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.[1]

Miss World 1982
Mariasela Álvarez, 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

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
Countries and territories which sent delegates and results for Miss World 1982[3][4]

68 contestants competed for the title.

Country/Territory Contestant Age[lower-alpha 1] Hometown
Aruba ArubaNoriza Helder19Oranjestad
Australia AustraliaCatherine Anne Morris19Sydney
The Bahamas BahamasOralee Stubbs18Nassau
Belgium BelgiumMarie Pierre Lemaître21Brussels
Bermuda BermudaHeather Ross[5]22Somerset
Bolivia BoliviaBrita Cederberg17Oruro
Brazil BrazilMônica Jannuzzi21Londrina, Paraná
Canada CanadaJody Jensen19Calgary
Cayman Islands Cayman IslandsMaureen Therese Lewis21George Town
Chile ChileMariana Reinhardt20Santiago
Colombia ColombiaMaría Teresa Gómez19Medellin
Costa Rica Costa RicaMaureen Jiménez22San Jose
Netherlands Antilles CuraçaoVendetta Roozendal20Willemstad
Cyprus CyprusMarina Rauscher17Limassol
Denmark DenmarkTina Nielsen18Copenhagen
Dominican Republic Dominican RepublicMariasela Álvarez22Santo Domingo
Ecuador EcuadorGianna Machiavello20Guayaquil
El Salvador El SalvadorBerta Loredana Munguía20San Salvador
Finland FinlandSari Aspholm20Vantaa
France FranceMartine Philipps23Audincourt
West Germany GermanyKerstin Paeserack19Wilhelmshaven
Gibraltar GibraltarLouise Gillingwater20Gibraltar
Greece GreeceAnthi Priovolou19Athens
Guam GuamFrances Limtiaco22Tamuning
Guatemala GuatemalaSuzanne Whitbeck20Guatemala City
Netherlands HollandIrene Schell20Venlo
Honduras HondurasAna Lucía Rivera20San Pedro Sula
British Hong Kong Hong KongCally Kwong19Victoria
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 Parchment19Kingston
Japan JapanMutsuko Kikuchi20Tokyo
South Korea KoreaChoi Sung-yoon19Seoul
Lebanon LebanonMay Mansour Chahwan19Beirut
Malaysia MalaysiaNellie Teoh25Kuala Lumpur
Malta MaltaDelina Camilleri18Mosta
Mexico MexicoAna Ruth García23Villahermosa
New Zealand New ZealandSusan Mainland19Hamilton
Norway NorwayJanett Krefting19Oslo
Panama PanamaMaría Lorena Moreno22Panama City
Paraguay ParaguayZulema Domínguez19Asuncion
Peru PeruCynthia Piedra21Lima
Philippines PhilippinesSara-Jane Areza22Manila
Portugal PortugalSuzana Dias19Lisbon
Puerto Rico Puerto RicoJannette Torres17San Juan
Singapore SingaporeYvonne Tan19Singapore
Spain SpainAna Herrero17Zaragoza
Sri Lanka Sri LankaTania Pereira19Panadura
Sweden SwedenAnne-Lie Sjöberg18Eskilstuna
Switzerland SwitzerlandLolita Morena22Locarno
French Polynesia TahitiTeura Tuhiti17Papeete
Thailand ThailandAlisa Kajornchaiyakul17Bangkok
Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and TobagoAlthea Rocke22Port of Spain
Turkey TurkeyAyse Güven20Istanbul
Turks and Caicos Islands Turks and CaicosLolita Ariza21Grand Turk
United Kingdom United KingdomDella Dolan20Grimsby
United States United StatesLuAnn Caughey24Abilene
United States Virgin Islands United States Virgin Islands Benedicta Acosta 20 St. Croix
Uruguay UruguayVarinia Govea21Montevideo
Venezuela VenezuelaMichelle Shoda22Maracaibo
Samoa Western SamoaLilly Hunt20Apia
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia YugoslaviaAna Sasso19Split
Zimbabwe ZimbabweCaroline Murinda22Harare

Notes
  1. Ages at the time of the pageant

References
  1. "New Miss World". Observer-Reporter. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  2. "Dominican Miss World; Texas Entry A Finalist". The Victoria Advocate. 19 November 1982. pp. 6B. Retrieved 8 July 2023 – via Google News Archive.
  3. "Miss World 1981 winner Carmen Josefina Leon Crespo - Miss World Contest: through the years". Daily Express. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  4. "Malaysian Business". 1997. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  5. "Miss Ross in a world of trouble". The Salina Journal. 28 November 1982. p. 2. Retrieved 8 July 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
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