Miss World 1977

{{Infobox beauty pageant

| photo = MW 1977 - BBC.png

| caption = Miss World 1977 titlecard

| winner = Mary Stävin

| represented = Sweden

| date = 17 November 1977

| presenters = {{Hlist|Ray Moore†|Andy Williams†}}

| venue = Royal Albert Hall, London, United Kingdom

| broadcaster = BBC

| entrants = 62

| placements = 15

| debuts = {{Hlist|Cayman Islands|Isle of Man|Papua New Guinea|Western Samoa}}

| returns = {{Hlist|Bolivia|Nicaragua|Panama|Sri Lanka}}

| withdrawals = {{Hlist|Guatemala|Italy|Jamaica|Singapore|United States Virgin Islands}}

| before = 1976

| next = 1978

}}

Miss World 1977 was the 27th edition of the Miss World pageant, held on 17 November 1977 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, United Kingdom. The winner was Mary Ann-Catrin Stävin from Sweden.{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1350&dat=19771117&id=ZjVPAAAAIBAJ&pg=7028,2541265&hl=en | newspaper=Toledo Blade | title=Miss Sweden Now Miss World | date=18 November 1977 | page=2 | access-date=29 May 2018 }} She was crowned by Miss World 1976, Cindy Breakspeare of Jamaica.{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1291&dat=19771125&id=yyFUAAAAIBAJ&pg=5825,3964098&hl=en | newspaper=Boca Raton News | title=John Wayne is host of special at 9 p.m. (TV listings) | date=25 November 1977 | page=7 | access-date=29 May 2018 }} Runner-up, was Ineke Berends representing Holland, third was Dagmar Gabriele Winkler from West Germany, fourth was Madalena Sbaraini of Brazil, and fifth was Cindy Darlene Miller from the United States. Stävin was awarded a $37,000 cash prize as the winner of the pageant.

Selection of participants

= Replacements =

Janice Galea of Malta withdrew from the competition due to age requirements, because her age was similar to Miss Italy before the pageant. At the last minute, she was replaced by her successor, and first runner-up, Pauline Lewise Farrugia.

= Debuts, returns, and withdrawals =

This edition marked the debut of Cayman Islands, Isle of Man, Papua New Guinea and Western Samoa. And the return of Bolivia, Nicaragua, Panama and Sri Lanka; Panama, which last competed in 1971 and Bolivia, Nicaragua and Sri Lanka last competed in 1975.

Guatemala and the United States Virgin Islands, withdrew from the competition for unknown reasons. Anna Maria Kanakis of Italy, was disqualified from the pageant, because organizers discovered that she was underage. Sandra Kong of Jamaica and Veronica Lourdes of Singapore both withdrew from the competition due to protest against the presence of Miss South Africa. Additionally, the Black representative from South Africa, who competed under the name “Africa South”, also withdrew from the pageant.{{Efn|The local pageant renamed Miss Black South Africa and withdrew}} Contestants who withdrew in protest against the presence of Miss South Africa; Veena Prakash of India, Siti Mirza Nuria Arifin of Indonesia, Welma Campbell of Liberia, Ingrid Desmarais of Mauritius, Ana Melissa “Peachy” Ofilada Veneracion of the Philippines, Zanella Tutu Tshabalala of Swaziland and Svetlana Višnjić of Yugoslavia{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1977/11/17/archives/miss-world-entries-quit-over-south-africa-issue.html|title=Miss World Entries Quit Over South Africa Issue|work=The New York Times|date=November 17, 1977|access-date=April 8, 2023}}{{Cite news|last=Burton-Titular|first=Joyce|date=1 October 2013|title=From Vivien to Megan: The PH in Miss World history|url=https://www.rappler.com/entertainment/pageants/40304-philippines-miss-world-history/|access-date=28 April 2025|website=Rappler|language=en|archive-date=24 July 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240724212547/https://onedio.com/haber/hepsi-zirveye-cikti-ancak-hepsi-orada-kalamadi-turkiye-nin-son-25-yildaki-turkiye-guzelleri-simdi-ne-yapiyor-860708|url-status=live}}

Results

= Placements =

File:Miss World 1977 Map.PNG

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Placement ! Contestant
Miss World 1977 \| {{flag\|Sweden}} – Mary Stävin
1st runner-up \| {{flag\|Holland}} – Ineke Berends
2nd runner-up \| {{flag\|West Germany}} – Dagmar Winkler
3rd runner-up \| {{flag\|Brazil\|1968}} – Madalena Sbaraini
4th runner-up \| {{flag\|United States}} – Cindy Darlene Miller
Top 7 \| {{flag\|Australia}} – Jaye-Leanne Hopewell {{flag\|United Kingdom}} – Madeleine Stringer
Top 15 \| {{flag\|Austria}} – Eva Maria Düringer Cavalli {{flag\|Denmark}} – Annette Simonsen {{flag\|Finland}} – Asta Seppälä {{flag\|France}} – Véronique Fagot-Malapert {{flag\|Mexico}} – Elizabeth Aguilar González {{flag\|Peru}} – Isabel Frías {{flag\|Spain\|1977}} – Guillermina Ruiz {{flag\|Switzerland}} – Danielle Haberli

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Placement

! Contestant

Miss World 1977

{{flag|Sweden}} – Mary Stävin

1st runner-up

{{flag|Holland}} – Ineke Berends

2nd runner-up

{{flag|West Germany}} – Dagmar Winkler

3rd runner-up

{{flag|Brazil|1968}} – Madalena Sbaraini

4th runner-up

{{flag|United States}} – Cindy Darlene Miller

Top 7

{{flag|Australia}} – Jaye-Leanne Hopewell
{{flag|United Kingdom}} – Madeleine Stringer

Top 15

{{flag|Austria}} – Eva Maria Düringer Cavalli
{{flag|Denmark}} – Annette Simonsen
{{flag|Finland}} – Asta Seppälä
{{flag|France}} – Véronique Fagot-Malapert
{{flag|Mexico}} – Elizabeth Aguilar González
{{flag|Peru}} – Isabel Frías
{{flag|Spain|1977}} – Guillermina Ruiz
{{flag|Switzerland}} – Danielle Haberli

Judges

A panel of ten judges evaluated the performances of Miss World 62 contestants. The judges are:

Joan Collins
Micky Dolenz
Claude François †
Eric Morley † - CEO of Miss World Organization
Robert Powell
Barry Sheene †
Oliver Tobias

== Contestants ==

62 contestants competed for the title.

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!Country/Territory

!Contestant

!Age

!Hometown

{{flagicon|ARG}} Argentina

|Susana Stéfano

|20

|Salta

|Helene Croes

|19

|Oranjestad

|Jaye-Leanne Hopewell

|18

|Perth

|Eva Maria Düringer Cavalli

|18

|Bodensee

|Laurie Lee Joseph

|17

|18

|23

|St. George's Parish

|Elizabeth Yanone

|17

|Santa Cruz de la Sierra

|Madalena Sbaraini

|21

|Porto Alegre

|Marianne McKeen

|23

|Comber

|Patricia Jackson-Patiño

|18

|Grand Cayman

|Annie Garling

|17

|Santiago

|María Clara O'Byrne

|20

|Atlántico

|Carmen Núñez

|17

|San José

|Xiomara Winklaar

|19

|Willemstad

|Georgia Georgiou

|23

|Nicosia

|Annette Simonsen

|16

|Copenhagen

|Jacqueline Hernández

|20

|Santo Domingo

|Lucía Hernández

|18

|Chone

|Magaly Varela

|19

|San Salvador

|Asta Seppälä

|20

|Helsinki

|Véronique Fagot-Malapert

|18

|Poitou

|Therese Amo

|18

|Papeete

|Lourdes Holmes

|18

|Gibraltar

|Lina Ioannou

|24

|Athens

|Diane Haun

|17

|Yigo

|Ineke Berends

|25

|Amsterdam

|Marlene Villela

|21

|Tegucigalpa

|Ada Lui

|18

|Hong Kong

|Sigurlaug Halldórsdóttir

|18

|Reykjavík

|Lorraine Enriquez

|18

|Dublin

|Helen Shimmin

|20

|Douglas

|Ya'el Hovav

|21

|Jerusalem

|Chizuru Shigemura

|22

|Saitama

|Blodwen Pritchard

|18

|St. Helier

|Vera Alouane

|18

|23

|21

|Elizabeth Aguilar González

|22

|Ameca

|Michelle Hyde

|21

|18

|22

|Anabelle Vallarino

|19

|Panama City

|Sayah Karakuru

|24

|Port Moresby

|María Elizabeth Giardina

|21

|Asunción

|Isabel Frías

|22

|Cajamarca

|Didriana del Río

|17

|Santurce

|Vanessa Wannenburg

|21

|Johannesburg

|Kim Soon-ae

|17

|Seoul

|Guillermina Ruiz

|21

|Barcelona

|Sharmini Senaratna

|19

|Colombo

{{flag|Sweden}}

|Mary Stävin

|20

|Örebro

|Danielle Haberli

|19

|Zürich

|Siriporn Savanglum

|17

|Bangkok

|Marlene Villafana

|20

|Port of Spain

|Kamer Bulutöte{{Cite news|date=4 May 2020|last=Tarihi|first=Güncelleme|title=Güzeller canlı yayında buluştu|trans-title=Beauties met on live broadcast|url=https://www.hurriyet.com.tr/galeri-1929dan-gunumuze-turkiye-guzelleri-41508916|access-date=29 April 2025|website=Hürriyet|language=tr|archive-date=2 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230102125519/https://www.hurriyet.com.tr/galeri-1929dan-gunumuze-turkiye-guzelleri-41508916|url-status=live}}

|22

|Istanbul

|Madeleine Stringer

|24

|North Shields

|Cindy Darlene Miller

|20

|Chesapeake

|Adriana Umpierre

|20

|Montevideo

|Jackeline van den Branden

|22

|Caracas

|Dagmar Winkler

|23

|Nuremberg

|Ana Decima Schmidt

|21

|Apia

Notes

{{notelist}}.

References

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{{cite web | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1891&dat=19771118&id=2g4pAAAAIBAJ&pg=4375,3087821&hl=en | title=Swedish girl 'Miss World' | publisher=The Gadsden Times | date=18 November 1977 | access-date=17 January 2016}}

{{cite web | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1356&dat=19771118&id=P59PAAAAIBAJ&pg=5417,4470515&hl=en | title=Farmer's Daughter is Miss World | publisher=Ocala Star-Banner | date=18 November 1977 | access-date=17 January 2016}}

{{cite web | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2507&dat=19771024&id=5-Y9AAAAIBAJ&pg=2584,4975939&hl=en | title=How will Miss World, 1977, measure up to the part? | publisher=The Glasgow Herald | date=24 October 1977 | access-date=17 January 2016}}

{{cite web | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1346&dat=19771114&id=Pl1OAAAAIBAJ&pg=4373,4065813&hl=en | title=Miss World Favorites . . . | publisher=Lakeland Ledger | date=14 November 1977 | access-date=17 January 2016}}

{{cite web | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1346&dat=19771118&id=Ql1OAAAAIBAJ&pg=5389,5206929&hl=en | title=Swede Chosen Miss World | publisher=Lakeland Ledger | date=18 November 1977 | access-date=17 January 2016}}

}}

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