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 | |
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 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 | |
| Withdrawals | |
| Returns | |
| Winner | Sarah-Jane Hutt United Kingdom |
Results edit
Placements edit
| Placement | Contestant |
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| Miss World 1983 | |
| 1st Runner-Up | |
| 2nd Runner-Up | |
| Top 7 |
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| Top 15 |
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Continental Queens of Beauty edit
| Continental Group | Contestant |
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| Africa |
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| Americas |
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| Asia |
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| Europe | |
| Oceania |
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Contestants edit
72 contestants competed for the title.
| Country/Territory | Contestant | Age[a] | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|
 Aruba |
Audrey Bruges | 17 | Oranjestad |
 Australia |
Tanya Bowe | 20 | Adelaide |
 Austria |
Mercedes Stermitz | 25 | Klagenfurt |
 Bahamas |
Lucille Bullen | 20 | Nassau |
 Barbados |
Nina McIntosh-Clarke | 24 | Bridgetown |
 Belgium |
Françoise Bostoen | 20 | Roeselare |
 Bermuda |
Angelita Emily Diaz | 20 | St. George's |
 Bolivia |
Ana María Taboada | 18 | Tarija |
 Brazil |
Cátia Pedrosa | 20 | Rio de Janeiro |
 Canada |
Katharine Durish | 25 | Toronto |
 Cayman Islands |
Effie Ebanks | 18 | George Town |
 Chile |
Gina Rovira | 19 | Santiago |
 Colombia |
Rocío Isabel Luna | 18 | El Banco |
 Costa Rica |
María Argentina Meléndez | 20 | San José |
 Curaçao |
Ivette Domacasse | 22 | Willemstad |
 Cyprus |
Katia Chrysochou | 20 | Paphos |
 Denmark |
Tina-Lissette Joergensen | 18 | Holstebro |
 Dominican Republic |
Yonoris Estrella | 20 | Azua de Compostela |
 Ecuador |
Martha Isabel Lascano | 20 | Guayaquil |
 El Salvador |
Carmen Álvarez | 18 | San Salvador |
 Finland |
Sanna Pekkala | 20 | Helsinki |
 France |
Frederique Leroy | 20 | Bordeaux |
 Gambia |
Abbey Scattrel Janneh | 19 | Banjul |
 Germany |
Claudia Zielinski | 19 | Lindenberg |
 Gibraltar |
Jessica Palao | 19 | Gibraltar |
 Greece |
Anna Martinou | 17 | Athens |
 Guam |
Geraldine Santos[4] | 22 | Chalan Pago-Ordot |
 Guatemala |
Hilda Manrique | 23 | Guatemala City |
 Holland |
Nancy Heynis | 18 | Amsterdam |
 Honduras |
Carmen Isabel Morales | 18 | Puerto Cortés |
 Hong Kong |
Maggie Cheung | 19 | Hong Kong Island |
 Iceland |
Unnur Steinsson | 20 | Álftanes |
 India |
Sweety Grewal | 21 | Bombay |
 Indonesia |
Titi Dwi Jayati | 17 | Jakarta |
 Ireland |
Patricia Nolan | 19 | Dublin |
 Isle of Man |
Jennifer Huyton | 18 | Bride |
 Israel |
Yi'fat Schechter | 20 | Tel Aviv |
 Italy |
Barbara Previato | 17 | Modena |
 Jamaica |
Catherine Levy | 21 | Kingston |
 Japan |
Mie Nakahara | 22 | Tokyo |
 Lebanon |
Douchka Abi-Nader | 17 | Beirut |
 Liberia |
Annie Broderick | 24 | Montserrado |
 Malaysia |
Michelle Yeoh[5][6] | 21 | Ipoh |
 Malta |
Odette Balzan | 19 | Rabat |
 Mexico |
Mayra Rojas | 19 | Mexico City |
 New Zealand |
Maria Sando | 18 | Palmerston North |
 Norway |
Karen Dobloug | 21 | Furnes |
 Panama |
Marissa Burgos | 19 | Panama City |
 Paraguay |
Antonella Filartiga | 21 | Asunción |
 Peru |
Lisbet Aurora Alcázar | 20 | Lima |
 Philippines |
Marilou Sadiua | 22 | Manila |
 Poland |
Lidia Wasiak[7] | 21 | Szczecin |
 Portugal |
Cesaltina da Silva | 20 | Lisbon |
 Puerto Rico |
Fátima Mustafá | 17 | Aibonito |
 Singapore |
Sharon Denise Wells | 22 | Singapore |
 South Korea
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Suh Min-sook | 20 | Seoul |
 Spain |
Milagros Pérez | 21 | Gran Canaria |
 Swaziland |
Gladys Rudd | 22 | Manzini |
 Sweden |
Eva Liza Törnquist | 18 | Stockholm |
 Switzerland |
Patricia Lang | 19 | Zürich |
 Thailand |
Tavinan Kongkran | 19 | Bangkok |
 Tonga |
Anna Johansson | 18 | Neiafu |
 Trinidad and Tobago |
Esther Juliette Farmer | 24 | San Fernando |
 Turkey |
Ebru Özmeriç | 18 | Istanbul |
 Turks and Caicos |
Cheryl Astwood | 19 | Grand Turk |
| United Kingdom |
Sarah-Jane Hutt[1] | 19 | Dorset |
 United States |
Lisa Gayle Allred | 22 | Fort Worth |
 United States Virgin Islands
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Chandra Ramsingh | 18 | St. Croix |
 Uruguay |
Silvia Zumarán | 21 | Montevideo |
 Venezuela |
Carolina Cerruti | 21 | Apure |
 Western Samoa |
Theresa Vaotapu Thomsen | 19 | Apia |
 Yugoslavia |
Bernarda Marovt | 23 | Ljubljana |
Notes edit
- ^ Ages at the time of the pageant
References edit
- ^ a b "Sarah Jane Hutt, Miss U.K, is crowned Miss World 1983, during the..." Getty Images. 17 November 1983. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
- ^ a b "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
- ^ a b c "Miss World". Ottawa Citizen. 18 November 1983. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
- ^ Stinson, Bart (31 August 1983). "Queen Santos gave 150 percent". Pacific Daily News. Agana Heights, Guam. p. 3. Retrieved 22 July 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Ng, Kate (4 February 2023). "Michelle Yeoh says she won Miss Malaysia to 'shut her mother up'". The Independent. Archived from the original on 1 November 2023. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
- ^ Fung, Gloria (13 March 2023). "How martial arts paved the way for Michelle Yeoh's historic Oscar win". The Sporting News. Archived from the original on 1 November 2023. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
- ^ "Tah-daaah! There she is... Miss Poland!". Logansport Pharos-Tribune. Logansport, Indiana. 8 September 1983. p. 11. Retrieved 22 July 2023 – via Newspapers.com.