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 |
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 |
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1st Runner-up |
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2nd Runner-up |
- Guam - Diana Marie Roberts Duenas
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3rd Runner-up |
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4th Runner-up |
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Finalists |
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Semi-finalists |
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Special awards
60 Contestants
Withdrawals
In protest against South Africa's race policies [2]
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
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