Miss World 1980
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Miss World 1980, the 30th Miss World
pageant, was held on November 13, 1980 in the Royal Albert Hall
, London
, UK. The winner was Gabriella Brum
from Germany
. First runner-up was Kimberley Santos
representing Guam
, second was Patricia Barzyk from France
, third was Anat Zimmermann of Israel
, and fourth was Kim Ashfield from the United Kingdom
.
Brum resigned after 18 hours of her reign, and fourteen days later, first runner-up Santos was crowned the new Miss World.
Miss World
The Miss World pageant is the oldest surviving major international beauty pageant. It was created in the United Kingdom by Eric Morley in 1951...
pageant, was held on November 13, 1980 in the Royal Albert Hall
Royal Albert Hall
The Royal Albert Hall is a concert hall situated on the northern edge of the South Kensington area, in the City of Westminster, London, England, best known for holding the annual summer Proms concerts since 1941....
, London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, UK. The winner was Gabriella Brum
Gabriella Brum
Gabriella Brum of Germany won the 1980 Miss World beauty pageant and resigned 18 hours later, initially claiming her boyfriend disapproved. She stated that this was because of the pressure from the news media, though there were also allegations that she had posed nude in a magazine...
from Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
. First runner-up was Kimberley Santos
Kimberley Santos
Kimberley Santos won the 1980 Miss World contest after Germany's Gabriella Brum resigned the day after her victory. The pageant was held in London, United Kingdom.-References:...
representing Guam
Guam
Guam is an organized, unincorporated territory of the United States located in the western Pacific Ocean. It is one of five U.S. territories with an established civilian government. Guam is listed as one of 16 Non-Self-Governing Territories by the Special Committee on Decolonization of the United...
, second was Patricia Barzyk from France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
, third was Anat Zimmermann of Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
, and fourth was Kim Ashfield from the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
.
Brum resigned after 18 hours of her reign, and fourteen days later, first runner-up Santos was crowned the new Miss World.
Placements
- Miss World 1980: Gabriella BrumGabriella BrumGabriella Brum of Germany won the 1980 Miss World beauty pageant and resigned 18 hours later, initially claiming her boyfriend disapproved. She stated that this was because of the pressure from the news media, though there were also allegations that she had posed nude in a magazine...
(GermanyGermanyGermany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
) (resigned) - The runners-up were:
- 1st runner-up: Kimberley SantosKimberley SantosKimberley Santos won the 1980 Miss World contest after Germany's Gabriella Brum resigned the day after her victory. The pageant was held in London, United Kingdom.-References:...
(GuamGuamGuam is an organized, unincorporated territory of the United States located in the western Pacific Ocean. It is one of five U.S. territories with an established civilian government. Guam is listed as one of 16 Non-Self-Governing Territories by the Special Committee on Decolonization of the United...
) (crowned MISS WORLD 1980 on November 28, 1980) - 2nd runner-up: Patricia Barzyk (FranceFranceThe French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
) - 3rd runner-up: Anat Zimmermann (IsraelIsraelThe State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
) - 4th runner-up: Kim AshfieldKim AshfieldKim Ashfield is a former model who was Miss United Kingdom in 1980 and as Miss Wales competed in Miss Universe 1980. She placed as the 4th runner-up in the Miss World 1980 pageant.-References:...
(United KingdomUnited KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
)
- 1st runner-up: Kimberley Santos
- Finalists:
- 5th runner-up: Vicky Lee Hemi (New ZealandNew ZealandNew Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
) - 6th runner-up: Brooke Alexander (United StatesUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
)
- 5th runner-up: Vicky Lee Hemi (New Zealand
- The delegates who made in the top fifteen are: Sonya-Maria Schlepp (AustriaAustriaAustria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
), Zina Marie Minks (BermudaBermudaBermuda is a British overseas territory in the North Atlantic Ocean. Located off the east coast of the United States, its nearest landmass is Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, about to the west-northwest. It is about south of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, and northeast of Miami, Florida...
), Elizabeth Reddi (IndiaIndiaIndia , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
), Michelle Harris (JamaicaJamaicaJamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length, up to in width and 10,990 square kilometres in area. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola, the island harbouring the nation-states Haiti and the Dominican Republic...
), Michelle Torres (Puerto RicoPuerto RicoPuerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...
), Kerstin Jenemark (SwedenSwedenSweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
), Hilda AbrahamzHilda AbrahamzHilda Astrid Abrahamz Navarro is a Venezuelan telenovela actress and former beauty pageant titleholder...
(VenezuelaVenezuelaVenezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...
) and Shirley Nyanyiwa (ZimbabweZimbabweZimbabwe is a landlocked country located in the southern part of the African continent, between the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers. It is bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the southwest, Zambia and a tip of Namibia to the northwest and Mozambique to the east. Zimbabwe has three...
).
Special awards
- Personality: Annette Labrecque (CanadaCanadaCanada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
) - Photogenic: Michelle RoccaMichelle RoccaMichelle Rocca is a Dublin socialite who initially achieved a degree of fame as the wife of footballer John Devine before becoming for a lengthy period the girlfriend, and later, the wife of Van Morrison...
(IrelandIrelandIreland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
)
Order of Semi-Finalists
- 1. Guam
- 2. Puerto Rico
- 3. Bermuda
- 4. United States
- 5. India
- 6. New Zealand
- 7. Israel
- 8. Zimbabwe
- 9. Sweden
- 10. Austria
- 11. United Kingdom
- 12. Jamaica
- 13. France
- 14. Venezuela
- 15. Germany
Order of Finalists
- 1. Guam
- 2. United States
- 3. New Zealand
- 4. Israel
- 5. United Kingdom
- 6. France
- 7. Germany
Contestants
| Nation | Contestant |
 Argentina |
Elsa Cecilia Galotti |
 Aruba |
Ethline Ambrosia Dekker |
 Australia |
Linda Leigh Shepherd |
 Austria |
Sonya-Maria Schlepp |
 The Bahamas |
Bernadette Louise Cash |
 Belgium |
Brigitte Biche Billen |
 Bermuda |
Zina Maria Minks |
 Bolivia |
Sonia Giovanna Malpartida |
 Brazil |
Loiane Rogeria Aiache |
 CanadaMiss World Canada The Miss World Canada contest is an beauty pageant, held mostly annually in various incarnations and with several different names since 1957, to select Canada's representative to the Miss World contest. The Canadian franchise was currently owned by Upstage This! Productions, based in Vancouver,... |
Annette Labrecque |
 Cayman Islands |
Delia Devon Walter |
 Colombia |
Maria Cristina Valencia Cardoña |
 Costa Rica |
Marie Claire Tracy Coll |
 Curaçao |
Soraida Celestina de Windt |
 Cyprus |
Parthenopi (Mara) Vassiliadou |
 Denmark |
Jane Bill |
 Dominican Republic |
Patricia Polanco Alvarez |
 Ecuador |
Gabriela Maria Catelina Rios Roca |
 Finland |
Ritva Helena Tamio |
 Early Modern France |
Patricia Barzyk |
 Germany |
Gabriella Brum Gabriella Brum Gabriella Brum of Germany won the 1980 Miss World beauty pageant and resigned 18 hours later, initially claiming her boyfriend disapproved. She stated that this was because of the pressure from the news media, though there were also allegations that she had posed nude in a magazine... |
 Gibraltar |
Yvette Dominguez |
 Greece |
Vera Zacharopoulou |
 Guam |
Kimberley Santos Kimberley Santos Kimberley Santos won the 1980 Miss World contest after Germany's Gabriella Brum resigned the day after her victory. The pageant was held in London, United Kingdom.-References:... |
 Guatemala |
Lizabeth (Ligia) Iveth Martinez Noack |
| ' | Desiree Maria Johanna Nicole Geelen |
 Honduras |
Rosario Etelvina (Ethel) Raudales Velasquez |
| ' | Julia Chan Fung-Chi |
 IndiaMiss India Miss India or Femina Miss India is a national beauty pageant in India, one of the most recognized contests to produce international beauty queens in the 90s, which annually selects three winners to compete globally. It is organized by Femina, a women's magazine published by Bennett, Coleman & Co... |
Elizabeth Anita Reddi |
 Republic of Ireland |
Michelle Mary Teresa Rocca Michelle Rocca Michelle Rocca is a Dublin socialite who initially achieved a degree of fame as the wife of footballer John Devine before becoming for a lengthy period the girlfriend, and later, the wife of Van Morrison... |
 Isle of Man |
Voirrey (Flory) Melanie Wallace |
 Israel |
Anat Zimmermann |
 Italy |
Stefania de Pasquaci |
 Jamaica |
Michelle Ann Harris |
 Japan |
Kanako Ito |
 Jersey |
Karen Rosemary Poole |
| ' | Chang Sun-ja |
 Lebanon |
Celeste El-Assai |
 Lesotho |
Lit'sila Alina Lerotholi |
 Malaysia |
Callie Liew Tan Chee |
 Malta |
Frances Lucy Duca |
 Mauritius |
Christiane Carol Mackay |
 MexicoMiss Mexico Miss Mexico may refer to:*Nuestra Belleza México , beauty pageant that chooses Mexico's representatives to Miss Universe, Miss World and Miss International, among others.... |
Claudia Mercedes Holley |
 New ZealandNew Zealand at Miss World New Zealand has contested 46 Miss World pageants since that pageant's inception in 1951. No New Zealander has won the Miss World title, although two have placed first runner-up.... |
Vicky Lee Hemi |
 Norway |
Maiken Nielsen |
 Panama |
Aurea Horta Torrijos |
 Papua New Guinea |
Mispah Alwyn |
 Paraguay |
Celia Noemi Schaerer |
 Peru |
Slivia Roxana Vega Ramos |
 PhilippinesBinibining Pilipinas Binibining Pilipinas is the organization responsible for sponsoring the annual national beauty pageant which selects representatives of the Philippines to Miss Universe and Miss International, among others.-History:... |
Milagros (Mila) Guidote Nabor |
 Puerto Rico |
Michelle Torres Cintron |
 Singapore |
Adda Pang |
 Spain |
Francisca (Paquita) Ondiviela Otero Frances Ondiviela Frances Ondiviela is a Spanish actress. One of her best known roles was in Acorralada.Ondiviela was born in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. She studied theatre and acting in Spain and Mexico... |
 Sri Lanka |
Bernadine Rosemarie Fernando Ramanyake Rosy Senanayake Bernadine Rose Senanayake née Ramanayake , MP is a Sri Lankan politician, activist, and a former beauty queen. A current member of the Sri Lankan parliament, she was the leader of the opposition in Western Provincial Council and is the United National Party Chief Organiser for the Colombo West... |
 Swaziland |
Nomagoisa Cawe |
 Sweden |
Kerstin Monika Jenemark |
 Switzerland |
Jeannette Linkenheil |
 Thailand |
Unchulee Chaisawan |
| ' | Maria Octavia Chung |
 Turkey |
Fahriye Funda Ayloglu |
 United Kingdom |
Kim Ashfield |
 United States |
Brooke Alexander |
 Uruguay |
Ana Claudia Carriquiry |
 VenezuelaMiss Venezuela The Miss Venezuela contest is the national beauty pageant of Venezuela and has been held since 1952. It is responsible for selecting the country's representatives to the Miss Universe, Miss World, Miss Earth and Miss International pageants .Under the direction of Osmel Sousa, Venezuela has... |
Hilda Astrid Abrahamz Navarro Hilda Abrahamz Hilda Astrid Abrahamz Navarro is a Venezuelan telenovela actress and former beauty pageant titleholder... |
| ' | Palmira Frorup |
 Samoa |
Liliu Tapuai |
 Zimbabwe |
Shirley Richard Nyanyiwa |
Returning countries and Debuts
- Zimbabwe last competed in 1965Miss World 1965Miss World 1965, the 15th Miss World pageant, was won by Lesley Langley of the United Kingdom. It took place on November 19, 1965 at the Lyceum Ballroom, London in London, UK.-Placements:-Contestants:*' - Lidia Alcira Diaz*' - Jan Rennison...
replacing the name Rhodesia. - Papua New Guinea last competed in 1977Miss World 1977The 27th Miss World Pageant was held on November 17, 1977 in the Royal Albert Hall, London, UK. The winner was Mary Ann Catrin Stävin from Sweden...
. - Curaçao and Venezuela last competed in 1978Miss World 1978Miss World 1978, the 28th Miss World pageant, was held on November 16, 1978 in the Royal Albert Hall, London, UK. The winner was Silvana Suárez from Argentina...
.
Withdrawals and Nations not competing
- Chile, El Salvador, Iceland and Tahiti did not attend the Miss World because of personal reasons.
Other Notes
- This is the first time that the women were judged for personality, intelligence and looks.
- Germany and Guam, Miss World queens, were born in the United Kingdom. Germany had a British father, while Guam had a British mother.
- Belgium, Cayman Islands, Denmark, Guatemala, Honduras, Norway, Papua New Guinea, and United Kingdom (representing Wales) competed in Miss Universe 1980Miss Universe 1980Miss Universe 1980 was held at Sejong Cultural Center, Seoul, South Korea on July 8, 1980. 20-year-old Shawn Weatherly of USA was crowned as Miss Universe 1980...
in Seoul, Korea four months before. United Kingdom placed as 4th runner-up in Miss World. - Bermuda, Zina Marie Minks, and France, Patricia Barzyk who were the winners of their original pageants were competed in Miss World at 17 years of age, because contestants were allowed to compete the Miss Universe between ages 18 to 26. Jill Lorraine Murphy of Bermuda and Brigitte Choquet of France, who competed in Miss Universe 1980, were their first runner-ups.
- Dominican Republic, Patricia Polanco, is the mother of Miss Universe 2003Miss Universe 2003Miss Universe 2003, the 52nd Miss Universe pageant, was held at Figali Convention Center, Panama City, Panama on June 3, 2003. 71 delegates from around the universe competed for the crown...
, Amelia VegaAmelia VegaAmelia Vega Polanco became the first and only Dominican woman to be named Miss Universe, in 2003. At the age of 18, she was the youngest winner since 1994....
. - Zimbabwe returned to Miss World after 15 years, however it sent its first black delegate.
- Sri Lanka, Rosy SenanayakeRosy SenanayakeBernadine Rose Senanayake née Ramanayake , MP is a Sri Lankan politician, activist, and a former beauty queen. A current member of the Sri Lankan parliament, she was the leader of the opposition in Western Provincial Council and is the United National Party Chief Organiser for the Colombo West...
, won the title as Miss Asia Pacific in 1981. - Germany who reigned as Miss World 1980 had the shortest reign in Miss World history when she was dethroned 18 hours later after the pageant.
- India, Elizabeth Reddi was Miss Teenage Intercontinental 1978, the current Miss Intercontinental pageant used to be called Miss Teenage Intercontiental.
- This is the last pageant in Miss World with four runner-ups and a new Miss World queen.
- Ireland representative Michelle RoccaMichelle RoccaMichelle Rocca is a Dublin socialite who initially achieved a degree of fame as the wife of footballer John Devine before becoming for a lengthy period the girlfriend, and later, the wife of Van Morrison...
became a TV star in her homeland, presenting the Eurovision Song Contest 1988Eurovision Song Contest 1988The Eurovision Song Contest 1988 was the 33rd Eurovision Song Contest and was held on 30 April 1988 in Dublin. The presenters were Pat Kenny and Michelle Rocca...
from Dublin. She later had a relationship with Van MorrisonVan MorrisonVan Morrison, OBE is a Northern Irish singer-songwriter and musician. His live performances at their best are regarded as transcendental and inspired; while some of his recordings, such as the studio albums Astral Weeks and Moondance, and the live album It's Too Late to Stop Now, are widely...
and is the mother to two of his children. - 9 out of 15 countries which made it into the semifinals, were not in the semifinals last year: New Zealand (1974), Guam and Israel (1976), France (1977), India, Puerto Rico, Sweden, and Venezuela (1978). Zimbabwe made into the semi-finals for the first time in Miss World since it was debuted on that same year.