Miss World 1982 was the 32nd edition of the Miss World pageant, held on 18 November 1982 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, UK. The winner was Mariasela Álvarez from the Dominican Republic. She was crowned by Miss World 1981, Pilín León of Venezuela. The first and second runners-up were Sari Kaarina Aspholm from Finland and Della Dolan from the United Kingdom who were semi-finalists in Miss Universe 1982 four months before.[1]

Miss World 1982
Mariasela Álvarez, Miss World 1982
Date18 November 1982
PresentersPeter Marshall, Judith Chalmers
EntertainmentThe Three Degrees
VenueRoyal Albert Hall, London, UK
BroadcasterThames Television
Entrants68
Placements15
DebutsIndonesia, Turks and Caicos
WithdrawalsArgentina, Austria, Jersey, Lesotho, Papua New Guinea, Suriname
ReturnsPanama, Paraguay, Portugal, Yugoslavia, US Virgin Islands
WinnerMariasela Álvarez
Dominican Republic
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Results

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Placements

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Placement Contestant
Miss World 1982
1st runner-up
2nd runner-up
Top 7
Top 15

Continental Queens of Beauty

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Continental Group Contestant
Africa
Americas
Asia
Europe
Oceania

Contestants

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Countries and territories which sent delegates and results for Miss World 1982[3][4]

68 contestants competed for the title.

Country/Territory Contestant Age[a] Hometown
  Aruba Noriza Helder 19 Oranjestad
  Australia Catherine Anne Morris 19 Sydney
  Bahamas Oralee Stubbs 18 Nassau
  Belgium Marie Pierre Lemaître 21 Brussels
  Bermuda Heather Ross[5] 22 Somerset
  Bolivia Brita Cederberg 17 Oruro
  Brazil Mônica Jannuzzi 21 Londrina, Paraná
  Canada Jody Jensen 19 Calgary
  Cayman Islands Maureen Therese Lewis 21 George Town
  Chile Mariana Reinhardt 20 Santiago
  Colombia María Teresa Gómez 19 Medellin
  Costa Rica Maureen Jiménez 22 San Jose
  Curaçao Vendetta Roozendal 20 Willemstad
  Cyprus Marina Rauscher 17 Limassol
  Denmark Tina Nielsen 18 Copenhagen
  Dominican Republic Mariasela Álvarez 22 Santo Domingo
  Ecuador Gianna Machiavello 20 Guayaquil
  El Salvador Berta Loredana Munguía 20 San Salvador
  Finland Sari Aspholm 20 Vantaa
  France Martine Philipps 23 Audincourt
  Germany Kerstin Paeserack 19 Wilhelmshaven
  Gibraltar Louise Gillingwater 20 Gibraltar
  Greece Anthi Priovolou 19 Athens
  Guam Frances Limtiaco 22 Tamuning
  Guatemala Suzanne Whitbeck 20 Guatemala City
  Holland Irene Schell 20 Venlo
  Honduras Ana Lucía Rivera 20 San Pedro Sula
  Hong Kong Cally Kwong 19 Victoria
  Iceland María Björk Sverrisdóttir 19 Reykjavík
  India Uttara Mhatre 19 Nasik
  Indonesia Andi Botenri 17 Jakarta
  Ireland Roberta Brown 19 Derry
  Isle of Man Maria Elizabeth Craig 19 Jurby
  Israel Anat Kerem 18 Haifa
  Italy Raffaella del Rosario 17 Bologna
  Jamaica Cornelia Parchment 19 Kingston
  Japan Mutsuko Kikuchi 20 Tokyo
  Korea Choi Sung-yoon 19 Seoul
  Lebanon May Mansour Chahwan 19 Beirut
  Malaysia Nellie Teoh 25 Kuala Lumpur
  Malta Delina Camilleri 18 Mosta
  Mexico Ana Ruth García 23 Villahermosa
  New Zealand Susan Mainland 19 Hamilton
  Norway Janett Krefting 19 Oslo
  Panama María Lorena Moreno 22 Panama City
  Paraguay Zulema Domínguez 19 Asuncion
  Peru Cynthia Piedra 21 Lima
  Philippines Sara-Jane Areza 22 Manila
  Portugal Suzana Dias 19 Lisbon
  Puerto Rico Jannette Torres 17 San Juan
  Singapore Yvonne Tan 19 Singapore
  Spain Ana Herrero 17 Zaragoza
  Sri Lanka Tania Pereira 19 Panadura
  Sweden Anne-Lie Sjöberg 18 Eskilstuna
  Switzerland Lolita Morena 22 Locarno
  Tahiti Teura Tuhiti 17 Papeete
  Thailand Alisa Kajornchaiyakul 17 Bangkok
  Trinidad and Tobago Althea Rocke 22 Port of Spain
  Turkey Ayse Güven 20 Istanbul
  Turks and Caicos Lolita Ariza 21 Grand Turk
  United Kingdom Della Dolan 20 Grimsby
  United States LuAnn Caughey 23 Abilene
  United States Virgin Islands Benedicta Acosta 20 St. Croix
  Uruguay Varinia Govea 21 Montevideo
  Venezuela Michelle Shoda 22 Maracaibo
  Western Samoa Lilly Hunt 20 Apia
  Yugoslavia Ana Sasso 19 Split
  Zimbabwe Caroline Murinda 22 Harare

Notes

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  1. ^ Ages at the time of the pageant

References

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  1. ^ "New Miss World". Observer-Reporter. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Dominican Miss World; Texas Entry A Finalist". The Victoria Advocate. 19 November 1982. pp. 6B. Retrieved 8 July 2023 – via Google News Archive.
  3. ^ "Miss World 1981 winner Carmen Josefina Leon Crespo - Miss World Contest: through the years". Daily Express. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  4. ^ "Malaysian Business". 1997. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  5. ^ "Miss Ross in a world of trouble". The Salina Journal. 28 November 1982. p. 2. Retrieved 8 July 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
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