Miss World 1984

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Miss World 1984
Date15 November 1984
Presenters
Entertainment
Venue Royal Albert Hall, London, United Kingdom
Broadcaster Thames Television
Entrants72
Placements15
Withdrawals
  • Indonesia
  • Liberia
  • Tonga
  • Turkey
Returns
  • French Polynesia
  • Kenya
  • Nigeria
  • Sri Lanka
Winner Astrid Carolina Herrera
Venezuela
  1983
1985  

Miss World 1984, the 34th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 15 November 1984 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, United Kingdom. [1] The winner was Astrid Carolina Herrera from Venezuela. She was crowned by Miss World 1983, Sarah-Jane Hutt of the United Kingdom. The 1st and 2nd runners-up were Constance Ellen (Connie) Fitzpatrick from Canada, and Lou-Anne Caroline Ronchi from Australia. The event was viewed by 17.1 million people in the United Kingdom. [2] [3]

Contents

This editio marked the return of Kenya, which last competed in 1968, Nigeria last competed in 1979, French Polynesia (as Tahiti) and Sri Lanka last competed in 1982. Indonesia, Liberia, Tonga, Turkey, withdrew from the competition for unknown reasons.

Results

Placements

PlacementContestant
Miss World 1984
1st runner-up
  • Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada – Connie Fitzpatrick
2nd Runner-up
Top 7
Top 15

Continental Queens of Beauty

Continental GroupContestant
Africa
  • Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya – Khadija Adam Ismail
Americas
Asia
  • Flag of Israel.svg Israel – Iris Louk
Europe
  • Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom – Vivienne Rooke
Oceania
  • Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia – Lou-Anne Ronchi

Contestants

Miss World 1984 participating countries and territories Miss World 1984 Map.PNG
Miss World 1984 participating countries and territories

72 contestants competed for the title.

CountryContestantAge [a] Hometown
Flag of Aruba.svg Aruba Margaret Bislick22 Oranjestad
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia Lou-Anne Ronchi22 Perth
Flag of Austria.svg Austria Heidemarie Pilgerstorfer23 Linz
Flag of the Bahamas.svg Bahamas Yvette Rolle20 Nassau
Flag of Barbados.svg Barbados Gale Thomas22 Christ Church
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium Brigitte Muyshondt24 Antwerp
Flag of Bermuda.svg Bermuda Rhonda Wilkinson21 St. Georges
Flag of Bolivia.svg Bolivia Erika Weise21 Santa Cruz
Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Brazil Adriana Alves de Oliveira21 Rio Grande
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Connie Fitzpatrick20 Hamilton
Flag of the Cayman Islands (pre-1999).svg Cayman Islands Thora Ann Crighton22 George Town
Flag of Chile.svg Chile María Soledad García21 Santiago
Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia Patricia Janiot 20 Bucaramanga
Flag of Costa Rica.svg Costa Rica Catalina Blum21 San Jose
Flag of Curacao (1982-1984).svg Curaçao Ivette Atacho20 Willemstad
Flag of Cyprus.svg Cyprus Agathi Demetriou17 Paphos
Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark Pia Melchiorsen18 Frederikshavn
Civil Ensign of the Dominican Republic.svg Dominican Republic Mayelinne de Lara20 El Seibo
Flag of Ecuador.svg Ecuador María Sol Corral 19 Quito
Flag of El Salvador.svg El Salvador Celina María López17 San Salvador
Flag of Finland.svg Finland Anna-Liisa Tilus19 Helsinki
Flag of France.svg France Martine Robine19 Cabourg
Flag of French Polynesia.svg French Polynesia [b] Hinarii Kilian17 Punaauia
Flag of The Gambia.svg Gambia Mirabelle Carayol [4] 19 Banjul
Flag of Gibraltar.svg Gibraltar Karina Hollands [5] 18 Gibraltar
Flag of Greece.svg Greece Vassiliki Barba18 Athens
Flag of Guam.svg Guam Janet Clymer20 Mangilao
Flag of Guatemala.svg Guatemala Carla Aldana22 Guatemala City
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Holland Nancy Neede20 Amsterdam
Flag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg Honduras Myrtice Hyde22 Roatan
Flag of Hong Kong (1959-1997).svg Hong Kong Joan Tong20 Hong Kong Island
Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland Berglind Johansen18 Reykjavík
Flag of India.svg India Suchita Kumar19 Bombay
Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland Olivia Tracey 24 Dublin
Flag of the Isle of Man.svg  Isle of Man Jill Armstrong17 Braddan
Flag of Israel.svg Israel Iris Louk18 Rishon LeZion
Flag of Italy.svg Italy Federica Tersch20 Milan
Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica Jacqueline Crichton20 Kingston
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Japan Ayako Ohsone21 Tokyo
Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya Khadija Ismail24 Nairobi
Flag of Lebanon.svg Lebanon Elaine Khoury19 Beirut
Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia Christine Teo22 Kuala Lumpur
Flag of Malta.svg Malta Graziella Previ19 Gzira
Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico Mariana Urrea19 Guadalajara
Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand Barbara McDowell19 Auckland
Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria Cynthia Oronsaye20 Lagos
Flag of Norway.svg Norway Ingrid Martens19 Oslo
Flag of Panama.svg Panama Ana Luisa Seda18 Panama City
Flag of Paraguay (1954-1988).svg Paraguay Susana Ivasiuten17 Encarnación
Flag of Peru.svg Peru Gloria Loayza-Guerra21 Trujillo
Flag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg Philippines Aurora Sevilla 21 Manila
Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg Poland Magdalena Jaworska [3] 23 Warsaw
Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal Maria Leonor Mendes Correia22 Lisbon
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Puerto Rico María de los Ángeles Rosas23 San Juan
Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore Jenny Li22 Singapore
Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea [c] Lee Joo-hee18 Seoul
Flag of Spain.svg Spain Juncal Rivero 18 Valladolid
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka Bhagya Gunasinghe22 Colombo
Flag of Eswatini.svg Swaziland Busie Motsa19 Manzini
Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Brigitte Gunnarsson21 Malmö
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland Silvia Anna Affolter20 Sarnen
Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand Intira Imsompoh19 Bangkok
Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Trinidad and Tobago Ria Rambardan17 Tunapuna
Flag of the Turks and Caicos Islands.svg Turks and Caicos Islands Miriam Coralita Adams18 Grand Turk
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom Vivienne Rooke22 Bristol
Flag of the United States.svg United States Kelly Anderson23 Clarksburg
Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg  United States Virgin Islands Sandy Lewis19 St. Croix
Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay Giselle Barthou23 Montevideo
Flag of Venezuela (1954-2006).svg Venezuela Astrid Carolina Herrera 21 Caracas
Flag of Germany.svg West Germany Brigitta Berx22 Düsseldorf
Flag of Samoa.svg Western Samoa Ana Bentley22 Apia
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Yugoslavia Dinka Delić18 Zenica

Notes

  1. Ages at the time of the pageant
  2. Competed as Tahiti in the pageant
  3. Competed as Korea in the pageant

    References

    1. "A Brief History Of Miss World In Pictures". The Huffington Post UK. 26 November 2014. Retrieved 26 January 2016. Winner of the 1984 Miss World Contest, Astrid Carolina Herrera from Venezuela, sitting on her throne at the Royal Albert Hall on 15 November 1984.
    2. Thussu, D.K. (2008). News as Entertainment: The Rise of Global Infotainment. SAGE Publications. p. 37. ISBN   978-1-4462-3331-3 . Retrieved 26 January 2016.
    3. 1 2 "The beauty queens up there". The Philippine Star . Retrieved 26 January 2016.
    4. Saliu, Yunus S. (5 July 2022). "Miss Gambia Pageant must not be used as a vehicle to sexually exploit women and girls, Hon Bah cautions -". The Voice Gambia. Retrieved 4 May 2025.
    5. "Miss Gibraltar calendar 2012: September". The Gibraltar Magazine. 29 August 2012. p. 67. Retrieved 22 June 2024.