# Miss Universe 1982 > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Miss_Universe_1982 > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Miss_Universe_1982.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_Universe_1982 > Source revision: 1352045498 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 31st Miss Universe pageant Miss Universe 1982 Date 26 July 1982 Presenters Bob Barker Joan Van Ark Entertainment Rex Smith José Luis Rodríguez Venue Coliseo Amauta, Lima, Peru Broadcaster CBS (international) Panamericana (official broadcaster) Entrants 77 Placements 12 Debuts New Caledonia Withdrawals Cyprus Fiji Gibraltar Saint Kitts Tahiti Returns El Salvador Indonesia Papua New Guinea Sint Maarten Suriname Winner Karen Baldwin Canada Congeniality Maureen Lewis (Cayman Islands) Best National Costume Francesca Zaza (Peru) Photogenic Ava Marilyn Burke (Bahamas) ← 1981 1983 → **Miss Universe 1982** was the 31st [Miss Universe](/source/Miss_Universe) pageant, held at the [Coliseo Amauta](/source/Coliseo_Amauta) in [Lima](/source/Lima), Peru, on 26 July 1982. It was the first time in the pageant's history that the event was held in South America. Seventy-seven contestants competed in the pageant. At the conclusion of the event, [Karen Baldwin](/source/Karen_Dianne_Baldwin) of Canada was crowned by [Irene Saez](/source/Irene_Saez) of Venezuela. This is the first time Canada won the pageant.[1][2] The stadium where the contest was taking place was attacked with [dynamite](/source/Dynamite) on 26 July, during the contest's finale.[3] ## Results This section does not cite any sources. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (July 2024) (Learn how and when to remove this message) Miss Universe 1982 participating nations and results ### Placements Placement Contestant Miss Universe 1982 Canada – Karen Baldwin 1st Runner-Up Guam – Patty Chong Kerkos 2nd Runner-Up Italy – Cinzia Fiordeponti 3rd Runner-Up Greece – Tina Roussou 4th Runner-Up United States – Terri Utley Top 12 Brazil – Celice Marques England – Della Dolan Finland – Sari Aspholm Peru – Francesca Zaza South Africa – Odette Scrooby Uruguay – Silvia Vila West Germany – Kerstin Paeserack #### Final Scores Country/Territory Preliminary Average Interview Swimsuit Evening Gown Semifinal Average Canada[4][5] 7.761 (9) 8.400 (5) 8.275 (3) 8.525 (3) 8.400 (2) Guam[4] 7.892 (5) 8.867 (1) 8.692 (1) 8.355 (4) 8.638 (1) Italy[4] 7.714 (11) 7.925 (9) 8.067 (5) 8.608 (2) 8.200 (4) Greece[4] 7.847 (6) 8.042 (8) 8.325 (2) 8.317 (5) 8.228 (3) United States[4] 8.131 (2) 8.425 (4) 8.192 (4) 7.925 (8) 8.181 (5) South Africa[4] 8.406 (1) 8.583 (2) 7.225 (10) 8.707 (1) 8.172 (6) England[4] 8.100 (3) 8.433 (3) 7.808 (7) 8.167 (7) 8.136 (7) Peru[4] 7.797 (8) 8.218 (6) 7.508 (8) 8.292 (6) 8.006 (8) Brazil[4] 8.011 (4) 8.133 (7) 7.892 (6) 7.917 (9) 7.981 (9) Finland[4] 7.719 (10) 7.808 (10) 7.408 (9) 7.908 (10) 7.708 (10) Uruguay[4] 7.594 (12) 7.692 (11) 7.167 (11) 7.783 (11) 7.547 (11) Germany[4] 7.808 (7) 7.204 (12) 7.008 (12) 7.483 (12) 7.232 (12) ## Contestants - [Argentina](/source/Argentina) – María Alejandra Basile - [Aruba](/source/Aruba) – Noriza Antonio Helder - [Australia](/source/Australia) – Lou Ann Ronchi - [Austria](/source/Austria) – Elisabeth Kawan - [Bahamas](/source/The_Bahamas) – Ava Marilyn Burke - [Belgium](/source/Belgium) – Marie-Pierre Lemaitre - [Belize](/source/Belize) – Sharon Kay Auxilliou - [Bermuda](/source/Bermuda) – Heather Ross - [Bolivia](/source/Bolivia) – Sandra Villaroel - [Brazil](/source/Brazil) – Celice Márques - [British Virgin Islands](/source/British_Virgin_Islands) – Luce Dahlia Hodge - [Canada](/source/Canada) – [Karen Baldwin](/source/Karen_Dianne_Baldwin) - [Cayman Islands](/source/Cayman_Islands) – Maureen Theresa Lewis - [Chile](/source/Chile) – Jenny Purto Arab - [Colombia](/source/Colombia) – Nadya Santacruz - [Costa Rica](/source/Costa_Rica) – Liliana Corella Espinoza - [Curaçao](/source/Cura%C3%A7ao) – Minerva Ranila Heiroms - [Denmark](/source/Denmark) – Tina Maria Nielsen - [Dominican Republic](/source/Dominican_Republic) – Soraya Morey - [Ecuador](/source/Ecuador) – Jacqueline Burgos - [El Salvador](/source/El_Salvador) – Jeanette Marroquín - [England](/source/England) – Della Dolan - [Finland](/source/Finland) – Sari Aspholm - [France](/source/France) – Martine Philipps - [Greece](/source/Greece) – Tina Roussou - [Guadeloupe](/source/Guadeloupe) – Lydia Galin - [Guam](/source/Guam) – Patty Chong Kerkos - [Guatemala](/source/Guatemala) – Edith Whitbeck - [Holland](/source/Netherlands) – Brigitte Diereckx - [Honduras](/source/Honduras) – Eva Lissethe Barahona - [Hong Kong](/source/British_Hong_Kong) – Angie Leung - [Iceland](/source/Iceland) – Gudrun Moller - [India](/source/India) – [Pamela Singh](/source/Pamella_Bordes) - [Indonesia](/source/Indonesia) – [Sri Yulianti Soemardjo](/source/Sri_Yulianti_Soemardjo) - [Ireland](/source/Republic_of_Ireland) – Geraldine McGrory[6] - [Israel](/source/Israel) – Deborah Naomi Hess - [Italy](/source/Italy) – [Cinzia Fiordeponti](/source/Cinzia_De_Ponti) - [Japan](/source/Japan) – Eri Okuwaki - [Malaysia](/source/Malaysia) – Siti Rohani Wahid - [Malta](/source/Malta) – Rita Falzon - [Martinique](/source/Martinique) – Corine Soler - [Mexico](/source/Mexico) – María del Carmen López - Namibia – Deseree Anita Kotze - [New Caledonia](/source/New_Caledonia) – Lenka Topalovitch - [New Zealand](/source/New_Zealand) – Sandra Dexter[7] - [Northern Mariana Islands](/source/Northern_Mariana_Islands) – Sheryl Sonoda Sizemore - [Norway](/source/Norway) – Janett Krefting - [Panama](/source/Panama) – Isora de Lourdes López - [Papua New Guinea](/source/Papua_New_Guinea) – Moi Eli - [Paraguay](/source/Paraguay) – Maris Villalba - [Peru](/source/Peru) – Francesca Zaza - [Philippines](/source/Philippines) – [Maria Isabel Lopez](/source/Maria_Isabel_Lopez) - [Portugal](/source/Portugal) – Ana Maria Valdiz - [Puerto Rico](/source/Puerto_Rico) – Lourdes Milagros Mantero Hormazábal - [Réunion](/source/R%C3%A9union) – Ginon Manthe - [Scotland](/source/Scotland) – Georgina Kearney - [Singapore](/source/Singapore) – Judicia Nonis - [Sint Maarten](/source/Sint_Maarten) – Liana Elviara Brown - [South Africa](/source/South_Africa) – Odette Scrooby - [South Korea](/source/South_Korea) – Sun-hee Park[8] - [Spain](/source/Spain) – Cristina Pérez Cottrell - [Sri Lanka](/source/Sri_Lanka) – Ann Monica Tradigo - [Suriname](/source/Suriname) – Vanessa de Vries - [Sweden](/source/Sweden) – Anna Kari Maria Bergström - [Switzerland](/source/Switzerland) – Jeannette Linkenheill - [Thailand](/source/Thailand) – Nipaporn Tarapanich - [Transkei](/source/Transkei) – Noxolisi Mji - [Trinidad and Tobago](/source/Trinidad_and_Tobago) – Suzanne Traboulay - [Turkey](/source/Turkey) – Canan Kakmaci - [Turks and Caicos Islands](/source/Turks_and_Caicos_Islands) – Jacqueline Astwood - [United States](/source/United_States) – [Terri Utley](/source/Terri_Britt) - [United States Virgin Islands](/source/United_States_Virgin_Islands) – Ingeborg Hendricks - [Uruguay](/source/Uruguay) – Silvia Vila - [Venezuela](/source/Venezuela) – Ana Teresa Oropeza - [Wales](/source/Wales) – Michelle Donelly - [West Germany](/source/West_Germany) – Kerstin Paeserack - [Western Samoa](/source/Samoa) – Ivy Evelyn Warner ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Canada Teen Miss Universe"](https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=RtYcAAAAIBAJ&sjid=sl4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=6901%2C4752657). *[The Pittsburgh Press](/source/The_Pittsburgh_Press)*. 27 July 1982. p. 9. Retrieved 14 May 2022. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Wilkinson, Tracy (27 July 1982). ["Rough start for new Miss Universe"](https://www.upi.com/Archives/1982/07/27/Rough-start-for-new-Miss-Universe/1401396590400/). *[United Press International](/source/United_Press_International)*. Retrieved 14 May 2022. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** "APENDICE: CUADROS CRONOLOGICOS SOBRE LA VIOLENCIA POLITICA". [*Violencia política en el Perú: 1980-1988*](https://www2.congreso.gob.pe/sicr/cendocbib/con4_uibd.nsf/0DD72E3AC43606DC05257BE9006D9BAD/$FILE/1_pdfsam_desco00002.pdf) (PDF) (in Spanish). Vol. 1. Lima: DESCO Centro de Estudios y Promoción del Desarrollo. 1989. p. 85. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-scores_4-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-scores_4-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-scores_4-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-scores_4-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-scores_4-4) [***f***](#cite_ref-scores_4-5) [***g***](#cite_ref-scores_4-6) [***h***](#cite_ref-scores_4-7) [***i***](#cite_ref-scores_4-8) [***j***](#cite_ref-scores_4-9) [***k***](#cite_ref-scores_4-10) [***l***](#cite_ref-scores_4-11) ["Miss Universe 1982"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwX93WgTRjQ). *Carlos 🇵🇪*. 3 December 2024. Retrieved 7 July 2025 – via [YouTube](/source/YouTube). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-upi1982_5-0)** ["Karen Dianne Baldwin, 18, became the first Canadian to be named Miss Universe"](https://www.upi.com/Archives/1982/07/27/Karen-Dianne-Baldwin-18-became-the-first-Canadian-to/7123396590400/). *United Press International*. 27 July 1982. Retrieved 20 April 2026. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Miss Ireland"](https://www.newspapers.com/article/irish-independent-miss-ireland/168374141/). *[Irish Independent](/source/Irish_Independent)*. 2 July 1982. p. 3. Retrieved 18 March 2026 – via [Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Sandy's very happy"](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/press/1982/04/26/1). *[The Press](/source/The_Press)*. [Christchurch](/source/Christchurch), New Zealand. 26 April 1982. p. 1. Retrieved 30 January 2026 – via [Papers Past](/source/National_Library_of_New_Zealand#Papers_Past). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["Miss Park Sun-hi, 19, was crowned Miss Korea 1982..."](https://www.upi.com/Archives/1982/05/15/Miss-Park-Sun-hi-19-was-crowned-Miss-Korea-1982/2071390283200/) *[United Press International](/source/United_Press_International)*. 15 May 1982. Retrieved 14 May 2022. v t e Miss Universe 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Titleholders Runners-up and finalists Editions Countries Scorings v t e Miss Universe 1982 national titleholders CAN: Karen Baldwin (winner) IND: Pamela Chaudry Singh IDN: Sri Yulianti Soemardjo ITA: Cinzia Fiordeponti PHL: Maria Isabel Lopez USA: Terri Utley --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Miss Universe 1982](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_Universe_1982) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_Universe_1982?action=history)). 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