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. The winner was Mary Stävin from Sweden. She was crowned by Miss World 1976, Cindy Breakspeare of Jamaica. 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. Stävin was awarded a $37,000 cash prize as the winner of the pageant.
Selection of participants Replacements Miss New Zealand 1977, Donna Schultz, was replaced by Michelle Hyde due to unknown reasons. 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. 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.
Results Placements
Placement Contestant Miss World 1977 – Mary Stävin 1st runner-up – Ineke Berends 2nd runner-up – Dagmar Winkler 3rd runner-up – Madalena Sbaraini 4th runner-up – Cindy Darlene Miller Top 7 – Jaye Hopewell – Madeleine Stringer Top 15 – Eva Maria Düringer – Annette Simonsen – Asta Seppälä – Véronique Fagot – Elizabeth Aguilar – Isabel Frías – Guillermina Ruiz – Daniela Häberli
Judges A panel of ten judges evaluated the performances of the sixty-two contestants. They were: 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. Country/TerritoryContestantAgeHometown ArgentinaSusana Stéfano20SaltaHelene Croes19OranjestadJaye Hopewell18PerthEva Maria Düringer18BodenseeLaurie Lee Joseph17NassauClaudine Vasseur18BrusselsConnie Frith23St. George's ParishElizabeth Yanone17Santa Cruz de la SierraMadalena Sbaraini21Porto AlegreMarianne McKeen23ComberPatricia Jackson-Patiño18Grand CaymanAnnie Garling17SantiagoMaría Clara O'Byrne20AtlánticoCarmen Núñez17San JoséXiomara Winklaar19WillemstadGeorgia Georgiou23NicosiaAnnette Simonsen16CopenhagenJacqueline Hernández20Santo DomingoLucía Hernández18ChoneMagaly Varela19San SalvadorAsta Seppälä20HelsinkiVéronique Fagot18Poitou Therese Amo18PapeeteLourdes Holmes18GibraltarLina Ioannou24AthensDiane Haun17YigoIneke Berends25AmsterdamMarlene Villela21TegucigalpaAda Lui18Hong KongSigurlaug Halldórsdóttir18ReykjavíkLorraine Enriquez18DublinHelen Shimmin20DouglasYa'el Hovav21JerusalemChizuru Shigemura22SaitamaBlodwen Pritchard18St. HelierVera Alouane18BeirutJeannette Colling23Luxembourg CityPauline Farrugia21ŻebbuġElizabeth Aguilar22AmecaMichelle Hyde21WellingtonBeatriz Obregón18RivasÅshild Ottesen22OsloAnabelle Vallarino19Panama CitySayah Karakuru24Port MoresbyMaría Elizabeth Giardina21AsunciónIsabel Frías22CajamarcaDidriana del Río17SanturceVanessa Wannenburg21JohannesburgKim Soon-ae17SeoulGuillermina Ruiz21BarcelonaSharmini Senaratna19ColomboMary Stävin20ÖrebroDaniela Häberli19ZürichSiriporn Savanglum17BangkokMarlene Villafana20Port of SpainKamer Bulutöte22IstanbulMadeleine Stringer24North ShieldsCindy Darlene Miller20ChesapeakeAdriana Umpierre20MontevideoJackeline van den Branden22CaracasDagmar Winkler23NurembergAna Decima Schmidt21Apia
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