Miss Universe 1983, the 32nd

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pageant, was held on 11 July 1983 at the

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was crowned by

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. Eighty contestants competed in this year. This is the first, and so far the only time

won the pageant.

Results

Placements

Final Competition

Order Of Announcements Top 12 # # # # # # # # # # # # Top 5 # # # # #

Contestants

* – María Daniela Carara * – Milva Evertsz * – Simone Cox * – Mercedes Stermitz * – Christina Thompson * – Françoise Bostoen * – Shirlene Dianne McKay * – Angelita Diaz * – Cecilia Zamora * – Mariza Fully Coelho † * – Anna Maria Joseph * – Jodi Yvonne Rutledge * – Effie Ebanks * – María Josefa Isensee Ugarte * – Julie Pauline Sáenz Starnes * – Carmena Blake * – María Gabriela Pozuelo * – Maybelline Altagracia Snel * – Marina Elena Rauscher * – Inge Ravn Thomsen * – Alexandra Astwood * – Mariela García * – Claudia Oliva * – Karen Moore * – Nina Marjaana Rekkola * – Frederique Leroy * – Marie Georges Achamana * – Abbey Scattrel Janneh * – Loana Katharina Radecki * – Louise Gillingwater * – Plousia Farfaraki * – Nicole LeBorgne * – Pamela Booth * – Berta Victoria Gonzales * – Nancy Lalleman Heynis * – Ollie Thompson * – Cherona Yeung * – Unnur Steinsson * –

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* – Andi Botenri * – Roberta Brown * – Shimona Hollender * – Federica Moro * – Yuko Yamaguchi * – Jong-jun Kim * – May Mansour Chahwan * – Puspa Mohammed * – Christine Bonnici * – Marie Line Laupa * – Monica Rosas * – Astrid Klotzsch * – Lorraine Elizabeth Downes * – Thelma Mafnas * – Karen Elisabeth Dobloug * – Elizabeth Bylan Bennett * – Shannelle Bray * – Mercedes Bosch * – Vivien Griffiths * – Rosita Cornel Capuyon * – Anabella Elisa Ananiades * – Carmen Batíz Vergara * – Eliane LeBeau * – Linda Renton * – Kathie Lee Lee Beng * – Leanne Hosking * – Ana Isabela Herrero * – Shyama Fernando * – Viveca Miriam Jung * –

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* – Jinda Nernkrang * – Nomxousi(Pamela) Xokelelo * – Sandra Williams * – Dilara Haracci * – Lolita Ariza * – María Jacqueline Beltrán * –

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* – Julie Elizabeth Woods * –

Paola Ruggeri Paola Laura Ruggeri Ghigo (born July 14, 1961 in Caracas, Venezuela) is Miss Venezuela 1983. She placed 7th in Miss Universe 1983 as the only Latin American among the Top 12 semifinalists. Miss Venezuela Ruggeri competed in 1983 as Miss Portugue ...

* – Lianne Gray * – Falute Mama Aluni

Celebrity judges

* Irene Saez -

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* Soon-Tek Oh *

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* Peter Diamandis *

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* Ken Norton *

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Awards

* - Miss Amity (Abbey Scattrel Janneh) * - Miss Photogenic (

) * - Best National Costume (Jong-jun Kim)

Notes

Debuts

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Withdrawals

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Returns

Last competed in

1977 Events January * January 8 – Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group. * January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (now the Democrat ...

: * Last competed in 1978: * Last competed in

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 ...

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General references

External links

Miss Universe official website
{{Miss Universe 1983 delegates

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1983 beauty pageants Beauty pageants in the United States 1983 in Missouri Events in St. Louis July 1983 events in the United States