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pageant, was held on 20 July 1981 at the

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was crowned by

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of the

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. However, for financial and political reasons, Miss Universe was moved to

Results

Placements

Final Competition

Awards

Judges

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* Chang Kang Jae *

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* Lorin Netherlandser *

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Contestants

* – Susana Mabel Reynoso * – Synia Reyes * – Karen Sang * – Gudrun Gollop * – Linda Teresa Smith * – Dominique van Eeckhoudt * – Ivette Zabaneh * – Cymone Florie Tucker * – Vivian Zambrano * – Adriana Alves de Oliveira * – Carmen Nibbs * – Dominique Dufour * – Donna Marie Myrie * – María Soledad Hurtado Arellano * – Ana Edilma Cano Puerta * – Rosa Inés Solís Vargas * – Maria Maxima Croes * – Katia Angelidou * – Tina Brandstrup * – Fausta Lucía Peña Veras * – Lucía Isabel Vinueza Urjelles * – Joanna Longley * – Lynn Michelle McDonald * – Merja Orvokki Varvikko * – Isabelle Sophie Benard * – Marion Kurz * – Yvette Dominguez * – Maria Nikouli * – Rosette Bivuoac * – Bertha Antoinette Harmon * – Yuma Rossana Lobos Orellana * – Ingrid Johanna Marie Schouten * – Leslie Nohemí Sabillón Dávila * – Irene Lo Kam-Sheung * – Elisabet Traustadóttir * – Rachita Kumar * – Valerie Roe * – Dana Wexler * – Anna Maria Kanakis * – Mineko Orisaku * – Lee Eun-jung * – Audrey Loh Yin Fong * – Susanne Galea * – Ghislaine Jean-Louis * – Judith Grace González Hincks * – Antoinette Anuza * – Donella Thomsen * – Juanita Masga Mendiola * – Mona Olsen * – Ana María Henríquez Valdés * – María Isabel Urízar Caras * – Gladys Silva Cancino * – Maria Caroline de Vera Mendoza * – Ana Paula Machado Moura * – Carmen Lotti Rodríguez * – Patricia Abadie * – Anne McFarlane * – Florence Tan * – Daniela di Paolo * –

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* – Renuka Varuni Jesudhason * – Marva Warner * – Eva-Lena Lundgren * – Bridget Voss *

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– Tatiana Teraiamano * – Massupha Karbprapun * – Kedibone Tembisa Letlaka * – Romini Samaroo * – Şenay Unlu * – Frances Gloria Rigby * – Griselda Dianne Anchorena * – Kim Seelbrede * – Marise Cecile James * – Irene Sáez Conde * – Karen Ruth Stannard * – Lenita Marianne Schwalger

Notes

Debuts

* * *

Returns

Last competed in

1957 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1957th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 957th year of the 2nd millennium, the 57th year of the 20th century, and the 8th y ...

: * Last competed in

1974 Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War determined politics; f ...

: * Last competed in

1979 Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ...

: * * * * *

Replacements

* - Doris Loh was replaced by Irene Lo Kam-Sheung.

Withdrawals

* - Rossje Soeratman * - Carole Fitzgerald was homesick and then withdrew. * - Jennifer Abaijah was completed at Miss World 1981 instead. *

Did not compete

* – Marsha Ann Morris * – Joan Boldewijn went to Miss World instead.

General references

References

External links

Miss Universe official website

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1981 Events January * January 1 ** Greece enters the European Economic Community, predecessor of the European Union. ** Palau becomes a self-governing territory. * January 10 – Salvadoran Civil War: The FMLN launches its first major offensiv ...