Miss World 1977

Miss World 1977
Miss World 1977 Titlecard
Date	17 November 1977
Presenters	Sacha Distel and Ray Moore
Venue	Royal Albert Hall, London, England, United Kingdom
Broadcaster	BBC
Entrants	62
Debuts	Cayman Islands, Isle of Man, Papua New Guinea, and Samoa
Withdraws	Africa South, India, Indonesia, Italy, Jamaica, Liberia, Malaysia, Mauritius, Philippines, Singapore, Swaziland, Virgin Islands, and Yugoslavia
Returns	Bolivia, Nicaragua, Panama, and Sri Lanka
Winner	Mary Ann Catrin Stävin  Sweden

Countries and territories which sent delegates and results.

The 27th Miss World Pageant was held on November 17, 1977 in the Royal Albert Hall, London, UK. The winner was Mary Ann Catrin Stävin from Sweden. Runner up was Ineke Berends representing Holland, third was Dagmar Gabriele Winkler from Germany, fourth was Madalena Sbaraini of Brazil, and fifth was Cindy Darlene Miller from United States.

Results

Special awards

• Personality: Maria Elizabeth Giardina (Paraguay)
• Photogenic: Dagmar Gabriele Winkler (Germany)

62 Contestants

Withdrew contestants in protest against the presence of a white Miss South Africa

Trivia

Returning countries and Debuts

• Cayman Islands, Isle of Man, Papua New Guinea, and Samoa competed in Miss World for the first time.
• Panama last competed in 1971.
• Bolivia, Nicaragua, and Sri Lanka last competed in 1975.

Withdrawals and Nations not competing

• Italy (Anna Maria Kanakis) was disqualified in the pageant, because organizers discovered that she competed in Miss World at the very young age of 15. Malta (Janice Galea) also had the same issue with age requirements, because her age was similar to Miss Italy before the pageant. At the very last minute, she was replaced by her successor, and first runner-up, Pauline Lewise Farrugia.

External sources

• Pageantopolis