Miss World 1978
Miss World 1978 | |
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File:MW 1978 - BBC.png 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, Panama, Papua New Guinea, South Africa |
Returns | India, Italy, Jamaica, Malaysia, Mauritius, Nigeria, Philippines, Singapore, Swaziland, Tunisia, Virgin Islands |
Winner | Silvana Suárez![]() |
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.[1] She was crowned by Miss World 1977, Mary Stavin of Sweden. First runner-up was Ossie Margareta Carlsson representing Sweden, second was Denise Coward from Australia, third was Martha Eugenia Ortiz of Mexico, and fourth was Gloria Valenciano from Spain. This is the first time that the award for Miss Talent was given.
Results
Placements
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Contestants
68 contestants participated in Miss World 1978.[3]
Argentina – Silvana Suárez
Aruba – Rose Anne Marie Lejuez
Australia – Denise Ellen Coward
Austria – Doris Elizabeth Anwander
Bahamas – Donna Marie McCook
Belgium – Françoise Helene Julia Moens
Bermuda – Madeline Francine Joell
Brazil – Laura Angelica Viana de Oliveira Pereira
Canada – Brigitte June Hoffmann
Cayman Islands – Wendy Lorraine Daykin
Chile – María Trinidad Sepúlveda Pavón
Colombia – Denise de Castro Santiago
Costa Rica – Maribel Fernández García
Curaçao – Silvana Angely Trinidad
Cyprus – Mary Adamou
Denmark – Birgit Stefansen
Dominica – Mona Jno-Lewis
Dominican Republic – Jenny Polanco
Ecuador – Antonieta Cecilia Campodonico Aguirre
El Salvador – Iris Ivette Mazorra Castro
Finland – Eija Hillevi Laaksonen
France – Kelly Hoarau
Gibraltar – Rosanna Bonfante
Greece – Ariana Dimitropoulou
Guam – Elizabeth Clara Tenorio
Holland – Ans van Haaster
Honduras – María Elena Bodadilla
Hong Kong – Faustina Lin Wai-Ling
Iceland – Ásdís Loftsdóttir
India – Kalpana Iyer
Ireland – Lorraine Marion O'Conner
Isle of Man – Carol Ann Kneale
Israel – Sari Alon
Italy – Loren Cristina Mai
Jamaica – Joan Marcia McDonald
Japan – Yuko Yamaguchi
Jersey – Chantal Angeline Gosselin
Korea – Je Eun-jin
Malaysia – Kartina Osir
Malta – Mary Cumbo
Mauritius – Genevieve Chanea
Mexico – Martha Eugenia Ortiz Gómez[2]
New Zealand – Lorian Dawn Tangney
Nigeria – Irene Omagbemi
Norway – Elisabet Klaeboe
Paraguay – Susana del Pilar Galli
Peru – Karen Inés Noeth Haupt
Philippines – Louvette Monzon Hammond
Puerto Rico – María Jesús Cañizares
St. Vincent – June de Nobriga
Western Samoa – Rosalina Sapolu
Singapore – Rosie Tan
Spain – Gloria María Valenciano Rijo
Sri Lanka – Manohori Vanigasooriya
Swaziland – Nyamalele Nilovu
Sweden – Ossie Margareta Carlsson
Switzerland – Jeanette Keller
Tahiti – Moeata Schmouker
Thailand – Orasa Panichapan
Trinidad & Tobago – Kathleen Thomas
Tunisia – Malek Nemlaghi
Turkey – Sevil Ozgultekin
United Kingdom – Elizabeth Ann Jones
United States – Debra Jean Freeze
Uruguay – Mabel Rúa
Venezuela – Katy Patricia Tóffoli Andrade
Virgin Islands – Enid d'Lores Francis
West Germany – Monika Greis
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.
References
- ^ a b c d e "Lodi News-Sentinel". Retrieved 26 January 2016.
- ^ a b "The Hour". Retrieved 26 January 2016.
- ^ "The Milwaukee Sentinel". Retrieved 26 January 2016.
Further reading
- The Milwaukee Journal. November 15, 1978.