Miss Universe 1983

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Miss Universe 1983
Lorraine Downes in Oval Office (cropped).jpg
Miss Universe 1983, Lorraine Downes
Date11 July 1983
Presenters
Entertainment
Venue Kiel Auditorium, St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Broadcaster
Entrants80
Placements12
Debuts
  • Cook Islands
  • Gambia
Withdrawals
  • New Caledonia
  • Sint Maarten
  • Suriname
Returns
  • Cyprus
  • French Guiana
  • Gibraltar
  • Lebanon
Winner Lorraine Downes
New Zealand
CongenialityAbbey Scattrel Janneh
Gambia
Best National CostumeJong-jun Kim
South Korea
Photogenic Lolita Morena
Switzerland
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1984  →

Miss Universe 1983 was the 32nd Miss Universe pageant, held on 11 July 1983 at the Kiel Auditorium in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. Lorraine Downes of New Zealand was crowned by Karen Dianne Baldwin of Canada. [1] Eighty contestants competed in this year. This is the first, and so far the only time New Zealand won the pageant.

Contents

Results

Miss Universe 1983 participating nations and results Miss Universe 1983 Map.PNG
Miss Universe 1983 participating nations and results

Placements

PlacementContestant
Miss Universe 1983
1st Runner-Up
2nd Runner-Up
  • Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland – Roberta Brown [1]
3rd Runner-Up
4th Runner-Up
  • Flag of England.svg England – Karen Moore [1]
Top 12 [1]
  • Flag of Finland.svg Finland – Nina Rekola
  • Flag of Italy.svg Italy – Federica Moro
  • Flag of Norway.svg Norway – Karen Doblou
  • Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore – Lee Lee Bang
  • Flag of Spain.svg Spain – Ana Garcia
  • Flag of Venezuela (1954-2006).svg Venezuela – Paola Ruggeri
  • Flag of Germany.svg West Germany – Loana Rabecki

Contestants

Eighty contestants competed for the title.

Country/TerritoryContestantAge [a] Hometown
Flag of Argentina.svg ArgentinaMaría Daniela Carara20 Buenos Aires
Flag of Aruba.svg ArubaMilva Evertsz [2] 24 Oranjestad
Flag of Australia (converted).svg AustraliaSimone Cox [3] 20 Sydney
Flag of Austria.svg AustriaMercedes Stermitz [4] 25 Styria
Flag of the Bahamas.svg BahamasChristina Thompson18 Nassau
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium Françoise Bostoen [5] 20 Roeselare
Flag of Belize.svg BelizeShirlene Dianne McKay- Belmopan
Flag of Bermuda.svg BermudaAngelita Diaz20 St. George’s
Flag of Bolivia.svg BoliviaCecilia Zamora- Tarija
Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Brazil Mariza Fully Coelho21 Manhumirim
Flag of the British Virgin Islands.svg British Virgin IslandsAnna Maria Joseph19 Tortola
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg CanadaJodi Yvonne Rutledge22 Winnipeg
Flag of the Cayman Islands.svg Cayman IslandsEffie Ebanks18 George Town
Flag of Chile.svg ChileMaría Josefa Isensee Ugarte20 Santiago
Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia Pauline Sáenz17 Bogotá
Flag of the Cook Islands.svg Cook IslandsCarmena Blake- Avarua
Flag of Costa Rica.svg Costa RicaMaría Gabriela Pozuelo- San José
Flag of Curacao.svg CuraçaoMaybelline Altagracia Snel22 Willemstad
Flag of Cyprus (1960-2006).svg CyprusMarina Elena Rauscher18 Limassol
Flag of Denmark.svg DenmarkInge Ravn Thomsen19 Copenhagen
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Dominican Republic Alexandra Astwood17 Santo Domingo
Flag of Ecuador.svg EcuadorMariela García19 Portoviejo
Flag of El Salvador.svg El SalvadorClaudia Oliva21 San Salvador
Flag of England.svg EnglandKaren Moore21 Southsea
Flag of Finland.svg FinlandNina Marjaana Rekkola20 Nakkila
Flag of France.svg France Frederique Leroy20 Bordeaux
Flag of French Guiana.svg French GuianaMarie Georges Achamana- Cayenne
Flag of The Gambia.svg GambiaAbbey Scattrel Janneh19 Banjul
Flag of Gibraltar.svg GibraltarLouise Gillingwater20 Gibraltar
Flag of Greece.svg Greece Plousia Farfaraki18 Athens
Flag of Guadeloupe (local).svg GuadeloupeNicole LeBorgne- Basse-Terre
Flag of Guam.svg GuamPamela Booth18 Yigo
Flag of Guatemala.svg GuatemalaBerta Victoria Gonzales20 Escuintla
Flag of the Netherlands.svg HollandNancy Lelleman Heynis18 Zaandam
Flag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg HondurasOllie Thompson18 Islas de la Bahía
Flag of Hong Kong (1959-1997).svg Hong KongCherona Yeung19 Hong Kong
Flag of Iceland.svg IcelandUnnur Steinsson20 Álftanes
Flag of India.svg India Rekha Hande 18 Bangalore
Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia Andi Botenri 18 Jakarta
Flag of Ireland.svg IrelandRoberta Brown20 Derry
Flag of Israel.svg IsraelShimona Hollender17 Tel Aviv
Flag of Italy.svg ItalyFederica Maria Moro18 Milan
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg JapanYuko Yamaguchi25 Osaka
Flag of Lebanon.svg Lebanon May Mansour Chahwan19 Beirut
Flag of Malaysia.svg MalaysiaPuspa Mohammed21 Alor Setar
Flag of Malta.svg MaltaChristine Bonnici- Sliema
Flag-of-Martinique.svg MartiniqueMarie Lina Laupa- Fort-de-France
Flag of Mexico.svg MexicoMonica Rosas19 Durango
Flag of South Africa (1982-1994).svg NamibiaAstrid Klotzsch22 Windhoek
Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand Lorraine Elizabeth Downes [6] 18 Auckland
Flag of the Northern Mariana Islands.svg Northern Mariana Islands Thelma Mafnas17 Saipan
Flag of Norway.svg Norway Karen Elizabeth Dobloug21 Furnes
Flag of Panama.svg PanamaElizabeth Bylan Bennett17 Balboa
Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Papua New GuineaShannelle Bray20 Port Moresby
Flag of Paraguay.svg ParaguayMercedes Bosch- Asunción
Flag of Peru.svg Peru Vivien Griffiths22 Lima
Flag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg Philippines Rosita Capuyon20 Manila
Flag of Portugal.svg PortugalAnabella Elisa Ananiades- Lisbon
Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg Puerto RicoCarmen Batiz18 Trujillo Alto
Proposed flag of Reunion (VAR).svg RéunionEliane LeBeau- Saint-Denis
Flag of Scotland.svg ScotlandLinda Renton22 Edinburgh
Flag of Singapore.svg SingaporeKathie Lee20 Singapore
Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg South AfricaLeanne Hosking18 Durban
Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).svg South KoreaKim Jong-jun- Seoul
Flag of Spain (1977-1981).svg SpainAna Isabel Herrero18 Zaragoza
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri LankaShyama Fernando20 Colombo
Flag of Sweden.svg SwedenViveca Miriam Jung17 Gothenburg
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland Lolita Morena 22 Locarno
Flag of Thailand.svg ThailandJinda Nernkrang22 Bangkok
Flag of Transkei.svg TranskeiNomxousi Xokelelo- Mthatha
Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Trinidad and TobagoSandra Williams- Saint George
Flag of Turkey.svg TurkeyDilara Haraççı- Istanbul
Flag of the Turks and Caicos Islands.svg Turks and Caicos IslandsLolita Ariza21 Grand Turk
Flag of the United States.svg United States Julie Hayek [7] 20 La Cañada Flintridge
Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg United States Virgin IslandsJulie Elizabeth Woods- Charlotte Amalie
Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay María Jacqueline Beltrán17 Montevideo
Flag of Venezuela.svg Venezuela Paola Ruggeri [8] 21 Caracas
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg WalesLianne Gray20 Cardiff
Flag of Germany.svg West GermanyLoana Katharina Radecki20 Berlin
Flag of Samoa.svg Western Samoa Falute Mama Aluni- Apia

Notes

  1. ↑ Ages at the time of the pageant

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Newhouse, Eric (12 Jul 1983). "New Zealand model named Miss Universe". The Journal News . Associated Press. p. 27. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
  2. ↑ "Milva Evertsz winnares Miss-verkiezingsavond volop in teken commercie". Amigoe (in Dutch). 16 May 1983. p. 5. Retrieved 24 March 2025– via Delpher.
  3. ↑ "Social Seen: Sydney's best parties of the week". The Sydney Morning Herald. 12 July 2018. Retrieved 24 March 2025.
  4. ↑ Neuman, Fritz (30 March 2015). "Miss Austria, der Unfall und das Motto vor der Tür". Der Standard (in Austrian German). Retrieved 24 March 2025.
  5. ↑ "Erelijst Miss België". De Morgen (in Dutch). 11 January 2010. Retrieved 24 March 2025.
  6. ↑ McKenzie-minifie, Martha (27 December 2006). "Catching up with: Lorraine Downes, dancing queen". NZ Herald. Retrieved 24 March 2025.
  7. ↑ "Julie Hayek is Miss USA". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. 13 May 1983. p. 1. Retrieved 24 March 2025.
  8. ↑ Garcés, Ever (16 November 2022). "Miss Venezuela: Ni tan niñas, ni tan venezolanas…". Diario de Los Andes (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 March 2025.
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