Miss World 1977
| Miss World 1977 | |
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Miss World 1977 titlecard | |
| Date | 17 November 1977 |
| Presenters | |
| Venue | Royal Albert Hall, London, United Kingdom[1] |
| Broadcaster | BBC |
| Entrants | 62 |
| Placements | 15 |
| Debuts |
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| Withdrawals |
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| Returns |
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| Winner | Mary Stävin[2][3] Sweden |
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
| Placement | Contestant |
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| Miss World 1977 | |
| 1st runner-up | |
| 2nd runner-up | |
| 3rd runner-up | |
| 4th runner-up |
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| Top 7 |
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| Top 15 |
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Judges
A panel of ten judges evaluated the performances of the sixty-two contestants. They were:[10]
- Maurice Hope - boxer
- Oliver Tobias - actor
- Micky Dolenz - actor, musician and vocalist
- Robert Powell - actor
- Dr. Reita Faria - Miss World 1966 from India
- Eric Morley (chairman) - president of Mecca Leisure Group, Variety International
- Joan Collins - actress
- Claude François - singer
- Barry Sheene - motorcyclist
- Cynthia Wetzell - sponsor from Samoa
Contestants
62 contestants competed for the title.[4]
| Country/Territory | Contestant | Age | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina | Susana Stéfano | 20 | Salta |
| Aruba | Helene Croes | 19 | Oranjestad |
| Australia | Jaye Hopewell[7] | 18 | Perth |
| Austria | Eva Maria Düringer Cavalli[7] | 18 | Bodensee |
| Bahamas | Laurie Lee Joseph | 17 | Nassau |
| Belgium | Claudine Vasseur | 18 | Brussels |
| Bermuda | Connie Frith | 23 | St. George's Parish |
| Bolivia | Elizabeth Yanone | 17 | Santa Cruz de la Sierra |
| Brazil | Madalena Sbaraini[2][3] | 21 | Porto Alegre |
| Canada | Marianne McKeen | 23 | Comber |
| Cayman Islands | Patricia Jackson-Patiño | 18 | Grand Cayman |
| Chile | Annie Garling | 17 | Santiago |
| Colombia | María Clara O'Byrne | 20 | Atlántico |
| Costa Rica | Carmen Núñez | 17 | San José |
| Curaçao | Xiomara Winklaar | 19 | Willemstad |
| Cyprus | Georgia Georgiou | 23 | Nicosia |
| Denmark | Annette Simonsen | 16 | Copenhagen |
| Dominican Republic | Jacqueline Hernández | 20 | Santo Domingo |
| Ecuador | Lucía Hernández | 18 | Chone |
| El Salvador | Magaly Varela | 19 | San Salvador |
| Finland | Asta Seppälä | 20 | Helsinki |
| France | Véronique Fagot-Malapert | 18 | Poitou |
| French Polynesia[b] | Therese Amo | 18 | Papeete |
| Gibraltar | Lourdes Holmes[9] | 18 | Gibraltar |
| Greece | Lina Ioannou | 24 | Athens |
| Guam | Diane Haun | 17 | Yigo |
| Holland | Ineke Berends[2][3] | 25 | Amsterdam |
| Honduras | Marlene Villela | 21 | Tegucigalpa |
| Hong Kong | Ada Lui | 18 | Hong Kong |
| Iceland | Sigurlaug Halldórsdóttir | 18 | Reykjavík |
| Ireland | Lorraine Enriquez | 18 | Dublin |
| Isle of Man | Helen Shimmin | 20 | Douglas |
| Israel | Ya'el Hovav | 21 | Jerusalem |
| Japan | Chizuru Shigemura | 22 | Saitama |
| Jersey | Blodwen Pritchard | 18 | St. Helier |
| Lebanon | Vera Alouane | 18 | Beirut |
| Luxembourg | Jeannette Colling | 23 | Luxembourg City |
| Malta | Pauline Farrugia | 21 | Żebbuġ |
| Mexico | Elizabeth Aguilar González | 22 | Ameca |
| New Zealand | Michelle Hyde | 21 | Wellington |
| Nicaragua | Beatriz Obregón | 18 | Rivas |
| Norway | Åshild Ottesen | 22 | Oslo |
| Panama | Anabelle Vallarino | 19 | Panama City |
| Papua New Guinea | Sayah Karakuru | 24 | Port Moresby |
| Paraguay | María Elizabeth Giardina | 21 | Asunción |
| Peru | Isabel Frías | 22 | Cajamarca |
| Puerto Rico | Didriana del Río | 17 | Santurce |
| South Africa | Vanessa Wannenburg[7] | 21 | Johannesburg |
| South Korea[c] | Kim Soon-ae | 17 | Seoul |
| Spain | Guillermina Ruiz | 21 | Barcelona |
| Sri Lanka | Sharmini Senaratna | 19 | Colombo |
| Sweden | Mary Stävin[2] | 20 | Örebro |
| Switzerland | Daniela Häberli[11] | 19 | Zürich |
| Thailand | Siriporn Savanglum | 17 | Bangkok |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Marlene Villafana | 20 | Port of Spain |
| Turkey | Kamer Bulutöte[12] | 22 | Istanbul |
| United Kingdom | Madeleine Stringer[7] | 24 | North Shields |
| United States | Cindy Darlene Miller[2][3] | 20 | Chesapeake |
| Uruguay | Adriana Umpierre | 20 | Montevideo |
| Venezuela | Jackeline van den Branden | 22 | Caracas |
| West Germany | Dagmar Winkler[2][3] | 23 | Nuremberg |
| Western Samoa | Ana Decima Schmidt | 21 | Apia |
Notes
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References
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- ^ a b c d "Miss Sweden Now Miss World". Toledo Blade. 18 November 1977. p. 2. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
- ^ "John Wayne is host of special at 9 p.m. (TV listings)". Boca Raton News. 25 November 1977. p. 7. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
- ^ "Miss World Entries Quit Over South Africa Issue". The New York Times. 17 November 1977. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Miss World Favorites . . ". Lakeland Ledger. 14 November 1977. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b "How will Miss World, 1977, measure up to the part?". The Glasgow Herald. 24 October 1977. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
- ^ Rodríguez Matute, Julio (25 April 2020). "Miss World 1977". MISS WORLD HISTORY / HISTORIA DE MISS MUNDO. Retrieved 5 October 2025.
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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.