Miss Universe 1985 was the 34th Miss Universe pageant, held at the James L. Knight Convention Center in Miami, Florida, on 15 July 1985. Seventy-nine contestants competed in the pageant. At the conclusion of the event, Deborah Carthy of Puerto Rico was crowned by Yvonne Ryding of Sweden.
Background
Location and date In October 1984, the owners of the newly expanded West Edmonton Mall in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada showed an interest in hosting the Miss Universe 1985 pageant there. This followed an unsuccessful attempt to host the Miss Universe 1984 pageant in Calgary Alberta the previous year.
Pageant organizers chose to host the pageant in Miami, Florida for the second consecutive year. George Honchar, president of Miss Universe Inc., expressed disappointment at a lack of local support for the event, which cost the city $2 million.
Selection of participants In April, 1985 the city of Miami requested that the Miss Universe organization insist that South Africa should not send a representative to pageant, due to the threat of demonstrations over her country's Apartheid policy. In mid May the nation announced that they would not send their titleholder, Andrea Steltzer, to the pageant because of fears for her safety. This was the first time since 1975 that the country did not participate in the pageant; they would not return to the event until 1995. Andrea Steltzer (half South African and half German) took part as Miss Germany in the 1989 Miss Universe pageant where she was a semi-finalist.
Results
Placements Placement Contestant Miss Universe 1985 – Deborah Carthy1st Runner-Up – Teresa Sánchez López2nd Runner-Up – Benita Murekatete3rd Runner-Up – Silvia Martínez4th Runner-Up – Andrea Beatriz LópezTop 10 – Márcia Gabrielle – Karen Tilley – Claudia van Sint Jan – Olivia Tracey – Laura Martinez-Herring
Contestants
- Yanina Castaño - Elizabeth Rowly - Martina Haiden - Cleopatra Adderly - Elizabeth Wadman - Anne van der Broeck - Jennifer Woods - Jannell Ford - Gabriela Orozco - Márcia Gabrielle - Jennifer Leonora Penn - Karen Tilley - Emily Hurston - Claudia van Sint Jan - Sandra Borda - Essie Mokotupu - Rosibel Chacón - Sheida Weber - Andri Andreou - Susan Rasmussen - Margaret Rose Cools-Lartigue - Melba Vicens - María Elena Stangl - Julia Haydee Mora - Helen Westlake - Marja Kinnunen - Suzanne Iskandar - Batura Jallow - Karina Hollands - Sabina Damianidis - Lucy Carbollido Montinola - Perla Prera - Arielle Jeanty - Brigitte Bergman - Diana García - Shallin Tse - Hana Bryndís Jónsdóttir - Sonu Walia - Olivia Tracey - Hilla Kelmann - Beatrice Popi - Hatsumi Furusawa - Joyce Sahab - Gabrielle Chiarini - Agnes Chin - Fiona Micallef - Yolanda Cádenas - Claire Glenister - Antoinette Flores - Karen Moe - Janette Vásquez - Carmel Vagi - Beverly Ocampo - María Gracia Galleno - Joyce Burton - Katarzyna Zawidzka - Alexandra Gomes - Deborah Carthy - Dominique de Lort Serignan - Jackie Hendrie - Chantal Loubelo - Lyana Chiok South Korea - Young-ok Choi - Teresa Sánchez López - Ramani Bartholomeusz - Carina Marklund - Hinarii Kilian - Tarntip Pongsuk - Brenda Joy Fahey - Miriam Adams - Laura Martinez-Herring - Mudite Alda Henderson - Andrea Beatriz López - Silvia Martínez - Barbara Christian - Stefanie Roth - Tracy Mihaljevich - Dinka Delić - Benita Murekatete
References
External links Miss Universe official website