Poise and Protests: The 20th Miss World beauty pageant rocked by demonstrators in 1970
Flour bombs and a football rattle were all it took in 1970 to cause chaos at the 20th Miss World beauty pageant at the Royal Albert Hall in London.
As US comedian Bob Hope compered the event with a relentlessly sexist narrative that was part of the cultural wallpaper 50 years ago (“I don’t want you to think I’m a dirty old man because I never give women a second thought. My first thought covers everything”), a sudden clacking sound rang out.
