Results

1  ISRAEL  Rina Messinger

2  VENEZUELA  Judith Josefina Castillo Uribe

3  WALES  Sian Helen Adey-Jones (Europe '76, International-Britain '77)

4  SCOTLAND  Carol Jean Grant (3rd RU World-United Kingdom '76)

5  AUSTRALIA  Julie Anne Ismay

Top 12

ARGENTINA  Lilian Noemí De Asti (World '75, SF Ambar '77)

CHILE  María Verónica Sommer Mayer

COLOMBIA  Maria Helena Reyes Abisambra

CURACAO  Anneke Dijkhuizen

ENGLAND  Pauline Davies (Europe '76)

HONG KONG  Rowena Lam Leung-Wai

NORWAY  Bente Lihaug (5th RU Europe '76, winner Scandinavia '77, International '77)

Awards

Miss Amity  TRINIDAD & TOBAGO

Miss Photogenic  ENGLAND

Best National Costume  PERU

Remainder

ARUBA  Cynthia Marlene Bruin (World '75)

AUSTRIA  Heidi-Marie Passian (Europe '76)

BAHAMAS  Sharon Elaine Smith

BARBADOS  Jewell Sharon Nightingale

BELGIUM  Yvette Maria Aelbrecht (World '76, Europe '76, International '77)

BERMUDA  Vivienne Anne Hollis (World '76)

BOLIVIA  Carolina Elisa Aramayo Esteves

BRAZIL  Katia Celestina Moretto

CANADA  Normande Jacques (International '75, World '75)

COSTA RICA  Silvia Jiménez Pacheco

DENMARK  Brigitte Trolle

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC  Norma Eugenia Lora de Rosario del Río (Ambar '76)

ECUADOR  Gilda Lucía de las Mercedes Plaza Guerra

EL SALVADOR  Mireya Carolina Calderon Tovar

FINLAND  Suvi Lukkarinen (2nd RU Scandinavia '77)

FRANCE  Monique Uldaric (Europe '76, World '76)

GERMANY  Birgit Margot Hamer

GREECE  Melina Michailidou (3rd RU Europe '76)

GUAM  Pilar Martha Laguana (Asia '77)

GUATEMALA  Blanca Alicia Montenegro

HOLLAND  Nannetje Johanna Nielen (SF International '75, World '79)

HONDURAS  Victoria Alejandra Pineda Fortín

ICELAND  Gudmunda Hulda Johannesdóttir

INDIA  Naina Sudhir Balsaver

INDONESIA  Yuliarti Rahayun

IRELAND  Elaine Rosemary O’Hara (World '75, Europe '76)

ITALY  Diana Scapolan (winner unofficial Europe '73, SF Ambar '76)

JAPAN  Miyako Iwakuni

KOREA  Kwang-hyun Chung 

LIBERIA  Laurine Wede Johnson

LUXEMBOURG  Monique Wilmes (Europe '76, World '76)

MALAYSIA  Teh-Faridah Ahmad Norizan

MALTA  Mary Grace Ciantar (World '75)

MAURITIUS  Marielle Tse Sik-Sun (SF World '75)

MEXICO  Carla Jean Evert Reguera (Young International '76, World '76, 3rd RU Ambar '77)

NEW ZEALAND  Janey Kingscote

NICARAGUA  Ivania Dolores Navarro Genie (winner Teenage Intercontinental '76)

NORTHERN MARIANAS  Candelaria Flores Borja

PANAMA  Carolina Maria Chiari

PAPUA NEW GUINEA  Eva Regina Arni (winner Asia '75)

PARAGUAY  Nidia Fatima Cardenas

PERU  Rocío Rita Lazcano Mujica  (World '76)

PHILIPPINES  Elizabeth "Lizbeth" Samson de Padua

PUERTO RICO  Elizabeth Zayas Ortíz (1st RU Ambar '76, winner Maja '77)

ST. MAARTEN  Angela Huggins

SAMOA  Taliilani Ellen Letuli

SINGAPORE  Linda Tham

SOUTH AFRICA  Cynthia Classen

SPAIN  Olga Fernández Pérez (Europe '76)

SRI LANKA  Genevieve Bernedette Parsons

SURINAM  Peggy Van der Leuv

SWEDEN  Caroline Westerberg (Europe '76, 4th RU Scandinavia '77)

SWITZERLAND  Isabelle Fischbacher (2nd RU Europe '76)

THAILAND  Katareeya Areekul

TRINIDAD & TOBAGO  Margaret Elizabeth McFarlane

TURKEY  Manolya Onur

URUGUAY  Lelia Luisa Vinas Martinez

USA  Barbara Elaine Petersen

VIRGIN ISLANDS  Lorraine Patricia Baa

YUGOSLAVIA  Svetlana Radojcic

WITHDREW:

TAHITI  Moea Marie-Therese Amiot (mother sick)

NO SHOWS:

JAMAICA  Angela Ruddock

ANTIGUA  Cleopatra Saunders

BELIZE  Janet Joan Joseph

BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS  Irene Penn

GRENADA  Janice Williams

LEBANON  Silvia Ghaoui

ST.KITTS  Jennifer Evelyn

MOROCCO  Saida Lakhdar

GUADELOUPE  Marie-Therese Preville

REPLACED:

DENMARK  Susanne Juul Hansen

GREECE  Christiana Kavroudaki

VENEZUELA  Elluz Coromoto Peraza Gonzalez (relinquished her national title)

DEBUTS:  Barbados, Northern Marianas, Papua New Guinea, St. Maarten

WITHDRAWALS:  Belize, Haiti, Jamaica, Lebanon, Micronesia, Morocco

RETURNS:  Honduras, Norway, Suriname

JUDGES:

1- Britt Ekland - Swedish actress.

2- Roman Polanski - Film director.

3- Dong Kingman - Chinese-American artist.

4- Prince Henri d'Orleans - Eldest son of the Count of Paris and businessman.

5- Margareta Arvidsson - Miss Universe 1966 from Sweden.

6- Aldo Gucci - Italian designer.

7- David Newbigging - Chairman of Jardine Matheson, a trading company in Hong Kong.

8- Florinda Bolkan - Brazilian actress.

9- Fred Williamson - Actor and former football player.

10- Run Run Shaw - Managing director of Shaw Brothers.

11- Dame Margot Fonteyn - British prima ballerina.