Miss Universe 1983

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Miss Universe 1983
Date: July 11, 1983
Presenters: Bob Barker
Entertainment: John Schneider and José Luis Rodríguez
Venue: Kiel Auditorium, St. Louis, Missouri
Broadcaster: CBS
Entrants: 80
Placements: 12
Winner: Lorraine Downes
Represented: State flag New Zealand
Congeniality: Abbey Scattrel Janneh
Flag of The Gambia Gambia
Photogenic: Lolita Laure Morena
Flag of Switzerland Switzerland
Countries and territories which sent delegates and results.
Countries and territories which sent delegates and results.

Miss Universe 1983, the 32nd Miss Universe pageant, was held at Kiel Auditorium, St. Louis, Missouri, USA on July 11, 1983. Lorraine Downes of New Zealand was crowned Miss Universe 1983, the first woman from that country to win the title. Eighty contestants competed in the pageant.

Contents

[edit] Results

[edit] Placements

[edit] Special awards

  • Congeniality: Abbey Scattrel Janneh (Gambia)
  • Photogenic: Lolita Laure Morena (Switzerland)
  • National Costume: Kim Jong-Jung (Korea)

[edit] Official scores

Preliminaries:

  • 8.708 USA
  • 8.464 Venezuela
  • 8.395 Switzerland
  • 8.385 England
  • 8.353 Ireland
  • 8.325 New Zealand
  • 8.222 Singapore
  • 8.158 Italy
  • 8.143 Finland
  • 8.091 Germany
  • 8.098 Spain
  • 8.089 Norway

Interview:

  • 9.244 Ireland
  • 9.138 Switzerland
  • 9.081 New Zealand
  • 9.027 England
  • 8.916 USA
  • 8.872 Germany
  • 8.666 Venezuela
  • 8.658 Singapore
  • 8.644 Italy
  • 8.486 Norway
  • 8.427 Finland
  • 8.261 Spain

Swimsuit:

  • 9.333 USA
  • 9.244 England
  • 9.220 Switzerland
  • 9.177 New Zealand
  • 9.161 Ireland
  • 9.094 Germany
  • 9.088 Venezuela
  • 8.922 Italy
  • 8.888 Finland
  • 8.766 Singapore
  • 8.577 Spain
  • 8.505 Norway

Evening Gown:

  • 9.455 USA
  • 9.358 New Zealand
  • 9.338 Switzerland
  • 9.338 Venezuela
  • 9.322 Germany
  • 9.192 Ireland
  • 9.172 England
  • 9.161 Singapore
  • 9.144 Finland
  • 9.016 Italy
  • 8.822 Norway
  • 8.788 Spain

[edit] Contestants

[edit] Trivia

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  • Gambia (MW 1983) and Switzerland (MW 1982), who both competed in Miss World, won the award for Miss Photogenic and Miss Amity.
  • Austria, Belgium, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, France,Gambia, Holland, Iceland, and Norway competed in Miss World 1983 in London four months later. Iceland was placed as finalist, while Austria, Belgium, and Holland as semi-finalists. Norway, Karen Dobloug (semi-finalist in Miss Universe 1983), failed to place in the semi-finalists.
  • Cyprus, Gibraltar, Indonesia, Ireland, Lebanon, Spain, Switzerland, and Turks & Caicos competed in Miss World 1982 in London. Switzerland (3rd runner-up) and Ireland (2nd runner-up) were placed as finalists, while Spain (semi-finalist in Miss Universe 1983), failed to place in the semi-finalists.
  • One out of the 80 contestants in the Miss Universe 1983 is deceased. Brazil, Mariza Fully Coelho, who did not make the semi-finals, was killed in a car accident fifteen years later.
  • Christina Thompson (Miss Bahamas) daughter Sacha Scott, represents the country in Miss Universe 2008.
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