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Entertainment - Miss World 1980 - Empire Ballroom, Leicester Square, London

Contestants for Miss World 1980 lining up at the Empire Ballroom, Leicester Square, London. (back row l-r) Misses Puerto Rico, Singapore, Spain, Sri Lanka, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Virgin Islands, Western Samoa and Zimbabwe. (second from back row l-r) Jamaica, Japan, Jersey, Korea, Lebanon, Lesotho, Malaysia, Malta, Mauritius, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru and the Philippines. (second from front row l-r) Germany, Finland, France, Gibraltar, Greece, Guam, Guatemala, Holland, Honduras, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Isle of Man, Israel and Italy. (front row l-r) Misses Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Belgium, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Cayman Islands, Colombia, Costa Rica, Curacao, Cyprus, Dominican Republic, Ecuador and Denmark

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mauritius, people, crowds making offerings of flowers and fruit in the grand bassin lake during the maha shivaratree festival in honour of the hindu god siva

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Theodore Hook

(1788-1841). He was an English man of letters and composer and briefly a civil servant in Mauritius. He is best known for his practical jokes, particularly the Berners Street hoax in 1810. Date: 19th century

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