Miss World 1982

Miss World 1982, the 32nd edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 18 November 1982 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, UK. The winner was Mariasela Álvarez from the Dominican Republic. She was crowned by Miss World 1981, Pilín León of Venezuela. The first and second runners-up were Sari Kaarina Aspholm from Finland and Della Dolan from the United Kingdom who were semi-finalists in Miss Universe 1982 four months before.

Miss World 1982
Date18 November 1982
PresentersPeter Marshall, Judith Chalmers
EntertainmentThe Three Degrees
VenueRoyal Albert Hall, London, UK
BroadcasterThames Television
Entrants68
Placements15
DebutsIndonesia, Turks & Caicos
WithdrawalsArgentina, Austria, Jersey, Lesotho, Papua New Guinea, Suriname
ReturnsPanama, Paraguay, Portugal, Yugoslavia, American Virgin Islands
WinnerMariasela Álvarez
 Dominican Republic

Results
Countries and territories which sent delegates and results for Miss World 1982[1][2][3]

Placements
Placement Contestant
Miss World 1982
1st Runner-up
2nd Runner-up
Top 7
Top 15

Continental Queens of Beauty
Continental Group Contestant
Africa
Americas
Asia
Europe
Oceania

Contestants
Country/Territory Contestant Age[lower-alpha 1] Hometown
United States Virgin Islands American Virgin IslandsBenedicta Acosta20St. Croix
Aruba ArubaNoriza Antonia Helder19Oranjestad
Australia AustraliaCatherine Anne Morris19Sydney
The Bahamas BahamasOralee Laverne Stubbs18Nassau
Belgium BelgiumMarie Pierre Lemaître21Brussels
Bermuda BermudaHeather Michelle Ross22Somerset
Bolivia BoliviaBrita Margareta Cederberg Schmidt17Oruro
Brazil BrazilMônica Jannuzzi21Londrina, Paraná
Canada CanadaJody Jensen19Calgary
Cayman Islands Cayman IslandsMaureen Therese Lewis21George Town
Chile ChileMariana Margarita Reinhardt Lagos20Santiago
Colombia ColombiaMaría Teresa Gómez Fajardo19Medellin
Costa Rica Costa RicaMaureen Jiménez Solano22San Jose
Netherlands Antilles CuraçaoVendetta Martha Roozendal20Willemstad
Cyprus CyprusMarina Elena Rauscher17Limassol
Denmark DenmarkTina Maria Nielsen18Copenhagen
Dominican Republic Dominican RepublicMariasela Margarita Álvarez Lebrón22Santo Domingo
Ecuador EcuadorGianna Machiavello González20Guayaquil
El Salvador El SalvadorBerta Loredana Munguía Gutiérrez20San Salvador
Finland FinlandSari Kaarina Aspholm20Vantaa
France FranceMartine Marie Philipps23Audincourt
West Germany GermanyKerstin Natalie Paeserack19Wilhelmshaven
Gibraltar GibraltarLouise Michelle Gillingwater20Gibraltar
Greece GreeceAnthi Priovolou19Athens
Guam GuamFrances Rose Limtiaco22Tamuning
Guatemala GuatemalaEdith Suzanne Whitbeck Cain20Guatemala City
Netherlands HollandIrene Maria Petronnella Heinrichs Schell20Venlo
Honduras HondurasAna Lucía Rivera Castro20San Pedro Sula
British Hong Kong Hong KongCally Kwong Mei Wan19Victoria
Iceland IcelandMaría Björk Sverrisdóttir19Reykjavík
India IndiaUttara Mhatre19Nasik
Indonesia IndonesiaAndi Botenri17Jakarta
Republic of Ireland IrelandRoberta Brown19Derry
 Isle of ManMaria Elizabeth Craig19Jurby
Israel IsraelAnat Kerem18Haifa
Italy ItalyRaffaella del Rosario17Bologna
Jamaica JamaicaCornelia Ramona Roxanne Parchment19Kingston
Japan JapanMutsuko Kikuchi20Tokyo
South Korea KoreaChoi Sung-yoon19Seoul
Lebanon LebanonMay Mansour Chahwan19Beirut
Malaysia MalaysiaNellie Teoh Swee Yang25Kuala Lumpur
Malta MaltaDelina Camilleri18Mosta
Mexico MexicoAna Ruth García Jiménez23Villahermosa
New Zealand New ZealandSusan Jane Mainland19Hamilton
Norway NorwayJanett Carine Krefting19Oslo
Panama PanamaMaría Lorena Moreno Arosemena22Panama City
Paraguay ParaguayZulema Divina Domínguez Gutter19Asuncion
Peru PeruCynthia Mercedes Piedra Viñas21Lima
Philippines PhilippinesSara-Jane Coronel Areza22Manila
Portugal PortugalSuzana Walker dos Santos Dias19Lisbon
Puerto Rico Puerto RicoJannette Torres Burgos17San Juan
Singapore SingaporeYvonne Tan Yen Yen19Singapore
Spain SpainAna Isabel Herrero García17Zaragoza
Sri Lanka Sri LankaTania Colleen Anne Pereira19Panadura
Sweden SwedenAnne-Lie Margaretha Sjöberg18Eskilstuna
Switzerland SwitzerlandLolita Laure Morena22Locarno
French Polynesia TahitiTeura Tuhiti17Papeete
Thailand ThailandAlisa Kajornchaiyakul17Bangkok
Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and TobagoAlthea Ingrid Rocke22Port of Spain
Turkey TurkeyAyse Belgin Güven20Istanbul
Turks and Caicos Islands Turks and CaicosLolita Elaine Ariza21Grand Turk
United Kingdom United KingdomDella Frances Dolan20Grimsby
United States United StatesElizabeth LuAnn Caughey24Abilene
Uruguay UruguayVarinia Roxana Govea Pazos21Montevideo
Venezuela VenezuelaMichelle Marie Shoda Belloso22Maracaibo
Samoa Western SamoaLilly Caroline Hunt20Apia
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia YugoslaviaAna Sasso19Split
Zimbabwe ZimbabweCaroline Murinda22Harare
  1. Ages at the time of the pageant

Notes

Debuts
  •  Indonesia
  •  Turks & Caicos

Returns
  • Last competed in 1975:
    •  Yugoslavia
  • Last competed in 1979:
    •  Portugal
  • Last competed in 1980:
    •  Panama
    •  Paraguay
    •  American Virgin Islands (as Virgin Islands)

Withdrawals
  •  Argentina – Because of ongoing political conflict with the United Kingdom, pertaining to the dispute in the Falkland Islands.
  •  Austria – Rita Isabelle Zehtner (personal reasons)

Other Notes

References
  1. "Miss World 1981 winner Carmen Josefina Leon Crespo - Miss World Contest: through the years". Daily Express. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  2. "New Miss World". Observer-Reporter. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  3. "Malaysian Business". 1997. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
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