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
3rd Runner-up
  •  Jamaica – Catherine Elizabeth Levy
4th Runner-up
5th Runner-up
  •  Panama – Marissa Burgos Canalias
6th Runner-up
Top 15

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

Contestants
CountryContestantAgeHometownPreliminary Score
 American Virgin IslandsChandra Theresa Ramsingh18St. Croix7
ArubaAudrey Bruges17Oranjestad6
AustraliaTanya Bowe20Adelaide13
AustriaMercedes Stermitz25Klagenfurt18
BahamasLucille Bullen20Nassau6
BarbadosNina McIntosh-Clarke24Bridgetown7
BelgiumFrançoise Bostoen20Roeselare17
BermudaAngelita Emily Diaz20St. Georges6
BoliviaAna María Taboada Arnold18Tarija20
BrazilCátia Silveira Pedrosa †20Rio de Janeiro23
CanadaKatharine Durish25Toronto6
Cayman IslandsEffie Ebanks18George Town7
ChileGina Alejandra Rovira Beyris19Santiago10
ColombiaRocío Isabel Luna Flórez18El Banco25
Costa RicaMaría Argentina Meléndez Herrera20San Jose10
CuraçaoYvette Rowina Domacasse22Willemstad7
CyprusKatia Chrysochou20Paphos7
DenmarkTina-Lissette Dahl Joergensen18Holstebro7
Dominican RepublicYonoris Maribel Estrella Florentino20Azua de Compostela10
EcuadorMartha Isabel Lascano Salcedo20Guayaquil7
El SalvadorCarmen Irene Álvarez Gallardo18San Salvador11
FinlandSanna Marita Pekkala20Helsinki9
FranceFrederique Marcelle Leroy20Bordeaux13
GambiaAbbey Scattrel Janneh19Banjul7
GermanyClaudia Zielinski19Lindenberg7
GibraltarJessica Palao19Gibraltar7
GreeceAnna Martinou17Athens8
GuamGeraldine Santos22Chalan Pago-Ordot8
GuatemalaHilda Mansilla Manrique23Guatemala City8
HollandNancy Lalleman Heynis18Amsterdam16
HondurasCarmen Isabel Morales Ustáriz18Puerto Cortés7
Hong KongMargaret Cheung Man Yuk19Hong Kong Island18
IcelandUnnur Steinsson20Álftanes22
IndiaSweety Grewal21Bombay7
IndonesiaTiti Dwi Jayati17Jakarta7
IrelandPatricia Nolan19Dublin15
 Isle of ManJennifer Huyton18Bride6
IsraelYi'fat Schechter20Tel Aviv20
ItalyBarbara Previato17Modena6
JamaicaCatherine Elizabeth Levy21Kingston22
JapanMie Nakahara22Tokyo7
KoreaSuh Min-sook20Seoul7
LebanonDouchka Abi-Nader17Beirut7
LiberiaAnnie Broderick24Montserrado8
MalaysiaMichelle Yeoh Choo Keng21Ipoh12
MaltaOdette Balzan19Rabat6
MexicoMayra Adela Rojas González19Mexico City9
New ZealandMaria Sando18Palmerston North6
NorwayKaren Elizabeth Dobloug21Furnes11
PanamaMarissa Burgos Canalias19Panama City21
ParaguayAntonella Filartiga Montuori21Asuncion10
PeruLisbet Aurora Alcázar Salomón20Lima7
PhilippinesMarilou Sadia Sadiua22Manila7
PolandLidia Wasiak21Szczecin7
PortugalCesaltina de Conceiçao Lopes da Silva20Lisbon7
Puerto RicoFátima Mustafá Vásquez17Aibonito8
SingaporeSharon Denise Wells22Singapore7
SpainMilagros Pérez Castro21Gran Canaria12
SwazilandGladys Rudd22Manzini6
SwedenEva Liza Törnquist18Stockholm8
SwitzerlandPatricia Lang19Zurich6
ThailandTavinan Kongkran19Bangkok7
 TongaAnna Johansson18Neiafu7
Trinidad and TobagoEsther Juliette Farmer24San Fernando12
TurkeyEbru Özmeriç18Istanbul7
Turks and CaicosCheryl Astwood19Grand Turk7
United KingdomSarah-Jane Hutt[1]19Dorset27
United StatesLisa Gayle Allred22Fort Worth19
UruguaySilvia Zumarán21Montevideo7
VenezuelaCarolina Cerruti Duijm21Apure9
Western SamoaTheresa Vaotapu Thomsen19Apia7
YugoslaviaBernarda Marovt23Ljubljana21

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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