Miss World 1980

Miss World 1980
Miss World 1980 Titlecard
Date	13 November 1980
Presenters	Peter Marshall, Judith Chalmers and Anthony Newley
Venue	Royal Albert Hall, London, England, United Kingdom
Broadcaster	Thames Television
Entrants	67
Placements	15
Debuts	Zimbabwe
Withdraws	Chile, El Salvador, Iceland, Nigeria, Portugal, and Tahiti
Returns	Curaçao, Papua New Guinea, and Venezuela
Winner	Gabriella Brum Germany (resigned) Kimberley Santos Guam (successor)
Personality	Annette Labrecque Canada
Photogenic	Michelle Rocca Ireland

Countries and territories which sent delegates and results.

Miss World 1980, the 30th Miss World pageant, was held on November 13, 1980 in the Royal Albert Hall, London, UK. The winner was Gabriella Brum from Germany. First runner-up was Kimberley Santos representing Guam, second was Patricia Barzyk from France, third was Anat Zimmermann of Israel, and fourth was Kim Ashfield from the United Kingdom.

Brum resigned after 18 hours of her reign, and fourteen days later, first runner-up Santos was crowned the new Miss World.

Results

Placements

• Miss World 1980: Gabriella Brum (Germany) (resigned)
• The runners-up were:
  • 1st runner-up: Kimberley Santos (Guam) (crowned MISS WORLD 1980 on November 28, 1980)
  • 2nd runner-up: Patricia Barzyk (France)
  • 3rd runner-up: Anat Zimmermann (Israel)
  • 4th runner-up: Kim Ashfield (United Kingdom)
• Finalists:
  • 5th runner-up: Vicky Lee Hemi (New Zealand)
  • 6th runner-up: Brooke Alexander (United States)
• The delegates who made in the top fifteen are: Sonya-Maria Schlepp (Austria), Zina Marie Minks (Bermuda), Elizabeth Reddi (India), Michelle Harris (Jamaica), Michelle Torres (Puerto Rico), Kerstin Jenemark (Sweden), Hilda Abrahamz (Venezuela) and Shirley Nyanyiwa (Zimbabwe).

Special awards

• Personality: Annette Labrecque (Canada)
• Photogenic: Michelle Rocca (Ireland)

Order of Semi-Finalists

• 1. Guam
• 2. Puerto Rico
• 3. Bermuda
• 4. United States
• 5. India
• 6. New Zealand
• 7. Israel
• 8. Zimbabwe

• 9. Sweden
• 10. Austria
• 11. United Kingdom
• 12. Jamaica
• 13. France
• 14. Venezuela
• 15. Germany

Order of Finalists

• 1. Guam
• 2. United States
• 3. New Zealand
• 4. Israel
• 5. United Kingdom
• 6. France
• 7. Germany

Contestants

Nation	Contestant
Argentina	Elsa Cecilia Galotti
Aruba	Ethline Ambrosia Dekker
Australia	Linda Leigh Shepherd
Austria	Sonya-Maria Schlepp
Bahamas	Bernadette Louise Cash
Belgium	Brigitte Biche Billen
Bermuda	Zina Maria Minks
Bolivia	Sonia Giovanna Malpartida
Brazil	Loiane Rogeria Aiache
Canada	Annette Labrecque
Cayman Islands	Delia Devon Walter
Colombia	Maria Cristina Valencia Cardoña
Costa Rica	Marie Claire Tracy Coll
Curacao	Soraida Celestina de Windt
Cyprus	Parthenopi (Mara) Vassiliadou
Denmark	Jane Bill
Dominican Republic	Patricia Polanco Alvarez
Ecuador	Gabriela Maria Catelina Rios Roca
Finland	Ritva Helena Tamio
France	Patricia Barzyk
Germany	Gabriella Brum
Gibraltar	Yvette Dominguez
Greece	Vera Zacharopoulou
Guam	Kimberley Santos
Guatemala	Lizabeth (Ligia) Iveth Martinez Noack
Holland	Desiree Maria Johanna Nicole Geelen
Honduras	Rosario Etelvina (Ethel) Raudales Velasquez
Hong Kong	Julia Chan Fung-Chi
India	Elizabeth Anita Reddi
Ireland	Michelle Mary Teresa Rocca
Isle of Man	Voirrey (Flory) Melanie Wallace
Israel	Anat Zimmermann
Italy	Stefania de Pasquaci
Jamaica	Michelle Ann Harris
Japan	Kanako Ito
Jersey	Karen Rosemary Poole
Korea	Chang Sun-ja
Lebanon	Celeste El-Assai
Lesotho	Lit'sila Alina Lerotholi
Malaysia	Callie Liew Tan Chee
Malta	Frances Lucy Duca
Mauritius	Christiane Carol Mackay
Mexico	Claudia Mercedes Holley
New Zealand	Vicky Lee Hemi
Norway	Maiken Nielsen
Panama	Aurea Horta Torrijos
Papua New Guinea	Mispah Alwyn
Paraguay	Celia Noemi Schaerer
Peru	Slivia Roxana Vega Ramos
Philippines	Milagros (Mila) Guidote Nabor
Puerto Rico	Michelle Torres Cintron
Singapore	Adda Pang
Spain	Francisca (Paquita) Ondiviela Otero
Sri Lanka	Bernadine Rosemarie Fernando Ramanyake
Swaziland	Nomagoisa Cawe
Sweden	Kerstin Monika Jenemark
Switzerland	Jeannette Linkenheil
Thailand	Unchulee Chaisawan
Trinidad & Tobago	Maria Octavia Chung
Turkey	Fahriye Funda Ayloglu
United Kingdom	Kim Ashfield
United States	Brooke Alexander
Uruguay	Ana Claudia Carriquiry
Venezuela	Hilda Astrid Abrahamz Navarro
Virgin Islands	Palmira Frorup
Western Samoa	Liliu Tapuai
Zimbabwe	Shirley Richard Nyanyiwa

Trivia

Returning countries and Debuts

• Zimbabwe last competed in 1965 replacing the name Rhodesia.
• Papua New Guinea last competed in 1977.
• Curaçao and Venezuela last competed in 1978.

Withdrawals and Nations not competing

• Chile, El Salvador, Iceland and Tahiti did not attend the Miss World because of personal reasons.

Other Notes

• This is the first time that the women were judged for personality, intelligence and looks.
• Germany and Guam, Miss World queens, were born in the United Kingdom. Germany had a British father, while Guam had a British mother.
• Belgium, Cayman Islands, Denmark, Guatemala, Honduras, Norway, Papua New Guinea, and United Kingdom (representing Wales) competed in Miss Universe 1980 in Seoul, Korea four months before. United Kingdom placed as 4th runner-up in Miss World.
• Bermuda, Zina Marie Minks, and France, Patricia Barzyk who were the winners of their original pageants were competed in Miss World at 17 years of age, because contestants were allowed to compete the Miss Universe between ages 18 to 26. Jill Lorraine Murphy of Bermuda and Brigitte Choquet of France, who competed in Miss Universe 1980, were their first runner-ups.
• Dominican Republic, Patricia Polanco, is the mother of Miss Universe 2003, Amelia Vega.
• Zimbabwe returned to Miss World after 15 years, however it sent its first black delegate.
• Sri Lanka, Rosy Senanayake, won the title as Miss Asia Pacific in 1981.
• Germany who reigned as Miss World 1980 had the shortest reign in Miss World history when she was dethroned 18 hours later after the pageant.
• India, Elizabeth Reddi was Miss Teenage Intercontinental 1978, the current Miss Intercontinental pageant used to be called Miss Teenage Intercontiental.
• This is the last pageant in Miss World with four runner-ups and a new Miss World queen.
• Ireland representative Michelle Rocca became a TV star in her homeland, presenting the Eurovision Song Contest 1988 from Dublin. She later had a relationship with Van Morrison and is the mother to two of his children.
• 9 out of 15 countries which made it into the semifinals, were not in the semifinals last year: New Zealand (1974), Guam and Israel (1976), France (1977), India, Puerto Rico, Sweden, and Venezuela (1978). Zimbabwe made into the semi-finals for the first time in Miss World since it was debuted on that same year.

External sources

• Pageantopolis
• Jimmy's Pageant Page