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| photo = [[File:Miss World 1980 - Thames TV.png|250px]]
| photo = [[File:Miss World 1980 - Thames TV.png|250px]]
| caption = Miss World 1980 Titlecard
| caption = Miss World 1980 Titlecard
| winner = '''[[Gabriella Brum]]''' <br>'''{{GER}}''' ''<small>(resigned)</small>''
| winner = '''[[Gabriella Brum]]''' <br> '''{{flagicon|Germany}}''' ''<small>(resigned)</small>''
'''[[Kimberley Santos]]'''<br>'''{{GUM}}''' ''<small>(successor)</small>''
'''[[Kimberley Santos]]''' <br> '''{{flagicon|Guam}}''' ''<small>(successor)</small>''
| date = 13 November 1980
| date = 13 November 1980
| presenters = [[Peter Marshall (UK broadcaster)|Peter Marshall]], [[Judith Chalmers]], [[Anthony Newley]]
| presenters = [[Peter Marshall (UK broadcaster)|Peter Marshall]], [[Judith Chalmers]], [[Anthony Newley]]
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|placements = 15
|placements = 15
| debuts = Zimbabwe
| debuts = Zimbabwe
| returns = Curaçao, Papua New Guinea, and Venezuela
| returns = Curaçao, Papua New Guinea, Venezuela
| withdraws = Chile, El Salvador, Iceland, Nigeria, Portugal, and Tahiti}}
| withdraws = Chile, El Salvador, Iceland, Nigeria, Portugal, Tahiti
}}

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[[File:Miss World 1980 Map.PNG|thumb|240px|Countries and territories which sent delegates and results.]]
'''Miss World 1980''', the 30th edition of the [[Miss World]] pageant, was held on 13 November 1980 in the [[Royal Albert Hall]], [[London]], [[UK]]. The winner was [[Gabriella Brum]] from [[Germany]]. She was crowned by Miss World 1979, [[Gina Swainson]] of Bermuda. 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]].
'''Miss World 1980''', the 30th edition of the [[Miss World]] pageant, was held on 13 November 1980 at the [[Royal Albert Hall]] in [[London]], [[UK]]. The winner was [[Gabriella Brum]] from [[Germany]]. She was crowned by Miss World 1979, [[Gina Swainson]] of Bermuda. 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.
Brum resigned after 18 hours of her reign, and fourteen days later, first runner-up Santos was crowned the new Miss World.


==Results==
==Results==
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[[File:Miss World 1980 Map.PNG|thumb|240px|Countries and territories which sent delegates and results]]

===Placements===
===Placements===
{| class="wikitable"
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|}


===Special Awards===
===Special awards===
{| class="wikitable" border="1"
{| class="wikitable"
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! Award
! Award
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| '''Miss Personality'''
| '''Miss Personality'''
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*'''{{flag|Canada}}''' - Annette Labrecque
* '''{{flag|Canada}}''' - Annette Labrecque
|-
|-
| '''Miss Photogenic'''
| '''Miss Photogenic'''
|
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*'''{{flag|Ireland}}''' - Michelle Rocca
* '''{{flag|Ireland}}''' - Michelle Rocca
|}
|}


===Order of Semi-Finalists===
===Order of semi-finalists===
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{{col-begin}}
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===Order of Finalists===
===Order of finalists===
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* 1. Guam
* 1. Guam
* 2. United States
* 2. United States
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* 6. France
* 6. France
* 7. Germany
* 7. Germany
{{col-end}}


==Contestants==
==Contestants==
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|- bgcolor="black" colspan=40 align="center"
|- bgcolor="black" colspan=40 align="center"
|width="200"|<span style="color:#FFFFFF">'''Nation'''</span>||width="300"|<span style="color:#FFFFFF">'''Contestant'''</span>
| width="75" | <span style="color:#FFFFFF">'''Contestant<br>Number'''</span> || width="200" | <span style="color:#FFFFFF">'''Nation'''</span> || width="300" | <span style="color:#FFFFFF">'''Contestant'''</span>
|-
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|'''{{flag|Argentina}}''' || Elsa Cecilia Galotti
| align="center" | '''01''' || '''{{flag|Argentina}}''' || Elsa Cecilia Galotti
|-
|-
|'''{{flag|Aruba}}''' || Ethline Ambrosia Dekker
| align="center" | '''02''' || '''{{flag|Aruba}}''' || Ethline Ambrosia Dekker
|-
|-
|'''{{flag|Australia}}''' || Linda Leigh Shepherd
| align="center" | '''03''' || '''{{flag|Australia}}''' || Linda Leigh Shepherd
|-
|-
|'''{{flag|Austria}}''' || Sonya-Maria Schlepp
| align="center" | '''04''' ||'''{{flag|Austria}}''' || Sonya-Maria Schlepp
|-
|-
|'''{{flag|Bahamas}}''' || Bernadette Louise Cash
| align="center" | '''05''' || '''{{flag|Bahamas}}''' || Bernadette Louise Cash
|-
|-
|'''{{flag|Belgium}}''' || Brigitte Biche Billen
| align="center" | '''06''' || '''{{flag|Belgium}}''' || Brigitte Biche Billen
|-
|-
|'''{{flag|Bermuda}}''' || Zina Maria Minks
| align="center" | '''07''' || '''{{flag|Bermuda}}''' || Zina Maria Minks
|-
|-
|'''{{flag|Bolivia}}''' || Sonia Giovanna Malpartida
| align="center" | '''08''' || '''{{flag|Bolivia}}''' || Sonia Giovanna Malpartida
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|Brazil}} '''[[Miss Brazil|Brazil]]''' || Loiane Rogeria Aiache
| align="center" | '''09''' || '''{{flag|Brazil}}''' || Loiane Rogeria Aiache
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|Canada}} '''[[Miss World Canada|Canada]]''' || Annette Labrecque
| align="center" | '''10''' || '''{{flag|Canada}}''' || Annette Labrecque
|-
|-
|'''{{flag|Cayman Islands}}''' || Delia Devon Walter
| align="center" | '''11''' || '''{{flag|Cayman Islands}}''' || Delia Devon Walter
|-
|-
|'''{{flag|Colombia}}''' || Maria Cristina Valencia Cardoña
| align="center" | '''12''' || '''{{flag|Colombia}}''' || Maria Cristina Valencia Cardoña
|-
|-
|'''{{flag|Costa Rica}}''' || Marie Claire Tracy Coll
| align="center" | '''13''' || '''{{flag|Costa Rica}}''' || Marie Claire Tracy Coll
|-
|-
|'''{{flag|Curacao}}''' || Soraida Celestina de Windt
| align="center" | '''14''' || '''{{flag|Curacao}}''' || Soraida Celestina de Windt
|-
|-
|'''{{flag|Cyprus}}''' || Parthenopi (Mara) Vassiliadou
| align="center" | '''15''' || '''{{flag|Cyprus}}''' || Parthenopi (Mara) Vassiliadou
|-
|-
|'''{{flag|Denmark}}''' || Jane Bill
| align="center" | '''16''' || '''{{flag|Denmark}}''' || Jane Bill
|-
|-
|'''{{flag|Dominican Republic}}''' || Patricia Polanco Alvarez
| align="center" | '''17''' || '''{{flag|Dominican Republic}}''' || Patricia Polanco Alvarez
|-
|-
|'''{{flag|Ecuador}}''' || Gabriela Maria Catelina Rios Roca
| align="center" | '''18''' || '''{{flag|Ecuador}}''' || Gabriela Maria Catelina Rios Roca
|-
|-
|'''{{flag|Finland}}''' || Ritva Helena Tamio
| align="center" | '''19''' || '''{{flag|Finland}}''' || Ritva Helena Tamio
|-
|-
|'''{{flag|France}}''' || Patricia Barzyk
| align="center" | '''20''' || '''{{flag|France}}''' || Patricia Barzyk
|-
|-
|'''{{flag|Germany}}''' || '''''[[Gabriella Brum]]'''''
| align="center" | '''21''' || '''{{flag|Germany}}''' || [[Gabriella Brum]]
|-
|-
|'''{{flag|Gibraltar}}''' || Yvette Dominguez
| align="center" | '''22''' || '''{{flag|Gibraltar}}''' || Yvette Dominguez
|-
|-
|'''{{flag|Greece}}''' || Vera Zacharopoulou
| align="center" | '''23''' || '''{{flag|Greece}}''' || Vera Zacharopoulou
|-
|-
|'''{{flag|Guam}}''' || '''''[[Kimberley Santos]]'''''
| align="center" | '''24''' || '''{{flag|Guam}}''' || [[Kimberley Santos]]
|-
|-
|'''{{flag|Guatemala}}''' || Lizabeth (Ligia) Iveth Martinez Noack
| align="center" | '''25''' || '''{{flag|Guatemala}}''' || Lizabeth (Ligia) Iveth Martinez Noack
|-
|-
|'''{{flag|Netherlands|name=Holland}}''' || Desiree Maria Johanna Nicole Geelen
| align="center" | '''26''' || '''{{flag|Netherlands|name=Holland}}''' || Desiree Maria Johanna Nicole Geelen
|-
|-
|'''{{flag|Honduras}}''' || Rosario Etelvina (Ethel) Raudales Velasquez
| align="center" | '''27''' || '''{{flag|Honduras}}''' || Rosario Etelvina (Ethel) Raudales Velasquez
|-
|-
|'''{{flag|Hong Kong|colonial}}''' || Julia Chan Fung-Chi
| align="center" | '''28''' || '''{{flag|Hong Kong|colonial}}''' || Julia Chan Fung-Chi
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|India}} '''[[Femina Miss India|India]]''' || [[Elizabeth Anita Reddi]]
| align="center" | '''29''' || '''{{flag|India}}''' || [[Elizabeth Anita Reddi]]
|-
|-
|'''{{flag|Ireland}}''' || [[Michelle Rocca|Michelle Mary Teresa Rocca]]
| align="center" | '''30''' || '''{{flag|Ireland}}''' || [[Michelle Rocca|Michelle Mary Teresa Rocca]]
|-
|-
|'''{{flag|Isle of Man}}''' || Voirrey (Flory) Melanie Wallace
| align="center" | '''31''' || '''{{flag|Isle of Man}}''' || Voirrey (Flory) Melanie Wallace
|-
|-
|'''{{flag|Israel}}''' || Anat Zimmermann
| align="center" | '''32''' || '''{{flag|Israel}}''' || Anat Zimmermann
|-
|-
|'''{{flag|Italy}}''' || Stefania de Pasquaci
| align="center" | '''33''' || '''{{flag|Italy}}''' || Stefania de Pasquaci
|-
|-
|'''{{flag|Jamaica}}''' || Michelle Ann Harris
| align="center" | '''34''' || '''{{flag|Jamaica}}''' || Michelle Ann Harris
|-
|-
|'''{{flag|Japan}}''' || Kanako Ito
| align="center" | '''35''' || '''{{flag|Japan}}''' || Kanako Ito
|-
|-
|'''{{flag|Jersey}}''' || Karen Rosemary Poole
| align="center" | '''36''' || '''{{flag|Jersey}}''' || Karen Rosemary Poole
|-
|-
|'''{{flag|South Korea|name=Korea}}''' || Chang Sun-ja
| align="center" | '''37''' || '''{{flag|South Korea|name=Korea}}''' || Chang Sun-ja
|-
|-
|'''{{flag|Lebanon}}''' || Celeste El-Assai
| align="center" | '''38''' || '''{{flag|Lebanon}}''' || Celeste El-Assai
|-
|-
|'''{{flag|Lesotho}}''' || Lit'sila Alina Lerotholi
| align="center" | '''39''' || '''{{flag|Lesotho}}''' || Lit'sila Alina Lerotholi
|-
|-
|'''{{flag|Malaysia}}''' || Callie Liew Tan Chee
| align="center" | '''40''' || '''{{flag|Malaysia}}''' || Callie Liew Tan Chee
|-
|-
|'''{{flag|Malta}}''' || Frances Lucy Duca
| align="center" | '''41''' || '''{{flag|Malta}}''' || Frances Lucy Duca
|-
|-
|'''{{flag|Mauritius}}''' || Christiane Carol Mackay
| align="center" | '''42''' || '''{{flag|Mauritius}}''' || Christiane Carol Mackay
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|Mexico}} '''[[Miss Mexico|Mexico]]''' || Claudia Mercedes Holley
| align="center" | '''43''' || '''{{flag|Mexico}}''' || Claudia Mercedes Holley
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|New Zealand}} '''[[New Zealand at Miss World|New Zealand]]''' || Vicky Lee Hemi
| align="center" | '''44''' || '''{{flag|New Zealand}}''' || Vicky Lee Hemi
|-
|-
|'''{{flag|Norway}}''' || Maiken Nielsen
| align="center" | '''45''' || '''{{flag|Norway}}''' || Maiken Nielsen
|-
|-
|'''{{flag|Panama}}''' || Aurea Horta Torrijos
| align="center" | '''46''' || '''{{flag|Panama}}''' || Aurea Horta Torrijos
|-
|-
|'''{{flag|Papua New Guinea}}''' || Mispah Alwyn
| align="center" | '''47''' || '''{{flag|Papua New Guinea}}''' || Mispah Alwyn
|-
|-
|'''{{flag|Paraguay}}''' || Celia Noemi Schaerer
| align="center" | '''48''' || '''{{flag|Paraguay}}''' || Celia Noemi Schaerer
|-
|-
|'''{{flag|Peru}}''' || Silvia Roxana Vega Ramos
| align="center" | '''49''' || '''{{flag|Peru}}''' || Silvia Roxana Vega Ramos
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|Philippines}} '''[[Binibining Pilipinas|Philippines]]''' || Milagros (Mila) Guidote Nabor
| align="center" | '''50''' || '''{{flag|Philippines}}''' || Milagros (Mila) Guidote Nabor
|-
|-
|'''{{flag|Puerto Rico}}''' || Michelle Torres Cintron
| align="center" | '''51''' || '''{{flag|Puerto Rico}}''' || Michelle Torres Cintron
|-
|-
|'''{{flag|Singapore}}''' || Adda Pang
| align="center" | '''52''' || '''{{flag|Singapore}}''' || Adda Pang
|-
|-
|'''{{flag|Spain}}''' || [[Frances Ondiviela]]
| align="center" | '''53''' || '''{{flag|Spain}}''' || [[Frances Ondiviela]]
|-
|-
|'''{{flag|Sri Lanka}}''' || [[Rosy Senanayake]]
| align="center" | '''54''' || '''{{flag|Sri Lanka}}''' || [[Rosy Senanayake]]
|-
|-
|'''{{flag|Swaziland}}''' || Nomagoisa Cawe
| align="center" | '''55''' || '''{{flag|Swaziland}}''' || Nomagoisa Cawe
|-
|-
|'''{{flag|Sweden}}''' || Kerstin Monika Jenemark
| align="center" | '''56''' || '''{{flag|Sweden}}''' || Kerstin Monika Jenemark
|-
|-
|'''{{flag|Switzerland}}''' || Jeannette Linkenheil
| align="center" | '''57''' || '''{{flag|Switzerland}}''' || Jeannette Linkenheil
|-
|-
|'''{{flag|Thailand}}''' || Unchulee Chaisawan
| align="center" | '''58''' || '''{{flag|Thailand}}''' || Unchulee Chaisawan
|-
|-
|'''{{flag|Trinidad and Tobago|name=Trinidad & Tobago}}''' || Maria Octavia Chung
| align="center" | '''59''' || '''{{flag|Trinidad and Tobago|name=Trinidad & Tobago}}''' || Maria Octavia Chung
|-
|-
|'''{{flag|Turkey}}''' || Fahriye Funda Ayloglu
| align="center" | '''60''' || '''{{flag|Turkey}}''' || Fahriye Funda Ayloglu
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|United Kingdom}} '''[[Miss United Kingdom|United Kingdom]]''' || Kim Ashfield
| align="center" | '''61''' || '''{{flag|United Kingdom}}''' || Kim Ashfield
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|United States}} '''[[List of United States representatives at Miss World|United States]]''' || [[Brooke Alexander]]
| align="center" | '''62''' || '''{{flag|United States}}''' || [[Brooke Alexander]]
|-
|-
|'''{{flag|Uruguay}}''' || Ana Claudia Carriquiry
| align="center" | '''63''' || '''{{flag|Uruguay}}''' || Ana Claudia Carriquiry
|-
|-
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| align="center" | '''64''' || '''{{flag|Venezuela}}''' || [[Hilda Abrahamz|Hilda Astrid Abrahamz Navarro]]
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|'''{{flag|U.S. Virgin Islands|name= Virgin Islands (American)}}''' || Palmira Frorup
|-
|-
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| align="center" | '''65''' || '''{{flag|U.S. Virgin Islands|name=Virgin Islands (American)}}''' || Palmira Frorup
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|{{flagicon|Venezuela}} '''[[Miss Venezuela|Venezuela]]''' || [[Hilda Abrahamz|Hilda Astrid Abrahamz Navarro]]
|-
|-
|'''{{flag|Western Samoa}}''' || Liliu Tapuai
| align="center" | '''66''' || '''{{flag|Western Samoa}}''' || Liliu Tapuai
|-
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|'''{{flag|Zimbabwe}}''' || Shirley Richard Nyanyiwa
| align="center" | '''67''' || '''{{flag|Zimbabwe}}''' || Shirley Richard Nyanyiwa
|}
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* '''Chile''', '''El Salvador''', '''Iceland''' and '''Tahiti''' did not attend the Miss World because of personal reasons.
* '''Chile''', '''El Salvador''', '''Iceland''' and '''Tahiti''' did not attend the Miss World because of personal reasons.


===Other Notes===
===Other notes===
* This is the first time that the women were judged for personality, intelligence and looks.
* 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.
* '''Germany''' and '''Guam''', Miss World queens, were born in the United Kingdom. Germany had a British father, while Guam had a British mother.
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==External sources==
==External sources==
* [http://www.pageantopolis.com Pageantopolis]
* [http://www.pageantopolis.com/international/world_1980.htm Pageantopolis - Miss World 1980]
* [http://www.jimmyspageantpage.com Jimmy's Pageant Page]
* [http://www.veestarz.com/pageants/world/mw1980s/1980/index.html Veestarz - Miss World 1980]


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Revision as of 04:25, 28 January 2015

Miss World 1980
Miss World 1980 Titlecard
Date13 November 1980
PresentersPeter Marshall, Judith Chalmers, Anthony Newley
VenueRoyal Albert Hall, London, UK United Kingdom
BroadcasterThames Television
Entrants67
Placements15
DebutsZimbabwe
WithdrawalsChile, El Salvador, Iceland, Nigeria, Portugal, Tahiti
ReturnsCuraçao, Papua New Guinea, Venezuela
WinnerGabriella Brum
Germany (resigned) Kimberley Santos
Guam (successor)

Miss World 1980, the 30th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 13 November 1980 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, UK. The winner was Gabriella Brum from Germany. She was crowned by Miss World 1979, Gina Swainson of Bermuda. 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

Countries and territories which sent delegates and results

Placements

Final Results Contestant
Miss World 1980
1st Runner-up
2nd Runner-up
3rd Runner-up
4th Runner-up
5th runner-up
6th runner-up
Semifinalists

Special awards

Award Contestant
Miss Personality
Miss Photogenic

Order of semi-finalists

Order of finalists

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

Contestants

Contestant
Number		 Nation Contestant
01  Argentina Elsa Cecilia Galotti
02  Aruba Ethline Ambrosia Dekker
03  Australia Linda Leigh Shepherd
04  Austria Sonya-Maria Schlepp
05  Bahamas Bernadette Louise Cash
06  Belgium Brigitte Biche Billen
07  Bermuda Zina Maria Minks
08  Bolivia Sonia Giovanna Malpartida
09  Brazil Loiane Rogeria Aiache
10  Canada Annette Labrecque
11  Cayman Islands Delia Devon Walter
12  Colombia Maria Cristina Valencia Cardoña
13  Costa Rica Marie Claire Tracy Coll
14  Curacao Soraida Celestina de Windt
15  Cyprus Parthenopi (Mara) Vassiliadou
16  Denmark Jane Bill
17  Dominican Republic Patricia Polanco Alvarez
18  Ecuador Gabriela Maria Catelina Rios Roca
19  Finland Ritva Helena Tamio
20  France Patricia Barzyk
21  Germany Gabriella Brum
22  Gibraltar Yvette Dominguez
23  Greece Vera Zacharopoulou
24  Guam Kimberley Santos
25  Guatemala Lizabeth (Ligia) Iveth Martinez Noack
26  Holland Desiree Maria Johanna Nicole Geelen
27  Honduras Rosario Etelvina (Ethel) Raudales Velasquez
28  Hong Kong Julia Chan Fung-Chi
29  India Elizabeth Anita Reddi
30  Ireland Michelle Mary Teresa Rocca
31  Isle of Man Voirrey (Flory) Melanie Wallace
32  Israel Anat Zimmermann
33  Italy Stefania de Pasquaci
34  Jamaica Michelle Ann Harris
35  Japan Kanako Ito
36  Jersey Karen Rosemary Poole
37  Korea Chang Sun-ja
38  Lebanon Celeste El-Assai
39  Lesotho Lit'sila Alina Lerotholi
40  Malaysia Callie Liew Tan Chee
41  Malta Frances Lucy Duca
42  Mauritius Christiane Carol Mackay
43  Mexico Claudia Mercedes Holley
44  New Zealand Vicky Lee Hemi
45  Norway Maiken Nielsen
46  Panama Aurea Horta Torrijos
47  Papua New Guinea Mispah Alwyn
48  Paraguay Celia Noemi Schaerer
49  Peru Silvia Roxana Vega Ramos
50  Philippines Milagros (Mila) Guidote Nabor
51  Puerto Rico Michelle Torres Cintron
52  Singapore Adda Pang
53  Spain Frances Ondiviela
54  Sri Lanka Rosy Senanayake
55  Swaziland Nomagoisa Cawe
56  Sweden Kerstin Monika Jenemark
57   Switzerland Jeannette Linkenheil
58  Thailand Unchulee Chaisawan
59  Trinidad & Tobago Maria Octavia Chung
60  Turkey Fahriye Funda Ayloglu
61  United Kingdom Kim Ashfield
62  United States Brooke Alexander
63  Uruguay Ana Claudia Carriquiry
64  Venezuela Hilda Astrid Abrahamz Navarro
65  Virgin Islands (American) Palmira Frorup
66  Western Samoa Liliu Tapuai
67  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 resigned 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

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