Gabriella Brum (Miss World 1980/Germany) - Resigned

**bonner** Thu Oct 06, 2011 4:37 am

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Miss World 1980, the 30th Miss World pageant, was held on November 13, 1980 in the Royal Albert Hall, London, UK. The winner was Gabriella Brum from Germany. First runner-up was Kimberley Santos representing Guam, second was Patricia Barzyk from France, third was Anat Zimmermann of Israel, and fourth was Kim Ashfield from the United Kingdom.

Gabriella Brum was born 1960 in Germany. Gabriella Brum won the 1980 Miss World beauty pageant and resigned 18 hours later. She stated that this was because of the pressure from the news media though there were also allegations that she had posed nude in a magazine. She later posed in Playboy and modeled in Los Angeles for a few years. She still lives in Los Angeles.

Brum resigned after 18 hours of her reign, and fourteen days later, first runner-up Santos was crowned the new Miss World.