==Results=====Placements======Special awards=====Contestants==* ' - Susana Beatriz Stéfano* ' - Helene Marie Croes* ' - Jaye-Leanne Hopewell* ' - Eva Maria Duringer* ' - Laurie Lee Joseph* ' - Claudine Marie Vasseur* ' - Connie Marie Firth* ' - Elizabeth Yanone Morón* ' - Madalena Sbaraini* ' - Marianne McKeen* ' - Patricia Jane Jackson-Patiño* ' - Annie Marie Garling* - María Clara O'Byrne Aycardi* ' - Carmen María Núñez Benavides* ' - Xiomara Maria Winklaar* ' - Georgia Georgiou* ' - Annette Dybdal Simonsen* ' - Jacqueline Patricia Hernández* ' - Lucía del Carmen Hernández Quiñones* ' - Magaly Varela Rivera* ' - Asta Seppäla* ' - Véronique Fagot* ' - Dagmar Gabriele Winkler* ' - Lourdes Holmes* ' - Lina Ioannou* ' - Diane Haun* ' - Ineke Berends* ' - María Marlene Villela* ' - Ada Lui Shu-Yang* ' - Sigurlaug (Dilly) Halldórsdóttir* ' - Lorraine Bernadette Enriquez* ' - Helen Jean Shimmin* ' - Ya'el Hovav* ' - Chizuro Shigamura* ' - Blodwen Pritchard* ' - Kim Soon-ae* ' - Vera Alouane* ' - Jeannette Henriette (Jenny) Colling* ' - Pauline Lewise Farrugia* ' - Elizabeth Aguilar González* ' - Michelle Jean Hyde* ' - Beatriz Obregón Lacayo* ' - Åshild Jenny Ottesen* ' - Anabelle Vallarino* ' - Sayah Karukuru* ' - María Elizabeth Giardina* ' - María Isabel Frías Zavala* ' - Didriana (Dee Dee) del Río* ' - Ana Decima Schmidt* ' - Vanessa Wannenberg* ' - Guillermina Ruiz Doménech* ' - Sharmini Senaratna* ' - Mary Stavin* ' - Danielle Patricia Haberli* ' - Therese Amo* ' - Siriporn Savanglum* ' - Marlene Villafana* ' - Kamer Bulutote* ' - Madeleine Karen Stringer* ' - Adriana María Umpierre Escudero* ' - Cindy Darlene Miller* ' - Jackeline van den Branden Oquendo==Withdrew contestants 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 Lim Boey* ' - Maria Ingrid Desmarais* ' - Ana Melissa (Peachy) Ofilada Veneracion* ' - Veronica Lourdes* ' - Zanella Tutu Tshabalala* - Svetlana Višnjić==Notes=====Debuts===* Cayman Islands, Isle of Man, Papua New Guinea, and Western Samoa competed in Miss World for the first time.
* ' — Susana Beatriz Stéfano* ' — Helene Marie Croes* ' — Jaye—Leanne Hopewell* ' — Eva Maria Duringer* ' — Laurie Lee Joseph* ' — Claudine Marie Vasseur* ' — Connie Marie Firth* ' — Elizabeth Yanone Morón* ' — Madalena Sbaraini* ' — Marianne McKeen* ' — Patricia Jane Jackson—Patiño* ' — Annie Marie Garling* — María Clara O'Byrne Aycardi* ' — Carmen María Núñez Benavides* ' — Xiomara Maria Winklaar* ' — Georgia Georgiou* ' — Annette Dybdal Simonsen* ' — Jacqueline Patricia Hernández* ' — Lucía del Carmen Hernández Quiñones* ' — Magaly Varela Rivera* ' — Asta Seppäla* ' — Véronique Fagot* ' — Dagmar Gabriele Winkler* ' — Lourdes Holmes* ' — Lina Ioannou* ' — Diane Haun* ' — Ineke Berends* ' — María Marlene Villela* ' — Ada Lui Shu—Yang* ' — Sigurlaug (Dilly) Halldórsdóttir* ' — Lorraine Bernadette Enriquez* ' — Helen Jean Shimmin* ' — Ya'el Hovav* ' — Chizuro Shigamura* ' — Blodwen Pritchard* ' — Kim Soon—ae* ' — Vera Alouane* ' — Jeannette Henriette (Jenny) Colling* ' — Pauline Lewise Farrugia* ' — Elizabeth Aguilar González* ' — Michelle Jean Hyde* ' — Beatriz Obregón Lacayo* ' — Åshild Jenny Ottesen* ' — Anabelle Vallarino* ' — Sayah Karukuru* ' — María Elizabeth Giardina* ' — María Isabel Frías Zavala* ' — Didriana (Dee Dee) del Río* ' — Ana Decima Schmidt* ' — Vanessa Wannenberg* ' — Guillermina Ruiz Doménech* ' — Sharmini Senaratna* ' — Mary Stavin* ' — Danielle Patricia Haberli* ' — Therese Amo* ' — Siriporn Savanglum* ' — Marlene Villafana* ' — Kamer Bulutote* ' — Madeleine Karen Stringer* ' — Adriana María Umpierre Escudero* ' — Cindy Darlene Miller* ' — Jackeline van den Branden Oquendo== Отказавшиеся страны ==Страны, отказавшиеся от участия на Мисс Мира 1977 года, против политики, проводимой в Южной Африки:* ' — Veena Prakash* ' — Siti Mirza Nuria Arifin* ' — Sandra Kong* ' — Welma Albertine Wani Campbell* ' — Christine Mary Lim Lim Boey* ' — Maria Ingrid Desmarais* ' — Ana Melissa (Peachy) Ofilada Veneracion* ' — Veronica Lourdes* ' — Zanella Tutu Tshabalala* — Svetlana Višnjić== Заметки ==* Каймановы острова, Остров Мэн, Папуа-Новая Гвинея и Западный Самоа соревновались в конкурсе впервые.