Miss World 1976

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

Miss World 1976, the 26th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 18 November 1976 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, UK. The winner was Cindy Breakspeare^[1] 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.

Results

Countries and territories which sent delegates and results

Placements

Special awards

Contestants

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

Notes

Debuts

• Guatemala and U.S. Virgin Islands competed in Miss World for the first time.

Returning countries

• 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

External links

• Pageantopolis - Miss World 1976