Results

1  JAMAICA  Cynthia "Cindy" Jean Breakspeare

2  AUSTRALIA  Karen Jo Pini

3  GUAM  Diane Marie Roberts Duenas

4  UNITED KINGDOM  Carol Jean Grant (3rd RU Universe-Scotland '76)

5  FINLAND  Merja Helena Tammi (winner Young International '75)

Top 7

6  HOLLAND  Stephanie Flatow (3rd RU Europe '70)

7  TURKEY  Jale Bayhan

Top 15

ARGENTINA  Adriana Laura Salgueiro  

IRELAND  Jakki mari moore (Universe '77)

ISRAEL  Levana Abarbanel

PUERTO RICO  Ivette Rosado

SINGAPORE  Pauline Poh Neo Cheong

SPAIN  Luz Maria Polegre Hernández (SF Universe '77)

TRINIDAD & TOBAGO  Patricia Anderson Leon

VENEZUELA  Maria Genoveva Rivero Giménez

Awards

Miss Personality  AFRICA SOUTH

Miss Photogenic  IRELAND

Remainder

AFRICA SOUTH  Veronica Rozette Kuki Matsepe

ARUBA  Maureen Wever

AUSTRIA  Monika Muhlbauer

BAHAMAS  Mazorian "Zoie" Larona Miller

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

BERMUDA  Vivienne Anne Hollis (Universe '76)

BRAZIL  Adelaide Fraga de Oliveira Filha

CANADA  Pamela Mercer (Miss Friendship at Universe '77)

CHILE  María Cristina Granzow Cartagena

COLOMBIA  Maria Loretta Celedón Holguin

COSTA RICA  Ligia Maria Ramos Quesada (SF Ambar '76)

CURACAO  Viveca Francisca Marchena

CYPRUS  Andri Tsangaridou (Universe '74, Europe '76)

DENMARK  Susanne Juul Hansen

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC  Jennyfer del Carmen Corporan Viñas (Ambar '77)

ECUADOR  Marie Clare Fontaine Velasco (1st RU Maja '76)

EL SALVADOR  Soraya Comandari Zanotti

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

GERMANY  Monika Schneeweiss

GIBRALTAR  Rosemarie Parody

GREECE  Rania Theofilou (International '76)

GUATEMALA  Marta Elisa Tirado Richardson

HONDURAS  Maribel Ileana Ayala Ramírez (Maja Internacional '76)

HONG KONG  Christine Leung Ching-Man

ICELAND  Sigridur Helga Olgeirsdóttir

ITALY  Antonella Lombrosi

JAPAN  Noriko Asakuno

JERSEY  Susan Hughes

KOREA  Byoung-sook Shin 

LEBANON  Souad Nakhoul (Universe '75)

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

MALTA  Jane Benedicta Saliba (Universe '77)

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

NEW ZEALAND  Anne Clifford

NORWAY  Nina Kristine Ronneberg (unofficial Europe '76)

PARAGUAY  Maria Cristina Fernández Samaniego  

PERU  Rocío Rita Lazcano Mujica (Universe '76)

SOUTH AFRICA  Lynn Massyn (SF Teenage Intercontinental '77)

SWEDEN  Ann-Christin "Anki" Gernandt

SWITZERLAND  Ruth Crottet

TAHITI  Patricia Mareva Servonnat (International '76)

THAILAND  Duangcheewan Komolsen

USA  Kimberly Marre Foley

URUGUAY  Sara Alaga Valega (Ambar '75, International '78)

VIRGIN ISLANDS  Denise LaFranque

DISQUALIFIED:

RHODESIA  Jane Bird (Because of politics and she arrived on Nov.17th, too late to compete)

NOT ACCEPTED:

ITALY  Paola Bresciano

WITHDREW BECAUSE THE PRESENCE OF A WHITE MISS SOUTH AFRICA:

PHILIPPINES  Josephine "Joy" Salazar Conde (withdrew early Nov.18th in protest for South Africa, still in the video recorded the night before)

YUGOSLAVIA  Slavica Stefanovic (withdrew early Nov.18th in protest for South Africa, still in the video recorded the night before)

MALAYSIA  Che Puteh Naziadin (withdrew Nov.17th afternoon in protest for South Africa)

SEYCHELLES  Lynn Elisca Gobine (withdrew Nov.17th in protest for South Africa)

SRI LANKA  Tamara Ingrid Subramanian (withdrew Nov.17th in protest for South Africa)

INDIA  Naina Sudhir Balsaver (withdrew Nov.16th in protest for South Africa)

LIBERIA  Laurine Wede Johnson (withdrew late Nov.15th in protest for South Africa)

MAURITIUS  Anne-Lise Lesur (withdrew Nov.14th in protest for South Africa)

SWAZILAND  Zanella Tutu Tshabalala (withdrew Nov.14th in protest for South Africa)

NO SHOWS:

BARBADOS  Jewell Sharon Nightingale

BOTSWANA  Ida Mpatane

INDONESIA  Yuliarti Rahayuningsih

NICARAGUA  Ivania Navarro Genie

ST LUCIA  Cynthia Elibox

ISLE OF MAN  Sandra Moughton

GUERNSEY  Irene Matthews

TRANSKEI  Mandi Anathi Gulwa

REPLACED

MEXICO  Emilia Estefanía Smith Ranero 

HONDURAS  Carmen Leticia Figueroa

VENEZUELA  Judith Josefina Castillo Uribe (was sent to Miss Universe when the Miss Venezuela's winner resigned 36 hours after the pageant).

DEBUTS:  Guatemala, Virgin Islands

WITHDRAWALS:  Barbados, Bolivia, Cuba, Guernsey, Haiti, India, Malaysia, Mauritius, Nicaragua, Philippines, St. Lucia, Seychelles, Sri Lanka, Swaziland, Tunisia, Yugoslavia

RETURNS:  Chile, Cyprus, Ecuador, Jamaica, Paraguay, Spain, Tahiti

JUDGES:

01- British ceramic painter Michael Knotts.

02- The Greek singer Demis Roussos.

03- The Austrian-German actor Curd Jürgens.

04- Wilnelia Merced, Miss World 1975.

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

06- The American actress Barbara Bain.

07- The British car racer James Hunt.

08- The gold medalist in Pentathlon, the British Mary Peters.

09- The Japanese fashion designer Yuki Torimaru.

10- Fred Demmond (public representative)

11- Doreen Miller (public representative)

12- Wentworth Christopher (Bermuda Director)