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Svetlana Velmar-Janković
| Miss World 1976 | |
|---|---|
| Date | 18 November 1976 |
| Presenters | |
| Venue | Royal Albert Hall, London, United Kingdom |
| Broadcaster | |
| Entrants | 60 |
| Placements | 15 |
| Debuts |
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| Withdrawals |
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| Returns |
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| Winner | Cindy Breakspeare[1] Jamaica |
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.
Blackground
Selection of participants
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]
Replacements
Sandra Kong of Jamaica withdrew from the competition due to the apartheid system in South Africa. Subsequently, Cindy Breakspeare, a protégé of Haughton, was selected to represent Jamaica and went on to win the Miss World title.[4]
Debuts, returns, and, withdrawals
This edition marked the debut of Guatemala and the United States Virgin Islands and the return of French Polynesia (as Tahiti), which last competed in 1965, Chile last competed in 1969, Paraguay last competed in 1972, Cyprus last competed in 1973 and Ecuador, Jamaica and Spain last competed in 1974.
Barbados, Bolivia, Cuba, Guernsey, Haiti, Nicaragua, Saint Lucia and Tunisia, withdrew from the competition for unknown reasons. Naina Sudhir Balsavar of India, Che Puteh Che Naziauddin of Malaysia, Anne-Lise Lasur of Mauritius, Josephine “Joy” Salazar Conde of the Philippines, Lynn Elisea Gobine of Seychelles, Tamara Ingrid Subramanian of Sri Lanka, Zanella Tutu Tshabalala of Swaziland and Slavica Stefanović of Yugoslavia: withdrew from the competition due to protests against South Africa.[3][5] Lorraine Wede Johnson of Liberia was supposed to compete but also withdrew from in the same reason.[3] Jane Bird of Rhodesia, 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.[6][7]
Results
Placements
| Placement | Contestant |
|---|---|
| Miss World 1976 | |
| 1st runner-up | |
| 2nd runner-up |
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| 3rd runner-up |
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| 4th runner-up |
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| Top 7 | |
| Top 15 |
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Contestants
60 contestants competed for the title.[3]
| Country/Territory | Contestant | Age[a] | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|
 Argentina
|
Adriana Salguiero | 19 | Tres Arroyos |
 Aruba
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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[8] | 20 | Ancaster |
 Chile
|
María Cristina Granzow | 18 | Santiago |
 Colombia
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María Loretta Celedón | 19 | Valledupar |
 Costa Rica
|
Ligia Ramos | 23 | San Jose |
 Curaçao
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Viveca Marchena | 18 | Willemstad |
 Cyprus
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Andri Tsangaridou | 20 | Famagusta |
 Denmark
|
Susanne Hansen | 18 | Copenhagen |
 Dominican Republic
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Jenny Corporán | 17 | Santo Domingo |
 Ecuador
|
Marie Clare Fontaine | 20 | Guayaquil |
 El Salvador
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Soraya Camondari | 17 | San Salvador |
 Finland
|
Merja Tammi | 21 | Helsinki |
 France
|
Monique Uldaric | 22 | Paris |
 French Polynesia[b]
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Patricia Servonnat | 18 | Papeete |
 Gibraltar
|
Rosemarie Parody | 19 | Gibraltar |
 Greece
|
Rania Theofilou | 20 | Athens |
 Guam
|
Diana Marie Duenas | 17 | Agana |
 Guatemala
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Marta Elisa Richardson | 21 | Guatemala City |
 Holland
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Stephanie Flatow | 23 | Rotterdam |
 Honduras
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Maribel Ayala | 18 | San Pedro Sula |
 Hong Kong
|
Christine Leung | 22 | Hong Kong |
 Iceland
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Sigríður Olgeirsdóttir | 19 | Reykjavik |
 Ireland
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Jakki Moore | 17 | Dublin |
 Israel
|
Levana Abarbanel | 17 | Tel Aviv |
 Italy
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Antonella Lombrosi | 17 | Milan |
 Jamaica
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Cindy Breakspeare | 21 | Kingston |
 Japan
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Noriko Asakuno | 19 | Tokyo |
 Jersey
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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
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María Cristina Fernández | 21 | Asuncion |
 Peru
|
Rocío Lazcano | 21 | Lima |
 Puerto Rico
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Ivette Rosado | 19 | Bayamón |
 Singapore
|
Pauline Poh | 18 | Singapore |
 South Africa
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Lynn Massyn | 18 | Durban |
| Veronica Mutsepe[c] | 21 | Pretoria | |
 South Korea[d]
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Shin Byoung-sook | 19 | Seoul |
 Spain
|
Luz María Polegre | 18 | Tenerife |
 Sweden
|
Ann-Christine Gernandt | 19 | Stockholm |
 Switzerland
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Ruth Crottet | 21 | Lugano |
 Thailand
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Duangcheewan Komolsen | 20 | Bangkok |
 Trinidad and Tobago
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Patricia Anderson Leon | 21 | San Fernando |
 Turkey
|
Jale Bayhan[9] | 20 | Ankara |
 United Kingdom
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Carol Jean Grant | 19 | Glasgow |
 United States
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Kimberly Foley[8] | 21 | Southfield |
 United States Virgin Islands[e]
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Denise La Franque | 19 | Saint Croix |
 Uruguay
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Sara Alaga | 19 | Salto |
 Venezuela
|
Genoveva Rivero | 19 | Caracas |
 West Germany
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Monika Schneeweiss† | 21 | Frankfurt |
Notes
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 "Gadsden Times". Retrieved 26 January 2016.
- ^ "Sandra Kong - The Jamaica beauty queen who withdrew from Miss World". Jamaica Gleaner. 24 September 2023. Retrieved 28 March 2025.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b c "The Southeast Missourian". Retrieved 26 January 2016.
- ^ 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.
Miss World 1976 national titleholders | |
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