Miss World 1983, the 33rd edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 17 November 1983 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, the United Kingdom.
At the end of the event, Sarah-Jane Hutt of the United Kingdom was crowned Miss World 1983 by the previous winner, Mariasela Álvarez of the Dominican Republic. It is the fourth victory of the United Kingdom in the pageant's history (because Helen Morgan resigned during 1974, the year of her reign, and she was replaced by Anneline Kriel, Morgan's first runner-up from South Africa) And the first runner-up was Rocío Isabel Luna representing Colombia and second runner-up was Cátia Pedrosa representing Brazil.
Background Miss World 1983 marked the first Miss World event that included an intelligence test for contestants. The intelligence test was created by psychologists.
Debuts, returns, withdrawals This edition marked the debut of Poland and Tonga. And the return of The Gambia, which last competed in 1970, Liberia last competed in 1972, Barbados last competed in 1975, Austria last competed in 1981 and Swaziland last competed in 1980.
French Polynesia, Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe withdrew from the competition for unknown reasons.
Results Placements Placement Contestant Miss World 1983 – Sarah-Jane Hutt 1st Runner-Up – Rocío Isabel Luna 2nd Runner-Up – Cátia Pedrosa Top 7 – Unnur Steinsson – Catherine Levy – Marissa Burgos – Lisa Allred Top 15 – Mercedes Stermitz – Françoise Bostoen – Ana María Taboada – Nancy Heynis – Margaret Cheung – Patricia Nolan – Yi'fat Schechter – Bernarda Marovt
Continental Queens of Beauty Continental Group Contestant Africa – Annie Broderick Americas – Rocío Isabel Luna Asia – Yi'fat Schechter Europe – Sarah-Jane Hutt Oceania – Tanya Bowe
Contestants 72 contestants competed for the title. Country/Territory Contestant Age Hometown Aruba Audrey Bruges 17 Oranjestad Australia Tanya Bowe 20 Adelaide Austria Mercedes Stermitz 25 Klagenfurt Bahamas Lucille Bullen 20 Nassau Barbados Nina McIntosh-Clarke 24 Bridgetown Belgium Françoise Bostoen 20 Roeselare Bermuda Angelita Emily Diaz 20 St. George's Bolivia Ana María Taboada 18 Tarija Brazil Cátia Pedrosa 20 Rio de Janeiro Canada Katharine Durish 25 Toronto Cayman Islands Effie Ebanks 18 George Town Chile Gina Rovira 19 Santiago Colombia Rocío Isabel Luna 18 El Banco Costa Rica María Argentina Meléndez 20 San José Curaçao Ivette Domacasse 22 Willemstad Cyprus Katia Chrysochou 20 Paphos Denmark Tina-Lissette Joergensen 18 Holstebro Dominican Republic Yonoris Estrella 20 Azua de Compostela Ecuador Martha Isabel Lascano 20 Guayaquil El Salvador Carmen Álvarez 18 San Salvador Finland Sanna Pekkala 20 Helsinki France Frederique Leroy 20 Bordeaux Gambia Abbey Scattrel Janneh 19 Banjul Gibraltar Jessica Palao 19 Gibraltar Greece Anna Martinou 17 Athens Guam Geraldine Santos 22 Chalan Pago-Ordot Guatemala Hilda Manrique 23 Guatemala City Holland Nancy Heynis 18 Amsterdam Honduras Carmen Isabel Morales 18 Puerto Cortés Hong Kong Maggie Cheung 19 Hong Kong Island Iceland Unnur Steinsson 20 Álftanes India Sweety Grewal 21 Bombay Indonesia Titi Dwi Jayati 17 Jakarta Ireland Patricia Nolan 19 Dublin Jennifer Huyton 18 Bride Israel Yi'fat Schechter 20 Tel Aviv Italy Barbara Previato 17 Modena Jamaica Catherine Levy 21 Kingston Japan Mie Nakahara 22 Tokyo Lebanon Douchka Abi-Nader 17 Beirut Liberia Annie Broderick 24 Montserrado Malaysia Michelle Yeoh 21 Ipoh Malta Odette Balzan 19 Rabat Mexico Mayra Rojas 19 Mexico City New Zealand Maria Sando 18 Palmerston North Norway Karen Dobloug 21 Furnes Panama Marissa Burgos 19 Panama City Paraguay Antonella Filartiga 21 Asunción Peru Lisbet Aurora Alcázar 20 Lima Philippines Marilou Sadiua 22 Manila Poland Lidia Wasiak 21 Szczecin Portugal Cesaltina da Silva 20 Lisbon Puerto Rico Fátima Mustafá 17 Aibonito Singapore Sharon Denise Wells 22 Singapore South Korea Suh Min-sook 20 Seoul Spain Milagros Pérez 21 Gran Canaria Swaziland Gladys Rudd 22 Manzini Sweden Eva Liza Törnquist 18 Stockholm Switzerland Patricia Lang 19 Zürich Thailand Tavinan Kongkran 19 Bangkok Rosetta Moa Johansson 18 Neiafu Trinidad and Tobago Esther Juliette Farmer 24 San Fernando Turkey Ebru Özmeriç 18 Istanbul Turks and Caicos Islands Cheryl Astwood 19 Grand Turk United Kingdom Sarah-Jane Hutt 19 Dorset United States Lisa Gayle Allred 22 Fort Worth United States Virgin IslandsChandra Ramsingh18St. Croix Uruguay Silvia Zumarán 21 Montevideo Venezuela Carolina Cerruti 21 Caracas West Germany Claudia Zielinski 19 Lindenberg Western Samoa Theresa Vaotapu Thomsen 19 Apia Yugoslavia Bernarda Marovt 23 Ljubljana
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