October 10, 2011 - CATHARINA JOHANNA LODDERS (born 1942, Haarlem) won the 1962 Miss World contest, representing the Netherlands. Prior to it, she was crowned Miss Holland in May 1962. She then also was crowned Miss Benelux, followed by Miss World later that year. She became the second woman from her country to win the title. On 12 December 1963, as a 21-year-old Dutch model and now former beauty queen from Haarlem, Netherlands, Lodders accepted the marriage proposal of 22-year-old American millionaire singer/songwriter/dancer Chubby Checker. Checker said he met Miss Lodders in Manila the prior
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October 10, 2011 - CATHARINA JOHANNA LODDERS (born 1942, Haarlem) won the 1962 Miss World contest, representing the Netherlands. Prior to it, she was crowned Miss Holland in May 1962. She then also was crowned Miss Benelux, followed by Miss World later that year. She became the second woman from her country to win the title. On 12 December 1963, as a 21-year-old Dutch model and now former beauty queen from Haarlem, Netherlands, Lodders accepted the marriage proposal of 22-year-old American millionaire singer/songwriter/dancer Chubby Checker. Checker said he met Miss Lodders in Manila the prior January. They married on 12 April 1964 at Temple Lutheran Church in Pennsauken, NJ. Their first child, Bianca Johanna Evans, was born in Philadelphia 1966. PICTURED: Nov 9, 1962 - London, England, United Kingdom - Miss Netherlands CATHARINA LODDERS jumps for joy on her London hotel bed wearing her crown and holding her sceptre after winning the coveted title of Miss World 1962. (Credit Image: © KEYSTONE Pictures/ZUMA Wire/ZUMAPRESS.com)