Bruce Beresford from the play by Beth Henley, did a segment of the film "Aria" (1987), and did the comedy thriller "Her Alibi" (1989) with Tom Selleck. Beresford directed "Driving Miss Daisy" (1989) with Morgan Freeman and Jessica Tandy, from a play by Alfred Uhry. It won the Academy Award for Best Picture, although Beresford was not nominated as director. The film was a commercial and critical success. Asked if he minded not even being nominated for the Best Director Oscar for "Driving Miss Daisy", Beresford said: "No, not at all. I didn't think it was that well directed. It was very
Miss Germany mobilized against the "meat-inspects". Public interest diminished. Influential organisers became not active before the end of the 1970s. The international franchises held by "Opal" became vacant. In 1979, "Miss Germany" was elected live in the German television for the first time. It was not until 1982 that the first rival contest was held again after a long interval. Since 1985, at least two organisations run rival pageants: Notes: Daisy d’Ora was a pseudonym. The real name of the 1931 winner was "Daisy, Baronesse von Freyberg". – In 1935, Elisabeth Pitz from Saarbrücken participated in the Miss Europe Pageant in Paris