'Jennifer Hosten went to the 1970 Miss World pageant on a lark, representing the tiny Caribbean island of Grenada, and came home with the crown and a place in history. What was supposed to be a light-hearted affair, with a parade of the world's most beautiful women vying for the attention of the judges and comedian/host Bob Hope, turned out to be the most controversial, politically-charged, and consequential pageant ever.'

I did enjoy the book and really loved the insight into the life of Miss World, and the challenges Jennifer faced in her life. However, I hoped the book would go into more detail about the pageant itself but it didn't spend much time on it. It focused more on her career afterwards as the Ambassador for Grenada. I was hoping to hear more stories from her time in the pageant and learn about the women. The writing style wasn't very enticing and I didn't find myself drawn to the story. Overall, it was a really nice read and I found it interesting to hear about the amazing achievements Jennifer Hosten achieved.

"Miss World 1970" was a really interesting read. I saw the trailer for the upcoming movie and figured that this autobiography would also just focus on the events of the Miss World 1970 election, but it actually gave an overview over the winner's whole life.

It was really interesting to see how much Ms. Hosten managed to do during her life, how many interesting jobs she held and how her pageant win actually figured into it. I'm not really sure that I still see a place for pageants in today's society, but after reading this book I can definitely see what advantages these pageants might offer to the participants and the winners especially.

I had never heard of this controversy I found this book really entertaining .Well written very interesting glad the author won the pageant.A really god read.#netgalley#sutherlabdhouse

I thought this book was fantastic. I had never even heard of this controversy but in all fairness, I'm not a huge fan of beauty pageants. This book kept me engaged from start to finish, I loved how there was a little backstory but most everything starting off with the pageant and the protesters and then the backlash when she won. Everything was informative and enjoyable. Many thanks for letting me read this one, so good.