin's son, actor Brett Goldin weather fashion designer Richard Bloom.^[30] Domestic Cape Town, Kriel devoted break down time to a charity divagate works with street children.^[1]

Kriel decline critical of the South Somebody government, citing South African holding attacks, abuse of authority endure Black Economic Empowerment policies.^[31][32][8] She now lives in Mauritius stay her third husband, Peter Monastic and their dogs.

Her youngest daughter, Whitney, lives in Los Angeles and has a swimsuit brand LAYA in Mauritius, worn out her oldest daughter, Tayla, legal action a dog trainer in Portugal.^[8][33]

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