[/ Petra Hildegard Elisabeth Schürmann[2]]
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1933|09|15|df=yes}}[3][4][5][6]
| birth_place = Mönchengladbach, Rhine Province, Germany
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2010|01|14|1933|09|15|df=yes}}
| death_place = Starnberg,[7] Germany
| nationality = German
| other_names =
| years_active = 1954–2004
| occupation = Actress, model, presenter, beauty queen
| spouse = Gerhard Freund (1973–2008)
| known_for = Miss World 1956
}}Petra Schürmann-Freund (15 September 1933 – 14 January 2010) was a German actress, model, TV announcer and beauty queen who won Miss World 1956.[7]Biography
Schürmann won the 1956 Miss World[1] contest, representing West Germany.[10][11][12] {{As of|2012}} she is the only German to win this title,[10] with the exception of Gabriella Brum who won the title in 1980 but resigned one day later. The pageant was held in London, United Kingdom.[10] Petra Schürmann finished only third in the Miss Germany pageant, but was chosen to represent her country in London because of her better knowledge of English.[15]
At that time she studied philosophy and history of the arts at the universities of Bonn and Cologne.[16][10] After winning her Miss World title she continued her studies in Munich.[15]
Beginning with the 1960s she entered an ongoing radio and television career, primarily with the Munich-based Bayerischer Rundfunk.[10] She also did some acting and wrote some books.[10]
Personal life
In 1973, she married the physician Dr. Gerhard Freund, who already back in 1967, under a veil of secrecy, had fathered their daughter Alexandra.[16] This was at a time when he was still wed to German actress Marianne Koch.[16] Alexandra Freund also had a successful career with the Munich broadcaster but died in 2001 aged 34 from an automobile accident when she collided with a wrong-way driver.[16] Petra Schürmann never really recovered from the loss of her daughter with whom she was very close.[7][16][10] From 2003 until her death, she was involved in an intimate relationship with Felix Raslag, CEO of a biotech company in Munich, who was 35 years her junior.[2][3][4][5]
Death
Petra Schürmann retired with her husband to their house on the shores of Lake Starnberg south of Munich.[16] When he died in August 2008 they had been married for 35 years.[11][12][15] She died on 14 January 2010 in her home in Starnberg following a long illness.[7]
References
1. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.missworld.com/1950-s/1956.html |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2010-10-10 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100830041222/http://www.missworld.com/1950-s/1956.html |archivedate=30 August 2010 |df=dmy-all }}
2. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.bz-berlin.de/artikel-archiv/liebt-petra-schuermann-diesen-jungen-mann-wirklich|title=Liebt Petra Schürmann diesen jungen Mann wirklich?|last=|first=|date=|website=|access-date=3 April 2017}}
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4. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.tz.de/stars/petra-schuermann-kommt-nicht-ruhe-zr-170466.html|title=Petra Schürmann: Sie kommt nicht zur Ruhe|last=|first=|date=|website=|access-date=3 April 2017}}
5. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.n-tv.de/leute/Petra-Schuermann-beigesetzt-article687361.html|title=Petra Schürmann beigesetzt|last=|first=|date=|website=|access-date=3 April 2017}}
6. ^1 {{Cite web|url=http://www.abendzeitung.de/leute/159631|title=Der Skandal in den 60ern: Petra Schürmann liebte den Mann einer anderen|date=17 January 2010|author=Michael Graeter|publisher=Abendzeitung|accessdate=17 January 2010|language=de|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100119075601/http://www.abendzeitung.de/leute/159631|archivedate=19 January 2010|df=dmy-all}}
7. ^1 2 {{Cite web|url=http://www.sueddeutsche.de/kultur/857/500128/text/|title=Von der Miss World zum Fernsehstar|date=14 January 2010|publisher=Süddeutsche Zeitung|accessdate=14 January 2010|language=de|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100117070324/http://www.sueddeutsche.de/kultur/857/500128/text/|archive-date=17 January 2010|dead-url=yes|df=dmy-all}}
8. ^1 2 {{Cite web|url=http://www.spiegel.de/panorama/leute/0,1518,671889,00.html|title=Petra Schürmann ist tot|date=14 January 2010|publisher=Der Spiegel|accessdate=14 January 2010|language=de}}
9. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 {{Cite web|url=http://www.morgenpost.de/vermischtes/article1239074/Ein-Leben-zwischen-Schoenheit-und-Schmerz.html|title=Ein Leben zwischen Schönheit und Schmerz|last=Sudholt|first=Eva|date=14 January 2010|publisher=Berliner Morgenpost|accessdate=14 January 2010|language=de}}
10. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 {{Cite web|url=http://www.br-online.de/bayern/menschen-und-geschichten/petra-schuermann-nachruf-ID126346414372.xml|title=Mutter, Moderatorin, Medienstar|date=14 January 2010|publisher=Bayerischer Rundfunk|accessdate=14 January 2010|language=de|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100116214837/http://www.br-online.de/bayern/menschen-und-geschichten/petra-schuermann-nachruf-ID126346414372.xml|archivedate=16 January 2010|df=dmy-all}}
11. ^1 2 3 {{Cite web|url=http://www.young-germany.de/nc/news-verwaltung/news-singleview/article/tragic-star-and-media-figure-petra-schuermann-dies-at-74.html|title=Tragic star and media figure Petra Schürmann dies at 74|date=14 January 2010|publisher=Young Germany, Societäts-Verlag|accessdate=14 January 2010|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111006042918/http://www.young-germany.de/nc/news-verwaltung/news-singleview/article/tragic-star-and-media-figure-petra-schuermann-dies-at-74.html|archivedate=6 October 2011|df=dmy-all}}
12. ^1 2 3 4 {{Cite web|url=http://www.merkur-online.de/nachrichten/stars/tv-moderatorin-petra-schuermann-591118.html|title=TV-Moderatorin Petra Schürmann ist tot: Sie wollte ihre Tochter im Himmel wiedersehen|date=14 January 2010|publisher=Münchner Merkur|accessdate=14 January 2010|language=de}}
13. ^1 {{Cite web|url=http://www.zeit.de/newsticker/2010/1/19/iptc-bdt-20100119-409-23597532xml|title=dpa-Newsticker – Petra Schürmann neben Tochter Alexandra beigesetzt|date=19 January 2010|publisher=Zeit online|accessdate=19 January 2010|language=de}}
14. ^1 {{Cite web|url=http://www.bild.de/BILD/unterhaltung/leute/fotos/s/schuermann-petra/2010-01-19/traueranzeige-14636360-quer,templateId=renderScaled,property=Bild,height=349.jpg|title=schuermann-petra/2010-01-19/traueranzeige|date=19 January 2010|publisher=Sterbebildchen of Petra Schürmann-Freund at bild.de|accessdate=19 January 2010}}{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
15. ^1 {{Cite web|url=http://www.abendzeitung.de/leute/159893|title=Meine beste Freundin|date=18 January 2010|author=Uschi von Bayern|publisher=Abendzeitung|accessdate=18 January 2010|language=de|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100122130323/http://www.abendzeitung.de/leute/159893|archivedate=22 January 2010|df=dmy-all}}
16. ^1 {{Cite web|url=http://www.tz-online.de/nachrichten/stars/meta-so-wird-petra-schuermanns-letzte-reise-592993.html|title=Petra Schürmanns letzte Reise|date=15 January 2010|publisher=Tz|accessdate=16 January 2010|language=de}}