Miss World 1983

Miss World 1983, the 33rd edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 17 November 1983 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, UK. The winner was Sarah-Jane Hutt from United Kingdom.^[1] She was crowned by Miss World 1982, Mariasela Álvarez of Dominican Republic. First runner-up was Rocío Isabel Luna representing Colombia and second runner-up was Cátia Pedrosa from Brazil. Miss World 1983 marked the first Miss World event that included an intelligence test for contestants.^[2] The intelligence test was created by psychologists.^[2]

Miss World 1983
Miss World 1983 Titlecard
Date	17 November 1983
Presenters	Peter Marshall, Judith Chalmers
Entertainment	Leo Sayer
Venue	Royal Albert Hall, London, UK
Broadcaster	Thames Television
Entrants	72
Placements	15
Debuts	Poland Tonga
Withdrawals	Sri Lanka Tahiti Zimbabwe
Returns	Austria Barbados Gambia Liberia Swaziland
Winner	Sarah-Jane Hutt United Kingdom
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Results

Placements

Placement	Contestant
Miss World 1983	United Kingdom – Sarah-Jane Hutt[3]
1st Runner-Up	Colombia – Rocío Isabel Luna[3]
2nd Runner-Up	Brazil – Cátia Pedrosa[3]
Top 7	Jamaica – Catherine Levy  Iceland – Unnur Steinsson  Panama – Marissa Burgos  United States – Lisa Allred
Top 15	Austria – Mercedes Stermitz  Belgium – Françoise Bostoen  Bolivia – Ana María Taboada  Holland – Nancy Heynis  Hong Kong – Margaret Cheung  Ireland – Patricia Nolan  Israel – Yi'fat Schechter  Yugoslavia – Bernarda Marovt

Continental Queens of Beauty

Continental Group	Contestant
Africa	Liberia – Annie Broderick
Americas	Colombia – Rocío Isabel Luna
Asia	Israel – Yi'fat Schechter
Europe	United Kingdom – Sarah-Jane Hutt
Oceania	Australia – Tanya Bowe

Contestants

Countries and territories which sent delegates and results for Miss World 1983

72 contestants competed for the title.

Country/Territory	Contestant	Age[a]	Hometown
Aruba	Audrey Bruges	17	Oranjestad
Australia	Tanya Bowe	20	Adelaide
Austria	Mercedes Stermitz	25	Klagenfurt
Bahamas	Lucille Bullen	20	Nassau
Barbados	Nina McIntosh-Clarke	24	Bridgetown
Belgium	Françoise Bostoen	20	Roeselare
Bermuda	Angelita Emily Diaz	20	St. George's
Bolivia	Ana María Taboada	18	Tarija
Brazil	Cátia Pedrosa	20	Rio de Janeiro
Canada	Katharine Durish	25	Toronto
Cayman Islands	Effie Ebanks	18	George Town
Chile	Gina Rovira	19	Santiago
Colombia	Rocío Isabel Luna	18	El Banco
Costa Rica	María Argentina Meléndez	20	San José
Curaçao	Ivette Domacasse	22	Willemstad
Cyprus	Katia Chrysochou	20	Paphos
Denmark	Tina-Lissette Joergensen	18	Holstebro
Dominican Republic	Yonoris Estrella	20	Azua de Compostela
Ecuador	Martha Isabel Lascano	20	Guayaquil
El Salvador	Carmen Álvarez	18	San Salvador
Finland	Sanna Pekkala	20	Helsinki
France	Frederique Leroy	20	Bordeaux
Gambia	Abbey Scattrel Janneh	19	Banjul
Germany	Claudia Zielinski	19	Lindenberg
Gibraltar	Jessica Palao	19	Gibraltar
Greece	Anna Martinou	17	Athens
Guam	Geraldine Santos[4]	22	Chalan Pago-Ordot
Guatemala	Hilda Manrique	23	Guatemala City
Holland	Nancy Heynis	18	Amsterdam
Honduras	Carmen Isabel Morales	18	Puerto Cortés
Hong Kong	Maggie Cheung	19	Hong Kong Island
Iceland	Unnur Steinsson	20	Álftanes
India	Sweety Grewal	21	Bombay
Indonesia	Titi Dwi Jayati	17	Jakarta
Ireland	Patricia Nolan	19	Dublin
Isle of Man	Jennifer Huyton	18	Bride
Israel	Yi'fat Schechter	20	Tel Aviv
Italy	Barbara Previato	17	Modena
Jamaica	Catherine Levy	21	Kingston
Japan	Mie Nakahara	22	Tokyo
Lebanon	Douchka Abi-Nader	17	Beirut
Liberia	Annie Broderick	24	Montserrado
Malaysia	Michelle Yeoh[5][6]	21	Ipoh
Malta	Odette Balzan	19	Rabat
Mexico	Mayra Rojas	19	Mexico City
New Zealand	Maria Sando	18	Palmerston North
Norway	Karen Dobloug	21	Furnes
Panama	Marissa Burgos	19	Panama City
Paraguay	Antonella Filartiga	21	Asunción
Peru	Lisbet Aurora Alcázar	20	Lima
Philippines	Marilou Sadiua	22	Manila
Poland	Lidia Wasiak[7]	21	Szczecin
Portugal	Cesaltina da Silva	20	Lisbon
Puerto Rico	Fátima Mustafá	17	Aibonito
Singapore	Sharon Denise Wells	22	Singapore
South Korea	Suh Min-sook	20	Seoul
Spain	Milagros Pérez	21	Gran Canaria
Swaziland	Gladys Rudd	22	Manzini
Sweden	Eva Liza Törnquist	18	Stockholm
Switzerland	Patricia Lang	19	Zürich
Thailand	Tavinan Kongkran	19	Bangkok
Tonga	Rosetta Moa Johansson	18	Neiafu
Trinidad and Tobago	Esther Juliette Farmer	24	San Fernando
Turkey	Ebru Özmeriç	18	Istanbul
Turks and Caicos	Cheryl Astwood	19	Grand Turk
United Kingdom	Sarah-Jane Hutt[1]	19	Dorset
United States	Lisa Gayle Allred	22	Fort Worth
United States Virgin Islands	Chandra Ramsingh	18	St. Croix
Uruguay	Silvia Zumarán	21	Montevideo
Venezuela	Carolina Cerruti	21	Caracas
Western Samoa	Theresa Vaotapu Thomsen	19	Apia
Yugoslavia	Bernarda Marovt	23	Ljubljana

Notes

1. Ages at the time of the pageant