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Miss World 1978
Miss World 1978 TitlecardDate 16 November 1978 Presenters Sacha Distel and Paul Burnett Venue Royal Albert Hall, London, England, United Kingdom Broadcaster BBC Entrants 68 Placements 15 Debuts Dominica, and St. Vincent & the Grenadines Withdraws Bolivia, Lebanon, Luxembourg, Panama, Papua New Guinea, and South Africa Returns India, Italy, Jamaica, Malaysia, Mauritius, Nigeria, Philippines, Singapore, Swaziland, Tunisia, and Virgin Islands Winner Silvana Suárez
ArgentinaPersonality Wendy Daykin
Cayman IslandsPhotogenic Martha Eugenia Ortiz
MexicoMiss World 1978, the 28th Miss World pageant, was held on November 16, 1978 in the Royal Albert Hall, London, UK. The winner was Silvana Suárez from Argentina. First runner-up was Ossie Margareta Carlsson representing Sweden, second was Denise Coward from Australia, third was Martha Eugenia Ortiz of Mexico, and fourth was Gloria Valenciano from Spain.
Contents
Results
Placements
Final Results Contestant Miss World 1978 1st Runner-up - Sweden - Ossie Margareta Carlsson
2nd Runner-up - Australia - Denise Ellen Coward
3rd Runner-up - Mexico - Martha Eugenia Ortiz
4th Runner-up - Spain - Gloria Valenciano
Finalists - Switzerland - Jeanette Keller
- United Kingdom - Elizabeth Jones
Semi-finalists - Austria - Doris Elizabeth Anwander
- Costa Rica - Maribel Fernández
- Finland - Eija Hillevi Laaksonen
- India - Kalpana Iyer
- Puerto Rico - Maria Jesus Cañizares
- Sri Lanka - Manohori Vanigasooriya
- United States - Debra Jean Freeze
- Venezuela - Patricia Tóffoli
Special awards
- Miss Personality: Wendy Lorraine Daykin (Cayman Islands)
- Miss Photogenic: Martha Eugenia Ortiz Gomez (Mexico)
- Miss Talent: Louvette Monzon Hammond (Philippines)
68 Contestants
- Argentina - Silvana Rosa Suárez Clarence
- Aruba - Rose Anne Marie Lejuez
- Australia - Denise Ellen Coward
- Austria - Doris Elizabeth Anwander
- Bahamas - Donna Marie McCook
- Belgium - Françoise Helene Julia Moens
- Bermuda - Madeline Francine Joell
- Brazil - Laura Angelica Viana de Oliveira Pereira
- Canada - Brigitte June Hoffmann
- Cayman Islands - Wendy Lorraine Daykin
- Chile - Maria Trinidad Sepulveda Pavon
- Colombia - Denise de Castro Santiago
- Costa Rica - Maribel Fernandez Garcia
- Curaçao - Silvana Angely Trinidad
- Cyprus - Mary Adamou
- Denmark - Birgit Stefansen
- Dominica - Mona-Jo Lewis
- Dominican Republic - Jenny Polanco
- Ecuador - Antonieta Cecilia Campodonico Aguirre
- El Salvador - Iris Ivette Mazorra Castro
- Finland - Eija Hillevi Laaksonen
- France - Kelly Hoarau
- Germany - Monika Greis
- Gibraltar - Rosanna Bonfante
- Greece - Ariana Dimitropoulou
- Guam - Elizabeth Clara Tenorio
- Holland - Ans van Haaster
- Honduras - Maria Elena Bodadilla
- Hong Kong - Faustina (Fiona) Lin Wai-Ling
- Iceland - Asdis Loftsdóttir
- India - Kalpana Iyer
- Ireland - Lorraine Marion O'Conner
- Isle of Man - Carol Ann Kneale
- Israel - Sari Alon
- Italy - Loren Cristina Mai
- Jamaica - Joan Marcia McDonald
- Japan - Yuko Yamaguchi
- Jersey - Chantal Angeline Gosselin
- Korea - Je Eun-jin
- Malaysia - Kartina Osir
- Malta - Mary Cumbo
- Mauritius - Genevieve Chanea
- Mexico - Martha Eugenia Ortiz Gomez
- New Zealand - Lorian Dawn Tangney
- Nigeria - Irene Omagbemi
- Norway - Elisabet Klaeboe
- Paraguay - Susana del Pilar Galli
- Peru - Karen Ines Noeth Haupt
- Philippines - Louvette Monzon Hammond
- Puerto Rico - Maria Jesus Cañizares
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - June de Nobriga
- Samoa - Rosalina Sapolu
- Singapore - Rosie Tan
- Spain - Gloria Maria Valenciano Rijo
- Sri Lanka - Manohori Vanigasooriya
- Swaziland - Nyamalele Nilovu
- Sweden - Ossie Margareta Carlsson
- Switzerland - Jeanette Keller
- Tahiti - Moeata Schmouker
- Thailand - Orasa Panichapan
- Trinidad and Tobago - Kathleen Thomas
- Tunisia - Malek Nemlaghi
- Turkey - Sevil Ozgultekin
- United Kingdom - Elizabeth Ann Jones
- United States - Debra Jean Freeze
- Uruguay - Mabel Rua
- Venezuela - Katy Patricia Toffoli Andrade
- Virgin Islands - Enid d'Lores Francis
National pageant notes
Returning countries and debuts
- Dominica and St. Vincent & the Grenadines competed in Miss World for the first time.
- Nigeria last competed in 1970.
- India, Malaysia, Mauritius, Philippines, Swaziland, and Tunisia last competed in 1975. India, Malaysia, Mauritius, Philippines, and Swaziland were the contestants who withdrew in two consecutive pageants, Miss World 1976, and 1977, due to a protest against South Africa's participation, consisting of one black and one white delegate.
- Virgin Islands last competed in 1976.
- Italy, Jamaica, and Singapore last competed in 1977. Even though Italy returned to Miss World pageant after the disqualification of its underaged contestant, Jamaica and Singapore were also the contestants who withdrew in previous year's Miss World, due to a protest against South Africa's participation.
Withdrawals and Nations not competing
- This is the first time that South Africa did not participate in Miss World due to an apartheid policy for 14 years.
Other Notes
- Spain, who placed 5th in Miss World 1978, failed to make into the semi-finals in Miss Universe 1979 in Perth, Western Australia, along with Ireland and St. Vincent.
- Austria, Costa Rica, and United Kingdom (representing Wales) failed to make into the semi-finals in Miss Universe 1978 in Acapulco, Mexico. Costa Rica won the award for Miss Photogenic. Belgium, who was the semi-finalist in Miss Universe 1978, failed to make into the Top 15 in Miss World.
- Bolivia from Miss Universe 1977, Guatemala from Miss Universe 1978, Lebanon, and Yugoslavia did not compete in Miss World. Yugoslavia arrived in London the day before the Miss World pageant, but was too late to participate.
- This is also the first time that the award for Miss Talent was given. Philippines, Louvette Monzon Hammond, won the award.
- Tunisia, Malek Nemlaghi was disqualified at the time of her session when she refused to unveil her traditional Moslem yashmak for the T-shirt and shorts. After her disqualification, she changed her mind the next day, wore the outfit without the veil and was allowed to participate in Miss World.
- Costa Rica, Maribel Fernandez Garcia, failed to make into the semi-finals in Miss Universe 1978 in Acapulco, Mexico, but she won the award for Miss Photogenic. She currently lives in Mexico and then became a famous actress in Mexican film industry.
- United Kingdom, Elizabeth Ann Jones was Miss Teenage Intercontinental 1977, she won as Miss England. The current Miss Intercontinental pageant used to be called Miss Teenage Intercontinental.
- 6 out of 15 countries which made it into the semifinals, were not in the semifinals last year: Costa Rica (1965), Sri Lanka (1970), India (1975), and Argentina, Puerto Rico, and Venezuela (1976).
- Sri Lanka placed for the fourth time, last time placing in 1970.
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