Miss World 1976

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; Saint Lucia; Seychelles; Sri Lanka; Swaziland; Tunisia; Yugoslavia;
Returns	Chile; Cyprus; Ecuador; Jamaica; Paraguay; Spain; Tahiti;
Winner	Cindy Breakspeare; Jamaica
	← 1975 1977 →

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
Miss World 1976	Jamaica – Cindy Breakspeare^[3]
1st runner-up	Australia – Karen Pini
2nd runner-up	Guam – Diana Marie Duenas
3rd runner-up	United Kingdom – Carol Jean Grant
4th runner-up	Finland – Merja Tammi
Top 7	Holland – Stephanie Flatow Turkey – Jale Bayhan
Top 15	Argentina – Adriana Salguiero Ireland – Jakki Moore Israel – Levana Abarbanel Puerto Rico – Ivette Rosado Singapore – Pauline Poh Spain – Luz María Polegre Trinidad and Tobago – Patricia Anderson Leon Venezuela – Genoveva Rivero

Contestants

60 contestants competed for the title.^[3]

Country/Territory	Contestant	Age^[a]	Hometown
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
South Africa	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

^ Ages at the time of the pageant.
^ Competed as "Miss Africa South"

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

^ ^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.

[ages-5] Ages at the time of the pageant.

[6] Competed as "Miss Africa South"

[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.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[google.com1-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l "Gadsden Times". Retrieved 26 January 2016.

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

[7] "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.

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

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