Miss Universe 1983

Miss Universe 1983 was the 32nd Miss Universe pageant, held on 11 July 1983 at the Kiel Auditorium in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. Lorraine Downes of New Zealand was crowned by Karen Dianne Baldwin of Canada. Eighty contestants competed in this year. This is the first, and so far the only time New Zealand won the pageant.

Results

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Miss Universe 1983 participating nations and results

Placements

Placement	Contestant
Miss Universe 1983	Template:Flagu – Lorraine Downes
1st Runner-Up	Template:Flagu – Julie Hayek
2nd Runner-Up	Template:Flagu – Roberta Brown
3rd Runner-Up	Template:Flagu – Lolita Morena
4th Runner-Up	Template:Flagu – Karen Moore
Top 12	Template:Flagu – Nina Rekola Template:Flagu – Federica Moro Template:Flagu – Karen Doblou Template:Flagu – Lee Lee Bang Template:Flagu – Ana Garcia Template:Flagu – Paola Ruggeri Template:Flagu – Loana Rabecki

Contestants

Eighty contestants competed for the title.

Country/Territory	Contestant	AgeTemplate:Efn	Hometown
Template:Flagicon Argentina	María Daniela Carara	20	Buenos Aires
Template:Flagicon Aruba	Milva Evertsz	24	Oranjestad
Template:Flagicon Australia	Simone Cox	20	Sydney
Template:Flagicon Austria	Mercedes Stermitz	25	Styria
Template:Flagicon Bahamas	Christina Thompson	18	Nassau
Template:Flagicon Belgium	Françoise Bostoen	20	Roeselare
Template:Flagicon Belize	Shirlene Dianne McKay	-	Belmopan
Template:Flagicon Bermuda	Angelita Diaz	20	St. George’s
Template:Flagicon Bolivia	Cecilia Zamora	-	Tarija
Template:Flagicon Brazil	Mariza Fully Coelho	21	Manhumirim
Template:Flagicon British Virgin Islands	Anna Maria Joseph	19	Tortola
Template:Flagicon Canada	Jodi Yvonne Rutledge	22	Winnipeg
Template:Flagicon Cayman Islands	Effie Ebanks	18	George Town
Template:Flagicon Chile	María Josefa Isensee Ugarte	20	Santiago
Template:Flagicon Colombia	Pauline Sáenz	17	Bogotá
Template:Flagicon Cook Islands	Carmena Blake	-	Avarua
Template:Flagicon Costa Rica	María Gabriela Pozuelo	-	San José
Template:Flagicon Curaçao	Maybelline Altagracia Snel	22	Willemstad
Template:Flagicon Cyprus	Marina Elena Rauscher	18	Limassol
Template:Flagicon Denmark	Inge Ravn Thomsen	19	Copenhagen
Template:Flagicon Dominican Republic	Alexandra Astwood	17	Santo Domingo
Template:Flagicon Ecuador	Mariela García	19	Portoviejo
Template:Flagicon El Salvador	Claudia Oliva	21	San Salvador
Template:Flagicon England	Karen Moore	21	Southsea
Template:Flagicon Finland	Nina Marjaana Rekkola	20	Nakkila
Template:Flagicon France	Frederique Leroy	20	Bordeaux
Template:Flagicon French Guiana	Marie Georges Achamana	-	Cayenne
Template:Flagicon Gambia	Abbey Scattrel Janneh	19	Banjul
Template:Flagicon Gibraltar	Louise Gillingwater	20	Gibraltar
Template:Flagicon Greece	Plousia Farfaraki	18	Athens
Template:Flagicon Guadeloupe	Nicole LeBorgne	-	Basse-Terre
Template:Flagicon Guam	Pamela Booth	18	Yigo
Template:Flagicon Guatemala	Berta Victoria Gonzales	20	Escuintla
Template:Flagicon Holland	Nancy Lelleman Heynis	18	Zaandam
Template:Flagicon Honduras	Ollie Thompson	18	Islas de la Bahía
Template:Flagicon Hong Kong	Cherona Yeung	19	Hong Kong
Template:Flagicon Iceland	Unnur Steinsson	20	Álftanes
Template:Flagicon India	Rekha Hande	18	Bangalore
Template:Flagicon Indonesia	Andi Botenri	18	Jakarta
Template:Flagicon Ireland	Roberta Brown	20	Derry
Template:Flagicon Israel	Shimona Hollender	17	Tel Aviv
Template:Flagicon Italy	Federica Maria Moro	18	Milan
Template:Flagicon Japan	Yuko Yamaguchi	25	Osaka
Template:Flagicon Lebanon	May Mansour Chahwan	19	Beirut
Template:Flagicon Malaysia	Puspa Mohammed	21	Alor Setar
Template:Flagicon Malta	Christine Bonnici	-	Sliema
Template:Flagicon Martinique	Marie Lina Laupa	-	Fort-de-France
Template:Flagicon Mexico	Monica Rosas	19	Durango
Template:Flagicon Namibia	Astrid Klotzsch	22	Windhoek
Template:Flagicon New Zealand	Lorraine Elizabeth Downes	18	Auckland
Template:Flagicon Northern Mariana Islands	Thelma Mafnas	17	Saipan
Template:Flagicon Norway	Karen Elizabeth Dobloug	21	Furnes
Template:Flagicon Panama	Elizabeth Bylan Bennett	17	Balboa
Template:Flagicon Papua New Guinea	Shannelle Bray	20	Port Moresby
Template:Flagicon Paraguay	Mercedes Bosch	-	Asunción
Template:Flagicon Peru	Vivien Griffiths	22	Lima
Template:Flagicon Philippines	Rosita Capuyon	20	Manila
Template:Flagicon Portugal	Anabella Elisa Ananiades	-	Lisbon
Template:Flagicon Puerto Rico	Carmen Batiz	18	Trujillo Alto
Template:Flagicon Réunion	Eliane LeBeau	-	Saint-Denis
Template:Flagicon Scotland	Linda Renton	22	Edinburgh
Template:Flagicon Singapore	Kathie Lee	20	Singapore
Template:Flagicon South Africa	Leanne Hosking	18	Durban
Template:Flagicon South Korea	Kim Jong-jun	-	Seoul
Template:Flagicon Spain	Ana Isabel Herrero	18	Zaragoza
Template:Flagicon Sri Lanka	Shyama Fernando	20	Colombo
Template:Flagicon Sweden	Viveca Miriam Jung	17	Gothenburg
Template:Flagicon Switzerland	Lolita Morena	22	Locarno
Template:Flagicon Thailand	Jinda Nernkrang	22	Bangkok
Template:Flagicon Transkei	Nomxousi Xokelelo	-	Mthatha
Template:Flagicon Trinidad and Tobago	Sandra Williams	-	Saint George
Template:Flagicon Turkey	Dilara Haraççı	-	Istanbul
Template:Flagicon Turks and Caicos Islands	Lolita Ariza	21	Grand Turk
Template:Flagicon United States	Julie Hayek	20	La Cañada Flintridge
Template:Flagicon United States Virgin Islands	Julie Elizabeth Woods	-	Charlotte Amalie
Template:Flagicon Uruguay	María Jacqueline Beltrán	17	Montevideo
Template:Flagicon Venezuela	Paola Ruggeri	21	Caracas
Template:Flagicon Wales	Lianne Gray	20	Cardiff
Template:Flagicon West Germany	Loana Katharina Radecki	20	Berlin
Template:Flagicon Western Samoa	Falute Mama Aluni	-	Apia

External links

• Miss Universe official website