Miss Universe 1983, the 32nd Miss Universe

Miss Universe

Miss Universe is an annual international beauty contest that is run by the Miss Universe Organization. The pageant is the most publicized beauty contest in the world with 600 million viewers....

 pageant, was held at Kiel Auditorium

Kiel Auditorium

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, St. Louis, Missouri

St. Louis, Missouri

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, USA on July 11, 1983. 19-year-old Lorraine Downes

Lorraine Downes

Lorraine Elizabeth Downes is a New Zealand former beauty queen who held the Miss Universe title in 1983 and won the New Zealand version of the reality TV show Dancing with the Stars in 2006.-Miss Universe:...

 of New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

 was crowned Miss Universe 1983, the first woman from that country to win the title. Eighty contestants competed in the pageant.

Placements

Final results	Contestant
Miss Universe 1983	- Lorraine Downes Lorraine Downes Lorraine Elizabeth Downes is a New Zealand former beauty queen who held the Miss Universe title in 1983 and won the New Zealand version of the reality TV show Dancing with the Stars in 2006.-Miss Universe:...
1st runner-up	United States - Julie Hayek Julie Hayek Julie Lynne Hayek is an American beauty queen and actress who was Miss USA 1983.-Early life:Hayek is of Czech and German descent on her father's side and Norwegian, Scottish, Irish, and English on her mother's side. Her father was an airline pilot and her mother, a high school guidance counselor...
2nd runner-up	- Roberta Brown
3rd runner-up	- Lolita Morena Lolita Morena Lolita Laure Morena is a Swiss model, actress and television hostess.-Miss Switzerland:She was a student in archaeology when she won the Miss Switzerland pageant in 1982. She went on to represent her country at Miss World 1982 and Miss Universe 1983...
4th runner-up	- Karen Moore
Top 12	- Loana Katharina Radecki  Venezuela - Paola Ruggeri - Kathie Lee (Lee Lee-Beng) - Federica Maria Moro - Nina Marjaana Rekola - Karen Elizabeth Dobloug - Ana Isabel Herrero García

Semifinal Scores

Country	Preliminary Average	Interview	Swimsuit	Evening Gown	Semifinal Average
United States	8.708 (1)	8.916 (5)	9.333 (1)	9.455 (1)	9.234 (1)
	8.395 (3)	9.138 (2)	9.220 (3)	9.338 (3)	9.232 (2)
	8.325 (6)	9.081 (3)	9.177 (4)	9.358 (2)	9.205 (3)
	8.353 (5)	9.244 (1)	9.161 (5)	9.192 (6)	9.199 (4)
	8.385 (4)	9.027 (4)	9.244 (2)	9.172 (7)	9.147 (5)
	8.091 (10)	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)
	8.222 (7)	8.658 (8)	8.766 (10)	9.161 (8)	8.861 (8)
	7.956 (12)	8.644 (9)	8.922 (8)	9.016 (10)	8.860 (9)
	8.143 (8)	8.427 (11)	8.888 (9)	9.144 (9)	8.573 (10)
	8.089 (11)	8.486 (10)	8.505 (12)	8.822 (11)	8.604 (11)
	8.098 (9)	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 Semifinalist Rank in each round of competition

Special Awards

Award	Contestant
Best National Costume	- Jong-jun Kim  United States Virgin Islands - Julie Elizabeth Woods - Yuko Yamaguchi
Miss Congeniality	- Abbey Scattrel Janneh
Miss Photogenic	- Lolita Morena Lolita Morena Lolita Laure Morena is a Swiss model, actress and television hostess.-Miss Switzerland:She was a student in archaeology when she won the Miss Switzerland pageant in 1982. She went on to represent her country at Miss World 1982 and Miss Universe 1983...

Judges

• Lewis Collins
  Lewis Collins
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• Peter Deamondis
• Erol Evgin
  Erol Evgin
  Erol Evgin , is a Turkish pop singer, composer and film actor.-Biography:Erol Evgin was born in Istanbul, Turkey in 1947. He finished his high school education in Istanbul High School in 1965. Then he studied architecture in Mimar Sinan University of Fine Arts...
  
  
• Rocío Jurado
  Rocío Jurado
  María del Rocío Trinidad Mohedano Jurado , was a Spanish singer and actress. She was born in Chipiona, Cádiz, Spain and was nicknamed "La más grande" . Jurado was once married to boxer Pedro Carrasco, with whom she had a daughter, Rocío Carrasco...
  
  
• Ruby Keeler
  Ruby Keeler
  Ruby Keeler, born Ethel Hilda Keeler, was an actress, singer, and dancer most famous for her on-screen coupling with Dick Powell in a string of successful early musicals at Warner Brothers, particularly 42nd Street . From 1928 to 1940, she was married to singer Al Jolson...
  
  
• Patricia Nery

• Ken Norton
  Ken Norton
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• Oh Soon-Tek
• Marlin Perkins
  Marlin Perkins
  Richard Marlin Perkins was a zoologist best known as a host of the television program Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom from 1963 to 1985.-Biography:...
  
  
• Rosemary Rogers
  Rosemary Rogers
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• Irene Sáez Conde

Contestants

• – María Daniela Carara
• – Milva Evertsz
• – Simone Cox
• – Mercedes Stermitz
• – Christina Thompson
• – Françoise Bostoen
• – Shirlene Dianne McKay
• – Angelita Diaz
• – Cecilia Zamora
•   Brazil
  Miss Brasil
  The Miss Brasil Pageant is a beauty contest that has been held almost every year since 1954 between winners of the Brazilian state pageants.It is one of the most important beauty contest of the world, with USA and Venezuela...
  
  – Mariza Fully Coelho †
• – Anna Maria Joseph
• – Jodi Yvonne Rutledge
• – Effie Ebanks
• – María Josefa Isensee Ugarte
• – Pauline Sáenz
• – Carmena Blake
• – María Gabriela Pozuelo
• – Maybelline Altagracia Snel
• – Marina Elena Rauscher
• – Inge Ravn Thomsen
•   Dominican Republic – Alexandra Astwood
• – Mariela García
• – Claudia Oliva
• – Karen Moore
• – Nina Marjaana Rekkola
•   France
  Miss France
  Miss France is the trademark of an annual beauty pageant. Rights to the trademark were obtained in 2002 by the Dutch television production company Endemol through its subsidiary Miss France SAS, whose director general is Sylvie Tellier, Miss France 2002. Endemol also holds the rights in France to...
  
  – Frederique Leroy
•  French Guiana – Marie Georges Achamana
• – Abbey Scattrel Janneh
• – Loana Katharina Radecki
• – Louise Gillingwater
• – Plousia Farfaraki
•  Guadeloupe – Nicole LeBorgne
• – Pamela Booth
• – Berta Victoria Gonzales
• ' – Nancy Lalleman Heynis
• – Ollie Thompson
• ' – Cherona Yeung
• – Unnur Steinsson
  Unnur Steinsson
  Unnur Steinsson was Miss Iceland 1983 who competed in Miss Universe 1983 and came in the Top 5 position at the Miss World finals. She is the mother of Unnur Birna Vilhjálmsdóttir who won the Miss Iceland pageant in 2005 and became Miss World 2005....
  
  
• – Rekha Hande
• – Andi Botenri

• – Roberta Brown
• – Shimona Hollender
• – Federica Maria Moro
• – Yuko Yamaguchi
• ' – Jong-jun Kim
• – May Mansour Chahwan
•   Malaysia
  Miss Malaysia
  Miss Malaysia represents Malaysia in two of the major international pageants.Miss Universe is a beauty pageant run by the New York-based partnership between NBC and Donald Trump....
  
  – Puspa Mohammed
• – Christine Bonnici
•  Martinique – Marie Lina Laupa
• – Monica Rosas
• – Astrid Klotzsch New Zealand
  New Zealand at Miss Universe
  Miss Universe New Zealand is the New Zealand national beauty pageant which feeds into the international Miss Universe competition. Qualification for Miss Universe New Zealand is based on regional pageants and/or personal interviews .New Zealanders have contested 44 Miss Universe pageants since its...
  
  – Lorraine Elizabeth Downes
  Lorraine Downes
  Lorraine Elizabeth Downes is a New Zealand former beauty queen who held the Miss Universe title in 1983 and won the New Zealand version of the reality TV show Dancing with the Stars in 2006.-Miss Universe:...
  
  
• ' – Thelma Mafnas
• – Karen Elisabeth Dobloug
• – Elizabeth Bylan Bennett
• – Shannelle Bray
• – Mercedes Bosch
• – Vivien Griffiths
• – Rosita Capuyon
• – Anabella Elisa Ananiades
•   Puerto Rico
  Miss Puerto Rico
  Miss Puerto Rico is the common name or sash used to identify a Puerto Rican representative in an international pageant. Currently, Miss Universe Puerto Rico, Miss Mundo de Puerto Rico and Miss Earth Puerto Rico are the official national preliminaries to the Miss Universe, Miss World and Miss Earth...
  
  – Carmen Batiz
• – Eliane LeBeau
• – Linda Renton
• – Kathie Lee
•  South Africa – Leanne Hosking
•   Spain
  Miss Spain
  Miss España is the main annual beauty pageant of Spain that selects the official representative to the Miss Universe pageant. Runners-up go to Miss World, Miss International and Miss Earth.-History:...
  
  – Ana Isabela Herrero
• – Shyama Fernando
•   Sweden
  Miss Sweden
  Miss Sweden , is the title of the Swedish beauty pageant, which ran from 1949-2003, by the female magazine VeckoRevyn and production company Strix in partnership with MTG. The competition qualified delegates to the global contests Miss Universe and first runner ups to Miss World...
  
  – Viveca Miriam Jung
• – Lolita Morena
  Lolita Morena
  Lolita Laure Morena is a Swiss model, actress and television hostess.-Miss Switzerland:She was a student in archaeology when she won the Miss Switzerland pageant in 1982. She went on to represent her country at Miss World 1982 and Miss Universe 1983...
  
  
• – Jinda Nernkrang
•  Transkei – Nomxousi Xokelelo
• ' – Sandra Williams
• – Dilara Haracci
• ' – Lolita Ariza
• – María Jacqueline Beltrán
•   USA
  Miss USA
  The Miss USA beauty contest has been held annually since 1952 to select the United States entrant in the Miss Universe pageant. The Miss Universe Organization operates both pageants, as well as Miss Teen USA...
  
  – Julie Hayek
  Julie Hayek
  Julie Lynne Hayek is an American beauty queen and actress who was Miss USA 1983.-Early life:Hayek is of Czech and German descent on her father's side and Norwegian, Scottish, Irish, and English on her mother's side. Her father was an airline pilot and her mother, a high school guidance counselor...
  
  
•  United States Virgin Islands – Julie Elizabeth Woods
•   Venezuela
  Miss Venezuela
  The Miss Venezuela contest is the national beauty pageant of Venezuela and has been held since 1952. It is responsible for selecting the country's representatives to the Miss Universe, Miss World, Miss Earth and Miss International pageants .Under the direction of Osmel Sousa, Venezuela has...
  
  – Paola Ruggeri
• – Lianne Gray
•  Samoa – Falute Mama Aluni

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 Mariana Islands
• 7.037 Puerto Rico

• 7.033 US 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

Crossovers

Miss World 1982

Miss World 1982

Miss World 1982, the 32nd Miss World pageant, was held on November 18, 1982 in the Royal Albert Hall, London, UK. The winner was Mariasela Álvarez from the Dominican Republic...

• : Lolita Morena
  Lolita Morena
  Lolita Laure Morena is a Swiss model, actress and television hostess.-Miss Switzerland:She was a student in archaeology when she won the Miss Switzerland pageant in 1982. She went on to represent her country at Miss World 1982 and Miss Universe 1983...
  
   (3ru and Miss Photogenic)
• : Roberta Brown (6th runner-up)
• : Marina Elena Rauscher
• : Louise Gillingwater
• : Andi Botenri
• : May Mansour Chahwan
• : Ana Isabel Herrero
• ': Lolita Ariza

Miss International 1983

Miss International 1983

Miss International 1983, the 23rd annual Miss International pageant, was held on 10 October 1983 at Tsukuba's Expo Plaza and hosted by Masumi Okada. Gidget Sandoval of Costa Rica was crowned at the end of the event.-Placements:-Special awards:...

• : Inge Ravn Thomsen (2nd runner-up)
• : Loana Katharina Radecki
• : Plousia Farfaraki
• : Lianne Gray

Miss World 1983

Miss World 1983

Miss World 1983, the 33rd Miss World pageant was held on November 17, 1983 in the Royal Albert Hall, London, UK. The winner was Sarah-Jane Hutt from the United Kingdom...

• : Unnur Steinsson
  Unnur Steinsson
  Unnur Steinsson was Miss Iceland 1983 who competed in Miss Universe 1983 and came in the Top 5 position at the Miss World finals. She is the mother of Unnur Birna Vilhjálmsdóttir who won the Miss Iceland pageant in 2005 and became Miss World 2005....
  
   (4th runner-up)
• : Mercedes Stermitz (Top 15)
• : Françoise Bostoen (Top 15)
• ': Nancy Lalleman Heynis (Top 15)
• : Angelita Diaz
• : Effie Ebanks
• : Frederique Leroy
• : Karen Elisabeth Dobloug
• : Abbey Scattrel Janneh

Miss International 1984

Miss International 1984

Miss International 1984 was held at Kanagawa Prefectural Civic Hall, Yokohama, Japan on October 30, 1984. Ilma Urrutia earned Guatemala's first Miss International crown.-Results:- Special awards:*Friendship: ', Jennifer Foong Sim Yong...

• – Karen Moore (Top 15)

International Queen of Coffee 1984

• : Ollie Thompson (Winner)