Miss World 1982
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Miss World 1982, the 32nd Miss World
pageant, was held on November 18, 1982 in the Royal Albert Hall
, London
, UK. The winner was Mariasela Álvarez
from the Dominican Republic
. The first and second runners-up were Sari Kaarina Aspholm from Finland
, and Delia Dolan from the United Kingdom who were semifinalists in the 1982 Miss Universe
four months before.
Top 7
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 18, 1982 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 Mariasela Álvarez
Mariasela Alvarez
Mariasela Margarita Álvarez Lebrón was Miss World 1982 and is currently a television show host and architect from the Dominican Republic. She became the first Dominican woman to win an international beauty title...
from the Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic is a nation on the island of La Hispaniola, part of the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean region. The western third of the island is occupied by the nation of Haiti, making Hispaniola one of two Caribbean islands that are shared by two countries...
. The first and second runners-up were Sari Kaarina Aspholm from Finland
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
, and Delia Dolan from the United Kingdom who were semifinalists in the 1982 Miss Universe
Miss Universe 1982
Miss Universe 1982, the 31st annual Miss Universe pageant, was held at Coliseo Amauta in Lima, Peru on July 26, 1982. 77 contestants competed in the pageant and 18-year-old Karen Dianne Baldwin of Canada was crowned Miss Universe 1982.-Placements:...
four months before.
Placements
| Final results | Contestant |
|---|---|
| Miss World 1982 |
|
| 1st runner-up |
 Finland - Sari Kaarina Aspholm |
| 2nd runner-up |
 United Kingdom - Delia Dolan |
| 3rd runner-up |
 Switzerland - Lolita MorenaLolita Morena Lolita Laure Morena is a Swiss model, actress and television hostess.-Miss Switzerland:She was a student in archaeology when she won the Miss Switzerland pageant in 1982. She went on to represent her country at Miss World 1982 and Miss Universe 1983... |
| 4th runner-up |
 United States - LuAnn Caughey |
| 5th runner-up |
|
| 6th runner-up |
 Republic of Ireland - Roberta Brown |
| Semi-Finalist |
 Australia - Catherine Morris Bolivia - Brita Cederberg Cayman Islands - Maureen Lewis Denmark - Tina Nielsen Guam - Frances Limtiaco Philippines - Sara-Jane Areza Kingdom of Yugoslavia - Ana SassoAna Sasso Ana Sasso is Croatian former beauty pageant contestant and model.- Overview :In 1982 she won a Yugoslav national beauty pageant and she was crowned Miss Yugoslavia to represent the country for the Miss World 1982...  Zimbabwe - Caroline Murinda |
Special awards
| Award | Contestant |
|---|---|
| Miss Personality |
|
| Miss Photogenic |
Switzerland - Lolita Laure Morena Lolita Morena Lolita Laure Morena is a Swiss model, actress and television hostess.-Miss Switzerland:She was a student in archaeology when she won the Miss Switzerland pageant in 1982. She went on to represent her country at Miss World 1982 and Miss Universe 1983... |
Continental Queens
| Continental | Contestant |
|---|---|
| Africa |
|
| America |
 Dominican Republic - Mariasela Alvarez Lebron |
| Asia |
Philippines - Sara-Jane Areza |
| Europe |
Finland - Sari Kaarina Aspholm |
| Oceania |
Australia - Catherine Ann Morris |
Order of announcements
Top 15- Australia
- Bolivia
- Cayman Islands
- Denmark
- Dominican Republic
- Finland
- Guam
- Ireland
- 9. Philippines
- 10. Switzerland
- 11. Trinidad & Tobago
- 12. United Kingdom
- 13. United States
- 14. Yugoslavia
- 15. Zimbabwe
Top 7
- Switzerland
- Dominican Republic
- United States
- Trinidad & Tobago
- Ireland
- Finland
- United Kingdom
68 Contestants
| Nation | Contestant | Hometown |
| ' | Benedicta Acosta | St. Croix |
 Aruba |
Noriza Antonia Helder | Oranjestad Oranjestad, Aruba Oranjestad is the capital and largest city of Aruba, which is in the Caribbean north of Venezuela. Oranjestad is located on the southern coast near the western end of the island country... |
| Australia |
Catherine Ann Morris | Sydney Sydney Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people... |
 The Bahamas |
Oralee Laverne Stubbs | Nassau Nassau, Bahamas Nassau is the capital, largest city, and commercial centre of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas. The city has a population of 248,948 , 70 percent of the entire population of The Bahamas... |
 Belgium |
Marie Pierre Lemaitre | Brussels Brussels Brussels , officially the Brussels Region or Brussels-Capital Region , is the capital of Belgium and the de facto capital of the European Union... |
 Bermuda |
Heather Michelle Ross | Somerset |
| Bolivia |
Brita Margareta Cederberg | Oruro Oruro, Bolivia Oruro is a city in Bolivia with a population of 235,393 , located about equidistant between La Paz and Sucre at approximately 3710 meters above sea level. It is the capital of the department of Oruro.... |
 Brazil |
Monica Jannuzzi | Londrina Londrina Londrina is a city located in the northern region of the state of Paraná, Brazil, and is 369 km away from the capital, Curitiba. Londrina was originally founded by British settlers. The city exerts great influence on Paraná and Brazil's south region... |
 Canada |
Jody Jensen | Calgary Calgary Calgary is a city in the Province of Alberta, Canada. It is located in the south of the province, in an area of foothills and prairie, approximately east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies... |
| Cayman Islands |
Maureen Therese Lewis | George Town George Town, Cayman Islands George Town, Grand Cayman, is the capital of the Cayman Islands, in the British West Indies. The city has a population of 35,600 and is the largest city on Grand Cayman.... |
 Chile |
Mariana Margarita Reinhardt Lagos | Santiago Santiago, Chile Santiago , also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital and largest city of Chile, and the center of its largest conurbation . It is located in the country's central valley, at an elevation of above mean sea level... |
 Colombia |
Maria Teresa Gomez Fajardo | Medellin Medellín Medellín , officially the Municipio de Medellín or Municipality of Medellín, is the second largest city in Colombia. It is in the Aburrá Valley, one of the more northerly of the Andes in South America. It has a population of 2.3 million... |
 Costa Rica |
Maureen Jimenez Solano | San Jose San José, Costa Rica San José is the capital and largest city of Costa Rica. Located in the Central Valley, San José is the seat of national government, the focal point of political and economic activity, and the major transportation hub of this Central American nation.Founded in 1738 by order of Cabildo de León, San... |
 Curaçao |
Vendetta Maria Roozendal | Willemstad Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles Willemstad is the capital city of Curaçao, an island in the southern Caribbean Sea that forms a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Formerly the capital of the Netherlands Antilles prior to its dissolution in 2010, it has an estimated population of 140,000. The historic centre of... |
 Cyprus |
Marina Elena Rauscher | Limassol Limassol Limassol is the second-largest city in Cyprus, with a population of 228,000 . It is the largest city in geographical size, and the biggest municipality on the island. The city is located on Akrotiri Bay, on the island's southern coast and it is the capital of Limassol District.Limassol is the... |
| Denmark |
Tina Maria Nielsen | Copenhagen Copenhagen Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region... |
| Dominican Republic |
Mariasela Alvarez Lebron | Santo Domingo Santo Domingo Santo Domingo, known officially as Santo Domingo de Guzmán, is the capital and largest city in the Dominican Republic. Its metropolitan population was 2,084,852 in 2003, and estimated at 3,294,385 in 2010. The city is located on the Caribbean Sea, at the mouth of the Ozama River... |
 Ecuador |
Gianna Machiavello Gonzalez | Guayaquil Guayaquil Guayaquil , officially Santiago de Guayaquil , is the largest and the most populous city in Ecuador,with about 2.3 million inhabitants in the city and nearly 3.1 million in the metropolitan area, as well as that nation's main port... |
 El Salvador |
Lorendana Munguta | San Salvador San Salvador The city of San Salvador the capital and largest city of El Salvador, which has been designated a Gamma World City. Its complete name is La Ciudad de Gran San Salvador... |
| Finland |
Sari Kaarina Aspholm | Vantaa Vantaa Vantaa is a city and municipality in Finland. Helsinki, Vantaa, Espoo and Kauniainen make up the Helsinki Metropolitan Area.Vantaa, with its population of , is the fourth most populated city of Finland. The biggest airport in Finland, the Helsinki-Vantaa Airport, is located there... |
 Early Modern France |
Martine Marie Philipps | Audincourt Audincourt Audincourt is a commune in the Doubs department in the Franche-Comté region in eastern France.-Population:-External links:*... |
 Germany |
Kerstin Natalie Paeserack | Hanover Hanover Hanover or Hannover, on the river Leine, is the capital of the federal state of Lower Saxony , Germany and was once by personal union the family seat of the Hanoverian Kings of Great Britain, under their title as the dukes of Brunswick-Lüneburg... |
 Gibraltar |
Louise Michelle Gillingwater | Gibraltar Gibraltar Gibraltar is a British overseas territory located on the southern end of the Iberian Peninsula at the entrance of the Mediterranean. A peninsula with an area of , it has a northern border with Andalusia, Spain. The Rock of Gibraltar is the major landmark of the region... |
 Greece |
Anthy Priovolos | Athens Athens Athens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state... |
| Guam |
Frances Rose Limtiaco | Tamuning |
 Guatemala |
Edith Suzanne Whitbeck Cain | Guatemala City Guatemala City Guatemala City , is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Guatemala and Central America... |
| ' | Irene Maria Petronnella Heinrichs Schell | Venlo Venlo Venlo is a municipality and a city in the southeastern Netherlands, next to the German border. It is situated in the province of Limburg.In 2001, the municipalities of Belfeld and Tegelen were merged into the municipality of Venlo. Tegelen was originally part of the Duchy of Jülich centuries ago,... |
 Honduras |
Ana Lucia Rivera Castro | San Pedro Sula San Pedro Sula San Pedro Sula is a city in Honduras. It is located in the northwest corner of the country, in the Valle de Sula , about 60 km south of Puerto Cortés on the Caribbean. With an estimated population of 638,259 people in the main municipality, and 802,598 in its metro area , it is the second... |
| ' | Cally Kwong Mei-Wan | Hong Kong Hong Kong Island Hong Kong Island is an island in the southern part of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. It has a population of 1,289,500 and its population density is 16,390/km², as of 2008... |
 Iceland |
Maria Björk Sverrisdóttir | Reykjavík Reykjavík Reykjavík is the capital and largest city in Iceland.Its latitude at 64°08' N makes it the world's northernmost capital of a sovereign state. It is located in southwestern Iceland, on the southern shore of Faxaflói Bay... |
 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... |
Uttara Mhatre Kher Uttara Mhatre Kher Uttara Mhatre Kher is a former model and beauty pageant contestant from India. She won the Navy Queen Ball in 1981 and was chosen to represent India at the Miss Asia Pacific Pageant. In 1982, she was crowned Miss India and represented India at the Miss World 1982 pageant.She has been a part of... |
Nasik |
 Indonesia |
Andi Botenri | Jakarta Jakarta Jakarta is the capital and largest city of Indonesia. Officially known as the Special Capital Territory of Jakarta, it is located on the northwest coast of Java, has an area of , and a population of 9,580,000. Jakarta is the country's economic, cultural and political centre... |
| Republic of Ireland |
Roberta Brown | Derry Derry Derry or Londonderry is the second-biggest city in Northern Ireland and the fourth-biggest city on the island of Ireland. The name Derry is an anglicisation of the Irish name Doire or Doire Cholmcille meaning "oak-wood of Colmcille"... |
 Isle of Man |
Maria Elizabeth Craig | Jurby Jurby Jurby is a parish in Micheal Sheading in the Isle of Man and has, according to the 2006 census 659 , residents.It is largely an agricultural district on the north-north-western coast of the island but also has an industrial park on the old RAF Jurby Airfield.The parish is one of three divisions of... |
 Israel |
Anat Kerem | Haifa Haifa Haifa is the largest city in northern Israel, and the third-largest city in the country, with a population of over 268,000. Another 300,000 people live in towns directly adjacent to the city including the cities of the Krayot, as well as, Tirat Carmel, Daliyat al-Karmel and Nesher... |
 Italy |
Raffaella del Rosario | Bologna Bologna Bologna is the capital city of Emilia-Romagna, in the Po Valley of Northern Italy. The city lies between the Po River and the Apennine Mountains, more specifically, between the Reno River and the Savena River. Bologna is a lively and cosmopolitan Italian college city, with spectacular history,... |
 Jamaica |
Cornelia Ramona Roxanne Parchment | Kingston Kingston, Jamaica Kingston is the capital and largest city of Jamaica, located on the southeastern coast of the island. It faces a natural harbour protected by the Palisadoes, a long sand spit which connects the town of Port Royal and the Norman Manley International Airport to the rest of the island... |
 Japan |
Mutsuko Kikuchi | Tokyo Tokyo , ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family... |
| ' | Choi Sung-yoon | Seoul Seoul Seoul , officially the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea. A megacity with a population of over 10 million, it is the largest city proper in the OECD developed world... |
 Lebanon |
May Mansour Chahwan | Beirut Beirut Beirut is the capital and largest city of Lebanon, with a population ranging from 1 million to more than 2 million . Located on a peninsula at the midpoint of Lebanon's Mediterranean coastline, it serves as the country's largest and main seaport, and also forms the Beirut Metropolitan... |
 MalaysiaMiss Malaysia Miss Malaysia represents Malaysia in two of the major international pageants.Miss Universe is a beauty pageant run by the New York-based partnership between NBC and Donald Trump.... |
Nellie Teoh Swee Yang | Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur is the capital and the second largest city in Malaysia by population. The city proper, making up an area of , has a population of 1.4 million as of 2010. Greater Kuala Lumpur, also known as the Klang Valley, is an urban agglomeration of 7.2 million... |
 Malta |
Adelina Camilleri | Mosta Mosta Mosta is a town situated in the middle of the island of Malta, to the north-west of Valletta. It had a population of 19,018 people in 2010. Mosta celebrates the feast of Saint Mary the Assumption on the 15th August. This is a very popular feast among the Mostin and tourists alike... |
 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.... |
Ana Ruth Garcia Jimenez | Villahermosa Villahermosa Like most of the Tabasco, Villahermosa has a tropical climate. The city specifically features a tropical monsoon climate. Temperatures during spring and summer seasons reach upwards of 40°C , with humidity levels hovering around 30% during the same period... |
 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.... |
Susan Jane Mainland | Hamilton Hamilton, New Zealand Hamilton is the centre of New Zealand's fourth largest urban area, and Hamilton City is the country's fourth largest territorial authority. Hamilton is in the Waikato Region of the North Island, approximately south of Auckland... |
 NorwayMiss Norway Miss Norway is the name used to identify Norway's representatives to international beauty pageants.-History:Currently, Norway has two national beauty pageants:... |
Janett Carine Krefting | Oslo Oslo Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King... |
 Panama |
Lorena Moreno | Panama City Panama City Panama is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Panama. It has a population of 880,691, with a total metro population of 1,272,672, and it is located at the Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal, in the province of the same name. The city is the political and administrative center of the... |
 Paraguay |
Susan Dominguez Gutter | Asuncion Asunción Asunción is the capital and largest city of Paraguay.The "Ciudad de Asunción" is an autonomous capital district not part of any department. The metropolitan area, called Gran Asunción, includes the cities of San Lorenzo, Fernando de la Mora, Lambaré, Luque, Mariano Roque Alonso, Ñemby, San... |
 Peru |
Cynthia Mercedes Piedra | Lima Lima Lima is the capital and the largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón, Rímac and Lurín rivers, in the central part of the country, on a desert coast overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Together with the seaport of Callao, it forms a contiguous urban area known as the Lima... |
| Philippines Binibining 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:... |
Sara-Jane Coronel Areza | Manila Manila Manila is the capital of the Philippines. It is one of the sixteen cities forming Metro Manila.Manila is located on the eastern shores of Manila Bay and is bordered by Navotas and Caloocan to the north, Quezon City to the northeast, San Juan and Mandaluyong to the east, Makati on the southeast,... |
 Portugal |
Suzana Walker dos Santos Dias | Lisbon Lisbon Lisbon is the capital city and largest city of Portugal with a population of 545,245 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Lisbon extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of 3 million on an area of , making it the 9th most populous urban... |
 Puerto Rico |
Jannette Torres Burgos | San Juan San Juan, Puerto Rico San Juan , officially Municipio de la Ciudad Capital San Juan Bautista , is the capital and most populous municipality in Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the United States. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 395,326 making it the 46th-largest city under the jurisdiction of... |
 Singapore |
Yvonne Tan | Singapore Singapore Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the... |
 Spain |
Ana Isabel Herrero Garcia | Zaragoza Zaragoza Zaragoza , also called Saragossa in English, is the capital city of the Zaragoza Province and of the autonomous community of Aragon, Spain... |
 Sri Lanka |
Tania Colleen Anne Pereira | Panadura Panadura - History :The historic debate 'Panadura Vadaya' was held in this place which is a milestone of the history of Buddhism in Sri Lanka with the initiative of the ven. Migettuwaththe Gunananda Thera.- People and Culture :Panadura is home to about 100,000 citizens... |
 Sweden |
Anne-Lie Margareta Sjöberg | Eskilstuna Eskilstuna Eskilstuna is a city and the seat of Eskilstuna Municipality, Södermanland County, Sweden with 60,185 inhabitants in 2005. Eskilstuna has a large Sweden Finn population.... |
| Switzerland |
Lolita Laure Morena Lolita Morena Lolita Laure Morena is a Swiss model, actress and television hostess.-Miss Switzerland:She was a student in archaeology when she won the Miss Switzerland pageant in 1982. She went on to represent her country at Miss World 1982 and Miss Universe 1983... |
Locarno Locarno Locarno is the capital of the Locarno district, located on the northern tip of Lake Maggiore in the Swiss canton of Ticino, close to Ascona at the foot of the Alps. It has a population of about 15,000... |
 French Polynesia |
Teura Tuhiti | Papeete Papeete -Sights:* Interactive Google map of Papeete, to discover the 30 major tourist attractions in Papeete downtown.*The waterfront esplanade*Bougainville Park -Sights:* Interactive Google map of Papeete, to discover the 30 major tourist attractions in Papeete downtown.*The waterfront... |
 Thailand |
Alisa Kajornchaiyakul | Bangkok Bangkok Bangkok is the capital and largest urban area city in Thailand. It is known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon or simply Krung Thep , meaning "city of angels." The full name of Bangkok is Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahintharayutthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom... |
| ' | Althea Ingrid Rocke | Port of Spain Port of Spain Port of Spain, also written as Port-of-Spain, is the capital of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago and the country's third-largest municipality, after San Fernando and Chaguanas. The city has a municipal population of 49,031 , a metropolitan population of 128,026 and a transient daily population... |
 Turkey |
Ayse Belgin Guven | Istanbul Istanbul Istanbul , historically known as Byzantium and Constantinople , is the largest city of Turkey. Istanbul metropolitan province had 13.26 million people living in it as of December, 2010, which is 18% of Turkey's population and the 3rd largest metropolitan area in Europe after London and... |
 Turks and Caicos Islands |
Lolita Elaine Ariza | Grand Turk Grand Turk Grand Turk may refer to:* Grand Turk * Grand Turk Island* Cem, a Turkish prince made famous by his extended captivity in the West* an informal western name for the Great Sultan of the Turkish Ottoman dynasty... |
| United Kingdom |
Delia Frances Dolan | Grimsby Grimsby Grimsby is a seaport on the Humber Estuary in Lincolnshire, England. It has been the administrative centre of the unitary authority area of North East Lincolnshire since 1996... |
| United States Miss USA The Miss USA beauty contest has been held annually since 1952 to select the United States entrant in the Miss Universe pageant. The Miss Universe Organization operates both pageants, as well as Miss Teen USA... |
Elizabeth LuAnn Caughey | Abilene Abilene, Texas Abilene is a city in Taylor and Jones counties in west central Texas. The population was 117,063 at the 2010 census. It is the principal city of the Abilene Metropolitan Statistical Area, which had a 2006 estimated population of 158,063. It is the county seat of Taylor County... |
 Uruguay |
Varinia Roxana Govea Pazos | Montevideo Montevideo Montevideo is the largest city, the capital, and the chief port of Uruguay. The settlement was established in 1726 by Bruno Mauricio de Zabala, as a strategic move amidst a Spanish-Portuguese dispute over the platine region, and as a counter to the Portuguese colony at Colonia del Sacramento... |
 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... |
Michelle Marie Shoda Belloso Michelle Shoda Michelle Marie Shoda Belloso is the official representative of Venezuela to Miss World 1982.-Miss World Venezuela:... |
Maracaibo Maracaibo Maracaibo is a city and municipality located in northwestern Venezuela off the western coast of the Lake Maracaibo. It is the second-largest city in the country after the national capital Caracas and the capital of Zulia state... |
 Samoa |
Lilly Caroline Hunt | Apia |
| Kingdom of Yugoslavia |
Ana Sasso | Split Split (city) Split is a Mediterranean city on the eastern shores of the Adriatic Sea, centered around the ancient Roman Palace of the Emperor Diocletian and its wide port bay. With a population of 178,192 citizens, and a metropolitan area numbering up to 467,899, Split is by far the largest Dalmatian city and... |
| Zimbabwe |
Caroline Murinda | Harare Harare Harare before 1982 known as Salisbury) is the largest city and capital of Zimbabwe. It has an estimated population of 1,600,000, with 2,800,000 in its metropolitan area . Administratively, Harare is an independent city equivalent to a province. It is Zimbabwe's largest city and its... |
Returning Countries and Debuts
- Indonesia and Turks and Caicos Islands competed in Miss World for the first time.
- Yugoslavia last competed in 1975Miss World 1975The 25th Miss World pageant was held on November 20, 1975 at the Royal Albert Hall in London. 67 contestant took part in the pageant won by Wilnelia Merced of Puerto Rico...
- Portugal last competed in 1979Miss World 1979Miss World 1979, the 29th Miss World pageant, was held on November 15, 1979 in the Royal Albert Hall, London, UK. The winner was Gina Swainson from Bermuda...
. - Panama, and Paraguay last competed in 1980Miss World 1980Miss 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...
.
Withdrawals and Nations not competing
- Argentina did not attend the Miss World because of ongoing political conflict with United Kingdom, pertaining the dispute in the Falkland Islands.
- Austria, Rita Isabelle Zehtner, did not compete in Miss World because of personal reasons.
Other Notes
- Sweden competed in Miss Europe 1983Miss EuropeMiss Europe is a popular regional beauty pageant among female contestants from the nations of the European continent established in 1928 and re-established at the end of World War II by Roger Zeiler of the French Committee of Elegance and Claude Berr...
and placed as 1st runner-up. - Cayman Islands and Switzerland won the same awards in the Miss Universe 1982 and 1983 pageants.
- Seven out of fifteen semi-finalists competed in Miss Universe.
- Finland, Germany and United Kingdom were semi-finalists in Miss Universe 1982Miss Universe 1982Miss Universe 1982, the 31st annual Miss Universe pageant, was held at Coliseo Amauta in Lima, Peru on July 26, 1982. 77 contestants competed in the pageant and 18-year-old Karen Dianne Baldwin of Canada was crowned Miss Universe 1982.-Placements:...
. - Ireland and Switzerland competed in Miss Universe 1983Miss Universe 1983Miss Universe 1983, the 32nd Miss Universe pageant, was held at Kiel Auditorium, St. Louis, Missouri, USA on July 11, 1983. 19-year-old Lorraine Downes of New Zealand was crowned Miss Universe 1983, the first woman from that country to win the title...
in St. Louis, MO, and placed as 2nd and 3rd runners-up. Spain also competed in Miss Universe and placed as semi-finalist. - This is the first time that Bolivia and the Cayman Islands made into the semi-finals.
- Trinidad & Tobago, who placed 6th in Miss World, 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, but failed to put her through to the semi-finals. - Cally Kwong Mei-Wan of Hong Kong would later have a successful career as a singer in her native country.
- 9 out of 15 countries which made it into the semifinals, were not in the semifinals last year: Dominican Republic and Philippines (1973), Yugoslavia (1975), Denmark (1977), Switzerland and Finland (1978), and Guam (1980). Bolivia and Cayman Islands had made into the semi-finals for the first time. Bolivia marked its debut in 1960, while the Cayman Islands in 1977.