Miss World 1978

Miss World 1978, the 28th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 16 November 1978 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, UK. The winner was Silvana Suárez from Argentina.[1] She was crowned by Miss World 1977, Mary Stävin of Sweden. First runner-up was Ossie Margareta Carlsson representing Sweden, second runner-up was Denise Coward from Australia, third runner-up was Martha Eugenia Ortiz of Mexico, and fourth runner-up was Gloria Valenciano from Spain. This is the first time that the award for Miss Talent was given.

Miss World 1978
Miss World 1978 Titlecard
Date16 November 1978
PresentersPaul Burnett and Sacha Distel
VenueRoyal Albert Hall, London, UK
BroadcasterBBC
Entrants68
Placements15
DebutsDominica, St. Vincent
WithdrawalsBolivia, Lebanon, Luxembourg, Nicaragua, Panama, Papua New Guinea, South Africa
ReturnsIndia, Italy, Jamaica, Malaysia, Mauritius, Nigeria, Philippines, Singapore, Swaziland, Tunisia, Virgin Islands
WinnerSilvana Suárez
 Argentina

Results
Countries and territories which sent delegates and results[1][2]

Placements
Final results Contestant
Miss World 1978
1st runner-up
2nd runner-up
3rd runner-up
  •  Mexico – Martha Eugenia Ortiz
4th runner-up
  •  Spain – Gloria Valenciano
5th runner-up
6th runner-up
Top 15

Contestants
CountryContestantAgeHometown
ArgentinaSilvana Rosa Suárez Clarence20Córdoba
ArubaRose Anne Marie Lejuez18Oranjestad
AustraliaDenise Ellen Coward23Parkdale
AustriaDoris Elizabeth Anwander18Bregenz
BahamasDonna Marie McCook23Nassau
BelgiumFrançoise Helene Julia Moens18Brussels
BermudaMadeline Francine Joell19Smith's Parish
BrazilLaura Angélica Viana de Oliveira Pereira20Salvador
CanadaBrigitte June Hofmann18Hamilton
Cayman IslandsWendy Lorraine Daykin18George Town
ChileMaría Trinidad Sepúlveda Pavón22Santiago
ColombiaDenise de Castro Santiago19Barranquilla
Costa RicaMaribel Fernández García19San José
CuraçaoSilvana Angely Trinidad21Willemstad
CyprusMary Adamou19Nicosia
DenmarkBirgit Stefansen21Struer
DominicaMona Jno-Lewis19Roseau
Dominican RepublicJenny del Carmen Polanco Rivera †20Puerto Plata
EcuadorAntonieta Cecilia Campódonico Aguirre18Guayaquil
El SalvadorIris Ivette Mazorra Castro18San Salvador
FinlandEija Hillevi Laaksonen22Tampere
FranceKelly Hoarau18Le Port
GermanyMonika Greis23Heidelberg
GibraltarRosanna Bonfante17Gibraltar
GreeceAriana Dimitropoulou23Athens
GuamElizabeth Clara Tudela Tenorio22Asan
HollandAns van Haaster22Amsterdam
HondurasMaría Elena Bobadilla21San Pedro Sula
Hong KongFaustina Lin Wai Ling21Hong Kong Island
IcelandÁsdís Loftsdóttir20Vestmannaeyjar
IndiaKalpana Iyer22Amroha
IrelandLorraine Marion O'Conner24Cork
 Isle of ManCarole Ann Kneale20Douglas
IsraelSari Alon19Tiberias
ItalyLoren Cristina Mai17Mantua
JamaicaJoan Marcia McDonald22Kingston
JapanYuko Yamaguchi21Tokyo
 JerseyChantal Angeline Gosselin21Saint Helier
KoreaJe Eun-jin19Seoul
MalaysiaKartina Osir22Sandakan
MaltaMary Cumbo18Birkirkara
MauritiusGenevieve Chanea19Curepipe
MexicoMartha Eugenia Ortiz Gámez18Mexico City
New ZealandLorian Dawn Tangney20Wellington
NigeriaIrene Omagbemi20Lagos
NorwayElisabet Klaeboe17Oslo
ParaguaySusana del Pilar Galli Romañach19Asunción
PeruKaren Inés Noeth Haupt18Lima
PhilippinesLouvette Monzon Hammond17Quezon City
Puerto RicoMaría Jesús (Marichu) Cañizares21San Juan
Saint VincentJune de Nobriga23Kingstown
SamoaRosalina Sapolu23Apia
SingaporeRosie Tan21Singapore
SpainGloria María Valenciano Rijo23Tenerife
Sri LankaManohori Vanigasooriya20Colombo
SwazilandNyamalele Nilovu21Mbabane
SwedenOssie Margareta Carlsson21Stockholm
SwitzerlandJeannette Keller20Zurich
TahitiMoeata Schmouker18Puna'auia
ThailandOrasa Panichapan20Bangkok
Trinidad and TobagoKathleen Thomas21Port of Spain
TunisiaMalek Nemlaghi19Tunis
TurkeySevil Özgültekin18Istanbul
United KingdomElizabeth Ann Jones20Welshpool
United StatesDebra Jean Freeze20Mooresville
UruguayMabel Rúa21Montevideo
VenezuelaKatty Patricia Tóffoli Andrade18Coro
Virgin IslandsEnid d'Lores Francis18Saint Croix

Continental Queens of Beauty


Notes

Debuts
  •  Dominica
  •  St. Vincent

Returns

Last competed in 1970:

  •  Nigeria

Last competed in 1975:

  •  India
  •  Malaysia
  •  Mauritius
  •  Philippines
  •  Swaziland
  •  Tunisia

India, Malaysia, Mauritius, Philippines, and Swaziland were the contestants who withdrew in two consecutive pageants, Miss World 1976, and 1977, due to a protest against South Africa's participation, consisting of one black and one white delegate.

Last competed in 1976:

  •  Virgin Islands

Last competed in 1977:

  •  Italy
  •  Jamaica
  •  Singapore

Withdrawals
  • This is the first time that  South Africa did not participate in Miss World due to an apartheid policy for 14 years.

References
  1. "Lodi News-Sentinel". Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  2. "The Hour". Retrieved 26 January 2016.

Further reading
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