Results

1  SWEDEN  Mary Ann-Catrin Stävin

2  HOLLAND  Ineke Berends (SF Universe '77)

3  GERMANY  Dagmar Gabriele Winkler (Universe '73, 1st RU International '77, 1st RU Europe '78)

4  BRAZIL  Madalena Sbaraíni

5  USA  Cindy Darlene Miller

Top 7

6  UNITED KINGDOM  Madeleine Karen Stringer

7  AUSTRALIA  Jaye-Leanne Hopewell

Top 15

AUSTRIA  Eva Maria Duringer (1st RU Universe '77, winner Europe '78)

DENMARK  Anette Dybdal Simonsen

FINLAND  Asta Seppälä

FRANCE  Véronique Fagot (Universe '77, Europe '78, International '78)

MEXICO  Elizabeth Aguilar González

PERU  Maria Isabel Frias Zavala (SF Ambar '76, Universe '77)

SPAIN  Guillermina Ruiz Doménech (Europe '78, 2nd RU Universe '78)

SWITZERLAND  Daniela Patricia Haberli (International '78)

Awards

Miss Personality  PARAGUAY

Miss Photogenic  GERMANY

Remainder

ARGENTINA  Susana Beatriz Stéfano

ARUBA  Helene Maria Croes (SF Ambar '77)

BAHAMAS  Laurie Lee Josephs

BELGIUM  Claudine Marie Vasseur (Universe '77)

BERMUDA  Connie Marie Frith (Universe '77)

BOLIVIA  Elizabeth Ianonne Morón (winner Ambar '77, International '77, Young International '77)

CANADA  Marianne McKeen

CAYMAN ISLANDS  Patricia Jane Jackson-Patiño

CHILE  Anne Marie Garling Vial

COLOMBIA  Maria Clara O'Byrne Aycardi  

COSTA RICA  Carmen Maria Núñez Benavides

CURACAO  Xiomara Marie Winklaar

CYPRUS  Georgia Georgiou

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC  Jackeline Patricia Hernández

ECUADOR  Lucia del Carmen Hernández Quiñones (Universe '77)

EL SALVADOR  Magaly Varela Rivera

GIBRALTAR  Lourdes Holmes

GREECE  Lina Ioannou

GUAM  Diane Haun

HONDURAS  Maria Marlene Villela (International '77)

HONG KONG  Ada Lui Shui-Yung

ICELAND  Sigurlaug "Dilly" Halldórsdóttir (Scandinavia '78, International '78)

IRELAND  Lorraine Bernadette Enriquez (Europe '78, SF Universe '78, 4th RU International '78)

ISLE OF MAN  Helen Jean Shimmin

ISRAEL  Ya’el Hovav

ITALY  Anna Maria Kanakis (15, underage but allowed to stay without being scored) (Universe '81, 2nd RU Europe '81)

JAPAN  Chizuru Shigamura

JERSEY  Blodwin Pritchard

KOREA  Soon-ae Kim 

LEBANON  Vera Alouane

LUXEMBOURG  Jeannette Henriette Colling

MALTA  Pauline Lewise Farrugia (Universe '78)

NEW ZEALAND  Michele Jean Hyde

NICARAGUA  Beatriz Obregón Lacayo (winner Int'l Queen of Coconut '73, SF Universe '77)

NORWAY  Åshild Jenny Ottesen (Universe '77, 1st RU Scandinavia '78, Europe '78)

PANAMA  Anabella Vallarino

PAPUA NEW GUINEA  Sayah Karakuru (Universe '77, Asia '77)

PARAGUAY  Maria Elizabeth Giardina

PUERTO RICO  Didriana "Dee Dee" del Rio

SAMOA  Ana Decima Schmidt

SOUTH AFRICA  Vanessa Wannenburg

SRI LANKA  Sharmini Helene Seneviratne

TAHITI  Thérese Amo

THAILAND  Siriporn Savanglum (winner Asia '78)

TRINIDAD & TOBAGO  Marlene Villafaña

TURKEY  Kamer Bulutote

URUGUAY  Adriana María Umpierre Escudero (Young International '77, Universe '77)

VENEZUELA  Jacqueline Van Den Branden Oquendo

DISQUALIFIED:

ITALY  Anna Maria Kanakis (Disqualified on Nov 1st for being 15, but remained in the pageant).

WITHDREW BECAUSE THE PRESENCE OF A WHITE MISS SOUTH AFRICA:

SWAZILAND  Zanella Tutu Tshabalala (withdrew the day of the pageant. She was hauled out less than an hour before the show began. At first, she defied her government's orders. Then, officials at the Swaziland High Commission, or embassy, telephoned Scotland Yard to keep her from entering the Albert Hall. The Yard refused, but chief chaperone Julia Morley advised Miss Swaziland to do as she was told).

YUGOSLAVIA  Svetlana Milorad Visnjic (withdrew the day of the pageant)

LIBERIA  Welma Albertine Wani Campbell (withdrew the day of the pageant)

MAURITIUS  Maria Ingrid Desmarais (withdrew the day of the pageant)

JAMAICA  Sandra Kong (withdrew the day of the pageant)

MALAYSIA  Christine Mary Lim Kim Boey (withdrew early morning before the pageant)

SINGAPORE  Veronica Lourdes (withdrew early morning before the pageant)

INDONESIA  Siti Mirza Nuria Arifin (withdrew on Nov.16th)

INDIA  Veena Prakash (withdrew on Nov.16th)

PHILIPPINES  Ana Melissa "Peachy" Ofilada Veneracion (withdrew on Nov.15th)

NO SHOWS:

NIGERIA  Toyin Monney

GUERNSEY  Kay Roussel

BARBADOS Margaret Sonia Rouse

ST.LUCIA  Dawn Theobalds

REPLACED

MALTA  Janice Galea (Disqualified on Nov 1st because she was 15, went home, replaced on Nov.10)

VENEZUELA  Vilma Yadira Góliz Romero 

DEBUTS:  Cayman Islands, Isle of Man, Papua New Guinea, Samoa

WITHDRAWALS:  Africa South, India, Indonesia, Italy, Jamaica, Liberia, Malaysia, Mauritius, Philippines, Singapore, Swaziland, Virgin Islands

RETURNS:  Bolivia, Nicaragua, Panama, Sri Lanka

JUDGES:

01- Maurice Hope, English middleweight boxing champion.

02- Oliver Tobias, Swiss actor based in the United Kingdom.

03- The American Micky Dolenz, actor, musician and vocalist of the Monkeys.

04- The English actor Robert Powell.

05- Doctor Reita Faria, Miss World 1966 from India.

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

07- Joan Collins, very famous English actress.

08- Claude Francois, French singer.

09- Barry Sheene, British motorcycle racer.

10- Cynthia Wetzell, director of Samoa.