Miss Universe 1977
Miss Universe 1977 | |
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Date | 16 July 1977 |
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Venue | National Theater, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic |
Broadcaster |
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Entrants | 80 |
Placements | 12 |
Debuts |
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Withdrawals |
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Returns |
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Winner | Janelle Commissiong Trinidad and Tobago |
Congeniality | Pamela Mercer (Canada) |
Best National Costume | Kim Sung-hee (South Korea) |
Photogenic | Janelle Commissiong (Trinidad and Tobago) |
Miss Universe 1977 was the 26th Miss Universe pageant, held on 16 July 1977 at the National Theater in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. It was the first time in the pageant's history that the event was held in Dominican Republic. Janelle Commissiong of Trinidad and Tobago was crowned by Rina Messinger of Israel at the end of the event. This was the first time a Black woman won Miss Universe.[1] African American singer Dionne Warwick, one of the 12 judges, burst into tears when Commissiong won.[1]
The other judges were Dominican industrialist José Armando Bermúdez, fashion designer Roberto Cavalli, model Wilhelmina Cooper, actress Linda Cristal, film producer Robert Evans, film and television producer Howard W. Koch, Miss Universe 1970, Marisol Malaret of Puerto Rico, and photographer Gordon Parks.[1]
Miss Universe was then owned by Gulf+Western Industries.
Results
Placements
Placement | Contestant |
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Miss Universe 1977 | |
1st runner-up | |
2nd runner-up | |
3rd runner-up | |
4th runner-up |
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Top 12 |
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Special awards
Award | Contestant |
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Miss Amity |
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Miss Photogenic |
Contestants
Country/Territory | Contestant | Age | Hometown |
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![]() | Virginia Caroline Suka | 17 | Pago Pago |
![]() | Sheryl Ann Gibbons | 20 | St. John's |
![]() | Maritza Jurado | 24 | La Plata |
![]() | Margareth Eldrith Oduber | 22 | Oranjestad |
![]() | Jill Minaham | 19 | Melbourne |
![]() | Eva Düringer | 18 | Bodensee |
![]() | Paulette Borghardt | 20 | Nassau |
![]() | Margaret Rouse | 18 | Saint James |
![]() | Claudine Vasseur | 18 | Brussels |
![]() | Dora Maria Phillips | 18 | Belmopan |
![]() | Connie Marie Frith | 23 | St. George's Parish |
![]() | Liliana Gutiérrez | 18 | Santa Cruz de la Sierra |
![]() | Cássia Janys Moraes Silveira | 21 | Indaiatuba |
![]() | Andria Norman | 21 | Road Town |
![]() | Pamela Mercer | 20 | Burnaby |
![]() | Priscilla Brenner | 18 | Santiago |
![]() | Aura María Mojica | 18 | Valle de Cauca |
![]() | Claudia María Garnier | 18 | San José |
![]() | Regine Tromp | 22 | Willemstad |
![]() | Inge Erlandsen | 23 | Copenhagen |
![]() | Blanca Aurora Sardiñas | 23 | Santo Domingo |
![]() | Lucía del Carmen Hernández[2] | 18 | Chone |
![]() | Altagracia Arévalo | 19 | San Salvador |
![]() | Sarah Louise Long | 19 | Bristol |
![]() | Armi Aavikko | 18 | Helsinki |
![]() | Véronique Fagot | 17 | Poitou |
![]() | Evelyne Randel | 17 | Cayenne |
![]() | Marie-Luise Gassen | 24 | Munich |
![]() | Maria Spantidaki | – | Athens |
![]() | Catherine Reinette | – | Basse-Terre |
![]() | Lisa Ann Caso | 20 | Agana |
![]() | Françoise Elie | 19 | Port-au-Prince |
![]() | Ineke Berends | 25 | Amsterdam |
![]() | Carolina Rosa Rauscher | 19 | Siguatepeque |
![]() | Loletta Chu | 18 | Hong Kong |
![]() | Kristjana Þrainsdóttir | 24 | Reykjavík |
![]() | Bineeta Bose | 18 | Delhi |
![]() | Siti Mirza Nuria Arifin | 24 | Palembang |
![]() | Jakki Moore | 18 | Dublin |
![]() | Zehava Vardi | 21 | Haifa |
![]() | Paola Biasini | 22 | Milan |
![]() | Kyoko Sato | 19 | Tokyo |
![]() | Hyam Saadé | – | Beirut |
![]() | Welma Campbell | 21 | Monrovia |
![]() | Leong Li Ping | 23 | Ipoh |
![]() | Jane Saliba | 18 | Żurrieq |
![]() | Danielle Marie Bouic | 22 | Port Louis |
![]() | Felicia Mercado | 17 | Baja California |
![]() | Donna Anne Schultze | 20 | Auckland |
![]() | Beatriz Obregón | 18 | Rivas |
![]() | Margarita Camacho | 19 | Saipan |
![]() | Åshild Jenny Ottesen | 22 | Oslo |
![]() | Marina Valenciano | 19 | Panama City |
![]() | Sayah Karakuru | 24 | Port Moresby |
![]() | María Leticia Zarza | 17 | Concepción |
![]() | María Isabel Frías | 22 | Lima |
![]() | Anna Lorraine Kier | 17 | Baguio |
![]() | Maria del Mar Rivera | 20 | Ponce |
![]() | Yolaine Morel | – | Saint-Denis |
![]() | Annette Frank | 20 | Basseterre |
![]() | Iva-Lua Mendes | 18 | Castries |
![]() | Sandra Bell | 18 | Glasgow |
![]() | Marilyn Choon | 17 | Singapore |
![]() | Marie Madeleine Boirard | 19 | Philipsburg |
![]() | Glynis Fester | 19 | Cape Town |
![]() | Kim Sung-hee | 18 | Seoul |
![]() | Luz María Polegre | 19 | Tenerife |
![]() | Sobodhini Nagesan | 19 | Colombo |
![]() | Marlene Roesmienten Saimo | 19 | Paramaribo |
![]() | Birgitta Lindvall | 21 | Luleå |
![]() | Anja Kristin Terzi | 17 | Geneva |
![]() | Donna Aunoa | – | Papeete |
![]() | Laddawan Intriya | – | Bangkok |
![]() | Janelle Commissiong | 24 | Port of Spain |
![]() | Kimberly Tomes[3] | 21 | Houston |
![]() | Denise George | 17 | Charlotte Amalie |
![]() | Adriana María Umpierre | 19 | Salto |
![]() | Cristal Montañez | 17 | Caracas |
![]() | Christine Anne Murphy | 23 | Swansea |
![]() | Ljiljana Sobajić | – | Belgrade |
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Miss Trinidad 1st black Miss Universe". The Times. 17 Jul 1977. p. 18. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
- ^ "Ana Lucía Cevallos, una candidata fotógrafa y diseñadora" [Ana Lucía Cevallos, a photographer and designer candidate]. El Universo (in Spanish). 13 February 2008. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
- ^ "Miss Texas Wins Miss America (sic) Title". Ventura County Star. May 15, 1977. p. 9. Retrieved 26 July 2023. (Article content makes it clear they mean Miss USA, but the title does say Miss America.)