# Miss World 1977

Miss World 1977 was the 27th edition of the Miss World pageant, held on 17 November 1977 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, UK. The winner was Mary Ann-Catrin Stävin from Sweden. She was crowned by Miss World 1976, Cindy Breakspeare of Jamaica. Runner-up was Ineke Berends representing Holland, third was Dagmar Gabriele Winkler from West Germany, fourth was Madalena Sbaraini of Brazil, and fifth was Cindy Darlene Miller from United States. Stävin was awarded a $37,000 cash prize as the winner of the pageant.

## Results
### Placements

| Placement | Contestant |
| Miss World 1977 | Sweden – Mary Stävin |
| 1st runner-up | Holland – Ineke Berends |
| 2nd runner-up | West Germany – Dagmar Winkler |
| 3rd runner-up | Brazil – Madalena Sbaraini |
| 4th runner-up | United States – Cindy Darlene Miller |
| Top 7 | Australia – Jaye-Leanne Hopewell  United Kingdom – Madeleine Stringer |
| Top 15 | Austria – Eva Maria Düringer Cavalli  Denmark – Annette Simonsen  Finland – Asta Seppälä  France – Véronique Fagot-Malapert  Mexico – Elizabeth Aguilar González  Peru – Isabel Frías  Spain – Guillermina Ruiz  Switzerland – Danielle Haberli |

## Contestants

62 contestants competed for the title.
| Country/Territory | Contestant | Age | Hometown |
| Argentina | Susana Stéfano | 20 | Salta |
| Aruba | Helene Croes | 19 | Oranjestad |
| Australia | Jaye-Leanne Hopewell | 18 | Perth |
| Austria | Eva Maria Düringer Cavalli | 18 | Bodensee |
| Bahamas | Laurie Lee Joseph | 17 | Nassau |
| Belgium | Claudine Vasseur | 18 | Brussels |
| Bermuda | Connie Frith | 23 | St. George's Parish |
| Bolivia | Elizabeth Yanone | 17 | Santa Cruz de la Sierra |
| Brazil | Madalena Sbaraini | 21 | Porto Alegre |
| Canada | Marianne McKeen | 23 | Comber |
| Cayman Islands | Patricia Jackson-Patiño | 18 | Grand Cayman |
| Chile | Annie Garling | 17 | Santiago |
| Colombia | María Clara O'Byrne | 20 | Atlántico |
| Costa Rica | Carmen Núñez | 17 | San José |
| Curaçao | Xiomara Winklaar | 19 | Willemstad |
| Cyprus | Georgia Georgiou | 23 | Nicosia |
| Denmark | Annette Simonsen | 16 | Copenhagen |
| Dominican Republic | Jacqueline Hernández | 20 | Santo Domingo |
| Ecuador | Lucía Hernández | 18 | Chone |
| El Salvador | Magaly Varela | 19 | San Salvador |
| Finland | Asta Seppälä | 20 | Helsinki |
| France | Véronique Fagot-Malapert | 18 | Poitou |
| West Germany | Dagmar Winkler | 23 | Nuremberg |
| Gibraltar | Lourdes Holmes | 18 | Gibraltar |
| Greece | Lina Ioannou | 24 | Athens |
| Guam | Diane Haun | 17 | Yigo |
| Holland | Ineke Berends | 25 | Amsterdam |
| Honduras | Marlene Villela | 21 | Tegucigalpa |
| Hong Kong | Ada Lui | 18 | Hong Kong |
| Iceland | Sigurlaug Halldórsdóttir | 18 | Reykjavík |
| Ireland | Lorraine Enriquez | 18 | Dublin |
| Isle of Man | Helen Shimmin | 20 | Douglas |
| Israel | Ya'el Hovav | 21 | Jerusalem |
| Japan | Chizuru Shigemura | 22 | Saitama |
| Jersey | Blodwen Pritchard | 18 | St. Helier |
| South Korea | Kim Soon-ae | 17 | Seoul |
| Lebanon | Vera Alouane | 18 | Beirut |
| Luxembourg | Jeannette Colling | 23 | Luxembourg City |
| Malta | Pauline Farrugia | 21 | Żebbuġ |
| Mexico | Elizabeth Aguilar González | 22 | Ameca |
| New Zealand | Michelle Hyde | 21 | Wellington |
| Nicaragua | Beatriz Obregón | 18 | Rivas |
| Norway | Åshild Ottesen | 22 | Oslo |
| Panama | Anabelle Vallarino | 19 | Panama City |
| Papua New Guinea | Sayah Karakuru | 24 | Port Moresby |
| Paraguay | María Elizabeth Giardina | 21 | Asunción |
| Peru | Isabel Frías | 22 | Cajamarca |
| Puerto Rico | Didriana del Río | 17 | Santurce |
| Samoa | Ana Decima Schmidt | 21 | Apia |
| South Africa | Vanessa Wannenburg | 21 | Johannesburg |
| Spain | Guillermina Ruiz | 21 | Barcelona |
| Sri Lanka | Sharmini Senaratna | 19 | Colombo |
| Sweden | Mary Stävin | 20 | Örebro |
| Switzerland | Danielle Haberli | 19 | Zürich |
| Tahiti | Therese Amo | 18 | Papeete |
| Thailand | Siriporn Savanglum | 17 | Bangkok |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Marlene Villafana | 20 | Port of Spain |
| Turkey | Kamer Bulutöte | 22 | Istanbul |
| United Kingdom | Madeleine Stringer | 24 | North Shields |
| United States | Cindy Darlene Miller | 20 | Chesapeake |
| Uruguay | Adriana Umpierre | 20 | Montevideo |
| Venezuela | Jackeline van den Branden | 22 | Caracas |

### Contestants who withdrew in protest against the presence of Miss South Africa

* India – Veena Prakash
* Indonesia – Siti Mirza Nuria Arifin
* Jamaica – Sandra Kong
* Liberia – Welma Campbell
* Mauritius – Ingrid Desmarais
* Philippines – Ana Melissa (Peachy) Ofilada Veneracion
* Singapore – Veronica Lourdes
* Swaziland – Zanella Tutu Tshabalala
* Yugoslavia – Svetlana Višnjić

## Judges

A panel of ten judges evaluated the performances of Miss World 62 contestants. The judges are:
* Joan Collins
* Micky Dolenz
* Claude François †
* Eric Morley † - CEO of Miss World Organization
* Robert Powell
* Barry Sheene †
* Oliver Tobias