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Miss World 1983
Miss World 1983 TitlecardDate 17 November 1983 Presenters Peter Marshall, and Judith Chalmers Entertainment Leo Sayer Venue Royal Albert Hall, London, England, United Kingdom Broadcaster Thames Television Entrants 72 Placements 15 Debuts Poland, and Tonga Withdraws Sri Lanka, Tahiti, and Zimbabwe Returns Austria, Barbados, Gambia, Liberia, and Swaziland Winner Sarah-Jane Hutt
United KingdomPersonality Cátia Pedrosa
BrazilPhotogenic Bernarda Marovt
YugoslaviaMiss World 1983, the 33rd Miss World pageant was held on November 17, 1983 in the Royal Albert Hall, London, UK. The winner was Sarah-Jane Hutt from the United Kingdom. First runner-up was Rocío Isabel Luna representing Colombia and second runner-up was Cátia Pedrosa from the Brazil.
Contents
Results
Final results Contestant Miss World 1983 1st runner-up - Colombia - Rocío Isabel Luna
2nd runner-up - Brazil - Cátia Pedrosa
3rd runner-up - Jamaica - Catherine Levy
4th runner-up 5th runner-up - Panama - Marissa Burgos
6th runner-up - United States - Lisa Allred
Top 15 semifinalists - Austria - Mercedes Stermitz
- Belgium - Francoise Bostoen
- Bolivia - Ana Maria Taboada Arnold
- Holland - Nancy Lalleman Heynis
- Hong Kong - Maggie Cheung
- Ireland - Patricia Nolan
- Israel - Yi'fat Schechter
- Yugoslavia - Bernarda Marovt
Special Awards
- Personality: Cátia Pedrosa (Brazil)
- Photogenic: Bernarda Marovt (Yugoslavia)
Continental Queens
- Africa: Annie Broderick - Liberia
- America: Rocío Isabel Luna - Colombia
- Asia: Yi'fat Schechter - Israel
- Europe: Sarah-Jane Hutt - United Kingdom
- Oceania: Tanya Bowe - Australia
Order of Announcements
- Top 15
- Austria
- Belgium
- Bolivia
- Brazil
- Colombia
- Holland
- Hong Kong
- Iceland
- 9. Ireland
- 10. Israel
- 11. Jamaica
- 12. Panama
- 13. United Kingdom
- 14. United States
- 15. Yugoslavia
- Top 7
- United States
- Brazil
- Jamaica
- Colombia
- Panama
- Iceland
- United Kingdom
72 Contestants
Nation Contestant Hometown American Virgin Islands Chandra Theresa Ramsingh St. Croix Aruba Audrey Bruges Oranjestad Australia Tanya Bowe Adelaide Austria Mercedes Stermitz Klagenfurt Bahamas Lucille Bullen Nassau Barbados Nina McIntosh-Clarke Bridgetown Belgium Françoise Bostoen Roeselare Bermuda Angelita Emily Diaz St. Georges Bolivia Ana Maria Taboada Arnold Tarija Brazil Cátia Silveira Pedrosa Rio de Janeiro Canada Katharine Durish Toronto Cayman Islands Effie Ebanks George Town Chile Gina Rovira Beyris Santiago Colombia Rocío Isabel Luna Florez El Banco Costa Rica Maria Argentina Melendez Herrera San Jose Curacao Yvette Rowina Domacasse Willemstad Cyprus Katia Chrysochou Pappos Denmark Tina-Lissette Dahl Joergensen Holstebro Dominican Republic Yonoris Maribel Estrella Florentino Azua de Compostela Ecuador Martha Lascano Salcedo Guayaquil El Salvador Carmen Irene Alvarez Gallardo San Salvador Finland Sanna Marita Pekkala Helsinki France Frederique Marcelle Leroy Bordeaux Gambia Abbey Scattrel Janneh Banjul Germany Claudia Zielinski Lindenberg Gibraltar Jessica Palao Gibraltar Greece Anna Martinou Athens Guam Geraldine Santos Chalan-Pago Guatemala Hilda Mansilla Manrique Guatemala City Holland Nancy Lalleman Heynis Amsterdam Honduras Carmen Isabel Morales Ustariz Puerto Cortés Hong Kong Margaret Cheung Man Yuk Hong Kong Iceland Unnur Steinsson Álftanes India Sweety Grewal Bombay Indonesia Titi Dwi Jayati Jakarta Ireland Patricia Nolan Dublin Isle of Man Jennifer Huyton Bride Israel Yi'fat Schechter Tel Aviv Italy Barbara Previato Modena Jamaica Catherine Elizabeth Levy Kingston Japan Mie Nakahara Tokyo Korea Seo Min-sook Seoul Lebanon Douchka Abi-Nader Beirut Liberia Annie Broderick Montserrado Malaysia Michelle Yeoh Choo Keng Ipoh Malta Odette Balzan Rabat Mexico Mayra Adela Rojas González Mexico City New Zealand Maria Sando Palmerston North Norway Karen Elizabeth Dobloug Drammen Panama Marissa Burgos Canalias Panama City Paraguay Antonella Filartiga Montuori Asuncion Peru Lisbet Alcazar Salomon Lima Philippines Marilou Sadia Sadiua Manila Poland Lidia Wasiak Szczecin Portugal Cesaltina de Conceiçao Lopes da Silva Lisbon Puerto Rico Fatima Mustafa Vasquez San Juan Singapore Sharon Denise Wells Singapore Spain Milagros Perez Castro Gran Canaria Swaziland Gladys Rudd Manzini Sweden Eva Liza Törnquist Stockholm Switzerland Patricia Lang Zurich Thailand Tavinan Kongkran Bangkok Tonga Anna Johansson Niuafoʻou Trinidad & Tobago Esther Juliette Farmer San Fernando Turkey Ebru Ozmeric Istanbul Turks and Caicos Islands Cheryl Astwood Grand Turk United Kingdom Sarah-Jane Hutt Dorset United States Lisa Gayle Allred Fort Worth Uruguay Silvia Zumaran Montevideo Venezuela Carolina Cerruti Duijm Caracas Western Samoa Theresa Vaotapu Thomsen Apia Yugoslavia Bernarda Marovt Ljubljana National pageant notes
Returning countries and Debuts
- Poland and Tonga competed in Miss World for the first time.
- Gambia last competed in 1970.
- Liberia last competed in 1972.
- Barbados last competed in 1975.
- Swaziland last competed in 1980.
- Austria last competed in 1981.
Withdrawals and Nations not competing
- Sri Lanka (Fiona Wickremesinghe) did not attend the Miss World because of personal reasons.
Crossovers
Miss Universe
- Miss Universe 1983: Austria, Belgium, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, France, Gambia (Miss Amity), Holland, Iceland and Norway (semi-finalist)
- Miss Universe 1984: Gibraltar (Miss Amity) and Ireland
Miss International
- Miss International 1983: Poland and Spain (semi-finalist)
Historical significance
- Sarah-Jane Hutt of United Kingdom became the fifth British woman to win the Miss World title.
- This is the first time that the scores from the judges were shown in the preliminary swimsuit segment through electronic voting.
- This is the first time that the award winners for Africa and Oceania did not make it into the semi-finals.
- 10 out of 15 countries which made it into the semifinals, were not in the semifinals last year: Holland (1977), Panama (1979), Austria and Israel (1980), and Belgium, Brazil, Colombia, and Jamaica (1981). Hong Kong and Iceland had made into the semi-finals for the first time. Iceland marked its debut in 1955, while Hong Kong in 1959.
- Hong Kong and Malaysia became actresses in box-office movies after they competed in Miss World.
- Mercedes Stermitz of Austria had a career as a racing driver following Miss World, competing mostly in German series.
- Titi Dwi Jayati, contestant from Indonesia, now is a singing diva in Indonesia and also being one of the judges of Indonesian Idol for 5 seasons.
- Carolina del Valle Cerruti Duijm of Venezuela is the daughter of Miss World 1955, Susana Duijm.
Judges
- Eric Morley
- Placido Domingo
- Michael Edelson
- Bruce Forsyth
- Ralph Halpern
- Mazusaku Kawasaki
- Wilnelia Merced
- Lynsey de Paul
- Jeff Set
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