Jan Taylor

{{Short description|Australian beauty queen (born 1942)}}

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| birth_place = Brisbane, Australia

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Jan Taylor (born 1942) was an Australian model and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Australia 1964.

Taylor had three brothers, Paul (born 1939); Gerard (born 1947) and Jim (born 1956). She was educated at Lourdes Hill College and St. Rita's College and in the 1960s worked as a television script assistant in Brisbane.{{cite journal |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article51193696 |title=Miss Australia — JAN TAYLOR of Queensland |magazine=The Australian Women's Weekly |date=6 November 1963 |access-date=3 August 2023 |via=Trove}}

Early Miss Australia competitions were rather conservative, and Taylor was cleared to compete only after approval from her local priest.{{cite web |url=http://www.nma.gov.au/exhibitions/miss_australia_a_nations_quest/miss_australia_facts |title=Facts |work=National Museum of Australia |access-date=3 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181203164334/http://www.nma.gov.au/exhibitions/miss_australia_a_nations_quest/miss_australia_facts |archive-date=3 December 2018}} Her prizes at Miss Australia 1964 included a £750 dress, a car, and a world tour.