Pearl Janssen

Pearl Gladys Jansen (born 1950 in Bonteheuwel) is a South African singer and beauty pageant titleholder who was first runner-up in the Miss World beauty contest in the UK in 1970. She was the first coloured woman to represent her country at this level. She competed as "Miss Africa South" due to apartheid. Jansen was 20 when she entered the 1970 beauty contest. She also has been portrayed in the film Misbehaviour. She has stated that after the contest nothing changed for her because of apartheid. She waited until she was 58 years old to fulfill her dream of becoming a singer.