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
Date	17 November 1983
Presenters	Peter Marshall, Judith Chalmers
Entertainment	Leo Sayer
Venue	Royal Albert Hall, London, UK
Broadcaster	Thames Television
Entrants	72
Placements	15
Debuts	Poland, Tonga
Withdrawals	Sri Lanka, Tahiti, Zimbabwe
Returns	Austria, Barbados, Gambia, Liberia, Swaziland
Winner	Sarah-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	United Kingdom – Sarah-Jane Hutt
1st runner-up	Colombia – Rocío Isabel Luna Florez[3]
2nd runner-up	Brazil – Cátia Silveira Pedrosa[3] †
3rd Runner-up	Jamaica – Catherine Elizabeth Levy
4th Runner-up	Iceland – Unnur Steinsson
5th Runner-up	Panama – Marissa Burgos Canalias
6th Runner-up	United States – Lisa Gayle Allred
Top 15	Austria – Mercedes Stermitz  Belgium – Françoise Bostoen  Bolivia – Ana María Taboada Arnold  Holland – Nancy Lalleman Heynis  Hong Kong – Margaret Cheung Man Yuk  Ireland – Patricia Nolan  Israel – Yi'fat Schechter  Yugoslavia – Bernarda Marovt

Continental Queens of Beauty

Continental Group	Contestant
Africa	Liberia – Annie Broderick
Americas	Colombia – Rocío Isabel Luna
Asia	Israel – Yi'fat Schechter
Europe	United Kingdom – Sarah-Jane Hutt
Oceania	Australia – Tanya Bowe

Contestants

Country	Contestant	Age	Hometown	Preliminary Score
American Virgin Islands	Chandra Theresa Ramsingh	18	St. Croix	7
Aruba	Audrey Bruges	17	Oranjestad	6
Australia	Tanya Bowe	20	Adelaide	13
Austria	Mercedes Stermitz	25	Klagenfurt	18
Bahamas	Lucille Bullen	20	Nassau	6
Barbados	Nina McIntosh-Clarke	24	Bridgetown	7
Belgium	Françoise Bostoen	20	Roeselare	17
Bermuda	Angelita Emily Diaz	20	St. Georges	6
Bolivia	Ana María Taboada Arnold	18	Tarija	20
Brazil	Cátia Silveira Pedrosa †	20	Rio de Janeiro	23
Canada	Katharine Durish	25	Toronto	6
Cayman Islands	Effie Ebanks	18	George Town	7
Chile	Gina Alejandra Rovira Beyris	19	Santiago	10
Colombia	Rocío Isabel Luna Flórez	18	El Banco	25
Costa Rica	María Argentina Meléndez Herrera	20	San Jose	10
Curaçao	Yvette Rowina Domacasse	22	Willemstad	7
Cyprus	Katia Chrysochou	20	Paphos	7
Denmark	Tina-Lissette Dahl Joergensen	18	Holstebro	7
Dominican Republic	Yonoris Maribel Estrella Florentino	20	Azua de Compostela	10
Ecuador	Martha Isabel Lascano Salcedo	20	Guayaquil	7
El Salvador	Carmen Irene Álvarez Gallardo	18	San Salvador	11
Finland	Sanna Marita Pekkala	20	Helsinki	9
France	Frederique Marcelle Leroy	20	Bordeaux	13
Gambia	Abbey Scattrel Janneh	19	Banjul	7
Germany	Claudia Zielinski	19	Lindenberg	7
Gibraltar	Jessica Palao	19	Gibraltar	7
Greece	Anna Martinou	17	Athens	8
Guam	Geraldine Santos	22	Chalan Pago-Ordot	8
Guatemala	Hilda Mansilla Manrique	23	Guatemala City	8
Holland	Nancy Lalleman Heynis	18	Amsterdam	16
Honduras	Carmen Isabel Morales Ustáriz	18	Puerto Cortés	7
Hong Kong	Margaret Cheung Man Yuk	19	Hong Kong Island	18
Iceland	Unnur Steinsson	20	Álftanes	22
India	Sweety Grewal	21	Bombay	7
Indonesia	Titi Dwi Jayati	17	Jakarta	7
Ireland	Patricia Nolan	19	Dublin	15
Isle of Man	Jennifer Huyton	18	Bride	6
Israel	Yi'fat Schechter	20	Tel Aviv	20
Italy	Barbara Previato	17	Modena	6
Jamaica	Catherine Elizabeth Levy	21	Kingston	22
Japan	Mie Nakahara	22	Tokyo	7
Korea	Suh Min-sook	20	Seoul	7
Lebanon	Douchka Abi-Nader	17	Beirut	7
Liberia	Annie Broderick	24	Montserrado	8
Malaysia	Michelle Yeoh Choo Keng	21	Ipoh	12
Malta	Odette Balzan	19	Rabat	6
Mexico	Mayra Adela Rojas González	19	Mexico City	9
New Zealand	Maria Sando	18	Palmerston North	6
Norway	Karen Elizabeth Dobloug	21	Furnes	11
Panama	Marissa Burgos Canalias	19	Panama City	21
Paraguay	Antonella Filartiga Montuori	21	Asuncion	10
Peru	Lisbet Aurora Alcázar Salomón	20	Lima	7
Philippines	Marilou Sadia Sadiua	22	Manila	7
Poland	Lidia Wasiak	21	Szczecin	7
Portugal	Cesaltina de Conceiçao Lopes da Silva	20	Lisbon	7
Puerto Rico	Fátima Mustafá Vásquez	17	Aibonito	8
Singapore	Sharon Denise Wells	22	Singapore	7
Spain	Milagros Pérez Castro	21	Gran Canaria	12
Swaziland	Gladys Rudd	22	Manzini	6
Sweden	Eva Liza Törnquist	18	Stockholm	8
Switzerland	Patricia Lang	19	Zurich	6
Thailand	Tavinan Kongkran	19	Bangkok	7
Tonga	Anna Johansson	18	Neiafu	7
Trinidad and Tobago	Esther Juliette Farmer	24	San Fernando	12
Turkey	Ebru Özmeriç	18	Istanbul	7
Turks and Caicos	Cheryl Astwood	19	Grand Turk	7
United Kingdom	Sarah-Jane Hutt[1]	19	Dorset	27
United States	Lisa Gayle Allred	22	Fort Worth	19
Uruguay	Silvia Zumarán	21	Montevideo	7
Venezuela	Carolina Cerruti Duijm	21	Apure	9
Western Samoa	Theresa Vaotapu Thomsen	19	Apia	7
Yugoslavia	Bernarda Marovt	23	Ljubljana	21

Judges

• Eric Morley
• Plácido Domingo
• Michael Edelson
• Bruce Forsyth
• Ralph Halpern
• Mazusaku Kawasaki
• Wilnelia Merced – Miss World 1975 from Puerto Rico
• Lynsey de Paul
• Jeff Set

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.

External links

• Pageantopolis – Miss World 1983