Miss Universe 1983

Miss Universe 1983
Date	11 July 1983
Presenters	Bob Barker, Joan Van Ark
Entertainment	John Schneider, José Luis Rodríguez "El Puma"
Venue	Kiel Auditorium, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Broadcaster	CBS, KMOX-TV
Entrants	80
Placements	12
Debuts	Cook Islands, Gambia
Withdrawals	New Caledonia, St. Maarten, Suriname
Returns	French Guiana, Gibraltar, Lebanon
Winner	Lorraine Downes  New Zealand
Congeniality	Abbey Scattrel Janneh  Gambia
Best National Costume	Jong-jun Kim  Korea
Photogenic	Lolita Morena   Switzerland

Miss Universe 1983, the 32nd Miss Universe pageant, was held on 11 July 1983 at the Kiel Auditorium in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. Lorraine Downes of New Zealand crowned by Karen Dianne Baldwin of Canada. Eighty contestants competed in this year. This is the first time New Zealand won the pageant.

Results

Countries and territories which sent delegates and results

Placements

Final results	Contestant
Miss Universe 1983	New Zealand - Lorraine Downes
1st runner-up	USA - Julie Hayek
2nd runner-up	Ireland - Roberta Brown
3rd runner-up	Switzerland - Lolita Morena
4th runner-up	England - Karen Moore
Semi-finalists	Germany - Loana Radecki  Venezuela - Paola Ruggeri  Singapore - Kathie Lee  Italy - Federica Moro  Finland - Nina Rekola  Norway - Karen Dobloug  Spain - Ana Herrero

Special awards

Awards	Contestant
Best National Costume	Korea - Jong-jun Kim  U.S. Virgin Islands - Julie Elizabeth Woods  Japan - Yuko Yamaguchi
Miss Congeniality	Gambia - Abbey Scattrel Janneh
Miss Photogenic	Switzerland - Lolita Morena

Semi-final scores

Delegate Preliminary average Interview Swimsuit Evening gown Semifinal average  USA 8.708 (1) 8.916 (5) 9.333 (1) 9.455 (1) 9.234 (1)   Switzerland 8.395 (3) 9.138 (2) 9.220 (3) 9.338 (3) 9.232 (2)  New Zealand 8.325 (6) 9.081 (3) 9.177 (4) 9.358 (2) 9.205 (3)  Ireland 8.353 (5) 9.244 (1) 9.161 (5) 9.192 (6) 9.199 (4)  England 8.385 (4) 9.027 (4) 9.244 (2) 9.172 (7) 9.147 (5)  Germany 8.091 (11) 8.872 (6) 9.094 (6) 9.322 (5) 9.096 (6)  Venezuela 8.464 (2) 8.666 (7) 9.088 (7) 9.338 (3) 9.030 (7)  Singapore 8.222 (7) 8.658 (8) 8.766 (10) 9.161 (8) 8.861 (8)  Italy 8.158 (8) 8.644 (9) 8.922 (8) 9.016 (10) 8.860 (9)  Finland 8.143 (9) 8.427 (11) 8.888 (9) 9.144 (9) 8.573 (10)  Norway 8.089 (12) 8.486 (10) 8.505 (12) 8.822 (11) 8.604 (11)  Spain 8.098 (10) 8.261 (12) 8.577 (11) 8.788 (12) 8.542 (12)

Winner      First runner-up      Second runner-up      Third runner-up      Fourth runner-up      Top 12 semi-finalist (#) Rank in each round of competition

Preliminary swimsuit scores

8.327 Venezuela 8.316 Switzerland 8.232 USA 8.221 New Zealand 8.111 Denmark 8.094 Mexico 8.065 Finland 8.065 Italy 8.044 Peru 8.003 England 7.955 Israel 7.947 Norway 7.938 Philippines 7.933 Ireland 7.893 Singapore 7.872 Spain 7.872 Uruguay 7.844 Brazil 7.822 South Africa 7.821 France

7.784 Ecuador 7.736 Portugal 7.727 Japan 7.705 Scotland 7.683 Wales 7.677 Iceland 7.677 Turkey 7.655 Sweden 7.622 Panama 7.588 Korea 7.583 Holland 7.494 Dominican Republic 7.490 Transkei 7.472 Austria 7.454 India 7.411 Greece 7.404 Cyprus 7.403 French Guiana 7.350 Colombia 7.344 Paraguay

7.343 Guadeloupe 7.333 Guatemala 7.311 Namibia 7.300 Curaçao 7.298 Chile 7.277 Belgium 7.266 Malaysia 7.261 Honduras 7.250 Sri Lanka 7.244 Lebanon 7.211 Canada 7.205 Bermuda 7.144 Turks & Caicos 7.188 Western Samoa 7.138 Cayman Islands 7.136 Thailand 7.122 Australia 7.055 Bolivia 7.038 Northern Marianas 7.037 Puerto Rico

7.033 U.S. Virgin Islands 6.977 Martinique 6.966 Argentina 6.955 Bahamas 6.954 Malta 6.922 Réunion 6.777 Papua New Guinea 6.766 British Virgin Islands 6.755 El Salvador 6.622 Guam 6.554 Gambia 6.533 Aruba 6.525 Cook Islands 6.500 Gibraltar 6.488 Belize 6.464 Costa Rica ? Germany ? Hong Kong ? Indonesia ? Trinidad & Tobago

Order of announcements

Top 12 New Zealand Italy Singapore Venezuela Ireland Norway Switzerland Spain England Finland USA Germany

Top 5 England New Zealand Ireland USA Switzerland

Judges

Lewis Collins Peter Deamondis Erol Evgin Rocío Jurado Ruby Keeler Patricia Nery

Ken Norton Soon-Tek Oh Marlin Perkins Rosemary Rogers Irene Sáez Conde - Miss Universe 1981 from Venezuela

Contestants

Argentina – María Daniela Carara  Aruba – Milva Evertsz  Australia – Simone Cox  Austria – Mercedes Stermitz  Bahamas – Christina Thompson  Belgium – Françoise Bostoen  Belize – Shirlene Dianne McKay  Bermuda – Angelita Diaz  Bolivia – Cecilia Zamora  Brazil – Mariza Fully Coelho †  British Virgin Islands – Anna Maria Joseph  Canada – Jodi Yvonne Rutledge  Cayman Islands – Effie Ebanks  Chile – María Josefa Isensee Ugarte  Colombia – Julie Pauline Sáenz Starnes  Cook Islands – Carmena Blake  Costa Rica – María Gabriela Pozuelo  Curaçao – Maybelline Altagracia Snel  Cyprus – Marina Elena Rauscher  Denmark – Inge Ravn Thomsen  Dominican Republic – Alexandra Astwood  Ecuador – Mariela García  El Salvador – Claudia Oliva  England – Karen Moore  Finland – Nina Marjaana Rekkola  France – Frederique Leroy  French Guiana – Marie Georges Achamana  Gambia – Abbey Scattrel Janneh  Germany – Loana Katharina Radecki  Gibraltar – Louise Gillingwater  Greece – Plousia Farfaraki  Guadeloupe – Nicole LeBorgne  Guam – Pamela Booth  Guatemala – Berta Victoria Gonzales  Holland – Nancy Lalleman Heynis  Honduras – Ollie Thompson  Hong Kong – Cherona Yeung  Iceland – Unnur Steinsson  India – Rekha Hande  Indonesia – Andi Botenri

Ireland – Roberta Brown  Israel – Shimona Hollender  Italy – Federica Maria Moro  Japan – Yuko Yamaguchi  Korea – Jong-jun Kim  Lebanon – May Mansour Chahwan  Malaysia – Puspa Mohammed  Malta – Christine Bonnici  Martinique – Marie Lina Laupa  Mexico – Monica Rosas  Namibia – Astrid Klotzsch  New Zealand – Lorraine Elizabeth Downes  Northern Marianas – Thelma Mafnas  Norway – Karen Elisabeth Dobloug  Panama – Elizabeth Bylan Bennett  Papua New Guinea – Shannelle Bray  Paraguay – Mercedes Bosch  Peru – Vivien Griffiths  Philippines – Rosita Cornel Capuyon  Portugal – Anabella Elisa Ananiades  Puerto Rico – Carmen Batiz  Réunion – Eliane LeBeau  Scotland – Linda Renton  Singapore – Kathie Lee  South Africa – Leanne Hosking  Spain – Ana Isabela Herrero  Sri Lanka – Shyama Fernando  Sweden – Viveca Miriam Jung   Switzerland – Lolita Morena  Thailand – Jinda Nernkrang  Transkei – Nomxousi Xokelelo  Trinidad & Tobago – Sandra Williams  Turkey – Dilara Haracci  Turks & Caicos – Lolita Ariza  Uruguay – María Jacqueline Beltrán  USA – Julie Hayek  U.S. Virgin Islands – Julie Elizabeth Woods  Venezuela – Paola Ruggeri  Wales – Lianne Gray  Western Samoa – Falute Mama Aluni

Notes

Crossovers

Miss World 1978:  Japan - Yuko Yamaguchi 1982:   Switzerland - Lolita Morena (3rd runner-up, Miss Photogenic) 1982:  Ireland - Roberta Brown (6th runner-up) 1982:  Cyprus - Marina Elena Rauscher 1982:  Gibraltar - Louise Gillingwater 1982:  Indonesia - Andi Botenri 1982:  Lebanon - May Mansour Chahwan 1982:  Spain - Ana Isabel Herrero 1982:  Turks & Caicos - Lolita Ariza 1983:  Iceland - Unnur Steinsson (4th runner-up) 1983:  Austria - Mercedes Stermitz (Semi-finalist) 1983:  Belgium - Françoise Bostoen (Semi-finalist) 1983:  Holland - Nancy Lalleman Heynis (Semi-finalist) 1983:  Bermuda - Angelita Diaz 1983:  Cayman Islands - Effie Ebanks 1983:  France - Frederique Leroy 1983:  Norway - Karen Elisabeth Dobloug 1983:  Gambia - Abbey Scattrel Janneh Miss International 1983:  Denmark - Inge Ravn Thomsen (2nd runner-up) 1983:  Germany - Loana Katharina Radecki 1983:  Greece - Plousia Farfaraki 1983:  Wales - Lianne Gray 1984:  England – Karen Moore (Semi-finalist) Miss Intercontinental 1979:  Finland - Nina Marjaana Rekkola 1982:  Ireland - Roberta Brown 1982:  Cyprus - Marina Elena Rauscher 1983:  Greece - Plousia Farfaraki 1983:  Guatemala - Berta Victoria Gonzales 1983:  Puerto Rico - Marina Elena Rauscher (Miss Photogenic) Miss Young International 1980:  Iceland - Unnur Steinsson (3rd runner-up, Miss Mabuhay (Friendship), Miss Punctual) 1983:  Spain - Ana Isabel Herrero 1983:  Holland - Nancy Lalleman Heynis 1983:  Paraguay - Mercedes Bosch

Miss América Latina 1983:  Costa Rica - María Gabriela Pozuelo 1984:  El Salvador - Claudia Oliva Miss Sudamérica 1983:  Venezuela - Paola Ruggeri (Winner) 1983:  Brazil - Mariza Fully Coelho (1st runner-up) 1983:  Peru - Vivien Gr (2nd runner-up) 1983:  Colombia - Julie Pauline Sáenz Starnes (3rd runner-up) 1983:  Argentina - María Daniela Carara 1983:  Bolivia - Cecilia Zamora 1983:  Chile - María Josefa Isensee Ugarte 1983:  Ecuador - Mariela García 1983:  Paraguay - Mercedes Bosch 1983:  Uruguay - María Jacqueline Beltrán Reinado Internacional del Café 1984:  Honduras - Ollie Thompson (Winner) Miss Europe 1984:  France - Frederique Leroy (1st runner-up) 1984:  Belgium - Françoise Bostoen (3rd runner-up) 1984:  Germany - Loana Katharina Radecki (4th runner-up) 1984:  England – Karen Moore (Semi-finalist) 1984:  Austria - Mercedes Stermitz (Semi-finalist) 1984:  Greece - Plousia Farfaraki (Semi-finalist) 1984:  Holland - Nancy Lalleman Heynis 1984:  Portugal - Anabella Elisa Ananiades 1984:  Scotland - Linda Renton 1984:  Sweden - Viveca Miriam Jung 1984:  Wales - Lianne Gray Miss Asia 1977:  Sri Lanka - Shyama Fernando 1982:  Indonesia - Andi Botenri

External links

• Miss Universe official website