Miss World 1984

Miss World 1984, the 34th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 15 November 1984 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, UK.[1] The winner was Astrid Carolina Herrera from Venezuela. She was crowned by Miss World 1983, Sarah-Jane Hutt of the United Kingdom. The 1st and 2nd runners-up were Constance Ellen (Connie) Fitzpatrick from Canada, and Lou-Anne Caroline Ronchi from Australia. The event was viewed by 17.1 million people in the UK.[2][3]

Miss World 1984
Date15 November 1984
PresentersPeter Marshall, Judith Chalmers
EntertainmentThe Drifters
VenueRoyal Albert Hall, London, UK
BroadcasterThames Television
Entrants72
Placements15
WithdrawalsIndonesia, Liberia, Tonga, Turkey
ReturnsKenya, Nigeria, Tahiti
WinnerAstrid Carolina Herrera
 Venezuela

Results

Placements

Placement Contestant
Miss World 1984
1st runner-up
  •  Canada – Connie Fitzpatrick
2nd Runner-up
Top 7
Top 15

Continental Queens of Beauty

Continental Group Contestant
Africa
  •  Kenya – Khadija Adam Ismail
Americas
Asia
Europe
Oceania

Contestants

72 contestants competed for the title.

CountryContestantAge[lower-alpha 1]Hometown
ArubaMargaret Bislick22Oranjestad
AustraliaLou-Anne Ronchi22Perth
AustriaHeidemarie Pilgerstorfer23Linz
BahamasYvette Rolle20Nassau
BarbadosGale Thomas22Christ Church
BelgiumBrigitte Muyshondt24Antwerp
BermudaRhonda Wilkinson21St. Georges
BoliviaErika Weise21Santa Cruz
BrazilAdriana Alves de Oliveira21Rio Grande
CanadaConnie Fitzpatrick20Hamilton
Cayman IslandsThora Ann Crighton22George Town
ChileMaría Soledad García21Santiago
ColombiaPatricia Janiot20Bucaramanga
Costa RicaCatalina Blum21San Jose
CuraçaoIvette Atacho20Willemstad
CyprusAgathi Demetriou17Paphos
DenmarkPia Melchiorsen18Frederikshavn
Dominican RepublicMayelinne de Lara20El Seibo
EcuadorMaría Sol Corral19Quito
El SalvadorCelina María López17San Salvador
FinlandAnna-Liisa Tilus19Helsinki
FranceMartine Robine19Cabourg
GambiaMirabelle Carayol19Banjul
GermanyBrigitta Berx22Düsseldorf
GibraltarKarina Hollands[4]18Gibraltar
GreeceVassiliki Barba18Athens
GuamJanet Clymer20Mangilao
GuatemalaCarla Aldana22Guatemala City
HollandNancy Neede20Amsterdam
HondurasMyrtice Hyde22Roatan
Hong KongJoan Tong20Hong Kong Island
IcelandBerglind Johansen18Reykjavík
IndiaSuchita Kumar19Bombay
IrelandOlivia Tracey24Dublin
 Isle of ManJill Armstrong17Braddan
IsraelIris Louk18Rishon LeZion
ItalyFederica Tersch20Milan
JamaicaJacqueline Crichton20Kingston
JapanAyako Ohsone21Tokyo
KenyaKhadija Ismail24Nairobi
KoreaLee Joo-hee18Seoul
LebanonEliane Khoury19Beirut
MalaysiaChristine Teo22Kuala Lumpur
MaltaGraziella Previ19Gzira
MexicoMariana Urrea19Guadalajara
New ZealandBarbara McDowell19Auckland
NigeriaCynthia Oronsaye20Lagos
NorwayIngrid Martens19Oslo
PanamaAna Luisa Seda18Panama City
ParaguaySusana Ivasiuten17Encarnación
PeruGloria Loayza-Guerra21Trujillo
PhilippinesAurora Sevilla21Manila
PolandMagdalena Jaworska[3]23Warsaw
PortugalMaria Leonor Mendes Correia22Lisbon
Puerto RicoMaría de los Ángeles Rosas23San Juan
SingaporeJenny Li22Singapore
SpainJuncal Rivero18Valladolid
Sri LankaBhagya Gunasinghe22Colombo
SwazilandBusie Motsa19Manzini
SwedenBrigitte Gunnarsson21Malmö
SwitzerlandSilvia Anna Affolter20Sarnen
TahitiHinarii Kilian17Punaauia
ThailandIntira Imsompoh19Bangkok
Trinidad and TobagoRia Rambardan17Tunapuna
Turks and CaicosMiriam Coralita Adams18Grand Turk
United KingdomVivienne Rooke22Bristol
United StatesKelly Anderson23Clarksburg
 United States Virgin Islands Sandy Lewis 19 St. Croix
UruguayGiselle Barthou23Montevideo
VenezuelaAstrid Carolina Herrera21Caracas
Western SamoaAna Bentley22Apia
YugoslaviaDinka Delić18Zenica

Notes

  1. Ages at the time of the pageant

References

  1. "A Brief History Of Miss World In Pictures". The Huffington Post UK. 26 November 2014. Retrieved 26 January 2016. Winner of the 1984 Miss World Contest, Astrid Carolina Herrera from Venezuela, sitting on her throne at the Royal Albert Hall on 15 November 1984.
  2. Thussu, D.K. (2008). News as Entertainment: The Rise of Global Infotainment. SAGE Publications. p. 37. ISBN 978-1-4462-3331-3. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  3. "The beauty queens up there". The Philippine Star. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  4. "Miss Gibraltar calendar 2012: September". The Gibraltar Magazine. 29 August 2012. p. 67. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
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