MISS UNIVERSE 1985
monday, july 15, 1985
James L. Knight Convention Center, Miami, Florida, U.S.A.
79 contestants
PRESENTERS: bob barker & joan van ark
entertainment: john denver, clint holmes
Results
1 PUERTO RICO Deborah Fatima Carthy-Deu (Most Beautiful Girl in the World '84)
2 SPAIN Maria Teresa Sánchez López
3 ZAIRE Kayonga "Benita" Mureka Tete (SF World '85)
4 VENEZUELA Silvia Cristina Martínez Stapulionis (winner South America '85)
5 URUGUAY Andrea Beatriz López Silva (South America '85, winner International Flower Queen '85, Wonderland '87)
Top 10
6 IRELAND Olivia Marie Tracey (5th RU World '84)
7 CANADA Karen Elizabeth Tilley
8 CHILE Claudia Emilia Van Sint Jan del Pedregal
9 USA Laura Elena Martinez-Herring
10 BRAZIL Márcia Giagio Canavezes de Oliveira (winner Coffee '85, 1st RU South America '85)
Awards
Miss Amity GUAM
Miss Photogenic HOLLAND
Best National Costume 1) COLOMBIA, 2) SPAIN, 3) ISRAEL
Miss Followed by Media EL SALVADOR
Remainder
ARGENTINA Yanina Marisel Castaño (South America '85)
AUSTRALIA Elizabeth Rowly
AUSTRIA Martina Margarete Haiden (International '85)
BAHAMAS Cleopatra Maria Adderly
BARBADOS Elizabeth "Liz" Dana Wadman (Maja International '85, World '85)
BELGIUM An Van Den Broeck (International '84, Europe '85, World '85)
BELIZE Jennifer "Jenny" Woods
BERMUDA Jannell Kathy Nadra Ford (World '85)
BOLIVIA Gabriela Orozco Ruiz (South America '85)
BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS Jennifer Leonora Penn
CAYMAN ISLANDS Emily Yvette Hurlston (World '85)
COLOMBIA Sandra Eugenia Borda Caldas (2nd RU South America '85) (11th place)
COOK ISLANDS Essie Apolonia Mokotupu
COSTA RICA Rosibel Chacón Pereira (Maja '85, SF Asia Pacific '85), winner Banana '85)
CURACAO Sheida Clara Wever
CYPRUS Andri Andreou (Europe '85)
DENMARK Susan Boje Rasmussen (International '85)
DOMINICA Margaret Rose Cools-Lartigue
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Melba Vicens Bello
ECUADOR Maria Elena Stangl Tamayo (South America '85)
EL SALVADOR Julia Haydee Mora Alfaro (Asia Pacific '85) (13th place)
ENGLAND Helen Westlake (15th place)
FINLAND Marja Kristiina Kinnunen (World '85, Scandinavia '86)
FRANCE Suzanne Iskandar (Europe '85) (14th place)
GAMBIA Batura Jallow
GERMANY Stefanie Angelika Roth (International '85)
GIBRALTAR Karina Suzanne Hollands (World '84, Europe '85)
GREECE Sabina Damianidou
GUAM Lucy Carbullido Montinola (Asia Pacific '85)
GUATEMALA Perla Lissette Prera Fruhwirth (International '85)
HAITI Arielle Jeanty
HOLLAND Brigitte Bergman (SF International '83, winner Intercontinental '83 (winner), SF Most Beautiful Girl in the World '85, World '85, 2nd RU Europe '85)
HONDURAS Diana Margarita García
HONG KONG Shallin Tse Ling
ICELAND Halla Bryndis Jonsdóttir (2nd RU Scandinavia '86)
INDIA Sonu Walia
ISRAEL Hilla Kelmann
ITALY Beatrice Papi
JAPAN Hatsumi Furusawa
KOREA Young-ok Choi
LEBANON Joyce Sahhab
LUXEMBOURG Gabriele "Gaby" Chiarini (Europe '85)
MALAYSIA Agnes Chin Lai Hong
MALTA Fiona Micallef
MEXICO Yolanda de la Cruz Cárdenas Avilés
NEW ZEALAND Claire Glenister
NORTHERN MARIANAS Antoinette Marie Flores (International '85)
NORWAY Karen Margrethe Moe (World '85)
PANAMA Janett Vásquez Sanjuán
PAPUA NEW GUINEA Carmel Vagi
PARAGUAY Beverly Ocampo Gadea (SF Latin America '85)
PERU Maria Gracia Galleno Bedoya (3rd RU South America '85)
PHILIPPINES Joyce Ann Fellosas Burton
POLAND Katarzyna Dorota Zawidzka (SF International '85, Europe '85, SF World '85)
PORTUGAL Alexandra Paula Mota Gomes
REUNION Dominique de Lort-Serignan
SCOTLAND Jackie Hendrie
SENEGAL Chantal Loubelo
SINGAPORE Lyana Chiok
SRI LANKA Ramani Liz Bartholomeusz
SWEDEN Carina Marklund
TAHITI Hinarii Kilian (World '84)
THAILAND Tarntip Pongsuk
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO Brenda Joy Fahey (12th place)
TURKS & CAICOS Miriam Coralita Adams (World '84)
U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS Mudite Alda Henderson
WALES Barbara Christian
WESTERN SAMOA Tracey Mihaljevich
YUGOSLAVIA Dinka Delic (World '84)
Did not compete (opposition by Miami anti-apartheid groups)
NAMIBIA Alice Pfeiffer
SOUTH AFRICA Andrea Stelzer (2nd RU Hawaiian Tropic '86, Universe-Germany '89, SF All Nations-Germany '90)
TRANSKEI
NO SHOWS:
TURKEY Fulya Erogul (emergency appendectomy)
SWITZERLAND Lucienne Thiebaud
ARUBA Margaret Jane Bislick
ANTIGUA Sandra Peters
ST KITTS Karen Marcelle Grant
ST VINCENT Donna Maria Young
COTE D'IVOIRE Rose Armande Oulla
GUADELOUPE Paulette Battet
MARTINIQUE Marylin Myriam Babot
FRENCH GUIANA Lilia Roger
REPLACED:
THAILAND Ann Song Sri
GERMANY Anke Symkowitz
ITALY Susanna Huckstep (underage)
SPAIN Juncal Rivero (won Miss Europe 1985)
LEBANON Suha Chanine
CYPRUS Chryso Christodoulou
AUSTRIA Elfride Heindl
DEBUTS: Dominica
WITHDRAWALS: Aruba, French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Namibia, South Africa, Switzerland, Turkey
RETURNS: Bahamas, Haiti, Senegal, Sri Lanka, Tahiti
JUDGES:
1- Hardy Aimes - English fashion designer.
2- Simon MacCorkindale - Actor.
3- Rocío Jurado - Spanish singer.
4- Victor Banerjee - Actor.
5- Lorraine Downes - Miss Universe 1983 from New Zealand.
6- Susan George - Actress.
7- Dong Kingman - Chinese-American artist.
8- Olga Guillot - Cuban singer.
9- Sheryl Lee Ralph - American actress.
10- Robin Moore - American writer.
11- June Taylor - American coreographer.