Miss Universe 1983 was the 32nd Miss Universe pageant, held at the Kiel Auditorium in St. Louis, Missouri, United States, on 11 July 1983. At the conclusion of the event, Lorraine Downes of New Zealand was crowned by Karen Baldwin of Canada. Eighty contestants competed in this year. This is the first, and so far the only time New Zealand won the pageant.
Results
Placements Placement Contestant Miss Universe 1983 – Lorraine Downes 1st Runner-Up – Julie Hayek 2nd Runner-Up – Roberta Brown 3rd Runner-Up – Lolita Morena 4th Runner-Up – Karen Moore Top 12 – Nina Rekola – Federica Moro – Karen Dobloug – Lee Lee Bang – Isabel Herrero – Paola Ruggeri – Loana Radecki
Contestants Eighty contestants competed for the title. Country/Territory Contestant Age Hometown Argentina María Daniela Carara 20 Buenos Aires Aruba Milva Evertsz 24 Oranjestad Australia Simone Cox 20 Sydney Austria Mercedes Stermitz 25 Styria Bahamas Christina Thompson 18 Nassau Belgium Françoise Bostoen 20 Roeselare Belize Shirlene Dianne McKay - Belmopan Bermuda Angelita Diaz 20 St. George’s Bolivia Cecilia Zamora - Tarija Brazil Mariza Fully Coelho 21 Manhumirim British Virgin Islands Anna Maria Joseph 19 Tortola Canada Jodi Yvonne Rutledge 22 Winnipeg Cayman Islands Effie Ebanks 18 George Town Chile María Josefa Isensee Ugarte 20 Santiago Colombia Pauline Sáenz 17 Bogotá Cook Islands Carmena Blake - Avarua Costa Rica María Gabriela Pozuelo - San José Curaçao Maybelline Altagracia Snel 22 Willemstad Cyprus Marina Elena Rauscher 18 Limassol Denmark Inge Ravn Thomsen 19 Copenhagen Dominican Republic Alexandra Astwood 17 Santo Domingo Ecuador Mariela García 19 Portoviejo El Salvador Claudia Oliva 21 San Salvador England Karen Moore 21 Southsea Finland Nina Marjaana Rekkola 20 Nakkila France Frederique Leroy 20 Bordeaux French Guiana Marie Georges Achamana - Cayenne Gambia Abbey Scattrel Janneh 19 Banjul Gibraltar Louise Gillingwater 20 Gibraltar Greece Plousia Farfaraki 18 Athens Guadeloupe Nicole LeBorgne - Basse-Terre Guam Pamela Booth 18 Yigo Guatemala Berta Victoria Gonzales 20 Escuintla Holland Nancy Lelleman Heynis 18 Zaandam Honduras Ollie Thompson 18 Islas de la Bahía Hong Kong Cherona Yeung 19 Hong Kong Iceland Unnur Steinsson 20 Álftanes India Rekha Hande 18 Bangalore Indonesia Andi Botenri 18 Jakarta Ireland Roberta Brown 20 Derry Israel Shimona Hollender 17 Tel Aviv Italy Federica Moro 18 Milan Japan Yuko Yamaguchi 25 Osaka Lebanon May Mansour Chahwan 19 Beirut Malaysia Puspa Mohammed 21 Alor Setar Malta Christine Bonnici - Sliema Martinique Marie Lina Laupa - Fort-de-France Mexico Monica Rosas 19 Durango Namibia Astrid Klotzsch 22 Windhoek New Zealand Lorraine Downes 18 Auckland Northern Mariana Islands Thelma Mafnas 17 Saipan Norway Karen Elizabeth Dobloug 21 Furnes Panama Elizabeth Bylan Bennett 17 Balboa Papua New Guinea Shannelle Bray 20 Port Moresby Paraguay Mercedes Bosch - Asunción Peru Vivien Griffiths 22 Lima Philippines Rosita Capuyon 20 Manila Portugal Anabella Elisa Ananiades - Lisbon Puerto Rico Carmen Batiz 18 Trujillo Alto Réunion Eliane LeBeau - Saint-Denis Scotland Linda Renton 22 Edinburgh Singapore Kathie Lee 20 Singapore South Africa Leanne Hosking 18 Durban South Korea Kim Jong-jun - Seoul Spain Isabel Herrero 18 Zaragoza Sri Lanka Shyama Fernando 20 Colombo Sweden Viveca Miriam Jung 17 Gothenburg Switzerland Lolita Morena 22 Locarno Thailand Jinda Nernkrang 22 Bangkok Transkei Nomxousi Xokelelo - Mthatha Trinidad and Tobago Sandra Williams - Saint George Turkey Dilara Haraççı - Istanbul Turks and Caicos Islands Lolita Ariza 21 Grand Turk United States Julie Hayek 20 La Cañada Flintridge United States Virgin Islands Julie Elizabeth Woods - Charlotte Amalie Uruguay María Jacqueline Beltrán 17 Montevideo Venezuela Paola Ruggeri 21 Caracas Wales Lianne Gray 20 Cardiff West Germany Loana Katharina Radecki 20 Berlin Western Samoa Falute Mama Aluni - Apia
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References
External links Miss Universe official website