Miss World 1976

Cynthia Jane Breakspeare
JAMAICA

The winner, Jamaica's Cindy Breakspeare, had been invited by the pageant's organization to represent Jamaica. She travelled with her own resources to London. Miss Jamaica contests were not held during the mid-1970, but at that time the requirement was that representatives win one national beauty title. Cindy had won the Miss Jamaica Bikini contest, thus she was eligible for Miss World. The contest was marred by a walk-out of nine of the 69 contestants in protest against the South Africa's double entry - one black and one white. The boycott was urged by the South African Non-Racial Olympic Committee (SANROC), which had a hand in the African and Arab boycott of the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal. These countries were India, Mauritius, Liberia, Malaysia, Philippines, Seychelles, Sri Lanka, Swaziland and Yugoslavia. Miss World 76 was a physical-fitness instructor, 5 feet 6 inches tall and her statistics were 35-24-36. Although no one could contest Cindy's victory, another 'near perfect beauty' was Miss Guam. She had the face of an angel, and everytime she came out on stage the British crowd went wild.