User:Mauriziok/Miss World 1976
| Mauriziok/Miss World 1976 | |
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| Date | 18 November 1976 |
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| Venue | Royal Albert Hall, London, United Kingdom |
| Broadcaster | |
| Entrants | 60 |
| Placements | 15 |
| Debuts | |
| Withdrawals | |
| Returns | |
| Winner | Cindy Breakspeare[1] 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, United Kingdom. The winner was Cindy Breakspeare[2] from Jamaica.[1][3] 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
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Placements
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| 1st Runner-up | |
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| Top 7 | |
| Top 15 |
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Contestants
[edit]60 contestants participated in Miss World 1976.[3]
Africa South – Veronica Rozette Kuki Mutsepe
Argentina – Adriana Laura Salguiero
Aruba – Maureen Wever
Australia – Karen Jo Pini
Austria – Monika Mühlbauer
Bahamas – Larona Miller
Belgium – Yvette Aelbrecht
Bermuda – Vivienne Ann Hollis
Brazil – Adelaida Fraga de Oliveira Filha
Canada – Pamela Mercer[4]
Chile – María Cristina Granzow
Colombia – María Loretta Celedón Holguín
Costa Rica – Ligia María Ramos Quesada
Curaçao – Viveca Francisca Marchena
Cyprus – Andri Tsangaridou
Denmark – Susanne Juul Hansen
Dominican Republic – Jenny Corporán 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 Ramírez
Hong Kong – Christine Leung Ching-Man
Iceland – Sigríður Helga Olgeirsdóttir
Ireland – Jakki Moore
Israel – Levana Abarbanel
Italy – Antonella Lombrosi- Jamaica – Cindy Breakspeare
Japan – Noriko Asakuno
Jersey – Susan Hughes
Korea – Shin Byoung-sook
Lebanon – Suad Nachoul
Luxembourg – Monique Wilmes
Malta – Jane Benedicta Saliba
Mexico – Carla Jean Evert Seguera
New Zealand – Anne Clifford
Norway – Nina Kristine Rønneberg
Paraguay – María Cristina Fernández Samaniego
Peru – Rocío Rita Lazcano Mujica
Puerto Rico – Ivette Rosado
Singapore – Pauline Poh Neo Cheong- South Africa – Lynn Massyn
Spain – Luz María Polegre Hernández
Sweden – Ann-Christine 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[4]
Uruguay – Sara Alaga Valega
Venezuela – María Genoveva Rivero Giménez
Virgin Islands – Denise La Franque
Withdrawals in protest against South Africa's race policies
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India[3] – Naina Sudhir Balsavar
Liberia[3] – Lorraine Wede Johnson (did not compete)
Malaysia[3] – Che Puteh Che Naziauddin
Mauritius[3] – Anne-Lise Lasur
Philippines – Joy Conde
Seychelles[3] – Lynn Elisea Gobine
Sri Lanka[3] – Tamara Ingrid Subramanian
Swaziland[3] – Zanella Tutu Tshabalala
Yugoslavia – Slavica Stefanović
Notes
[edit]Debuts
[edit]Returns
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Did not compete
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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.[5][6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Kentucky New Era". Retrieved 26 January 2016.
- ^ a b "Jamaican is Miss World". The Modesto Bee. Modesto, California. Associated Press. 19 November 1976. Retrieved 16 September 2010.[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Gadsden Times". Retrieved 26 January 2016.
- ^ a b c "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.
External links
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[[:Category:Miss World]] [[:Category:1976 in London]] [[:Category:1976 beauty pageants]] [[:Category:Beauty pageants in the United Kingdom]] [[:Category:Events at the Royal Albert Hall]] [[:Category:November 1976 events in the United Kingdom]]