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, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Zaire
WithdrawalsHonduras, Turkey
ReturnsLiberia, Luxembourg, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Uganda
WinnerHólmfríður Karlsdóttir[1]
 Iceland

Results

Placements
Placement Contestant
Miss World 1985
1st Runner-up
2nd Runner-up
Top 7
Top 15

Continental Queens of Beauty
Continental Group Contestant
Africa
  •  Zaire – Benita Kayonga Murekatete
Americas
Asia
Europe
Oceania

Contestants

78 contestants competed for the title.

CountryContestantAgeHometownPreliminary Score
American Virgin IslandsConnie Colaire23Christiansted 19
ArubaJacqueline van Putten24Sint Nicolaas 20
AustraliaAngelina Nasso18Sydney 21
AustriaGabriele Maxonus20Salzburg 18
BahamasRhonda Cornea17Abaco Island 20
BarbadosElizabeth Wadman19Christ Church 19
BelgiumAnn van den Broeck18Antwerp 18
BermudaJannell Ford23Devonshire 23
BoliviaCarolina Abudinen19Santa Cruz 19
BrazilLeila Bittencourt19Porto Alegre 28
CanadaMichelle Tambling20Toronto 19
Cayman IslandsEmily Hurlston18North Side 19
ChileLydia Labarca20Santiago 21
ColombiaMargarita Rosa de Francisco20Santiago de Cali 23
Costa RicaMarianela Herrera19San Jose 19
CuraçaoLidushka Curiel21Willemstad 21
CyprusJuliana Kalogirou18Famagusta 18
DenmarkJeanette Kröll19Odense 19
Dominican RepublicMaría Trinidad González20Santo Domingo 19
EcuadorMaría del Pilar de Veintemilla21Quito 19
El SalvadorLuz del Carmen Mena21San Salvador 19
FinlandMarja Kinnunen22Tampere 26
FranceNathalie Jones18Nouméa 18
GambiaGeorgett Salleh19Brikama 18
GermanyMarion Morell20Stuttgart 20
GibraltarGail Francis22Gibraltar 18
GreeceEpi Galanos22Athens 18
GuamTherese Quintanilla18Agana 23
GuatemalaMaricela Luna20Guatemala City 19
HollandBrigitte Bergman21Utrecht 24
Hong KongAileen Lo20Hong Kong Island 21
IcelandHólmfríður Karlsdóttir22Reykjavík[1] 34
IndiaSharon Mary Clarke18New Delhi 24
IrelandAnne Marie Gannon19Dublin 27
 Isle of ManFiona Hartley19Douglas 23
IsraelMaja Wechtenhaim21Haifa 33
ItalyCosetta Antoniolli20Milan 22
Ivory CoastRose Armande Oulla18Abidjan 22
JamaicaAlison Jean Barnett19Kingston 32
JapanHaruko Sugimoto22Tokyo 18
KenyaJacqueline Mary Thom18Thika 20
KoreaPark Eun-kyoung22Seoul 18
LebanonMary Khoury25Beirut 18
LiberiaSarah Laurine Horton18Monrovia 18
LuxembourgBeatrix Tinnemans24Luxembourg City 18
MalaysiaRosalind Kong21Kuala Lumpur 18
MaltaKristina Bologna20Mdina 18
MexicoAlicia Yolanda Carrillo23Guadalajara 19
New ZealandSheri LeFleming Burrow20Auckland 29
NigeriaRosemary Okeke21Lagos 18
NorwayKaren Margrethe Moe18Kristiansund 18
PanamaDiana Alfaro24Panama City 19
ParaguayDaisy Ferreira19Asunción 33
PeruCarmen del Rosario Muro21Lambayeque 19
PhilippinesElizabeth Cuenco21Manila 18
PolandKatarzyna Zawidzka23Gorzów 32
PortugalFátima Raimundo18Cascais 19
Puerto RicoIris Matías20Caguas 30
Saint Kitts and NevisKaren Marcelle Grant19Old Road Town 19
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesDonna Young19Kingstown 19
SingaporeJoanna Sylvia Mitchell19Paya Lebar 26
SpainMaría Amparo Martínez23Valencia 21
Sri LankaNatalie Gunewardene22Colombo 18
SwazilandJune Hank25Manzini 19
SwedenAnne-Bolette Christophersson21Stockholm 28
SwitzerlandEveline Glanzmann20Bauen 31
TahitiRuth Manea18Faa'a 18
ThailandParnlekha Wanmuang22Bangkok 18
Trinidad and TobagoUlrica Phillip21San Fernando 20
Turks and CaicosBarbara Capron18Providenciales 19
UgandaHelen Acheng24Kitgum 18
United KingdomMandy Shires19Bradford 33
United StatesBrenda Denton22Hobbs 31
UruguayGabriela de León19Montevideo 20
VenezuelaRuddy Rodríguez18Anaco 36
Western SamoaAngelie Achatz21Apia 18
YugoslaviaAleksandra Kosanović23Belgrade 21
ZaireBenita Kayonga Murekatete18Kinshasa 24

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

Other Notes

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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