Miss World 1976 was the 26th edition of the Miss World pageant, held on 18 November 1976 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, United Kingdom. The winner was Cindy Breakspeare from Jamaica. She was crowned by Miss World 1975, Wilnelia Merced of Puerto Rico. Runner-up was Karen Jo Pini representing Australia, third was Diana Marie Roberts Duenas from Guam, fourth was Carol Jean Grant of United Kingdom, and fifth was Merja Helena Tammi from Finland.

Several entrants were forced by their national governments to withdraw to boycott the presence of separate black and white contestants from apartheid South Africa.

Placement	Contestant
Miss World 1976	Jamaica – Cindy Breakspeare
1st runner-up	Australia – Karen Pini
2nd runner-up	Guam – Diana Marie Duenas
3rd runner-up	United Kingdom – Carol Jean Grant
4th runner-up	Finland – Merja Tammi
Top 7	Holland – Stephanie Flatow  Turkey – Jale Bayhan
Top 15	Argentina – Adriana Salguiero  Ireland – Jakki Moore  Israel – Levana Abarbanel  Puerto Rico – Ivette Rosado  Singapore – Pauline Poh  Spain – Luz María Polegre  Trinidad and Tobago – Patricia Anderson Leon  Venezuela – Genoveva Rivero

60 contestants competed for the title.

Country/Territory	Contestant	Age	Hometown
Argentina	Adriana Salguiero	19	Tres Arroyos
Aruba	Maureen Wever	20	Oranjestad
Australia	Karen Pini	19	Perth
Austria	Monika Mühlbauer	17	Karlstetten
Bahamas	Larona Miller	19	Nassau
Belgium	Yvette Aelbrecht	18	Brussels
Bermuda	Vivienne Ann Hollis	19	Smith's Parish
Brazil	Adelaida Filha	18	Brasília
Canada	Pamela Mercer	20	Ancaster
Chile	María Cristina Granzow	18	Santiago
Colombia	María Loretta Celedón	19	Valledupar
Costa Rica	Ligia Ramos	23	San Jose
Curaçao	Viveca Marchena	18	Willemstad
Cyprus	Andri Tsangaridou	20	Famagusta
Denmark	Susanne Hansen	18	Copenhagen
Dominican Republic	Jenny Corporán	17	Santo Domingo
Ecuador	Marie Clare Fontaine	20	Guayaquil
El Salvador	Soraya Camondari	17	San Salvador
Finland	Merja Tammi	21	Helsinki
France	Monique Uldaric	22	Paris
West Germany	Monika Schneeweiss†	21	Frankfurt
Gibraltar	Rosemarie Parody	19	Gibraltar
Greece	Rania Theofilou	20	Athens
Guam	Diana Marie Duenas	17	Agana
Guatemala	Marta Elisa Richardson	21	Guatemala City
Holland	Stephanie Flatow	23	Rotterdam
Honduras	Maribel Ayala	18	San Pedro Sula
Hong Kong	Christine Leung	22	Hong Kong
Iceland	Sigríður Olgeirsdóttir	19	Reykjavik
Ireland	Jakki Moore	17	Dublin
Israel	Levana Abarbanel	17	Tel Aviv
Italy	Antonella Lombrosi	17	Milan
Jamaica	Cindy Breakspeare	21	Kingston
Japan	Noriko Asakuno	19	Tokyo
Jersey	Susan Hughes	21	St. Helier
Lebanon	Suad Nachoul	21	Beirut
Luxembourg	Monique Wilmes	19	Echternach
Malta	Jane Saliba	18	Żurrieq
Mexico	Carla Jean Evert	19	Acapulco
New Zealand	Anne Clifford	22	Christchurch
Norway	Nina Rønneberg	21	Oslo
Paraguay	María Cristina Fernández	21	Asuncion
Peru	Rocío Lazcano	21	Lima
Puerto Rico	Ivette Rosado	19	Bayamón
Singapore	Pauline Poh	18	Singapore
South Africa	Veronica Mutsepe	21	Pretoria
	Lynn Massyn	18	Durban
South Korea	Shin Byoung-sook	19	Seoul
Spain	Luz María Polegre	18	Tenerife
Sweden	Ann-Christine Gernandt	19	Stockholm
Switzerland	Ruth Crottet	21	Lugano
Tahiti	Patricia Servonnat	18	Papeete
Thailand	Duangcheewan Komolsen	20	Bangkok
Trinidad and Tobago	Patricia Anderson Leon	21	San Fernando
Turkey	Jale Bayhan	20	Ankara
United Kingdom	Carol Jean Grant	19	Glasgow
United States	Kimberly Foley	21	Southfield
Uruguay	Sara Alaga	19	Salto
Venezuela	Genoveva Rivero	19	Caracas
Virgin Islands	Denise La Franque	19	Saint Croix

•  Guatemala
•  Virgin Islands

•  Rhodesia - Jane Bird had flown to London to compete at Miss World. However, the organization did not allow her to compete due to Rhodesia's current political situation.