User:Mauriziok/Miss World 1976

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 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.

Contestants
60 contestants participated in Miss World 1976.


 * 🇿🇦 South Africa – 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
 * 🇨🇱 Chile – María Cristina Granzow
 * 🇨🇴 Colombia – María Loretta Celedón Holguín
 * 🇨🇷 Costa Rica – Ligia María Ramos Quesada
 *  Netherlands Antilles – 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
 *  West 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
 *  British 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
 * 🇰🇷 South 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
 * 🇺🇾 Uruguay – Sara Alaga Valega
 * 🇻🇪 Venezuela – María Genoveva Rivero Giménez
 *  US Virgin Islands – Denise La Franque

Withdrawals in protest against South Africa's race policies

 * 🇮🇳 India – Naina Sudhir Balsavar
 * 🇱🇷 Liberia – Lorraine Wede Johnson (did not compete)
 * 🇲🇾 Malaysia – Che Puteh Che Naziauddin
 * 🇲🇺 Mauritius – Anne-Lise Lasur
 * 🇵🇭 Philippines – Joy Conde
 * 🇸🇨 Seychelles – Lynn Elisea Gobine
 * 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka – Tamara Ingrid Subramanian
 * 🇸🇿 Swaziland – Zanella Tutu Tshabalala
 *  Yugoslavia – Slavica Stefanović

Debuts

 * 🇬🇹 Guatemala
 *  US Virgin Islands

Returns

 * Last competed in 1965:
 *  Tahiti
 * Last competed in 1969:
 * 🇨🇱 Chile
 * Last competed in 1972:
 * 🇵🇾 Paraguay
 * Last competed in 1973:
 * 🇨🇾 Cyprus
 * Last competed in 1974:
 * 🇪🇨 Ecuador
 * 🇯🇲 Jamaica
 * 🇪🇸 Spain

Did not compete

 *  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.