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{{Short description|Beauty pageant edition}}
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{{Infobox beauty pageant
| photo       = [[File:MW1983Logo.png|250px]]
| caption     = Miss World 1983 Titlecard
| winner      = [[Sarah-Jane Hutt]]
| represented = United Kingdom
| date        = 17 November 1983
| presenters  = {{Hlist|[[Peter Marshall (UK broadcaster)|Peter Marshall]]|[[Judith Chalmers]]}}
| acts        = {{Hlist|[[Leo Sayer]]}}
| venue       = [[Royal Albert Hall]], [[London]], United Kingdom
| broadcaster = [[Thames Television]]
| entrants    = 72
| placements  = 15
| debuts      = {{Hlist|Poland|Tonga}}
| returns     = {{Hlist|Austria|Barbados|Gambia|Liberia|Swaziland}}
| withdraws   = {{Hlist|French Polynesia|Sri Lanka|Zimbabwe}}
| before      = [[Miss World 1982|1982]]
| next        = [[Miss World 1984|1984]]
}}

'''Miss World 1983''', the 33rd edition of the [[Miss World]] pageant, was held on 17 November 1983 at the [[Royal Albert Hall]] in [[London]], the United Kingdom. The winner was [[Sarah-Jane Hutt]] from the United Kingdom.<ref name="Getty Images 1983">{{cite web | title=Sarah Jane Hutt, Miss U.K, is crowned Miss World 1983, during the... | website=[[Getty Images]] | date=November 17, 1983 | url=http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/sarah-jane-hutt-miss-u-k-is-crowned-miss-world-1983-during-news-photo/138531636 | access-date=January 26, 2016}}</ref> She was crowned by Miss World 1982, [[Mariasela Álvarez]] of Dominican Republic. First runner-up was Rocío Isabel Luna representing Colombia and second runner-up was Cátia Pedrosa from Brazil.

== Background ==
Miss World 1983 marked the first Miss World event that included an intelligence test for contestants.<ref name="TST-1">{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1309&dat=19880204&id=HxFZAAAAIBAJ&pg=6495,880973&hl=en | title=Brains or Beauty? | newspaper=[[New Straits Times]] | date=February 4, 1988 | access-date=25 January 2016 | pages=5|quote=For the first time, contestants for the Miss World 1983 in London were put through a one-and-a-half-hour intelligence test devised by psychologists}}</ref> The intelligence test was created by [[psychologists]].<ref name="TST-1"/>

=== Debuts, returns, withdrawals ===
This edition marked the debut of Poland and Tonga. And the return of The Gambia, which last competed in [[Miss World 1970|1970]], Liberia last competed in [[Miss World 1972|1972]], Barbados last competed in [[Miss World 1975|1975]], Austria last competed in [[Miss World 1981|1981]] and Swaziland last competed in [[Miss World 1980|1980]].

French Polynesia,{{Efn|Competed as Tahiti in the pageant}} Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe withdrew from the competition for unknown reasons.

== Results ==
=== Placements ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;"
|-
! Placement
! Contestant
|-
| '''Miss World 1983'''
|
* '''{{flag|United Kingdom}}''' – '''[[Sarah-Jane Hutt]]<ref name="OC-1" />'''
|-
| 1st Runner-Up 
|
* {{flag|Colombia}} – Rocío Isabel Luna<ref name="OC-1">{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2194&dat=19831118&id=lL4yAAAAIBAJ&pg=3028,4575226&hl=en | title=Miss World | newspaper=[[Ottawa Citizen]] | date=Nov 18, 1983 | access-date=25 January 2016}}</ref>
|-
| 2nd Runner-Up 
|
* {{flag|Brazil|1968}} – Cátia Pedrosa<ref name="OC-1"/>
|-
| Top 7
|
* {{flag|Iceland}} – [[Unnur Steinsson]]
* {{flag|Jamaica}} – Catherine Levy
* {{flag|Panama}} – Marissa Burgos
* {{flag|United States}} – Lisa  Allred
|-
| Top 15
|
* {{flag|Austria}} – [[Mercedes Stermitz]]
* {{flag|Belgium}} – Françoise Bostoen
* {{flag|Bolivia|civil}} – Ana María Taboada
* {{flag|Holland}} – Nancy Heynis
* {{flag|British Hong Kong|name=Hong Kong}} – [[Maggie Cheung|Margaret Cheung]]
* {{flag|Ireland}} – Patricia Nolan
* {{flag|Israel}} – Yi'fat Schechter
* {{flag|Yugoslavia}} – Bernarda Marovt
|}

===Continental Queens of Beauty===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;"
|-
! Continental Group
! Contestant
|-
| Africa
|
* {{flagu|Liberia}} – Annie Broderick
|-
| Americas
|
* {{flagu|Colombia}} – Rocío Isabel Luna
|-
| Asia
|
* {{flagu|Israel}} – Yi'fat Schechter
|-
| Europe
|
* {{flagu|United Kingdom}} – [[Sarah-Jane Hutt]]
|-
| Oceania
|
* {{flagu|Australia}} – Tanya Bowe
|}

== Contestants ==
[[File:Miss World 1983 Map.PNG|thumb|250px|Countries and territories which sent delegates and results for Miss World 1983]]72 contestants competed for the title.
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;"
|-
! Country/Territory  
! Contestant 
! Age{{efn|name=I|Ages at the time of the pageant}} 
! Hometown 
|-
| {{flagicon|ARU}} [[Miss Aruba|Aruba]] || Audrey Bruges || 17 || [[Oranjestad, Aruba|Oranjestad]] 
|-
| {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Miss World Australia|Australia]] || Tanya Bowe || 20 || [[Adelaide]] 
|-
| {{flagicon|AUT}} [[Miss Austria|Austria]] || [[Mercedes Stermitz]] || 25 || [[Klagenfurt]] 
|-
| {{flagicon|BAH}} [[Miss Bahamas|Bahamas]] || Lucille Bullen || 20 || [[Nassau, Bahamas|Nassau]] 
|-
| {{flagicon|BAR}} [[Miss Barbados World|Barbados]] || Nina McIntosh-Clarke<ref>{{Cite news |date=18 November 1983 |title=British fashion model new Miss World |language=en |pages=6 |work=The Paris News |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-paris-news-18november1983thepari/393641/ |access-date=4 May 2025 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>  || 24 || [[Bridgetown]] 
|-
| {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Miss Belgium|Belgium]] || Françoise Bostoen || 20 || [[Roeselare]] 
|-
| {{flagicon|BER}} [[Miss World Bermuda|Bermuda]] || Angelita Emily Diaz || 20 || [[St. George's, Bermuda|St. George's]] 
|-
| {{flagicon|BOL}} [[Miss Bolivia|Bolivia]] || Ana María Taboada || 18 || [[Tarija, Bolivia|Tarija]] 
|-
| {{flagicon|BRA|1968}} [[Miss Brazil World|Brazil]] || Cátia Pedrosa || 20 || [[Rio de Janeiro]] 
|-
| {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Miss World Canada|Canada]] || Katharine Durish || 25 || [[Toronto]] 
|-
| {{flagicon|CAY|old}} [[Miss Cayman Islands|Cayman Islands]] || Effie Ebanks || 18 || [[George Town, Cayman Islands|George Town]] 
|-
| {{flagicon|CHI}} [[Miss World Chile|Chile]] || Gina Rovira || 19 || [[Santiago]] 
|-
| {{flagicon|COL}} [[Señorita Colombia|Colombia]] || Rocío Isabel Luna || 18 || [[El Banco]] 
|-
| {{flagicon|CRC|state}} [[Reinas de Costa Rica|Costa Rica]] || María Argentina Meléndez || 20 || [[San José, Costa Rica|San José]] 
|-
| {{flagicon|AHO|1959}} [[Señorita Curaçao|Curaçao]] || Ivette Domacasse || 22 || [[Willemstad]] 
|-
| {{flagicon|CYP}} [[Miss Cyprus|Cyprus]] || Katia Chrysochou || 20 || [[Paphos]] 
|-
| {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Miss Denmark|Denmark]] || Tina-Lissette Joergensen || 18 || [[Holstebro]] 
|-
| {{flagicon|DOM}} [[Miss Dominican Republic|Dominican Republic]] || Yonoris Estrella || 20 || [[Azua de Compostela]] 
|- 
| {{flagicon|ECU}} [[Miss Ecuador|Ecuador]] || Martha Isabel Lascano || 20 || [[Guayaquil]] 
|-
| {{flagicon|ESA}} [[Reinado de El Salvador|El Salvador]] || Carmen Álvarez || 18 || [[San Salvador]] 
|-
| {{flagicon|FIN}} [[Miss Finland|Finland]] || Sanna Pekkala || 20 || [[Helsinki]] 
|-
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Miss France|France]] || Frederique Leroy || 20 || [[Bordeaux]] 
|-
| {{flagicon|GAM}} [[Miss Gambia|Gambia]] || Abbey Scattrel Janneh || 19 || [[Banjul]] 
|-
| {{flagicon|GIB}} [[Miss Gibraltar|Gibraltar]] || Jessica Palao || 19 || [[Gibraltar]] 
|-
| {{flagicon|GRE}} [[Star Hellas|Greece]] || Anna Martinou || 17 || [[Athens]] 
|-
| {{flagicon|GUM}} [[Miss World Guam|Guam]] || Geraldine Santos<ref>{{Cite news |last=Stinson |first=Bart |date=31 August 1983 |title=Queen Santos gave 150 percent |pages=3 |work=Pacific Daily News |location=Agana Heights, Guam |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/pacific-daily-news/97175440/ |access-date=22 July 2023 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> || 22 || [[Chalan Pago-Ordot, Guam|Chalan Pago-Ordot]] 
|-
| {{flagicon|GUA}} [[Miss Guatemala|Guatemala]] || Hilda Manrique || 23 || [[Guatemala City]] 
|-
| {{flagicon|NED}} [[Miss Nederland|Holland]] || Nancy Heynis || 18 || [[Amsterdam]] 
|-
| {{flagicon|HON|1949}} [[Miss Honduras|Honduras]] || Carmen Isabel Morales || 18 || [[Puerto Cortés]] 
|-
| {{flagicon|British Hong Kong}} [[Miss Hong Kong|Hong Kong]] || [[Maggie Cheung]] || 19 || [[Hong Kong Island]] 
|-
| {{flagicon|ISL}} [[Miss Iceland|Iceland]] || [[Unnur Steinsson]] || 20 || [[Álftanes]] 
|-
| {{flagicon|IND}} [[Femina Miss India|India]] || Sweety Grewal || 21 || [[Mumbai|Bombay]] 
|-
| {{flagicon|INA}} [[Miss Indonesia|Indonesia]] || [[Titi DJ|Titi Dwi Jayati]] || 17 || [[Jakarta]] 
|-
| {{flagicon|IRL}} [[Miss Ireland|Ireland]] || Patricia Nolan || 19 || [[Dublin]] 
|-
| {{IMN}} || Jennifer Huyton || 18 || [[Bride (parish)|Bride]] 
|-
| {{flagicon|ISR}} [[Miss Israel|Israel]] || Yi'fat Schechter || 20 || [[Tel Aviv]] 
|-
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Miss World Italy|Italy]] || Barbara Previato || 17 || [[Modena]] 
|-
| {{flagicon|JAM}} [[Miss Jamaica World|Jamaica]] || Catherine Levy || 21 || [[Kingston, Jamaica|Kingston]] 
|-
| {{flagicon|JPN|1947}} [[Miss World Japan|Japan]] || Mie Nakahara || 22 || [[Tokyo]] 
|-
| {{flagicon|LIB}} [[Miss Lebanon|Lebanon]] || Douchka Abi-Nader || 17 || [[Beirut]] 
|-
| {{flagicon|LBR}} [[Miss Liberia|Liberia]] || Annie Broderick || 24 || [[Montserrado County|Montserrado]] 
|-
| {{flagicon|MAS}} [[Miss Malaysia|Malaysia]] || [[Michelle Yeoh]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ng |first=Kate |date=4 February 2023 |title=Michelle Yeoh says she won Miss Malaysia to 'shut her mother up' |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/michelle-yeoh-mother-miss-malaysia-b2275755.html  |access-date= November 1, 2023 |archive-date= November 1, 2023 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20231101090441/https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/michelle-yeoh-mother-miss-malaysia-b2275755.html |url-status=live |website=[[The Independent]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.sportingnews.com/au/lifestyle/news/how-martial-arts-paved-way-michelle-yeohs-historic-oscar-win/rxele24extipj4ohwfb73t88 |title= How martial arts paved the way for Michelle Yeoh's historic Oscar win |first= Gloria |last= Fung |work= [[The Sporting News]] |date= March 13, 2023 |access-date= November 1, 2023 |archive-date= November 1, 2023 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20231101115810/https://www.sportingnews.com/au/lifestyle/news/how-martial-arts-paved-way-michelle-yeohs-historic-oscar-win/rxele24extipj4ohwfb73t88 |url-status=live}}</ref>|| 21 || [[Ipoh]] 
|-
| {{flagicon|MLT}} [[Miss World Malta|Malta]] || Odette Balzan || 19 || [[Rabat, Malta|Rabat]] 
|-
| {{flagicon|MEX}} [[Miss Mexico Organization|Mexico]] || Mayra Rojas || 19 || [[Mexico City]] 
|-
| {{flagicon|NZL}} [[New Zealand at Miss World|New Zealand]] || Maria Sando || 18 || [[Palmerston North]] 
|-
| {{flagicon|NOR}} [[Norway at Miss World|Norway]]  || Karen Dobloug || 21 || [[Furnes, Norway|Furnes]] 
|-
| {{flagicon|PAN}} [[Señorita Panamá|Panama]] || Marissa Burgos || 19 || [[Panama City]] 
|-
| {{flagicon|PAR|1954}} [[Miss Paraguay|Paraguay]]  || Antonella Filartiga || 21 || [[Asunción]] 
|-
| {{flagicon|PER|state}} [[Miss Peru|Peru]] || Lisbet Aurora Alcázar || 20 || [[Lima]] 
|-
| {{flagicon|PHI|1936}} [[Mutya ng Pilipinas|Philippines]] || Marilou Sadiua || 22 || [[Manila]] 
|-
| {{flagicon|Polish People's Republic}} [[Miss Polski|Poland]] || Lidia Wasiak<ref>{{Cite news |date=8 September 1983 |title=Tah-daaah! There she is... Miss Poland! |pages=11 |work=Logansport Pharos-Tribune |location=Logansport, Indiana |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/logansport-pharos-tribune/53549368/ |access-date=22 July 2023 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> || 21 || [[Szczecin]] 
|-
| {{flagicon|POR}} [[Miss República Portuguesa|Portugal]] || Cesaltina da Silva || 20 || [[Lisbon]] 
|-
| {{flagicon|PUR}} [[Miss World Puerto Rico|Puerto Rico]] || Fátima Mustafá || 17 || [[Aibonito, Puerto Rico|Aibonito]] 
|-
| {{flagicon|SIN}} [[Miss Singapore World|Singapore]] || Sharon Denise Wells || 22 || [[Singapore]] 
|-
| {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Miss Korea|South Korea]]{{Efn|Competed as Korea in the pageant}} || Suh Min-sook || 20 || [[Seoul]]
|-
| {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Miss Spain|Spain]] || Milagros Pérez || 21 || [[Gran Canaria]] 
|-
| {{flagicon|SWZ}} [[Miss Swaziland|Swaziland]] || Gladys Rudd || 22 || [[Manzini, Swaziland|Manzini]] 
|-
| {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Miss Sweden|Sweden]] || Eva Liza Törnquist || 18 || [[Stockholm]] 
|-
| {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Miss Switzerland|Switzerland]] || Patricia Lang || 19 || [[Zürich]] 
|-
| {{flagicon|TH}} [[Miss Thailand World|Thailand]]|| [[Tavinan Kongkran]] || 19 || [[Bangkok]] 
|-
| {{TGA}} || Rosetta Moa Johansson || 18 || [[Neiafu (Vava'u)|Neiafu]] 
|-
| {{flagicon|TRI}} [[Miss Trinidad and Tobago|Trinidad and Tobago]] || Esther Juliette Farmer || 24 || [[San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago|San Fernando]] 
|-
| {{flagicon|TUR}} [[Miss Turkey|Turkey]] || Ebru Özmeriç<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=22 September 2017 |title=Miss Turkey listesi, geçmişten günümüze Miss Turkey birincileri |trans-title=All past Miss Turkey winners |url=https://www.haberturk.com/miss-turkey-listesi-gecmisten-gunumuze-miss-turkey-birincileri-1642708 |access-date=4 May 2025 |website=Habertürk |language=tr}}</ref> || 18 || [[Istanbul]] 
|-
| {{flagicon|TCA}} [[Miss Turks and Caicos|Turks and Caicos Islands]] || Cheryl Astwood || 19 || [[Grand Turk Island|Grand Turk]] 
|-
| '''{{flagicon|UK}} [[Miss United Kingdom|United Kingdom]]''' || '''[[Sarah-Jane Hutt]]'''<ref name="Getty Images 1983" /> || 19 || [[Dorset]] 
|-
| {{flagicon|US}} [[United States representatives at Miss World|United States]] || Lisa Gayle Allred || 22 || [[Fort Worth, Texas|Fort Worth]] 
|-
|{{flagicon|ISV}} [[Miss US Virgin Islands|United States Virgin Islands]]
|Chandra Ramsingh
|18
|[[Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands|St. Croix]]
|-
| {{flagicon|URU}} [[Miss Uruguay|Uruguay]] || Silvia Zumarán || 21 || [[Montevideo]] 
|-
| {{flagicon|VEN|1954}} [[Miss Venezuela|Venezuela]] || [[Carolina Cerruti]] || 21 || [[Caracas]] 
|-
| {{flagicon|FRG}} [[Miss World Germany|West Germany]] || Claudia Zielinski || 19 || [[Lindenberg im Allgäu|Lindenberg]] 
|-
| {{flagicon|SAM}} [[Miss Samoa|Western Samoa]] || Theresa Vaotapu Thomsen || 19 || [[Apia]] 
|-
| {{flagicon|SFR Yugoslavia}} [[Miss Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]] || Bernarda Marovt || 23 || [[Ljubljana]] 
|}

== Notes ==
{{notelist}}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==

* {{official website|http://www.missworld.com}}
{{Miss World}}
{{Miss World 1983 delegates}}

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