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Penny Coelen-Rey ready for a new chapter: ‘I’ve had a lot of sadness in my life’

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Former Miss SA and the country’s first Miss World, Penny Coelen-Rey opens up about preparing for a new chapter and moving to a luxury retirement estate on the KZN North Coast. (Photo: Darren Stewart/YOU)
Former Miss SA and the country’s first Miss World, Penny Coelen-Rey opens up about preparing for a new chapter and moving to a luxury retirement estate on the KZN North Coast. (Photo: Darren Stewart/YOU)

It's been more than six decades since she was crowned the most beautiful woman in the world and she’s been out of the limelight for some time since. Yet when she’s out and about she still gets recognised by those who saw her being crowned as South Africa’s first Miss World.

“People still ask me for autographs all these years later,” Penny Coelen-Rey (81) tells YOU.

We’re catching up with her at the luxury Zululami coastal estate near Ballito Bay. She’s been living alone at a nearby eco estate for the past 16 months but will move to the retirement facility being built at Zululami when it’s done.

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