Miss World 1977

Miss World 1977, the 27th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 17 November 1977 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, UK.[1] The winner was Mary Ann-Catrin Stävin from Sweden.[2][3][4] She was crowned by Miss World 1976, Cindy Breakspeare of Jamaica.[5] Runner-up was Ineke Berends representing Holland, third was Dagmar Gabriele Winkler from Germany, fourth was Madalena Sbaraini of Brazil, and fifth was Cindy Darlene Miller from United States.[2][3] Stävin was awarded a $37,000 cash prize as the winner of the pageant.[2]

Miss World 1977
Miss World 1977 titlecard
Date17 November 1977
PresentersRay Moore† and Andy Williams†
VenueRoyal Albert Hall, London, UK[1]
BroadcasterBBC
Entrants62
Placements15
DebutsCayman Islands, Isle of Man, Papua New Guinea, Samoa
WithdrawalsAfrica South, India, Indonesia, Italy, Jamaica, Liberia, Malaysia, Mauritius, Philippines, Singapore, Swaziland, Virgin Islands
ReturnsBolivia, Nicaragua, Panama, Sri Lanka
WinnerMary Stävin[2][3]
 Sweden

Results

Placements
Countries and territories which sent delegates and results for Miss World 1977[2][4][6][7]
Placement Contestant
Miss World 1977
1st Runner-up
2nd Runner-up
3rd Runner-up
4th Runner-up
Top 7
Top 15

Contestants

62 contestants competed for the title.[4]

Country/Territory Contestant Age Hometown
Argentina Argentina Susana Stéfano 20 Salta
 Aruba Helene Croes 19 Oranjestad
 Australia Jaye-Leanne Hopewell[7] 18 Perth
 Austria Eva Düringer[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 Seppäla 20 Helsinki
 France Véronique Fagot 18 Poitou
 Germany Dagmar Winkler[2][3] 23 Nuremberg
 Gibraltar Lourdes Holmes[6] 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
 South Korea Kim Soon-ae 17 Seoul
 Lebanon Vera Alouane 18 Beirut
 Luxembourg Jeannette Colling 23 Luxembourg
 Malta Pauline Farrugia 21 Żebbuġ
 Mexico Elizabeth Aguilar 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
 Samoa Ana Decima Schmidt 21 Apia
 South Africa Vanessa Wannenburg[7] 21 Johannesburg
 Spain Guillermina Ruiz 21 Barcelona
 Sri Lanka Sharmini Senaratna 19 Colombo
 Sweden Mary Stävin[2] 20 Örebro
  Switzerland Danielle Haberli 19 Zürich
France Tahiti Therese Amo 18 Papeete
 Thailand Siriporn Savanglum 17 Bangkok
 Trinidad & Tobago Marlene Villafana 20 Port of Spain
 Turkey Kamer Bulutöte 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

Contestants who withdrew in protest against the presence of Miss South Africa

Judges

A panel of ten judges evaluated the performances of Miss World 1962 contestants.[4] The judges are:

.[4]

Notes

Debuts
  •  Cayman Islands
  •  Isle of Man
  •  Papua New Guinea
  •  Western Samoa

Returns
  • Last competed in 1971:
    •  Panama
  • Last competed in 1975:
    •  Bolivia
    •  Nicaragua
    •  Sri Lanka

Withdrawals
  •  Africa South - The local pageant renamed Miss Black South Africa and withdrew.
  •  Italy – Anna Maria Kanakis was disqualified from the pageant, because organizers discovered that she was underage.

Replacement
  •  Malta – Janice Galea also had the same issue with age requirements, because her age was similar to Miss Italy before the pageant. At the last minute, she was replaced by her successor, and first runner-up, Pauline Lewise Farrugia.

References
  1. "Swede Chosen Miss World". Lakeland Ledger. 18 November 1977. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  2. "Swedish girl 'Miss World'". The Gadsden Times. 18 November 1977. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  3. "Farmer's Daughter is Miss World". Ocala Star-Banner. 18 November 1977. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  4. "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. "How will Miss World, 1977, measure up to the part?". The Glasgow Herald. 24 October 1977. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  7. "Miss World Favorites . . ". Lakeland Ledger. 14 November 1977. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  8. "Miss World Entries Quit Over South Africa Issue". The New York Times. 17 November 1977. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
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