Miss World 1978

Miss World 1978
Miss World 1978
	Silvana Suárez, Miss World 1978.
Date	16 November 1978
Presenters	Paul Burnett and Sacha Distel†
Venue	Royal Albert Hall, London, UK
Broadcaster	BBC
Entrants	68
Placements	15
Debuts	Dominica; St. Vincent;
Withdrawals	Bolivia; Lebanon; Luxembourg; Nicaragua; Panama; Papua New Guinea; South Africa;
Returns	India; Italy; Jamaica; Malaysia; Mauritius; Nigeria; Philippines; Singapore; Swaziland; Tunisia; Virgin Islands;
Winner	Silvana Suárez †; Argentina

Miss World 1978 was the 28th edition of the Miss World pageant, held at the Royal Albert Hall in London, United Kingdom on 16 November 1978.

At the end of the event, Mary Stävin of Sweden crowned Silvana Suárez of Argentina as the new Miss World, this was the second time Argentina has won Miss World. This was also the first time that the Miss Talent was awarded.[1]

Contestants from 68 countries and territories competed in this year's pageant. The pageant was hosted by Paul Burnett and Sascha Distel. Distel also performed in this year's pageant.

Background

Royal Albert Hall, the location of Miss World 1978

Selection of participants

Contestants from 68 countries and territories were selected to compete in the pageant. Two candidates were appointed to their position to replace the original dethroned winner.

Silvana Suárez, the first runner-up of Miss Argentina 1978, was appointed to represent her country at Miss World after the original winner, Margarita Susana Heindrycks, was disqualified for being underage.[2] Pascale Taurua was originally crowned as Miss France 1978 and was to compete internationally. However, she decided to return to homeland rather than taking the title, and the title was given to Brigitte Konjovic, the first runner-up.[3][4] Due to personal reasons, Konjovic was dethroned as Miss France, and the title of Miss France 1978 was given to the second runner-up Kelly Hoarau.[5]

Malek Nemlaghi of Tunisia was iniitally disqualified after refusing to remove her yashmak and wear boxer shorts for the official photo-call.[6] However, she was reinstated back into the competition after she agreed to remove her yashmak at the dress rehearsal.[7][8]

The 1978 edition saw the debuts of Dominica and Saint Vincent and the returns of India, Italy, Jamaica, Malaysia, Mauritius, Nigeria, Philippines, Singapore, Swaziland, Tunisia, and the Virgin Islands.[9] Nigeria last competed in 1970, India, Malaysia, Mauritius, Philippines, Swaziland, and Tunisia last competed in 1975, while the others last competed in 1976. Bolivia, Lebanon, Luxembourg, Nicaragua, Panama, Papua New Guinea, and South Africa withdrew in this edition. Angelyn Tukana of Papua New Guinea withdrew due to lack of funding.[10] Yolanda Kloppers of South Africa did not compete after the Miss World Organization decided to ban the country from competing due to its apartheid policy.[11]

Results

Placements

Placement	Contestant
Miss World 1978	Argentina – Silvana Suárez[12]
1st Runner-Up	Sweden – Ossie Carlsson[12]
2nd Runner-Up	Australia – Denise Coward[12]
3rd Runner-Up	Mexico – Martha Ortíz[12]
4th Runner-Up	Spain – Gloria Valenciano[12]
Top 7	Switzerland – Jeanette Keller United Kingdom – Ann Jones
Top 15	Austria – Doris Anwander Costa Rica – Maribel Fernández Finland – Eija Laaksonen India – Kalpana Iyer Puerto Rico – María Jesús Cañizares Sri Lanka – Manohori Vanigasooriya United States – Debra Jean Freeze Venezuela – Patricia Tóffoli

Special awards

Award	Winner
Miss Photogenic	Mexico – Martha Ortiz[13]
Miss Talent	Philippines – Louvette Hammond[14]

Contestants

Countries and territories which sent delegates and results[1][12]

68 contestants competed for the tile.

Country/Territory	Contestant	Age[lower-alpha 1]	Hometown
Argentina	Silvana Suárez[2]	20	Córdoba
Aruba	Rose-Anne Lejuez[15]	18	Oranjestad
Australia	Denise Coward[16]	23	Parkdale
Austria	Doris Anwander[17]	18	Bregenz
Bahamas	Donna Marie McCook	23	Nassau
Belgium	Françoise Moens	18	Brussels
Bermuda	Madeline Francine Joell	19	Smith's Parish
Brazil	Laura Angélica Viana Pereira	20	Salvador
Canada	Brigitte June Hofmann	18	Hamilton
Cayman Islands	Wendy Lorraine Daykin	18	George Town
Chile	Trinidad Sepúlveda	22	Santiago
Colombia	Denise de Castro Santiago	19	Barranquilla
Costa Rica	Maribel Fernández[18]	19	San José
Curaçao	Silvana Angely Trinidad	21	Willemstad
Cyprus	Mary Adamou	19	Nicosia
Denmark	Birgit Stefansen	21	Struer
Dominica	Mona Jno-Lewis	19	Roseau
Dominican Republic	Jenny Polanco[19]	20	Puerto Plata
Ecuador	Antonieta Campódonico[20]	18	Guayaquil
El Salvador	Iris Mazorra	18	San Salvador
Finland	Eija Laaksonen[21]	22	Tampere
France	Kelly Hoarau[5]	18	Le Port
Germany	Monika Greis	23	Heidelberg
Gibraltar	Rosanna Bonfante	17	Gibraltar
Greece	Ariana Dimitropoulou	23	Athens
Guam	Elizabeth Tenorio	22	Asan
Holland	Ans van Haaster	22	Amsterdam
Honduras	María Elena Bobadilla	21	San Pedro Sula
Hong Kong	Faustina Lin	22	Hong Kong Island
Iceland	Ásdís Loftsdóttir	20	Vestmannaeyjar
India	Kalpana Iyer	22	Amroha
Ireland	Lorraine O'Conner	24	Cork
Isle of Man	Carole Ann Kneale	20	Douglas
Israel	Sari Alon[22]	19	Tiberias
Italy	Loren Cristina Mai	17	Mantua
Jamaica	Joan McDonald[23]	22	Kingston
Japan	Yuko Yamaguchi	21	Tokyo
Jersey	Chantal Gosselin	21	Saint Helier
Korea	Je Eun-jin	19	Seoul
Malaysia	Kartina Osir	22	Sandakan
Malta	Mary Cumbo	18	Birkirkara
Mauritius	Genevieve Chanea	19	Curepipe
Mexico	Martha Ortiz[18]	18	Mexico City
New Zealand	Lorian Tangney	20	Wellington
Nigeria	Irene Omagbemi	20	Lagos
Norway	Elisabet Klaeboe	17	Oslo
Paraguay	Susana Galli	19	Asunción
Peru	Karen Noeth	18	Lima
Philippines	Louvette Hammond[24]	17	Quezon City
Puerto Rico	María Jesús Cañizares	21	San Juan
Saint Vincent	June de Nobriga[25]	23	Kingstown
Samoa	Rosalina Sapolu	23	Apia
Singapore	Rosie Tan[26]	21	Singapore
Spain	Gloria Valenciano	23	Tenerife
Sri Lanka	Manohori Vanigasooriya	20	Colombo
Swaziland	Nyamalele Nilovu	21	Mbabane
Sweden	Ossie Carlsson	21	Stockholm
Switzerland	Jeannette Keller[27]	20	Zurich
Tahiti	Moeata Schmouker[28]	18	Puna'auia
Thailand	Orasa Panichapan	20	Bangkok
Trinidad and Tobago	Kathleen Thomas	21	Port of Spain
Tunisia	Malek Nemlaghi[7]	19	Tunis
Turkey	Sevil Özgültekin	18	Istanbul
United Kingdom	Ann Jones	20	Welshpool
United States	Debra Jean Freeze	20	Mooresville
United States Virgin Islands	Enid Francis	18	Saint Croix
Uruguay	Mabel Rúa	21	Montevideo
Venezuela	Patricia Tóffoli	18	Coro

Notes

Ages at the time of the pageant

References

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"Argentine girl is Miss World". The Daily News. Huntingdon, Pennsylvania. 20 November 1978. p. 17. Retrieved 12 May 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
Mitote, Pascal (8 March 2015). "Pascale Taurua, Miss France 1978". Polynésie la 1ère (in French). Retrieved 17 May 2023.
Gnipate, Steeven (5 March 2015). "Que devient la Calédonienne Pascale Taurua, Miss France 1978?" [What happens to Caledonian Pascale Taurua, Miss France 1978?]. Outre-mer la 1ère (in French). Retrieved 17 May 2023.
Lazaar, Liane (11 December 2021). "Miss France : Une reine de beauté est la mère d'un comédien de Scènes de ménages !" [Miss France: A beauty queen is the mother of a Scènes de Ménages actor!]. Purepeople (in French). Retrieved 17 May 2023.
"Miss World". The Canberra Times. Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. Reuters. 14 November 1978. p. 5. Retrieved 17 May 2023 – via Trove.
"Face fuss". The Paris News. Paris, Texas. 26 November 1978. p. 7. Retrieved 17 May 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
"Miss World". The Canberra Times. Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. 15 November 1978. p. 7. Retrieved 17 May 2023 – via Trove.
"Miss South Africa out, so S'pore to take part". The Straits Times. 25 August 1978. p. 9. Retrieved 17 May 2023 – via National Library Board.
"Angelyn shapes up nicely..." Papua New Guinea Post-Courier. Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. 28 April 1978. p. 1. Retrieved 17 May 2023 – via Trove.
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"People in the news". The Salina Journal. Salina, Kansas. 16 November 1978. p. 2. Retrieved 12 May 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
Burton-Titular, Joyce (1 October 2013). "From Vivien to Megan: The PH in Miss World history". Rappler. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
"Untitled". Amigoe (in Dutch). Curaçao. 18 October 1978. p. 5. Retrieved 17 May 2023 – via Delpher.
"Denise heads for stardom". The Australian Women's Weekly. 4 October 1978. p. 15. Retrieved 17 May 2023 – via Trove.
"Kniggetrainerin: Job mit Takt" [Etiquette trainer: Job with tact]. Vorarlberg Online (in German). 5 February 2009. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
Flores, Mariana (27 May 2022). "Respira profundo al ver a Maribel Guardia y la esposa de José María Napoleón en un concurso de belleza: FOTO" [Take a deep breath when you see Maribel Guardia and the wife of José María Napoleón in a beauty contest: PHOTO]. El Heraldo de México (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 May 2023.
Pujols, Daniela (24 March 2020). "El día en que la diseñadora Jenny Polanco participó en Miss Mundo" [The day designer Jenny Polanco participated in Miss World]. Diario Libre (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 May 2023.
"Cita solidaria de reinas ecuatorianas" [Solidarity appointment of Ecuadorian queens]. El Universo (in Spanish). 11 July 2016. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
Lindfors, Jukka (28 October 2009). "Seija Paakkola, Miss Suomi 1978". Yle (in Finnish). Retrieved 17 May 2023.
"Beauty queens all". The Australian Jewish Times. Sydney, New South Wales. 15 June 1978. p. 1. Retrieved 17 May 2023 – via Trove.
"Former Miss Jamaica World now wellness ambassador". The Gleaner. 28 December 2020. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
Villano, Alexa (22 April 2016). "8 fun facts: Bb Pilipinas Intercontinental 2016 Jennifer Hammond". Rappler. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
"A history of pageantry in SVG 1951 to 2019". One News St.Vincent. 9 October 2022. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
"Rosie: My 'mission' was to promote S'pore". New Nation. 18 November 1978. p. 2. Retrieved 17 May 2023 – via National Library Board.
"Miss Schweiz Archiv" [Miss Switzerland Archive]. Schweizer Illustrierte (in Swiss High German). Retrieved 17 May 2023.
"60 ans de Miss Tahiti : (re)découvrez toutes les lauréates du concours" [60 years of Miss Tahiti: (re)discover all the winners of the competition]. Polynésie la 1ère (in French). 31 May 2022 [27 April 2021]. Retrieved 17 May 2023.

External links

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[A-15] Ages at the time of the pageant

[google.com-1] "Argentinian picked Miss World". Lodi News-Sentinel. 17 November 1978. Retrieved 26 January 2016.

[:0-2] "Argentine girl is Miss World". The Daily News. Huntingdon, Pennsylvania. 20 November 1978. p. 17. Retrieved 12 May 2023 – via Newspapers.com.

[3] Mitote, Pascal (8 March 2015). "Pascale Taurua, Miss France 1978". Polynésie la 1ère (in French). Retrieved 17 May 2023.

[4] Gnipate, Steeven (5 March 2015). "Que devient la Calédonienne Pascale Taurua, Miss France 1978?" [What happens to Caledonian Pascale Taurua, Miss France 1978?]. Outre-mer la 1ère (in French). Retrieved 17 May 2023.

[:1-5] Lazaar, Liane (11 December 2021). "Miss France : Une reine de beauté est la mère d'un comédien de Scènes de ménages !" [Miss France: A beauty queen is the mother of a Scènes de Ménages actor!]. Purepeople (in French). Retrieved 17 May 2023.

[6] "Miss World". The Canberra Times. Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. Reuters. 14 November 1978. p. 5. Retrieved 17 May 2023 – via Trove.

[:3-7] "Face fuss". The Paris News. Paris, Texas. 26 November 1978. p. 7. Retrieved 17 May 2023 – via Newspapers.com.

[8] "Miss World". The Canberra Times. Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. 15 November 1978. p. 7. Retrieved 17 May 2023 – via Trove.

[9] "Miss South Africa out, so S'pore to take part". The Straits Times. 25 August 1978. p. 9. Retrieved 17 May 2023 – via National Library Board.

[10] "Angelyn shapes up nicely..." Papua New Guinea Post-Courier. Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. 28 April 1978. p. 1. Retrieved 17 May 2023 – via Trove.

[11] Evans, MJ (2014). Broadcasting the End of Apartheid. I.B.Tauris. p. 59. ISBN 978-0-85772-417-5. OCLC 1006045407.

[google.com1-12] "Argentine beauty named 'Miss World'". The Hour. 17 November 1978. Retrieved 26 January 2016.

[13] "People in the news". The Salina Journal. Salina, Kansas. 16 November 1978. p. 2. Retrieved 12 May 2023 – via Newspapers.com.

[14] Burton-Titular, Joyce (1 October 2013). "From Vivien to Megan: The PH in Miss World history". Rappler. Retrieved 13 May 2023.

[16] "Untitled". Amigoe (in Dutch). Curaçao. 18 October 1978. p. 5. Retrieved 17 May 2023 – via Delpher.

[17] "Denise heads for stardom". The Australian Women's Weekly. 4 October 1978. p. 15. Retrieved 17 May 2023 – via Trove.

[18] "Kniggetrainerin: Job mit Takt" [Etiquette trainer: Job with tact]. Vorarlberg Online (in German). 5 February 2009. Retrieved 17 May 2023.

[:2-19] Flores, Mariana (27 May 2022). "Respira profundo al ver a Maribel Guardia y la esposa de José María Napoleón en un concurso de belleza: FOTO" [Take a deep breath when you see Maribel Guardia and the wife of José María Napoleón in a beauty contest: PHOTO]. El Heraldo de México (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 May 2023.

[20] Pujols, Daniela (24 March 2020). "El día en que la diseñadora Jenny Polanco participó en Miss Mundo" [The day designer Jenny Polanco participated in Miss World]. Diario Libre (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 May 2023.

[21] "Cita solidaria de reinas ecuatorianas" [Solidarity appointment of Ecuadorian queens]. El Universo (in Spanish). 11 July 2016. Retrieved 17 May 2023.

[22] Lindfors, Jukka (28 October 2009). "Seija Paakkola, Miss Suomi 1978". Yle (in Finnish). Retrieved 17 May 2023.

[23] "Beauty queens all". The Australian Jewish Times. Sydney, New South Wales. 15 June 1978. p. 1. Retrieved 17 May 2023 – via Trove.

[24] "Former Miss Jamaica World now wellness ambassador". The Gleaner. 28 December 2020. Retrieved 17 May 2023.

[25] Villano, Alexa (22 April 2016). "8 fun facts: Bb Pilipinas Intercontinental 2016 Jennifer Hammond". Rappler. Retrieved 17 May 2023.

[26] "A history of pageantry in SVG 1951 to 2019". One News St.Vincent. 9 October 2022. Retrieved 10 December 2022.

[27] "Rosie: My 'mission' was to promote S'pore". New Nation. 18 November 1978. p. 2. Retrieved 17 May 2023 – via National Library Board.

[28] "Miss Schweiz Archiv" [Miss Switzerland Archive]. Schweizer Illustrierte (in Swiss High German). Retrieved 17 May 2023.

[29] "60 ans de Miss Tahiti : (re)découvrez toutes les lauréates du concours" [60 years of Miss Tahiti: (re)discover all the winners of the competition]. Polynésie la 1ère (in French). 31 May 2022 [27 April 2021]. Retrieved 17 May 2023.