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
Debuts
Withdrawals
Returns
WinnerSarah-Jane Hutt
 United Kingdom

Results

Placements
Placement Contestant
Miss World 1983
1st Runner-Up
2nd Runner-Up
Top 7
Top 15

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

Contestants

72 contestants competed for the title.

Country/Territory Contestant Age[lower-alpha 1] Hometown
ArubaAudrey Bruges17Oranjestad
AustraliaTanya Bowe20Adelaide
AustriaMercedes Stermitz25Klagenfurt
BahamasLucille Bullen20Nassau
BarbadosNina McIntosh-Clarke24Bridgetown
BelgiumFrançoise Bostoen20Roeselare
BermudaAngelita Emily Diaz20St. George's
BoliviaAna María Taboada18Tarija
BrazilCátia Pedrosa20Rio de Janeiro
CanadaKatharine Durish25Toronto
Cayman IslandsEffie Ebanks18George Town
ChileGina Rovira19Santiago
ColombiaRocío Isabel Luna18El Banco
Costa RicaMaría Argentina Meléndez20San José
CuraçaoIvette Domacasse22Willemstad
CyprusKatia Chrysochou20Paphos
DenmarkTina-Lissette Joergensen18Holstebro
Dominican RepublicYonoris Estrella20Azua de Compostela
EcuadorMartha Isabel Lascano20Guayaquil
El SalvadorCarmen Álvarez18San Salvador
FinlandSanna Pekkala20Helsinki
FranceFrederique Leroy20Bordeaux
GambiaAbbey Scattrel Janneh19Banjul
GermanyClaudia Zielinski19Lindenberg
GibraltarJessica Palao19Gibraltar
GreeceAnna Martinou17Athens
GuamGeraldine Santos[4]22Chalan Pago-Ordot
GuatemalaHilda Manrique23Guatemala City
HollandNancy Heynis18Amsterdam
HondurasCarmen Isabel Morales18Puerto Cortés
Hong KongMaggie Cheung19Hong Kong Island
IcelandUnnur Steinsson20Álftanes
IndiaSweety Grewal21Bombay
IndonesiaTiti Dwi Jayati17Jakarta
IrelandPatricia Nolan19Dublin
 Isle of ManJennifer Huyton18Bride
IsraelYi'fat Schechter20Tel Aviv
ItalyBarbara Previato17Modena
JamaicaCatherine Levy21Kingston
JapanMie Nakahara22Tokyo
LebanonDouchka Abi-Nader17Beirut
LiberiaAnnie Broderick24Montserrado
MalaysiaMichelle Yeoh[5][6]21Ipoh
MaltaOdette Balzan19Rabat
MexicoMayra Rojas19Mexico City
New ZealandMaria Sando18Palmerston North
NorwayKaren Dobloug21Furnes
PanamaMarissa Burgos19Panama City
ParaguayAntonella Filartiga21Asunción
PeruLisbet Aurora Alcázar20Lima
PhilippinesMarilou Sadiua22Manila
PolandLidia Wasiak[7]21Szczecin
PortugalCesaltina da Silva20Lisbon
Puerto RicoFátima Mustafá17Aibonito
SingaporeSharon Denise Wells22Singapore
South Korea Suh Min-sook 20 Seoul
SpainMilagros Pérez21Gran Canaria
SwazilandGladys Rudd22Manzini
SwedenEva Liza Törnquist18Stockholm
SwitzerlandPatricia Lang19Zürich
ThailandTavinan Kongkran19Bangkok
 TongaAnna Johansson18Neiafu
Trinidad and TobagoEsther Juliette Farmer24San Fernando
TurkeyEbru Özmeriç18Istanbul
Turks and CaicosCheryl Astwood19Grand Turk
United KingdomSarah-Jane Hutt[1]19Dorset
United StatesLisa Gayle Allred22Fort Worth
United States Virgin Islands Chandra Ramsingh 18 St. Croix
UruguaySilvia Zumarán21Montevideo
VenezuelaCarolina Cerruti21Apure
Western SamoaTheresa Vaotapu Thomsen19Apia
YugoslaviaBernarda Marovt23Ljubljana

Notes
  1. Ages at the time of the pageant

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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. "Tah-daaah! There she is... Miss Poland!". Logansport Pharos-Tribune. Logansport, Indiana. 8 September 1983. p. 11. Retrieved 22 July 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
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