# Miss Universe 1983

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32nd Miss Universe pageant

Miss Universe 1983 Miss Universe 1983, Lorraine Downes Date 11 July 1983 Presenters Bob Barker Joan Van Ark Entertainment John Schneider José Luis Rodríguez "El Puma" Venue Kiel Auditorium, St. Louis, Missouri, United States Broadcaster CBS (KMOX-TV) Entrants 80 Placements 12 Debuts Cook Islands Gambia Withdrawals New Caledonia Sint Maarten Suriname Returns Cyprus French Guiana Gibraltar Lebanon Winner Lorraine Downes New Zealand Congeniality Abbey Scattrel Janneh Gambia Best National Costume Jong-jun Kim South Korea Photogenic Lolita Morena Switzerland ← 1982 1984 →

**Miss Universe 1983** was the 32nd [Miss Universe](/source/Miss_Universe) pageant, held at the [Kiel Auditorium](/source/Kiel_Auditorium) in [St. Louis](/source/St._Louis), [Missouri](/source/Missouri), United States, on 11 July 1983. At the conclusion of the event, [Lorraine Downes](/source/Lorraine_Downes) of [New Zealand](/source/New_Zealand) was crowned by [Karen Baldwin](/source/Karen_Dianne_Baldwin) of [Canada](/source/Canada).[1] Eighty contestants competed in this year. This is the first, and so far the only time [New Zealand](/source/New_Zealand) won the pageant.

## Results

Miss Universe 1983 participating nations and results

### Placements

Placement Contestant Miss Universe 1983 New Zealand – Lorraine Downes[1] 1st Runner-Up United States – Julie Hayek[1] 2nd Runner-Up Ireland – Roberta Brown[1] 3rd Runner-Up Switzerland – Lolita Morena[1] 4th Runner-Up England – Karen Moore[1] Top 12[1] Finland – Nina Rekola Italy – Federica Moro Norway – Karen Dobloug Singapore – Lee Lee Bang Spain – Isabel Herrero Venezuela – Paola Ruggeri West Germany – Loana Radecki

## Contestants

Eighty contestants competed for the title.

Country/Territory Contestant Age[a] Hometown Argentina María Daniela Carara 20 Buenos Aires Aruba Milva Evertsz[2] 24 Oranjestad Australia Simone Cox[3] 20 Sydney Austria Mercedes Stermitz[4] 25 Styria Bahamas Christina Thompson 18 Nassau Belgium Françoise Bostoen[5] 20 Roeselare Belize Shirlene Dianne McKay - Belmopan Bermuda Angelita Diaz 20 St. George’s Bolivia Cecilia Zamora - Tarija Brazil Mariza Fully Coelho 21 Manhumirim British Virgin Islands Anna Maria Joseph 19 Tortola Canada Jodi Yvonne Rutledge 22 Winnipeg Cayman Islands Effie Ebanks 18 George Town Chile María Josefa Isensee Ugarte 20 Santiago Colombia Pauline Sáenz 17 Bogotá Cook Islands Carmena Blake - Avarua Costa Rica María Gabriela Pozuelo - San José Curaçao Maybelline Altagracia Snel 22 Willemstad Cyprus Marina Elena Rauscher 18 Limassol Denmark Inge Ravn Thomsen 19 Copenhagen Dominican Republic Alexandra Astwood 17 Santo Domingo Ecuador Mariela García 19 Portoviejo El Salvador Claudia Oliva 21 San Salvador England Karen Moore 21 Southsea Finland Nina Marjaana Rekkola 20 Nakkila France Frederique Leroy 20 Bordeaux French Guiana Marie Georges Achamana - Cayenne Gambia Abbey Scattrel Janneh 19 Banjul Gibraltar Louise Gillingwater 20 Gibraltar Greece Plousia Farfaraki 18 Athens Guadeloupe Nicole LeBorgne - Basse-Terre Guam Pamela Booth 18 Yigo Guatemala Berta Victoria Gonzales 20 Escuintla Holland Nancy Lelleman Heynis 18 Zaandam Honduras Ollie Thompson 18 Islas de la Bahía Hong Kong Cherona Yeung 19 Hong Kong Iceland Unnur Steinsson 20 Álftanes India Rekha Hande 18 Bangalore Indonesia Andi Botenri 18 Jakarta Ireland Roberta Brown[6] 20 Derry Israel Shimona Hollender 17 Tel Aviv Italy Federica Moro 18 Milan Japan Yuko Yamaguchi 25 Osaka Lebanon May Mansour Chahwan 19 Beirut Malaysia Puspa Mohammed 21 Alor Setar Malta Christine Bonnici - Sliema Martinique Marie Lina Laupa - Fort-de-France Mexico Monica Rosas 19 Durango Namibia Astrid Klotzsch 22 Windhoek New Zealand Lorraine Downes[7] 18 Auckland Northern Mariana Islands Thelma Mafnas 17 Saipan Norway Karen Elizabeth Dobloug 21 Furnes Panama Elizabeth Bylan Bennett 17 Balboa Papua New Guinea Shannelle Bray 20 Port Moresby Paraguay Mercedes Bosch - Asunción Peru Vivien Griffiths 22 Lima Philippines Rosita Capuyon 20 Manila Portugal Anabella Elisa Ananiades - Lisbon Puerto Rico Carmen Batiz 18 Trujillo Alto Réunion Eliane LeBeau - Saint-Denis Scotland Linda Renton 22 Edinburgh Singapore Kathie Lee 20 Singapore South Africa Leanne Hosking 18 Durban South Korea Kim Jong-jun - Seoul Spain Isabel Herrero 18 Zaragoza Sri Lanka Shyama Fernando 20 Colombo Sweden Viveca Miriam Jung 17 Gothenburg Switzerland Lolita Morena 22 Locarno Thailand Jinda Nernkrang 22 Bangkok Transkei Nomxousi Xokelelo - Mthatha Trinidad and Tobago Sandra Williams - Saint George Turkey Dilara Haraççı - Istanbul Turks and Caicos Islands Lolita Ariza 21 Grand Turk United States Julie Hayek[8] 20 La Cañada Flintridge United States Virgin Islands Julie Elizabeth Woods - Charlotte Amalie Uruguay María Jacqueline Beltrán 17 Montevideo Venezuela Paola Ruggeri[9] 21 Caracas Wales Lianne Gray 20 Cardiff West Germany Loana Katharina Radecki 20 Berlin Western Samoa Falute Mama Aluni - Apia

## Notes

1. **[^](#cite_ref-A_2-0)** Ages at the time of the pageant

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Journal_News_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Journal_News_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-Journal_News_1-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-Journal_News_1-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-Journal_News_1-4) [***f***](#cite_ref-Journal_News_1-5) [***g***](#cite_ref-Journal_News_1-6) Newhouse, Eric (12 Jul 1983). ["New Zealand model named Miss Universe"](https://www.newspapers.com/image/162839861/). *[The Journal News](/source/The_Journal_News)*. [Associated Press](/source/Associated_Press). p. 27. Retrieved 4 September 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Milva Evertsz winnares Miss-verkiezingsavond volop in teken commercie"](https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten/view?query=%22Miss+Universe%22&facets%5Bperiode%5D%5B%5D=2%7C20e_eeuw%7C1980-1989%7C1983%7C&page=1&coll=ddd&sortfield=date&identifier=ddd:010640882:mpeg21:a0078&resultsidentifier=ddd:010640882:mpeg21:a0078&rowid=9). *Amigoe* (in Dutch). 16 May 1983. p. 5. Retrieved 24 March 2025 – via Delpher.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Social Seen: Sydney's best parties of the week"](https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/celebrity/social-seen-sydneys-best-parties-of-the-week-20180711-h12k7t.html). *The Sydney Morning Herald*. 12 July 2018. Retrieved 24 March 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Neuman, Fritz (30 March 2015). ["Miss Austria, der Unfall und das Motto vor der Tür"](https://www.derstandard.at/story/2000013606935/miss-austria-der-unfall-das-motto-vor-der-tuer). *Der Standard* (in Austrian German). Retrieved 24 March 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Erelijst Miss België"](https://www.demorgen.be/tv-cultuur/erelijst-miss-belgie~b5723d4d/). *De Morgen* (in Dutch). 11 January 2010. Retrieved 24 March 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** Power, Bairbre (17 August 1982). ["'Breakfast' with Miss Ireland"](https://www.newspapers.com/article/evening-herald-breakfast-with-miss-ire/168021533/). *[Evening Herald](/source/The_Herald_(Ireland))*. p. 3. Retrieved 18 March 2026 – via [Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** McKenzie-minifie, Martha (27 December 2006). ["Catching up with: Lorraine Downes, dancing queen"](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/icatching-up-withi-lorraine-downes-dancing-queen/ZX27HIMUJO4WPIRNECCYDS4I4U/). *NZ Herald*. Retrieved 24 March 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** ["Julie Hayek is Miss USA"](https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=9RweAAAAIBAJ&sjid=b2gEAAAAIBAJ&dq=5%20foot%20julie-hayek&pg=2268%2C1727750). *Sarasota Herald-Tribune*. 13 May 1983. p. 1. Retrieved 24 March 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** Garcés, Ever (16 November 2022). ["Miss Venezuela: Ni tan niñas, ni tan venezolanas…"](https://diariodelosandes.com/miss-venezuela-ni-tan-ninas-ni-tan-venezolanas/). *Diario de Los Andes* (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 March 2025.

## External links

- [Miss Universe official website](http://www.missuniverse.com/)

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 1983 national titleholders AUT: Mercedes Stermitz ISL: Unnur Steinsson IND: Rekha Hande IDN: Andi Botenri ITA: Federica Moro NZL: Lorraine Downes (winner) SWI: Lolita Morena USA: Julie Hayek VEN: Paola Ruggeri

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