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Miss World 1980
Miss World 1980 TitlecardDate 13 November 1980 Presenters Peter Marshall, Judith Chalmers and Anthony Newley Venue Royal Albert Hall, London, England, United Kingdom Broadcaster Thames Television Entrants 67 Placements 15 Debuts Zimbabwe Withdraws Chile, El Salvador, Iceland, Nigeria, Portugal, and Tahiti Returns Curaçao, Papua New Guinea, and Venezuela Winner Gabriella Brum
Kimberley Santos
Germany (resigned)
Guam (successor)Personality Annette Labrecque
CanadaPhotogenic Michelle Rocca
IrelandMiss World 1980, the 30th Miss World pageant, was held on November 13, 1980 in the Royal Albert Hall, London, UK. The winner was Gabriella Brum from Germany. First runner-up was Kimberley Santos representing Guam, second was Patricia Barzyk from France, third was Anat Zimmermann of Israel, and fourth was Kim Ashfield from the United Kingdom.
Brum resigned after 18 hours of her reign, and fourteen days later, first runner-up Santos was crowned the new Miss World.
Contents
Results
Placements
- Miss World 1980: Gabriella Brum (Germany) (resigned)
- The runners-up were:
- 1st runner-up: Kimberley Santos (Guam) (crowned MISS WORLD 1980 on November 28, 1980)
- 2nd runner-up: Patricia Barzyk (France)
- 3rd runner-up: Anat Zimmermann (Israel)
- 4th runner-up: Kim Ashfield (United Kingdom)
- Finalists:
- 5th runner-up: Vicky Lee Hemi (New Zealand)
- 6th runner-up: Brooke Alexander (United States)
- The delegates who made in the top fifteen are: Sonya-Maria Schlepp (Austria), Zina Marie Minks (Bermuda), Elizabeth Reddi (India), Michelle Harris (Jamaica), Michelle Torres (Puerto Rico), Kerstin Jenemark (Sweden), Hilda Abrahamz (Venezuela) and Shirley Nyanyiwa (Zimbabwe).
Special awards
- Personality: Annette Labrecque (Canada)
- Photogenic: Michelle Rocca (Ireland)
Order of Semi-Finalists
- 1. Guam
- 2. Puerto Rico
- 3. Bermuda
- 4. United States
- 5. India
- 6. New Zealand
- 7. Israel
- 8. Zimbabwe
- 9. Sweden
- 10. Austria
- 11. United Kingdom
- 12. Jamaica
- 13. France
- 14. Venezuela
- 15. Germany
Order of Finalists
- 1. Guam
- 2. United States
- 3. New Zealand
- 4. Israel
- 5. United Kingdom
- 6. France
- 7. Germany
Contestants
Nation Contestant Argentina Elsa Cecilia Galotti Aruba Ethline Ambrosia Dekker Australia Linda Leigh Shepherd Austria Sonya-Maria Schlepp Bahamas Bernadette Louise Cash Belgium Brigitte Biche Billen Bermuda Zina Maria Minks Bolivia Sonia Giovanna Malpartida Brazil Loiane Rogeria Aiache Canada Annette Labrecque Cayman Islands Delia Devon Walter Colombia Maria Cristina Valencia Cardoña Costa Rica Marie Claire Tracy Coll Curacao Soraida Celestina de Windt Cyprus Parthenopi (Mara) Vassiliadou Denmark Jane Bill Dominican Republic Patricia Polanco Alvarez Ecuador Gabriela Maria Catelina Rios Roca Finland Ritva Helena Tamio France Patricia Barzyk Germany Gabriella Brum Gibraltar Yvette Dominguez Greece Vera Zacharopoulou Guam Kimberley Santos Guatemala Lizabeth (Ligia) Iveth Martinez Noack Holland Desiree Maria Johanna Nicole Geelen Honduras Rosario Etelvina (Ethel) Raudales Velasquez Hong Kong Julia Chan Fung-Chi India Elizabeth Anita Reddi Ireland Michelle Mary Teresa Rocca Isle of Man Voirrey (Flory) Melanie Wallace Israel Anat Zimmermann Italy Stefania de Pasquaci Jamaica Michelle Ann Harris Japan Kanako Ito Jersey Karen Rosemary Poole Korea Chang Sun-ja Lebanon Celeste El-Assai Lesotho Lit'sila Alina Lerotholi Malaysia Callie Liew Tan Chee Malta Frances Lucy Duca Mauritius Christiane Carol Mackay Mexico Claudia Mercedes Holley New Zealand Vicky Lee Hemi Norway Maiken Nielsen Panama Aurea Horta Torrijos Papua New Guinea Mispah Alwyn Paraguay Celia Noemi Schaerer Peru Slivia Roxana Vega Ramos Philippines Milagros (Mila) Guidote Nabor Puerto Rico Michelle Torres Cintron Singapore Adda Pang Spain Francisca (Paquita) Ondiviela Otero Sri Lanka Bernadine Rosemarie Fernando Ramanyake Swaziland Nomagoisa Cawe Sweden Kerstin Monika Jenemark Switzerland Jeannette Linkenheil Thailand Unchulee Chaisawan Trinidad & Tobago Maria Octavia Chung Turkey Fahriye Funda Ayloglu United Kingdom Kim Ashfield United States Brooke Alexander Uruguay Ana Claudia Carriquiry Venezuela Hilda Astrid Abrahamz Navarro Virgin Islands Palmira Frorup Western Samoa Liliu Tapuai Zimbabwe Shirley Richard Nyanyiwa Trivia
Returning countries and Debuts
- Zimbabwe last competed in 1965 replacing the name Rhodesia.
- Papua New Guinea last competed in 1977.
- Curaçao and Venezuela last competed in 1978.
Withdrawals and Nations not competing
- Chile, El Salvador, Iceland and Tahiti did not attend the Miss World because of personal reasons.
Other Notes
- This is the first time that the women were judged for personality, intelligence and looks.
- Germany and Guam, Miss World queens, were born in the United Kingdom. Germany had a British father, while Guam had a British mother.
- Belgium, Cayman Islands, Denmark, Guatemala, Honduras, Norway, Papua New Guinea, and United Kingdom (representing Wales) competed in Miss Universe 1980 in Seoul, Korea four months before. United Kingdom placed as 4th runner-up in Miss World.
- Bermuda, Zina Marie Minks, and France, Patricia Barzyk who were the winners of their original pageants were competed in Miss World at 17 years of age, because contestants were allowed to compete the Miss Universe between ages 18 to 26. Jill Lorraine Murphy of Bermuda and Brigitte Choquet of France, who competed in Miss Universe 1980, were their first runner-ups.
- Dominican Republic, Patricia Polanco, is the mother of Miss Universe 2003, Amelia Vega.
- Zimbabwe returned to Miss World after 15 years, however it sent its first black delegate.
- Sri Lanka, Rosy Senanayake, won the title as Miss Asia Pacific in 1981.
- Germany who reigned as Miss World 1980 had the shortest reign in Miss World history when she was dethroned 18 hours later after the pageant.
- India, Elizabeth Reddi was Miss Teenage Intercontinental 1978, the current Miss Intercontinental pageant used to be called Miss Teenage Intercontiental.
- This is the last pageant in Miss World with four runner-ups and a new Miss World queen.
- Ireland representative Michelle Rocca became a TV star in her homeland, presenting the Eurovision Song Contest 1988 from Dublin. She later had a relationship with Van Morrison and is the mother to two of his children.
- 9 out of 15 countries which made it into the semifinals, were not in the semifinals last year: New Zealand (1974), Guam and Israel (1976), France (1977), India, Puerto Rico, Sweden, and Venezuela (1978). Zimbabwe made into the semi-finals for the first time in Miss World since it was debuted on that same year.
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