Miss World 1983

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The 33rd Miss World Pageant was held on November 17, 1983 in the Royal Albert Hall, London, UK. The winner was Sarah-Jane Hutt (Queen of Europe) from the United Kingdom. Runner up was Rocio Isabel Luna Florez (Queen of Americas) representing Colombia and third was Catia Silveira Pedrosa from the Brazil.

Contents 1 Results 2 Special awards 3 Continental Queens 4 72 Contestants 5 Trivia 6 External Sources

[edit] Results

• Miss World 1983: Sarah-Jane Hutt (United Kingdom).
• The runners-up were:
  • 1st runner-up: Rocio Isabel Luna Florez (Colombia)
  • 2nd runner-up: Catia Silveira Pedrosa (Brazil)
• Finalists:
  • 3rd runner-up: Catherine Elizabeth Levy (Jamaica)
  • 4th runner-up: Unnur Steinsson (Iceland)
  • 5th runner-up: Maritza Burgos Canalias (Panama)
  • 6th runner-up: Lisa Gayle Allred (United States)
• The delegates who made in the top fifteen are: Mercedes Stermitz (Austria), Francoise Bostoen (Belgium), Ana Maria Taboada Arnold (Bolivia), Nancy Lalleman Heynis (Netherlands), Margaret Cheung Man Yuk (Hong Kong), Patricia Nolan (Ireland), Yi'fat Schechter (Israel) and Bernarda Marovt (Yugoslavia).

[edit] Special awards

• Personality: Catia Silveira Pedrosa (Brazil)
• Photogenic: Bernarda Marovt (Yugoslavia)

[edit] Continental Queens

• Africa: Annie Broderick - Liberia

• America: Rocio Isabel Luna Florez - Colombia

• Asia: Yi'fat Schechter - Israel

• Europe: Sarah-Jane Hutt - United Kingdom

• Oceania: Tanya Bowe - Australia

[edit] 72 Contestants

American Virgin Islands Chandra Theresa Ramsingh Aruba Audrey Bruges Australia Tanya Bowe Austria Mercedes Stermitz SEMI-FINALIST Bahamas Lucille Bullen Barbados Nina McIntosh-Clarke Belgium Francoise Bostoen SEMI-FINALIST Bermuda Angelita Emily Diaz Bolivia Ana Maria Taboada Arnold SEMI-FINALIST Brazil Catia Silveira Pedrosa 2nd RUNNER-UP Canada Katharine Durish Cayman Islands Effie Ebanks Chile Gina Rovira Beyris Colombia Rocio Isabel Luna Florez 1st RUNNER-UP Costa Rica Maria Argentina Melendez Herrera Curaçao Yvette Rowina Domacasse Cyprus Katia Chrysochou Denmark Tine-Lissette Dahl Joergensen Dominican Republic Yonoris Maribel Estrella Florentino Ecuador Martha Lascano Salcedo El Salvador Carmen Irene Alvarez Gallardo Finland Sanna Marita Pekkala France Frederique Marcelle Leroy

Gambia Abbey Scattrel Janneh Germany Claudia Zielinski Gibraltar Jessica Palao Greece Anna Martinou Guam Geraldine Santos Guatemala Hilda Mansilla Manrique Netherlands Nancy Lalleman Heynis SEMI-FINALIST Honduras Carmen Isabel Morales Ustariz Hong Kong Margaret Cheung Man Yuk SEMI-FINALIST Iceland Unnur Steinsson TOP 7 FINALIST India Sweety Grewal Indonesia Titi Dwi Jayati Ireland Patricia Nolan SEMI-FINALIST Isle of Man Jennifer Huyton Israel Yi'fat Schechter SEMI-FINALIST Italy Barbara Previato Jamaica Catherine Elizabeth Levy TOP 7 FINALIST Japan Mie Nakahara Korea Min-sook Seo Lebanon Douchka Abi-Nader Liberia Annie Broderick Malaysia Michelle Yeoh Choo Keng Malta Odette Balzan Mexico Mayra Adela Rojas Gonzalez

New Zealand Maria Sando Norway Karen Elizabeth Dobloug Panama Maritza Burgos Canalias TOP 7 FINALIST Paraguay Antonella Filartiga Montuori Peru Lisbet Alcazar Salomon Philippines Marilou Sadia Sadiua Poland Lidia Wasiak Portugal Cesaltina de Conceiçao Lopes da Silva Puerto Rico Fatima Mustafa Vasquez Singapore Sharon Denise Wells Spain Milagros Perez Castro Swaziland Gladys Rudd Sweden Liza Eva Tornquist Switzerland Patricia Lang Thailand Tavinan Kongkran Tonga Anna Johansson Trinidad & Tobago Esther Farmer Turkey Ebru Ozmeric Turks & Caicos Cheryl Astwood United Kingdom Sarah-Jane Hutt MISS WORLD 1983 United States Lisa Gayle Allred TOP 7 FINALIST Uruguay Silvia Zumaran Venezuela Carolina Cerruti Duijm Western Samoa Theresa Thomsen Yugoslavia Bernarda Marovt SEMI-FINALIST

[edit] Trivia

• Poland, and Tonga competed in Miss World for the first time.

• Gambia and Gibraltar won the same award as Miss Amity in Miss Universe 1983, and in Miss Universe 1984.

• Iceland, Unnur Steinsson was the mother of Miss World 2005, Unnur Birna Vilhjalmsdottir and placed as finalist in Miss World.

• Venezuela, Carolina Cerruti Duijm, on the other hand, was the daughter of Miss World 1955, Carmen Susana Duijm Zubillaga, but she failed to put herself through the semi-finals in Miss World.

• Norway, Karen Elizabeth Dobloug, who placed as semi-finalist in Miss Universe 1983 in St. Louis, MO, failed to make into the semi-finals in Miss World. Austria, Belgium, Netherlands, and Iceland, who competed in Miss Universe four months before, made into the semi-finals and even in the finals for Iceland in Miss World.

• This is the first time that the award winners for Africa and Oceania did not make it into the semi-finals.

• Barbados returned to Miss World after 8 years, while Gambia after 13 years.

• Hong Kong and Malaysia became actresses in box-office movies after Miss World.

• Sarah-Jane Hutt of United Kingdom became the fourth British woman to win the Miss World title.

• 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 4 seasons.

[edit] External Sources

• Pageantopolis

• Jimmy's Pageant Page

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