Miss World 1985

Miss World 1985
Miss World 1985 Titlecard
Date	14 November 1985
Presenters	Peter Marshall and Anne Diamond
Entertainment	Jack Jones
Venue	Royal Albert Hall, London, United Kingdom
Broadcaster	Thames Television
Entrants	78
Placements	15
Debuts	Ivory Coast, St. Kitts & Nevis, Zaire
Withdraws	Honduras, Senegal, Turkey
Returns	Liberia, Luxembourg, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Uganda
Winner	Hólmfríður Karlsdóttir  Iceland

Countries and territories which sent delegates and results.

Miss World 1985, the 35th Miss World pageant, was held on 14 November 1985 in the Royal Albert Hall, London, United Kingdom. 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.

Results

Final results	Contestant
Miss World 1985	Iceland - Hólmfríður Karlsdóttir
1st Runner-up	United Kingdom - Mandy Shires
2nd Runner-up	United States of America - Brenda Denton
3rd Runner-up	Venezuela - Ruddy Rodríguez
4th Runner-up	Jamaica - Alison Barnett
5th Runner-up	Israel - Maja Wechtenhaim
6th Runner-up	Switzerland - Eveline Glanzmann
Top 15 Semi-finalists	Brazil - Leila Bittencourt  Ireland - Anne Marie Gannon  New Zealand - Sheri Burrow  Paraguay - Daisy Ferreira  Poland - Katarzyna Zawidzka  Puerto Rico - Iris Matías  Sweden - Anne-Bolette Christophersson  Republic of Zaire - Kayonga Mureka Tete

Special awards

Award	Contestant
Miss Personality	Isle of Man - Fiona Hartley
Most Photogenic	Republic of Zaire - Kayonga Mureka Tete

Continental Queens

Continent	Contestant
Africa	Republic of Zaire - Kayonga Mureka Tete
Americas	United States of America - Brenda Denton
Asia	Israel - Maja Wechtenhaim
Europe	Iceland - Hólmfríður Karlsdóttir
Oceania	New Zealand - Sheri Burrow

The 78 contestants

Nation	Contestant	Hometown	Preliminary Score
American Virgin Islands	Connie Mary Colaire	Christiansted	18
Aruba	Jacqueline Deborah van Putten	St. Nicholas	19
Australia	Angeline Nasso	Sydney	21
Austria	Gabriele Christine Maxonus	Salzburg	18
Bahamas	Rhonda Lea Cornea	Marsh Harbour
Barbados	Elizabeth "Liz" Dana Wadman	Christ Church
Belgium	Ann Van den Broeck	Antwerp
Bermuda	Jannell Kathy Nadra Ford	Devonshire
Bolivia	Carolina Issa Abudinen	Santa Cruz
Brazil	Leila Rosana Leal Bittencourt	Porto Alegre
Canada	Michelle Irene Tambling	Toronto
Cayman Islands	Emily Yvette Hurlston	Grand Cayman
Chile	Lydia Ana Labarca Birke	Santiago
Colombia	Margarita Rosa de Francisco Baquero	Cali
Costa Rica	Marianela Herrera Marín	San José
Curaçao	Liduschka Pamela Curiel	Willemstad
Cyprus	Juliana Panayiota Kalogirou	Famagusta
Denmark	Jeanette Kroll	Odense
Dominican Republic	María Trinidad González Hernández	Salvaleón de Higüey
Ecuador	María del Pilar de Veintemilla Russo	Quito
El Salvador	Luz del Carmen Mena Duke	San Salvador
Finland	Marja Kristiina Kinnunen	Tampere
France	Nathalie Jones	New Caledonia
Gambia	Georgett Salleh	Brikama
West Germany	Marion Morell	Stuttgart
Gibraltar	Gail Anne May Francis	Gibraltar
Greece	Epi Galanos	Athens
Guam	Therese M. Quintanilla	Agana
Guatemala	Maricela Luna Villacorta	Guatemala City
Holland	Brigitte Bergman	Utrecht
Hong Kong	Aileen Lo Kam-Yu	Hong Kong
Iceland	Hólmfríður Karlsdóttir	Reykjavík
India	Sharon Mary Clarke	Bombay
Ireland	Anne Marie Gannon	Dublin
Isle of Man	Fiona Louise Hartley	Douglas
Israel	Maja Wechtenhaim	Haifa
Italy	Cosetta Antoniolli	Milan
Ivory Coast	Rose Armande Oulla	Abidjan
Jamaica	Alison Jean Barnett	Kingston
Japan	Haruko Sugimoto	Tokyo
Kenya	Jacqueline Mary Thom	Thika
Korea	Park Eun-kyoung	Seoul
Lebanon	Mary Khoury	Beirut
Liberia	Sarah Laurine Massanuh Horton	Monrovia
Luxembourg	Beatrix Bertine Herma Corneline Tinnemans	Luxembourg City
Malaysia	Rosalind Kong Siew Yuen	Kuala Lumpur
Malta	Kristina Apap Bologna	Mdina
Mexico	Alicia Yolanda Carrillo González	Guadalajara
New Zealand	Sheri Anastasia LeFleming Burrow	Auckland
Nigeria	Rosemary Okeke	Lagos
Norway	Karen Margrethe Moe	Kristiansund
Panama	Diana Ester Alfaro Arosemena	Panama City
Paraguay	Daisy Patricia Ferreira Caballero	Asunción
Peru	Carmen del Rosario Muro Tavara	Lambayeque
Philippines	Elizabeth Dionisio Cuenco	Manila
Poland	Katarzyna Dorota Zawidzka	Gorzów
Portugal	Maria de Fátima da Silva Alves Raimundo	Cascais
Puerto Rico	Iris Matías González	Caguas
St. Kitts & Nevis	Karen Marcelle Grant	Old Road Town
St. Vincent & the Grenadines	Donna Maria Young	Kingstown
Singapore	Joanna Sylvia Mitchell	Paya Lebar
Spain	María Amparo Martínez Cerdán	Valencia
Sri Lanka	Natalie Gunewardene	Colombo
Swaziland	June Hank	Manzini
Sweden	Anne-Bolette Jill Christophersson	Stockholm
Switzerland	Eveline Nicole Glanzmann	Bauen
Tahiti	Ruth Manea	Faa'a
Thailand	Parnlekha Wanmuang	Bangkok
Trinidad & Tobago	Ulrica Christina Phillip	San Fernando
Turks & Caicos Islands	Barbara Bulah Mae Capron	Providenciales
Uganda	Helen Acheng	Kitgum
United Kingdom	Mandy Adele Shires	Bradford
United States of America	Brenda Denton	Hobbs
Uruguay	Gabriela de León Muñiz	Montevideo
Venezuela	Ruddy Rosario Rodríguez de Lucía	Caracas
Western Samoa	Angelie Achatz	Apia
Yugoslavia	Aleksandra Košanović	Belgrade
Republic of Zaire	Kayonga "Benita" Mureka Tete	Kinshasa

Trivia

Returning countries and Debuts

• Ivory Coast, St. Kitts & Nevis and Republic of Zaire competed in Miss World for the first time.
• Uganda last competed in 1968.
• Luxembourg last competed in 1977.
• St. Vincent & the Grenadines last competed in 1978.
• Liberia last competed in 1983.

Withdrawals and Nations not competing

• Honduras competed last year, but not this year.
• Senegal and Turkey withdrew at the very last minute.

Other Notes

• Miss World 1985 Parade of Nations is accompanied by the music of In the Realm of the Senses (Quincy Jones), Working My Way Back to You (The Four Seasons), Flashdance (Irene Cara), Invitations (Shakatak), and When Will I See You Again (The Three Degrees).
• Miss Republic of Zaire became the first semi-finalist in Miss World from her country after she placed as the 2nd Runner-up in Miss Universe 1985 four months before. She also won the trophy of Queen of Africa.
• Miss United States of America was the first non-Latin contestant to receive the award of Queen of Americas.
• Bahamas sent its third white delegate to Miss World the first since Frances Clarkson in 1971.
• Miss New Zealand won the Queen of Oceania award for the first time.
• Miss Switzerland, who placed 7th in Miss World, made it into the semi-finals in Miss Universe 1986 in Panama.
• Miss Malta competed in Miss Universe 1987 in Singapore.
• Miss Colombia and Miss Venezuela became well-known actresses in Spanish telenovelas.
• Miss Holland was Miss Intercontinental 1983/1984.
• Miss Gambia, Georgette Salleh did not compete in Miss Universe 1985 because of underage. She was replaced by her 1st Runner-up, Batura Jallow.
• 7 out of 15 countries which made it into the semifinals, were not in the semifinals last year: New Zealand, Puerto Rico and Sweden (1980), and Jamaica (1983). Paraguay, Poland, and Republic of Zaire made it into the semi-finals for the first time. Paraguay marked its debut in 1959, while Poland in 1983. Republic of Zaire, on the other hand, marked its debut in Miss World the same year; however, its name was later replaced by the Congo Democratic Republic in Miss World 2005.

Contestants Preliminary Scores

Country	Score	Country	Score
American Virgin Islands	18	Japan	18
Aruba	19	Kenya	20
Australia	21	Korea	18
Austria	18	Lebanon	18
Bahamas	19	Liberia	18
Barbados	18	Luxembourg	18
Belgium	18	Malaysia	18
Bermuda	22	Malta	18
Bolivia	18	Mexico	18
Brazil	28	New Zealand	29
Canada	18	Nigeria	18
Cayman Islands	18	Norway	18
Chile	20	Panama	18
Colombia	23	Paraguay	32
Costa Rica	18	Peru	18
Curaçao	20	Philippines	18
Cyprus	18	Poland	32
Denmark	19	Portugal	18
Dominican Republic	18	Puerto Rico	29
Ecuador	18	St. Kitts	18
El Salvador	18	St. Vincent	18
Finland	26	Singapore	26
France	18	Spain	20
Gambia	18	Sri Lanka	18
Germany	20	Swaziland	19
Gibraltar	18	Sweden	28
Greece	18	Switzerland	31
Guam	22	Tahiti	18
Guatemala	18	Thailand	18
Holland	24	Trinidad & Tobago	19
Hong Kong	21	Turks & Caicos	18
Iceland	34	Uganda	18
India	24	United Kingdom	34
Ireland	27	United States	32
Isle of Man	23	Uruguay	19
Israel	33	Venezuela	36
Italy	22	Western Samoa	18
Ivory Coast	22	Yugoslavia	21
Jamaica	32	Zaire	24

External sources

• Pageantopolis
• Jimmy's Pageant Page