Miss World 1980

Miss World 1980, the 30th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 13 November 1980 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, United Kingdom. The winner was Gabriella Brum from Germany. She was crowned by Miss World 1979, Gina Swainson of Bermuda. 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.

Miss World 1980
Miss World 1980 Titlecard
Date13 November 1980
PresentersPeter Marshall, Judith Chalmers, Anthony Newley
VenueRoyal Albert Hall, London, United Kingdom
BroadcasterThames Television
Entrants67
Placements15
DebutsZimbabwe
Withdrawals
Returns
WinnerGabriella Brum
 Germany (resigned)
Kimberley Santos
 Guam (successor)

Brum resigned after 18 hours of holding the title,[1][2][3] and 14 days later, first runner-up Santos was crowned the new Miss World.

Results
Countries and territories which sent delegates and results for Miss World 1980[1][2][4]

Placements
Final results Contestant
Miss World 1980
1st runner-up
2nd runner-up
3rd runner-up
4th runner-up
Top 7
Top 15

Contestants
CountryContestantAgeHometown
ArgentinaElsa Cecilia Guadalupe (Nequi) Galotti20Santa Fe
ArubaEthline Ambrosia Dekker19Oranjestad
AustraliaLinda Leigh Shepherd18Wollongong
AustriaSonya-Maria Schlepp19Graz
BahamasBernadette Louise Cash20Nassau
BelgiumBrigitte Biche Billen19Limburg
BermudaZina Marie Minks17St. George's Parish
BoliviaSonia Giovanna Malpartida Arce20Sucre
BrazilLoiane Rogéria Aiache18Brasília
CanadaAnnette Labrecque19Charlesbourg
Cayman IslandsDealia Devon Watler21George Town
ColombiaMaría Cristina Valencia Cardona18Armenia
Costa RicaMarie Claire Tracy Coll20San José
CuraçaoSoraida Celestina de Windt21Willemstad
CyprusParthenopi (Mara) Vassiliadou18Nicosia
DenmarkJane Bill18Copenhagen
Dominican RepublicPatricia Amelia Polanco Álvarez18Santo Domingo
EcuadorGabriela María Catelina Ríos Roca19Guayaquil
FinlandRitva Helena Tamio19Turku
FrancePatricia Barzyk17Arbouans
GermanyGabriella Brum18Berlin
GibraltarYvette Domínguez19Gibraltar
GreeceVera Zacharopoulou19Athens
GuamKimberley Santos19Toto
GuatemalaLizabeth (Ligia) Iveth Martínez Noack19Guatemala City
HollandDesiree Maria Johanna Nicole Geelen20Amsterdam
HondurasRosario Etelvina (Ethel) Raudales Velásquez20San Pedro Sula
Hong KongJulia Chan Fung Chi21Hong Kong Island
IndiaElizabeth Anita Reddi21Bombay
IrelandMichelle Mary Teresa Rocca21Dublin
 Isle of ManVoirrey (Flory) Melanie Wallace18Douglas
IsraelAnat Zimmermann †19Givatayim
ItalyStefania de Pasquaci17Parma
JamaicaMichelle Ann Harris[4]21Kingston
JapanKanako Ito18Tokyo
 JerseyKaren Rosemary Poole21Saint Helier
KoreaChang Sun-ja21Seoul
LebanonCeleste El-Assal19Beirut
 LesothoLits’ila Alina Lerotholi18Maseru
MalaysiaCallie Liew Tan Chee23Kuala Lumpur
MaltaFrances Lucy Duca19Fgura
MauritiusChristiane Carol Mackay23Grand Gaube
MexicoClaudia Mercedes Holley Braum18Naucalpan
New ZealandVicky Lee Hemi18Hamilton
NorwayMaiken Nielsen22Oslo
PanamaÁurea Horta Torrijos20Panama City
 Papua New GuineaMispah Alwyn19Port Moresby
ParaguayCelia Noemí Schaerer del Puerto †19Asunción
PeruSilvia Roxana Vega Ramos21Lima
PhilippinesMaria Milagros (Mila) Guidote Nabor20Manila
Puerto RicoMichelle Torres Cintrón19Ponce
SingaporeAdda Pang Kim Jong21Singapore
SpainFrancisca (Paquita) Ondiviela Otero17Gran Canaria
Sri LankaBernadine Rosemarie Fernando Ramanayake22Colombo
SwazilandNomagcisa Cawe23Manzini
SwedenKerstin Monika Jenemark21Stenungsund
SwitzerlandJeannette Linkenheil22Basel
ThailandUnchulee Chaisuwan20Bangkok
Trinidad and TobagoMaria Octavia Chung18San Fernando
TurkeyFahriye Funda Ayloglu20Istanbul
United KingdomKim Ashfield21Buckley
United StatesBrooke Alexander17Kailua
UruguayAna Claudia Carriquiry19Montevideo
VenezuelaHilda Astrid Abrahamz Navarro21Caracas
 Virgin IslandsPalmira Frorup24Saint Croix
Western SamoaLiliu Tapuai18Apia
ZimbabweShirley Richard Nyanyiwa22Harare

Judges

Judges for Miss World 1980 included Wilnelia Merced and Bruce Forsyth.[5] Additional judges were present at the event.

Notes

Debuts
    •  Zimbabwe

Returns
  • Last competed in 1977:
    •  Papua New Guinea
  • Last competed in 1978:
    •  Curaçao

Withdrawals
  •  Chile
  •  El Salvador
  •  Iceland
  •  Nigeria
  •  Portugal
  • Tahiti

References
  1. "New Miss World Quickly Quits Title". Reading Eagle. 14 November 1980. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
  2. "Miss Universe vs Miss World: Facts and comparisons". MSN. 15 January 2015. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  3. The Day
  4. Peace Corps--1961-1981. Peace Corps--1961-1981: For 20 Years, Making a World of Difference: Press Clippings. Action Office of Public Affairs. 1981. More. Than. Just. A. Pretty. Face. MICHELLE ANN HARRIS ... is much more than a pretty face; she is a lady concerned with the problems of her country and grateful for organizations like the U.S.Peace Corps, which she ..
  5. Fryer, Jane (8 December 2012). "A wife who is 30 years younger, the only thing they row about and why Brucie washes his own socks". The Daily Mail. Retrieved 23 January 2016. And then in 1980, just when he’d vowed never to marry again, he met Wilnelia Merced (a former Miss World), when they were both on the judging panel at the Miss World competition

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