Miss World 1977
Miss World 1977, the 27th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 17 November 1977 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, UK. The winner was Mary Ann-Catrin Stävin from Sweden. She was crowned by Miss World 1976, Cindy Breakspeare of Jamaica. Runner-up was Ineke Berends representing Holland, third was Dagmar Gabriele Winkler from Germany, fourth was Madalena Sbaraini of Brazil, and fifth was Cindy Darlene Miller from United States. Stävin was awarded a $37,000 cash prize as the winner of the pageant.
Results
Placements
| Final results | Contestant |
| Miss World 1977 |
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| 1st runner-up | |
| 2nd runner-up | |
| 3rd runner-up | |
| 4th runner-up | |
| 5th runner-up | |
| 6th runner-up | |
| Semi-finalists |
Contestants
A total of 62 contestants participated in Miss World 1977.- ' – Susana Beatriz Stéfano
- ' – Helene Marie Croes
- ' – Jaye-Leanne Hopewell
- ' – Eva Maria Duringer
- ' – Laurie Lee Joseph
- ' – Claudine Marie Vasseur
- ' – Connie Marie Firth
- ' – Elizabeth Yanone Morón
- ' – Madalena Sbaraini
- ' – Marianne McKeen
- ' – Patricia Jane Jackson-Patiño
- ' – Annie Marie Garling
- ' – María Clara O'Byrne Aycardi
- ' – Carmen María Núñez Benavides
- ' – Xiomara Maria Winklaar
- ' – Georgia Georgiou
- ' – Annette Dybdal Simonsen
- ' – Jacqueline Patricia Hernández
- ' – Lucía del Carmen Hernández Quiñones
- ' – Magaly Varela Rivera
- ' – Asta Seppäla
- ' – Véronique Fagot
- ' – Dagmar Gabriele Winkler
- ' – Lourdes Holmes
- ' – Lina Ioannou
- ' – Diane Haun
- ' – Ineke Berends
- ' – María Marlene Villela
- ' – Ada Lui Shu-yang
- ' – Sigurlaug Halldórsdóttir
- ' – Lorraine Bernadette Enriquez
- ' – Helen Jean Shimmin
- ' – Ya'el Hovav
- ' – Chizuru Shigemura
- ' – Blodwen Elizabeth Pritchard
- ' – Kim Soon-ae
- ' – Vera Alouane
- ' – Jeannette Henriette Colling
- ' – Pauline Lewise Farrugia
- ' – Elizabeth Aguilar González
- ' – Michelle Jean Hyde
- ' – Beatriz Obregón Lacayo
- ' – Åshild Jenny Ottesen
- ' – Anabelle Vallarino
- ' – Sayah Karukuru
- ' – María Elizabeth Giardina
- ' – María Isabel Frías Zavala
- ' – Didriana del Río
- ' – Ana Decima Schmidt
- ' – Vanessa Wannenberg
- ' – Guillermina Ruiz Doménech
- ' – Sharmini Senaratna
- ' – Mary Ann-Catrin Stävin
- ' – Danielle Patricia Haberli
- Tahiti – Therese Amo
- ' – Siriporn Savanglum
- ' – Marlene Villafana
- ' – Kamer Bulutote
- ' – Madeleine Karen Stringer
- ' – Cindy Darlene Miller
- ' – Adriana María Umpierre Escudero
- – Jackeline van den Branden Oquendo
Contestants who withdrew in protest against the presence of a white Miss South Africa
- ' – Veena Prakash
- ' – Siti Mirza Nuria Arifin
- ' – Sandra Kong
- ' – Welma Albertine Wani Campbell
- ' – Christine Mary Lim Lim Boey
- ' – Maria Ingrid Desmarais
- ' – Ana Melissa Ofilada Veneracion
- ' – Veronica Lourdes
- ' – Zanella Tutu Tshabalala
- ' – Svetlana Višnjić
Judges
Debuts
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Returns
- Last competed in 1971:
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- Last competed in 1975:
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Withdrawals
- ' - The local pageant renamed Miss Black South Africa and withdrew.
- ' – Anna Maria Kanakis was disqualified in the pageant, because organizers discovered that she competed in Miss World at the very young age of 15.
Replacement
- – Janice Galea also had the same issue with age requirements, because her age was similar to Miss Italy before the pageant. At the very last minute, she was replaced by her successor, and first runner-up, Pauline Lewise Farrugia.
Crossovers
- 1978: – Siriporn Savanglum