| Miss World 1976 |
| Date |
18 November 1976 |
| Presenters |
Sacha Distel, Andy Williams |
| Venue |
Royal Albert Hall, London, UK |
| Broadcaster |
BBC |
| Entrants |
60 |
| Placements |
15 |
| Debuts |
Guatemala, Virgin Islands |
| Withdrawals |
Barbados, Bolivia, Cuba, Guernsey, India, Liberia, Malaysia, Mauritius, Nicaragua, Philippines, St. Lucia, Seychelles, Sri Lanka, Swaziland, Tunisia, Yugoslavia |
| Returns |
Chile, Cyprus, Jamaica, Paraguay, Spain, Tahiti |
| Winner |
Cindy Breakspeare [1]
 Jamaica |
Miss World 1976, the 26th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 18 November 1976 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, UK. The winner was Cindy Breakspeare[2] from Jamaica.[1][3] She was crowned by Miss World 1975, Wilnelia Merced of Puerto Rico. Runner-up was Karen Jo Pini representing Australia, third was Diana Marie Roberts Duenas from Guam, fourth was Carol Jean Grant of United Kingdom, and fifth was Merja Helena Tammi from Finland.
Results
Countries and territories which sent delegates and results for Miss World 1976
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Placements
| Final results |
Contestant |
| Miss World 1976 |
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| 1st runner-up |
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| 2nd runner-up |
 Guam – Diana Marie Roberts Duenas
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| 3rd runner-up |
 United Kingdom – Carol Jean Grant
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| 4th runner-up |
 Finland – Merja Helena Tammih
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| 5th runner-up |
 Holland – Stephanie Flatow
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| 6th runner-up |
 Turkey – Jale Bayhan
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| Semi-finalists |
 Argentina – Adriana Laura Salguiero Ireland – Jakki Moore Israel – Levana Abarbanel Puerto Rico – Ivette Rosado Singapore – Pauline Poh Neo Cheong- 23x15px Spain – Luz María Polegre Hernández
 Trinidad & Tobago – Patricia Anderson Leon Venezuela – María Genoveva Rivero Giménez
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Contestants
60 contestants participated in Miss World 1976.[3]
 Africa South – Veronica Rozette Kuki Mutsepe- Argentina – Adriana Laura Salguiero
 Aruba – Maureen Wever Australia – Karen Jo Pini Austria – Monika Mühlbauer Bahamas – Larona Miller Belgium – Yvette Aelbrecht Bermuda – Vivienne Ann Hollis- 23x15px Brazil – Adelaida Fraga de Oliveira Filha
 Canada – Pamela Mercer [4] Chile – María Cristina Granzow Colombia – María Loretta Celedón Holguín Costa Rica – Ligia María Ramos Quesada Curaçao – Viveca Francisca Marchena Cyprus – Andri Tsangaridou Denmark – Susanne Juul Hansen Dominican Republic – Jenny Corporán Viñas Ecuador – Marie Clare Fontaine Velasco El Salvador – Soraya Camondari Zanotti- Finland – Merja Helena Tammi
 France – Monique Uldaric Germany – Monika Schneeweiss Gibraltar – Rosemarie Parody Greece – Rania Theofilou- Guam – Diana Marie Roberts Duenas
 Guatemala – Marta Elisa Tirado Richardson- Holland – Stephanie Flatow
 Honduras – Maribel Ileana Ayala Ramírez Hong Kong – Christine Leung Ching-Man Iceland – Sigríður Helga Olgeirsdóttir
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- Ireland – Jakki Moore
- Israel – Levana Abarbanel
 Italy – Antonella Lombrosi- Jamaica – Cindy Breakspeare
 Japan – Noriko Asakuno Jersey – Susan Hughes Korea – Shin Byoung-sook Lebanon – Suad Nachoul Luxembourg – Monique Wilmes Malta – Jane Benedicta Saliba Mexico – Carla Jean Evert Seguera New Zealand – Anne Clifford Norway – Nina Kristine Rønneberg Paraguay – María Cristina Fernández Samaniego Peru – Rocío Rita Lazcano Mujica Puerto Rico – Ivette Rosado- Singapore – Pauline Poh Neo Cheong
- South Africa – Lynn Massyn
- 23x15px Spain – Luz María Polegre Hernández
 Sweden – Ann-Christine Gernandt Switzerland – Ruth Crottet- Tahiti – Patricia Mareva Servonnat
 Thailand – Duangcheewan Komolsen- Trinidad & Tobago – Patricia Anderson Leon
- Turkey – Jale Bayhan
- United Kingdom – Carol Jean Grant
 United States – Kimberly Marre Foley [4] Uruguay – Sara Alaga Valega- Venezuela – María Genoveva Rivero Giménez
 Virgin Islands – Denise La Franque
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Withdrawals in protest against South Africa's race policies
 India[3] – Naina Sudhir Balsavar Liberia[3] – Lorraine Wede Johnson Malaysia[3] – Che Puteh Naziaden Mauritius[3] – Anne-Lise Lasur Philippines – Josephine Salazar Conde
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- 23x15px Seychelles[3] – Lynn Elisea Gobine
 Sri Lanka[3] – Tamara Ingrid Subramanian Swaziland[3] – Zanella Tutu Tshabalala Yugoslavia – Slavica Stefanović
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Notes
Debuts
- Guatemala
- Virgin Islands
Returns
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Last competed in 1965:
Last competed in 1969:
- Chile
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Last competed in 1972:
 Paraguay
Last competed in 1973:
- Cyprus
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Last competed in 1975:
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References
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