1972 Press Photo Beauty Queen Christine Francis Inside Convent Joining

Christine Francis - "Girl in a million" - here to join a convent. Christine Francis, 23, who won a "Girl in a million" beauty contest in Australia, has arrived here to join a convent of the Cistercain Order at Wimbourne, Dorset. Until she left home she was the relegning "Miss Queensland". Christine is leaving the glitter and glamour and all the normslities of a young woman's world to become a nun in one of the most restrictive religious Orders in the world. Until she goes to Dorset, Christine, who arrived from Australia yesterday, is staying at the Convent of the Sister of Nazarath, in Hammersmith, London. Photo Shows:- Christine Francis visits the chapel of the sisters of nazareth today.

Photo measures 7 x 10 inches.

Photo is dated 2-11-1972.

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