Gabriella Brum reigned as Miss World for all of 18 hours.
Technically, German reps have been proclaimed Miss World winner twice. Back in 1956, Petra Schürmann was the very first from her country to do so. And 24 years later, another German would follow suit in the person of Gabriella Brum. But only 18 hours into her reign as Miss World 1980, she resigned stating that her boyfriend disapproved of the victory, as well as being pressured by the news media.
Interestingly, a far more convincing explanation is that she allegedly posed nude for a magazine. Later on, she actually agreed to do an all-out shoot for Playboy Magazine.
Of additional trivia to Filipinos is the fact that her replacement happens to be Miss Guam Kimberley Santos who is part-Pinay.
FYI, Gabriella is now based in Los Angeles. ;-)
