Miss World 1985

Miss World 1985
Miss World 1985 Titlecard
Date	14 November 1985
Presenters	Peter Marshall, Anne Diamond
Entertainment	Jack Jones
Venue	Royal Albert Hall, London, UK
Broadcaster	Thames Television
Entrants	78
Placements	15
Debuts	Ivory Coast, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Zaire
Withdraws	Honduras, Senegal, Turkey
Returns	Liberia, Luxembourg, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Uganda
Winner	Hólmfríður Karlsdóttir  Iceland

Miss World 1985, the 35th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 14 November 1985 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, UK. 78 contestants from all over the world competed for the coveted title. Miss World 1984, Astrid Carolina Herrera of Venezuela, crowned Hólmfríður Karlsdóttir of Iceland as the new Miss World at the end of the event.

Results

Countries and territories which sent delegates and results

Placements

Continental Queens of Beauty

Special awards

Contestants

Contestant Number	Nation	Contestant	Hometown	Preliminary Score
01	American Virgin Islands	Connie Mary Colaire	Christiansted	18
02	Aruba	Jacqueline Deborah van Putten	St. Nicholas	19
03	Australia	Angeline Nasso	Sydney	21
04	Austria	Gabriele Christine Maxonus	Salzburg	18
05	Bahamas	Rhonda Lea Cornea	Marsh Harbour	19
06	Barbados	Elizabeth "Liz" Dana Wadman	Christ Church	18
07	Belgium	Ann Van den Broeck	Antwerp	18
08	Bermuda	Jannell Kathy Nadra Ford	Devonshire	22
09	Bolivia	Carolina Issa Abudinen	Santa Cruz	18
10	Brazil	Leila Rosana Leal Bittencourt	Porto Alegre	28
11	Canada	Michelle Irene Tambling	Toronto	18
12	Cayman Islands	Emily Yvette Hurlston	Grand Cayman	18
13	Chile	Lydia Ana Labarca Birke	Santiago	20
14	Colombia	Margarita Rosa de Francisco Baquero	Cali	23
15	Costa Rica	Marianela Herrera Marín	San José	18
16	Curaçao	Liduschka Pamela Curiel	Willemstad	20
17	Cyprus	Juliana Panayiota Kalogirou	Famagusta	18
18	Denmark	Jeanette Kroll	Odense	19
19	Dominican Republic	María Trinidad (Mariela) González Hernández	Santo Domingo	18
20	Ecuador	María del Pilar de Veintemilla Russo	Quito	18
21	El Salvador	Luz del Carmen Mena Duke	San Salvador	18
22	Finland	Marja Kristiina Kinnunen	Tampere	26
23	France	Nathalie Jones	New Caledonia	18
24	Gambia	Georgett Salleh	Brikama	18
25	West Germany	Marion Morell	Stuttgart	20
26	Gibraltar	Gail Anne May Francis	Gibraltar	18
27	Greece	Epi Galanos	Athens	18
28	Guam	Therese M. Quintanilla	Agana	22
29	Guatemala	Maricela Luna Villacorta	Guatemala City	18
30	Holland	Brigitte Bergman	Utrecht	24
31	Hong Kong	Aileen Lo Kam-Yu	Hong Kong	21
32	Iceland	Hólmfríður Karlsdóttir	Reykjavík	34
33	India	Sharon Mary Clarke	Bombay	24
34	Ireland	Anne Marie Gannon	Dublin	27
35	Isle of Man	Fiona Louise Hartley	Douglas	23
36	Israel	Maja Wechtenhaim	Haifa	33
37	Italy	Cosetta Antoniolli	Milan	22
38	Ivory Coast	Rose Armande Oulla	Abidjan	22
39	Jamaica	Alison Jean Barnett	Kingston	32
40	Japan	Haruko Sugimoto	Tokyo	18
41	Kenya	Jacqueline Mary Thom	Thika	20
42	Korea	Park Eun-kyoung	Seoul	18
43	Lebanon	Mary Khoury	Beirut	18
44	Liberia	Sarah Laurine Massanuh Horton	Monrovia	18
45	Luxembourg	Beatrix Bertine Herma Corneline Tinnemans	Luxembourg City	18
46	Malaysia	Rosalind Kong Siew Yuen	Kuala Lumpur	18
47	Malta	Kristina Apap Bologna	Mdina	18
48	Mexico	Alicia Yolanda Carrillo González	Guadalajara	18
49	New Zealand	Sheri Anastasia LeFleming Burrow	Auckland	29
50	Nigeria	Rosemary Okeke	Lagos	18
51	Norway	Karen Margrethe Moe	Kristiansund	18
52	Panama	Diana Ester Alfaro Arosemena	Panama City	18
53	Paraguay	Daisy Patricia Ferreira Caballero	Asunción	32
54	Peru	Carmen del Rosario Muro Távara	Lambayeque	18
55	Philippines	Elizabeth Dionisio Cuenco	Manila	18
56	Poland	Katarzyna Dorota Zawidzka	Gorzów	32
57	Portugal	Maria de Fátima da Silva Alves Raimundo	Cascais	18
58	Puerto Rico	Iris Matías González	Caguas	29
59	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Karen Marcelle Grant	Old Road Town	18
60	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Donna Maria Young	Kingstown	18
61	Singapore	Joanna Sylvia Mitchell	Paya Lebar	26
62	Spain	María Amparo Martínez Cerdán	Valencia	20
63	Sri Lanka	Natalie Gunewardene	Colombo	18
64	Swaziland	June Hank	Manzini	19
65	Sweden	Anne-Bolette Jill Christophersson	Stockholm	28
66	Switzerland	Eveline Nicole Glanzmann	Bauen	31
67	Tahiti	Ruth Manea	Faa'a	18
68	Thailand	Parnlekha Wanmuang	Bangkok	18
69	Trinidad and Tobago	Ulrica Christina Phillip	San Fernando	19
70	Turks and Caicos Islands	Barbara Bulah Mae Capron	Providenciales	18
71	Uganda	Helen Acheng	Kitgum	18
72	United Kingdom	Mandy Adele Shires	Bradford	34
73	United States	Brenda Denton	Hobbs	32
74	Uruguay	Gabriela de León Muñiz	Montevideo	19
75	Venezuela	Ruddy Rodríguez	Caracas	36
76	Western Samoa	Angelie Achatz	Apia	18
77	Yugoslavia	Aleksandra Košanović	Belgrade	21
78	Zaire	Kayonga "Benita" Mureka Tete	Kinshasa	24

Notes:

• In 1985, there were nine preliminary judges who each gave the contestants a score of 2, 3, or 4. This meant that each contestant could receive a minimum score of 18 and a maximum of 36.
• The 1985 rules required that at least one contestant from each continent advanced to the top 15 semi-final round. This is why Miss Zaire (with a score of 24) qualified, while both Miss Finland and Miss Singapore (score of 26) did not.

Notes

Debuts

• Ivory Coast, Saint Kitts and Nevis, and Republic of Zaire competed in Miss World for the first time.

Returning countries

• Uganda last competed in 1968.
• Luxembourg last competed in 1977.
• St. Vincent & the Grenadines last competed in 1978.
• Liberia last competed in 1983.

Withdrawals and Nations not competing

• Honduras competed last year, but not this year.
• Senegal and Turkey withdrew at the very last minute.

Other notes

• Miss World 1985 Parade of Nations is accompanied by the music of In the Realm of the Senses (Quincy Jones), Working My Way Back to You (The Four Seasons), Flashdance (Irene Cara), Invitations (Shakatak), and When Will I See You Again (The Three Degrees).
• Miss Republic of Zaire became the first semi-finalist in Miss World from her country after she placed as the 2nd runner-up in Miss Universe 1985 four months before. She also won the trophy of Queen of Africa.
• Miss United States of America was the first non-Latin contestant to receive the award of Queen of Americas.
• Bahamas sent its third white delegate to Miss World the first since Frances Clarkson in 1971.
• Miss New Zealand won the Queen of Oceania award for the first time.
• Miss Switzerland, who placed 7th in Miss World, made it into the semi-finals in Miss Universe 1986 in Panama.
• Miss Malta competed in Miss Universe 1987 in Singapore.
• Miss Colombia and Miss Venezuela became well-known actresses in Spanish telenovelas.
• Miss Holland was Miss Intercontinental 1983/1984.
• 7 out of 15 countries which made it into the semifinals, were not in the semifinals last year: New Zealand, Puerto Rico and Sweden (1980), and Jamaica (1983). Paraguay, Poland, and Republic of Zaire made it into the semi-finals for the first time. Paraguay marked its debut in 1959, while Poland in 1983. Republic of Zaire, on the other hand, marked its debut in Miss World the same year; however, its name was later replaced by the Congo Democratic Republic in Miss World 2005.

External links

• Pageantopolis - Miss World 1985