Miss World IN 1971

 BRAZIL:

Miss World 1971 was the 21st Miss World pageant, held at the Royal Albert Hall in London, England, United Kingdom, on 10 November 1971. Evangelina Lacayo of Nicaragua crowned Lúcia Petterle of Brazil at the end of the event.[3] Although Petterle completed her reign as Miss World, she fell and broke her arm in the final month of her year and was unable to travel to London to participate in the Miss World 1972 contest. This edition marked the debut of Bermuda and Guam.

And the return of Aruba and Trinidad and Tobago, which last competed in 1966, Panama last competed in 1967, and Paraguay last competed in 1969. Colombia, Denmark, the Gambia, Grenada, Hong Kong, Lebanon, Liberia, and Nigeria withdrew from the competition for unknown reasons.

Dr. Lúcia Tavares Petterle (born October 31, 1949) is a Brazilian doctor and beauty queen who won Miss World 1971. Today, she continues with her charity work, helping underprivileged children in her free time by meeting their medical needs and providing care to them.

Lúcia Tavares Petterle was born in Rio de Janeiro, October 31, 1949. She spent her teenage years in Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, where her father served in the military. Back in Rio, Lucia began participating in beauty contests for fun, while studying medicine at the University Gama Filho, specializing in endocrinology.

She was elected Miss Tijuca Tennis Club – the last to sign up and with peer pressure – for which she fought and won the Miss State of Guanabara. Representing Guanabara State, she won the Miss Brazilian position in the national pageant, earning her the right to compete as Brazil’s delegate in the Miss World pageant in London. She became the first woman from her country and the fourth South American woman to win the title. After her reign, she went on to finish her medical studies and became a doctor.

MISS WORLD IN 1972:

AUSTRALIA:

Miss World 1972 was the 22nd edition of the Miss World pageant, held at the Royal Albert Hall in London, England, United Kingdom, on 1 December 1972 on the BBC. Fifty-three delegates vied for the crown won by Belinda Green of Australia. Green became the second Australian winner of the crown in just four years. Since the reigning Miss World 1971, Lúcia Petterle, had suffered a broken arm and was unable to travel to London, the CEO, Julia Morley, crowned the new Miss World 1972.

This edition marked the debut of Botswana and Singapore, as well as the return of Honduras, which last competed in 1967, Costa Rica in 1969, and Hong Kong and Liberia in 1970. Also, the withdrawal of Ceylon, Cyprus, Guyana, Luxembourg, Nicaragua, Panama, South Korea, Trinidad and Tobago, and Tunisia from the competition for unknown reasons. Maria Koutrouza of Cyprus and Chung Keum-ok of South Korea were supposed but don’t show up in the host country.

Martha Lucia Cardozo Cruz of Colombia, Regina Melgar de Garcia of Panama, who arrived on November 30th, too late to compete, and Helga Vera Johns of Rhodesia, Miss Rhodesia 1972, were not allowed to compete despite having British citizenship. She would later try to compete again in 1975 as Miss South Africa, but was barred again because she hadn’t lived in South Africa for at least 5 years as per the requirements for the Miss World Organization.

Belinda Lynette Green OAM (born 4 May 1952) is an Australian model and beauty queen who won the Miss World 1972 contest at the age of 20.[1] She became the second Australian to win the title; the first, Penelope Plummer, was crowned Miss World in 1968. The pageant was held in London at the Royal Albert Hall. Green’s triumph came in a year that saw Australia win the Miss Universe crown, the Miss Asia Pacific title, and place first runner-up in the Miss International. Green was born in North Carlton, Melbourne, to parents Gwen and Robert.

She moved to Sydney in her teen years, after the death of her father in 1959. She grew up in Blacktown in the Western Suburbs of Sydney, and is one of four siblings. Green attended the local public school, along with her siblings in Blacktown. During her teen years, Green worked as a motel cleaner, along with her mother, in Nelson Bay, NSW.

When Belinda was 18, she was approached by a model scout from Vivien’s Models Agency Australia, and was scouted to be a part of their talent roster. Later, she signed a modelling contract with the agency. Green began her pageantry career in 1972, where she won the title of Miss World at the age of 20, against 73 other contestants. She was awarded 3000 pounds. The pageant was held in the Royal Albert Hall in London on December 1. After this win, Actor and comedian Bob Hope invited her to entertain the American troops in Vietnam during Christmas 1972. Green continued her pageantry career, being crowned Miss Australia Beach Girl in 1974,

which took place in Perth. In this competition, she was awarded a gold Valiant Charger car. Belinda has not competed in a competition since, however has judged various events, including Miss Tasmania (1999), Miss World (2004), and Best dressed tropical lady (2015). During 1978–1979, Belinda travelled around the United States and Europe to further her modelling career.

Whilst travelling, she modelled for high fashion designers such as Ralph Lauren. During this time, Belinda was linked to singer Rod Stewart; it was never confirmed or denied whether Green and Stewart took part in a relationship. Belinda moved to Los Angeles in 1979, where she lived in a condo in Downtown LA. She pursued various modelling opportunities and took part in acting classes. After 18 months, Green moved back to Sydney and moved out of her Blacktown family home. Green then purchased her first home, a unit in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney, Bellevue Hill ll.Green met John Singleton, TV personality and advertising entrepreneur, in 1979. Singleton was hosting a late-night program for Channel 10 at the time.

He convinced the station to hire Belinda as a temporary on-air personality. This was the start of her media career. By 1981, Belinda and Singleton were ‘committed partners’.Green and Singleton took part in “a spiritual commitment ceremony”, whilst Singleton and his 2nd wife, Maggie Eckardt’s divorce were getting a divorce. Shortly after this, Green and Singleton were legally married in Sydney. Their first daughter, Jessie Singleton, was born in August 1982.

Their second daughter, Sally Singleton, was born in October 1984. Green and Singleton sent their daughters to a private school in Sydney for their primary and secondary school education. The family moved from Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs to Princes Farm on the Hawkesbury in December 1984. After Singleton was let go from his job at 2KY in April 1985, issues of cash flow and money began to arise. Singleton and Green briefly separated in 1986, with Singleton moving into a hotel in the city. However, a few weeks later, Green moved back in to live with Singleton in a rented home near Hunters Hill. Green and Singleton later officially separated in 1987.

Green met Neville James Browne in May 1993 and began living together in November 1993 in Sydney. Browne is an Australian-born businessman and investor. He was born in 1946. He has two sons from a previous partner. By the 18th of December 1993, the couple were married in a Catholic church with a small ceremony. Green’s daughters, Jessie and Sally, were living with their mother and Browne. Browne was an entrepreneur, and in 1989 developed a “remote personal training concept” called the ‘Hayle system’. Upon Browne’s request, Green became part of the promotions for this business venture, where she worked 18–20 hours weekly, and was the name, face, and spokesperson of Hayle. However, the scheme was unsuccessful as in February 1997, operations at Hayle concluded. In turn, Browne lost approximately $A 4M invested into the business.

Browne and Green shared a rural property at Cedar Brush Creek, which they sold in 1994.On 1 January 1997, the two parties separated under the same roof. Shortly after, on 25 January 1997, Belinda and her daughters moved out. On 21 September 1998, property settlement proceedings began, with the Judge awarding Green 36% of the couple’s net value of $4,039,133, and awarding Browne the remaining 64%. Browne appealed the property settlements in 1999, where the judge agreed to reduce Green’s awards to 33 1/3% and increase Browne’s to 66 2 /3%. Following this, Green continued with her acting and media career, meeting her now husband Steve Mason, a car dealership owner, in 2002.

Together in 2004, they purchased a 50ha farm, Glen Echo, located just outside Cowra. Green and Mason married in 2012, in the country town of Nyngan, during a Desert Duel charity car rally. Green and Mason share two race horses that they care for at their Nyngan farm. They race their horses at the nearby race track at Cowra. Green first began her career at age 18, when she was scouted and signed by an Australian modelling agency.

For two months in 1989, Green was employed as a radio commentator. Following this, she wrote a fortnightly column on beauty for New Idea. Belinda took part in an interview with Playboy Magazine in February 1979, where she took part in the ‘20 Questions’ game.

This interview was turned into an article and published in Playboy’s monthly magazine. Playboy is an American men’s entertainment magazine, which regularly features models, actors, actresses, and entrepreneurs. Following her pageantry and modelling career, Green was featured in a series of television programs. Her first appearance on Australian Television was in 1975, on a reality gameshow, Celebrity Squares. She continued her acting career and featured in 5 episodes of the Australian sitcom, Bobby Dazzler, in 1977, playing the role of Fiona Forbes-Martin.[38] She was also employed on the ‘Midday Show’ in 1991, with her own segment on Fashion, Beauty, and Health.

She went on to produce 15 episodes of ‘Let’s Get a Life’ for Renaissance Television, a lifestyle program. She also featured as a personality on ‘Good Morning Australia’ in 2003. Green also featured on the prime-time TV show, “Skating On Thin Ice” in 2005.

Concluding her acting career, she featured in an episode of the Australian reality TV show Beauty and the Geek in 2009. After she retired from acting, Green did appear occasionally on television commercials, all within Australia, including advertisements for vitamins and an advertisement for a land sale project. After moving to Cowra with her now-husband in 2002, Green became a Rural Fire Service first aid officer. Additionally, she became a committee member of the Cowra Jockey Club, as well as a volunteer for Cowra Special Needs Group, and a registered wildlife carer and rescuer in the following years.

Green took part in the “Desert Duel” outback car rally adventures to help promote regional Australian tourism, as well as raise money for Australians in the 2004 Paralympics. Green also became an advocate for Wheelchair Sports NSW in 2004 and used the ‘Desert Duels’

to raise awareness and funds to support this group. Following this, Green engaged with NSW “Fashions on the Field” in 2005, selling entry tickets to raise money for the Rural Fire Aid. Green presented her passion for animals and wildlife through volunteering with W.I.R.E.S.

Macropods (Kangaroos and Wallabies). Belinda was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in the 2013 Queen’s Birthday Honours, for services to the NSW community. Belinda hosted a charity event on Melbourne Cup Day 2018 to raise money for Wheelchair Sports NSW.

The event took place at Kareela Golf Club in Sydney. After bringing her sick wallaroo into Dr Ralph’s Southern Cross Wildlife Care clinic in 2011, Green began volunteering at the clinic, washing floors and making coffee. In 2012, she began studying veterinary nursing online at the Southern Cross Wildlife Care Centre, an animal hospital in Braidwood, to enable her to gain the skills needed to assist at the clinic. I

n 2014, Green became a registered wildlife carer and rescuer and became a permanent member at Dr Ralph’s clinic, acting as a veterinary nurse. After retiring from modelling altogether in 2000, Green has engaged in a career of public, inspirational speaking. Green talks about a range of topics; however, she focuses on addressing the stress, anxieties, and pressures of contemporary life, specifically for women. Green has been a guest speaker on several occasions, including in 2006 at The Rotary Clubs conference, the Walbundrie Show Society, the Australian Alpaca Association Ltd, and the AMP Services Conference.

MISS WORLD IN 1973:

UNITED STATES:

Miss World 1973 was the 23rd edition of the Miss World pageant, held on 23 November 1973 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, United Kingdom. 54 delegates vied for the crown won by Marjorie Wallace of the United States. She was crowned by Belinda Green of Australia. Wallace won £7,200 in prize money for the first-place result.104 days after her reign, Marjorie Wallace was dethroned from her title. The Miss World 1973 title was not offered to any of the other participants.

The Miss World organizers offered 1st runner-up Evangeline Pascual of the Philippines the duties but not the title. However, Pascual turned down the offer because she already had commitments in being an actress in the Philippines at the time.[6] Patsy Yuen of Jamaica, who placed 2nd Runner-Up, performed some of the duties and responsibilities of Miss World that had already been scheduled, without holding the title.

This edition marked the return of Peru, which last competed in 1968; Colombia and Lebanon last competed in 1970, and Cyprus, Luxembourg, South Korea, and Sri Lanka (as Ceylon) competed in 1971. Costa Rica, Ecuador, India, Liberia, Paraguay, and West Germany withdrew from the competition for unknown reasons.

In 1973, she made history as the first woman from the United States to be crowned Miss World, but just 104 days later, pageant officials announced she would be the first Miss World to have her title taken from her for having an affair. Years later, she helped launch the television program Entertainment Tonight as an original co-host. Wallace was born on January 23, 1954, in Indianapolis, Indiana, where her family ran an industrial supply business and raised her in the suburbs, she told People magazine.

With Indianapolis having a population of about 740,000 in 1970, “dancing at the Holiday Inn was the biggest thing in town,” she joked. When she was 14, her parents divorced, and Wallace was already showing her wild side. She went on a 1,200-mile (1,900 km) road trip with a friend to Miami, Florida. At age 17, she moved in with a guitarist in the Indy rock band Pure Funk.”My mother always says that if I ever have a daughter, I deserve to have one like myself,” she said in 1976.

Wallace also began traveling the 180 miles between Indianapolis and Chicago to work as a model. A modeling agent pushed her to enter the Miss Indiana World and Miss World USA beauty pageants, both of which she won, opening the door to the 1973 Miss World contest in London.

On November 23, 1973, Wallace defeated 53 competitors at the Royal Albert Hall in London as the first American to be crowned Miss World. During her time in the UK, she dated celebrities including Welsh singer Tom Jones, Northern Irish football star George Best, and American Indianapolis 500 and Formula One driver Peter Revson, with whom she was reportedly engaged to be married.

During her engagement to Revson, she carried on an affair with Tom Jones, being seen kissing him on a beach in Barbados. This violated Wallace’s Miss World contract, which prompted pageant authorities to take away her title on March 7, 1974, 104 days after she was crowned. Contest officials announced that Wallace “had failed to fulfill the basic requirements of the job.”The title was not offered to any of the other contestants, but first runner-up, Evangeline Pascual of the Philippines, pre-empted the decision by declaring she was not interested in the “second-hand crown” and claimed she was already too busy making a movie.

The second runner-up, Patsy Yuen of Jamaica, undertook some of the pre-scheduled engagements in place of Wallace that could not be cancelled. Fifteen days after Wallace was stripped of her crown, Peter Revson was killed in a fiery crash on March 22, 1974, while practicing for the 1974 South African Grand Prix in Johannesburg. He died en route to a hospital and was wearing a gold locket Wallace had given him bearing the engraving, “If not for you  … “Wallace attended Revson’s closed-casket funeral at Manhattan’s Unitarian Church of All Souls.

Less than three months after Revson’s death, Wallace was rushed to St. Vincent Indianapolis Hospital after her sister, Nancy, found her unconscious in her apartment, apparently from an overdose of the sleeping pill Doral. A doctor stated that Wallace was “comatose, and in pretty bad shape.” She was put on a dialysis machine to clear her kidneys. Wallace’s mother, Alice, stated, “She might have felt like she couldn’t go on.” However, Wallace herself said two years later, “I was depressed and OD’d on a few too many sleeping pills.

I never attempted suicide.”Wallace won television acting roles on some of the top shows of the 1970s, including Baretta with Robert Blake and Get Christie Love! with Teresa Graves.

She also appeared as a panelist on the television game show, Match Game. By 1976, she moved into the Los Angeles apartment of tennis champion Jimmy Connors. “Marji (sic) and I don’t even have to talk to each other if we don’t feel like it,” Connors reportedly said. “But I feel I have found someone to share the things I like, and that makes it all worthwhile.” Connors, Wallace said, was “a fantastic person. A very different person off the court.”The relationship with the tennis star did not last long.

After the breakup, Wallace moved to New York, where she auditioned for television sportscasting positions with ABC and CBS. She also appeared in television commercials for Ultra Brite toothpaste, Wella products, and American Express. In the summer of 1977, she met film producer Michael Klein at a Beverly Hills party, and they were married in May 1978. Klein’s father was Eugene V. Klein, owner of the National Football League’s San Diego Chargers.

They had a son named. In 1981, she became one of the first co-anchors on the television show, Entertainment Tonight. A few months later, producers decided to make a change, offering her a reporter position on the program, which she declined. In 1982, her marriage to Klein ended in divorce. Soon after, newspapers reported she was dating Richard Cohen, the estranged husband of Tina Sinatra. In 1994, she married real estate developer Donald Soffer; they divorced in 1996.

MISS WORLD 1974:

UNITED KINGDOM:

Miss World 1974 was the 24th edition of the Miss World pageant, held on 22 November 1974 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, United Kingdom. The event was viewed by an estimated 30 million people and was a “Wide World Special” on the ABC Television Network. Helen Morgan of the United Kingdom was crowned the winner at the end of the event by Mrs. Julia Morley, becoming the second Welsh and fourth woman from the United Kingdom to win the title. Although it was known to the organizers at the time that she had a child as a single mother when she was crowned Miss Wales, due to intense pressure and media interest, Morgan resigned four days later.

The wife of the child’s father had given many media interviews in the hours following the contest, creating extremely negative and lurid headlines. Morgan was the first Miss World titleholder to officially resign, and the second not to finish her reign as Miss World, after Marjorie Wallace in 1973.

Morgan had represented Wales in the Miss Universe 1974 pageant earlier that year and placed first runner-up to eventual winner Amparo Muñoz of Spain. When Muñoz relinquished her Miss Universe title later that year, Morgan had already been outed as a mother and, therefore, ineligible to succeed Muñoz as Miss Universe. Muñoz was not replaced by any of the other runners-up. Anneline Kriel of South Africa was crowned the new Miss World after Morgan’s resignation.

This was the second time that South Africa had won the title of Miss World.

This edition marked the debut of Barbados, Guernsey, Jersey, and Zambia, and the return of Madagascar, which last competed in 1961; Denmark last competed in 1970; Nicaragua and Tunisia last competed in 1971, and Costa Rica, Ecuador, India, and Western Germany last competed in 1972. Cyprus, Iceland, Luxembourg, Mauritius, Peru, Portugal, and Seychelles withdrew from the competition for unknown reasons. Miss Turkey 1974, Melek Ayberk, withdrew from the competition for unknown reasons. 

 

Helen Elizabeth Morgan (born 29 September 1952) is a British actress, model, TV host, and beauty queen who won the 1974 Miss Wales, Miss United Kingdom, and Miss World pageants. Morgan became the first winner to resign, and the second (after Marjorie Wallace) not to finish her reign as Miss World.

Born in Walsall, Staffordshire, England, she worked in a bank. Entering modelling competitions on a part-time basis, she won the Miss Wales (representing Barry in the competition for that title) and Miss United Kingdom titles in 1974. Morgan represented Wales in the Miss Universe 1974 pageant, where she finished first runner-up to Amparo Muñoz of Spain. When Muñoz resigned as Miss Universe before the end of her reign, the crown was not offered to Morgan or any other runner-up.

Winning Miss United Kingdom earned Morgan the right to represent the United Kingdom in Miss World.

She had originally been reluctant to enter the Miss Wales competition, and was eventually paid £30 as a last-minute stand-in when another competitor dropped out. Morgan became the second Welsh woman and the fourth UK representative to win the competition in 1974. However, she was forced to resign only four days after winning the pageant, upon the media creating extremely negative and lurid headlines as she was an unwed mother with an 18-month-old son.

This had never been hidden from the time she was crowned Miss Wales, but the lurid headlines in the hours immediately following her win at Miss World, particularly interviews given by the wife of the child’s father, created extreme pressure on Morgan and the Miss World organization. Although this did not violate any of the competition rules (which stipulated only that entrants must be unmarried), pressure was placed on her by the Miss World Organisation that she should resign to save them from further potential embarrassment. The first runner-up, Anneline Kriel of South Africa, succeeded her. Morgan became the first winner to resign and the second Miss World titleholder not to finish her reign.

The first case was that of Miss World 1973, Marjorie Wallace, who, according to pageant officials, was stripped of the crown for “failing to fulfill the basic requirements of the job” a few months into her reign. Threatened with being a named party in a divorce – an action which was later dropped – Morgan was allowed to keep her other titles. She resigned from the bank and undertook a career in modelling, TV, and films. Morgan married and moved to Surrey in the 1980s, and had two more children, Poppy and Ben. She later left the UK and now lives in Spain with her husband, Ronny Lamb, and family. In 2004, Morgan agreed to judge the 2004 Miss Wales competition in Swansea, the 30th anniversary of her competition win, won by Amy Guy.

MISS WORLD IN 1975:

PUERTO RICO:

Miss World 1975 was the 25th edition of the Miss World pageant, held on 20 November 1975 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, United Kingdom. 67 contestants took part in the pageant won by Wilnelia Merced of Puerto Rico.[1][2] She was crowned by Anneline Kriel of South Africa. Runner-up was Germany, Marina Langer, third place was Vicki Harris representing the United Kingdom, fourth place was Maricela Maxie Clark of Cuba, and Yugoslavia’s Ladija Verkovska completed the top five.

Anna Vitale of Italy was replaced by Vanna Bortolini, her first runner-up of Miss Italy, because she decided to return home to take care of her ill mother, and Rhoda Rademeyer of South Africa was the second runner-up of Miss South Africa. The official titleholder, Helga Vera Johns, was disqualified by the Miss World organizers when it was discovered that she came from Rhodesia. Her Rhodesian nationality apparently violated the pageant’s rules.

The first runner-up, Crystal Coopers, went to London, but her father would not allow her to compete there because it was discovered that Vera Johns was not going to be officially stripped of her title. This was the second time Helga Vera Johns was barred from competing in the Miss World contest, and still to this day remains the only contestant to be barred at least twice from competing at Miss World. The first time was in 1972 when she tried to compete as Miss Rhodesia, but was not allowed to compete due to her Rhodesian nationality. This edition marked the debut of Curaçao, El Salvador, Haiti, Saint Lucia, and Swaziland, and the return of Bolivia, Cuba, Iceland, Luxembourg, Mauritius, Peru, Seychelles, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, and Uruguay. Cuba, which last competed in 1955,

Bolivia and Uruguay last competed in 1965, Trinidad and Tobago last competed in 1971, and Iceland, Luxembourg, Mauritius, Peru, Seychelles, and Turkey last competed in 1973. Botswana, Ecuador, Jamaica, Madagascar, and Zambia withdrew from the competition for unknown reasons. Olga Fernández Pérez of Spain promptly withdrew from the competition after an announcement that Francisco Franco, the ruler of Spain, had died on the morning of the pageant date. Pageant organizers were concerned that she had been too upset by Franco’s death to appear in the finals.

Wilnelia, Lady Forsyth-Johnson, is a Puerto Rican former actress, model, and beauty queen.

She was crowned Miss World 1975 and was married to British entertainer Sir Bruce Forsyth from 1983 until his death in August 2017. This section of a biography of a living person does not include any references or sources. Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious material about living people that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately. Born in Caguas, Puerto Rico, Merced won Miss Mundo de Puerto Rico 1975 and went on to win the Miss World 1975 title at the Royal Albert Hall in London.

She remained the only Puerto Rican to win the title until Stephanie Del Valle was crowned Miss World 2016 after serving as a judge for the pageant. She travelled widely during 1975 and was invited to El Salvador by the Salvadoran military government before the civil war. After passing on her crown in 1976, she was signed by Ford Models in New York City.

In 1978, a giant poster of Wilnelia Merced was displayed in Times Square. She was introduced to British television entertainer Bruce Forsyth at the 1980 Miss World competition gala in London. While still a public figure at home in Puerto Rico, she retired from modelling after her marriage to Forsyth in 1983. Merced married Bruce Forsyth in New York in 1983. The couple’s son, Jonathan Joseph (“JJ”), was born in November 1986. She remained married to Forsyth until his death in August 2017. She now lives with her son near the Wentworth Estate in Surrey, England. On 29 January 2018, for the first time, Merced spoke openly about the final days she spent with her husband before his death.

She expressed her appreciation of being able to be with him at the last moment. She felt “lucky” that all the close family members managed to say goodbye at his deathbed. Merced recalled that Forsyth was surrounded by all his daughters, who kept him company and watched films together. Merced said that Forsyth had wished to celebrate his hundredth birthday at the London Palladium. A portrait of Merced is displayed in the Fundación Nacional para la Cultura Popular, with others, in their “Women with their own style” exhibit.

MISS WORLD 1976:

JAMAICA:

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, from Jamaica. She was crowned 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 the United Kingdom, and fifth was Merja Helena Tammi from Finland.

Several entrants were forced by their national governments to withdraw to boycott the presence of separate black and white contestants from apartheid South Africa. 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.

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. Lorraine Wede Johnson of Liberia was supposed to compete but also withdrew for the same reason. 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.

Cynthia Jean Cameron Breakspeare (born October 24, 1954) is a Canadian-Jamaican jazz singer, musician, and beauty queen. Breakspeare was crowned Miss World 1976. Breakspeare is the mother of reggae musician Damian Marley, a result of her affair with Bob Marley, who remained married to Rita Marley until his death. Breakspeare was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, to a white Jamaican father, Louis Cameron Breakspeare, and a Canadian mother of British origin, Marguerite Cochrane.

She has three brothers and one sister. Breakspeare moved to Jamaica when she was four years old and attended Immaculate Conception High School, graduating in 1973.

As a teenager, Breakspeare participated in beauty pageants, including Miss Jamaica Body Beautiful and Miss Universe Bikini. She was invited to participate in the Miss World competition in 1976, held in London. Despite Jamaica’s 1970s government banning Jamaicans from participating in competitions that included South Africa under its apartheid rules, Breakspeare accepted the invitation and won the title on November 19, 1976, becoming the second Jamaican to do so. Cindy didn’t face the backlash from society that Lawrence Rowe and the South African rebel tour cricketers got for doing similar during that time period.

Breakspeare had an affair with reggae musician Bob Marley beginning in 1976, lasting until 1980. Despite being married to Rita Marley, Marley was in relationships with several other women around this time, including Pascaline Bongo and Yvette Anderson, who gave birth to his child in 1981. From Cindy’s extramarital affair with Marley, she gave birth to a son, Damian Marley, in 1978.

Three years later, Breakspeare married Senator Tom Tavares-Finson on July 19, 1981 (2 months after Bob’s death), with whom she has a son, Christian (b. 1982), and a daughter, Leah (b. 1986). Breakspeare and Tavares-Finson later divorced in 1994. Breakspeare married musician Rupert Bent II in 1999.

Breakspeare has been pursuing her career as a recording artist and entrepreneur. She founded a Rastafarian craft store called Ital Craft in Jamaica. Breakspeare has six grandsons from her three children.[8] Breakspeare remains a personality in Jamaica, occasionally featuring in local media.

MISS WORLD 1977:

SWEDEN:

Miss World 1977 was the 27th edition of the Miss World pageant, held on 17 November 1977 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, United Kingdom. The winner was Mary Ann-Catrin Stävin from Sweden. She was crowned Miss World 1976, Cindy Breakspeare of Jamaica. Runner-up was Ineke Berends representing the Netherlands, third was Dagmar Gabriele Winkler from West Germany, fourth was Madalena Sbaraini of Brazil, and fifth was Cindy Darlene Miller from the United States.

Stävin was awarded a $37,000 cash prize as the winner of the pageant. Janice Galea of Malta withdrew from the competition due to age requirements, because her age was similar to Miss Italy before the pageant. At the last minute, she was replaced by her successor, and first runner-up, Pauline Lewise Farrugia. This edition marked the debut of the Cayman Islands, the Isle of Man, Papua New Guinea, and Western Samoa.

And the return of Bolivia, Nicaragua, Panama, and Sri Lanka; Panama, which last competed in 1971, and Bolivia, Nicaragua, and Sri Lanka last competed in 1975. Guatemala and the United States Virgin Islands withdrew from the competition for unknown reasons.

Anna Maria Kanakis of Italy was disqualified from the pageant because organizers discovered that she was underage. Sandra Kong of Jamaica and Veronica Lourdes of Singapore both withdrew from the competition due to a protest against the presence of Miss South Africa. Additionally, the Black representative from South Africa, who competed under the name “Africa South”, also withdrew from the pageant.

Contestants who withdrew in protest against the presence of Miss South Africa, Veena Prakash of India, Siti Mirza Nuria Arifin of Indonesia, Welma Campbell of Liberia, Ingrid Desmarais of Mauritius, Ana Melissa “Peachy” Ofilada Veneracion of the Philippines, Zanella Tutu Tshabalala of Swaziland, and Svetlana Višnjić of Yugoslavia.

Mary Ann-Catrin Stävin (born 20 August 1957) is a Swedish actress, model, and beauty queen. She won Miss World 1977 and appeared in the James Bond films Octopussy (1983) and A View to a Kill (1985). Stävin was born in Örebro County, Sweden, in 1957.

A blue-eyed blonde, she won Miss World 1977 in London, becoming the third Swedish woman to win the Miss World crown. Stävin started her acting career in the early 1980s. She appeared in two music videos for Adam Ant, “Ant Rap” (1981) and “Strip” (1983). Stävin’s first film role was in the James Bond film Octopussy (1983), where she played a non-speaking role as an Octopussy girl. She then appeared in the next Bond film, A View to a Kill (1985), in a larger role as agent Kimberley Jones. Bond actor Roger Moore later wrote in his autobiography that “floating away on board a submarine with Mary Stavin must be many men’s dream.”Stävin dated footballer Don Shanks from 1978 to 1982.

She then dated footballer George Best from 1982 to 1985, and the couple released the exercise album Shape Up and Dance. Stävin continued her acting career after the Bond films. She had supporting roles in the horror films House (1985) and Open House (1987). She then had supporting roles in the films The Opponent (1988), Alien Terminator (1988), and Howling V: The Rebirth (1989). Stävin played the female lead in the action films Strike Commando 2 (1988) and Born to Fight (1989).

Both were directed by Bruno Mattei and starred Brent Huff. Stävin also played Heba in the television series Twin Peaks (1990). During the late 1980s, Stävin was married to and divorced from actor Steve Jamieson, and she then had a five-year relationship with actor William Holdsworth. Stävin has acted sporadically since the mid-1990s. She married businessman Nicholas Wilcockson in 1995, and the couple has one daughter who was born in 1996. Stävin lives in California.

MISS WORLD 1978:

ARGENTINA:

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 end 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. 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. Contestants from sixty-eight countries and territories were selected to compete in the pageant. Two candidates were appointed to their positions to replace the original dethroned winner. 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. Pascale Taurua was originally crowned Miss France 1978 and was to compete internationally.

However, she decided to return to her homeland rather than taking the title, and the title was given to Brigitte Konjovic, the first runner-up. 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. Malek Nemlaghi of Tunisia was initially disqualified after refusing to remove her yashmak and wear boxer shorts for the official photo-call. However, she was reinstated back into the competition after she agreed to remove her yashmak at the dress rehearsal.

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. Nigeria, which last competed in 1970, India, Malaysia, Mauritius, the Philippines, Swaziland, and Tunisia competed in 1975, while Italy, Jamaica, Singapore, and the United States Virgin Islands 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 a 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.

Silvana Rosa Suárez Clarence (September 1958 – 21 October 2022) was an Argentine model and beauty queen who won the Miss World 1978 contest, representing Argentina. The pageant was held in London, United Kingdom. Suárez became the second Argentine to win the title of World Beauty Queen. From the middle class, Suárez’s parents were both artists and divorced when she was a teen. She lived then with her mother, a teacher of Fine Arts, and after finishing High School, studied Architecture.

“It was my mom who insisted that I attend a beauty pageant. I won the Miss Sierras de Córdoba and later the Miss World”, she said in 2019. Suárez died from colon cancer on 21 October 2022, at the age of 64. At age 19, Suárez beat 67 other contestants and was crowned Miss World 1978 at the Royal Albert Hall in London. “And then all the possibilities: I would live in London and would travel around the world”, she said. After her reign, Suárez traveled and worked as a model for a decade, visiting countries such as Japan and Thailand. “I loved the adventure, but I felt lonely because there were not all the technologies as today to speak with family and friends”.

In 1988, Suárez married media businessman Julio Ramos and had two children, Julia and Augusto. The couple divorced years later. She said that he was very chauvinistic. “He wanted to control me, and that disease got worse year after year”.

MISS WORLD 1979:

BERMUDA:

Miss World 1979, the 29th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 15 November 1979 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, United Kingdom. The winner was Gina Swainson from Bermuda.

She was crowned Miss World 1978, Silvana Suarez of Argentina. First runner-up was Carolyn Seaward, representing the United Kingdom, and second runner-up was Debbie Campbell from Jamaica. Swainson was a first runner-up in Miss Universe 1979, representing Bermuda, and Carolyn Seaward was a second runner-up in the same pageant, representing England. Live television coverage of the contest was largely abandoned by the BBC as a result of a trade union dispute typical of the era in Britain, when sound engineers refused to work, and the BBC decided shortly beforehand that it could not show live pictures without a commentary.

The parade of the contestants in their national costumes and each of the entrants in their evening wear had been recorded the night before, so this was televised, followed later in the evening by the crowning of the winner with mute pictures narrated by Ray Moore. An unscheduled repeat of Futtocks End was televised to bridge the two segments. For later overseas transmission, a commentary was added to the silent pictures of the entire event, but the interviews with the final 7 contestants were never shown. This edition marked the debut of Lesotho. And the return of Portugal, which last competed in 1973, Guatemala last competed in 1976, and Bolivia, Lebanon, and Panama last competed in 1977.

Curaçao, Dominica, Saint Vincent, and Tunisia withdrew from the competition for unknown reasons.

Gina Ann Casandra Swainson (born 6 June 1958) is a Bermudian model and beauty queen who won Miss World 1979 and was the first runner-up at Miss Universe 1979. Before competing in Miss World, she participated in Miss Universe and placed first runner-up to Miss Universe 1979, Maritza Sayalero of Venezuela.

As the official representative of Bermuda to the 1979 Miss World pageant held in London, United Kingdom, on 15 November, she captured the crown of Miss World 1979, becoming the only woman to win a major international pageant for Bermuda as of 2020 and the most successful at both Miss Universe and Miss World. Upon her return to Bermuda, there was a parade in her honour, and Swainson was depicted on a series of Bermudian postage stamps in 1980.

MISS WORLD 1980:

WEST GERMANY:

Miss World 1980, the 30th anniversary of the Miss World pageant, was held on 13 November 1980 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, United Kingdom, and televised for the first time by Thames Television for ITV. The winner was Gabriella Brum from West Germany.

She was crowned Miss World 1979, Gina Swainson of Bermuda. The first runner-up was Kimberly Domínguez, representing Nicaragua; second was Patricia Barzyk from France; third was Anat Zimmermann of Israel; and fourth was Kim Ashfield from the United Kingdom. Gabriella Brum resigned after 18 hours of holding the title,[1][2][3] and 14 days later, first runner-up Kimberly Domínguez was crowned the new Miss World by Mary Stävin, Miss World 1977, in Nicaragua.

This edition marked the return of Curaçao, Papua New Guinea, and Zimbabwe; Zimbabwe last competed (as Rhodesia)[a] in 1965, Papua New Guinea last competed in 1977, and Curaçao last competed in 1978. Chile, El Salvador, French Polynesia, Iceland, Nigeria, and Portugal withdrew from the competition for unknown reasons.

Gabriella Brum, born March 22, 1962, in Berlin, is a former German model, best known for winning the Miss World pageant in 1980. Elected Miss World 1980, she resigned her title eighteen hours after the crowning, resigning due to media pressure Gabriella had, in fact, posed for Playboy. She has been working as a model in Los Angeles for several years. She was replaced by first runner-up Kimberley Santos, from Guam.