Penelope Anne Coelen (born 15 April 1940) is a South African former actress, model and beauty queen who won Miss World 1958.

[1][2] In the 1958 Miss World pageant, a total of 22 contestants from Europe, the Americas, Asia and Africa competed in the finals.

Europeans dominated the semi-finals, but Penelope Anne Coelen, an 18-year-old secretary who played piano in the talent competition, was selected for the crown.

[5] She celebrated the 2014 Miss World win of South Africa's Rolene Strauss, and gave public appearances with the younger woman.

[6][7][8] Coelen returned to South Africa, and married wealthy sugarcane farmer Michel "Micky" Rey from the Natal Province.