# Miss World 1980

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Beauty pageant edition

Miss World 1980 Miss World 1980 Titlecard Date 13 November 1980 Presenters Peter Marshall, Judith Chalmers, Anthony Newley Venue Royal Albert Hall, London, United Kingdom Broadcaster Thames Television Entrants 68 Placements 15 Withdrawals Chile El Salvador French Polynesia Iceland Nigeria Portugal Returns Curaçao Papua New Guinea Zimbabwe Winner Gabriella Brum (resigned) Kimberley Santos (assumed) ← 1979 1981 →

**Miss World 1980**, the 30th anniversary of the [Miss World](/source/Miss_World) pageant, was held on 13 November 1980 at the [Royal Albert Hall](/source/Royal_Albert_Hall) in [London](/source/London), United Kingdom, televised for the first time by [Thames Television](/source/Thames_Television) for [ITV](/source/ITV_(TV_network)). The winner was [Gabriella Brum](/source/Gabriella_Brum) from [West Germany](/source/West_Germany). She was crowned by Miss World 1979, [Gina Swainson](/source/Gina_Swainson) of [Bermuda](/source/Bermuda). First runner-up was Kimberley Santos representing [Guam](/source/Guam), Patricia Barzyk from France finished second, while third place was awarded to Anat Zimmermann of Israel; and fourth was Kim Ashfield from the United Kingdom.

## Background

[Gabriella Brum](/source/Gabriella_Brum) resigned after 18 hours of being crowned Miss World,[1][2][3] and 14 days later, first runner-up, **Kimberley Santos** from Guam, was crowned by former [Miss World 1977](/source/Miss_World_1977), [Mary Stävin](/source/Mary_St%C3%A4vin) from Sweden.

### Returns, and withdrawals

This edition marked the return of Curaçao, Papua New Guinea and Zimbabwe; Zimbabwe last competed (as Rhodesia)[a] in [1965](/source/Miss_World_1965), Papua New Guinea last competed in [1977](/source/Miss_World_1977) and Curaçao last competed in [1978](/source/Miss_World_1978). Chile, El Salvador, French Polynesia, Iceland, Nigeria and Portugal, withdrew from the competition for unknown reasons.

## Results

### Placements

Placement Contestant Miss World 1980 West Germany – Gabriella Brum (resigned) 1st Runner-up Guam – Kimberley Santos (assumed) 2nd Runner-up France – Patricia Barzyk 3rd Runner-up Israel – Anat Zimmermann 4th Runner-up United Kingdom – Kim Ashfield Top 7 New Zealand – Vicki Lee Hemi United States – Brooke Alexander Top 15 Austria – Sonya-Maria Schlepp Bermuda – Zina Marie Minks India – Elizabeth Anita Reddi Jamaica – Michelle Ann Harris Puerto Rico – Michelle Torres Sweden – Kerstin Jenemark Venezuela – Hilda Abrahamz Zimbabwe – Shirley Nyanyiwa

## Judges

- [Eric Morley](/source/Eric_Morley) – Chairman and CEO of Miss World Organization

- Peter Thompson

- [Alan Minter](/source/Alan_Minter)

- Viviane Ventura

- [Bruce Forsyth](/source/Bruce_Forsyth)[4]

- [Dennis Waterman](/source/Dennis_Waterman)

- Sophia Mamba

- [Wilnelia Merced](/source/Wilnelia_Merced) – [Miss World 1975](/source/Miss_World_1975) from [Puerto Rico](/source/Puerto_Rico)

- John McMenamin

## Contestants

Countries and territories which sent delegates and results for Miss World 1980[1][2][5]

67 contestants competed for the title.

Country/Territory Contestant Age[b] Hometown Argentina Elsa Galotti 20 Santa Fe Aruba Ethline Dekker 19 Oranjestad Australia Linda Shepherd 18 Wollongong Austria Sonya-Maria Schlepp 19 Graz Bahamas Bernadette Cash 20 Nassau Belgium Brigitte Billen 19 Limburg Bermuda Zina Minks 17 St. George's Parish Bolivia Sonia Malpartida 20 Sucre Brazil Loiane Aiache 18 Brasília Canada Annette Labrecque 19 Charlesbourg Cayman Islands Dealia Watler 21 George Town Colombia María Cristina Valencia 18 Armenia Costa Rica Marie Claire Tracy 20 San José Curaçao Soraida de Windt 21 Willemstad Cyprus Parthenopi Vasiliadou 18 Limassol Denmark Jane Bill 18 Vejen Dominican Republic Patricia Polanco 18 Santo Domingo Ecuador Gabriela Ríos 19 Guayaquil Finland Ritva Tamio 19 Turku France Patricia Barzyk[6] 17 Arbouans Gibraltar Yvette Domínguez 19 Gibraltar Greece Vera Zacharopoulou 19 Athens Guam Kimberley Santos 19 Toto Guatemala Lizabeth Martínez 19 Guatemala City Holland Desiree Geelen 20 Amsterdam Honduras Etelvina Raudales 20 San Pedro Sula Hong Kong Julia Chan 21 Hong Kong Island India Elizabeth Anita Reddi 21 Bombay Ireland Michelle Rocca 21 Dublin Isle of Man Voirrey Wallace 18 Douglas Israel Anat Zimmermann 18 Givatayim Italy Stefania de Pasquaci 17 Parma Jamaica Michelle Harris[7] 21 Kingston Japan Kanako Ito 18 Tokyo Jersey Karen Poole 21 Saint Helier Lebanon Celeste El-Assal 19 Beirut Lesotho Lits'ila Lerotholi 18 Maseru Malaysia Callie Liew 23 Kuantan Malta Frances Duca 19 Fgura Mauritius Christiane Mackay 23 Grand Gaube Mexico Claudia Holley 18 Naucalpan New Zealand Vicki Lee Hemi[8] 18 Hamilton Norway Maiken Nielsen 22 Oslo Nicaragua Kimberly Domínguez 19 Managua Panama Áurea Horta Torrijos 20 Panama City Papua New Guinea Mispah Alwyn[9] 19 Port Moresby Paraguay Celia Schaerer 19 Asunción Peru Silvia Vega 21 Lima Philippines Milagros Nabor 20 Manila Puerto Rico Michelle Torres 19 Ponce Singapore Adda Pang 21 Singapore South Korea[c] Chang Sun-ja 21 Seoul Spain Francisca Ondiviela 17 Gran Canaria Sri Lanka Rosemarie Ramanayake 22 Colombo Swaziland Nomagcisa Cawe 23 Manzini Sweden Kerstin Jenemark 21 Stenungsund Switzerland Jeannette Linkenheil 22 Basel Thailand Unchulee Chaisuwan 20 Bangkok Trinidad and Tobago Maria Octavia Chung 18 San Fernando Turkey Fahriye Ayloğlu[10] 20 Istanbul United Kingdom Kim Ashfield[11] 21 Buckley United States Brooke Alexander 16 Kailua United States Virgin Islands Palmira Frorup 24 Saint Croix Uruguay Ana Claudia Carriquiry 19 Montevideo Venezuela Hilda Abrahamz 21 Caracas West Germany Gabriella Brum 18 Berlin Western Samoa Liliu Tapuai 18 Apia Zimbabwe Shirley Nyanyiwa 22 Salisbury

## Notes

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** After the dissolution of the [Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland](/source/Federation_of_Rhodesia_and_Nyasaland) on 31 December 1963, Rhodesia (later renamed Zimbabwe) continued to use the name 'Rhodesia' for some time. Zimbabwe first participated under the name 'Rhodesia' in [Miss World 1965](/source/Miss_World_1965)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-I_7-0)** Ages at the time of the pageant

1. **[^](#cite_ref-12)** Competed as Korea in the pageant

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-RE-1_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-RE-1_1-1) ["New Miss World Quickly Quits Title"](https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1955&dat=19801114&id=qYRhAAAAIBAJ&pg=5342,2459687&hl=en). *[Reading Eagle](/source/Reading_Eagle)*. 14 November 1980. Retrieved 23 January 2016.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-MSN-1_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-MSN-1_2-1) ["Miss Universe vs Miss World: Facts and comparisons"](https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/beauty/miss-universe-vs-miss-world-facts-and-comparisons/ss-AA8fn8G#image=10). [MSN](/source/MSN). 15 January 2015. Retrieved 25 January 2016.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [*The Day*](https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1915&dat=19801113&id=FQAhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=DHUFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3071,2374430&hl=en)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Frost, Caroline (18 August 2017). ["Bruce Forsyth Describes Meeting Wife Wilnelia Merced For The Very First Time"](https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/bruce-forsyth-wife-wilnelia-merced-first-meeting_uk_58b99f4be4b0b99894173d3c?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAABj_vqvm9ljNTRP25LzM51tSev1wzYVIO5wOG0ksQ9RN1LDJXfdTaOESv7tM6BD2dmxKUIZ-dh8bIbjetn3lrnxYw7Jv5-gEt-ueer6qoKF6IL4cAzlczQDULg8D4mS0gCBXEMdfkMGXTYEadW3mdfkC9itPCcFuovUWU6EoFxp). *HuffPost UK*. Retrieved 27 October 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Action_Office_of_Public_Affairs_1981_6-0)** [*Peace Corps--1961-1981*](https://books.google.com/books?id=IRvsAAAAMAAJ&q=Miss+World+1981). Peace Corps--1961-1981: For 20 Years, Making a World of Difference: Press Clippings. Action Office of Public Affairs. 1981. More. Than. Just. A. Pretty. Face. MICHELLE ANN HARRIS ... is much more than a pretty face; she is a lady concerned with the problems of her country and grateful for organizations like the U.S.Peace Corps, which she ..

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** Mathieu, Clement (9 December 2022). ["Miss France 1980: Patricia Barzyk, future muse de Mocky"](https://www.parismatch.com/People/Miss-France-1980-Patricia-Barzyk-Photos-Archives-1594233). *Paris Match* (in French). Retrieved 4 May 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Action_Office_of_Public_Affairs_19812_9-0)** [*Peace Corps--1961-1981*](https://books.google.com/books?id=IRvsAAAAMAAJ&q=Miss+World+1981). Peace Corps--1961-1981: For 20 Years, Making a World of Difference: Press Clippings. Action Office of Public Affairs. 1981. More. Than. Just. A. Pretty. Face. MICHELLE ANN HARRIS ... is much more than a pretty face; she is a lady concerned with the problems of her country and grateful for organizations like the U.S.Peace Corps, which she ..

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** ["Waikato steals show again"](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/press/1980/09/01/1). *[The Press](/source/The_Press)*. [Christchurch](/source/Christchurch), New Zealand. 1 September 1980. p. 1. Retrieved 1 October 2025 – via [Papers Past](/source/National_Library_of_New_Zealand#Papers_Past).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** ["Queen doubts chance"](https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/250590563?searchTerm=%22Miss%20Universe%22). *Papua New Guinea Post-Courier*. 1 May 1980. p. 3. Retrieved 4 May 2025 – via Trove.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-13)** ["Miss Turkey listesi, geçmişten günümüze Miss Turkey birincileri"](https://www.haberturk.com/miss-turkey-listesi-gecmisten-gunumuze-miss-turkey-birincileri-1642708) [All past Miss Turkey winners]. *Habertürk* (in Turkish). 22 September 2017. Retrieved 4 May 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-14)** Marsden, Pam (13 November 1980). ["The model competitor"](https://www.newspapers.com/article/manchester-evening-news/124352732/). *Manchester Evening News*. p. 2. Retrieved 4 May 2025 – via Newspapers.com.

## External links

- [Official website](http://www.missworld.com)

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