Miss World 1978
Country Contestant Age Hometown
Argentina Silvana Rosa Suárez Clarence 20 Córdoba
Aruba Rose Anne Marie Lejuez 18 Oranjestad
Australia Denise Ellen Coward 23 Parkdale
Austria Doris Elizabeth Anwander 18 Bregenz
Bahamas Donna Marie McCook 23 Nassau
Belgium Françoise Helene Julia Moens 18 Brussels
Bermuda Madeline Francine Joell 19 Smith 's Parish
Brazil Laura Angélica Viana de Oliveira Pereira 20 Salvador
Canada Brigitte June Hofmann 18 Hamilton
Cayman Islands Wendy Lorraine Daykin 18 George Town
Chile María Trinidad Sepúlveda Pavón 22 Santiago
Colombia Denise de Castro Santiago 19 Barranquilla
Costa Rica Maribel Fernández García 19 San José
Curaçao Silvana Angely Trinidad 21 Willemstad
Cyprus Mary Adamou 19 Nicosia
Denmark Birgit Stefansen 21 Struer
Dominica Mona Jno-Lewis 19 Roseau
Dominican Republic Jenny del Carmen Polanco Rivera † 20 Puerto Plata
Ecuador Antonieta Cecilia Campódonico Aguirre 18 Guayaquil
El Salvador Iris Ivette Mazorra Castro 18 San Salvador
Contestants
Miss World 1978, the 28th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 16 November 1978 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, UK. The winner was Silvana Suárez from Argentina. She was crowned by Miss World 1977, Mary Stävin of Sweden. First runner-up was Ossie Margareta Carlsson representing Sweden, second was Denise Coward from Australia, third was Martha Eugenia Ortiz of Mexico, and fourth was Gloria Valenciano from Spain. This is the first time that the award for Miss Talent was given.