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Miss World 1977, the 27th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 17 November 1977 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, UK. The winner was Mary Ann-Catrin Stävin from Sweden. She was crowned by Miss World 1976, Cindy Breakspeare of Jamaica. 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. Stävin was awarded a $37,000 cash prize as the winner of the pageant.

Contestants
A total of 62 contestants participated in Miss World 1977.


 * 🇦🇷 Argentina – Susana Beatriz Stéfano
 * 🇦🇼 Aruba – Helene Marie Croes
 * 🇦🇺 Australia – Jaye-Leanne Hopewell
 * 🇦🇹 Austria – Eva Maria Duringer
 * 🇧🇸 Bahamas – Laurie Lee Joseph
 * 🇧🇪 Belgium – Claudine Marie Vasseur
 * 🇧🇲 Bermuda – Connie Marie Firth
 * 🇧🇴 Bolivia – Elizabeth Yanone Morón
 * 🇧🇷 Brazil – Madalena Sbaraini
 * 🇨🇦 Canada – Marianne McKeen
 * 🇰🇾 Cayman Islands – Patricia Jane Jackson-Patiño
 * 🇨🇱 Chile – Annie Marie Garling
 * 🇨🇴 Colombia – María Clara O'Byrne Aycardi
 * 🇨🇷 Costa Rica – Carmen María Núñez Benavides
 *  Netherlands Antilles – Xiomara Maria Winklaar
 * 🇨🇾 Cyprus – Georgia Georgiou
 * 🇩🇰 Denmark – Annette Dybdal Simonsen
 * 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic – Jacqueline Patricia Hernández
 * 🇪🇨 Ecuador – Lucía del Carmen Hernández Quiñones
 * 🇸🇻 El Salvador – Magaly Varela Rivera
 * 🇫🇮 Finland – Asta Seppäla
 * 🇫🇷 France – Véronique Fagot
 *  West Germany – Dagmar Gabriele Winkler
 * 🇬🇮 Gibraltar – Lourdes Holmes
 * 🇬🇷 Greece – Lina Ioannou
 * 🇬🇺 Guam – Diane Haun
 *  Holland – Ineke Berends
 * 🇭🇳 Honduras – María Marlene Villela
 *  British Hong Kong – Ada Lui Shu-yang
 * 🇮🇸 Iceland – Sigurlaug (Dilly) Halldórsdóttir
 * 🇮🇪 Ireland – Lorraine Bernadette Enriquez
 * 🇮🇲 Isle of Man – Helen Jean Shimmin
 * 🇮🇱 Israel – Ya'el Hovav
 * 🇯🇵 Japan – Chizuru Shigemura
 * 🇯🇪 Jersey – Blodwen Elizabeth Pritchard
 * 🇰🇷 South Korea – Kim Soon-ae
 * 🇱🇧 Lebanon – Vera Alouane
 * 🇱🇺 Luxembourg – Jeannette Henriette (Jenny) Colling
 * 🇲🇹 Malta – Pauline Lewise Farrugia
 * 🇲🇽 Mexico – Elizabeth Aguilar González
 * 🇳🇿 New Zealand – Michelle Jean Hyde
 * 🇳🇮 Nicaragua – Beatriz Obregón
 * 🇳🇴 Norway – Åshild Jenny Ottesen
 * 🇵🇦 Panama – Anabelle Vallarino
 * 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea – Sayah Karukuru
 * 🇵🇾 Paraguay – María Elizabeth Giardina
 * 🇵🇪 Peru – María Isabel Frías Zavala
 * 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico – Didriana (Dee Dee) del Río
 * 🇼🇸 Samoa – Ana Decima Schmidt
 * 🇿🇦 South Africa – Vanessa Wannenberg
 * 🇪🇸 Spain – Guillermina Ruiz Doménech
 * 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka – Sharmini Senaratna
 * 🇸🇪 Sweden – Mary Ann-Catrin Stävin
 * 🇨🇭 Switzerland – Danielle Patricia Haberli
 * 🇫🇷 Tahiti – Therese Amo
 * 🇹🇭 Thailand – Siriporn Savanglum
 *  Trinidad & Tobago – Marlene Villafana
 * 🇹🇷 Turkey – Kamer Bulutote
 * 🇬🇧 United Kingdom – Madeleine Karen Stringer
 * 🇺🇸 United States – Cindy Darlene Miller
 * 🇺🇾 Uruguay – Adriana María Umpierre Escudero
 * 🇻🇪 Venezuela – Jackeline van den Branden Oquendo

Contestants who withdrew in protest against the presence of a white Miss South Africa

 *  – Veena Prakash
 *  – Siti Mirza Nuria Arifin
 *  – Sandra Kong
 *  – Welma Albertine Wani Campbell
 *  – Christine Mary Lim
 *  – Maria Ingrid Desmarais
 *  – Ana Melissa (Peachy) Ofilada Veneracion
 *  – Veronica Lourdes
 *  – Zanella Tutu Tshabalala
 *  – Svetlana Višnjić

Judges
A panel of ten judges evaluated the performances of Miss World 1962 contestants. The judges are: .
 * Joan Collins
 * Micky Dolenz
 * Claude François
 * Eric Morley
 * Robert Powell
 * Barry Sheene
 * Oliver Tobias

Returns

 * Last competed in 1971:
 * Last competed in 1975:
 * Last competed in 1975:

Withdrawals

 *  - The local pageant renamed Miss Black South Africa and withdrew.
 *  – Anna Maria Kanakis was disqualified in the pageant, because organizers discovered that she competed in Miss World at the very young age of 15.

Replacement

 *  – Janice Galea also had the same issue with 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.

Crossovers
Miss Asia Quest Miss Austria, Eva Marie Duringer, placed 1st RU in the 1977 Miss Universe held in the Dominican Republic which was won by Janelle Commissiong of Trinidad & Tobago.
 * 1978: 🇹🇭 – Siriporn Savanglum (Winner)