MISS UNIVERSE 1983
monday, july 11, 1983
Kiel Auditorium, St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.A. (Pageant originally was expected to be held in Panama City until the end of 1982, then it was scheduled for Cartagena, Colombia, but the MUO changed for St.Louis on March 3rd, 1983).
80 contestants
PRESENTERS: bob barker & joan van ark
entertainment: john schneider, jose luis rodriguez "el puma"
Results
1 NEW ZEALAND Lorraine Elizabeth Downes
2 USA Julie Lynn Hayek
3 IRELAND Roberta Brown (Intercontinental '82, 6th RU World '82)
4 SWITZERLAND Lolita Laure Morena (3rd RU World '82)
5 ENGLAND Karen Lesley Moore (SF International '84, SF Europe '84)
Top 12
6 GERMANY Loana Katharina Radecki (International '83, 4th RU Europe '84)
7 VENEZUELA Paola Laura Ruggeri Ghigo (winner South America '83)
8 SINGAPORE Kathie Lee Lee Beng
9 ITALY Federica Maria Moro
10 FINLAND Nina Marjaana Rekola
11 NORWAY Karen Elisabeth Dobloug (World '83)
12 SPAIN Ana Isabel Herrero García (World '82, Young International '83)
Awards
Miss Amity GAMBIA
Miss Photogenic SWITZERLAND
Best National Costume 1) KOREA, 2) U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS, 3) JAPAN
Remainder
ARGENTINA Maria Daniela Carrara Mariano (South America '83)
ARUBA Milva Evertsz
AUSTRALIA Simone Cox
AUSTRIA Mercedes Stermitz (SF World '83, SF Europe '84)
BAHAMAS Christina Maria Thompson
BELGIUM Françoise Bostoen (World '83, 3rd RU Europe '84)
BELIZE Shirlene Dianne McKoy
BERMUDA Angelita Emily Diaz (World '83)
BOLIVIA Cecilia Zamora Oliva (South America '83)
BRAZIL Mariza Fully Coelho (1st RU South America '83)
BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS Anna Maria Joseph
CANADA Jodi Yvonne Rutledge
CAYMAN ISLANDS Effie Ebanks (World '83)
CHILE Maria Josefa Isensee Ugarte (South America '83)
COLOMBIA Julie Pauline Sáenz Starnes (3rd RU South America '83)
COOK ISLANDS Carmena Blake
COSTA RICA Maria Gabriela Pozuela Castro (SF Latin America '83)
CURACAO Maybelline Altagracia Snel
CYPRUS Marina Elena Rauscher (Intercontinental '82, World '82)
DENMARK Inge Ravn Thomsen (2nd RU International '83)
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Maria Alexandra Astwood Tueni
ECUADOR Mariela García Monsalve (South America '83)
EL SALVADOR Claudia Deniz Oliva Alberto (Latin America '84)
FRANCE Frédérique Marcelle Leroy (World '83, 1st RU Europe '84)
FRENCH GUIANA Marie-Georges Achamana
GAMBIA Abbey Scattrel Janneh (World '83)
GIBRALTAR Louise Michelle Gillingwater (World '82)
GREECE Plousia "Sia" Farfaraki (International '83, SF Europe '84)
GUADELOUPE Nicole LeBorgne
GUAM Pamela Joyce Booth
GUATEMALA Berta Victoria González García
HOLLAND Nancy Lalleman Heynis (Young International '83, SF World '83, Europe '84)
HONDURAS Ollie June Thompson Bodden (winner Coffee '84)
HONG KONG Cherona Yeung Suet-Yee
ICELAND Unnur Steinsson (3rd RU Young International '80, 3rd RU World '83)
INDIA Rekha Hande
INDONESIA Andi Botenri (Asia '82, World '82)
ISRAEL Shim’ona Hollander (15th place)
JAPAN Yuko Yamaguchi (World '78) (13th place)
KOREA Jong-joong Kim
LEBANON May Mansour Chahwan (World '82)
MALAYSIA Puspa Mohamad Salleh
MALTA Christine Bonnici
MARTINIQUE Marie Line Laupa
MEXICO Mónica Maria Rosas Torres
NAMIBIA Astrid Klotzsch
NORTHERN MARIANAS Thelma Mafnas
PANAMA Elizabeth Bylan Bennett
PAPUA NEW GUINEA Shannelle Bray
PARAGUAY Mercedes Bosch Cuarilla (South America '83, Young International '83)
PERU Vivien Rose Griffiths Shields (2nd RU South America '83)
PHILIPPINES Rosita "Cita" Cornel Capuyon (SF Mrs World '85)
PORTUGAL Anabela Elisa Vissenjou Ananíades (Europe '84)
PUERTO RICO Carmen Batiz Vergara (Intercontinental '83)
REUNION Eliane LeBeau
SCOTLAND Linda Renton (Europe '84)
SOUTH AFRICA Leanne Beverly Hosking (14th place)
SRI LANKA Shyama Ayesa Cecilia Fernando (Asia '77)
SWEDEN Viveca Miriam Ljung (Europe '84)
THAILAND Jinda Nuean-ktang
TRANSKEI Pamela Nomxolisi Xokelelo
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO Sandra William
TURKEY Dilara Haracci
TURKS & CAICOS Lolita Elaine Ariza (World '82)
U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS Julie Elizabeth Woods
URUGUAY Maria Jacqueline Beltrán (South America '83)
WALES Lianne Patricia Gray (International '83, Europe '84)
WESTERN SAMOA Falute Mama Aluni
NO SHOWS:
NIGERIA Omolulu Ojehomon
ST KITTS Caroline Buchanan
ZAIRE Lina Bongo
BARBADOS Nina McIntosh-Clarke
TAHITI Teura Tuhiti
ST VINCENT Sherill Barnwell
BONAIRE Susan Teresa Angela
REPLACED:
TURKEY Hülya Avsar (dethroned)
LEBANON Sylvia Hobeika
FRANCE Isabelle Turpault (dethroned for posing nude in a male magazine)
DEBUTS: Cook Islands, Gambia
WITHDRAWALS: New Caledonia, St. Maarten, Suriname
RETURNS: Cyprus, French Guiana, Gibraltar, Lebanon
JUDGES:
1- Irene Saez - Miss Universe 1981 from Venezuela.
2- Lewis Collins - British actor.
3- Rosemary Rogers - Bestselling author.
4- Soon-Tek Oh - American-Korean actor.
5- Patricia Neary - Ballerina and choreographer.
6- Peter Diamandis - Publisher of Woman's Day Magazine.
7- Marlin Perkins - Television host and the director of St.Louis' Zoo.
8- Ken Norton - Boxer.
9- Rocío Jurado - Spanish actress and singer.
10- Erol Evgin - Turkish singer.
11- Ruby Keeler - Actress and dancer.