Miss Universe 1977

Miss Universe 1977
Miss Universe 1977 Janelle Commissiong
Date	16 July 1977
Presenters	Bob Barker Helen O'Connell
Venue	National Theater, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Broadcaster	CBS (international) Color Visión (official broadcaster)
Entrants	80
Placements	12
Debuts	Antigua British Virgin Islands French Guiana Guadeloupe Réunion St. Kitts St. Lucia
Withdrawals	Guatemala Luxembourg Turkey
Returns	Belize Haiti Lebanon Tahiti
Winner	Janelle Commissiong  Trinidad and Tobago
Congeniality	Pamela Mercer  Canada
Best National Costume	Kim Sung-hee  Korea
Photogenic	Janelle Commissiong  Trinidad and Tobago
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Miss Universe 1977, the 26th Miss Universe pageant, was 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.

Miss Universe was then owned by Gulf+Western Industries.

Miss Universe 1977 Titlecard

Results[]

Placements[]

Contestants[]

Miss Universe 1977 participating nations and results

Notes[]

Debuts[]

•  Antigua
•  British Virgin Islands
•  French Guiana
•  Guadeloupe
•  Réunion
•  Saint Kitts
•  Saint Lucia

Returns[]

Last competed in 1962:

• Tahiti

Last competed in 1975:

•  Belize
•  Haiti
•  Lebanon

Withdrawals[]

•  Guatemala - Marta Elisa Tirado Richardson
•  Luxembourg - Jeannette Henriette Colling
•  Turkey - Manolya Onur was disqualified for competing twice.

Did not Compete[]

•  Martinique - Patricia Vatble

Awards[]

•  Canada - Miss Amity (Pamela Mercer)
•  Trinidad and Tobago - Miss Photogenic (Janelle Commissiong)
•  Korea - Best National Costume (Kim Sung-hee)

General references[]

• West, Donald (ed.). "Miss Universe 1977". pageantopolis.com. Archived from the original on February 7, 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

External links[]

• Miss Universe official website