Miss World 1983

Miss World 1983, the 33rd edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 17 November 1983 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, UK. The winner was Sarah-Jane Hutt from United Kingdom.[1] She was crowned by Miss World 1982, Mariasela Álvarez of Dominican Republic. First runner-up was Rocío Isabel Luna representing Colombia and second runner-up was Cátia Pedrosa from Brazil. Miss World 1983 marked the first Miss World event that included an intelligence test for contestants.[2] The intelligence test was created by psychologists.[2]

Miss World 1983
Miss World 1983 Titlecard
Date17 November 1983
PresentersPeter Marshall, Judith Chalmers
EntertainmentLeo Sayer
VenueRoyal Albert Hall, London, UK
BroadcasterThames Television
Entrants72
Placements15
DebutsPoland, Tonga
WithdrawalsSri Lanka, Tahiti, Zimbabwe
ReturnsAustria, Barbados, Gambia, Liberia, Swaziland
WinnerSarah-Jane Hutt
 United Kingdom

Results
Countries and territories which sent delegates and results for Miss World 1983[1][3]

Placements
Final results Contestant
Miss World 1983
1st runner-up
2nd runner-up
Top 7
Top 15

Continental Queens of Beauty
Continental Group Contestant
Africa
Americas
Asia
Europe
Oceania

Contestants
CountryContestantAgeHometown
 American Virgin IslandsChandra Theresa Ramsingh18St. Croix
ArubaAudrey Bruges17Oranjestad
AustraliaTanya Bowe20Adelaide
AustriaMercedes Stermitz25Klagenfurt
BahamasLucille Bullen20Nassau
BarbadosNina McIntosh-Clarke24Bridgetown
BelgiumFrançoise Bostoen20Roeselare
BermudaAngelita Emily Diaz20St. Georges
BoliviaAna María Taboada Arnold18Tarija
BrazilCátia Silveira Pedrosa †20Rio de Janeiro
CanadaKatharine Durish25Toronto
Cayman IslandsEffie Ebanks18George Town
ChileGina Rovira Beyris19Santiago
ColombiaRocío Isabel Luna Flórez18El Banco
Costa RicaMaría Argentina Meléndez Herrera20San Jose
CuraçaoYvette Rowina Domacasse22Willemstad
CyprusKatia Chrysochou20Paphos
DenmarkTina-Lissette Dahl Joergensen18Holstebro
Dominican RepublicYonoris Maribel Estrella Florentino20Azua de Compostela
EcuadorMartha Lascano Salcedo20Guayaquil
El SalvadorCarmen Irene Álvarez Gallardo18San Salvador
FinlandSanna Marita Pekkala20Helsinki
FranceFrederique Marcelle Leroy20Bordeaux
GambiaAbbey Scattrel Janneh19Banjul
GermanyClaudia Zielinski19Lindenberg
GibraltarJessica Palao19Gibraltar
GreeceAnna Martinou17Athens
GuamGeraldine Santos22Chalan Pago-Ordot
GuatemalaHilda Mansilla Manrique23Guatemala City
HollandNancy Lalleman Heynis18Amsterdam
HondurasCarmen Isabel Morales Ustáriz18Puerto Cortés
Hong KongMargaret Cheung Man Yuk19Hong Kong Island
IcelandUnnur Steinsson20Álftanes
IndiaSweety Grewal21Bombay
IndonesiaTiti Dwi Jayati17Jakarta
IrelandPatricia Nolan19Dublin
 Isle of ManJennifer Huyton18Bride
IsraelYi'fat Schechter20Tel Aviv
ItalyBarbara Previato17Modena
JamaicaCatherine Elizabeth Levy21Kingston
JapanMie Nakahara22Tokyo
KoreaSeo Min-sook20Seoul
LebanonDouchka Abi-Nader17Beirut
LiberiaAnnie Broderick24Montserrado
MalaysiaMichelle Yeoh Choo Keng21Ipoh
MaltaOdette Balzan19Rabat
MexicoMayra Adela Rojas González19Mexico City
New ZealandMaria Sando18Palmerston North
NorwayKaren Elizabeth Dobloug21Drammen
PanamaMarissa Burgos Canalias19Panama City
ParaguayAntonella Filartiga Montuori21Asuncion
PeruLisbet Alcázar Salomón20Lima
PhilippinesMarilou Sadia Sadiua22Manila
PolandLidia Wasiak21Szczecin
PortugalCesaltina de Conceiçao Lopes da Silva20Lisbon
Puerto RicoFátima Mustafa Vásquez17Aibonito
SingaporeSharon Denise Wells22Singapore
SpainMilagros Pérez Castro21Gran Canaria
SwazilandGladys Rudd22Manzini
SwedenEva Liza Törnquist18Stockholm
SwitzerlandPatricia Lang19Zurich
ThailandTavinan Kongkran19Bangkok
 TongaAnna Johansson18Niuafoʻou
Trinidad and TobagoEsther Juliette Farmer24San Fernando
TurkeyEbru Özmeriç18Istanbul
Turks and CaicosCheryl Astwood19Grand Turk
United KingdomSarah-Jane Hutt[1]19Dorset
United StatesLisa Gayle Allred22Fort Worth
UruguaySilvia Zumarán21Montevideo
VenezuelaCarolina Cerruti Duijm21Caracas
Western SamoaTheresa Vaotapu Thomsen19Apia
YugoslaviaBernarda Marovt23Ljubljana

Judges

Notes

Debuts
  •  Poland
  •  Tonga

Returns
  • Last competed in 1970:
    •  Gambia
  • Last competed in 1972:
    •  Liberia
  • Last competed in 1975:
    •  Barbados
  • Last competed in 1980:
    •  Swaziland
  • Last competed in 1981:
    •  Austria

Withdrawals
  •  Sri Lanka – Fiona Wickremesinghe (personal reasons)

References
  1. "Sarah Jane Hutt, Miss U.K, is crowned Miss World 1983, during the..." Getty Images. 17 November 1983. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  2. "Brains or Beauty?". New Straits Times. 4 February 1988. p. 5. Retrieved 25 January 2016. For the first time, contestants for the Miss World 1983 in London were put through a one-and-a-half-hour intelligence test devised by psychologists
  3. "Miss World". Ottawa Citizen. 18 November 1983. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
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