Miss Universe 1982 was the 31st Miss Universe pageant, held at the Coliseo Amauta in Lima, Peru, on 26 July 1982. It was the first time in the pageant's history that the event was held in South America. Seventy-seven contestants competed in the pageant. At the conclusion of the event, Karen Baldwin of Canada was crowned by Irene Saez of Venezuela. This is the first time Canada won the pageant.
The stadium where the contest was taking place was attacked with dynamite on 26 July, during the contest's finale.
Results
Placements Placement Contestant Miss Universe 1982 – Karen Baldwin 1st Runner-Up – Patty Chong Kerkos 2nd Runner-Up – Cinzia Fiordeponti 3rd Runner-Up – Tina Roussou 4th Runner-Up – Terri Utley Top 12 – Celice Marques – Della Dolan – Sari Aspholm – Francesca Zaza – Odette Scrooby – Silvia Vila – Kerstin Paeserack
Final Scores Country/TerritoryPreliminary AverageInterviewSwimsuitEvening GownSemifinal Average7.761 (9)8.400 (5)8.275 (3)8.525 (3)8.400 (2)7.892 (5)8.867 (1)8.692 (1)8.355 (4)8.638 (1)7.714 (11)7.925 (9)8.067 (5)8.608 (2)8.200 (4)7.847 (6)8.042 (8)8.325 (2)8.317 (5)8.228 (3)8.131 (2)8.425 (4)8.192 (4)7.925 (8)8.181 (5)8.406 (1)8.583 (2)7.225 (10)8.707 (1)8.172 (6)8.100 (3)8.433 (3)7.808 (7)8.167 (7)8.136 (7)7.797 (8)8.218 (6)7.508 (8)8.292 (6)8.006 (8)8.011 (4)8.133 (7)7.892 (6)7.917 (9)7.981 (9)7.719 (10)7.808 (10)7.408 (9)7.908 (10)7.708 (10)7.594 (12)7.692 (11)7.167 (11)7.783 (11)7.547 (11)7.808 (7)7.204 (12)7.008 (12)7.483 (12)7.232 (12)
Contestants – María Alejandra Basile – Noriza Antonio Helder – Lou Ann Ronchi – Elisabeth Kawan – Ava Marilyn Burke – Marie-Pierre Lemaitre – Sharon Kay Auxilliou – Heather Ross – Sandra Villaroel – Celice Márques – Luce Dahlia Hodge – Karen Baldwin – Maureen Theresa Lewis – Jenny Purto Arab – Nadya Santacruz – Liliana Corella Espinoza – Minerva Ranila Heiroms – Tina Maria Nielsen – Soraya Morey – Jacqueline Burgos – Jeanette Marroquín – Della Dolan – Sari Aspholm – Martine Philipps – Tina Roussou – Lydia Galin – Patty Chong Kerkos – Edith Whitbeck – Brigitte Diereckx – Eva Lissethe Barahona – Angie Leung – Gudrun Moller – Pamela Singh – Sri Yulianti Soemardjo – Geraldine McGrory – Deborah Naomi Hess – Cinzia Fiordeponti – Eri Okuwaki – Siti Rohani Wahid – Rita Falzon – Corine Soler – María del Carmen López Namibia – Deseree Anita Kotze New Caledonia – Lenka Topalovitch – Sandra Dexter – Sheryl Sonoda Sizemore – Janett Krefting – Isora de Lourdes López – Moi Eli – Maris Villalba – Francesca Zaza – Maria Isabel Lopez – Ana Maria Valdiz – Lourdes Milagros Mantero Hormazábal – Ginon Manthe – Georgina Kearney – Judicia Nonis – Liana Elviara Brown – Odette Scrooby – Sun-hee Park – Cristina Pérez Cottrell – Ann Monica Tradigo – Vanessa de Vries – Anna Kari Maria Bergström – Jeannette Linkenheill – Nipaporn Tarapanich – Noxolisi Mji – Suzanne Traboulay – Canan Kakmaci – Jacqueline Astwood – Terri Utley – Ingeborg Hendricks – Silvia Vila – Ana Teresa Oropeza – Michelle Donelly – Kerstin Paeserack – Ivy Evelyn Warner
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