Beauty pageant edition
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 from Jamaica . 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 .
Several entrants were forced by their national governments to withdraw to boycott the presence of separate black and white contestants from apartheid South Africa .
Results
Countries and territories which sent delegates and results for Miss World 1976 Placements
Placement
Contestant
Miss World 1976
1st runner-up
2nd runner-up
Guam – Diana Marie Duenas
3rd runner-up
4th runner-up
Top 7
Top 15
Contestants
60 contestants competed for the title.
Withdrawals in protest against South Africa
Notes
Debuts
Returns
Last competed in 1965 :
Last competed in 1969 :
Last competed in 1972 :
Last competed in 1973 :
Last competed in 1974 :
Did not compete
Rhodesia References
^ "Kentucky New Era" . Retrieved 26 January 2016.
^ "Jamaican is Miss World" . The Modesto Bee Modesto, California . Associated Press . 19 November 1976. Retrieved 16 September 2010.
^ "Gadsden Times" . Retrieved 26 January 2016.
^ "The Southeast Missourian" . Retrieved 26 January 2016.
"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.
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Argentina
Aruba
Australia
Austria
Bahamas
Belgium
Bermuda
Brazil
Canada
Chile
Colombia
Costa Rica
Curaçao
Cyprus
Denmark
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
El Salvador
Finland
France
West Germany
Gibraltar
Greece
Guam
Guatemala
Holland
Honduras
Hong Kong
Iceland
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Jersey
Lebanon
Luxembourg
Malta
Mexico
New Zealand
Norway
Paraguay
Peru
Puerto Rico
Singapore
South Africa
South Korea
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Thailand
Trinidad and Tobago
Turkey
United Kingdom
United States
Uruguay
Venezuela
Virgin Islands
India – Naina Sudhir Balsavar
Liberia – Lorraine Wede Johnson (did not compete)
Malaysia – Che Puteh Che Naziauddin
Mauritius – Anne-Lise Lasur
Philippines – Joy Conde
Seychelles – Lynn Elisea Gobine
Sri Lanka – Tamara Ingrid Subramanian
Swaziland – Zanella Tutu Tshabalala
Yugoslavia – Slavica Stefanović
Rhodesia - Jane Bird 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.
