# Miss World 1976

Miss World 1976 was the 26th edition of the Miss World pageant, held on 18 November 1976 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, United Kingdom. The winner was Cindy Breakspeare from Jamaica. She was crowned by Miss World 1975, Wilnelia Merced of Puerto Rico. Runner-up was Karen Jo Pini representing Australia, third was Diana Marie Roberts Duenas from Guam, fourth was Carol Jean Grant of United Kingdom, and fifth was Merja Helena Tammi from Finland.
Several entrants were forced by their national governments to withdraw to boycott the presence of separate black and white contestants from apartheid South Africa.

## Results
### Placements

| Placement | Contestant |
| Miss World 1976 | Jamaica – Cindy Breakspeare |
| 1st runner-up | Australia – Karen Pini |
| 2nd runner-up | Guam – Diana Marie Duenas |
| 3rd runner-up | United Kingdom – Carol Jean Grant |
| 4th runner-up | Finland – Merja Tammi |
| Top 7 | Holland – Stephanie Flatow  Turkey – Jale Bayhan |
| Top 15 | Argentina – Adriana Salguiero  Ireland – Jakki Moore  Israel – Levana Abarbanel  Puerto Rico – Ivette Rosado  Singapore – Pauline Poh  Spain – Luz María Polegre  Trinidad and Tobago – Patricia Anderson Leon  Venezuela – Genoveva Rivero |

## Contestants

60 contestants competed for the title.
| Country/Territory | Contestant | Age | Hometown |
| Argentina | Adriana Salguiero | 19 | Tres Arroyos |
| Aruba | Maureen Wever | 20 | Oranjestad |
| Australia | Karen Pini | 19 | Perth |
| Austria | Monika Mühlbauer | 17 | Karlstetten |
| Bahamas | Larona Miller | 19 | Nassau |
| Belgium | Yvette Aelbrecht | 18 | Brussels |
| Bermuda | Vivienne Ann Hollis | 19 | Smith's Parish |
| Brazil | Adelaida Filha | 18 | Brasília |
| Canada | Pamela Mercer | 20 | Ancaster |
| Chile | María Cristina Granzow | 18 | Santiago |
| Colombia | María Loretta Celedón | 19 | Valledupar |
| Costa Rica | Ligia Ramos | 23 | San Jose |
| Curaçao | Viveca Marchena | 18 | Willemstad |
| Cyprus | Andri Tsangaridou | 20 | Famagusta |
| Denmark | Susanne Hansen | 18 | Copenhagen |
| Dominican Republic | Jenny Corporán | 17 | Santo Domingo |
| Ecuador | Marie Clare Fontaine | 20 | Guayaquil |
| El Salvador | Soraya Camondari | 17 | San Salvador |
| Finland | Merja Tammi | 21 | Helsinki |
| France | Monique Uldaric | 22 | Paris |
| West Germany | Monika Schneeweiss† | 21 | Frankfurt |
| Gibraltar | Rosemarie Parody | 19 | Gibraltar |
| Greece | Rania Theofilou | 20 | Athens |
| Guam | Diana Marie Duenas | 17 | Agana |
| Guatemala | Marta Elisa Richardson | 21 | Guatemala City |
| Holland | Stephanie Flatow | 23 | Rotterdam |
| Honduras | Maribel Ayala | 18 | San Pedro Sula |
| Hong Kong | Christine Leung | 22 | Hong Kong |
| Iceland | Sigríður Olgeirsdóttir | 19 | Reykjavik |
| Ireland | Jakki Moore | 17 | Dublin |
| Israel | Levana Abarbanel | 17 | Tel Aviv |
| Italy | Antonella Lombrosi | 17 | Milan |
| Jamaica | Cindy Breakspeare | 21 | Kingston |
| Japan | Noriko Asakuno | 19 | Tokyo |
| Jersey | Susan Hughes | 21 | St. Helier |
| Lebanon | Suad Nachoul | 21 | Beirut |
| Luxembourg | Monique Wilmes | 19 | Echternach |
| Malta | Jane Saliba | 18 | Żurrieq |
| Mexico | Carla Jean Evert | 19 | Acapulco |
| New Zealand | Anne Clifford | 22 | Christchurch |
| Norway | Nina Rønneberg | 21 | Oslo |
| Paraguay | María Cristina Fernández | 21 | Asuncion |
| Peru | Rocío Lazcano | 21 | Lima |
| Puerto Rico | Ivette Rosado | 19 | Bayamón |
| Singapore | Pauline Poh | 18 | Singapore |
| South Africa | Veronica Mutsepe | 21 | Pretoria |
| South Africa | Lynn Massyn | 18 | Durban |
| South Korea | Shin Byoung-sook | 19 | Seoul |
| Spain | Luz María Polegre | 18 | Tenerife |
| Sweden | Ann-Christine Gernandt | 19 | Stockholm |
| Switzerland | Ruth Crottet | 21 | Lugano |
| Tahiti | Patricia Servonnat | 18 | Papeete |
| Thailand | Duangcheewan Komolsen | 20 | Bangkok |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Patricia Anderson Leon | 21 | San Fernando |
| Turkey | Jale Bayhan | 20 | Ankara |
| United Kingdom | Carol Jean Grant | 19 | Glasgow |
| United States | Kimberly Foley | 21 | Southfield |
| Uruguay | Sara Alaga | 19 | Salto |
| Venezuela | Genoveva Rivero | 19 | Caracas |
| Virgin Islands | Denise La Franque | 19 | Saint Croix |

### Withdrawals in protest against South Africa

* India – Naina Sudhir Balsavar
* Liberia – Lorraine Wede Johnson (did not compete)
* Malaysia – Che Puteh Che Naziauddin
* Mauritius – Anne-Lise Lasur
* Philippines – Joy Conde
* Seychelles – Lynn Elisea Gobine
* Sri Lanka – Tamara Ingrid Subramanian
* Swaziland – Zanella Tutu Tshabalala
* Yugoslavia – Slavica Stefanović