{{Short description|Beauty pageant edition}} {{EngvarB|date=November 2015}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2015}} {{Infobox beauty pageant | photo = Mariasela Álvarez (cropped).jpg | winner = [[Mariasela Álvarez]] | represented = Dominican Republic | date = 18 November 1982 | presenters = {{Hlist|[[Peter Marshall (UK broadcaster)|Peter Marshall]]|[[Judith Chalmers]]}} | acts = {{Hlist|[[The Three Degrees]]}} | venue = [[Royal Albert Hall]], [[London]], United Kingdom | broadcaster = [[Thames Television]] | entrants = 68 | placements = 15 | debuts = {{Hlist|Indonesia|Turks and Caicos Islands}} | returns = {{Hlist|Panama|Paraguay|Portugal|United States Virgin Islands|Yugoslavia}} | withdraws = {{Hlist|Argentina|Austria|Jersey|Lesotho|Papua New Guinea|Suriname}} | before = [[Miss World 1981|1981]] | next = [[Miss World 1983|1983]] |image size=200px|caption=Mariasela Álvarez, Miss World 1982}}

'''Miss World 1982''' was the 32nd edition of the [[Miss World]] pageant, held on 18 November 1982 at the [[Royal Albert Hall]] in [[London]], the United Kingdom. The winner was [[Mariasela Álvarez]] from the Dominican Republic. She was crowned by Miss World 1981, [[Pilín León]] of Venezuela. The first and second runners-up were Sari Kaarina Aspholm from Finland and Della Dolan from the United Kingdom who were semi-finalists in [[Miss Universe 1982]] four months before.<ref name="google.com">{{cite news |title=New Miss World |newspaper=[[Observer-Reporter]] |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2519&dat=19821118&id=M4NdAAAAIBAJ&pg=5123,3239284&hl=en |access-date=26 January 2016}}</ref>

This edition marked the debut of Indonesia and Turks and Caicos Islands. And the return of Yugoslavia, which last competed in [[Miss World 1975|1975]], Portugal last competed in [[Miss World 1979|1979]] and Panama, Paraguay and the United States Virgin Islands last competed in [[Miss World 1980|1980]]. Argentina, Austria, Jersey, Lesotho, Papua New Guinea, Suriname withdrew from the competition for unknown reasons.

== Results == === Placements === {{unreferenced section|date=July 2024}} {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;" |- ! Placement ! Contestant |- | '''Miss World 1982''' | * '''{{flag|Dominican Republic}}''' – '''[[Mariasela Álvarez]]''' |- | 1st runner-up | * {{flag|Finland}} – Sari Aspholm |- | 2nd runner-up | * {{flag|United Kingdom}} – Della Dolan |- | Top 7 | * {{flag|Ireland}} – Roberta Brown * {{flag|Switzerland}} – [[Lolita Morena]] * {{flag|Trinidad and Tobago}} – Althea Rocke * {{flag|United States}} – LuAnn Caughey |- | Top 15 | * {{flag|Australia}} – Catherine Anne Morris * {{flag|Bolivia|civil}} – Brita Cederberg * {{flag|Cayman Islands|old}} – Maureen Therese Lewis * {{flag|Denmark}} – Tina Nielsen * {{flag|Guam}} – Frances Limtiaco * {{flag|Philippines|1936}} – Sara-Jane Areza * {{flag|Yugoslavia}} – [[Ana Sasso]] * {{flag|Zimbabwe}} – Caroline Murinda |}

===Continental Queens of Beauty=== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;" |- ! Continental Group ! Contestant |- | Africa | * {{flagu|Zimbabwe}} – Caroline Murinda<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=19 November 1982 |title=Dominican Miss World; Texas Entry A Finalist |pages=6B |work=[[The Victoria Advocate]] |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=f8AcAAAAIBAJ&sjid=5VcEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6697%2C5054878 |access-date=8 July 2023 |via=[[Google News Archive]]}}</ref> |- | Americas | * {{flagu|Dominican Republic}} – [[Mariasela Alvarez]]<ref name=":0" /> |- | Asia | * {{flagu|Philippines|1936}} – Sara-Jane Areza<ref name=":0" /> |- | Europe | * {{flagu|Finland}} – Sari Aspholm<ref name=":0" /> |- | Oceania | * {{flagu|Australia}} – Catherine Anne Morris<ref name=":0" /> |}

== Contestants ==<!-- FOR NAMES OF COUNTRIES OR TERRITORIES, PLEASE STRICTLY ADHERE TO WP:COMMONNAME POLICIES, DO NOT CHANGE IT JUST BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT MISS WORLD USES. --> [[File:Miss World 1982 Map.PNG|thumb|250px|Countries and territories which sent delegates and results for Miss World 1982<ref name="express.co.uk">{{cite web |title=Miss World 1981 winner Carmen Josefina Leon Crespo - Miss World Contest: through the years |url=http://www.express.co.uk/pictures/galleries/2438/Miss-World-Contest-through-the-years/Miss-World-1981-winner-Carmen-Josefina-Leon-Crespo-49872 |access-date=26 January 2016 |work=[[Daily Express]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |year=1997 |title=Malaysian Business |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fZO0AAAAIAAJ |access-date=26 January 2016}}</ref>]]68 contestants competed for the title. {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;" |- ! Country/Territory ! Contestant ! Age{{efn|name=I|Ages at the time of the pageant}} ! Hometown |- | {{flagicon|ARU}} [[Miss Aruba|Aruba]] || Noriza Helder || 19 || [[Oranjestad, Aruba|Oranjestad]] |- | {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Miss World Australia|Australia]] || Catherine Anne Morris || 19 || [[Sydney]] |- | {{flagicon|BAH}} [[Miss Bahamas|Bahamas]] || Oralee Stubbs || 18 || [[Nassau, Bahamas|Nassau]] |- | {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Miss Belgium|Belgium]] || Marie Pierre Lemaître || 21 || [[Brussels]] |- | {{flagicon|BER}} [[Miss World Bermuda|Bermuda]] || Heather Ross<ref>{{Cite news |date=28 November 1982 |title=Miss Ross in a world of trouble |pages=2 |work=[[The Salina Journal]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-salina-journal/52768427/ |access-date=8 July 2023 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> || 22 || [[Somerset, Bermuda|Somerset]] |- | {{flagicon|BOL}} [[Miss Bolivia|Bolivia]] || Brita Cederberg || 17 || [[Oruro, Bolivia|Oruro]] |- | {{flagicon|BRA|1968}} [[Miss Brazil World|Brazil]] || Mônica Jannuzzi || 21 || [[Londrina, Paraná|Londrina]] |- | {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Miss World Canada|Canada]] || Jody Jensen || 19 || [[Calgary]] |- | {{flagicon|CAY|old}} [[Miss Cayman Islands|Cayman Islands]] || Maureen Therese Lewis || 21 || [[George Town, Cayman Islands|George Town]] |- | {{flagicon|CHI}} [[Miss World Chile|Chile]] || Mariana Reinhardt || 20 || [[Santiago]] |- | {{flagicon|COL}} [[Señorita Colombia|Colombia]] || María Teresa Gómez || 19 || [[Medellín]] |- | {{flagicon|CRC|state}} [[Reinas de Costa Rica|Costa Rica]] || Maureen Jiménez || 22 || [[San Jose, Costa Rica|San Jose]] |- | {{flagicon|AHO|1959}} [[Señorita Curaçao|Curaçao]] || Vendetta Roozendal || 20 || [[Willemstad]] |- | {{flagicon|CYP}} [[Miss Cyprus|Cyprus]] || Marina Rauscher || 17 || [[Limassol]] |- | {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Miss Denmark|Denmark]] || Tina Nielsen || 18 || [[Copenhagen]] |- | '''{{flagicon|DOM}} [[Miss Dominican Republic|Dominican Republic]]''' || '''[[Mariasela Álvarez]]''' || 22 || [[Santo Domingo]] |- | {{flagicon|ECU}} [[Miss Ecuador|Ecuador]] || Gianna Machiavello || 20 || [[Guayaquil]] |- | {{flagicon|ESA}} [[Reinado de El Salvador|El Salvador]] || Berta Loredana Munguía || 20 || [[San Salvador]] |- | {{flagicon|FIN}} [[Miss Finland|Finland]] || Sari Aspholm || 20 || [[Vantaa]] |- | {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Miss France|France]] || Martine Philipps || 23 || [[Audincourt]] |- | {{flagicon|French Polynesia}} [[Miss Tahiti|French Polynesia]]{{Efn|Competed as Tahiti in the pageant}} || Teura Tuhiti || 17 || [[Papeete]] |- | {{flagicon|GIB}} [[Miss Gibraltar|Gibraltar]] || Louise Gillingwater || 20 || [[Gibraltar]] |- | {{flagicon|GRE}} [[Star Hellas|Greece]] || Anthi Priovolou || 19 || [[Athens]] |- | {{flagicon|GUM}} [[Miss World Guam|Guam]] || Frances Limtiaco || 22 || [[Tamuning]] |- | {{flagicon|GUA}} [[Miss Guatemala|Guatemala]] || Suzanne Whitbeck || 20 || [[Guatemala City]] |- | {{flagicon|NED}} [[Miss Nederland|Holland]] || Irene Schell || 20 || [[Venlo]] |- | {{flagicon|HON|1949}} [[Miss Honduras|Honduras]] || Ana Lucía Rivera || 20 || [[San Pedro Sula]] |- | {{flagicon|British Hong Kong}} [[Miss Hong Kong|Hong Kong]] || Cally Kwong || 19 || [[Victoria, Hong Kong|Victoria]] |- | {{flagicon|ISL}} [[Miss Iceland|Iceland]] || María Björk Sverrisdóttir || 19 || [[Reykjavík]] |- | {{flagicon|IND}} [[Femina Miss India|India]] || Uttara Mhatre || 19 || [[Nasik]] |- | {{flagicon|INA}} [[Miss Indonesia|Indonesia]] || [[Andi Botenri]] || 17 || [[Jakarta]] |- | {{flagicon|IRL}} [[Miss Ireland|Ireland]] || Roberta Brown<ref>{{cite news |last1=Power |first1=Bairbre |date=17 August 1982 |title='Breakfast' with Miss Ireland |pages=3 |work=[[The Herald (Ireland)|Evening Herald]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/evening-herald-breakfast-with-miss-ire/168021533/ |access-date=18 March 2026 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> || 19 || [[Derry]] |- | {{flag|IMN|name=Isle of Man}} || Maria Elizabeth Craig || 19 || [[Jurby]] |- | {{flagicon|ISR}} [[Miss Israel|Israel]] || Anat Kerem || 18 || [[Haifa]] |- | {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Miss World Italy|Italy]] || Raffaella del Rosario || 17 || [[Bologna]] |- | {{flagicon|JAM}} [[Miss Jamaica World|Jamaica]] || Cornelia Parchment || 19 || [[Kingston, Jamaica|Kingston]] |- | {{flagicon|JPN|1947}} [[Miss World Japan|Japan]] || Mutsuko Kikuchi || 20 || [[Tokyo]] |- | {{flagicon|LIB}} [[Miss Lebanon|Lebanon]] || May Mansour Chahwan || 19 || [[Beirut]] |- | {{flagicon|MAS}} [[Miss Malaysia|Malaysia]] || Nellie Teoh || 25 || [[Kuala Lumpur]] |- | {{flagicon|MLT}} [[Miss World Malta|Malta]] || Delina Camilleri || 18 || [[Mosta]] |- | {{flagicon|MEX}} [[Miss Mexico Organization|Mexico]] || Ana Ruth García || 23 || [[Villahermosa]] |- | {{flagicon|NZL}} [[New Zealand at Miss World|New Zealand]] || Susan Mainland<ref>{{cite news |title=Contest winner |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/press/1982/08/30/2 |work=[[The Press]] |page=2 |access-date=1 October 2025 |date=30 August 1982 |location=[[Christchurch]], New Zealand |via=[[National Library of New Zealand#Papers Past|Papers Past]]}}</ref> || 19 || [[Hamilton, New Zealand|Hamilton]] |- | {{flagicon|NOR}} [[Norway at Miss World|Norway]] || Janett Krefting || 19 || [[Oslo]] |- | {{flagicon|PAN}} [[Señorita Panamá|Panama]] || María Lorena Moreno || 22 || [[Panama City]] |- | {{flagicon|PAR|1954}} [[Miss Paraguay|Paraguay]] || Zulema Domínguez || 19 || [[Asunción]] |- | {{flagicon|PER|state}} [[Miss Peru|Peru]] || Cynthia Piedra || 21 || [[Lima]] |- | {{flagicon|PHI|1936}} [[Mutya ng Pilipinas|Philippines]] || Sarah Jane Coronel Areza<ref>{{Cite news|last=Burton-Titular|first=Joyce|date=1 October 2013|title=From Vivien to Megan: The PH in Miss World history|url=https://www.rappler.com/entertainment/pageants/40304-philippines-miss-world-history/|access-date=28 April 2025|website=[[Rappler]]|language=en|archive-date=24 July 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240724212547/https://onedio.com/haber/hepsi-zirveye-cikti-ancak-hepsi-orada-kalamadi-turkiye-nin-son-25-yildaki-turkiye-guzelleri-simdi-ne-yapiyor-860708|url-status=live}}</ref> || 22 || [[Manila]] |- | {{flagicon|POR}} [[Miss República Portuguesa|Portugal]] || Suzana Dias || 19 || [[Lisbon]] |- | {{flagicon|PUR|1952}} [[Miss World Puerto Rico|Puerto Rico]] || Jannette Torres || 17 || [[San Juan, Puerto Rico|San Juan]] |- | {{flagicon|SIN}} [[Miss Singapore World|Singapore]] || Yvonne Tan || 19 || [[Singapore]] |- | {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Miss Korea|South Korea]]{{Efn|Competed as Korea in the pageant}} || Choi Sung-yoon || 19 || [[Seoul]] |- | {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Miss Spain|Spain]] || Isabel Herrero || 17 || [[Zaragoza]] |- | {{flagicon|SRI}} [[Miss World Sri Lanka|Sri Lanka]] || Tania Pereira || 19 || [[Panadura]] |- | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Miss Sweden|Sweden]] || Anne-Lie Sjöberg || 18 || [[Eskilstuna]] |- | {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Miss Switzerland|Switzerland]] || [[Lolita Morena]] || 22 || [[Locarno]] |- | {{flagicon|THA}} [[Miss Thailand World|Thailand]]|| [[Alisa Kajornchaiyakul]] || 17 || [[Bangkok]] |- | {{flagicon|TRI}} [[Miss Trinidad and Tobago|Trinidad and Tobago]] || Althea Rocke || 22 || [[Port of Spain]] |- | {{flagicon|TUR}} [[Miss Turkey|Turkey]] || Ayse Güven || 20 || [[Istanbul]] |- | {{flagicon|TCA}} [[Miss Turks and Caicos|Turks and Caicos Islands]] || Lolita Ariza || 21 || [[Grand Turk Island|Grand Turk]] |- | {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Miss United Kingdom|United Kingdom]] || Della Dolan || 20 || [[Grimsby]] |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[United States representatives at Miss World|United States]] || LuAnn Caughey || 23 || [[Abilene, Texas|Abilene]] |- |{{flagicon|ISV}} [[Miss US Virgin Islands|United States Virgin Islands]] |Benedicta Acosta |20 |[[Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands|St. Croix]] |- | {{flagicon|URU}} [[Miss Uruguay|Uruguay]] || Varinia Govea || 21 || [[Montevideo]] |- | {{flagicon|VEN|1954}} [[Miss Venezuela|Venezuela]] || [[Michelle Shoda]] || 22 || [[Maracaibo]] |- | {{flagicon|FRG}} [[Miss World Germany|West Germany]] || Kerstin Paeserack || 19 || [[Wilhelmshaven]] |- | {{flagicon|SAM}} [[Miss Samoa|Western Samoa]] || Lilly Hunt || 20 || [[Apia]] |- | {{flagicon|SFR Yugoslavia}} [[Miss Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]] || [[Ana Sasso]] || 19 || [[Split (city)|Split]] |- | {{flagicon|ZIM}} [[Miss Zimbabwe|Zimbabwe]] || Caroline Murinda || 22 || [[Harare]] |}

== Notes == {{notelist}}

== References == {{reflist}}

== External links == * {{official website|http://www.missworld.com|name=Official website}}

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