Miss World 1985, the 35th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 14 November 1985 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, United Kingdom. 78 contestants from all over the world competed for the coveted title.
At the end of the event, Astrid Carolina Herrera of Venezuela crowned Hólmfríður Karlsdóttir of Iceland as the new Miss World at the end of the event. This was Iceland's first victory in the pageant. The first and second runners-up are Mandy Shires of the United Kingdom and Brenda Denton of the United States.
This edition marked the debut of Côte d'Ivoire, Saint Kitts and Nevis and Zaire. And the return of Uganda, which last competed in 1968, Luxembourg last competed in 1977, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines last competed (as Saint Vincent) in 1978 and Liberia last competed in 1983.
Honduras withdrew from the competition for unknown reasons.
Results Placements Placement Contestant Miss World 1985 – Hólmfríður Karlsdóttir 1st Runner-Up – Mandy Shires 2nd Runner-Up – Brenda Denton Top 7 – Maja Wechtenhaim – Alison Barnett – Eveline Glanzmann – Ruddy Rodríguez Top 15 – Leila Bittencourt – Anne Marie Gannon – Sheri Le Fleming Burrow – Daisy Ferreira – Katarzyna Zawidzka – Iris Matías – Anne-Bolette Christophersson – Benita Murekatete
Continental Queens of Beauty Continental Group Contestant Africa – Benita Kayonga Murekatete Americas – Brenda Denton Asia – Maja Wechtenhaim Europe – Hólmfríður Karlsdóttir Oceania – Sheri Le Fleming Burrow
Judges Ibrahim Keita Graeme Souness Ralph Halpern Sarah-Jane Hutt – Miss World 1983 from United Kingdom Eric Morley – Chairman and CEO of Miss World Organization Duncan Goodhew Anne-Marie Moser Tan Sri Jeyaratnam Barry McGuigan
Contestants
78 contestants competed for the title. Country Contestant Age Hometown Preliminary Score Aruba Jacqueline van Putten 24 Sint Nicolaas20 Australia Angelina Nasso 18 Sydney21 Austria Gabriele Maxonus 20 Salzburg18 Bahamas Rhonda Cornea 17 Abaco Island20 Barbados Elizabeth Wadman 19 Christ Church19 Belgium Ann van den Broeck 18 Antwerp18 Bermuda Jannell Ford 23 Devonshire23 Bolivia Carolina Abudinen 19 Santa Cruz19 Brazil Leila Bittencourt 19 Porto Alegre 28 Canada Michelle Tambling 20 Toronto19 Cayman Islands Emily Hurlston 18 North Side19 Chile Lydia Labarca 20 Santiago21 Colombia Margarita Francisco 20 Santiago de Cali23 Costa Rica Marianela Herrera 19 San Jose19 Côte d'Ivoire Rose Armande Oulla 18 Abidjan22 Curaçao Lidushka Curiel 21 Willemstad21 Cyprus Juliana Kalogirou 18 Famagusta18 Denmark Jeanette Kröll 19 Odense19 Dominican Republic María Trinidad González 20 Santo Domingo19 Ecuador María del Pilar de Veintemilla 21 Quito19 El Salvador Luz del Carmen Mena 21 San Salvador19 Finland Marja Kinnunen 22 Tampere26 France Nathalie Jones 18 Nouméa18 French Polynesia Ruth Manea 18 Faʻaʻā18 Gambia Georgett Salleh 19 Brikama18 Gibraltar Gail Francis 22 Gibraltar18 Greece Epi Galanos 22 Athens18 Guam Therese Quintanilla 18 Agana23 Guatemala Maricela Luna 20 Guatemala City19 Holland Brigitte Bergman 21 Utrecht24 Hong Kong Aileen Lo 20 Hong Kong Island21 Iceland Hólmfríður Karlsdóttir 22 Reykjavík34 India Sharon Mary Clarke 18 New Delhi24 Ireland Anne Marie Gannon 19 Dublin27 Fiona Hartley 19 Douglas23 Israel Maja Wechtenhaim 21 Haifa33 Italy Cosetta Antoniolli 20 Milan22 Jamaica Alison Jean Barnett 19 Kingston32 Japan Haruko Sugimoto 22 Tokyo18 Kenya Jacqueline Mary Thom 18 Thika20 Lebanon Mary Khoury 25 Beirut18 Liberia Sarah Laurine Horton 18 Monrovia18 Luxembourg Beatrix Tinnemans 24 Luxembourg City18 Malaysia Rosalind Kong 21 Kuala Lumpur18 Malta Kristina Bologna 20 Mdina18 Mexico Alicia Yolanda Carrillo 23 Guadalajara19 New Zealand Sheri Le Fleming Burrow 20 Auckland29 Nigeria Rosemary Okeke 21 Lagos18 Norway Karen Margrethe Moe 18 Kristiansund18 Panama Diana Alfaro 24 Panama City19 Paraguay Daisy Ferreira 19 Asunción33 Peru Carmen del Rosario Muro 21 Lambayeque19 Philippines Elizabeth Cuenco 21 Manila18 Poland Katarzyna Zawidzka 23 Gorzów32 Portugal Fátima Raimundo 18 Cascais19 Puerto Rico Iris Matías 20 Caguas30 Saint Kitts and Nevis Karen Marcelle Grant 19 Old Road Town19 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Donna Young 19 Kingstown19 Singapore Joanna Sylvia Mitchell 19 Paya Lebar26 South Korea Park Eun-kyoung 22 Seoul18 Spain Amparo Martínez 23 Valencia21 Sri Lanka Natalie Gunewardene 22 Colombo18 Swaziland June Hank 25 Manzini19 Sweden Anne-Bolette Christophersson 21 Stockholm28 Switzerland Eveline Glanzmann 20 Bauen31 Thailand Parnlekha Wanmuang 22 Bangkok18 Trinidad and Tobago Ulrica Phillip 21 San Fernando20 Turks and Caicos Islands Barbara Capron 18 Providenciales19 Uganda Helen Acheng 24 Kitgum18 United Kingdom Mandy Shires 19 Bradford33 United States Brenda Denton 22 Hobbs31 United States Virgin Islands Connie Colaire 23 Christiansted 19 Uruguay Gabriela de León 19 Montevideo20 Venezuela Ruddy Rodríguez 18 Anaco36 West Germany Marion Morell 20 Stuttgart20 Western Samoa Angelie Achatz 21 Apia18 Yugoslavia Aleksandra Kosanović 23 Belgrade21 Zaire Benita Kayonga Murekatete 18 Kinshasa24
Notes
Other Notes
This was the first time Iceland won Miss World
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