Miss International 1981, the 21st

Miss International Miss International (''Miss International Beauty'' or ''The International Beauty Pageant'') is a Japan-based international beauty pageant organized by the International Culture Association. First held in 1960, it is the fourth largest pageant i ...

pageant, was held on 6 September 1981 in

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. It was won by

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from

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Results

Placements

Contestants

* -

Jenny Derek Jenny Annette Derek is an Australian model and beauty queen. She became the second Australian to win the Miss International Miss International (''Miss International Beauty'' or ''The International Beauty Pageant'') is a Japan-based internation ...

* - Barbara Reimund * - Dominique Van Eeckhoudt * - Taiomara Do Rocio Borchardt * - Carol Donlon * - Victoria Eugenia Cárdenas Gerlein * - Trylce Jirón García * - Tina Brandstrup * - Susan Elizabeth Hutt * - Merja Orvokki Varvikko * - Beatriz Peyet * - Barbara Reimund * - Katerina Kondylatou * - Cecilia Daga Diaz * - Dana Fu * - Ine Hoedemaeckers * - Gloria Patricia Durón * - Deborah Carol Moore * - Hlif Hansen * -

Meenakshi Seshadri Meenakshi Seshadri (; born 16 November 1963) is an Indian former actress, model, dancer and beauty pageant titleholder. She worked primarily in Hindi films, with few films in Telugu and Tamil. She made her debut with the film ''Painter Babu'' ...

* - Michelle Mary Teresa Rocca * - Li’ora Goldberg * - Veronica Piazza * - Mika Moriwaki * - Park Hyun-joo * - Gurmit Kaur * - Maria Fabiola Torres Sariat * - Elizabeth Mary Ivan * - Helen Holager * - Alice Veronica "Peachy" Fernandez Sacasas * - Margaret Bisset * - Shanaz Ali Hussein Gandhi * - Francisca "Paquita" Ondiviela Otero * - Ana Helena Lindgow * - Brigitte Voss * - Maimiti Kinnander * - Seenuan Attasara * - Sevim Ciftci * - Silvia Alonso * - Lisa Margaret Schuman * - Miriam Quintana Quintana * - Sally Douglas Williams

Notes

Withdrawals

* - Rosario Suárez - became ill just before the finals.

References

{{Miss International 1981 delegates

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