Miss World 1985

Miss World 1985, the 35th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 14 November 1985 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, UK. 78 contestants from all over the world competed for the coveted title. Miss World 1984, Astrid Carolina Herrera of Venezuela, crowned Hólmfríður Karlsdóttir of Iceland as the new Miss World at the end of the event.[1][2]

Miss World 1985
Miss World 1985 Titlecard
Date14 November 1985
PresentersPeter Marshall, Anne Diamond
EntertainmentJack Jones
VenueRoyal Albert Hall, London, UK
BroadcasterThames Television
Entrants78
Placements15
DebutsIvory Coast, St. Kitts & Nevis, Zaire
WithdrawalsHonduras, Turkey
ReturnsLiberia, Luxembourg, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Uganda
WinnerHólmfríður Karlsdóttir[1]
 Iceland

Results

Placements
Countries and territories which sent delegates and results for Miss World 1985[1][2]
Final results Contestant
Miss World 1985
1st runner-up
2nd runner-up
3rd runner-up
4th runner-up
5th runner-up
6th runner-up
Top 15
  •  Brazil – Leila Rosana Leal Bittencourt
  •  Ireland – Anne Marie Gannon
  •  New Zealand – Sheri Anastasia LeFleming Burrow
  •  Paraguay – Daisy Patricia Ferreira Caballero
  •  Poland – Katarzyna Dorota Zawidzka
  •  Puerto Rico – Iris Matías González
  •  Sweden – Anne-Bolette Jill Christophersson
  •  Zaire – Kayonga (Benita) Mureka Tete

Continental Queens of Beauty
Continental Group Contestant
Africa
  •  Zaire – Kayonga (Benita) Mureka Tete
Americas
Asia
Europe
Oceania

Contestants
CountryContestantAgeHometownPreliminary Score
 American Virgin IslandsConnie Mary Colaire23Christiansted19
ArubaJacqueline Deborah van Putten24Sint Nicolaas 20
AustraliaAngelina Nasso18Sydney 21
AustriaGabriele Christine Maxonus20Salzburg 19
BahamasRhonda Lea Cornea17Abaco Island 20
BarbadosElizabeth (Liz) Dana Wadman19Christ Church 19
BelgiumAnn van den Broeck18Antwerp 19
BermudaJannell Kathy Nadra Ford23Devonshire 23
BoliviaCarolina Issa Abudinen19Santa Cruz 19
BrazilLeila Rosana Leal Bittencourt19Porto Alegre 27
CanadaMichelle Irene Tambling20Toronto 19
Cayman IslandsEmily Yvette Hurlston18North Side 19
ChileLydia Ana Labarca Birke20Santiago 21
ColombiaMargarita Rosa de Francisco Baquero20Cali 23
Costa RicaMarianela Herrera Marín19San Jose 19
CuraçaoLidushka Pamela Curiel21Willemstad 21
CyprusJuliana Panayiota Kalogirou18Famagusta 19
DenmarkJeanette Kröll19Odense 19
Dominican RepublicMaría Trinidad González Hernández20Santo Domingo 19
EcuadorMaría del Pilar de Veintemilla Russo21Quito 19
El SalvadorLuz del Carmen Mena Duke21San Salvador 19
FinlandMarja Kristiina Kinnunen22Tampere 26
FranceNathalie Jones18Noumea 20
GambiaGeorgett Salleh19Brikama 19
GermanyMarion Morell20Stuttgart 20
GibraltarGail Anne May Francis22Gibraltar 19
GreeceEpi Galanos22Athens 19
GuamTherese M. Quintanilla18Agana 23
GuatemalaMaricela Luna Villacorta20Guatemala City 19
HollandBrigitte Bergman21Utrecht 24
Hong KongAileen Lo Kam-yu20Hong Kong Island 21
IcelandHólmfríður Karlsdóttir22Reykjavík[1] 33
IndiaSharon Mary Clarke18New Delhi 24
IrelandAnne Marie Gannon19Dublin 27
 Isle of ManFiona Louise Hartley19Douglas 23
IsraelMaja Wechtenhaim21Haifa 32
ItalyCosetta Antoniolli20Milan 22
Ivory CoastRose Armande Oulla18Abidjan 21
JamaicaAlison Jean Barnett19Kingston 32
JapanHaruko Sugimoto22Tokyo 19
KenyaJacqueline Mary Thom18Thika 20
KoreaPark Eun-kyoung22Seoul 19
LebanonMary Khoury25Beirut 19
LiberiaSarah Laurine Massanuh Horton18Monrovia 19
LuxembourgBeatrix Bertine Herma Corneline Tinnemans24Luxembourg City 19
MalaysiaRosalind Kong Siew Yuen21Kuala Lumpur 19
MaltaKristina Apap Bologna20Mdina 19
MexicoAlicia Yolanda Carrillo González23Guadalajara 21
New ZealandSheri Anastasia LeFleming Burrow20Auckland 28
NigeriaRosemary Okeke21Lagos 19
NorwayKaren Margrethe Moe18Kristiansund 19
PanamaDiana Ester Alfaro Arosemena24Panama City 20
ParaguayDaisy Patricia Ferreira Caballero19Asunción 33
PeruCarmen del Rosario Muro Távara21Lambayeque 19
PhilippinesElizabeth Dionisio Cuenco21Manila 19
PolandKatarzyna Dorota Zawidzka23Gorzów 31
PortugalMaria de Fátima da Silva Alves Raimundo18Cascais 19
Puerto RicoIris Matías González20Caguas 30
Saint Kitts and NevisKaren Marcelle Grant19Old Road Town 19
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesDonna Maria Young †19Kingstown 19
SingaporeJoanna Sylvia Mitchell19Paya Lebar 26
SpainMaría Amparo Martínez Cerdán23Valencia 21
Sri LankaNatalie Gunewardene22Colombo 19
SwazilandJune Hank25Manzini 20
SwedenAnne-Bolette Jill Christophersson21Stockholm 28
SwitzerlandEveline Nicole Glanzmann20Bauen 31
TahitiRuth Manea18Faa'a 19
ThailandParnlekha Wanmuang22Bangkok 19
Trinidad and TobagoUlrica Christina Phillip21San Fernando 20
Turks and CaicosBarbara Bulah Mae Capron18Providenciales 19
UgandaHelen Acheng24Kitgum 19
United KingdomMandy Adele Shires19Bradford 33
United StatesBrenda Denton22Hobbs 31
UruguayGabriela de León Muñiz19Montevideo 20
VenezuelaRuddy Rosario Rodríguez de Lucia18Anaco 35
Western SamoaAngelie Achatz21Apia 19
YugoslaviaAleksandra Kosanović23Belgrade 21
ZaireKayonga (Benita) Mureka Tete18Kinshasa 24

Judges

In 1985, there were nine preliminary judges.

Notes

Debuts
  •  Ivory Coast
  •  St. Kitts & Nevis
  •  Zaire

Returns
  • Last competed in 1968:
    •  Uganda
  • Last competed in 1977:
    •  Luxembourg
  • Last competed in 1978:
    •  St. Vincent & the Grenadines (as  St. Vincent)
  • Last competed in 1983:
    •  Liberia

Withdrawals
  •  Honduras
  •  Turkey

References
  1. "Miss World". The Southeast Missourian. 15 November 1985. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  2. "Lakeland Ledger". Retrieved 26 January 2016.

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