Antigone Canstanda was enjoying her life as a young model in her native Egypt, but it was when she walked away with the glittering Miss World crown in 1954 that her career was catapulted to an international level. Modelling assignments in the Middle East, France, Italy and Greece followed fast for the girl who remains to this day the only African Egyptian to win an international beauty pageant.
1st runner-up Karin Hultman, United States
2nd runner-up Efi Mela, Greece
3rd runner-up Claudine Bleuse, France

Antigone continued to model for many years - and was a favourite of many photographers. She gave up life in front of the camera to pursue her other love, interior design, and today runs her own specialist design business.