Miss World 1980

Miss World 1980
Miss World 1980 Titlecard
Date	13 November 1980
Presenters	Peter Marshall, Judith Chalmers, Anthony Newley
Venue	Royal Albert Hall, London, UK
Broadcaster	Thames Television
Entrants	67
Placements	15
Debuts	Zimbabwe
Withdrawals	Chile, El Salvador, Iceland, Nigeria, Portugal, Tahiti
Returns	Curaçao, Papua New Guinea, Venezuela
Winner	Gabriella Brum[1] (resigned) [2] Kimberley Santos (successor)

Miss World 1980, the 30th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 13 November 1980 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, UK. The winner was Gabriella Brum from Germany. She was crowned by Miss World 1979, Gina Swainson of Bermuda. First runner-up was Kimberley Santos representing Guam, second was Patricia Barzyk from France, third was Anat Zimmermann of Israel, and fourth was Kim Ashfield from the United Kingdom.

Brum resigned after 18 hours of holding the title,^[1][2][3] and fourteen days later, first runner-up Santos was crowned the new Miss World.

Results

Countries and territories which sent delegates and results for Miss World 1980^[1][2][4]

Placements

Final results	Contestant
Miss World 1980	Germany – Gabriella Brum (resigned)[1][2]
1st runner-up	Guam – Kimberley Santos (successor)
2nd runner-up	France – Patricia Barzyk
3rd runner-up	Israel – Anat Zimmermann
4th runner-up	United Kingdom – Kim Ashfield
5th runner-up	New Zealand – Vicky Lee Hemi
6th runner-up	United States – Brooke Alexander
Semi-finalists	Austria – Sonya-Maria Schlepp  Bermuda – Zina Marie Minks  India – Elizabeth Anita Reddi  Jamaica – Michelle Harris  Puerto Rico – Michelle Torres  Sweden – Kerstin Jenemark  Venezuela – Hilda Abrahamz  Zimbabwe – Shirley Nyanyiwa

Contestants

Number	Nation	Contestant
01	Argentina	Elsa Cecilia Galotti
02	Aruba	Ethline Ambrosia Dekker
03	Australia	Linda Leigh Shepherd
04	Austria	Sonya-Maria Schlepp
05	Bahamas	Bernadette Louise Cash
06	Belgium	Brigitte Biche Billen
07	Bermuda	Zina Maria Minks
08	Bolivia	Sonia Giovanna Malpartida
09	Brazil	Loiane Rogeria Aiache
10	Canada	Annette Labrecque
11	Cayman Islands	Delia Devon Walter
12	Colombia	María Cristina Valencia Cardoña
13	Costa Rica	Marie Claire Tracy Coll
14	Curaçao	Soraida Celestina de Windt
15	Cyprus	Parthenopi Vassiliadou
16	Denmark	Jane Bill
17	Dominican Republic	Patricia Polanco Álvarez
18	Ecuador	Gabriela María Catelina Ríos Roca
19	Finland	Ritva Helena Tamio
20	France	Patricia Barzyk
21	Germany	Gabriella Brum [1][2]
22	Gibraltar	Yvette Dominguez
23	Greece	Vera Zacharopoulou
24	Guam	Kimberley Santos
25	Guatemala	Lizabeth (Ligia) Iveth Martínez Noack
26	Holland	Desiree Maria Johanna Nicole Geelen
27	Honduras	Rosario Etelvina (Ethel) Raudales Velásquez
28	Hong Kong	Julia Chan Fung-Chi
29	India	Elizabeth Anita Reddi
30	Ireland	Michelle Mary Teresa Rocca
31	Isle of Man	Voirrey (Flory) Melanie Wallace
32	Israel	Anat Zimmermann
33	Italy	Stefania de Pasquaci
34	Jamaica	Michelle Ann Harris [4]
35	Japan	Kanako Ito
36	Jersey	Karen Rosemary Poole
37	Korea	Chang Sun-ja
38	Lebanon	Celeste Elias Asai
39	Lesotho	Lit'sila Alina Lerotholi
40	Malaysia	Callie Liew Tan Chee
41	Malta	Frances Lucy Duca
42	Mauritius	Christiane Carol Mackay
43	Mexico	Claudia Mercedes Holley
44	New Zealand	Vicky Lee Hemi
45	Norway	Maiken Nielsen
46	Panama	Áurea Horta Torrijos
47	Papua New Guinea	Mispah Alwyn
48	Paraguay	Celia Noemí Schaerer
49	Peru	Silvia Roxana Vega Ramos
50	Philippines	Milagros Guidote Nabor
51	Puerto Rico	Michelle Torres Cintrón
52	Singapore	Adda Pang
53	Spain	Frances Ondiviela
54	Sri Lanka	Rosy Senanayake
55	Swaziland	Nomagoisa Cawe
56	Sweden	Kerstin Monika Jenemark
57	Switzerland	Jeannette Linkenheil
58	Thailand	Unchulee Chaisawan
59	Trinidad & Tobago	Maria Octavia Chung
60	Turkey	Fahriye Funda Ayloglu
61	United Kingdom	Kim Ashfield
62	United States	Brooke Alexander
63	Uruguay	Ana Claudia Carriquiry
64	Venezuela	Hilda Astrid Abrahamz Navarro
65	Virgin Islands	Palmira Frorup
66	Western Samoa	Liliu Tapuai
67	Zimbabwe	Shirley Richard Nyanyiwa

Judges

Judges for Miss World 1980 included Wilnelia Merced and Bruce Forsyth.^[5] Additional judges were present at the event.

Notes

Returns

Last competed in 1965:  Zimbabwe (as  Rhodesia)

Last competed in 1977:  Papua New Guinea

Last competed in 1978:  Curaçao  Venezuela

Withdrawals

Chile  El Salvador

Iceland Tahiti

References

1. "New Miss World Quickly Quits Title". Reading Eagle. November 14, 1980. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
2. "Miss Universe vs Miss World: Facts and comparisons". MSN. January 15, 2015. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
3. The Day
4. Peace Corps--1961-1981. Peace Corps--1961-1981: For 20 Years, Making a World of Difference: Press Clippings. Action Office of Public Affairs. 1981. More. Than. Just. A. Pretty. Face. MICHELLE ANN HARRIS ... is much more than a pretty face; she is a lady concerned with the problems of her country and grateful for organizations like the U.S.Peace Corps, which she ..
5. Fryer, Jane (December 8, 2012). "A wife who is 30 years younger, the only thing they row about and why Brucie washes his own socks". The Daily Mail. Retrieved January 23, 2016. And then in 1980, just when he’d vowed never to marry again, he met Wilnelia Merced (a former Miss World), when they were both on the judging panel at the Miss World competition

Further reading

• "Miss World Competition Through the Years". E!. December 12, 2014. Retrieved January 23, 2016.</

External links

• Pageantopolis – Miss World 1980