User:Mauriziok/Miss World 1981
| Mauriziok/Miss World 1981 | |
|---|---|
| Date | 12 November 1981 |
| Presenters | Peter Marshall, Judith Chalmers |
| Entertainment | Helen Reddy |
| Venue | Royal Albert Hall, London, UK[1] |
| Broadcaster | Thames Television |
| Entrants | 67 |
| Placements | 15 |
| Withdrawals | Mauritius, Panama, Paraguay, Swaziland, American Virgin Islands |
| Returns | Chile, El Salvador, Iceland, Suriname, Tahiti |
| Winner | Pilín León  Venezuela |
Miss World 1981, the 31st edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 12 November 1981 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, UK.[1][2] The winner was Pilín León from Venezuela,[2][3] the first titleholder from her country since 1955. She was crowned by Miss World 1980, Kimberley Santos of Guam. Another Venezuelan, Irene Sáez, had been crowned Miss Universe 1981 in July, making Venezuela one of the few countries to hold both major international titles (Miss Universe and Miss World) in the same year. The Continental Queens of Beauty were awarded for the first time.
Results
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Placements
[edit]| Final results | Contestant |
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| Miss World 1981 | |
| 1st Runner-up |
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| 2nd Runner-up |
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| Top 7 |
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| Top 15 |
Continental Queens of Beauty
[edit]| Continental Group | Contestant |
|---|---|
| Africa |
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| Americas | |
| Asia |
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| Europe |
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| Oceania |
Contestants
[edit]| Country | Contestant | Age | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|
 Argentina |
Ana Helen Natali Schoeder Belmut | 21 | Villa María |
 Aruba |
Gerarda Hendrine Jantiene Roepel | 24 | Oranjestad |
 Australia |
Melissa Hannan | 19 | Mosman |
 Austria |
Beatrix Kopf | 21 | Lustenau |
 Bahamas |
Monique Ferguson | 18 | Nassau |
 Belgium |
Dominique van Eeckhoudt | 19 | Waterloo |
 Bermuda |
Cymone Florie Tucker | 21 | Smith's Parish |
 Bolivia |
Carolina Díaz Mansour | 17 | Pando |
 Brazil |
Maristela Silva Grazzia | 17 | São Paulo |
 Canada |
Earla Stewart | 22 | Pembroke |
 Cayman Islands |
Donna Marie Myrie | 20 | George Town |
 Chile |
Susanna Bravo Indo | 19 | Santiago |
 Colombia |
Nini Johanna Soto González | 18 | Bucaramanga |
 Costa Rica |
Sucetty Salas Quintanilla | 18 | San José |
 Curaçao |
Mylene Mariela Gerard | 21 | Willemstad |
 Cyprus |
Elena Andreou | 19 | Nicosia |
 Denmark |
Tina Brandstrup | 21 | Copenhagen |
 Dominican Republic |
Josefina María Cuello Pérez | 24 | Santo Domingo |
 Ecuador |
Lucía Isabel Vinueza Urgelles | 19 | Guayaquil |
 El Salvador |
Martha Alicia Ortíz | 19 | San Salvador |
 Finland |
Pia Irmeli Ann-Marie Nieminen | 20 | Tampere |
 France |
Isabelle Sophie Benard | 19 | Vernon |
 Germany |
Barbara Reimund | 18 | Stuttgart |
 Gibraltar |
Yvette Maria Bellido | 18 | Gibraltar |
 Greece |
Maria Argyrokastritou | 22 | Athens |
 Guam |
Rebecca Arroyo | 21 | Mangilao |
 Guatemala |
Beatriz Bojorquez Palacios | 23 | Guatemala City |
 Holland |
Saskia Lemmers | 23 | Amsterdam |
 Honduras |
Xiomara Sikaffy Mena | 20 | San Pedro Sula |
 Hong Kong |
Winnie Chin Wai Yee | 18 | Hong Kong Island |
 Iceland |
Ásdís Eva Hannesdóttir | 23 | Reykjavík |
 India |
Deepti Divakar | 22 | Bengaluru |
 Ireland |
Geraldine Mary McGrory | 22 | Derry |
 Isle of Man |
Nicola-Jane Grainger | 18 | Dalby |
 Israel |
Ninnette Assor | 22 | Tel-Aviv |
 Italy |
Marisa Tutone | 17 | Turin |
 Jamaica |
Sandra Angela Cunningham[4] | 24 | Kingston |
 Japan |
Naomi Kishi | 18 | Kawasaki |
 Jersey |
Elizabeth Sarah Walmsley | 18 | Saint Helier |
 Korea |
Lee Han-na | 19 | Seoul |
 Lebanon |
Zeina Joseph Challita | 19 | Beirut |
 Lesotho |
Palesa Joyce Kalele[1] | 18 | Maseru |
 Malaysia |
Cynthia Geraldine de Castro | 20 | Malacca |
 Malta |
Elizabeth-Mary Fenech | 19 | Żebbuġ |
 Mexico |
Dora Elizabeth (Doris) Pontvianne Espinoza | 18 | Tampico |
 New Zealand |
Raewyn Patricia Marcroft | 18 | Waikato |
 Norway |
Anita Nesbø | 20 | Akershus |
 Papua New Guinea |
Jennifer Abaijah | 19 | Port Moresby |
 Peru |
Olga Roxana Zumarán Burga | 22 | Lima |
 Philippines |
Suzette Nicolas | 24 | Manila |
 Puerto Rico |
Andrenira Ruíz Sáez | 19 | San Juan |
 Singapore |
Sushil Kaur Sandhu | 20 | Singapore |
 Spain |
Cristina Pérez Cottrell | 18 | Málaga |
 Sri Lanka |
Sonya Elizabeth Tucker | 20 | Colombo |
 Suriname |
Joan Boldewijn | 18 | Paramaribo |
 Sweden |
Carita Gustafsson | 20 | Gothenburg |
 Switzerland |
Margrit Kilchoer | 22 | Geneva |
 French Polynesia |
Maimiti Kinnander | 20 | Huahine |
 Thailand |
Massupha Karbprapun | 21 | Bangkok |
 Trinidad and Tobago |
Rachael Ann Thomas | 21 | Diego Martin |
 Turkey |
Aydan Şener | 18 | Kilis |
 United Kingdom |
Michele Donnelly | 20 | Cardiff |
 United States |
Lisa Lynn Moss | 23 | Shreveport |
 Uruguay |
Silvia Marianela Bas Carresse | 23 | Montevideo |
| Venezuela |
Carmen Josefina (Pilín) León Crespo[2][3] | 18 | Maracay |
 Western Samoa |
Julianna Curry | 17 | Apia |
 Zimbabwe |
Juliet Nyathi[1] | 24 | Bulawayo |
Notes
[edit]Returns
[edit]Withdrawals
[edit]
Panama
Paraguay
Swaziland
Portugal – Paula Dos Santos who had a dual citizenship, won the Miss Portugal contest held in Johannesburg, South Africa. She flew to London, only to be told by Eric Morley that any girl from South Africa cannot participate, and that the contest has to be held in the country of the girl's origin.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e Ribane, N. (2006). Beauty: A Black Perspective. University of KwaZulu-Natal Press. p. 6. ISBN 978-1-86914-087-8.
The Miss World of 1981, held at the Royal Albert Hall in London, only had three contestants from African countries: Zimbabwe, Lesotho and ...
- ^ a b c d "New Miss World". Rome News-Tribune. 13 November 1981. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
- ^ a b c d Weeks, Sally (13 August 1986). "Venezuelan beauties undergo rigorous training to win international pageants". Lodi News-Sentinel. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
- ^ a b Jamaica. W.I.L.I.P. series. W.W. Gaunt & Sons. 1987. p. 92. ISBN 9780245540240.
They enthusiastically choose a Miss Jamaica Universe each May and a Miss Jamaica World each September And there are ... have been second runners-up in the Miss World finals — Debbie Campbell in 1979 and Sandra Cunningham in 1981.
Further reading
[edit]- Ottawa Citizen. September 10, 1981.
External links
[edit][[:Category:Miss World]] [[:Category:1981 in London]] [[:Category:1981 beauty pageants]] [[:Category:Beauty pageants in the United Kingdom]] [[:Category:Events at the Royal Albert Hall]] [[:Category:November 1981 events in the United Kingdom]]