{{Short description|34th Miss Universe pageant}} {{pp-sock|small=yes}} {{Infobox beauty pageant | photo = File:Miss_Universe_1985_opening_titles.jpg | winner = [[Deborah Carthy Deu|Deborah Carthy]] | represented = Puerto Rico | date = 15 July 1985 | presenters = {{Hlist|[[Bob Barker]]|[[Joan Van Ark]]}} | entrants = 79 | placements = 10 | congeniality = Lucy Montinola (Guam) | best national costume = Sandra Borda (Colombia) | photogenic = Brigitte Bergman (Holland) | acts = {{Hlist|[[John Denver]]|[[Clint Holmes]]}} | venue = [[Knight Center Complex|James L. Knight Convention Center]], [[Miami]], Florida, United States | broadcaster = [[CBS]] ([[WTVJ]]) | debuts = Dominica | withdraws = {{Hlist|Aruba|French Guiana|Guadeloupe|Martinique|Namibia|South Africa|Switzerland|Turkey}} | returns = {{Hlist|Bahamas|French Polynesia|Haiti|Senegal|Sri Lanka}} | before = [[Miss Universe 1984|1984]] | next = [[Miss Universe 1986|1986]] }}
'''Miss Universe 1985''' was the 34th [[Miss Universe]] pageant, held at the [[Knight Center Complex|James L. Knight Convention Center]] in Miami, Florida, on 15 July 1985. Seventy-nine contestants competed in the pageant. At the conclusion of the event, [[Deborah Carthy Deu|Deborah Carthy]] of Puerto Rico was crowned by [[Yvonne Ryding]] of Sweden.<ref name="AP">{{cite news|title=79 Women Vie For Miss Universe Crown |date=1985-07-15|publisher=Associated Press}}</ref>
==Background==
=== Location and date === In October 1984, the owners of the newly expanded [[West Edmonton Mall]] in [[Edmonton]], Alberta, Canada showed an interest in hosting the Miss Universe 1985 pageant there.<ref>{{cite news |date=1984-10-23 |title=Edmonton's new focus |page=M1 |publisher=The Globe and Mail}}</ref> This followed an unsuccessful attempt to host the [[Miss Universe 1984]] pageant in [[Calgary]] Alberta the previous year.
Pageant organizers chose to host the pageant in [[Miami]], Florida for the second consecutive year. George Honchar, president of Miss Universe Inc., expressed disappointment at a lack of local support for the event, which cost the city $2 million.<ref name="AP" />
=== Selection of participants === In April, 1985 the city of Miami requested that the Miss Universe organization insist that South Africa should not send a representative to pageant, due to the threat of demonstrations over her country's [[Apartheid]] policy.<ref>{{cite news |agency=Reuters |date=1985-04-02 |title=Miami Worried About Miss South Africa |publisher=The San Francisco Chronicle}}</ref> In mid May the nation announced that they would not send their titleholder, Andrea Steltzer, to the pageant because of fears for her safety.<ref>{{cite news |date=1985-05-19 |title=Protest Fears Force Miss South Africa Out Of Miss Universe Pageant |publisher=Associated Press}}</ref> This was the first time since 1975 that the country did not participate in the pageant; they would not return to the event until 1995.<ref>{{cite web |title=South African representatives to Miss Universe |url=http://www.pageant-almanac.com/miss-universe/parade/south-africa.php |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://archive.today/20060221043134/http://www.pageant-almanac.com/miss-universe/parade/south-africa.php |archive-date=February 21, 2006 |access-date=2007-04-21 |publisher=Pageant Almanac}}</ref> Andrea Steltzer (half South African and half German) took part as Miss Germany in the 1989 Miss Universe pageant where she was a semi-finalist.
==Results== [[File:Miss Universe 1985 Map.PNG|thumb|250px|Miss Universe 1985 participating nations and results]]
===Placements=== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;" |- ! Placement !! Contestant |- | Miss Universe 1985 | *{{flagu|Puerto Rico}} – [[Deborah Carthy Deu|Deborah Carthy]] |- |1st Runner-Up | *{{flagu|Spain}} – [[Teresa Sánchez López|Teresa Sánchez]] |- |2nd Runner-Up | *{{flagu|Zaire}} – Benita Murekatete |- |3rd Runner-Up | *{{flagu|Venezuela|1954}} – Silvia Martínez |- |4th Runner-Up | *{{flagu|Uruguay}} – Andrea López |- |Top 10 | *{{flagu|Brazil|1968}} – Márcia Gabrielle *{{flagu|Canada}} – [[Karen Elizabeth Tilley|Karen Tilley]] *{{flagu|Chile}} – Claudia van Sint Jan *{{flagu|Ireland}} – [[Olivia Tracey]] *{{flagu|United States}} – [[Laura Harring]] |}
== Contestants == {{colbegin|colwidth=30em}} * '''{{ARG}}''' - Yanina Castaño * '''{{AUS}}''' - Elizabeth Rowly * '''{{AUT}}''' - Martina Haiden * '''{{BAH}}''' - Cleopatra Adderly * '''{{BAR}}''' - Elizabeth Wadman * '''{{BEL}}''' - Anne van der Broeck * '''{{BIZ}}''' - Jennifer Woods * '''{{BER}}''' - Jannell Ford * '''{{BOL}}''' - Gabriela Orozco * '''{{flag|Brazil|1968}}''' - Márcia Gabrielle * '''{{IVB}}''' - Jennifer Leonora Penn * '''{{CAN}}''' - [[Karen Elizabeth Tilley|Karen Tilley]] * '''{{flag|Cayman Islands|old}}''' - Emily Hurston * '''{{CHI}}''' - Claudia van Sint Jan * '''{{COL}}''' - Sandra Borda * '''{{COK}}''' - Essie Mokotupu * '''{{CRC}}''' - Rosibel Chacón * '''{{CUW}}''' - Sheida Weber * '''{{Flag|Cyprus|1960}}''' - Andri Andreou * '''{{DEN}}''' - Susan Rasmussen * '''{{DMA}}''' - Margaret Rose Cools-Lartigue * '''{{DOM}}''' - Melba Vicens<ref>{{Cite news|last=Gomez|first=Shirley|date=11 August 2025|title=Victoria Kjaer crowns Jennifer Ventura as Miss Dominican Republic Universe 2025: What happened to Celinee Santos?|trans-title=Victoria Kjaer crowns Jennifer Ventura as Miss Dominican Republic Universe 2025: What happened to Celinee Santos?|url=https://www.hola.com/us/celebrities/20250811849552/victoria-kjaer-crowns-jennifer-ventura-miss-dominican-republic-universe-2025/|access-date=14 August 2025|website=[[¡Hola!|Hola!]]|language=en|archive-date=14 August 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250814091458/https://www.hola.com/us/celebrities/20250811849552/victoria-kjaer-crowns-jennifer-ventura-miss-dominican-republic-universe-2025/|url-status=live}}</ref> * '''{{Flag|Ecuador|1900}}''' - María Elena Stangl * '''{{ELS}}''' - Julia Haydee Mora * '''{{ENG}}''' - Helen Westlake * '''{{FIN}}''' - Marja Kinnunen * '''{{flag|France|1974|name = France}}''' - Suzanne Iskandar * '''{{GAM}}''' - Batura Jallow * '''{{GIB}}''' - Karina Hollands * '''{{GRE}}''' - Sabina Damianidis * '''{{GUM}}''' - Lucy Carbollido Montinola * '''{{GUA}}''' - Perla Prera * '''{{flag|Haiti|1964}}''' - Arielle Jeanty * '''{{flag|Holland}}''' - Brigitte Bergman * '''{{flag|Honduras|1949}}''' - Diana García * '''{{flag|British Hong Kong|name=Hong Kong}}''' - Shallin Tse * '''{{ISL}}''' - Hana Bryndís Jónsdóttir * '''{{IND}}''' - [[Sonu Walia]] * '''{{IRL}}''' - [[Olivia Tracey]] * '''{{ISR}}''' - Hilla Kelmann * '''{{ITA}}''' - Beatrice Popi * '''{{flag|Japan|1870}}''' - Hatsumi Furusawa * '''{{LIB}}''' - Joyce Sahab * '''{{LUX}}''' - Gabrielle Chiarini * '''{{MAS}}''' - Agnes Chin * '''{{MLT}}''' - Fiona Micallef * '''{{MEX}}''' - Yolanda Cádenas * '''{{NZL}}''' - Claire Glenister<ref>{{cite news |title=Page 1 |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/press/1985/04/22/1 |work=[[The Press]] |page=1 |access-date=31 January 2026 |date=22 April 1985 |location=[[Christchurch]], New Zealand |via=[[National Library of New Zealand#Papers Past|Papers Past]]}}</ref> * '''{{flag|Northern Mariana Islands}}''' - Antoinette Flores * '''{{NOR}}''' - Karen Moe * '''{{PAN}}''' - Janette Vásquez * '''{{PNG}}''' - Carmel Vagi * '''{{flag|Paraguay|1954}}''' - Beverly Ocampo * '''{{PER}}''' - María Gracia Galleno * '''{{flag|Philippines|1985}}''' - Joyce Burton * '''{{flag|Polish People's Republic|1980|name=Poland}}''' - Katarzyna Zawidzka * '''{{POR}}''' - Alexandra Gomes * '''{{flag|Puerto Rico|1952}}''' - [[Deborah Carthy Deu|Deborah Carthy]] * '''{{REU}}''' - Dominique de Lort Serignan * '''{{SCO}}''' - Jackie Hendrie * '''{{SEN}}''' - Chantal Loubelo * '''{{SIN}}''' - Lyana Chiok *'''{{flagicon|KOR|1949}} [[South Korea]]''' - Young-ok Choi * '''{{ESP}}''' - [[Teresa Sánchez López|Teresa Sánchez]] * '''{{SRI}}''' - [[Ramani Bartholomeusz]] * '''{{SWE}}''' - Carina Marklund * '''{{TAH}}''' - Hinarii Kilian * '''{{THA}}''' - Tarntip Pongsuk * '''{{TTO}}''' - Brenda Joy Fahey * '''{{flag|Turks and Caicos Islands}}''' - Miriam Adams * '''{{flag|United States}}''' - [[Laura Harring]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Miss Texas, the New Miss USA, Will Represent USA in Miss Universe Pageant |publisher=Associated Press|first=Pat|last=Leisner|date=1985-05-13}}</ref> * '''{{flag|United States Virgin Islands}}''' - Mudite Alda Henderson * '''{{URU}}''' - Andrea López * '''{{flag|Venezuela|1954}}''' - Silvia Martínez * '''{{WAL}}''' - Barbara Christian * '''{{flag|West Germany}}''' - Stefanie Roth * '''{{flag|Western Samoa}}''' - Tracy Mihaljevich * '''{{YUG}}''' - Dinka Delić * '''{{ZAI}}''' - Benita Murekatete {{colend}}
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==External links== * [http://www.missuniverse.com/ Miss Universe official website]
{{Miss Universe}} {{Miss Universe 1985 delegates}}
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