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
Saint Kitts
Saint 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 South Korea
Photogenic
Janelle Commissiong Trinidad and Tobago
← 1976
1978 →
Miss Universe 1977 was the 26th Miss Universe pageant, 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. This was the first time a Black woman won Miss Universe.[1] African American singer Dionne Warwick, one of the 12 judges, burst into tears when Commissiong won.[1]
The other judges were Dominican industrialist José Armando Bermúdez, fashion designer Roberto Cavalli, model Wilhelmina Cooper, actress Linda Cristal, film producer Robert Evans, film and television producer Howard W. Koch, Miss Universe 1970, Marisol Malaret of Puerto Rico, and photographer Gordon Parks.[1]
Miss Universe was then owned by Gulf+Western Industries.
^ abc"Miss Trinidad 1st black Miss Universe". The Times. 17 Jul 1977. p. 18. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
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