Miss Universe 1983

Miss Universe 1983
Miss Universe 1983 participating nations and results
Date	11 July 1983
Presenters	Bob Barker, Joan Van Ark
Entertainment	John Schneider, José Luis Rodríguez "El Puma"
Venue	Kiel Auditorium, St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Broadcaster	CBS, KMOX-TV
Entrants	80
Placements	12
Debuts	Cook Islands, Gambia
Withdrawals	New Caledonia, St. Maarten, Suriname
Returns	French Guiana, Gibraltar, Lebanon
Winner	Lorraine Downes  New Zealand
Congeniality	Abbey Scattrel Janneh  Gambia
Best National Costume	Jong-jun Kim  Korea
Photogenic	Lolita Morena   Switzerland

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

Results

Placements

Final results	Contestant
Miss Universe 1983	New Zealand - Lorraine Downes
1st runner-up	USA - Julie Hayek
2nd runner-up	Ireland - Roberta Brown
3rd runner-up	Switzerland - Lolita Morena
4th runner-up	England - Karen Moore
Semi-finalists	Germany - Loana Radecki  Venezuela - Paola Ruggeri  Singapore - Kathie Lee  Italy - Federica Moro  Finland - Nina Rekola  Norway - Karen Dobloug  Spain - Ana Herrero

Contestants

Argentina – María Daniela Carara  Aruba – Milva Evertsz  Australia – Simone Cox  Austria – Mercedes Stermitz  Bahamas – Christina Thompson  Belgium – Françoise Bostoen  Belize – Shirlene Dianne McKay  Bermuda – Angelita Diaz  Bolivia – Cecilia Zamora  Brazil – Mariza Fully Coelho †  British Virgin Islands – Anna Maria Joseph  Canada – Jodi Yvonne Rutledge  Cayman Islands – Effie Ebanks  Chile – María Josefa Isensee Ugarte  Colombia – Julie Pauline Sáenz Starnes  Cook Islands – Carmena Blake  Costa Rica – María Gabriela Pozuelo  Curaçao – Maybelline Altagracia Snel  Cyprus – Marina Elena Rauscher  Denmark – Inge Ravn Thomsen  Dominican Republic – Alexandra Astwood  Ecuador – Mariela García  El Salvador – Claudia Oliva  England – Karen Moore  Finland – Nina Marjaana Rekkola  France – Frederique Leroy  French Guiana – Marie Georges Achamana  Gambia – Abbey Scattrel Janneh  Germany – Loana Katharina Radecki  Gibraltar – Louise Gillingwater  Greece – Plousia Farfaraki  Guadeloupe – Nicole LeBorgne  Guam – Pamela Booth  Guatemala – Berta Victoria Gonzales  Holland – Nancy Lalleman Heynis  Honduras – Ollie Thompson  Hong Kong – Cherona Yeung  Iceland – Unnur Steinsson  India – Rekha Hande  Indonesia – Andi Botenri

Ireland – Roberta Brown  Israel – Shimona Hollender  Italy – Federica Maria Moro  Japan – Yuko Yamaguchi  Korea – Jong-jun Kim  Lebanon – May Mansour Chahwan  Malaysia – Puspa Mohammed  Malta – Christine Bonnici  Martinique – Marie Lina Laupa  Mexico – Monica Rosas  Namibia – Astrid Klotzsch  New Zealand – Lorraine Elizabeth Downes  Northern Marianas – Thelma Mafnas  Norway – Karen Elisabeth Dobloug  Panama – Elizabeth Bylan Bennett  Papua New Guinea – Shannelle Bray  Paraguay – Mercedes Bosch  Peru – Vivien Griffiths  Philippines – Rosita Cornel Capuyon  Portugal – Anabella Elisa Ananiades  Puerto Rico – Carmen Batiz  Réunion – Eliane LeBeau  Scotland – Linda Renton  Singapore – Kathie Lee  South Africa – Leanne Hosking  Spain – Ana Isabela Herrero  Sri Lanka – Shyama Fernando  Sweden – Viveca Miriam Jung   Switzerland – Lolita Morena  Thailand – Jinda Nernkrang  Transkei – Nomxousi Xokelelo  Trinidad & Tobago – Sandra Williams  Turkey – Dilara Haracci  Turks & Caicos – Lolita Ariza  Uruguay – María Jacqueline Beltrán  USA – Julie Hayek  U.S. Virgin Islands – Julie Elizabeth Woods  Venezuela – Paola Ruggeri  Wales – Lianne Gray  Western Samoa – Falute Mama Aluni

External links

• Miss Universe official website