Cindy Breakspeare

Cynthia Jane Breakspeare, known as Cindy Breakspeare (born October 24, 1954 in Toronto, Canada) was crowned Miss World 1976. She is a jazz artist and the mother of musician Damian Marley.

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October 24 - 1954 - Toronto, Canada - Miss World - 1976 - Jazz - Damian Marley

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She was born in 1954 to a Jamaican father and a Canadian mother, and moved to Jamaica when she was four years old. As a teenager she began participating in beauty pageants, including Miss Jamaica Body Beautiful and Miss Universe Bikini. She was invited to participate in the Miss World competition in 1976; she traveled to London and won the title, only the second Jamaican woman ever to do so. Her relationship with musician Bob Marley produced her son, Damian Marley, who was born in 1978.

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Jamaican - Canadian - Bob Marley - 1978

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Cindy is now married to musician Rupert Bent II, with whom she has a daughter, Leah. She and her husband perform together as jazz musicians.

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