Miss World 1976

Miss World 1976
Date	18 November 1976
Presenters	Sacha Distel and Andy Williams
Venue	Royal Albert Hall, London, England, United Kingdom
Broadcaster	BBC
Entrants	60
Placements	15
Debuts	Guatemala, and Virgin Islands
Withdraws	Barbados, Bolivia, Cuba, Guernsey, India, Liberia, Malaysia, Mauritius, Nicaragua, Philippines, St. Lucia, Seychelles, Sri Lanka, Swaziland, Tunisia, and Yugoslavia
Returns	Chile, Cyprus, Jamaica, Paraguay, Spain, and Tahiti
Winner	Cindy Breakspeare  Jamaica

Countries and territories which sent delegates and results.

The 26th Miss World Pageant was held on November 18, 1976, in the Royal Albert Hall, London, UK.

The winner was Cindy Breakspeare ^[1] from Jamaica. 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.

Results

Final results	Contestant
Miss World 1976	Jamaica - Cindy Breakspeare
1st Runner-up	Australia - Karen Jo Pini
2nd Runner-up	Guam - Diana Marie Roberts Duenas
3rd Runner-up	United Kingdom - Carol Jean Grant
4th Runner-up	Finland - Merja Helena Tammi
Finalists	Holland - Stephanie Flatow  Turkey - Jale Bayhan
Semi-finalists	Argentina - Adriana Laura Salguiero  Ireland - Jakki Moore  Israel - Levana Abarbanel  Puerto Rico - Ivette Rosado  Singapore - Pauline Poh Neo Cheong  Spain - Luz Maria Polegre Hernández  Trinidad and Tobago - Patricia Anderson Leon  Venezuela - Maria Genoveva Rivero Gimenez

Special awards

• Personality: Veronica Rozette Kuki Mutsepe (Africa South)
• Photogenic: Jakki Moore (Ireland)

60 Contestants

Africa South - Veronica Rozette Kuki Mutsepe  Argentina - Adriana Laura Salguiero  Aruba - Maureen Wever  Australia - Karen Jo Pini  Austria - Monika Mühlbauer  Bahamas - Mazorian (Zoie) Larona Miller  Belgium - Yvette Aelbrecht  Bermuda - Vivienne Ann Hollis  Brazil - Adelaida Fraga de Oliveira Filha  Canada - Pamela Mercer  Chile - Maria Cristina Granzow  Colombia - Maria Loretta Celedon Holguin  Costa Rica - Ligia Maria Ramos Quesads  Curaçao - Viveca Francisca Marchena  Cyprus - Andri Tsangaridou  Denmark - Susanne Juul Hansen  Dominican Republic - Jenny Corporan Viñas  Ecuador - Marie Clare Fontaine Velasco  El Salvador - Soraya Camondari Zanotti  Finland - Merja Helena Tammi  France - Monique Uldaric  Germany - Monika Schneeweiss  Gibraltar - Rosemarie Parody  Greece - Rania Theofilou  Guam - Diana Marie Roberts Duenas  Guatemala - Marta Elisa Tirado Richardson  Holland - Stephanie Flatow  Honduras - Maribel Ileana Ayala Ramirez  Hong Kong - Christine Leung Ching-Man  Iceland - Sigridur Helga Olgeirsdóttir  Ireland - Jakki Moore

Israel - Levana Abarbanel  Italy - Antonella Lombrosi  Jamaica - Cynthia Jane (Cindy) Breakspeare  Japan - Noriko Asakuno  Jersey - Susan Hughes  Korea - Shin Byoung-sook  Lebanon - Souad Nakhoul  Luxembourg - Monique Wilmes  Malta - Jane Benedicta Saliba  Mexico - Carla Jean Evert Seguera New Zealand - Anne Clifford  Norway - Nina Kristine Ronneberg  Paraguay - Maria Cristina Fernández Samaniego  Peru - Rocio Rita Lazcáno Mujica  Puerto Rico - Ivette Rosado  Singapore - Pauline Poh Neo Cheong  South Africa - Lynn Massyn  Spain - Luz Maria Polegre Hernández  Sweden - Ann Christin Gernandt  Switzerland - Ruth Crottet  Tahiti - Patricia Mareva Servonnat  Thailand - Duangcheewan Komolsen  Trinidad and Tobago - Patricia Anderson Leon  Turkey - Jale Bayhan  United Kingdom - Carol Jean Grant  United States - Kimberly Marre Foley  Uruguay - Sara Alaga Valega Venezuela - Maria Genoveva Rivero Gimenez  Virgin Islands - Denise La Franque

Withdrawals

In protest against South Africa's race policies ^[2]

India - Naina Sudhir Balsavar  Liberia - Lorraine Wede Johnson  Malaysia - Che Puteh Naziaden  Mauritius - Anne-Lise Lasur  Philippines - Josephine Salazar Conde

Seychelles - Lynn Elisea Gobine  Sri Lanka - Tamara Ingrid Subramanian  Swaziland - Zanella Tutu Tshabalala  Yugoslavia - Slavica Stefanović

Trivia

Returning countries and Debuts

• Guatemala and Virgin Islands competed in Miss World for the first time.
• Tahiti last competed in 1965.
• Chile last competed in 1969.
• Paraguay last competed in 1972.
• Cyprus last competed in 1973.
• Jamaica and Spain last competed in 1975.

References

1. ^ "Jamaican is Miss World". The Modesto Bee. Associated Press (Modesto, California). November 19, 1976. http://news.google.co.nz/newspapers?id=0EUhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=F38FAAAAIBAJ&dq=miss%20world%201976&pg=5846%2C1355899. Retrieved 2010-09-16. 
2. ^ "Jamaica girl wins Miss World title". The Gadsden Times. Associated Press (Gadsden, Alabama). November 20, 1976. http://news.google.co.nz/newspapers?id=SqkfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=NtYEAAAAIBAJ&dq=miss%20world%201976&pg=5153%2C2766961. Retrieved 2010-09-16. 

External links

• Pageantopolis