Ingrun Helgard Moeckel
{{short description|German model}}
{{Infobox pageant titleholder
| name = Ingrun Helgard Möckel
| image = IngrunHelgardMöckel1964.png
| alt = A smiling young blond woman, wearing a dark jacket over a sheath-style dress, stands in front of a window and an American flag, with one hand raised
| caption = Ingrun Helgard Möckel, from a 1964 publication of the US Department of State
| other_names = Ingrun Moeckel, Ingrun Neckermann
| birth_name =
| birth_date = 1941
| birth_place =
| death_date = October 1977
| title = Miss Germany 1960
| competitions = Miss Germany 1960
(Winner)
Miss World 1960
(Unplaced)
Miss Europe 1961
(Winner)
| death_place =
| occupation = Model
| years_active =
| known_for = Miss Germany (1960), Miss Europe (1961)
| notable_works =
| spouse(s) =
| relatives = {{Nowrap|Josef Neckermann (father-in-law)
Eva Maria Pracht (sister-in-law)
Martina Pracht (niece)}}
}}
Ingrun Helgard Möckel (1941Some sources give 1942 as her birth year; 1941 is the year given on her grave marker. – October 1977), later Ingrun Neckermann was a German model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Germany 1960 and placed 3rd Runner-Up at Miss World 1960. Later, she was crowned Miss Europe 1961.
Early life
Möckel was from Düsseldorf.{{Cite news |date=1960-11-10 |title=Beauty Title to Argentina |pages=17 |work=The Leader-Post |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/99275622/beauty-title-to-argentina/ |access-date=2022-04-07 |via=Newspapers.com}} At age 9, she immigrated to New Zealand with her mother.{{Cite news |date=June 7, 1960 |title=Miss Germany, 1960 |pages=2 |work=Press |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19600607.2.5.2?items_per_page=10&query=Ingrun+&snippet=true |access-date=April 7, 2022 |via=PapersPast}}{{Cite news |date=1960-06-04 |title=Humor in the News |pages=2 |work=The Gazette |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/99275751/humor-in-the-news/ |access-date=2022-04-07 |via=Newspapers.com}} She attended Epsom Girls' Grammar School in Auckland.{{Cite news |date=June 8, 1960 |title=Pupils at Same School |pages=2 |work=Press |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19600608.2.5.4?items_per_page=10&query=Moeckel&snippet=true |access-date=April 7, 2022 |via=PapersPast}} She was a music student in Baden-Baden when she found fame in beauty pageants.{{Cite book |last=Veszelits |first=Thomas |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Su3lAgAAQBAJ&dq=Ingrun+Neckermann&pg=PA410 |title=Die Neckermanns: Licht und Schatten einer deutschen Unternehmerfamilie |date=2005 |publisher=Campus Verlag |isbn=978-3-593-37406-2 |pages=338-344, 370-371, 401, 410 |language=de}}
Career
Möckel was crowned Miss Rheinland and Miss Germany in 1960,{{Cite news |date=1960-06-01 |title=German Beauty Queen |pages=36 |work=The Knoxville News-Sentinel |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/99274447/german-beauty-queen/ |access-date=2022-04-07 |via=Newspapers.com}} and Miss Europe in 1961, in Beirut.{{Cite news |date=1961-06-07 |title=New 'Miss Europe' |pages=10 |work=Fort Worth Star-Telegram |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/99274081/new-miss-europe/ |access-date=2022-04-07 |via=Newspapers.com}} She was a runner-up at the Miss Universe pageant held in Miami, Florida, in 1960,{{Cite news |date=1960-07-09 |title=Beauties of Five Continents Vie Tonight for Miss Universe |pages=2 |work=The News Journal |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/99274235/beauties-of-five-continents-vie-tonight/ |access-date=2022-04-07 |via=Newspapers.com}} and at the Miss World pageant that same year, held in London.{{Cite news |date=1960-11-18 |title=2nd place for Miss World '60 |work=Australian Jewish News |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article262398735 |access-date=2022-04-07 |via=Trove}} She worked as a fashion model with the Ford agency in New York.[https://books.google.com/books?id=SYFNAQAAMAAJ&q=Ingrun&pg=RA9-PA54 "Munich"] Department of State News Letter (October 1964): 54.
Personal life
While in New York, Möckel met businessman Johannes Neckermann, son of Josef Neckermann, they married in 1966. They had three children. She died in a car accident in 1977, aged 35 years. Her grave is in the Frankfurt Main Cemetery. In 2001, her three children appeared with singer Billy Joel in a documentary, Die Akte Joel by filmmaker Beate Thalberg.{{Cite book |last1=Radlmaier |first1=Steffen |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uvp4DwAAQBAJ&dq=LuKas+Neckermann+mother&pg=PT217 |title=Billy and The Joels - The American rock star and his German family story (eBook): Foreword by Billy Joel |last2=Joel |first2=Billy |date=2014-10-01 |publisher=ars vivendi Verlag |isbn=978-3-86913-342-3 |language=}}
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External links
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- [https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/johannes-neckermann-und-ingrun-m%C3%B6ckel-die-einstige-miss-news-photo/1213070314 A news photograph from the Neckermanns' 1966 wedding], at Getty Images
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Category:German beauty pageant winners
Category:Miss Universe 1960 contestants