Miss World 1977

Miss World 1977
Miss World 1977 titlecard
Date17 November 1977
Presenters
VenueRoyal Albert Hall, London, United Kingdom[1]
BroadcasterBBC
Entrants62
Placements15
Debuts
  • Cayman Islands
  • Isle of Man
  • Papua New Guinea
  • Western Samoa
Withdrawals
  • Guatemala
  • Italy
  • Jamaica
  • Singapore
  • United States Virgin Islands
Returns
  • Bolivia
  • Nicaragua
  • Panama
  • Sri Lanka
WinnerMary Stävin[2][3]
Sweden
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Miss World 1977 was the 27th edition of the Miss World pageant, held on 17 November 1977 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, United Kingdom.[1] The winner was Mary Stävin from Sweden.[2][3][4] She was crowned by Miss World 1976, Cindy Breakspeare of Jamaica.[5] The first runner-up was Ineke Berends representing Holland, while the second runner-up was Dagmar Winkler from West Germany, the third runner-up was Madalena Sbaraini of Brazil, and the fourth runner-up was Cindy Darlene Miller from the United States.[2][3] Stävin was awarded a $37,000 cash prize as the winner of the pageant.[2]

Selection of participants

Replacements

Janice Galea of Malta withdrew from the competition due to age requirements, because her age was similar to Miss Italy before the pageant. At the last minute, she was replaced by her first runner-up, Pauline Lewise Farrugia.

Debuts, returns, and withdrawals

This edition marked the debut of Cayman Islands, Isle of Man, Papua New Guinea and Western Samoa. And the return of Bolivia, Nicaragua, Panama and Sri Lanka; Panama, which last competed in 1971 and Bolivia, Nicaragua and Sri Lanka last competed in 1975.

Guatemala and the United States Virgin Islands, withdrew from the competition for unknown reasons. Anna Maria Kanakis of Italy, was disqualified from the pageant, because organizers discovered that she was underage. Sandra Kong of Jamaica and Veronica Lourdes of Singapore both withdrew from the competition due to protest against the presence of Miss South Africa. Additionally, the Black representative from South Africa, who competed under the name “Africa South”, also withdrew from the pageant.[a] Contestants who withdrew in protest against the presence of Miss South Africa; Veena Prakash of India, Siti Mirza Nuria Arifin of Indonesia, Welma Campbell of Liberia, Ingrid Desmarais of Mauritius, Ana Melissa "Peachy" Ofilada Veneracion of the Philippines, Zanella Tutu Tshabalala of Swaziland and Svetlana Višnjić of Yugoslavia.[6][7][8]

Results

Placements

Countries and territories which sent delegates and results for Miss World 1977[2][4][9][7]
PlacementContestant
Miss World 1977
1st runner-up
2nd runner-up
3rd runner-up
  • Brazil – Madalena Sbaraini[2][3]
4th runner-up
Top 7
Top 15

Judges

A panel of ten judges evaluated the performances of the sixty-two contestants. They were:[10]

Contestants

62 contestants competed for the title.[4]

Country/TerritoryContestantAgeHometown
Argentina ArgentinaSusana Stéfano20Salta
ArubaHelene Croes19Oranjestad
AustraliaJaye Hopewell[7]18Perth
AustriaEva Maria Düringer Cavalli[7]18Bodensee
BahamasLaurie Lee Joseph17Nassau
BelgiumClaudine Vasseur18Brussels
BermudaConnie Frith23St. George's Parish
BoliviaElizabeth Yanone17Santa Cruz de la Sierra
BrazilMadalena Sbaraini[2][3]21Porto Alegre
CanadaMarianne McKeen23Comber
Cayman IslandsPatricia Jackson-Patiño18Grand Cayman
ChileAnnie Garling17Santiago
ColombiaMaría Clara O'Byrne20Atlántico
Costa RicaCarmen Núñez17San José
CuraçaoXiomara Winklaar19Willemstad
CyprusGeorgia Georgiou23Nicosia
DenmarkAnnette Simonsen16Copenhagen
Dominican RepublicJacqueline Hernández20Santo Domingo
EcuadorLucía Hernández18Chone
El SalvadorMagaly Varela19San Salvador
FinlandAsta Seppälä20Helsinki
FranceVéronique Fagot-Malapert18Poitou
French Polynesia[b]Therese Amo18Papeete
GibraltarLourdes Holmes[9]18Gibraltar
GreeceLina Ioannou24Athens
GuamDiane Haun17Yigo
HollandIneke Berends[2][3]25Amsterdam
HondurasMarlene Villela21Tegucigalpa
Hong KongAda Lui18Hong Kong
IcelandSigurlaug Halldórsdóttir18Reykjavík
IrelandLorraine Enriquez18Dublin
Isle of ManHelen Shimmin20Douglas
IsraelYa'el Hovav21Jerusalem
JapanChizuru Shigemura22Saitama
JerseyBlodwen Pritchard18St. Helier
LebanonVera Alouane18Beirut
LuxembourgJeannette Colling23Luxembourg City
MaltaPauline Farrugia21Żebbuġ
MexicoElizabeth Aguilar González22Ameca
New ZealandMichelle Hyde21Wellington
NicaraguaBeatriz Obregón18Rivas
NorwayÅshild Ottesen22Oslo
PanamaAnabelle Vallarino19Panama City
Papua New GuineaSayah Karakuru24Port Moresby
ParaguayMaría Elizabeth Giardina21Asunción
PeruIsabel Frías22Cajamarca
Puerto RicoDidriana del Río17Santurce
South AfricaVanessa Wannenburg[7]21Johannesburg
South Korea[c]Kim Soon-ae17Seoul
SpainGuillermina Ruiz21Barcelona
Sri LankaSharmini Senaratna19Colombo
SwedenMary Stävin[2]20Örebro
 SwitzerlandDaniela Häberli[11]19Zürich
ThailandSiriporn Savanglum17Bangkok
Trinidad and TobagoMarlene Villafana20Port of Spain
TurkeyKamer Bulutöte[12]22Istanbul
United KingdomMadeleine Stringer[7]24North Shields
United StatesCindy Darlene Miller[2][3]20Chesapeake
UruguayAdriana Umpierre20Montevideo
VenezuelaJackeline van den Branden22Caracas
West GermanyDagmar Winkler[2][3]23Nuremberg
Western SamoaAna Decima Schmidt21Apia

Notes

  1. ^ The local pageant renamed Miss Black South Africa and withdrew
  2. ^ Competed as Tahiti in the pageant
  3. ^ Competed as Korea in the pageant

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References

  1. ^ a b "Swede Chosen Miss World". Lakeland Ledger. 18 November 1977. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "Swedish girl 'Miss World'". The Gadsden Times. 18 November 1977. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Farmer's Daughter is Miss World". Ocala Star-Banner. 18 November 1977. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  4. ^ a b c d "Miss Sweden Now Miss World". Toledo Blade. 18 November 1977. p. 2. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  5. ^ "John Wayne is host of special at 9 p.m. (TV listings)". Boca Raton News. 25 November 1977. p. 7. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  6. ^ "Miss World Entries Quit Over South Africa Issue". The New York Times. 17 November 1977. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g "Miss World Favorites . . ". Lakeland Ledger. 14 November 1977. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  8. ^ Burton-Titular, Joyce (1 October 2013). "From Vivien to Megan: The PH in Miss World history". Rappler. Archived from the original on 24 July 2024. Retrieved 28 April 2025.
  9. ^ a b "How will Miss World, 1977, measure up to the part?". The Glasgow Herald. 24 October 1977. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  10. ^ Rodríguez Matute, Julio (25 April 2020). "Miss World 1977". MISS WORLD HISTORY / HISTORIA DE MISS MUNDO. Retrieved 5 October 2025.
  11. ^ "Wer wird Miss Welt?" [Who will be Miss World?]. Bieler Tagblatt (in German). Biel/Bienne, Switzerland. 1 November 1977. p. 1. Retrieved 27 September 2025 – via E-newspaperarchives.ch.
  12. ^ Tarihi, Güncelleme (4 May 2020). "Güzeller canlı yayında buluştu" [Beauties met on live broadcast]. Hürriyet (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 2 January 2023. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
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