Miss World 1977

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 Stävin from Sweden. She was crowned by Miss World 1976, Cindy Breakspeare of Jamaica. The first runner-up was Ineke Berends representing Holland, while the second runner-up was Dagmar Winkler from West Germany, the third runner-up was Madalena Sbaraini of Brazil, and the fourth runner-up 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

Miss New Zealand 1977, Donna Schultz, was replaced by Michelle Hyde due to unknown reasons. 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 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. 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.

Results

Placements

Judges

A panel of ten judges evaluated the performances of the sixty-two contestants. They were:

• Maurice Hope - boxer
• Oliver Tobias - actor
• Micky Dolenz - actor, musician and vocalist
• Robert Powell - actor
• Dr. Reita Faria - Miss World 1966 from India
• Eric Morley (chairman) - president of Mecca Leisure Group, Variety International
• Joan Collins - actress
• Claude François - singer
• Barry Sheene - motorcyclist
• Cynthia Wetzell - sponsor from Samoa

Contestants

62 contestants competed for the title.

Notes

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