Miss World 1982 was the 32nd edition of the Miss World pageant, held on 18 November 1982 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, the United Kingdom.
Mariasela Álvarez of the Dominican Republic was crowned Miss World 1982 by Pilín León of Venezuela. It is the first victory of the Dominican Republic in the pageant's history. The 1st Runner-Up was Sari Kaarina Aspholm from Finland and the 2nd Runner-Up was Della Dolan from the United Kingdom who were semi-finalists in Miss Universe 1982 four months before.
This edition marked the debut of Indonesia and Turks and Caicos Islands. And the return of Yugoslavia, which last competed in 1975, Portugal last competed in 1979 and Panama, Paraguay and the United States Virgin Islands last competed in 1980. Argentina, Austria, Jersey, Lesotho, Papua New Guinea, Suriname withdrew from the competition for unknown reasons.
Results Placements
Placement Contestant Miss World 1982 – Mariasela Álvarez 1st Runner-Up – Sari Kaarina Aspholm 2nd Runner-Up – Della Dolan Top 7 – Roberta Brown – Lolita Morena – Althea Rocke – LuAnn Caughey Top 15 – Catherine Anne Morris – Brita Cederberg – Maureen Therese Lewis – Tina Nielsen – Frances Limtiaco – Sara-Jane Areza – Ana Sasso – Caroline Murinda
Continental Queens of Beauty Continental Group Contestant Africa – Caroline Murinda Americas – Mariasela Alvarez Asia – Sara-Jane Areza Europe – Sari Aspholm Oceania – Catherine Anne Morris
Contestants 68 contestants competed for the title. Country/Territory Contestant Age Hometown Aruba Noriza Helder 19 Oranjestad Australia Catherine Anne Morris 19 Sydney Bahamas Oralee Stubbs 18 Nassau Belgium Marie Pierre Lemaître 21 Brussels Bermuda Heather Ross 22 Somerset Bolivia Brita Cederberg 17 Oruro Brazil Mônica Jannuzzi 21 Londrina Canada Jody Jensen 19 Calgary Cayman Islands Maureen Therese Lewis 21 George Town Chile Mariana Reinhardt 20 Santiago Colombia María Teresa Gómez 19 Medellín Costa Rica Maureen Jiménez 22 San Jose Curaçao Vendetta Roozendal 20 Willemstad Cyprus Marina Rauscher 17 Limassol Denmark Tina Nielsen 18 Copenhagen Dominican Republic Mariasela Álvarez 22 Santo Domingo Ecuador Gianna Machiavello 20 Guayaquil El Salvador Berta Loredana Munguía 20 San Salvador Finland Sari Aspholm 20 Vantaa France Martine Philipps 23 Audincourt French Polynesia Teura Tuhiti 17 Papeete Gibraltar Louise Gillingwater 20 Gibraltar Greece Anthi Priovolou 19 Athens Guam Frances Limtiaco 22 Tamuning Guatemala Suzanne Whitbeck 20 Guatemala City Holland Irene Schell 20 Venlo Honduras Ana Lucía Rivera 20 San Pedro Sula Hong Kong Cally Kwong 19 Victoria Iceland María Björk Sverrisdóttir 19 Reykjavík India Uttara Mhatre 19 Nasik Indonesia Andi Botenri 17 Jakarta Ireland Roberta Brown 19 Derry Maria Elizabeth Craig 19 Jurby Israel Anat Kerem 18 Haifa Italy Raffaella del Rosario 17 Bologna Jamaica Cornelia Parchment 19 Kingston Japan Mutsuko Kikuchi 20 Tokyo Lebanon May Mansour Chahwan 19 Beirut Malaysia Nellie Teoh 25 Kuala Lumpur Malta Delina Camilleri 18 Mosta Mexico Ana Ruth García 23 Villahermosa New Zealand Susan Mainland 19 Hamilton Norway Janett Krefting 19 Oslo Panama María Lorena Moreno 22 Panama City Paraguay Zulema Domínguez 19 Asunción Peru Cynthia Piedra 21 Lima Philippines Sarah Jane Coronel Areza 22 Manila Portugal Suzana Dias 19 Lisbon Puerto Rico Jannette Torres 17 San Juan Singapore Yvonne Tan 19 Singapore South Korea Choi Sung-yoon 19 Seoul Spain Isabel Herrero 17 Zaragoza Sri Lanka Tania Pereira 19 Panadura Sweden Anne-Lie Sjöberg 18 Eskilstuna Switzerland Lolita Morena 22 Locarno Thailand Alisa Kajornchaiyakul 17 Bangkok Trinidad and Tobago Althea Rocke 22 Port of Spain Turkey Ayse Güven 20 Istanbul Turks and Caicos Islands Lolita Ariza 21 Grand Turk United Kingdom Della Dolan 20 Grimsby United States LuAnn Caughey 23 Abilene United States Virgin IslandsBenedicta Acosta20St. Croix Uruguay Varinia Govea 21 Montevideo Venezuela Michelle Shoda 22 Maracaibo West Germany Kerstin Paeserack 19 Wilhelmshaven Western Samoa Lilly Hunt 20 Apia Yugoslavia Ana Sasso 19 Split Zimbabwe Caroline Murinda 22 Harare
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