Gilly Flower talents, continuing to appear in such programmes as "Z-Cars", "Steptoe and Son" and "The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin". Early in her career, Flower was also a model and seven portrait photographs taken by Bassano, in which she is modelling hats from Kembray, may today be found in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery. Gilly Flower retired from acting in 1991. Gilly Flower Gilly Flower (26 August 1908 – 17 February 2001) was an English actress and model, best remembered as the elderly Miss Abitha Tibbs in the BBC sitcom "Fawlty Towers". Gilly Flower played Miss Tibbs in
Miss Chinese (Vancouver) Pageant "Note: This chart only reflects Miss Chinese International Pageant contestants that were winners of Miss Chinese (Vancouver) Pageant, not of Miss Vancouver Chinatown Pageant, which is a separate pageant altogether." Miss Chinese (Vancouver) Pageant Miss Chinese (Vancouver) Pageant (Chinese: 溫哥華華裔小姐競選) or "MCV" for short is an annual beauty pageant organized by Fairchild TV that selects Vancouver's representative for the annual Miss Chinese International Pageant that is held in Hong Kong, organized by TVB. The pageant replaced the Miss Vancouver Chinatown Pageant, which selected Vancouver's representatives to the Miss Chinese International Pageant from 1988 to 1995. The pageant began in 1995.