Results

1  PUERTO RICO  Wilnelia Merced Cruz

2  GERMANY  Marina Langner

3  UNITED KINGDOM  Vicki Harris (SF Universe-England  '75)

4  CUBA  Marisela Maxie Clark

5  YUGOSLAVIA  Ladija Verkovska

Top 7

6  HAITI  Joelle Apollon

7  VENEZUELA  María Concepción "María Conchita" Alonso Bustillo (winner International Teen Princess '71)

Top 15

AUSTRALIA  Anne Davidson

FINLAND  Leena Kaarina Vainio (2nd RU Scandinavia '75)

INDIA  Anjana Sood

LEBANON  Ramona Karam (International '75)

MAURITIUS  Mariella Tse Sik-Sun (Universe '76)

SAINT LUCIA  Sophia St Omer

SOUTH AFRICA  Rhoda Rademeyer

URUGUAY  Carmen Abal

Awards

Miss Personality  SINGAPORE

Miss Photogenic  SWAZILAND

Remainder

AFRICA SOUTH  Lydia Gloria Johnstone

ARGENTINA  Lilian Noemí De Asti (SF Universe '76, SF Ambar '77)

ARUBA  Cynthia Marlene Bruin (Universe '76)

AUSTRIA  Rosemarie Holzschuh (Universe '75, International '75)

BAHAMAS  Ava Marilyn Burke (Miss Photogenic at Universe '82)

BARBADOS  Peta Hazel Greaves

BELGIUM  Christine Delmelle (Universe '75)

BERMUDA  Donna Louise Wright (Universe '75)

BOLIVIA  Maria Monica Guardia

BRAZIL  Zaida Souza Costa

CANADA  Normande Jacques (Universe '76)

COLOMBIA  Amanda Amaya Correa

COSTA RICA  Maria Mayela Bolaños Ugalde (Ambar '77)

CURACAO  Elvira Nelly Maria Bakker

DENMARK  Pia Isa Lauridsen

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC  Carmen Rosa Arredondo Pou

EL SALVADOR  Ana Stella Comas Durán (Maja '75)

FRANCE  Sophie Sonia Perin (Universe '75, winner International '76)

GIBRALTAR  Lillian Anne Lara

GREECE  Bella Adamopoulou

GUAM  Dora Ann Quintanilla Camacho

GUERNSEY  Carol Dawn Le Billon

HOLLAND  Barbara Ann Neefs (4th RU Ambar '77, winner unofficial Europe '78)

HONDURAS  Etelinda Mejía Velásquez (Universe '74)

HONG KONG  Teresa Chu Tsui-Kuen

ICELAND  Halldora Björk Jonsdóttir (Scandinavia '79, Universe '79)

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

ISRAEL  Atida Mor

ITALY  Vanna Bortolini

JAPAN  Chiharu Fujiwara

JERSEY  Susan Maxwell de Gruchy

KOREA  Sung-hee Lee 

LUXEMBOURG  Marie Thérèse Manderschied (Universe '75)

MALAYSIA  Fauziah Haron (International '76)

MALTA  Marie Grace "Margie" Ciantar (Universe '76)

MEXICO  Blanca Patricia López Esparza

NEW ZEALAND  Janet Andrea Nugent

NICARAGUA  Maria Auxiliadora Paguaga Mantilla (International '78)

NORWAY  Sissel Gulbrandsen

PERU  Mary Orfanides Canakis

PHILIPPINES  Suzanne Gonzalez

SEYCHELLES  Amelie Lydia Michel

SINGAPORE  Maggie Sim Siew Teen

SRI LANKA  Angela Seneviratne

SWAZILAND  Vinah Thembi Mamba

SWEDEN  Agneta Catarina Magnusson

SWITZERLAND  Franziska "Franzi" Angst

THAILAND  Raevadee Pattamaphong

TRINIDAD & TOBAGO  Donna Sandra Dalrymple

TUNISIA  Monia Dida  

TURKEY  Harika Degirmenci

USA  Annelise Ilschenko

WITHDREW:

SPAIN: Olga Fernández Pérez (due to Franco's death)

NO SHOWS:

CHILE  Raquel Argandoña

GUATEMALA  Diana Anker Chacón 

PANAMA  Anina Horta Torrijos

PARAGUAY  María Angela Zulema Medina Monjagata

ZAMBIA  Brenda May

BOTSWANA  Lucy Mosinyi

JAMAICA  Lydia Alethia Malcolm

LIBERIA  Aurelia Sancho

ECUADOR  Karen Andrea Hollihan Bruckman

REPLACED

SOUTH AFRICA  Helga Vera Johns (disqualified a week before the finals when Miss World organizers discovered that she actually was from Rhodesia. She was replaced by her 2nd RU)

SOUTH AFRICA  Crystal Coopers (went to London, but her father would not allow her to compete there because it was discovered that Vera Johns was not going to be officially stripped of her title).

ITALY  Anna Vitale (went home to ill mother)

FINLAND  Merja Helena Tammi (crowned Miss Young International)

DEBUTS:  Curaçao, El Salvador, Haiti, St. Lucia, Swaziland

WITHDRAWALS:  Botswana, Ecuador, Jamaica, Madagascar, Spain, Zambia

RETURNS:  Bolivia, Cuba, Iceland, Luxembourg, Mauritius, Peru, Seychelles, Trinidad & Tobago, Turkey, Uruguay

JUDGES:

1- The English actor, writer and producer, Richard Johnson.

2- Miss World 1951, Kiki Hakansson of Sweden.

3- The Prime Minister of Seychelles, Sir James Mancham.

4- The New Zealand actress, Nyree Dawn Porter.

5- Eric Morley, President of Mecca and Chairman of the Judges.

6- The English singer Linda Lewis.

7- The English actor Oliver Reed.

8- The English actress Susan George.

9- British boxer and star John Conteh.