Miss World 1976
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The 26th Miss World
Miss World
The Miss World pageant is the oldest surviving major international beauty pageant. It was created in the United Kingdom by Eric Morley in 1951...

 Pageant
was held on November 18, 1976, in the Royal Albert Hall
Royal Albert Hall
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, London
London
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, UK.

The winner was 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....

  from Jamaica
Jamaica
Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length, up to in width and 10,990 square kilometres in area. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola, the island harbouring the nation-states Haiti and the Dominican Republic...

. Runner up was Karen Jo Pini representing Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

, third was Diana Marie Roberts Duenas from Guam
Guam
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, fourth was Carol Jean Grant of United Kingdom, and fifth was Merja Helena Tammi from Finland
Finland
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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
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      )
    • Photogenic: Jakki Moore (Ireland
      Ireland
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      )

    60 Contestants


    •  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




    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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