Miss Universe 1981 was the 30th anniversary of the Miss Universe pageant, held at the Minskoff Theatre in New York City, New York, United States, on 20 July 1981. At the conclusion of the event, Irene Sáez of Venezuela was crowned by Shawn Weatherly of the United States. There were 77 contestants competing for the crown, but Miss Mauritius got homesick and withdrew. The pageant originally was scheduled to be held in Guatemala City, Guatemala. However, for financial and political reasons, Miss Universe was moved to New York City.
Results
Placements Placement Contestant Miss Universe 1981 – Irene Sáez 1st Runner-Up – Dominique Dufour 2nd Runner-Up – Eva-Lena Lundgren 3rd Runner-Up – Adriana Alves de Oliveira 4th Runner-Up – Dominique van Eeckhoudt Top 12 – Lucía Vinueza – Ingrid Schouten – Donella Thomsen – Mona Olsen Tahiti – Tatiana Teraiamano – Kim Seelbrede – Marion Kurz + Key Winner First runner-up Second runner-up Third runner-up Fourth runner-up (#) Rank in each round of competition
Final Scores Country/TerritoryPreliminary AverageInterviewSwimsuitEvening GownSemifinal Average8.575 (1)8.966 (1)9.024 (1)8.887 (1)8.959 (1)7.913 (12)8.167 (6)8.133 (5)8.508 (2)8.269 (4)7.967 (9)8.658 (2)8.050 (6)8.179 (4)8.296 (3)8.330 (4)8.191 (5)8.416 (3)7.824 (7)8.144 (5)8.223 (6)8.529 (3)8.881 (2)8.268 (3)8.559 (2) Tahiti7.940 (11)8.149 (7)8.137 (4)7.962 (5)8.082 (6)8.259 (5)8.435 (4)7.717 (8)7.838 (6)7.997 (7)8.400 (3)7.875 (8)8.041 (7)7.442 (10)7.786 (8)8.133 (7)7.590 (9)7.633 (9)7.625 (9)7.616 (9)8.527 (2)7.427 (11)7.617 (10)7.653 (8)7.565 (10)7.967 (9)7.442 (10)7.300 (12)7.317 (12)7.353 (11)8.063 (8)6.950 (12)7.492 (11)7.350 (11)7.264 (12)
Final Competition Awards Special Awards Winners Miss Amity - Linda Smith Miss Photogenic - Tina Brandstrup Best National Costume - Adriana Alves de Oliveira
Contestants Seventy-six contestants competed for the title. Country/Territory Contestant Age Hometown Argentina Susana Reynoso 20 Buenos Aires Aruba Synia Reyes 18 Brasília Australia Karen Sang 21 Sydney Austria Gudrun Gollop 22 Vienna Bahamas Linda Smith 21 Nassau Belgium Dominique van Eeckhoudt 20 Brussels Belize Ivette Zabaneh 18 Belmopan Bermuda Cymone Tucker 21 Smith’s Parish Bolivia Maricruz Aponte 18 Santa Cruz de la Sierra Brazil Adriana Alves 18 Rio de Janeiro British Virgin Islands Carmen Nibbs 18 Tortola Canada Dominique Dufour 22 Laval Cayman Islands Donna Myrie 20 George Town Chile Soledad Hurtado 19 Valparaíso Colombia Ana Edilma Cano 18 Medellín Costa Rica Rosa Inés Solís 19 San José Curaçao Maria Maxima Croes 22 Willemstad Cyprus Katia Angelidou 18 Larnaca Denmark Tina Brandstrup 20 Copenhagen Dominican Republic Lucía Peña 17 Puerto Plata Ecuador Lucía Vinueza 18 Guayaquil England Joanna Longley 25 Windsor Fiji Lynn McDonald - Suva Finland Merja Varvikko 20 Forssa France Isabelle Benard 23 Normandy Gibraltar Yvette Dominguez 19 Gibraltar Greece Maria Nikouli 18 Athens Guadeloupe Rosette Bivuoac 17 Basse-Terre Guam Bertha Harmon 17 Hagåtña Guatemala Yuma Lobos 19 Guatemala City Holland Ingrid Schouten 20 The Hague Honduras Leslie Sabillón 19 Francisco Morazán Hong Kong Irene Lo 21 Hong Kong Iceland Elisabet Trausdóttir 17 Reykjavík India Rachita Kumar 19 Bombay Ireland Valerie Roe 21 Dublin Israel Dana Wexler 17 Giv'atayim Italy Anna Kanakis 20 Messina Japan Mineko Orisaku 20 Kyoto Malaysia Audrey Loh - Kuala Lumpur Malta Susanne Galea 19 St Julians Martinique Ghislaine Jean-Louis - Fort-de-France Mexico Judith Grace 18 Monterrey Namibia Antoinette Knoetze 22 Windhoek New Zealand Donella Thomsen 21 Birkenhead Northern Mariana Islands Juanita Mendiola 17 Tinian Norway Mona Olsen 20 Oslo Panama Ana María Henríquez 21 Panama City Paraguay María Isabel Urízar 18 Asunción Peru Gladys Silva 20 Lima Philippines Maria Caroline Mendoza 18 Manila Portugal Ana Paula Machado Moura - Lisbon Puerto Rico Carmen Lotti Rodríguez 20 Guaynabo Réunion Patricia Abadie - Saint-Paul Saint Kitts Marva Warner - Sandy Point Scotland Anne McFarlane 18 Glasgow Singapore Florence Tan 21 Singapore South Africa Daniela di Paolo - Durban South Korea Lee Eun-jung 18 Seoul Spain Frances Ondiviela 24 Las Palmas Sri Lanka Renuka Varuni Jesudhason - Matale Sweden Eva-Lena Lundgren 19 Piteå Switzerland Bridget Voss 21 Bern Tahiti Tatiana Teraiamano 18 Papeete Thailand Massupha Karbprapun 21 Bangkok Transkei Kedibone Letlaka - Tsolo Trinidad and Tobago Romini Samaroo - San Fernando Turkey Şenay Unlu - Ankara Turks and Caicos Islands Frances Gloria Rigby - Grand Turk United States Kim Seelbrede 20 Germantown United States Virgin Islands Marise Cecile James - Saint Croix Uruguay Griselda Anchorena 20 Montevideo Venezuela Irene Sáez 19 Caracas Wales Karen Stannard 22 Newport West Germany Marion Kurz 20 Bavaria Western Samoa Lenita Schwalger - Apia
Withdrawals
- Carole Fitzgerald was homesick and then withdrew.
Notes
References
External links Miss Universe official website