Miss World 1976

Miss World 1976
Date	18 November 1976
Presenters	Ray Moore; Patrick Lichfield; Sacha Distel;
Venue	Royal Albert Hall, London, United Kingdom
Broadcaster	BBC;
Entrants	60
Placements	15
Debuts	Guatemala; Virgin Islands;
Withdrawals	Barbados; Bolivia; Cuba; Guernsey; Haiti; India; Malaysia; Mauritius; Nicaragua; Philippines; St. Lucia; Seychelles; Sri Lanka; Swaziland; Tunisia; Yugoslavia;
Returns	Chile; Cyprus; Ecuador; Jamaica; Paraguay; Spain; Tahiti;
Winner	Cindy Breakspeare[1]; Jamaica

Miss World 1976, the 26th edition of the Miss World pageant, was 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.

Results

Countries and territories which sent delegates and results for Miss World 1976[2][3][4]

Placements

Final results	Contestant
Miss World 1976	Jamaica – Cindy Breakspeare[3]
1st Runner-up	Australia – Karen Pini
2nd Runner-up	Guam – Diana Marie Roberts Duenas
3rd Runner-up	United Kingdom – Carol Jean Grant
4th Runner-up	Finland – Merja Helena Tammih
5th Runner-up	Holland – Stephanie Flatow
6th Runner-up	Turkey – Jale Bayhan
Top 15	Argentina – Adriana Laura Salguiero Ireland – Jakki Moore Israel – Levana Abarbanel Puerto Rico – Ivette Rosado Singapore – Pauline Poh Neo Cheong Spain – Luz María Polegre Hernández Trinidad and Tobago – Patricia Anderson Leon Venezuela – María Genoveva Rivero Giménez

Contestants

60 contestants participated in Miss World 1976.[3]

Africa South – Veronica Rozette Kuki Mutsepe
Argentina – Adriana Laura Salguiero
Aruba – Maureen Wever
Australia – Karen Jo Pini
Austria – Monika Mühlbauer
Bahamas – Larona Miller
Belgium – Yvette Aelbrecht
Bermuda – Vivienne Ann Hollis
Brazil – Adelaida Fraga de Oliveira Filha
Canada – Pamela Mercer[4]
Chile – María Cristina Granzow
Colombia – María Loretta Celedón Holguín
Costa Rica – Ligia María Ramos Quesada
Curaçao – Viveca Francisca Marchena
Cyprus – Andri Tsangaridou
Denmark – Susanne Juul Hansen
Dominican Republic – Jenny Corporán Viñas
Ecuador – Marie Clare Fontaine Velasco
El Salvador – Soraya Camondari Zanotti
Finland – Merja Helena Tammi
France – Monique Uldaric
Germany – Monika Schneeweiss
Gibraltar – Rosemarie Parody
Greece – Rania Theofilou
Guam – Diana Marie Roberts Duenas
Guatemala – Marta Elisa Tirado Richardson
Holland – Stephanie Flatow
Honduras – Maribel Ileana Ayala Ramírez
Hong Kong – Christine Leung Ching-Man
Iceland – Sigríður Helga Olgeirsdóttir
Ireland – Jakki Moore
Israel – Levana Abarbanel
Italy – Antonella Lombrosi
Jamaica – Cindy Breakspeare
Japan – Noriko Asakuno
Jersey – Susan Hughes
Korea – Shin Byoung-sook
Lebanon – Suad Nachoul
Luxembourg – Monique Wilmes
Malta – Jane Benedicta Saliba
Mexico – Carla Jean Evert Seguera
New Zealand – Anne Clifford
Norway – Nina Kristine Rønneberg
Paraguay – María Cristina Fernández Samaniego
Peru – Rocío Rita Lazcano Mujica
Puerto Rico – Ivette Rosado
Singapore – Pauline Poh Neo Cheong
South Africa – Lynn Massyn
Spain – Luz María Polegre Hernández
Sweden – Ann-Christine Gernandt
Switzerland – Ruth Crottet
Tahiti – Patricia Mareva Servonnat
Thailand – Duangcheewan Komolsen
Trinidad and Tobago – Patricia Anderson Leon
Turkey – Jale Bayhan
United Kingdom – Carol Jean Grant
United States – Kimberly Marre Foley[4]
Uruguay – Sara Alaga Valega
Venezuela – María Genoveva Rivero Giménez
Virgin Islands – Denise La Franque

Withdrawals in protest against South Africa's race policies

India[3] – Naina Sudhir Balsavar
Liberia[3] – Lorraine Wede Johnson (did not compete)
Malaysia[3] – Che Puteh Naziaden
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

Guatemala
Virgin Islands

Returns

Last competed in 1965:
- Tahiti
Last competed in 1969:
- Chile
Last competed in 1972:
- Paraguay
Last competed in 1973:
- Cyprus
Last competed in 1974:
- Ecuador
- Jamaica
- Spain

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

"Kentucky New Era". Retrieved 26 January 2016.
"Jamaican is Miss World". The Modesto Bee. Modesto, California. Associated Press. 19 November 1976. Retrieved 16 September 2010.
"Gadsden Times". Retrieved 26 January 2016.
"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. 6 (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.

External links

Pageantopolis – Miss World 1976

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[google.com-1] "Kentucky New Era". Retrieved 26 January 2016.

[TMB-1-2] "Jamaican is Miss World". The Modesto Bee. Modesto, California. Associated Press. 19 November 1976. Retrieved 16 September 2010.

[google.com1-3] "Gadsden Times". Retrieved 26 January 2016.

[google.com2-4] "The Southeast Missourian". Retrieved 26 January 2016.

[5] "What the World Needs Now Is Love, Sweet Love—Especially the Beauty Contest of the Same Name". People. 6 (23). 6 December 1976. Retrieved 14 September 2017.

[6] "Miss Rhodesia, 22 year old Jane Bird, reveals her shapely figure at her London hotel". Getty Images (in German). Retrieved 14 September 2017.