Miss Universe 1985
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Miss Universe 1985, the 34th Miss Universe
pageant, was held at James L. Knight Convention Center, Miami, USA on July 15, 1985. Seventy-nine contestants competed in the 1985 Miss Universe Pageant. 19-year-old Deborah Carthy-Deu
of Puerto Rico
was crowned by outgoing titleholder Yvonne Ryding
of Sweden
.
This internationally televised event was expected to reach an estimated audience of 600 million television viewers in 45 countries.
in Edmonton, Canada showed an interest in hosting the Miss Universe 1985 pageant there. This followed an unsuccessful attempt to host the Miss Universe 1984
pageant in Calgary, Canada the previous year.
Pageant organizers chose to host the pageant in Miami, Florida
for the second consecutive year. George Honchar, president of Miss Universe Inc., expressed disappointment at a lack of local support for the event, which cost the city $2 million.
Miss Universe
Miss Universe is an annual international beauty contest that is run by the Miss Universe Organization. The pageant is the most publicized beauty contest in the world with 600 million viewers....
pageant, was held at James L. Knight Convention Center, Miami, USA on July 15, 1985. Seventy-nine contestants competed in the 1985 Miss Universe Pageant. 19-year-old Deborah Carthy-Deu
Deborah Carthy-Deu
Deborah Fátima Carthy-Deu in Santurce, Puerto Rico. She became the second Miss Universe from Puerto Rico. The contest was held at James L. Knight Center of Miami, Florida on July 15, 1985.-Early years:...
of Puerto Rico
Miss Puerto Rico
Miss Puerto Rico is the common name or sash used to identify a Puerto Rican representative in an international pageant. Currently, Miss Universe Puerto Rico, Miss Mundo de Puerto Rico and Miss Earth Puerto Rico are the official national preliminaries to the Miss Universe, Miss World and Miss Earth...
was crowned by outgoing titleholder Yvonne Ryding
Yvonne Ryding
Yvonne Agneta Ryding is a beauty queen from Sweden who was crowned Miss Universe 1984 on July 9, 1984...
of Sweden
Miss Sweden
Miss Sweden , is the title of the Swedish beauty pageant, which ran from 1949-2003, by the female magazine VeckoRevyn and production company Strix in partnership with MTG. The competition qualified delegates to the global contests Miss Universe and first runner ups to Miss World...
.
This internationally televised event was expected to reach an estimated audience of 600 million television viewers in 45 countries.
Host city
In October 1984, the owners of the newly expanded West Edmonton MallWest Edmonton Mall
West Edmonton Mall , located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, is the largest shopping mall in North America and the fifth largest in the world. The mall was founded by the Ghermezian brothers, who emigrated from Iran in 1959. It was the world's largest mall until 2004.West Edmonton Mall covers a gross...
in Edmonton, Canada showed an interest in hosting the Miss Universe 1985 pageant there. This followed an unsuccessful attempt to host the Miss Universe 1984
Miss Universe 1984
Miss Universe 1984, the 33rd Miss Universe pageant, was held at James L. Knight Convention Center in Miami, Florida, USA on July 9, 1984. 81 contestants competed for the crown....
pageant in Calgary, Canada the previous year.
Pageant organizers chose to host the pageant in Miami, Florida
Miami, Florida
Miami is a city located on the Atlantic coast in southeastern Florida and the county seat of Miami-Dade County, the most populous county in Florida and the eighth-most populous county in the United States with a population of 2,500,625...
for the second consecutive year. George Honchar, president of Miss Universe Inc., expressed disappointment at a lack of local support for the event, which cost the city $2 million.
Placements
| Final results | Contestant |
|---|---|
| Miss Universe 1985 |
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| 1st runner-up |
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| 2nd runner-up |
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| 3rd runner-up |
 Venezuela - Silvia MartínezSilvia Martínez Silvia Cristina Martínez Stapulionis is a pageant titleholder, was born in Caracas, Venezuela on January 22, 1965. She is the Miss Venezuela titleholder for 1985, and was the official representative of Venezuela to the Miss Universe 1985 pageant held in Miami, Florida, USA, on July 15, 1985, when... |
| 4th runner-up |
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| Top 10 |
 United States - Laura Martínez-HerringLaura Harring Laura Harring is a Mexican-American actress and former Miss USA . She is known for her role as Rita in Mulholland Drive.-Early life:... |
Semifinal scores
| Delegate | Preliminary Average | Interview | Swimsuit | Evening Gown | Semifinal Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8.251 (1) | 8.793 (1) | 9.331 (1) | 8.660 (6) | 8.928 (1) | |
| 7.710 (9) | 8.648 (3) | 8.705 (3) | 8.983 (3) | 8.778 (2) | |
| Venezuela |
8.140 (2) | 8.693 (2) | 8.455 (5) | 9.000 (2) | 8.716 (3) |
| 7.824 (7) | 8.560 (4) | 8.805 (2) | 8.730 (4) | 8.698 (4) | |
 Puerto Rico |
8.035 (4) | 8.365 (5) | 8.536 (4) | 9.057 (1) | 8.652 (5) |
| 7.904 (6) | 7.708 (8) | 8.325 (7) | 8.668 (5) | 8.233 (6) | |
| 8.091 (3) | 8.261 (6) | 8.148 (8) | 8.021 (10) | 8.143 (7) | |
| 7.732 (8) | 7.737 (7) | 8.326 (6) | 8.232 (7) | 8.098 (8) | |
| United States |
8.016 (5) | 7.650 (9) | 7.538 (10) | 8.164 (8) | 7.784 (9) |
| 7.592 (10) | 7.161 (10) | 7.658 (9) | 8.042 (9) | 7.620 (10) |
- Winner
- First Runner-up
- Second Runner-up
- Third Runner-up
- Fourth Runner-up
- Top 10 Semifinalist Rank in each round of competition
Special awards
| Award | Contestant |
|---|---|
| Best National Costume |
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| Miss Congeniality |
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| Miss Photogenic |
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| Most Followed by Media |
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Contestants
- - Yanina Castaño
- - Elizabeth Rowly
- - Martina Haiden
- - Cleopatra Adderly
- - Elizabeth Wadman
- - Anne van der Broeck
- - Jennifer Woods
- - Jannell Nadra Ford
- - Gabriela Orozco BrazilMiss BrasilThe Miss Brasil Pageant is a beauty contest that has been held almost every year since 1954 between winners of the Brazilian state pageants.It is one of the most important beauty contest of the world, with USA and Venezuela...
- Márcia Giagio Canavezes de Oliveira - - Jennifer Leonora Penn
- - Karen Elizabeth Tilley
- - Emily Hurston
- - Claudia van Sint Jan del Pedregal ColombiaMiss ColombiaSeñorita Colombia is an annual national beauty contest in Colombia that selects representatives to Miss Universe and Miss International...
- Sandra Eugenia Borda Caldas - - Essie Apolonia Mokotupu
- - Rosibel Chacón Pereira
- - Sheida Weber
- - Andri Andreou
- - Susan Rasmussen
- - Margaret Rose Cools Lartigue Dominican Republic - Melba Vicens Bello
- - María Elena Stangl
- - Julia Haydee Mora
- - Helen Westlake
- - Marja Kinnunen FranceMiss FranceMiss France is the trademark of an annual beauty pageant. Rights to the trademark were obtained in 2002 by the Dutch television production company Endemol through its subsidiary Miss France SAS, whose director general is Sylvie Tellier, Miss France 2002. Endemol also holds the rights in France to...
- Suzanne Iskandar - - Batura Jallow GermanyMiss GermanyMiss Germany is a national beauty pageant for unmarried women in Germany. In 1927, the contest was held for the first time.In the past there were several organisations which claimed the title: In the 1920s already, German jurisdiction decided that the title Miss Germany could not be patented or...
- Stefanie Angelika Roth - - Karina Hollands
- - Sabina Damianidis
- - Lucy Carbollido Montinola
- - Perla Elizabeth Prera Frunwirth
- - Arielle Jeanty
- ' - Brigitte Bergman
- - Diana Margarita García
- ' - Shallin Tse Ming
- - Hana Bryndis Jonsdóttir IndiaMiss IndiaMiss India or Femina Miss India is a national beauty pageant in India, one of the most recognized contests to produce international beauty queens in the 90s, which annually selects three winners to compete globally. It is organized by Femina, a women's magazine published by Bennett, Coleman & Co...
- Sonia Wallia - - Olivia Marie Tracey
- - Hilla Kelmann
- - Anne Beatrice Popi
- - Hatsumi Furosawa
- ' - Choi Young Ok
- - Joyce Sahab
- - Gabrielle Chiarini MalaysiaMiss MalaysiaMiss Malaysia represents Malaysia in two of the major international pageants.Miss Universe is a beauty pageant run by the New York-based partnership between NBC and Donald Trump....
- Agnes Chin Lai Hong - - Fiona Micallef
- - Yolanda de la Cruz New ZealandNew Zealand at Miss UniverseMiss Universe New Zealand is the New Zealand national beauty pageant which feeds into the international Miss Universe competition. Qualification for Miss Universe New Zealand is based on regional pageants and/or personal interviews .New Zealanders have contested 44 Miss Universe pageants since its...
- Claire Glenister - ' - Antoinette Marie Flores
- - Karen Margrethe Moe
- - Janette Iveth Vásquez Sanjur
- - Carmel Vagi
- - Beverly Ocampo
- - María Gracia Galleno
- - Joyce Ann Burton
- - Katarzyna Zawidzka
- - Alexandra Gomes Puerto RicoMiss Puerto RicoMiss Puerto Rico is the common name or sash used to identify a Puerto Rican representative in an international pageant. Currently, Miss Universe Puerto Rico, Miss Mundo de Puerto Rico and Miss Earth Puerto Rico are the official national preliminaries to the Miss Universe, Miss World and Miss Earth...
- Deborah Carthy-DeuDeborah Carthy-DeuDeborah Fátima Carthy-Deu in Santurce, Puerto Rico. She became the second Miss Universe from Puerto Rico. The contest was held at James L. Knight Center of Miami, Florida on July 15, 1985.-Early years:... - - Dominique de Lort Serignan
- - Jacqueline Hendrie
- - Chantal Loubelo
- - Lyana Chiok SpainMiss SpainMiss España is the main annual beauty pageant of Spain that selects the official representative to the Miss Universe pageant. Runners-up go to Miss World, Miss International and Miss Earth.-History:...
- Teresa Sánchez López - - Ramani Liz BartholomeuszRamani BartholomeuszRamani Elizabeth Bartholomeusz was a Sri Lankan model and actress. Having been crowned Miss Sri Lanka in 1985, she represented Sri Lanka at the 1985 Miss Universe pageant....
SwedenMiss SwedenMiss Sweden , is the title of the Swedish beauty pageant, which ran from 1949-2003, by the female magazine VeckoRevyn and production company Strix in partnership with MTG. The competition qualified delegates to the global contests Miss Universe and first runner ups to Miss World...
- Carina Marklund - - Hinarii Kilian ThailandMiss Thailand UniverseMiss Thailand Universe is an annual national beauty pageant that selects Thailand's representative to the Miss Universe pageant since 2000.The reigning Miss Thailand Universe is Chanyasorn Sakornchan who was crowned on March 26, 2011 in Bangkok by Ximena Navarrete, Miss Universe 2010...
- Tarntip Pongsuk - ' - Brenda Joy Fahey
- ' - Miriam Coralita Adams
- - Andrea López USAMiss USAThe Miss USA beauty contest has been held annually since 1952 to select the United States entrant in the Miss Universe pageant. The Miss Universe Organization operates both pageants, as well as Miss Teen USA...
- Laura Martínez-HerringLaura HarringLaura Harring is a Mexican-American actress and former Miss USA . She is known for her role as Rita in Mulholland Drive.-Early life:... 
United States Virgin Islands - Mudite Alda Henderson VenezuelaMiss VenezuelaThe Miss Venezuela contest is the national beauty pageant of Venezuela and has been held since 1952. It is responsible for selecting the country's representatives to the Miss Universe, Miss World, Miss Earth and Miss International pageants .Under the direction of Osmel Sousa, Venezuela has...
- Silvia Cristina Martínez StapulionisSilvia MartínezSilvia Cristina Martínez Stapulionis is a pageant titleholder, was born in Caracas, Venezuela on January 22, 1965. She is the Miss Venezuela titleholder for 1985, and was the official representative of Venezuela to the Miss Universe 1985 pageant held in Miami, Florida, USA, on July 15, 1985, when...- - Barbara Christian
Samoa - Tracy Mihaljevich- - Dinka Delić
- - Kayonga Benita Mureka Tete
Miss World
- Miss World 1984Miss World 1984The 34th Miss World Pageant was held on 15 November 1984 in the Royal Albert Hall, London, UK. The winner was Astrid Carolina Herrera Irrazabal from Venezuela. The 1st and 2nd runner-ups were Constance Ellen Fitzpatrick from Canada, and Lou-Anne Caroline Ronchi from Australia. It was hosted by...
: Gibraltar, Ireland (6th Runner Up), Tahiti, Turks & Caicos and Yugoslavia - Miss World 1985Miss World 1985Miss World 1985, the 35th Miss World pageant, was held on 14 November 1985 in the Royal Albert Hall, London, United Kingdom. 78 contestants from all over the world competed for the coveted title...
: Barbados, Belgium, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Finland, Holland, Norway, Poland (semi-finalist) and Zaire (semi-finalist)
Miss International
- Miss International 1983Miss International 1983Miss International 1983, the 23rd annual Miss International pageant, was held on 10 October 1983 at Tsukuba's Expo Plaza and hosted by Masumi Okada. Gidget Sandoval of Costa Rica was crowned at the end of the event.-Placements:-Special awards:...
: Holland (semi-finalist) - Miss International 1984Miss International 1984Miss International 1984 was held at Kanagawa Prefectural Civic Hall, Yokohama, Japan on October 30, 1984. Ilma Urrutia earned Guatemala's first Miss International crown.-Results:- Special awards:*Friendship: ', Jennifer Foong Sim Yong...
: Belgium - Miss International 1985Miss International 1985The 25th Miss International pageant was held on 15 September 1985 at Tsukuba's Expo Plaza. The pageant was hosted by Masumi Okada.- Results :-Special awards:*Miss Friendship: Susan Boje Rasmussen...
: Austria, Denmark, Germany, Guatemala, Northern Marianas and Poland (semi-finalist)