Julia Morley

Julia Evelyn Morley (born 25 October 1939) is a British businesswoman, charity worker and former model. She is the chairman of the Miss World Organization which runs the annual Miss World and biennial Mister World competition.[1] She is the widow of Miss World founder Eric Morley, who organised from the first pageant in 1951 until his death in 2000.

Julia Morley
Julia Morley (right) and Taťána Kuchařová at Miss World 2007
Born
Julia Evelyn Pritchard

(1939-10-25) 25 October 1939
London, England
NationalityBritish
Occupation
  • Chairwoman of the Miss World Organization
  • President of Variety International 2009-2011
Spouse(s)
Eric Morley (m. 1960⁠–⁠2000)

Life and career

Born Julia Pritchard in London, she worked as a model, and met Eric Morley, then a director of Mecca Dancing, at a dance hall in Leeds; the couple married in 1960.[2] She became chairman of Miss World after her husband died in 2000.[3]

As chairman of Miss World, she introduced "Beauty With A Purpose", which raises money in support of sick and disadvantaged children.[4][5] In 2009, Morley used the opening of the Miss World Festival to launch the Variety International Children’s Fund with a Charity Dinner which raised over $400,000 for nutritional, educational and medical projects in Haiti.[6] She was conferred with the Priyadarshini Award for her ‘Save the Children’ campaign.[7] In 2016, Morley received the Variety Humanitarian Award.[8]

References
  1. "Mister World is back!".
  2. "Obituary: Eric Morley", The Telegraph, 10 November 2000. Retrieved 6 October 2013
  3. "Miss World 2013: "Contest Empowers Women And Gives Them A Voice" Says Chair Julia Morley", Huffington Post, 28 September 2013. Retrieved 6 October 2013
  4. "Miss World charity auction". talkvietnam.com. 26 Oct 2012. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
  5. "EFI Donates P1M To MWP". esquire.com. 2 Oct 2012. Archived from the original on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
  6. "Miss World 2009 Charity Dinner". Beauty With A Purpose. 9 Nov 2009. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
  7. Behrawala, Krutika (21 September 2014). "Chopra and Julia Morley honoured with Priyadarshni Academy's Global Awards 2014 inUmbai". Times of India.
  8. "Miss World CEO Julia Morley felicitated with Humanitarian Award". Indiatimes. 1 May 2016. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
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