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Miss World 1976
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Miss World 1976 was the 26th edition of the Miss World pageant, held on 18 November 1976 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, United Kingdom. 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.
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Selection of participants
Several entrants were forced by their national governments to withdraw to boycott the presence of separate black and white contestants from apartheid South Africa.[3]
Replacements
Sandra Kong of Jamaica withdrew from the competition due to the apartheid system in South Africa. Subsequently, Cindy Breakspeare, a protégé of Haughton, was selected to represent Jamaica and went on to win the Miss World title.[4]
Debuts, returns, and, withdrawals
This edition marked the debut of Guatemala and the United States Virgin Islands and the return of French Polynesia (as Tahiti), which last competed in 1965, Chile last competed in 1969, Paraguay last competed in 1972, Cyprus last competed in 1973 and Ecuador, Jamaica and Spain last competed in 1974.
Barbados, Bolivia, Cuba, Guernsey, Haiti, Nicaragua, Saint Lucia and Tunisia, withdrew from the competition for unknown reasons. Naina Sudhir Balsavar of India, Che Puteh Che Naziauddin of Malaysia, Anne-Lise Lasur of Mauritius, Josephine “Joy” Salazar Conde of the Philippines, Lynn Elisea Gobine of Seychelles, Tamara Ingrid Subramanian of Sri Lanka, Zanella Tutu Tshabalala of Swaziland and Slavica Stefanović of Yugoslavia: withdrew from the competition due to protests against South Africa.[3][5] Lorraine Wede Johnson of Liberia was supposed to compete but also withdrew from in the same reason.[3] Jane Bird of Rhodesia, had flown to London to compete at Miss World. However, the organization did not allow her to compete due to Rhodesia's current political situation.[6][7]
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Results
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Contestants
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60 contestants competed for the title.[3]
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