Miss World 1978

Miss World 1978
Miss World 1978 Titlecard
Date	16 November 1978
Presenters	Paul Burnett and Sacha Distel
Venue	Royal Albert Hall, London, UK
Broadcaster	BBC
Entrants	68
Placements	15
Debuts	Dominica, St. Vincent
Withdrawals	Bolivia, Lebanon, Luxembourg, Nicaragua, Panama, Papua New Guinea, South Africa
Returns	India, Italy, Jamaica, Malaysia, Mauritius, Nigeria, Philippines, Singapore, Swaziland, Tunisia, Virgin Islands
Winner	Silvana Suárez Argentina

Miss World 1978, the 28th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 16 November 1978 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, UK. The winner was Silvana Suárez from Argentina. She was crowned by Miss World 1977, Mary Stävin of Sweden. First runner-up was Ossie Margareta Carlsson representing Sweden, second runner-up was Denise Coward from Australia, third runner-up was Martha Eugenia Ortiz of Mexico, and fourth runner-up was Gloria Valenciano from Spain. This is the first time that the award for Miss Talent was given.

Results

Countries and territories which sent delegates and results

Placements

Final results	Contestant
Miss World 1978	Argentina – Silvana Suárez
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
5th runner-up	United Kingdom – Elizabeth Jones
6th runner-up	Switzerland – Jeanette Keller
Top 15	Austria – Doris Elizabeth Anwander Costa Rica – Maribel Guardia Finland – Eija Hillevi Laaksonen India – Kalpana Iyer Puerto Rico – María Jesús Cañizares Sri Lanka – Manohori Vanigasooriya United States – Debra Jean Freeze Venezuela – Patricia Tóffoli

Contestants

Country	Contestant	Age	Hometown
Argentina	Silvana Rosa Suárez Clarence	20	Córdoba
Aruba	Rose Anne Marie Lejuez	18	Oranjestad
Australia	Denise Ellen Coward	23	Parkdale
Austria	Doris Elizabeth Anwander	18	Bregenz
Bahamas	Donna Marie McCook	23	Nassau
Belgium	Françoise Helene Julia Moens	18	Brussels
Bermuda	Madeline Francine Joell	19	Smith's Parish
Brazil	Laura Angélica Viana de Oliveira Pereira	20	Salvador
Canada	Brigitte June Hofmann	18	Hamilton
Cayman Islands	Wendy Lorraine Daykin	18	George Town
Chile	María Trinidad Sepúlveda Pavón	22	Santiago
Colombia	Denise de Castro Santiago	19	Barranquilla
Costa Rica	Maribel Fernández García	19	San José
Curaçao	Silvana Angely Trinidad	21	Willemstad
Cyprus	Mary Adamou	19	Nicosia
Denmark	Birgit Stefansen	21	Struer
Dominica	Mona Jno-Lewis	19	Roseau
Dominican Republic	Jenny del Carmen Polanco Rivera †	20	Puerto Plata
Ecuador	Antonieta Cecilia Campódonico Aguirre	18	Guayaquil
El Salvador	Iris Ivette Mazorra Castro	18	San Salvador
Finland	Eija Hillevi Laaksonen	22	Tampere
France	Kelly Hoarau	18	Le Port
Germany	Monika Greis	23	Heidelberg
Gibraltar	Rosanna Bonfante	17	Gibraltar
Greece	Ariana Dimitropoulou	23	Athens
Guam	Elizabeth Clara Tudela Tenorio	22	Asan
Holland	Ans van Haaster	22	Amsterdam
Honduras	María Elena Bobadilla	21	San Pedro Sula
Hong Kong	Faustina Lin Wai Ling	21	Hong Kong Island
Iceland	Ásdís Loftsdóttir	20	Vestmannaeyjar
India	Kalpana Iyer	22	Amroha
Ireland	Lorraine Marion O'Conner	24	Cork
Isle of Man	Carole Ann Kneale	20	Douglas
Israel	Sari Alon	19	Tiberias
Italy	Loren Cristina Mai	17	Mantua
Jamaica	Joan Marcia McDonald	22	Kingston
Japan	Yuko Yamaguchi	21	Tokyo
Jersey	Chantal Angeline Gosselin	21	Saint Helier
Korea	Je Eun-jin	19	Seoul
Malaysia	Kartina Osir	22	Sandakan
Malta	Mary Cumbo	18	Birkirkara
Mauritius	Genevieve Chanea	19	Curepipe
Mexico	Martha Eugenia Ortiz Gámez	18	Mexico City
New Zealand	Lorian Dawn Tangney	20	Wellington
Nigeria	Irene Omagbemi	20	Lagos
Norway	Elisabet Klaeboe	17	Oslo
Paraguay	Susana del Pilar Galli Romañach	19	Asunción
Peru	Karen Inés Noeth Haupt	18	Lima
Philippines	Louvette Monzon Hammond	17	Quezon City
Puerto Rico	María Jesús (Marichu) Cañizares	21	San Juan
Saint Vincent	June de Nobriga	23	Kingstown
Samoa	Rosalina Sapolu	23	Apia
Singapore	Rosie Tan	21	Singapore
Spain	Gloria María Valenciano Rijo	23	Tenerife
Sri Lanka	Manohori Vanigasooriya	20	Colombo
Swaziland	Nyamalele Nilovu	21	Mbabane
Sweden	Ossie Margareta Carlsson	21	Stockholm
Switzerland	Jeannette Keller	20	Zurich
Tahiti	Moeata Schmouker	18	Puna'auia
Thailand	Orasa Panichapan	20	Bangkok
Trinidad and Tobago	Kathleen Thomas	21	Port of Spain
Tunisia	Malek Nemlaghi	19	Tunis
Turkey	Sevil Özgültekin	18	Istanbul
United Kingdom	Elizabeth Ann Jones	20	Welshpool
United States	Debra Jean Freeze	20	Mooresville
Uruguay	Mabel Rúa	21	Montevideo
Venezuela	Katty Patricia Tóffoli Andrade	18	Coro
Virgin Islands	Enid d'Lores Francis	18	Saint Croix

Continental Queens of Beauty

• Americas-- Argentina Silvana Rosa Suárez Clarence
• Europe-- Sweden Ossie Margareta Carlsson
• Oceania-- Australia Denise Ellen Coward
• Asia-- India Kalpana Iyer
• Africa--unannounced

Notes

Debuts

• Dominica
• St. Vincent

Returns

Last competed in 1970:

• Nigeria

Last competed in 1975:

• India
• Malaysia
• Mauritius
• Philippines
• Swaziland
• Tunisia

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.

Last competed in 1976:

• Virgin Islands

Last competed in 1977:

• Italy
• Jamaica
• Singapore

Withdrawals

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

Further reading

• The Milwaukee Journal. 15 November 1978.

External links

• Pageantopolis – Miss World 1978