Miss Universe 1982

Miss Universe 1982
Date	26 July 1982
Presenters	Bob Barker Joan Van Ark
Entertainment	Rex Smith José Luis Rodríguez
Venue	Coliseo Amauta, Lima, Peru
Broadcaster	CBS (international) Panamericana (official broadcaster)
Entrants	77
Placements	12
Debuts	New Caledonia
Withdrawals	Cyprus Fiji Gibraltar Saint Kitts Tahiti
Returns	El Salvador Indonesia Papua New Guinea Sint Maarten Suriname
Winner	Karen Dianne Baldwin Canada
Congeniality	Maureen Lewis Cayman Islands
Best National Costume	María Francesca Zaza Peru
Photogenic	Ava Marilyn Burke Bahamas
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Miss Universe 1982 was the 31st Miss Universe pageant, held on 26 July 1982 at the Coliseo Amauta in Lima, Peru. it was the first time in the pageant's history that the event was held in South America. Seventy-seven contestants competed in the pageant. Karen Dianne Baldwin of Canada was crowned by Irene Saez of Venezuela. This is the first time Canada won the pageant. ^{[1] [2]}

The stadium where the contest was taking place was attacked with dynamite on 26 July, during the contest's finale. ^[3]

Results

Miss Universe 1982 participating nations and results

Placements

Placement	Contestant
Miss Universe 1982	Canada – Karen Diane Baldwin
1st runner-up	Guam – Patty Chong Kerkos
2nd runner-up	Italy – Cinzia Fiordeponti
3rd runner-up	Greece – Tina Roussou
4th runner-up	United States – Terri Utley
Top 12	Brazil – Celice Marques England – Della Dolan Finland – Sari Aspholm Peru – Francesca Zaza South Africa – Odette Scrooby Uruguay – Silvia Vila West Germany – Kerstin Paeserack

Final Scores

Country/Territory	Preliminary Average	Interview	Swimsuit	Evening Gown	Semifinal Average
Canada [4]	7.761 (9)	8.400 (5)	8.275 (3)	8.525 (3)	8.400 (2)
Guam [4]	7.892 (5)	8.867 (1)	8.692 (1)	8.355 (4)	8.638 (1)
Italy [4]	7.714 (11)	7.925 (9)	8.067 (5)	8.608 (2)	8.200 (4)
Greece [4]	7.847 (6)	8.042 (8)	8.325 (2)	8.317 (5)	8.228 (3)
United States [4]	8.131 (2)	8.425 (4)	8.192 (4)	7.925 (8)	8.181 (5)
South Africa [4]	8.406 (1)	8.583 (2)	7.225 (10)	8.707 (1)	8.172 (6)
England [4]	8.100 (3)	8.433 (3)	7.808 (7)	8.167 (7)	8.136 (7)
Peru [4]	7.797 (8)	8.218 (6)	7.508 (8)	8.292 (6)	8.006 (8)
Brazil [4]	8.011 (4)	8.133 (7)	7.892 (6)	7.917 (9)	7.981 (9)
Finland [4]	7.719 (10)	7.808 (10)	7.408 (9)	7.908 (10)	7.708 (10)
Uruguay [4]	7.594 (12)	7.692 (11)	7.167 (11)	7.783 (11)	7.547 (11)
Germany [4]	7.808 (7)	7.204 (12)	7.008 (12)	7.483 (12)	7.232 (12)

Contestants

• Argentina – María Alejandra Basile
•   Aruba – Noriza Antonio Helder
•   Australia – Lou Ann Ronchi
•   Austria – Elisabeth Kawan
•   Bahamas – Ava Marilyn Burke
•   Belgium – Marie-Pierre Lemaitre
•   Belize – Sharon Kay Auxilliou
•   Bermuda – Heather Ross
• Bolivia – Sandra Villaroel
•   Brazil – Celice Pinto Márques da Silva
•   British Virgin Islands – Luce Dahlia Hodge
•   Canada – Karen Baldwin
• Cayman Islands – Maureen Theresa Lewis
•   Chile – Jenny Purto Arab †
•   Colombia – Nadya Santacruz
•   Costa Rica – Liliana Corella Espinoza
•   Curaçao – Minerva Ranila Heiroms
•   Denmark – Tina Maria Nielsen
•   Dominican Republic – Soraya Morey
• Ecuador – Jacqueline Burgos
•   El Salvador – Jeanette Marroquín
•   England – Della Frances Dolan
•   Finland – Sari Kaarina Aspholm
•   France – Martine Philipps
•   Greece – Tina Roussou
• Guadeloupe – Lydia Galin
•   Guam – Patty Chong Kerkos
•   Guatemala – Edith Whitbeck
• Holland – Brigitte Diereckx
• Honduras – Eva Lissethe Barahona
• Hong Kong – Angie Leung
•   Iceland – Gudrun Moller
•   India – Pamela Chaudry Singh
•   Indonesia – Sri Yulianti Soemardjo
•   Ireland – Geraldine Mary McGrory
•   Israel – Deborah Naomi Hess
•   Italy – Cinzia Fiordeponti
• Japan – Eri Okuwaki
•   Malaysia – Siti Rohani Wahid
•   Malta – Rita Falzon
• Martinique – Corine Soler
•   Mexico – María del Carmen López
• Namibia – Deseree Anita Kotze
• New Caledonia – Lenka Topalovitch
•   New Zealand – Sandra Helen Dexter
• Northern Mariana Islands – Sheryl Sonoda Sizemore
•   Norway – Janett Krefting
•   Panama – Isora de Lourdes López
•   Papua New Guinea – Moi Eli
• Paraguay – Maris Villalba
•   Peru – María Francesca Zaza Reinoso
• Philippines – Maria Isabel Lopez
•   Portugal – Ana Maria Valdiz
• Puerto Rico – Lourdes Milagros Mantero Hormazábal
• Réunion – Ginon Manthe
•   Scotland – Georgina Kearney
•   Singapore – Judicia Nonis
• Sint Maarten – Liana Elviara Brown
• South Africa – Odette Octavia Scrooby
• South Korea – Sun-hee Park ^[5]
•   Spain – Cristina Pérez Cottrell
•   Sri Lanka – Ann Monica Tradigo
•   Suriname – Vanessa de Vries
•   Sweden – Anna Kari Maria Bergström
•   Switzerland – Jeannette Linkenheill
•   Thailand – Nipaporn Tarapanich
• Transkei – Noxolisi Mji
•   Trinidad and Tobago – Suzanne Traboulay
•   Turkey – Canan Kakmaci
• Turks and Caicos Islands – Jacqueline Astwood
•   United States – Terri Utley
• United States Virgin Islands – Ingeborg Hendricks
•   Uruguay – Silvia Beatriz Vila Abavián
• Venezuela – Ana Teresa Oropeza
•   Wales – Michelle Donelly
• West Germany – Kerstin Natalie Paeserack
• Western Samoa – Ivy Evelyn Warner

References

1. "Canada Teen Miss Universe". The Pittsburgh Press . 27 July 1982. p. 9. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
2. Wilkinson, Tracy (27 July 1982). "Rough start for new Miss Universe". United Press International . Retrieved 14 May 2022.
3. "APENDICE: CUADROS CRONOLOGICOS SOBRE LA VIOLENCIA POLITICA". Violencia política en el Perú: 1980-1988 (PDF) (in Spanish). Vol. 1. Lima: DESCO Centro de Estudios y Promoción del Desarrollo. 1989. p. 85.
4. "Miss Universe 1982". Carlos 🇵🇪. 3 December 2024. Retrieved 7 July 2025– via YouTube.
5. "Miss Park Sun-hi, 19, was crowned Miss Korea 1982..." United Press International . 15 May 1982. Retrieved 14 May 2022.