Miss World 1981
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The 31st Miss World Pageant was held on November 12, 1981 in the Royal Albert Hall, London, UK. The winner was Pilin Leon from Venezuela for the second time since 1955. As Irene Saez Conde was crowned at the Miss Universe held in New York, it made Venezuela one the very few countries to hold both titles (Miss World and Miss Universe) on the same year (1981). Venezuela won the crown again for the third time in 1984 with Astrid Carolina Herrera.
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[edit] Results
- Miss World 1981: Carmen Josefina Leon Crespo (Venezuela)
- The runners-up were:
- Finalists:
- 3rd runner-up: Maristela Silva Grazzia (Brazil)
- 4th runner-up: Michelle Donnelly (United Kingdom)
- 5th runner-up: Melissa Hannan (Australia)
- 6th runner-up: Lisa Lynn Moss (United States)
- The delegates who made in the top fifteen are: Ana Helen Natali (Argentina), Dominique van Eeckhourdt (Belgium), Earla Stewart (Canada), Geraldine Mary McGrory (Ireland), Naomi Kishi (Japan), Doris Pontvianne Espinoza (Mexico), Rachel Ann Thomas (Trinidad & Tobago) and Juliet Nyathi (Zimbabwe).
[edit] Special Awards
[edit] Continental Queens
- Africa: Juliet Nyathi - Zimbabwe
- America: Carmen Josefina Leon Crespo - Venezuela
- Asia: Naomi Kishi - Japan
- Europe: Michele Donnelly - United Kingdom
- Oceania: Melissa Hannan - Australia
[edit] 67 Contestants
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[edit] Trivia
- The Continental Queen of Beauty awards were handed out for the very first time.
- Belgium who placed in Miss Universe 1981 as 4th runner-up made into the semi-finals in Miss World, while Ecuador, who was a semi-finalist in Miss Universe on that same year, failed to make into the semi-finals in Miss World.
- Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Denmark, France, and Thailand competed in Miss Universe 1981 in New York. Denmark also won the award for Miss Photogenic. Papua New Guinea, Jennifer Abaijah, withdrew in the pageant.
- Peru, Olga Roxana Zumaran Burga, who was semi-finalist in Miss Universe 1978 in Acapulco, Mexico, also failed to make into the semi-finals in Miss World
- United Kingdom competed in Miss Universe 1982 as Miss Wales, but failed to make it through the semi-finals, as well as Ireland.
- United States, Lisa Lynn Moss, was the first woman to compete in Miss World under the Miss USA franchise. She placed as 2nd runner-up in Miss USA, repersenting Miss Louisiana USA.
- Suriname returned to Miss World after 15 years.
- Cayman Islands and New Zealand sent their first black delegates to Miss World.
- This is the first time that there were only two runners-up and Miss World during the crowning ceremony.
- This is also the first time that the award winners for Miss Personality and Miss Photogenic had made into the semi-finals in Miss World since 1973.
[edit] Miss World 1981 Contestant Numbers
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