Miss World 1976
Appearance
Miss World 1976 | |
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Date | 18 November 1976 |
Presenters | |
Venue | Royal Albert Hall, London, United Kingdom |
Broadcaster | |
Entrants | 60 |
Placements | 15 |
Debuts | |
Withdrawals | |
Returns | |
Winner | Cindy Breakspeare[1] Jamaica |
Miss World 1976 was the 26th edition of the Miss World pageant, held on 18 November 1976 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, United Kingdom. The winner was Cindy Breakspeare[2] from Jamaica.[1][3] She was crowned by Miss World 1975, Wilnelia Merced of Puerto Rico. Runner-up was Karen Jo Pini representing Australia, third was Diana Marie Roberts Duenas from Guam, fourth was Carol Jean Grant of United Kingdom, and fifth was Merja Helena Tammi from Finland.
Several entrants were forced by their national governments to withdraw to boycott the presence of separate black and white contestants from apartheid South Africa.[3]
Results
Placements
Placement | Contestant |
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Miss World 1976 | |
1st runner-up | |
2nd runner-up |
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3rd runner-up |
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4th runner-up |
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Top 7 | |
Top 15 |
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Contestants
60 contestants competed for the title.[3]
Country/Territory | Contestant | Age[a] | Hometown |
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Argentina | Adriana Salguiero | 19 | Tres Arroyos |
Aruba | Maureen Wever | 20 | Oranjestad |
Australia | Karen Pini | 19 | Perth |
Austria | Monika Mühlbauer | 17 | Karlstetten |
Bahamas | Larona Miller | 19 | Nassau |
Belgium | Yvette Aelbrecht | 18 | Brussels |
Bermuda | Vivienne Ann Hollis | 19 | Smith's Parish |
Brazil | Adelaida Filha | 18 | Brasília |
Canada | Pamela Mercer[4] | 20 | Ancaster |
Chile | María Cristina Granzow | 18 | Santiago |
Colombia | María Loretta Celedón | 19 | Valledupar |
Costa Rica | Ligia Ramos | 23 | San Jose |
Curaçao | Viveca Marchena | 18 | Willemstad |
Cyprus | Andri Tsangaridou | 20 | Famagusta |
Denmark | Susanne Hansen | 18 | Copenhagen |
Dominican Republic | Jenny Corporán | 17 | Santo Domingo |
Ecuador | Marie Clare Fontaine | 20 | Guayaquil |
El Salvador | Soraya Camondari | 17 | San Salvador |
Finland | Merja Tammi | 21 | Helsinki |
France | Monique Uldaric | 22 | Paris |
West Germany | Monika Schneeweiss† | 21 | Frankfurt |
Gibraltar | Rosemarie Parody | 19 | Gibraltar |
Greece | Rania Theofilou | 20 | Athens |
Guam | Diana Marie Duenas | 17 | Agana |
Guatemala | Marta Elisa Richardson | 21 | Guatemala City |
Holland | Stephanie Flatow | 23 | Rotterdam |
Honduras | Maribel Ayala | 18 | San Pedro Sula |
Hong Kong | Christine Leung | 22 | Hong Kong |
Iceland | Sigríður Olgeirsdóttir | 19 | Reykjavik |
Ireland | Jakki Moore | 17 | Dublin |
Israel | Levana Abarbanel | 17 | Tel Aviv |
Italy | Antonella Lombrosi | 17 | Milan |
Jamaica | Cindy Breakspeare | 21 | Kingston |
Japan | Noriko Asakuno | 19 | Tokyo |
Jersey | Susan Hughes | 21 | St. Helier |
Lebanon | Suad Nachoul | 21 | Beirut |
Luxembourg | Monique Wilmes | 19 | Echternach |
Malta | Jane Saliba | 18 | Żurrieq |
Mexico | Carla Jean Evert | 19 | Acapulco |
New Zealand | Anne Clifford | 22 | Christchurch |
Norway | Nina Rønneberg | 21 | Oslo |
Paraguay | María Cristina Fernández | 21 | Asuncion |
Peru | Rocío Lazcano | 21 | Lima |
Puerto Rico | Ivette Rosado | 19 | Bayamón |
Singapore | Pauline Poh | 18 | Singapore |
South Africa | Veronica Mutsepe[b] | 21 | Pretoria |
Lynn Massyn | 18 | Durban | |
South Korea | Shin Byoung-sook | 19 | Seoul |
Spain | Luz María Polegre | 18 | Tenerife |
Sweden | Ann-Christine Gernandt | 19 | Stockholm |
Switzerland | Ruth Crottet | 21 | Lugano |
Tahiti | Patricia Servonnat | 18 | Papeete |
Thailand | Duangcheewan Komolsen | 20 | Bangkok |
Trinidad and Tobago | Patricia Anderson Leon | 21 | San Fernando |
Turkey | Jale Bayhan | 20 | Ankara |
United Kingdom | Carol Jean Grant | 19 | Glasgow |
United States | Kimberly Foley[4] | 21 | Southfield |
Uruguay | Sara Alaga | 19 | Salto |
Venezuela | Genoveva Rivero | 19 | Caracas |
Virgin Islands | Denise La Franque | 19 | Saint Croix |
Withdrawals in protest against South Africa
- India[3] – Naina Sudhir Balsavar
- Liberia[3] – Lorraine Wede Johnson (did not compete)
- Malaysia[3] – Che Puteh Che Naziauddin
- Mauritius[3] – Anne-Lise Lasur
- Philippines – Joy Conde
- Seychelles[3] – Lynn Elisea Gobine
- Sri Lanka[3] – Tamara Ingrid Subramanian
- Swaziland[3] – Zanella Tutu Tshabalala
- Yugoslavia – Slavica Stefanović
Notes
Debuts
Returns
Did not compete
- Rhodesia - Jane Bird had flown to London to compete at Miss World. However, the organization did not allow her to compete due to Rhodesia's current political situation.[5][6]
References
- ^ a b "Kentucky New Era". Retrieved 26 January 2016.
- ^ a b "Jamaican is Miss World". The Modesto Bee. Modesto, California. Associated Press. 19 November 1976. Retrieved 16 September 2010.[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Gadsden Times". Retrieved 26 January 2016.
- ^ a b c "The Southeast Missourian". Retrieved 26 January 2016.
- ^ "What the World Needs Now Is Love, Sweet Love—Especially the Beauty Contest of the Same Name". People. Vol. 6, no. 23. 6 December 1976. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
- ^ "Miss Rhodesia, 22 year old Jane Bird, reveals her shapely figure at her London hotel". Getty Images (in German). Retrieved 14 September 2017.