{{Short description|Beauty pageant edition}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2021}} {{EngvarB|date=November 2015}} {{Infobox beauty pageant | photo = MW 1977 - BBC.png | caption = Miss World 1977 titlecard | winner = [[Mary Stävin]]<ref name="AP-1"/><ref name="Ocala Star-Banner-1"/> | represented = Sweden | date = 17 November 1977 | presenters = {{Hlist|[[Ray Moore (broadcaster)|Ray Moore]]|[[Andy Williams]]}} | venue = [[Royal Albert Hall]], [[London]], United Kingdom<ref name="Lakeland Ledger-2"/> | 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 = [[Miss World 1976|1976]] | next = [[Miss World 1978|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.<ref name="Lakeland Ledger-2"/> The winner was [[Mary Stävin]] from [[Sweden]].<ref name="AP-1"/><ref name="Ocala Star-Banner-1"/><ref name=autogenerated1>{{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 }}</ref> She was crowned by Miss World 1976, [[Cindy Breakspeare]] of Jamaica.<ref>{{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 }}</ref> The first runner-up was Ineke Berends representing Holland, while the second runner-up was [[Dagmar Wöhrl|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.<ref name="AP-1"/><ref name="Ocala Star-Banner-1"/> Stävin was awarded a $37,000 cash prize as the winner of the pageant.<ref name="AP-1"/>
== Selection of participants == === Replacements === [[New Zealand at Miss World|Miss New Zealand]] 1977, Donna Schultz,<ref>{{cite news |title=Page 16 |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/press/1977/06/21/16 |work=[[The Press]] |page=16 |access-date=3 January 2026 |date=21 June 1977 |location=[[Christchurch]], New Zealand |via=[[National Library of New Zealand#Papers Past|Papers Past]]}}</ref> 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 [[Miss World 1971|1971]] and Bolivia, Nicaragua and Sri Lanka last competed in [[Miss World 1975|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.<ref name="Miss World Indonesia Withdrew">{{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}}</ref><ref name="Lakeland Ledger-1"/><ref>{{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}}</ref>
== Results == === Placements === [[File:Miss World 1977 Map.PNG|thumb|250px|Countries and territories which sent delegates and results for Miss World 1977<ref name="AP-1"/><ref name=autogenerated1/><ref name="The Glasgow Herald-1"/><ref name="Lakeland Ledger-1"/>]] {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;" |- ! Placement ! Contestant |- | '''Miss World 1977''' | * '''{{flag|Sweden}}''' – '''[[Mary Stävin]]'''<ref name="AP-1"/><ref name="Ocala Star-Banner-1"/><ref name=autogenerated1 /> |- | 1st runner-up | * {{flag|Holland}} – Ineke Berends<ref name="AP-1"/><ref name="Ocala Star-Banner-1"/> |- | 2nd runner-up | * {{flag|West Germany}} – [[Dagmar Wöhrl|Dagmar Winkler]]<ref name="AP-1"/><ref name="Ocala Star-Banner-1"/> |- | 3rd runner-up | * {{flag|Brazil|1968}} – Madalena Sbaraini<ref name="AP-1"/><ref name="Ocala Star-Banner-1"/> |- | 4th runner-up | * {{flag|United States}} – Cindy Darlene Miller<ref name="AP-1"/><ref name="Ocala Star-Banner-1"/> |- | Top 7 | * {{flag|Australia}} – Jaye Hopewell * {{flag|United Kingdom}} – Madeleine Stringer<ref name="Lakeland Ledger-1"/> |- | Top 15 | * {{flag|Austria}} – [[Eva Maria Düringer Cavalli|Eva Maria Düringer]] * {{flag|Denmark}} – Annette Simonsen * {{flag|Finland}} – Asta Seppälä * {{flag|France}} – Véronique Fagot * {{flag|Mexico}} – [[Elizabeth Aguilar]] * {{flag|Peru}} – Isabel Frías * {{flag|Spain|1977}} – Guillermina Ruiz * {{flag|Switzerland}} – Daniela Häberli |}
== Judges == A panel of ten judges evaluated the performances of the sixty-two contestants. They were:<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Rodríguez Matute |first1= Julio |date=25 April 2020 |title=Miss World 1977 |url=https://rodriguezmatute.home.blog/2020/04/25/miss-world-1977/ |access-date=5 October 2025 |website=MISS WORLD HISTORY / HISTORIA DE MISS MUNDO |language=en}}</ref> *[[Maurice Hope]] - boxer *[[Oliver Tobias]] - actor *[[Micky Dolenz]] - actor, musician and vocalist *[[Robert Powell]] - actor *[[Reita Faria|Dr. Reita Faria]] - Miss World 1966 from India *[[Eric Morley]] (chairman) - president of [[Mecca|Mecca Leisure Group]], Variety International *[[Joan Collins]] - actress *[[Claude François]] - singer *[[Barry Sheene]] - motorcyclist *Cynthia Wetzell - sponsor from Samoa
== Contestants == <!-- FOR NAMES OF COUNTRIES OR TERRITORIES, PLEASE STRICTLY ADHERE TO WP:COMMONNAME POLICIES, DO NOT CHANGE IT JUST BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT MISS WORLD USES. --> 62 contestants competed for the title.<ref name=autogenerated1/> {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;" !Country/Territory !Contestant !Age !Hometown |- |{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Miss Argentina|Argentina]] |[[Susana Beatriz Decibe|Susana Stéfano]] |20 |[[Salta]] |- |{{flag|Netherlands Antilles|1959|name=Aruba}} |Helene Croes |19 |Oranjestad |- |{{flag|Australia}} |Jaye Hopewell<ref name="Lakeland Ledger-1" /> |18 |[[Perth]] |- |{{flag|Austria}} |[[Eva Maria Düringer Cavalli|Eva Maria Düringer]]<ref name="Lakeland Ledger-1" /> |18 |Bodensee |- |{{flag|Bahamas}} |Laurie Lee Joseph |17 |[[Nassau, Bahamas|Nassau]] |- |{{flag|Belgium}} |Claudine Vasseur |18 |[[Brussels]] |- |{{flag|Bermuda}} |Connie Frith |23 |St. George's Parish |- |{{flag|Bolivia|civil}} |Elizabeth Yanone |17 |[[Santa Cruz de la Sierra]] |- |{{flag|Brazil|1968}} |Madalena Sbaraini<ref name="AP-1" /><ref name="Ocala Star-Banner-1" /> |21 |[[Porto Alegre]] |- |{{flag|Canada}} |Marianne McKeen |23 |[[Lakeshore, Ontario|Comber]] |- |{{flag|Cayman Islands|old}} |Patricia Jackson-Patiño |18 |[[Grand Cayman]] |- |{{flag|Chile}} |Annie Garling |17 |[[Santiago]] |- |{{flag|Colombia}} |María Clara O'Byrne |20 |[[Atlántico Department|Atlántico]] |- |{{flag|Costa Rica}} |Carmen Núñez |17 |[[San José, Costa Rica|San José]] |- |{{flag|Netherlands Antilles|1959|name=Curaçao}} |Xiomara Winklaar |19 |[[Willemstad]] |- |{{flag|Cyprus}} |Georgia Georgiou |23 |[[Nicosia]] |- |{{flag|Denmark}} |Annette Simonsen |16 |[[Copenhagen]] |- |{{flag|Dominican Republic|civil}} |Jacqueline Hernández |20 |[[Santo Domingo]] |- |{{flag|Ecuador}} |Lucía Hernández |18 |[[Chone, Ecuador|Chone]] |- |{{flag|El Salvador}} |Magaly Varela |19 |[[San Salvador]] |- |{{flag|Finland}} |Asta Seppälä |20 |[[Helsinki]] |- |{{flag|France}} |Véronique Fagot |18 |[[Poitou]] |- |{{flag|French Polynesia}}{{Efn|Competed as Tahiti in the pageant}} |Therese Amo |18 |[[Papeete]] |- |{{flag|Gibraltar|ensign}} |Lourdes Holmes<ref name="The Glasgow Herald-1" /> |18 |Gibraltar |- |{{flag|Greece|old}} |Lina Ioannou |24 |[[Athens]] |- |{{flag|Guam}} |Diane Haun |17 |[[Yigo, Guam|Yigo]] |- |{{flag|Holland}} |Ineke Berends<ref name="AP-1" /><ref name="Ocala Star-Banner-1" /> |25 |[[Amsterdam]] |- |{{flag|Honduras|1949}} |Marlene Villela |21 |[[Tegucigalpa]] |- |{{flag|British Hong Kong|name=Hong Kong}} |Ada Lui |18 |Hong Kong |- |{{flag|Iceland}} |Sigurlaug Halldórsdóttir |18 |[[Reykjavík]] |- |{{flag|Ireland}} |Lorraine Enriquez |18 |[[Dublin]] |- |{{flag|Isle of Man}} |Helen Shimmin |20 |[[Douglas, Isle of Man|Douglas]] |- |{{flag|Israel}} |Ya'el Hovav |21 |[[Jerusalem]] |- |{{flag|Japan|1947}} |Chizuru Shigemura |22 |[[Saitama, Saitama|Saitama]] |- |{{flag|Jersey|old}} |Blodwen Pritchard |18 |[[St Helier|St. Helier]] |- |{{flag|Lebanon}} |Vera Alouane |18 |[[Beirut]] |- |{{flag|Luxembourg}} |Jeannette Colling |23 |[[Luxembourg City]] |- |{{flag|Malta}} |Pauline Farrugia |21 |[[Żebbuġ]] |- |{{flag|Mexico}} |[[Elizabeth Aguilar]] |22 |[[Ameca, Jalisco|Ameca]] |- |{{flag|New Zealand}} |Michelle Hyde<ref>{{cite news |last=Hyde |first=Michelle |title=Care and comfort for all ‘Miss World’ entrants: By MICHELLE HYDE, the New Zealand representative at the “Miss World” contest in London. |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/press/1977/11/14/15 |work=[[The Press]] |page=15 |access-date=3 January 2026 |date=14 November 1977 |location=[[Christchurch]], New Zealand |via=[[National Library of New Zealand#Papers Past|Papers Past]]}}</ref> |21 |[[Wellington]] |- |{{flag|Nicaragua}} |Beatriz Obregón |18 |[[Rivas, Nicaragua|Rivas]] |- |{{flag|Norway}} |Åshild Ottesen |22 |[[Oslo]] |- |{{flag|Panama}} |Anabelle Vallarino |19 |[[Panama City]] |- |{{flag|Papua New Guinea}} |Sayah Karakuru |24 |[[Port Moresby]] |- |{{flag|Paraguay|1954}} |María Elizabeth Giardina |21 |[[Asunción]] |- |{{flag|Peru}} |Isabel Frías |22 |[[Cajamarca Region|Cajamarca]] |- |{{flag|Puerto Rico}} |Didriana del Río |17 |[[Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico|Santurce]] |- |{{flag|South Africa|1928}} |Vanessa Wannenburg<ref name="Lakeland Ledger-1" /> |21 |[[Johannesburg]] |- |{{flag|South Korea}}{{Efn|Competed as Korea in the pageant}} |Kim Soon-ae |17 |[[Seoul]] |- |{{flag|Spain|1977}} |Guillermina Ruiz |21 |[[Barcelona]] |- |{{flag|Sri Lanka}} |Sharmini Senaratna |19 |[[Colombo]] |- |'''{{flag|Sweden}}''' |'''[[Mary Stävin]]'''<ref name="AP-1" /> |20 |[[Örebro]] |- |{{flag|Switzerland}} |Daniela Häberli<ref>{{cite news |title=Wer wird Miss Welt? |trans-title=Who will be Miss World? |url=https://www.e-newspaperarchives.ch/?a=d&d=BTB19771101-01.2.5 |access-date=27 September 2025 |work=[[Bieler Tagblatt]] |page=1 |date=1 November 1977 |location=[[Biel/Bienne]], Switzerland |language=de |via=[[E-newspaperarchives.ch]]}}</ref> |19 |[[Zürich]] |- |{{flag|Thailand}} |Siriporn Savanglum |17 |[[Bangkok]] |- |{{flag|Trinidad and Tobago}} |Marlene Villafana |20 |[[Port of Spain]] |- |{{flag|Turkey}} |Kamer Bulutöte<ref>{{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}}</ref> |22 |[[Istanbul]] |- |{{flag|United Kingdom}} |Madeleine Stringer<ref name="Lakeland Ledger-1" /> |24 |[[North Shields]] |- |{{flag|United States}} |Cindy Darlene Miller<ref name="AP-1" /><ref name="Ocala Star-Banner-1" /> |20 |[[Chesapeake, Virginia|Chesapeake]] |- |{{flag|Uruguay}} |Adriana Umpierre |20 |[[Montevideo Department|Montevideo]] |- |{{flag|Venezuela|1954}} |Jackeline van den Branden |22 |[[Caracas]] |- |{{flag|West Germany}} |[[Dagmar Wöhrl|Dagmar Winkler]]<ref name="AP-1" /><ref name="Ocala Star-Banner-1" /> |23 |[[Nuremberg]] |- |{{flag|Western Samoa}} |Ana Decima Schmidt |21 |[[Apia]] |}
== Notes == {{notelist}}.
== References == <references> <ref name="AP-1">{{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}}</ref> <ref name="Ocala Star-Banner-1">{{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=[[Star-Banner|Ocala Star-Banner]] | date=18 November 1977 | access-date=17 January 2016}}</ref> <ref name="The Glasgow Herald-1">{{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}}</ref> <ref name="Lakeland Ledger-1">{{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}}</ref> <ref name="Lakeland Ledger-2">{{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}}</ref> </references>
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