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Ivy Close: Actress, Beauty Queen and Film Producer Ivy Close (15 June 1890 – 4 December 1968) was born in Stockton and has been called the first ever Miss World. But she was more than just this, becoming a star on stage and screen.

In 1908, Ivy entered the World’s Most Beautiful Woman competition, which was run by the Daily Telegraph newspaper and beat out 1,500 other women to win the title. She’s generally recognised now as the first British beauty queen.

Following on from this achievement, she became a successful model and actress. She was in 44 films between 1912 and 1929, as well as often appearing on music hall stages, where her singing was particularly noted.

She and her husband Elwin Neame established Ivy Close Films in 1914, one of the very first film production companies founded by a film star. She was a trailblazer for woman in the film industry and was, for a time, one of the most famous women in the world.

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