Miss Universe 1977, the 26th

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pageant, was held on 16 July 1977 at the National Theater in

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. It was the first time in the pageant's history that the event was held in

. Janelle Commissiong of

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was crowned by

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at the end of the event. This marks the first time a Black Woman won Miss Universe Miss Universe was then owned by

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Industries.

Results

Placements

Order Of Announcements Top 12 # # # # # # # # # # # # Top 5 # # # # #

Contestants

* - Virginia Caroline Suka * - Sheryl Ann Gibbons * - Maritza Elizabet Jurado * - Margareth Eldrid Oduber * - Jill Maree Minaham * - Eva Maria Duringer * - Paulette Rosetta Ogylvie Borghardt * - Margaret Sonia Rouse * - Claudine Marie Vasseur * - Dora Maria Phillips * - Connie Marie Frith * - Liliana Gutiérrez Paz * - Cássia Janys Moraes Silveira * - Andria Dolores Norman * - Pamela Mercer * - Priscilla Raquel Brenner * - Aura María Mojica Salcedo * - Claudia Maria Garnier Arias * - Regine Tromp * - Inge Eline Erlandsen * - Blanca Aurora Sardiñas * - Lucía del Carmen Hernández Quiñones * - Altagracia Arévalo * - Sarah Louise Long * - Armi Aavikko † * - Véronique Fagot * - Evelyne Randel * - Marie-Luise Gassen * - Maria Spantidaki * - Catherine Reinette * - Lisa Ann Caso * - Françoise Elie * - Ineke Berends * - Carolina Rosa Rauscher Sierra * - Loletta Chu Ling-Ling * - Kristjana Þrainsdóttir * - Bineeta Bose * - Siti Mirza Nuria Arifin * - Jakki Moore * - Zehava Vardi * - Paola Biasini * - Kyoko Sato * - Kim Sung-hee * - Hyam Saadé * - Welma Albertine Wani Campbell * - Leong Li Ping * - Jane Benedicta Saliba * - Danielle Marie Françoise Bouic * -

Felicia Mercado Felicia Mercado (born Felicia Mercado Agud on December 17, 1959) is a Mexican actress, singer and TV hostess, best known for her appearances in telenovelas . She appeared in '' Between Love and Hatred'' and ''Teresa''. Her first role in Telemund ...

* - Donna Anne Schultze * - Beatriz Obregón Lacayo * - Margarita Benavente Camacho * - Åshild Jenny Ottesen * - Marina Valenciano * - Sayah Karakuru * - María Leticia Zarza Perriet * - María Isabel Frías Zavala * - Anna Lorraine Tomas Kier * - Maria del Mar Rivera * - Yolaine Morel * - Sandra Bell * - Marilyn Choon May Sim * - Glynis Dorothea Fester * - Luz María Polegre Hernández * - Sobodhini Nagesan * - Annette Emelda Frank * - Iva-Lua Mendes * - Marie Madeleine Boirard * - Marlene Roesmienten Saimo * - Birgitta Lindvall * - Anja Kristin Terzi *

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- Donna Aunoa * - Laddawan Intriya * - Janelle Commissiong * - Adriana María Umpierre Escudero * -

Kimberly Tomes Kimberly Louise Tomes (born August 20, 1955) is a beauty queen from Texas who has held Miss USA title. Tomes won the Miss Texas USA title in 1976 and later represented Texas in the Miss USA 1977 pageant held in Charleston, South Carolina. In the ...

* -

Cristal Montañez Cristal del Mar Montañez Arocha (born 1960) is a Venezuelan beauty pageant titleholder. She was Miss Venezuela for 1977, and was a semi-finalist in the Miss Universe pageant held in Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic on July 16 of that ...

* - Denise Naomi George * - Christine Anne Murphy * - Ljiljana Sobajić

Notes

Debuts

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Returns

Last competed in

1962 Events January * January 1 – Western Samoa becomes independent from New Zealand. * January 3 – Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro for preaching communism. * January 8 – Harmelen train disaster: 93 die in the wor ...

: *

Last competed in

1975 It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...

: * * *

Withdrawals

* - Marta Elisa Tirado Richardson * - Jeannette Henriette Colling * -

Manolya Onur Manolya Onur, Princess Qhabl Begum Sahiba Manolya-i-Nur (1955 – 25 October 2017) was a Turkish pageant queen and model who became a princess of Berar by marriage. She was a former Miss Turkey. Career She competed in the Miss Turkey pageant in ...

was disqualified for competing twice.

Did not Compete

* - Patricia Vatble

Awards

* - Miss Amity (Pamela Mercer) * - Miss Photogenic ( Janelle Commissiong) * - Best National Costume (Kim Sung-hee)

General references

External links

Miss Universe official website
{{Miss Universe 1977 delegates

1977 Events January * January 8 – Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group. * January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (now the Democrat ...

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