Miss Universe 1985
| Miss Universe 1985 | |
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 Miss Universe 1985 participating nations and results | |
| Date | 15 July 1985 |
| Presenters | Bob Barker, Joan Van Ark |
| Entertainment | John Denver, Clint Holmes |
| Venue | James L. Knight Convention Center, Miami, Florida, United States |
| Entrants | 79 |
| Placements | 10 |
| Debuts | Dominica |
| Withdrawals | Aruba, French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Namibia, South Africa, Switzerland, Turkey |
| Returns | Bahamas, Haiti, Senegal, Sri Lanka, Tahiti |
| Winner | Deborah Carthy-Deu  Puerto Rico |
| Congeniality | Lucy Montinola  Guam |
| Best National Costume | Sandra Caldas  Colombia |
| Photogenic | Brigitte Bergman  Holland |
Miss Universe 1985, the 34th Miss Universe pageant, was held on 15 July 1985 at the James L. Knight Convention Center in Miami, Florida, United States. Seventy-nine contestants competed in the pageant. Deborah Carthy-Deu of Puerto Rico crowned by Yvonne Ryding of Sweden.[1]
Results
Placements
| Final results | Contestant |
| Miss Universe 1985 | |
| 1st runner-up | |
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| 3rd runner-up | |
| 4th runner-up |
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Contestants
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Host city
In October 1984, the owners of the newly expanded West Edmonton Mall in Edmonton, Canada showed an interest in hosting the Miss Universe 1985 pageant there.[3] This followed an unsuccessful attempt to host the Miss Universe 1984 pageant in Calgary, Canada the previous year.
Pageant organizers chose to host the pageant in Miami, Florida for the second consecutive year. George Honchar, president of Miss Universe Inc., expressed disappointment at a lack of local support for the event, which cost the city $2 million.[1]
Miss South Africa controversy
In April, 1985 the city of Miami requested that the Miss Universe organization insist that South Africa should not send a representative to pageant, due to the threat of demonstrations over her country's Apartheid policy.[4] In mid May the nation announced that they would not send their titleholder, Andrea Steltzer, to the pageant because of fears for her safety.[5] This was the first time since 1975 that the country did not participate in the pageant; they would not return to the event until 1995.[6] Andrea Steltzer (half South African and half German) took part as Miss Germany in the 1989 Miss Universe pageant where she was a semi-finalist.
References
- ^ a b "79 Women Vie For Miss Universe Crown". Associated Press. 1985-07-15.
- ^ Leisner, Pat (1985-05-13). "Miss Texas, the New Miss USA, Will Represent USA in Miss Universe Pageant". Associated Press.
- ^ "Edmonton's new focus". The Globe and Mail. 1984-10-23. p. M1.
- ^ Reuters (1985-04-02). "Miami Worried About Miss South Africa". The San Francisco Chronicle.
{{cite news}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ "Protest Fears Force Miss South Africa Out Of Miss Universe Pageant". Associated Press. 1985-05-19.
- ^ "South African representatives to Miss Universe". Pageant Almanac. Retrieved 2007-04-21.