Miss Universe 1985, the 34th

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pageant, was held on 15 July 1985 at the

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. Seventy-nine contestants competed in the pageant.

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was crowned by

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Results

Placements

Final Competition

Contestants

* - Yanina Castaño * - Elizabeth Rowly * - Martina Haiden * - Cleopatra Adderly * - Elizabeth Wadman * - Anne van der Broeck * - Jennifer Woods * - Jannell Nadra Ford * - Gabriela Orozco * - Márcia Gabrielle * - Jennifer Leonora Penn * - Karen Elizabeth Tilley * - Emily Hurston * - Claudia Emilia van Sint Jan del Pedregal * - Sandra Eugenia Borda Caldas * - Essie Apolonia Mokotupu * - Rosibel Chacón Pereira * - Sheida Weber * - Andri Andreou * - Susan Rasmussen * - Margaret Rose Cools Lartigue * - Melba Vicens Bello * - María Elena Stangl * - Julia Haydee Mora * - Helen Westlake * - Marja Kinnunen * - Suzanne Iskandar * - Batura Jallow * - Stefanie Angelika Roth * - Karina Hollands * - Sabina Damianidis * - Lucy Carbollido Montinola * - Perla Elizabeth Prera Frunwirth * - Arielle Jeanty * - Brigitte Bergman * - Diana Margarita García * - Shallin Tse Ming * - Hana Bryndis Jonsdóttir * -

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* - Olivia Marie Tracey * - Hilla Kelmann * - Anne Beatrice Popi * - Hatsumi Furusawa * - Choi Young-ok * - Joyce Sahab * - Gabrielle Chiarini * - Agnes Chin * - Fiona Micallef * - Yolanda de la Cruz * - Claire Glenister * - Antoinette Marie Flores * -

Karen Margrethe Moe Karen Margrethe Moe (born c. 1966) was the winner of the Frøken Norge competition 1985. She represented Kristiansand in the pageant to become Miss Norway and went on to compete in the Miss Universe 1985 pageant in the United States and the Mis ...

* - Janette Iveth Vásquez Sanjur * - Carmel Vagi * - Beverly Ocampo * - María Gracia Galleno * - Joyce Burton * - Katarzyna Zawidzka * - Alexandra Gomes * -

* - Dominique de Lort Serignan * - Jacqueline Hendrie * - Chantal Loubelo * - Lyana Chiok * -

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* - Ramani Liz Bartholomeusz † * - Carina Marklund * - Hinarii Kilian * - Tarntip Pongsuk * - Brenda Joy Fahey * - Miriam Coralita Adams * - Andrea López * -

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* - Mudite Alda Henderson * -

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* - Barbara Christian * - Tracy Mihaljevich * - Dinka Delić * - Kayonga Benita Mureka Tete

Notes

Debut

Withdrawals

* * – participated in

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since this year * – participated in

since this year * – Alice Pfeiffer * – Andrea Stelzer (see ''Miss South Africa controversy'' below), later competed as Miss Germany in

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. * *

Awards

* - Miss Amity (Lucy Montinola) * - Miss Photogenic (Brigitte Bergman) * - Best National Costume (Sandra Caldas)

Host city

In October 1984, the owners of the newly expanded

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, Canada showed an interest in hosting the Miss Universe 1985 pageant there. This followed an unsuccessful attempt to host the

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pageant in

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, Canada the previous year. Pageant organizers chose to host the pageant in

for the second consecutive year. George Honchar, president of Miss Universe Inc., expressed disappointment at a lack of local support for the event, which cost the city $2 million.

Celebrity judges

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* Susan George - actress *

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Miss South Africa controversy

In April, 1985 the city of Miami requested that the Miss Universe organization insist that South Africa should not send a representative to pageant, due to the threat of demonstrations over her country's

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policy. In mid May the nation announced that they would not send their titleholder, Andrea Steltzer, to the pageant because of fears for her safety. This was the first time since 1975 that the country did not participate in the pageant; they would not return to the event until 1995. Andrea Steltzer (half South African and half German) took part as Miss Germany in the 1989 Miss Universe pageant where she was a semi-finalist.

General references

References

External links

Miss Universe official website
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