Placements

Final Results	Contestant
Miss World 1978	Argentina - Silvana Suárez Silvana Suárez Silvana Rosa Suárez won the 1978 Miss World contest, representing Argentina. She became the second woman from her country to win the title. The pageant was held in London, United Kingdom.-External links:*...
1st Runner-up	Sweden - Ossie Margareta Carlsson
2nd Runner-up	Australia - Denise Ellen Coward
3rd Runner-up	Mexico - Martha Eugenia Ortiz
4th Runner-up	Spain - Gloria Valenciano
Finalists	Switzerland - Jeanette Keller  United Kingdom - Elizabeth Jones
Semi-finalists	Austria - Doris Elizabeth Anwander  Costa Rica - Maribel Fernández Maribel Guardia Maribel del Rocío Fernández García is a Costa Rican actress, who works in Mexico, and currently lives and resides in Miami, Florida.-Miss Universe and Miss World:...  Finland - Eija Hillevi Laaksonen  India - Kalpana Iyer Kalpana Iyer Kalpana Iyer is a former Miss India, Bollywood actress, well known as a famous vamp of the 80's and 90's. Having appeared in a number of films featuring dance sequences , she has somewhat reduced in appearance with a brief hiatus in Indian Television...  Puerto Rico - Maria Jesus Cañizares  Sri Lanka - Manohori Vanigasooriya  United States - Debra Jean Freeze  Venezuela - Patricia Tóffoli Patricia Tóffoli Katty Patricia Tóffoli Andrade is a pageant titleholder, was born in Caracas, Venezuela on October 7, 1960. She was the official representative of Venezuela to the Miss World 1978 pageant held in London, United Kingdom on November 16, 1978, when she classified in the Top 15 semifinalists.-External...

Special awards

• Miss Personality: Wendy Lorraine Daykin (Cayman Islands
  Cayman Islands
  The Cayman Islands is a British Overseas Territory and overseas territory of the European Union located in the western Caribbean Sea. The territory comprises the three islands of Grand Cayman, Cayman Brac, and Little Cayman, located south of Cuba and northwest of Jamaica...
  
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• Miss Photogenic: Martha Eugenia Ortiz Gomez (Mexico
  Miss Mexico
  Miss Mexico may refer to:*Nuestra Belleza México , beauty pageant that chooses Mexico's representatives to Miss Universe, Miss World and Miss International, among others....
  
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• Miss Talent: Louvette Monzon Hammond (Philippines
  Philippines
  The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
  
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68 Contestants

•  Argentina - Silvana Rosa Suárez Clarence
•  Aruba - Rose Anne Marie Lejuez
•  Australia - Denise Ellen Coward
•  Austria - Doris Elizabeth Anwander
•  The Bahamas - Donna Marie McCook
•  Belgium - Françoise Helene Julia Moens
•  Bermuda - Madeline Francine Joell
•  Brazil - Laura Angelica Viana de Oliveira Pereira
•  Canada - Brigitte June Hoffmann
•  Cayman Islands - Wendy Lorraine Daykin
•  Chile - Maria Trinidad Sepulveda Pavon
•  Colombia - Denise de Castro Santiago
•  Costa Rica - Maribel Fernandez Garcia
  Maribel Guardia
  Maribel del Rocío Fernández García is a Costa Rican actress, who works in Mexico, and currently lives and resides in Miami, Florida.-Miss Universe and Miss World:...
  
  
•  Curaçao - Silvana Angely Trinidad
•  Cyprus - Mary Adamou
•  Denmark - Birgit Stefansen
•  Dominica - Mona-Jo Lewis
•  Dominican Republic - Jenny Polanco
•  Ecuador - Antonieta Cecilia Campodonico Aguirre
•  El Salvador - Iris Ivette Mazorra Castro
•  Finland - Eija Hillevi Laaksonen
•  Early Modern France - Kelly Hoarau
•  Germany - Monika Greis
•  Gibraltar - Rosanna Bonfante
•  Greece - Ariana Dimitropoulou
•  Guam - Elizabeth Clara Tenorio
• ' - Ans van Haaster
•  Honduras - Maria Elena Bodadilla
• ' - Faustina (Fiona) Lin Wai-Ling
•  Iceland - Asdis Loftsdóttir
•  India - Kalpana Iyer
  Kalpana Iyer
  Kalpana Iyer is a former Miss India, Bollywood actress, well known as a famous vamp of the 80's and 90's. Having appeared in a number of films featuring dance sequences , she has somewhat reduced in appearance with a brief hiatus in Indian Television...
  
  
•  Republic of Ireland - Lorraine Marion O'Conner
•  Isle of Man - Carol Ann Kneale
•  Israel - Sari Alon

•  Italy - Loren Cristina Mai
•  Jamaica - Joan Marcia McDonald
•  Japan - Yuko Yamaguchi
•  Jersey - Chantal Angeline Gosselin
• ' - Je Eun-jin
•  Malaysia - Kartina Osir
•  Malta - Mary Cumbo
•  Mauritius - Genevieve Chanea
•  Mexico - Martha Eugenia Ortiz Gomez 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....
  
  - Lorian Dawn Tangney
•  Nigeria - Irene Omagbemi
•  Norway - Elisabet Klaeboe
•  Paraguay - Susana del Pilar Galli
•  Peru - Karen Ines Noeth Haupt
•  Philippines - Louvette Monzon Hammond
•  Puerto Rico - Maria Jesus Cañizares
•  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - June de Nobriga
•  Samoa - Rosalina Sapolu
•  Singapore - Rosie Tan
•  Spain - Gloria Maria Valenciano Rijo
•  Sri Lanka - Manohori Vanigasooriya
•  Swaziland - Nyamalele Nilovu
•  Sweden - Ossie Margareta Carlsson
•  Switzerland - Jeanette Keller
•  French Polynesia - Moeata Schmouker
•  Thailand - Orasa Panichapan
•  Trinidad and Tobago - Kathleen Thomas
•  Tunisia - Malek Nemlaghi
•  Turkey - Sevil Ozgultekin
•  United Kingdom - Elizabeth Ann Jones
•  United States - Debra Jean Freeze
•  Uruguay - Mabel Rua Venezuela
  Miss Venezuela 1978
  Miss Venezuela 1978 was held in Caracas, Venezuela, on April 28, 1978, after weeks of events. The winner of the pageant was Marisol Alfonzo, Miss Guárico.The pageant was broadcast on Venevision from the Club de Sub-Oficiales in Caracas, Venezuela...
  
  - Katy Patricia Toffoli Andrade
  Patricia Tóffoli
  Katty Patricia Tóffoli Andrade is a pageant titleholder, was born in Caracas, Venezuela on October 7, 1960. She was the official representative of Venezuela to the Miss World 1978 pageant held in London, United Kingdom on November 16, 1978, when she classified in the Top 15 semifinalists.-External...
  
  
• ' - Enid d'Lores Francis

Returning countries and debuts

• Dominica and St. Vincent & the Grenadines competed in Miss World for the first time.
• Nigeria last competed in 1970
  Miss World 1970
  Miss World 1970, the 20th annual Miss World contest, was held on November 20, 1970 at Royal Albert Hall, London, United Kingdom. 58 contestants competed for the Miss World. Jennifer Hosten from Grenada won the crown of Miss World 1970...
  
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• India, Malaysia, Mauritius, Philippines, Swaziland, and Tunisia 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...
  
  . India, Malaysia, Mauritius, Philippines, and Swaziland were the contestants who withdrew in two consecutive pageants, Miss World 1976, and 1977, due to a protest against South Africa's participation, consisting of one black and one white delegate.
• Virgin Islands last competed in 1976
  Miss World 1976
  The 26th Miss World Pageant was held on November 18, 1976, in the Royal Albert Hall, London, UK.The winner was Cindy Breakspeare from Jamaica...
  
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• Italy, Jamaica, and Singapore last competed in 1977
  Miss World 1977
  The 27th Miss World Pageant was held on November 17, 1977 in the Royal Albert Hall, London, UK. The winner was Mary Ann Catrin Stävin from Sweden...
  
  . Even though Italy returned to Miss World pageant after the disqualification of its underaged contestant, Jamaica and Singapore were also the contestants who withdrew in previous year's Miss World, due to a protest against South Africa's participation.

Withdrawals and Nations not competing

• This is the first time that South Africa did not participate in Miss World due to an apartheid policy for 14 years.

Other Notes

• Spain, who placed 5th in Miss World 1978, failed to make into the semi-finals in Miss Universe 1979
  Miss Universe 1979
  Miss Universe 1979 was held at Perth Entertainment Centre, Perth, Australia on 20 July 1979. 18-year-old Maritza Sayalero earned Venezuela's first Miss Universe crown. First runner-up Gina Swainson would go on to win the rival Miss World 1979 later in the year...
  
   in Perth, Western Australia, along with Ireland and St. Vincent.
• Austria, Costa Rica, and United Kingdom (representing Wales) failed to make into the semi-finals in Miss Universe 1978
  Miss Universe 1978
  Miss Universe 1978, the 27th Miss Universe pageant, was held at Centro de Convenciones de Acapulco, Acapulco, Mexico on July 24, 1978. Seventy-five contestants competed in the event....
  
  in Acapulco, Mexico. Costa Rica won the award for Miss Photogenic. Belgium, who was the semi-finalist in Miss Universe 1978, failed to make into the Top 15 in Miss World.
• Bolivia from Miss Universe 1977, Guatemala from Miss Universe 1978, Lebanon, and Yugoslavia did not compete in Miss World. Yugoslavia arrived in London the day before the Miss World pageant, but was too late to participate.
• This is also the first time that the award for Miss Talent was given. Philippines, Louvette Monzon Hammond, won the award.
• Tunisia, Malek Nemlaghi was disqualified at the time of her session when she refused to unveil her traditional Moslem yashmak for the T-shirt and shorts. After her disqualification, she changed her mind the next day, wore the outfit without the veil and was allowed to participate in Miss World.
• Costa Rica, Maribel Fernandez Garcia, failed to make into the semi-finals in Miss Universe 1978 in Acapulco, Mexico, but she won the award for Miss Photogenic. She currently lives in Mexico and then became a famous actress in Mexican film industry.
• United Kingdom, Elizabeth Ann Jones was Miss Teenage Intercontinental 1977, she won as Miss England. The current Miss Intercontinental pageant used to be called Miss Teenage Intercontinental.
• 6 out of 15 countries which made it into the semifinals, were not in the semifinals last year: Costa Rica (1965), Sri Lanka (1970), India (1975), and Argentina, Puerto Rico, and Venezuela (1976).
• Sri Lanka placed for the fourth time, last time placing in 1970.

External Sources

• Pageantopolis
• Jimmy's Pageant Page