20 Facts About Anneline Kriel

Anneline Kriel was born on 28 July 1955 and is a South African actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss South Africa 1974 and was later crowned Miss World 1974.

Anneline Kriel is the second of three South African women to hold the Miss World title after Penelope Coelen in 1958 and before Rolene Strauss in 2014.

Anneline Kriel was in a high-profile marriage with the late South African hotelier, Sol Kerzner.

In 1974, at age 19, Anneline Kriel won the Miss South Africa beauty pageant.

Anneline Kriel was awarded the Miss World title that same year, after initially being the first runner-up, as Helen Morgan was disqualified for being an unmarried mother.

Anneline Kriel was coached to avoid answering political questions about her country.

Anneline Kriel worked overseas as a model, working in New York for two years and appearing in several television and magazine advertisements for Birra Peroni in Italy.

Anneline Kriel enjoyed some success as an actress, appearing in the action film Kill and Kill Again, alongside James Ryan in 1981.

Anneline Kriel appeared in several Afrikaans soap operas, films and stage plays in the 1970s and 1980s.

In 2018, Anneline Kriel added another evening gown that she wore on the evening of the 1974 Miss World Pageant to the exhibition.

In 1975, Anneline Kriel was embroiled in a scandal when she posed for nude photographs taken by Roy Hilligenn, a Mr Bodybuilding South Africa on the Vaal River.

Anneline Kriel was on vacation at the time with her then-boyfriend, actor-singer, Richard Loring and they were joined by Loring's former friend, Hilligenn.

In 1977 Anneline Kriel was reportedly in a relationship with Henke Pistorius, father of Oscar Pistorius.

Beeld newspaper reported that Anneline Kriel was present when Henke Pistorius accidentally shot himself whilst cleaning his pistol.

Anneline Kriel married the South African hotelier, Sol Kerzner, in December 1980 before divorcing five years later.

The High Court awarded custody to Anneline Kriel and gave Tucker visitation.

In 2007, Anneline Kriel accompanied her friend, Denise Goldin at the murder trials for the killers of Goldin's son, actor Brett Goldin and fashion designer Richard Bloom.

In Cape Town, Anneline Kriel devoted her time to a charity that works with street children.

Anneline Kriel is critical of the South African government, citing South African farm attacks, abuse of authority and Black Economic Empowerment policies.

Anneline Kriel's youngest daughter, Whitney, lives in Los Angeles and has a swimwear brand LAYA in Mauritius, whereas her oldest daughter, Tayla, is a dog trainer in Portugal.