Iran’s meritorious girl in 1978


During the early 1990s, mainstream television broadcasts of the event declined in popularity after it became “increasingly unfashionable” in the late 1980s. The pageant returned on satellite channel Sky One in 1997, before moving to Channel 5 for three years (1998–2000).Eric Morley died in 2000, and his wife, Julia, succeeded him as chair of the Miss World organisation.The first black African Miss World winner, Agbani Darego of Nigeria, was crowned in 2001.