Belinda Green

Belinda Lynette Green OAM (born 4 May 1952) is an Australian model and beauty queen who won the Miss World 1972 contest at the age of 20. She became the second Australian to win the title; the first, Penelope Plummer, was crowned Miss World in 1968. The pageant was held in London, at the Royal Albert Hall. Green's triumph came in a year that saw Australia win the Miss Universe crown, the Miss Asia Pacific title, and placed first runner-up in the Miss International. Early life Green was born in North Carlton, Melbourne, to parents Gwen and Robert. She moved to Sydney in her teen years, after the death of her father in 1959. She grew up in Blacktown in the Western Suburbs of Sydney, and is one of four siblings. Green attended the local public school, along with her siblings in Blacktown. During her teen years, Green worked as a motel cleaner, along with her mother in Nelson Bay, NSW. When Belinda was 18, she was approached by a model scout from Vivien's Models Agency Australia, and was scouted to be a part of their talet. Later she signed a modelling contract with the agency. Pageantry