Results

Final results	Contestant
Miss World 1976	Jamaica - Cindy Breakspeare Cindy Breakspeare Cynthia Jean Cameron Breakspeare , better known as Cindy Breakspeare, is a Jamaican jazz musician and former model. She was crowned Miss World 1976, and is the mother of Grammy-winning reggae musician Damian Marley....
1st Runner-up	Australia - Karen Jo Pini
2nd Runner-up	Guam - Diana Marie Roberts Duenas
3rd Runner-up	United Kingdom - Carol Jean Grant
4th Runner-up	Finland - Merja Helena Tammi
Finalists	' - Stephanie Flatow  Turkey - Jale Bayhan
Semi-finalists	Argentina - Adriana Laura Salguiero  Republic of Ireland - Jakki Moore  Israel - Levana Abarbanel  Puerto Rico - Ivette Rosado  Singapore - Pauline Poh Neo Cheong  Spain - Luz Maria Polegre Hernández  Trinidad and Tobago - Patricia Anderson Leon  Venezuela - Maria Genoveva Rivero Gimenez

Special awards

• Personality: Veronica Rozette Kuki Mutsepe (Africa South
  South Africa
  The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
  
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• Photogenic: Jakki Moore (Ireland
  Ireland
  Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
  
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60 Contestants

• ' - Veronica Rozette Kuki Mutsepe
•  Argentina - Adriana Laura Salguiero
•  Aruba - Maureen Wever
•  Australia - Karen Jo Pini
•  Austria - Monika Mühlbauer
•  The Bahamas - Mazorian (Zoie) Larona Miller
•  Belgium - Yvette Aelbrecht
•  Bermuda - Vivienne Ann Hollis
•  Brazil - Adelaida Fraga de Oliveira Filha
•  Canada - Pamela Mercer
•  Chile - Maria Cristina Granzow
•  Colombia - Maria Loretta Celedon Holguin
•  Costa Rica - Ligia Maria Ramos Quesads
•  Curaçao - Viveca Francisca Marchena
•  Cyprus - Andri Tsangaridou
•  Denmark - Susanne Juul Hansen
•  Dominican Republic - Jenny Corporan Viñas
•  Ecuador - Marie Clare Fontaine Velasco
•  El Salvador - Soraya Camondari Zanotti
•  Finland - Merja Helena Tammi
•  Early Modern France - Monique Uldaric
•  Germany - Monika Schneeweiss
•  Gibraltar - Rosemarie Parody
•  Greece - Rania Theofilou
•  Guam - Diana Marie Roberts Duenas
•  Guatemala - Marta Elisa Tirado Richardson
• ' - Stephanie Flatow
•  Honduras - Maribel Ileana Ayala Ramirez
• ' - Christine Leung Ching-Man
•  Iceland - Sigridur Helga Olgeirsdóttir
•  Republic of Ireland - Jakki Moore

•  Israel - Levana Abarbanel
•  Italy - Antonella Lombrosi
•  Jamaica - Cynthia Jane (Cindy) Breakspeare
  Cindy Breakspeare
  Cynthia Jean Cameron Breakspeare , better known as Cindy Breakspeare, is a Jamaican jazz musician and former model. She was crowned Miss World 1976, and is the mother of Grammy-winning reggae musician Damian Marley....
  
  
•  Japan - Noriko Asakuno
•  Jersey - Susan Hughes
• ' - Shin Byoung-sook
•  Lebanon - Souad Nakhoul
•  Luxembourg - Monique Wilmes
•  Malta - Jane Benedicta Saliba
•  Mexico - Carla Jean Evert Seguera New Zealand
  New Zealand at Miss World
  New Zealand has contested 46 Miss World pageants since that pageant's inception in 1951. No New Zealander has won the Miss World title, although two have placed first runner-up....
  
  - Anne Clifford
•  Norway - Nina Kristine Ronneberg
•  Paraguay - Maria Cristina Fernández Samaniego
•  Peru - Rocio Rita Lazcáno Mujica
•  Puerto Rico - Ivette Rosado
•  Singapore - Pauline Poh Neo Cheong
•  South Africa - Lynn Massyn
•  Spain - Luz Maria Polegre Hernández
•  Sweden - Ann Christin Gernandt
•  Switzerland - Ruth Crottet
•  French Polynesia - 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
  Miss Venezuela
  The Miss Venezuela contest is the national beauty pageant of Venezuela and has been held since 1952. It is responsible for selecting the country's representatives to the Miss Universe, Miss World, Miss Earth and Miss International pageants .Under the direction of Osmel Sousa, Venezuela has...
  
  - Maria Genoveva Rivero Gimenez
• ' - Denise La Franque

In protest against South Africa's race policies

•  India - Naina Sudhir Balsavar
•  Liberia - Lorraine Wede Johnson
•  Malaysia - Che Puteh Naziaden
•  Mauritius - Anne-Lise Lasur
•  Philippines - Josephine Salazar Conde

•  Seychelles - Lynn Elisea Gobine
•  Sri Lanka - Tamara Ingrid Subramanian
•  Swaziland - Zanella Tutu Tshabalala
•  Kingdom of Yugoslavia - Slavica Stefanović

Returning countries and Debuts

• Guatemala and Virgin Islands competed in Miss World for the first time.
• Tahiti last competed in 1965
  Miss World 1965
  Miss World 1965, the 15th Miss World pageant, was won by Lesley Langley of the United Kingdom. It took place on November 19, 1965 at the Lyceum Ballroom, London in London, UK.-Placements:-Contestants:*' - Lidia Alcira Diaz*' - Jan Rennison...
  
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• Chile last competed in 1969
  Miss World 1969
  The 19th annual Miss World pageant was held for the first time at the Royal Albert Hall on November 22, 1969 on BBC. 50 delegates vied for the crown won by Eva Rueber-Staier of Austria.- Results :*Miss World 1969: Eva Rueber-Staier '...
  
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• Paraguay last competed in 1972
  Miss World 1972
  The 22nd Annual Miss World pageant was held at the Royal Albert Hall on 1 December 1972 on BBC. 53 delegates vied for the crown won by Belinda Green of Australia...
  
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• Cyprus last competed in 1973
  Miss World 1973
  The 23rd Annual Miss World pageant was held at the Royal Albert Hall on November 23, 1973. Fifty-four delegates vied for the crown won by an American, Marjorie Wallace of Indiana.Pageant Controversy...
  
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• Jamaica and Spain last competed in 1975
  Miss World 1975
  The 25th Miss World pageant was held on November 20, 1975 at the Royal Albert Hall in London. 67 contestant took part in the pageant won by Wilnelia Merced of Puerto Rico...
  
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