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{{Short description|Beauty pageant edition}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2015}}
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{{Infobox beauty pageant
| photo       = Silvana Suárez.jpg
| caption     = Silvana Suárez
| winner      = '''[[Silvana Suárez]]'''
| represented = Argentina
| date        = 16 November 1978
| presenters  = {{Hlist|Paul Burnett|Sacha Distel}}
| venue       = [[Royal Albert Hall]], [[London]], United Kingdom 
| broadcaster = [[BBC]]
| entrants    = 68
| placements  = 15
| debuts      = {{hlist|Dominica|Saint Vincent}}
| withdraws   = {{hlist|Bolivia|Lebanon|Luxembourg|Nicaragua|Panama|Papua New Guinea|South Africa}}
| returns     = {{hlist|India|Italy|Jamaica|Malaysia|Mauritius|Nigeria|Philippines|Singapore|Swaziland|Tunisia|United States Virgin Islands}}
| before      = [[Miss World 1977|1977]]
| next        = [[Miss World 1979|1979]]
}}

'''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.<ref name="google.com">{{cite web |date=17 November 1978 |title=Argentinian picked Miss World |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2245&dat=19781117&id=TuAzAAAAIBAJ&pg=4696,1942136&hl=en |access-date=26 January 2016 |website=[[Lodi News-Sentinel]]}}</ref>

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

== Background ==
[[File:Royal Albert Hall.001 - London.JPG|thumb|250x250px|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.'''<ref name=":0" />''' 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.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Mitote|first=Pascal|date=8 March 2015|title=Pascale Taurua, Miss France 1978|url=https://la1ere.francetvinfo.fr/polynesie/tahiti/pascale-taurua-miss-france-1978-236573.html|access-date=17 May 2023|website=Polynésie la 1ère|language=fr-FR}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Gnipate|first=Steeven|date=5 March 2015|title=Que devient la Calédonienne Pascale Taurua, Miss France 1978?|url=https://la1ere.francetvinfo.fr/2015/03/05/que-devient-pascal-taurua-la-caledonienne-miss-france-1978-235719.html|access-date=17 May 2023|website=Outre-mer la 1ère|language=fr-FR|trans-title=What happens to Caledonian Pascale Taurua, Miss France 1978?}}</ref> 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.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=Lazaar|first=Liane|date=11 December 2021|title=Miss France : Une reine de beauté est la mère d'un comédien de Scènes de ménages !|url=https://www.purepeople.com/article/miss-france-une-reine-de-beaute-est-la-mere-d-un-comedien-de-scenes-de-menages_a467338/1|access-date=17 May 2023|website=[[Purepeople]]|language=fr|trans-title=Miss France: A beauty queen is the mother of a Scènes de Ménages actor!}}</ref>

Malek Nemlaghi of Tunisia was initially disqualified after refusing to remove her [[yashmak]] and wear boxer shorts for the official photo-call.<ref>{{Cite news |date=14 November 1978 |title=Miss World |pages=5 |work=[[The Canberra Times]] |agency=[[Reuters]] |location=Canberra, Australian Capital Territory |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/110923125?searchTerm=%22Miss%20World%22 |access-date=17 May 2023 |via=[[Trove]]}}</ref> However, she was reinstated back into the competition after she agreed to remove her yashmak at the dress rehearsal.<ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Cite news |date=15 November 1978 |title=Miss World |pages=7 |work=The Canberra Times |location=Canberra, Australian Capital Territory |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/110923423?searchTerm=%22Miss%20World%22 |access-date=17 May 2023 |via=[[Trove]]}}</ref>

==== 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.<ref>{{Cite news |date=25 August 1978 |title=Miss South Africa out, so S'pore to take part |pages=9 |work=[[The Straits Times]] |url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19780825-1.2.49 |access-date=17 May 2023 |via=[[National Library Board]]}}</ref> Nigeria , which last competed in [[Miss World 1970|1970]], India, Malaysia, Mauritius, the Philippines, Swaziland, and Tunisia last competed in [[Miss World 1975|1975]], While, Italy, Jamaica, Singapore and the United States Virgin Islands{{Efn|Competed as Virgin Islands}} last competed in [[Miss World 1976|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.<ref>{{Cite news |date=28 April 1978 |title=Angelyn shapes up nicely... |pages=1 |work=Papua New Guinea Post-Courier |location=Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/250344589?searchTerm=%22Miss%20World%22 |access-date=17 May 2023 |via=[[Trove]]}}</ref> 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]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Evans |first=MJ |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1006045407 |title=Broadcasting the End of Apartheid |date=2014 |publisher=I.B.Tauris |isbn=978-0-85772-417-5 |pages=59 |oclc=1006045407}}</ref>

== Results ==
=== Placements ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;"
|-
! Placement
! Contestant
|-
| '''Miss World 1978'''
|
* '''{{flag|Argentina}}''' – '''[[Silvana Suárez]]<ref name="google.com1" />'''
|-
| 1st runner-up
|
* {{flag|Sweden}} – Ossie Carlsson<ref name="google.com1" />
|-
| 2nd runner-up
|
* {{flag|Australia}} – Denise Coward<ref name="google.com1" />
|-
| 3rd runner-up
|
* {{flag|Mexico}} – Martha Eugenia Ortíz<ref name="google.com1" />
|-
| 4th runner-up
|
* {{flag|Spain|1977}} – Gloria Valenciano<ref name="google.com1" />
|-
| Top 7
|
* {{flag|Switzerland}} – Jeanette Keller
* {{flag|United Kingdom}} – Ann Jones
|-
| Top 15
|
* {{flag|Austria}} – Doris Anwander
* {{flag|Costa Rica}} – [[Maribel Guardia]]
* {{flag|Finland}} – Eija Laaksonen
* {{flag|India}} – [[Kalpana Iyer]]
* {{flag|Puerto Rico}} – María Jesús Cañizares
* {{flag|Sri Lanka}} – Manohori Vanigasooriya
* {{flag|United States}} – Debra Jean Freeze
* {{flag|Venezuela|1954}} – [[Patricia Tóffoli]]
|}

=== Special awards ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;"
!Award
!Winner
|-
|Miss Photogenic
|
* {{flagicon|MEX}} Mexico – Martha Eugenia Ortíz<ref>{{Cite news|date=16 November 1978|title=People in the news|language=en|pages=2|work=[[The Salina Journal]]|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-salina-journal/49768474/|access-date=12 May 2023|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|location=Salina, Kansas}}</ref>
|-
|Miss Talent
|
* {{Flagicon|PHI|1936}} Philippines – Louvette Hammond<ref>{{Cite web|last=Burton-Titular|first=Joyce|date=1 October 2013|title=From Vivien to Megan: The PH in Miss World history|url=https://www.rappler.com/entertainment/pageants/40304-philippines-miss-world-history/|access-date=13 May 2023|website=[[Rappler]]|language=en-US}}</ref>
|}

== Contestants == <!-- FOR NAMES OF COUNTRIES OR TERRITORIES, PLEASE STRICTLY ADHERE TO WP:COMMONNAME POLICIES, DO NOT CHANGE IT JUST BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT MISS WORLD USES. -->
[[File:Miss World 1978 Map.PNG|thumb|250px|Countries and territories which sent delegates and results<ref name="google.com" /><ref name="google.com1">{{cite web |date=17 November 1978 |title=Argentine beauty named 'Miss World' |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1916&dat=19781117&id=QOogAAAAIBAJ&pg=3099,4174203&hl=en |access-date=26 January 2016 |website=The Hour}}</ref>]]Sixty-eight contestants competed for the tile.
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;"
|-
! Country/Territory  !! Contestant !! Age{{efn|name=A|Ages at the time of the pageant}} !! Hometown 
|-
| '''{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Belleza Argentina|Argentina]]''' || '''[[Silvana Suárez]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|date=20 November 1978|title=Argentine girl is Miss World|language=en|pages=17|work=The Daily News|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-news-20november1978thedail/396776/|access-date=12 May 2023|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|location=[[Huntingdon, Pennsylvania]]}}</ref>'''|| 20 || [[Córdoba, Argentina|Córdoba]]
|-
| {{flagicon|AHO|1959}} [[Miss Aruba|Aruba]]|| Rose-Anne Lejuez<ref>{{Cite news |date=18 October 1978 |title=Untitled |language=nl |pages=5 |work=Amigoe |location=[[Curaçao]] |url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:010639428:mpeg21:p005 |access-date=17 May 2023 |via=[[Delpher]]}}</ref>|| 18 || [[Oranjestad, Aruba|Oranjestad]]
|-
| {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Miss World Australia|Australia]]|| Denise Coward<ref>{{Cite news |date=4 October 1978 |title=Denise heads for stardom |pages=15 |work=[[The Australian Women's Weekly]] |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/52259867?searchTerm=%22Denise%20Coward%22 |access-date=17 May 2023 |via=[[Trove]]}}</ref>|| 23 || [[Parkdale, Victoria|Parkdale]]
|-
| {{flagicon|AUT}} [[Miss Austria|Austria]]|| Doris Anwander<ref>{{Cite web|last=|date=5 February 2009|title=Kniggetrainerin: Job mit Takt|url=https://www.vol.at/kniggetrainerin-job-mit-takt/2194012|access-date=17 May 2023|website=Vorarlberg Online|language=de|trans-title=Etiquette trainer: Job with tact}}</ref>|| 18 || [[Bregenz]]
|-
| {{flagicon|BAH}} [[Miss Bahamas|Bahamas]]|| Donna Marie McCook || 23 || [[Nassau, Bahamas|Nassau]]
|-
| {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Miss Belgium|Belgium]]|| Françoise Moens || 18 || [[Brussels]]
|-
| {{flagicon|BER}} [[Miss World Bermuda|Bermuda]]|| Madeline Francine Joell || 19 || [[Smith's Parish]]
|-
| {{flagicon|Brazil|1968}} [[Miss Brazil World|Brazil]]|| Laura Angélica Viana Pereira || 20 || [[Salvador, Brazil|Salvador]]
|-
| {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Miss World Canada|Canada]]|| Brigitte June Hofmann || 18 || [[Hamilton, Ontario|Hamilton]]
|-
| {{flagicon|Cayman Islands|old}} [[Miss Cayman Islands|Cayman Islands]]|| Wendy Lorraine Daykin || 18 || [[George Town, Cayman Islands|George Town]]
|-
| {{flagicon|CHI}} [[Miss World Chile|Chile]]|| Trinidad Sepúlveda || 22 || [[Santiago]]
|-
| {{flagicon|COL}} [[Señorita Colombia|Colombia]]|| Denise de Castro Santiago || 19 || [[Barranquilla]]
|-
| {{flagicon|CRC|state}} [[Reinas de Costa Rica|Costa Rica]]|| [[Maribel Guardia]]<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Flores |first=Mariana |date=27 May 2022 |title=Respira profundo al ver a Maribel Guardia y la esposa de José María Napoleón en un concurso de belleza: FOTO |trans-title=Take a deep breath when you see Maribel Guardia and the wife of José María Napoleón in a beauty contest: PHOTO |url=https://heraldodemexico.com.mx/espectaculos/2022/5/27/respira-profundo-al-ver-maribel-guardia-la-esposa-de-jose-maria-napoleon-en-un-concurso-de-belleza-foto-408328.html |access-date=17 May 2023 |website=El Heraldo de México |language=es}}</ref>|| 19 || [[San José, Costa Rica|San José]]
|-
| {{flagicon|AHO|1959}} [[Señorita Curaçao|Curaçao]]|| Silvana Angely Trinidad || 21 || [[Willemstad]]
|-
| {{flagicon|CYP}} [[Miss Cyprus|Cyprus]]|| Mary Adamou || 19 || [[Nicosia]]
|-
| {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Miss Denmark|Denmark]]|| Birgit Stefansen || 21 || [[Struer, Denmark|Struer]]
|-
| {{flagicon|DMA|1978}} [[Miss Dominica|Dominica]]|| Mona Jno-Lewis || 19 || [[Roseau]]
|-
| {{flagicon|DOM}} [[Miss Dominican Republic|Dominican Republic]]|| [[Jenny Polanco]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pujols |first=Daniela |date=24 March 2020 |title=El día en que la diseñadora Jenny Polanco participó en Miss Mundo |trans-title=The day designer Jenny Polanco participated in Miss World |url=https://www.diariolibre.com/revista/video-el-dia-en-que-la-disenadora-jenny-polanco-participo-en-miss-mundo-IP17909313 |access-date=17 May 2023 |website=[[Diario Libre]] |language=es}}</ref>|| 20 || [[Puerto Plata (city)|Puerto Plata]]
|-
| {{flagicon|ECU}} [[Miss Ecuador|Ecuador]]|| Antonieta Campódonico<ref>{{Cite web |date=11 July 2016 |title=Cita solidaria de reinas ecuatorianas |trans-title=Solidarity appointment of Ecuadorian queens |url=https://www.eluniverso.com/vida-estilo/2016/07/11/nota/5684568/cita-solidaria-reinas-ecuatorianas |access-date=17 May 2023 |website=El Universo |language=es}}</ref>|| 18 || [[Guayaquil]]
|-
| {{flagicon|ESA}} [[Reinado de El Salvador|El Salvador]]|| Iris Mazorra || 18 || [[San Salvador]]
|-
| {{flagicon|FIN}} [[Miss Finland|Finland]]|| Eija Laaksonen<ref>{{Cite web|last=Lindfors|first=Jukka|date=28 October 2009|title=Seija Paakkola, Miss Suomi 1978|url=http://yle.fi/aihe/artikkeli/2009/10/28/seija-paakkola-miss-suomi-1978|access-date=17 May 2023|website=[[Yle]]|language=fi-FI}}</ref>|| 22 || [[Tampere]]
|-
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Miss France|France]]|| Kelly Hoarau<ref name=":1" />|| 18 || [[Le Port, Réunion|Le Port]]
|-
| {{flagicon|French Polynesia}} [[Miss Tahiti|French Polynesia]]{{Efn|Competed as Tahiti in the pageant}} || Moeata Schmouker<ref>{{Cite web |date=31 May 2022 |orig-date=27 April 2021 |title=60 ans de Miss Tahiti : (re)découvrez toutes les lauréates du concours |trans-title=60 years of Miss Tahiti: (re)discover all the winners of the competition |url=https://la1ere.francetvinfo.fr/polynesie/60-ans-de-miss-tahiti-re-decouvrez-toutes-les-laureates-du-concours-994630.html |access-date=17 May 2023 |website=Polynésie la 1ère |language=fr-FR}}</ref>|| 18 || [[Puna'auia]]
|-
| {{flagicon|GIB|ensign}} [[Miss Gibraltar|Gibraltar]]|| Rosanna Bonfante || 17 || [[Gibraltar]]
|-
| {{flagicon|GRE|old}} [[Star Hellas|Greece]]|| Ariana Dimitropoulou || 23 || [[Athens]]
|-
| {{flagicon|GUM}} [[Miss World Guam|Guam]]|| Elizabeth Clara Tenorio || 22 || [[Asan]]
|-
| {{flagicon|NED}} [[Miss Nederland|Holland]]|| Ans van Haaster || 22 || [[Amsterdam]]
|-
| {{flagicon|HON|1949}} [[Miss Honduras|Honduras]]|| María Elena Bobadilla || 21 || [[San Pedro Sula]]
|-
| {{flagicon|British Hong Kong}} [[Miss Hong Kong|Hong Kong]]|| Faustina Lin || 22 || [[Hong Kong Island]]
|-
| {{flagicon|ISL}} [[Miss Iceland|Iceland]]|| Ásdís Loftsdóttir || 20 || [[Vestmannaeyjar]]
|-
| {{flagicon|IND}} [[Femina Miss India|India]]|| [[Kalpana Iyer]] || 22 || [[Amroha]]
|-
| {{flagicon|IRL}} [[Miss Ireland|Ireland]]|| Lorraine O'Conner || 24 || [[Cork (city)|Cork]]
|-
| {{IMN}} || Carole Ann Kneale || 20 || [[Douglas, Isle of Man|Douglas]]
|-
| {{flagicon|ISR}} [[Miss Israel|Israel]]|| Sari Alon<ref>{{Cite news |date=15 June 1978 |title=Beauty queens all |pages=1 |work=[[The Australian Jewish Times]] |location=Sydney, New South Wales |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/263309329?searchTerm=%22Miss%20World%22 |access-date=17 May 2023 |via=[[Trove]]}}</ref>|| 19 || [[Tiberias]]
|-
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Miss World Italy|Italy]]|| Loren Cristina Mai || 17 || [[Mantua]]
|-
| {{flagicon|JAM}} [[Miss Jamaica World|Jamaica]]|| Joan McDonald<ref>{{Cite web |date=28 December 2020 |title=Former Miss Jamaica World now wellness ambassador |url=https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/entertainment/20201228/former-miss-jamaica-world-now-wellness-ambassador |access-date=17 May 2023 |website=[[The Gleaner]] |language=en}}</ref>|| 22 || [[Kingston, Jamaica|Kingston]]
|-
| {{flagicon|JPN|1947}} [[Miss World Japan|Japan]]|| Yuko Yamaguchi || 21 || [[Tokyo]]
|-
| {{flag|Jersey|old}} || Chantal Gosselin || 21 || [[Saint Helier]]
|-
| {{flagicon|MAS}} [[Miss Malaysia|Malaysia]]|| Kartina Osir || 22 || [[Sandakan]]
|-
| {{flagicon|MLT}} [[Miss World Malta|Malta]]|| Mary Cumbo || 18 || [[Birkirkara]]
|-
| {{flagicon|MRI}} [[Miss Mauritius|Mauritius]]|| Genevieve Chanea || 19 || [[Curepipe]]
|-
| {{flagicon|MEX}} [[Señorita México 1978|Mexico]]|| Martha Eugenia Ortíz<ref name=":2" />|| 18 || [[Mexico City]]
|-
| {{flagicon|NZL}} [[New Zealand at Miss World|New Zealand]]|| Lorian Tangney || 20 || [[Wellington]]
|-
| {{flagicon|NGR}} [[Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria|Nigeria]]|| Irene Omagbemi || 20 || [[Lagos]]
|-
| {{flagicon|NOR}} [[Norway at Miss World|Norway]]|| Elisabet Klaeboe || 17 || [[Oslo]]
|-
| {{flagicon|PAR|1954}} [[Miss Paraguay|Paraguay]]|| Susana Galli || 19 || [[Asunción]]
|-
| {{flagicon|PER|state}} [[Miss Peru|Peru]]|| Karen Noeth || 18 || [[Lima]]
|-
| {{flagicon|PHI|1936}} [[Mutya ng Pilipinas|Philippines]] || Louvette Monzon Hammond<ref>{{Cite web |last=Villano |first=Alexa |date=22 April 2016 |title=8 fun facts: Bb Pilipinas Intercontinental 2016 Jennifer Hammond |url=https://www.rappler.com/entertainment/pageants/130395-bb-pilipinas-intercontinental-2016-jennifer-hammond-trivia-fun-facts/ |access-date=17 May 2023 |website=[[Rappler]] |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Burton-Titular|first=Joyce|date=1 October 2013|title=From Vivien to Megan: The PH in Miss World history|url=https://www.rappler.com/entertainment/pageants/40304-philippines-miss-world-history/|access-date=28 April 2025|website=[[Rappler]]|language=en|archive-date=24 July 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240724212547/https://onedio.com/haber/hepsi-zirveye-cikti-ancak-hepsi-orada-kalamadi-turkiye-nin-son-25-yildaki-turkiye-guzelleri-simdi-ne-yapiyor-860708|url-status=live}}</ref> || 17 || [[Quezon City]]
|-
| {{flagicon|PUR|1952}} [[Miss World Puerto Rico|Puerto Rico]]|| María Jesús Cañizares || 21 || [[San Juan, Puerto Rico|San Juan]]
|-
| {{flagicon|VIN|colonial}} [[Miss St. Vincent and the Grenadines|Saint Vincent]]|| June de Nobriga<ref>{{Cite web|last=|date=9 October 2022|title=A history of pageantry in SVG 1951 to 2019|url=https://onenewsstvincent.com/2022/10/09/one-news-svg-pageant-corner-a-history-of-pageantry-in-svg-1951-to-2019/|access-date=10 December 2022|website=One News St.Vincent|language=}}</ref>|| 23 || [[Kingstown]]
|-
| {{flagicon|SIN}} [[Miss Singapore World|Singapore]]|| Rosie Tan<ref>{{Cite news |date=18 November 1978 |title=Rosie: My 'mission' was to promote S'pore |pages=2 |work=New Nation |url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/newnation19781118-1.2.17 |access-date=17 May 2023 |via=[[National Library Board]]}}</ref>|| 21 || [[Singapore]]
|-
|{{flagicon|KOR}} [[Miss Korea|South Korea]]{{Efn|Competed as Korea in the pageant}}
|Je Eun-jin
|19
|[[Seoul]]
|-
| {{flagicon|ESP|1977}} [[Miss Spain|Spain]]|| Gloria Valenciano || 23 || [[Tenerife]]
|-
| {{flagicon|SRI}} [[Miss World Sri Lanka|Sri Lanka]]|| Manohori Vanigasooriya || 20 || [[Colombo]]
|-
| {{flagicon|SWZ}} [[Miss Swaziland|Swaziland]]|| Nyamalele Nilovu || 21 || [[Mbabane]]
|-
| {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Miss Sweden|Sweden]]|| Ossie Carlsson || 21 || [[Stockholm]]
|-
| {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Miss Switzerland|Switzerland]]|| Jeannette Keller<ref>{{Cite web |title=Miss Schweiz Archiv |trans-title=Miss Switzerland Archive |url=https://www.schweizer-illustrierte.ch/miss-schweiz-archiv |access-date=17 May 2023 |website=[[Schweizer Illustrierte]] |language=de-CH}}</ref>|| 20 || [[Zürich]]
|-
| {{flagicon|THA}} [[Miss Thailand World|Thailand]]|| Orasa Panichapan || 20 || [[Bangkok]]
|-
| {{flagicon|TRI}} [[Miss Trinidad and Tobago|Trinidad and Tobago]]|| Kathleen Thomas || 21 || [[Port of Spain]]
|-
| {{flagicon|TUN}} [[Miss Tunisie|Tunisia]]|| Malek Nemlaghi<ref name=":3">{{Cite news|date=26 November 1978|title=Face fuss|language=en|pages=7|work=The Paris News|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-paris-news/49769773/|access-date=17 May 2023|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|location=Paris, Texas}}</ref>|| 19 || [[Tunis]]
|-
| {{flagicon|TUR}} [[Miss Turkey|Turkey]]|| Sevil Özgültekin<ref>{{Cite news|date=4 May 2020|last=Tarihi|first=Güncelleme|title=Güzeller canlı yayında buluştu|trans-title=Beauties met on live broadcast|url=https://www.hurriyet.com.tr/galeri-1929dan-gunumuze-turkiye-guzelleri-41508916|access-date=29 April 2025|website=[[Hürriyet]]|language=tr|archive-date=2 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230102125519/https://www.hurriyet.com.tr/galeri-1929dan-gunumuze-turkiye-guzelleri-41508916|url-status=live}}</ref> || 18 || [[Istanbul]]
|-
| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Miss United Kingdom|United Kingdom]]|| Elizabeth Ann Jones || 20 || [[Welshpool]]
|-
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[United States representatives at Miss World|United States]]|| Debra Jean Freeze || 20 || [[Mooresville, North Carolina|Mooresville]]
|-
| {{flagicon|ISV}} [[Miss US Virgin Islands|United States Virgin Islands]]|| Enid Francis || 18 || [[Saint Croix]]
|-
| {{flagicon|URU}} [[Miss Uruguay|Uruguay]]|| Mabel Rúa || 21 || [[Montevideo]]
|-
| {{flagicon|VEN|1954}} [[Miss Venezuela|Venezuela]]|| [[Patricia Tóffoli]]|| 18 || [[Coro, Venezuela|Coro]]
|-
| {{flagicon|FRG}} [[Miss World Germany|West Germany]]|| Monika Greis || 23 || [[Heidelberg]]
|-
| {{flagicon|SAM}} [[Miss Samoa|Western Samoa]]|| Rosalina Sapolu || 23 || [[Apia]]
|}

==Notes==
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==References==
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== External links ==
*{{official website|http://www.missworld.com}}

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