Miss World 1984
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The 34th Miss World
Miss World
The Miss World pageant is the oldest surviving major international beauty pageant. It was created in the United Kingdom by Eric Morley in 1951...

 Pageant
was held on 15 November 1984 in the Royal Albert Hall
Royal Albert Hall
The Royal Albert Hall is a concert hall situated on the northern edge of the South Kensington area, in the City of Westminster, London, England, best known for holding the annual summer Proms concerts since 1941....

, London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...

, UK. The winner was Astrid Carolina Herrera Irrazabal from Venezuela
Miss Venezuela
The 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...

. The 1st and 2nd runner-ups were Constance Ellen (Connie) Fitzpatrick from Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

, and Lou-Anne Caroline Ronchi from Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

. It was hosted by Peter Marshall
Peter Marshall (game show host)
Peter Marshall is an American television and radio personality, singer, and actor.He was the original host of The Hollywood Squares, from 1966 to 1981. He has almost fifty television, movie, and Broadway credits...

 and Judith Chalmers
Judith Chalmers
Judith Chalmers OBE is an English television presenter who is best known for presenting the travel programme Wish You Were Here...? in the 1970s and 1980s, where she often appeared in a bikini.-Early life and career:...

.

Results

Final results Contestant
Miss World 1984
1st Runner-up
  •  Canada - Constance Ellen Fitzpatrick
  • 2nd Runner-up
  •  Australia - Lou-Anne Caroline Ronchi
  • 3rd Runner-up
  •  United Kingdom - Vivienne Mary Rooke
  • 4th Runner-up
  •  United States - Kelly Lea Anderson
  • 5th Runner-up
  •  Brazil - Adriana Alves de Oliveira
  • 6th Runner-up
  •  Republic of Ireland - Olivia Marie Tracey
  • Top 15 Semi-finalists
  •  Austria - Heidemarie Pilgerstorfer
  •  Colombia - Angela Patricia Janiot
  •  Finland - Anna-Liisa Tilus
  • ' - Nancy Neede
  •  Iceland - Berglind Johansen
  •  Israel - Iris Louk
  •  Kenya - Khadija (Kate) Adam Ismail
  •  Switzerland - Silvia Anna Affolter

  • Order of Semifinalists

    • 1. Australia
    • 2. Austria
    • 3. Brazil
    • 4. Canada
    • 5. Colombia
    • 6. Finland
    • 7. Holland
    • 8. Iceland

    • 9. Ireland
    • 10. Israel
    • 11. Kenya
    • 12. Switzerland
    • 13. United Kingdom
    • 14. United States
    • 15. Venezuela


    Order of Finalists

    • 1. Ireland
    • 2. Australia
    • 3. Canada
    • 4. Brazil
    • 5. United Kingdom
    • 6. Venezuela
    • 7. United States

    Special awards

    • Personality: Ana Luisa Seda Reyes (Panama
      Panama
      Panama , officially the Republic of Panama , is the southernmost country of Central America. Situated on the isthmus connecting North and South America, it is bordered by Costa Rica to the northwest, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north and the Pacific Ocean to the south. The...

      ),
    • Photogenic: Astrid Carolina Herrera Irrazábal (Venezuela
      Miss Venezuela
      The 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...

      )

    Continental Queens

    • Africa: Khadija (Kate) Adam Ismail - Kenya
    • Americas: Astrid Carolina Herrera Irrazábal - Venezuela
    • Asia: Iris Louk - Israel
    • Europe: Vivienne Mary Rooke - United Kingdom
    • Oceania: Lou-Anne Caroline Ronchi - Australia

    72 Contestants

    Nation Contestant Hometown
    ' Sandy Lewis St. Croix
     Aruba Margaret Jane Bislick Oranjestad
    Oranjestad, Aruba
    Oranjestad is the capital and largest city of Aruba, which is in the Caribbean north of Venezuela. Oranjestad is located on the southern coast near the western end of the island country...

     Australia Lou-Ann Caroline Ronchi Perth
    Perth, Western Australia
    Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000....

     Austria Heidemarie Pilgerstorfer Linz
    Linz
    Linz is the third-largest city of Austria and capital of the state of Upper Austria . It is located in the north centre of Austria, approximately south of the Czech border, on both sides of the river Danube. The population of the city is , and that of the Greater Linz conurbation is about...

     The Bahamas Yvette Monique Rolle Nassau
    Nassau, Bahamas
    Nassau is the capital, largest city, and commercial centre of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas. The city has a population of 248,948 , 70 percent of the entire population of The Bahamas...

     Barbados Gale Angela Thomas Christ Church
     Belgium Brigitte Maria Antonia Muyshondt Antwerp
     Bermuda Rhonda Cherylene Wilkinson St. Georges
    St. George's, Bermuda
    St. George's , located on the island and within the parish of the same names, was the first permanent settlement on the islands of Bermuda, and is often described as the third successful English settlement in the Americas, after St. John's, Newfoundland, and Jamestown, Virginia. However, St...

     Bolivia Erika Weise Santa Cruz
      Brazil Adriana Alves de Oliveira Sao Paulo
    São Paulo
    São Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, the largest city in the southern hemisphere and South America, and the world's seventh largest city by population. The metropolis is anchor to the São Paulo metropolitan area, ranked as the second-most populous metropolitan area in the Americas and among...

     Canada Constance Ellen (Connie) Fitzpatrick Hamilton
    Hamilton, Ontario
    Hamilton is a port city in the Canadian province of Ontario. Conceived by George Hamilton when he purchased the Durand farm shortly after the War of 1812, Hamilton has become the centre of a densely populated and industrialized region at the west end of Lake Ontario known as the Golden Horseshoe...

     Cayman Islands Thora Ann Crighton George Town
    George Town, Cayman Islands
    George Town, Grand Cayman, is the capital of the Cayman Islands, in the British West Indies. The city has a population of 35,600 and is the largest city on Grand Cayman....

     Chile Maria Soledad García Leinenweber Santiago
    Santiago, Chile
    Santiago , also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital and largest city of Chile, and the center of its largest conurbation . It is located in the country's central valley, at an elevation of above mean sea level...

     Colombia Angela Patricia Janiot Martirena
    Patricia Janiot
    Ángela Patricia Janiot Martirena is a Colombian journalist, news presenter on CNN en Español, beauty queen and former model.-Miss World:...

     
    Bucaramanga
    Bucaramanga
    Bucaramanga is a Colombian city, and capital city of the department of Santander, Colombia. Bucaramanga has the fifth largest city economy and sixth largest population in Colombia, with 1,212,656 people in its metropolitan area...

     Costa Rica Catalina Maria Blum Peña San Jose
    San José, Costa Rica
    San José is the capital and largest city of Costa Rica. Located in the Central Valley, San José is the seat of national government, the focal point of political and economic activity, and the major transportation hub of this Central American nation.Founded in 1738 by order of Cabildo de León, San...

     Curaçao Ivette del Carmen Atacho Willemstad
    Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles
    Willemstad is the capital city of Curaçao, an island in the southern Caribbean Sea that forms a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Formerly the capital of the Netherlands Antilles prior to its dissolution in 2010, it has an estimated population of 140,000. The historic centre of...

     Cyprus Agathi Demetriou Paphos
    Paphos
    Paphos , sometimes referred to as Pafos, is a coastal city in the southwest of Cyprus and the capital of Paphos District. In antiquity, two locations were called Paphos: Old Paphos and New Paphos. The currently inhabited city is New Paphos. It lies on the Mediterranean coast, about west of the...

     Denmark Pia Melchioren Frederikshavn
    Frederikshavn
    This article is about a Danish town. For the German town, see Friedrichshafen, and for the Finnish town, see Fredrikshamn .Frederikshavn is a Danish town in Frederikshavn municipality, Region Nordjylland on the northeast coast of the Jutland peninsula in northern Denmark. Its name translates to...

     Dominican Republic Mayelinne Ines de Lara Almanzar Bonao
    Bonao
    Bonao is the capital of Monseñor Nouel province, Dominican Republic. It is located in the center of the country, to the northwest of the national capital Santo Domingo.The city is known as "Villa De Las Hortensias" - the town of hortensias...

     Ecuador Maria Sol Corral Zambrano Guayaquil
    Guayaquil
    Guayaquil , officially Santiago de Guayaquil , is the largest and the most populous city in Ecuador,with about 2.3 million inhabitants in the city and nearly 3.1 million in the metropolitan area, as well as that nation's main port...

     El Salvador Celina Maria Lopez Parraga San Salvador
    San Salvador
    The city of San Salvador the capital and largest city of El Salvador, which has been designated a Gamma World City. Its complete name is La Ciudad de Gran San Salvador...

     Finland Anna-Liisa Tilus Helsinki
    Helsinki
    Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is...

     Early Modern France Martine Robine Paris
    Paris
    Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...

     The Gambia Mirabelle Carayol Banjul
    Banjul
    -Transport:Ferries sail from Banjul to Barra. The city is served by the Banjul International Airport. Banjul is on the Trans–West African Coastal Highway connecting it to Dakar and Bissau, and will eventually provide a paved highway link to 11 other nations of ECOWAS.Banjul International Airport...

     Germany Brigitta Berx Düsseldorf
    Düsseldorf
    Düsseldorf is the capital city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and centre of the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region.Düsseldorf is an important international business and financial centre and renowned for its fashion and trade fairs. Located centrally within the European Megalopolis, the...

     Gibraltar Karina Suzanne Hollands Gibraltar
    Gibraltar
    Gibraltar is a British overseas territory located on the southern end of the Iberian Peninsula at the entrance of the Mediterranean. A peninsula with an area of , it has a northern border with Andalusia, Spain. The Rock of Gibraltar is the major landmark of the region...

     Greece Vassiliki (Vana) Barba Athens
    Athens
    Athens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state...

     Guam Janet Rachelle Clymer Mangilao
     Guatemala Carla Giovanna Aldana Fontana Guatemala City
    Guatemala City
    Guatemala City , is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Guatemala and Central America...

    ' Nancy Neede Amsterdam
    Amsterdam
    Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...

     Honduras Myrtice Elitha Hyde San Pedro Sula
    San Pedro Sula
    San Pedro Sula is a city in Honduras. It is located in the northwest corner of the country, in the Valle de Sula , about 60 km south of Puerto Cortés on the Caribbean. With an estimated population of 638,259 people in the main municipality, and 802,598 in its metro area , it is the second...

    ' Joan Tong Lai-Kau Hong Kong
    Hong Kong Island
    Hong Kong Island is an island in the southern part of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. It has a population of 1,289,500 and its population density is 16,390/km², as of 2008...

     Iceland Berglind Johansen Reykjavík
    Reykjavík
    Reykjavík is the capital and largest city in Iceland.Its latitude at 64°08' N makes it the world's northernmost capital of a sovereign state. It is located in southwestern Iceland, on the southern shore of Faxaflói Bay...

      India
    Miss India
    Miss 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...

    Suchita Kumar Bombay
    Mumbai
    Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...

     Republic of Ireland Olivia Marie Tracey Dublin
     Isle of Man Jill Armstrong Braddan
    Braddan
    Braddan is an elongated parish in the sheading of Middle in the Isle of Man, stretching from the parishes of Michael and Lezayre in the north, bordering on the parishes of German, Marown and Onchan in the middle and bordering on Santon in the south....

     Israel Iris Louk Rishon LeZion
     Italy Federica Silvia Tersch Milan
    Milan
    Milan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...

     Jamaica Jacqueline Q. Crichton Kingston
    Kingston, Jamaica
    Kingston is the capital and largest city of Jamaica, located on the southeastern coast of the island. It faces a natural harbour protected by the Palisadoes, a long sand spit which connects the town of Port Royal and the Norman Manley International Airport to the rest of the island...

     Japan Ayako Ohsone Tokyo
    Tokyo
    , ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...

     Kenya Khadija (Kate) Ismail Adam Nairobi
    Nairobi
    Nairobi is the capital and largest city of Kenya. The city and its surrounding area also forms the Nairobi County. The name "Nairobi" comes from the Maasai phrase Enkare Nyirobi, which translates to "the place of cool waters". However, it is popularly known as the "Green City in the Sun" and is...

    ' Lee Joo-hee Seoul
    Seoul
    Seoul , officially the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea. A megacity with a population of over 10 million, it is the largest city proper in the OECD developed world...

     Lebanon Eliane Khoury Beirut
    Beirut
    Beirut is the capital and largest city of Lebanon, with a population ranging from 1 million to more than 2 million . Located on a peninsula at the midpoint of Lebanon's Mediterranean coastline, it serves as the country's largest and main seaport, and also forms the Beirut Metropolitan...

      Malaysia
    Miss Malaysia
    Miss 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....

    Christine Teo Pick Yoon Kuala Lumpur
    Kuala Lumpur
    Kuala Lumpur is the capital and the second largest city in Malaysia by population. The city proper, making up an area of , has a population of 1.4 million as of 2010. Greater Kuala Lumpur, also known as the Klang Valley, is an urban agglomeration of 7.2 million...

     Malta Graziella Attard Previ Gzira
    Gzira
    Gżira is a town in the north-eastern coast of Malta between Msida & Sliema, and bordering on Ta' Xbiex, with its famed yacht marina and Embassy Row. The population is approximately 7,100 . The word Gżira means "island" in Maltese, and the town is named after Manoel Island which lies just adjacent...

      Mexico
    Miss Mexico
    Miss Mexico may refer to:*Nuestra Belleza México , beauty pageant that chooses Mexico's representatives to Miss Universe, Miss World and Miss International, among others....

    Mariana Sofia Urrea Stetner Guadalajara
    Guadalajara
    Guadalajara may refer to:In Mexico:*Guadalajara, Jalisco, the capital of the state of Jalisco and second largest city in Mexico**Guadalajara Metropolitan Area*University of Guadalajara, a public university in Guadalajara, Jalisco...

      New Zealand
    New Zealand at Miss World
    New Zealand has contested 46 Miss World pageants since that pageant's inception in 1951. No New Zealander has won the Miss World title, although two have placed first runner-up....

    Barbara Rose McDowell Auckland
    Auckland
    The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...

     Nigeria Cynthia Oronsaye Lagos
    Lagos
    Lagos is a port and the most populous conurbation in Nigeria. With a population of 7,937,932, it is currently the third most populous city in Africa after Cairo and Kinshasa, and currently estimated to be the second fastest growing city in Africa...

      Norway
    Miss Norway
    Miss Norway is the name used to identify Norway's representatives to international beauty pageants.-History:Currently, Norway has two national beauty pageants:...

    Ingrid Maria Martens Oslo
    Oslo
    Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...

     Panama Ana Luisa Seda Reyes Panama City
    Panama City
    Panama is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Panama. It has a population of 880,691, with a total metro population of 1,272,672, and it is located at the Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal, in the province of the same name. The city is the political and administrative center of the...

     Paraguay Susana Maria Ivasiuten Haurelechen Encarnacion
    Encarnación
    Encarnación means incarnation in Spanish.Encarnación may also refer to:People:* Edwin Encarnación , Major League Baseball third baseman* José Encarnación, Jr...

     Peru Gloria Cristina Loayza-Guerra Trujillo
    Trujillo, Peru
    Trujillo, in northwestern Peru, is the capital of the La Libertad Region, and the third largest city in Peru. The urban area has 811,979 inhabitants and is an economic hub in northern Peru...

      Philippines
    Binibining Pilipinas
    Binibining Pilipinas is the organization responsible for sponsoring the annual national beauty pageant which selects representatives of the Philippines to Miss Universe and Miss International, among others.-History:...

    Aurora Elvira Gayoso Sevilla Manila
    Manila
    Manila is the capital of the Philippines. It is one of the sixteen cities forming Metro Manila.Manila is located on the eastern shores of Manila Bay and is bordered by Navotas and Caloocan to the north, Quezon City to the northeast, San Juan and Mandaluyong to the east, Makati on the southeast,...

     Poland Magdalena Jaworska† Warsaw
    Warsaw
    Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River, roughly from the Baltic Sea and from the Carpathian Mountains. Its population in 2010 was estimated at 1,716,855 residents with a greater metropolitan area of 2,631,902 residents, making Warsaw the 10th most...

     Portugal Maria Leonor Mendes Correia Lisbon
    Lisbon
    Lisbon is the capital city and largest city of Portugal with a population of 545,245 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Lisbon extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of 3 million on an area of , making it the 9th most populous urban...

     Puerto Rico Maria de los Angeles Rosas Silva San Juan
    San Juan, Puerto Rico
    San Juan , officially Municipio de la Ciudad Capital San Juan Bautista , is the capital and most populous municipality in Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the United States. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 395,326 making it the 46th-largest city under the jurisdiction of...

     Singapore Jenny Li Peng Koh Singapore
    Singapore
    Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...

     Spain Juncal Rivero Fadrique Castilla  Valladolid
    Valladolid
    Valladolid is a historic city and municipality in north-central Spain, situated at the confluence of the Pisuerga and Esgueva rivers, and located within three wine-making regions: Ribera del Duero, Rueda and Cigales...

     Sri Lanka Bhagya Udeshinka Gunasinghe Colombo
    Colombo
    Colombo is the largest city of Sri Lanka. It is located on the west coast of the island and adjacent to Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte, the capital of Sri Lanka. Colombo is often referred to as the capital of the country, since Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte is a satellite city of Colombo...

     Swaziland Busie Motsa Manzini
     Sweden Brigitte Madeleine Gunnarsson Malmo
    Malmö
    Malmö , in the southernmost province of Scania, is the third most populous city in Sweden, after Stockholm and Gothenburg.Malmö is the seat of Malmö Municipality and the capital of Skåne County...

     Switzerland Silvia Anna Affolter Sarnen
    Sarnen
    Sarnen is the capital of the canton of Obwalden situated on the shores of Lake Sarnen , Switzerland. It has a population of just under 10,000 and is surrounded by countryside and mountains. Sarnen is located 20 km south of Lucerne.- History :...

     French Polynesia Hinarii Kilian Punaauia
    Punaauia
    Punaauia is a commune in the suburbs of Papeete in French Polynesia, an overseas territory of France in the Pacific Ocean. Punaauia is located on the island of Tahiti, in the administrative subdivision of the Windward Islands, themselves part of the Society Islands. In the late 1890s, the French...

     Thailand Intira Insompoh Bangkok
    Bangkok
    Bangkok is the capital and largest urban area city in Thailand. It is known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon or simply Krung Thep , meaning "city of angels." The full name of Bangkok is Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahintharayutthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom...

    ' Ria Judy Joanne Rambardan Tunapuna
    Tunapuna
    -Town:It is located between St. Augustine, Tacarigua and Trincity. Tunapuna is the largest town between San Juan and Arima. It is an important market and commercial centre, and is the seat of the Tunapuna-Piarco Regional Corporation...

     Turks and Caicos Islands Miriam Coralita Adams Grand Turk
    Grand Turk
    Grand Turk may refer to:* Grand Turk * Grand Turk Island* Cem, a Turkish prince made famous by his extended captivity in the West* an informal western name for the Great Sultan of the Turkish Ottoman dynasty...

      United Kingdom Vivienne Mary Rooke Bristol
    Bristol
    Bristol is a city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, with an estimated population of 433,100 for the unitary authority in 2009, and a surrounding Larger Urban Zone with an estimated 1,070,000 residents in 2007...

      United States
    Miss USA
    The 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...

    Kelly Lea Anderson Clarksburg
     Uruguay Giselle Barthou Quintes Montevideo
    Montevideo
    Montevideo is the largest city, the capital, and the chief port of Uruguay. The settlement was established in 1726 by Bruno Mauricio de Zabala, as a strategic move amidst a Spanish-Portuguese dispute over the platine region, and as a counter to the Portuguese colony at Colonia del Sacramento...

      Venezuela
    Miss Venezuela
    The 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...

    Astrid Carolina Herrera Irrazábal Caracas
    Caracas
    Caracas , officially Santiago de León de Caracas, is the capital and largest city of Venezuela; natives or residents are known as Caraquenians in English . It is located in the northern part of the country, following the contours of the narrow Caracas Valley on the Venezuelan coastal mountain range...

     Samoa Ana Bentley Apia
     Kingdom of Yugoslavia Dinka Delić Zenica
    Zenica
    Zenica is an industrial city in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is the capital of the Zenica-Doboj Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina entity...


    Returning countries and Debuts

    • Kenya last competed in 1968.
    • Nigeria last competed in 1979
      Miss World 1979
      Miss World 1979, the 29th Miss World pageant, was held on November 15, 1979 in the Royal Albert Hall, London, UK. The winner was Gina Swainson from Bermuda...

      .
    • Sri Lanka, and Tahiti last competed in 1982
      Miss World 1982
      Miss World 1982, the 32nd Miss World pageant, was held on November 18, 1982 in the Royal Albert Hall, London, UK. The winner was Mariasela Álvarez from the Dominican Republic...

      .

    Withdrawals and Nations not competing

    • Turkey did not attend the Miss World because of issues with franchise-holding both in national and in international pageants.
    • Indonesia did not attend the Miss World because the Government banned Indonesian girls to compete such as Beauty Pageants.

    Other Notes

    • Belgium, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Finland, France, Gambia, Germany, Holland, Honduras, Iceland, Norway, and Switzerland competed in 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....

       in Miami four months before Miss World.
      • Holland, Nancy Neede, made into the semi-finals in both Miss Universe
        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....

         and Miss World pageants at the same year.
    • Brazil placed as 3rd runner-up in Miss Universe 1981
      Miss Universe 1981
      Miss Universe 1981, the 30th Miss Universe pageant, was held at Minskoff Theater, New York City, New York, USA on July 20, 1981. 19-year-old Irene Sáez of Venezuela was crowned as Miss Universe 1981. There were 77 contestants competing for the crown, but Miss Mauritius got homesick and withdrew....

       and coincidentally lost to another Venezuelan, Irene Saez, while Australia failed to make into the semi-finals in Miss Universe 1982
      Miss Universe 1982
      Miss Universe 1982, the 31st annual Miss Universe pageant, was held at Coliseo Amauta in Lima, Peru on July 26, 1982. 77 contestants competed in the pageant and 18-year-old Karen Dianne Baldwin of Canada was crowned Miss Universe 1982.-Placements:...

      .
    • Poland, Magdalena Jaworska died on 8 July 1994 from electric shock while taking a bath.
    • Canada, Connie Fitzpatrick is now the president of Miss World Canada Organization
      Miss World Canada
      The Miss World Canada contest is an beauty pageant, held mostly annually in various incarnations and with several different names since 1957, to select Canada's representative to the Miss World contest. The Canadian franchise was currently owned by Upstage This! Productions, based in Vancouver,...

      .
    • Colombia, Patricia Janiot, is now a CNN
      CNN
      Cable News Network is a U.S. cable news channel founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. Upon its launch, CNN was the first channel to provide 24-hour television news coverage, and the first all-news television channel in the United States...

       commentator.
    • Ireland, Olivia Marie Tracey, also made into semi-finals in Miss Universe 1985
      Miss Universe 1985
      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...

      . Olivia became one of the most renowned actresses in Hollywood today.
    • 6 out of 15 countries which made it into the semifinals, were not in the semifinals last year: Canada and Venezuela (1981), Australia, Finland and Switzerland (1982). Kenya had made into the semi-finals for the first time, after its debut in 1960.

    Contestants Preliminary Scores

    Country Score Country Score
    American Virgin Islands 18 Israel 25
    Aruba 19 Italy 19
    Australia 31 Jamaica 19
    Austria 27 Japan 19
    Bahamas 18 Kenya 20
    Barbados 22 Korea 20
    Belgium 23 Lebanon 18
    Bermuda 18 Malaysia 18
    Bolivia 20 Malta 20
    Brazil 34 Mexico 19
    Canada 33 New Zealand 21
    Cayman Islands 20 Nigeria 18
    Chile 22 Norway 25
    Colombia 28 Panama 20
    Costa Rica 18 Paraguay 19
    Curaçao 22 Peru 20
    Cyprus 18 Philippines 18
    Denmark 18 Poland 26
    Dominican Republic 19 Portugal 20
    Ecuador 19 Puerto Rico 21
    El Salvador 19 Singapore 18
    Finland 28 Spain 20
    France 21 Sri Lanka 19
    Gambia 18 Swaziland 18
    Germany 25 Sweden 22
    Gibraltar 18 Switzerland 28
    Greece 18 Tahiti 22
    Guam 18 Thailand 19
    Guatemala 19 Trinidad & Tobago 18
    Holland 28 Turks & Caicos 18
    Honduras 19 United Kingdom 35
    Hong Kong 18 United States 34
    Iceland 27 Uruguay 23
    India 18 Venezuela 34
    Ireland 32 Western Samoa 18
    Isle of Man 18 Yugoslavia 25
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