Miss World 1978

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Miss World 1978
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Silvana Suárez
Date16 November 1978
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VenueRoyal Albert Hall, London, United Kingdom
BroadcasterBBC
Entrants68
Placements15
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  • Dominica
  • Saint Vincent
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  • Bolivia
  • Lebanon
  • Luxembourg
  • Nicaragua
  • Panama
  • Papua New Guinea
  • South Africa
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  • India
  • Italy
  • Jamaica
  • Malaysia
  • Mauritius
  • Nigeria
  • Philippines
  • Singapore
  • Swaziland
  • Tunisia
  • United States Virgin Islands
WinnerSilvana Suárez
Argentina
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Miss World 1978 was the 28th edition of the Miss World pageant, held at the Royal Albert Hall in London, United Kingdom on 16 November 1978.

At the conclusion of the event, Mary Stävin of Sweden crowned Silvana Suárez of Argentina as the new Miss World, this was the second time Argentina has won Miss World.[1]

Contestants from sixty-eight countries and territories competed in this year's pageant. The pageant was hosted by Paul Burnett and Sascha Distel. Distel also performed in this year's pageant.

Background

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Royal Albert Hall, the location of Miss World 1978

Selection of participants

Contestants from sixty-eight countries and territories were selected to compete in the pageant. Two candidates were appointed to their position to replace the original dethroned winner.

Replacements

Silvana Suárez, the first runner-up of Miss Argentina 1978, was appointed to represent her country at Miss World after the original winner, Margarita Susana Heindrycks, was disqualified for being underage.[2] Pascale Taurua was originally crowned Miss France 1978 and was to compete internationally. However, she decided to return to homeland rather than taking the title, and the title was given to Brigitte Konjovic, the first runner-up.[3][4] Due to personal reasons, Konjovic was dethroned as Miss France, and the title of Miss France 1978 was given to the second runner-up Kelly Hoarau.[5]

Malek Nemlaghi of Tunisia was initially disqualified after refusing to remove her yashmak and wear boxer shorts for the official photo-call.[6] However, she was reinstated back into the competition after she agreed to remove her yashmak at the dress rehearsal.[7][8]

Debuts, returns, and withdrawals

The 1978 edition saw the debuts of Dominica and Saint Vincent and the return of India, Italy, Jamaica, Malaysia, Mauritius, Nigeria, Philippines, Singapore, Swaziland, Tunisia, and the Virgin Islands.[9] Nigeria , which last competed in 1970, India, Malaysia, Mauritius, the Philippines, Swaziland, and Tunisia last competed in 1975, While, Italy, Jamaica, Singapore and the United States Virgin Islands[a] last competed in 1976.

Bolivia, Lebanon, Luxembourg, Nicaragua, Panama, Papua New Guinea, and South Africa withdrew in this edition. Angelyn Tukana of Papua New Guinea withdrew due to lack of funding.[10] Yolanda Kloppers of South Africa did not compete after the Miss World Organization decided to ban the country from competing due to its apartheid policy.[11]

Results

Placements

Placement Contestant
Miss World 1978
1st runner-up
2nd runner-up
3rd runner-up
4th runner-up
Top 7
Top 15

Special awards

Award Winner
Miss Photogenic
Miss Talent

Contestants

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Countries and territories which sent delegates and results[1][12]

Sixty-eight contestants competed for the tile.

Country/Territory Contestant Age[b] Hometown
Template:Flagicon Argentina Silvana Suárez[2] 20 Córdoba
Template:Flagicon Aruba Rose-Anne Lejuez[15] 18 Oranjestad
Template:Flagicon Australia Denise Coward[16] 23 Parkdale
Template:Flagicon Austria Doris Anwander[17] 18 Bregenz
Template:Flagicon Bahamas Donna Marie McCook 23 Nassau
Template:Flagicon Belgium Françoise Moens 18 Brussels
Template:Flagicon Bermuda Madeline Francine Joell 19 Smith's Parish
Template:Flagicon Brazil Laura Angélica Viana Pereira 20 Salvador
Template:Flagicon Canada Brigitte June Hofmann 18 Hamilton
Template:Flagicon Cayman Islands Wendy Lorraine Daykin 18 George Town
Template:Flagicon Chile Trinidad Sepúlveda 22 Santiago
Template:Flagicon Colombia Denise de Castro Santiago 19 Barranquilla
Template:Flagicon Costa Rica Maribel Guardia[18] 19 San José
Template:Flagicon Curaçao Silvana Angely Trinidad 21 Willemstad
Template:Flagicon Cyprus Mary Adamou 19 Nicosia
Template:Flagicon Denmark Birgit Stefansen 21 Struer
Template:Flagicon Dominica Mona Jno-Lewis 19 Roseau
Template:Flagicon Dominican Republic Jenny Polanco[19] 20 Puerto Plata
Template:Flagicon Ecuador Antonieta Campódonico[20] 18 Guayaquil
Template:Flagicon El Salvador Iris Mazorra 18 San Salvador
Template:Flagicon Finland Eija Laaksonen[21] 22 Tampere
Template:Flagicon France Kelly Hoarau[5] 18 Le Port
Template:Flagicon French Polynesia[c] Moeata Schmouker[22] 18 Puna'auia
Template:Flagicon Gibraltar Rosanna Bonfante 17 Gibraltar
Template:Flagicon Greece Ariana Dimitropoulou 23 Athens
Template:Flagicon Guam Elizabeth Clara Tenorio 22 Asan
Template:Flagicon Holland Ans van Haaster 22 Amsterdam
Template:Flagicon Honduras María Elena Bobadilla 21 San Pedro Sula
Template:Flagicon Hong Kong Faustina Lin 22 Hong Kong Island
Template:Flagicon Iceland Ásdís Loftsdóttir 20 Vestmannaeyjar
Template:Flagicon India Kalpana Iyer 22 Amroha
Template:Flagicon Ireland Lorraine O'Connor[23] 24 Cork
Script error: No such module "flag". Carole Ann Kneale 20 Douglas
Template:Flagicon Israel Sari Alon[24] 19 Tiberias
Template:Flagicon Italy Loren Cristina Mai 17 Mantua
Template:Flagicon Jamaica Joan McDonald[25] 22 Kingston
Template:Flagicon Japan Yuko Yamaguchi 21 Tokyo
File:Flag of Jersey (pre 1981).svg Jersey Chantal Gosselin 21 Saint Helier
Template:Flagicon Malaysia Kartina Osir 22 Sandakan
Template:Flagicon Malta Mary Cumbo 18 Birkirkara
Template:Flagicon Mauritius Genevieve Chanea 19 Curepipe
Template:Flagicon Mexico Martha Eugenia Ortíz[18] 18 Mexico City
Template:Flagicon New Zealand Lorian Tangney[26] 20 Hamilton
Template:Flagicon Nigeria Irene Omagbemi 20 Lagos
Template:Flagicon Norway Elisabet Klaeboe 17 Oslo
Template:Flagicon Paraguay Susana Galli 19 Asunción
Template:Flagicon Peru Karen Noeth 18 Lima
Template:Flagicon Philippines Louvette Monzon Hammond[27][28] 17 Quezon City
Template:Flagicon Puerto Rico María Jesús Cañizares 21 San Juan
Template:Flagicon Saint Vincent June de Nobriga[29] 23 Kingstown
Template:Flagicon Singapore Rosie Tan[30] 21 Singapore
Template:Flagicon South Korea[d] Je Eun-jin 19 Seoul
Template:Flagicon Spain Gloria Valenciano 23 Tenerife
Template:Flagicon Sri Lanka Manohori Vanigasooriya 20 Colombo
Template:Flagicon Swaziland Nyamalele Nilovu 21 Mbabane
Template:Flagicon Sweden Ossie Carlsson 21 Stockholm
Template:Flagicon Switzerland Jeannette Keller[31] 20 Zürich
Template:Flagicon Thailand Orasa Panichapan 20 Bangkok
Template:Flagicon Trinidad and Tobago Kathleen Thomas 21 Port of Spain
Template:Flagicon Tunisia Malek Nemlaghi[7] 19 Tunis
Template:Flagicon Turkey Sevil Özgültekin[32] 18 Istanbul
Template:Flagicon United Kingdom Elizabeth Ann Jones 20 Welshpool
Template:Flagicon United States Debra Jean Freeze 20 Mooresville
Template:Flagicon United States Virgin Islands Enid Francis 18 Saint Croix
Template:Flagicon Uruguay Mabel Rúa 21 Montevideo
Template:Flagicon Venezuela Patricia Tóffoli 18 Coro
Template:Flagicon West Germany Monika Greis 23 Heidelberg
Template:Flagicon Western Samoa Rosalina Sapolu 23 Apia

Notes

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  1. ^ Competed as Virgin Islands
  2. ^ Ages at the time of the pageant
  3. ^ Competed as Tahiti in the pageant
  4. ^ Competed as Korea in the pageant

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