Pearl Gladys Jansen (born 1950 in Bonteheuwel) is a South African singer and beauty pageant titleholder who was first runner-up in the Miss World beauty contest in the UK in 1970.
She competed as "Miss Africa South" due to apartheid.
[3] She waited until she was 58 years old to fulfill her dream of becoming a singer.
It began with a row because the organisers had allowed two entries from South Africa, one black, Pearl Jansen, and one white, Jillian Jessup.
[5][3] Then during the evening there were protests by women's liberation activists and flour was thrown.