Miss World 1983

Miss World 1983
Miss World 1983 Titlecard
Date	17 November 1983
Presenters	Peter Marshall, and Judith Chalmers
Entertainment	Leo Sayer
Venue	Royal Albert Hall, London, England, United Kingdom
Broadcaster	Thames Television
Entrants	72
Placements	15
Debuts	Poland, and Tonga
Withdraws	Sri Lanka, Tahiti, and Zimbabwe
Returns	Austria, Barbados, Gambia, Liberia, and Swaziland
Winner	Sarah-Jane Hutt  United Kingdom
Personality	Cátia Pedrosa  Brazil
Photogenic	Bernarda Marovt  Yugoslavia

Countries and territories which sent delegates and results.

Miss World 1983, the 33rd Miss World pageant was held on November 17, 1983 in the Royal Albert Hall, London, UK. The winner was Sarah-Jane Hutt from the United Kingdom. First runner-up was Rocío Isabel Luna representing Colombia and second runner-up was Cátia Pedrosa from the Brazil.

Results

Final results	Contestant
Miss World 1983	United Kingdom - Sarah-Jane Hutt
1st runner-up	Colombia - Rocío Isabel Luna
2nd runner-up	Brazil - Cátia Pedrosa
3rd runner-up	Jamaica - Catherine Levy
4th runner-up	Iceland - Unnur Steinsson
5th runner-up	Panama - Marissa Burgos
6th runner-up	United States - Lisa Allred
Top 15 semifinalists	Austria - Mercedes Stermitz  Belgium - Francoise Bostoen  Bolivia - Ana Maria Taboada Arnold  Holland - Nancy Lalleman Heynis  Hong Kong - Maggie Cheung  Ireland - Patricia Nolan  Israel - Yi'fat Schechter  Yugoslavia - Bernarda Marovt

Special Awards

• Personality: Cátia Pedrosa (Brazil)
• Photogenic: Bernarda Marovt (Yugoslavia)

Continental Queens

• Africa: Annie Broderick - Liberia
• America: Rocío Isabel Luna - Colombia
• Asia: Yi'fat Schechter - Israel
• Europe: Sarah-Jane Hutt - United Kingdom
• Oceania: Tanya Bowe - Australia

Order of Announcements

Top 15

Austria Belgium Bolivia Brazil Colombia Holland Hong Kong Iceland

9. Ireland 10. Israel 11. Jamaica 12. Panama 13. United Kingdom 14. United States 15. Yugoslavia

Top 7

1. United States
2. Brazil
3. Jamaica
4. Colombia
5. Panama
6. Iceland
7. United Kingdom

72 Contestants

Nation	Contestant	Hometown
American Virgin Islands	Chandra Theresa Ramsingh	St. Croix
Aruba	Audrey Bruges	Oranjestad
Australia	Tanya Bowe	Adelaide
Austria	Mercedes Stermitz	Klagenfurt
Bahamas	Lucille Bullen	Nassau
Barbados	Nina McIntosh-Clarke	Bridgetown
Belgium	Françoise Bostoen	Roeselare
Bermuda	Angelita Emily Diaz	St. Georges
Bolivia	Ana Maria Taboada Arnold	Tarija
Brazil	Cátia Silveira Pedrosa	Rio de Janeiro
Canada	Katharine Durish	Toronto
Cayman Islands	Effie Ebanks	George Town
Chile	Gina Rovira Beyris	Santiago
Colombia	Rocío Isabel Luna Florez	El Banco
Costa Rica	Maria Argentina Melendez Herrera	San Jose
Curacao	Yvette Rowina Domacasse	Willemstad
Cyprus	Katia Chrysochou	Pappos
Denmark	Tina-Lissette Dahl Joergensen	Holstebro
Dominican Republic	Yonoris Maribel Estrella Florentino	Azua de Compostela
Ecuador	Martha Lascano Salcedo	Guayaquil
El Salvador	Carmen Irene Alvarez Gallardo	San Salvador
Finland	Sanna Marita Pekkala	Helsinki
France	Frederique Marcelle Leroy	Bordeaux
Gambia	Abbey Scattrel Janneh	Banjul
Germany	Claudia Zielinski	Lindenberg
Gibraltar	Jessica Palao	Gibraltar
Greece	Anna Martinou	Athens
Guam	Geraldine Santos	Chalan-Pago
Guatemala	Hilda Mansilla Manrique	Guatemala City
Holland	Nancy Lalleman Heynis	Amsterdam
Honduras	Carmen Isabel Morales Ustariz	Puerto Cortés
Hong Kong	Margaret Cheung Man Yuk	Hong Kong
Iceland	Unnur Steinsson	Álftanes
India	Sweety Grewal	Bombay
Indonesia	Titi Dwi Jayati	Jakarta
Ireland	Patricia Nolan	Dublin
Isle of Man	Jennifer Huyton	Bride
Israel	Yi'fat Schechter	Tel Aviv
Italy	Barbara Previato	Modena
Jamaica	Catherine Elizabeth Levy	Kingston
Japan	Mie Nakahara	Tokyo
Korea	Seo Min-sook	Seoul
Lebanon	Douchka Abi-Nader	Beirut
Liberia	Annie Broderick	Montserrado
Malaysia	Michelle Yeoh Choo Keng	Ipoh
Malta	Odette Balzan	Rabat
Mexico	Mayra Adela Rojas González	Mexico City
New Zealand	Maria Sando	Palmerston North
Norway	Karen Elizabeth Dobloug	Drammen
Panama	Marissa Burgos Canalias	Panama City
Paraguay	Antonella Filartiga Montuori	Asuncion
Peru	Lisbet Alcazar Salomon	Lima
Philippines	Marilou Sadia Sadiua	Manila
Poland	Lidia Wasiak	Szczecin
Portugal	Cesaltina de Conceiçao Lopes da Silva	Lisbon
Puerto Rico	Fatima Mustafa Vasquez	San Juan
Singapore	Sharon Denise Wells	Singapore
Spain	Milagros Perez Castro	Gran Canaria
Swaziland	Gladys Rudd	Manzini
Sweden	Eva Liza Törnquist	Stockholm
Switzerland	Patricia Lang	Zurich
Thailand	Tavinan Kongkran	Bangkok
Tonga	Anna Johansson	Niuafoʻou
Trinidad & Tobago	Esther Juliette Farmer	San Fernando
Turkey	Ebru Ozmeric	Istanbul
Turks and Caicos Islands	Cheryl Astwood	Grand Turk
United Kingdom	Sarah-Jane Hutt	Dorset
United States	Lisa Gayle Allred	Fort Worth
Uruguay	Silvia Zumaran	Montevideo
Venezuela	Carolina Cerruti Duijm	Caracas
Western Samoa	Theresa Vaotapu Thomsen	Apia
Yugoslavia	Bernarda Marovt	Ljubljana

National pageant notes

Returning countries and Debuts

• Poland and Tonga competed in Miss World for the first time.
• Gambia last competed in 1970.
• Liberia last competed in 1972.
• Barbados last competed in 1975.
• Swaziland last competed in 1980.
• Austria last competed in 1981.

Withdrawals and Nations not competing

• Sri Lanka (Fiona Wickremesinghe) did not attend the Miss World because of personal reasons.

Crossovers

Miss Universe

• Miss Universe 1983: Austria, Belgium, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, France, Gambia (Miss Amity), Holland, Iceland and Norway (semi-finalist)
• Miss Universe 1984: Gibraltar (Miss Amity) and Ireland

Miss International

• Miss International 1983: Poland and Spain (semi-finalist)

Historical significance

• Sarah-Jane Hutt of United Kingdom became the fifth British woman to win the Miss World title.
• This is the first time that the scores from the judges were shown in the preliminary swimsuit segment through electronic voting.
• This is the first time that the award winners for Africa and Oceania did not make it into the semi-finals.
• 10 out of 15 countries which made it into the semifinals, were not in the semifinals last year: Holland (1977), Panama (1979), Austria and Israel (1980), and Belgium, Brazil, Colombia, and Jamaica (1981). Hong Kong and Iceland had made into the semi-finals for the first time. Iceland marked its debut in 1955, while Hong Kong in 1959.
• Hong Kong and Malaysia became actresses in box-office movies after they competed in Miss World.
• Mercedes Stermitz of Austria had a career as a racing driver following Miss World, competing mostly in German series.
• Titi Dwi Jayati, contestant from Indonesia, now is a singing diva in Indonesia and also being one of the judges of Indonesian Idol for 5 seasons.
• Carolina del Valle Cerruti Duijm of Venezuela is the daughter of Miss World 1955, Susana Duijm.

Judges

Eric Morley Placido Domingo Michael Edelson Bruce Forsyth Ralph Halpern

Mazusaku Kawasaki Wilnelia Merced Lynsey de Paul Jeff Set

External links

• Miss World Official Website
• Pageantopolis - Miss World 1983