{{Short description|Beauty pageant edition}} {{EngvarB|date=November 2015}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2015}} {{Infobox beauty pageant | photo = [[File:MW1983Logo.png|250px]] | caption = Miss World 1983 Titlecard | winner = [[Sarah-Jane Hutt]] | represented = United Kingdom | date = 17 November 1983 | presenters = {{Hlist|[[Peter Marshall (UK broadcaster)|Peter Marshall]]|[[Judith Chalmers]]}} | acts = {{Hlist|[[Leo Sayer]]}} | venue = [[Royal Albert Hall]], [[London]], United Kingdom | broadcaster = [[Thames Television]] | entrants = 72 | placements = 15 | debuts = {{Hlist|Poland|Tonga}} | returns = {{Hlist|Austria|Barbados|Gambia|Liberia|Swaziland}} | withdraws = {{Hlist|French Polynesia|Sri Lanka|Zimbabwe}} | before = [[Miss World 1982|1982]] | next = [[Miss World 1984|1984]] }}
'''Miss World 1983''', the 33rd edition of the [[Miss World]] pageant, was held on 17 November 1983 at the [[Royal Albert Hall]] in [[London]], the United Kingdom. The winner was [[Sarah-Jane Hutt]] from the United Kingdom.<ref name="Getty Images 1983">{{cite web | title=Sarah Jane Hutt, Miss U.K, is crowned Miss World 1983, during the... | website=[[Getty Images]] | date=November 17, 1983 | url=http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/sarah-jane-hutt-miss-u-k-is-crowned-miss-world-1983-during-news-photo/138531636 | access-date=January 26, 2016}}</ref> She was crowned by Miss World 1982, [[Mariasela Álvarez]] of Dominican Republic. First runner-up was Rocío Isabel Luna representing Colombia and second runner-up was Cátia Pedrosa from Brazil.
== Background == Miss World 1983 marked the first Miss World event that included an intelligence test for contestants.<ref name="TST-1">{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1309&dat=19880204&id=HxFZAAAAIBAJ&pg=6495,880973&hl=en | title=Brains or Beauty? | newspaper=[[New Straits Times]] | date=February 4, 1988 | access-date=25 January 2016 | pages=5|quote=For the first time, contestants for the Miss World 1983 in London were put through a one-and-a-half-hour intelligence test devised by psychologists}}</ref> The intelligence test was created by [[psychologists]].<ref name="TST-1"/>
=== Debuts, returns, withdrawals === This edition marked the debut of Poland and Tonga. And the return of The Gambia, which last competed in [[Miss World 1970|1970]], Liberia last competed in [[Miss World 1972|1972]], Barbados last competed in [[Miss World 1975|1975]], Austria last competed in [[Miss World 1981|1981]] and Swaziland last competed in [[Miss World 1980|1980]].
French Polynesia,{{Efn|Competed as Tahiti in the pageant}} Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe withdrew from the competition for unknown reasons.
== Results == === Placements === {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;" |- ! Placement ! Contestant |- | '''Miss World 1983''' | * '''{{flag|United Kingdom}}''' – '''[[Sarah-Jane Hutt]]<ref name="OC-1" />''' |- | 1st Runner-Up | * {{flag|Colombia}} – Rocío Isabel Luna<ref name="OC-1">{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2194&dat=19831118&id=lL4yAAAAIBAJ&pg=3028,4575226&hl=en | title=Miss World | newspaper=[[Ottawa Citizen]] | date=Nov 18, 1983 | access-date=25 January 2016}}</ref> |- | 2nd Runner-Up | * {{flag|Brazil|1968}} – Cátia Pedrosa<ref name="OC-1"/> |- | Top 7 | * {{flag|Iceland}} – [[Unnur Steinsson]] * {{flag|Jamaica}} – Catherine Levy * {{flag|Panama}} – Marissa Burgos * {{flag|United States}} – Lisa Allred |- | Top 15 | * {{flag|Austria}} – [[Mercedes Stermitz]] * {{flag|Belgium}} – Françoise Bostoen * {{flag|Bolivia|civil}} – Ana María Taboada * {{flag|Holland}} – Nancy Heynis * {{flag|British Hong Kong|name=Hong Kong}} – [[Maggie Cheung|Margaret Cheung]] * {{flag|Ireland}} – Patricia Nolan * {{flag|Israel}} – Yi'fat Schechter * {{flag|Yugoslavia}} – Bernarda Marovt |}
===Continental Queens of Beauty=== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;" |- ! Continental Group ! Contestant |- | Africa | * {{flagu|Liberia}} – Annie Broderick |- | Americas | * {{flagu|Colombia}} – Rocío Isabel Luna |- | Asia | * {{flagu|Israel}} – Yi'fat Schechter |- | Europe | * {{flagu|United Kingdom}} – [[Sarah-Jane Hutt]] |- | Oceania | * {{flagu|Australia}} – Tanya Bowe |}
== Contestants == [[File:Miss World 1983 Map.PNG|thumb|250px|Countries and territories which sent delegates and results for Miss World 1983]]72 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]] || Audrey Bruges || 17 || [[Oranjestad, Aruba|Oranjestad]] |- | {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Miss World Australia|Australia]] || Tanya Bowe || 20 || [[Adelaide]] |- | {{flagicon|AUT}} [[Miss Austria|Austria]] || [[Mercedes Stermitz]] || 25 || [[Klagenfurt]] |- | {{flagicon|BAH}} [[Miss Bahamas|Bahamas]] || Lucille Bullen || 20 || [[Nassau, Bahamas|Nassau]] |- | {{flagicon|BAR}} [[Miss Barbados World|Barbados]] || Nina McIntosh-Clarke<ref>{{Cite news |date=18 November 1983 |title=British fashion model new Miss World |language=en |pages=6 |work=The Paris News |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-paris-news-18november1983thepari/393641/ |access-date=4 May 2025 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> || 24 || [[Bridgetown]] |- | {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Miss Belgium|Belgium]] || Françoise Bostoen || 20 || [[Roeselare]] |- | {{flagicon|BER}} [[Miss World Bermuda|Bermuda]] || Angelita Emily Diaz || 20 || [[St. George's, Bermuda|St. George's]] |- | {{flagicon|BOL}} [[Miss Bolivia|Bolivia]] || Ana María Taboada || 18 || [[Tarija, Bolivia|Tarija]] |- | {{flagicon|BRA|1968}} [[Miss Brazil World|Brazil]] || Cátia Pedrosa || 20 || [[Rio de Janeiro]] |- | {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Miss World Canada|Canada]] || Katharine Durish || 25 || [[Toronto]] |- | {{flagicon|CAY|old}} [[Miss Cayman Islands|Cayman Islands]] || Effie Ebanks || 18 || [[George Town, Cayman Islands|George Town]] |- | {{flagicon|CHI}} [[Miss World Chile|Chile]] || Gina Rovira || 19 || [[Santiago]] |- | {{flagicon|COL}} [[Señorita Colombia|Colombia]] || Rocío Isabel Luna || 18 || [[El Banco]] |- | {{flagicon|CRC|state}} [[Reinas de Costa Rica|Costa Rica]] || María Argentina Meléndez || 20 || [[San José, Costa Rica|San José]] |- | {{flagicon|AHO|1959}} [[Señorita Curaçao|Curaçao]] || Ivette Domacasse || 22 || [[Willemstad]] |- | {{flagicon|CYP}} [[Miss Cyprus|Cyprus]] || Katia Chrysochou || 20 || [[Paphos]] |- | {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Miss Denmark|Denmark]] || Tina-Lissette Joergensen || 18 || [[Holstebro]] |- | {{flagicon|DOM}} [[Miss Dominican Republic|Dominican Republic]] || Yonoris Estrella || 20 || [[Azua de Compostela]] |- | {{flagicon|ECU}} [[Miss Ecuador|Ecuador]] || Martha Isabel Lascano || 20 || [[Guayaquil]] |- | {{flagicon|ESA}} [[Reinado de El Salvador|El Salvador]] || Carmen Álvarez || 18 || [[San Salvador]] |- | {{flagicon|FIN}} [[Miss Finland|Finland]] || Sanna Pekkala || 20 || [[Helsinki]] |- | {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Miss France|France]] || Frederique Leroy || 20 || [[Bordeaux]] |- | {{flagicon|GAM}} [[Miss Gambia|Gambia]] || Abbey Scattrel Janneh || 19 || [[Banjul]] |- | {{flagicon|GIB}} [[Miss Gibraltar|Gibraltar]] || Jessica Palao || 19 || [[Gibraltar]] |- | {{flagicon|GRE}} [[Star Hellas|Greece]] || Anna Martinou || 17 || [[Athens]] |- | {{flagicon|GUM}} [[Miss World Guam|Guam]] || Geraldine Santos<ref>{{Cite news |last=Stinson |first=Bart |date=31 August 1983 |title=Queen Santos gave 150 percent |pages=3 |work=Pacific Daily News |location=Agana Heights, Guam |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/pacific-daily-news/97175440/ |access-date=22 July 2023 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> || 22 || [[Chalan Pago-Ordot, Guam|Chalan Pago-Ordot]] |- | {{flagicon|GUA}} [[Miss Guatemala|Guatemala]] || Hilda Manrique || 23 || [[Guatemala City]] |- | {{flagicon|NED}} [[Miss Nederland|Holland]] || Nancy Heynis || 18 || [[Amsterdam]] |- | {{flagicon|HON|1949}} [[Miss Honduras|Honduras]] || Carmen Isabel Morales || 18 || [[Puerto Cortés]] |- | {{flagicon|British Hong Kong}} [[Miss Hong Kong|Hong Kong]] || [[Maggie Cheung]] || 19 || [[Hong Kong Island]] |- | {{flagicon|ISL}} [[Miss Iceland|Iceland]] || [[Unnur Steinsson]] || 20 || [[Álftanes]] |- | {{flagicon|IND}} [[Femina Miss India|India]] || Sweety Grewal || 21 || [[Mumbai|Bombay]] |- | {{flagicon|INA}} [[Miss Indonesia|Indonesia]] || [[Titi DJ|Titi Dwi Jayati]] || 17 || [[Jakarta]] |- | {{flagicon|IRL}} [[Miss Ireland|Ireland]] || Patricia Nolan || 19 || [[Dublin]] |- | {{IMN}} || Jennifer Huyton || 18 || [[Bride (parish)|Bride]] |- | {{flagicon|ISR}} [[Miss Israel|Israel]] || Yi'fat Schechter || 20 || [[Tel Aviv]] |- | {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Miss World Italy|Italy]] || Barbara Previato || 17 || [[Modena]] |- | {{flagicon|JAM}} [[Miss Jamaica World|Jamaica]] || Catherine Levy || 21 || [[Kingston, Jamaica|Kingston]] |- | {{flagicon|JPN|1947}} [[Miss World Japan|Japan]] || Mie Nakahara || 22 || [[Tokyo]] |- | {{flagicon|LIB}} [[Miss Lebanon|Lebanon]] || Douchka Abi-Nader || 17 || [[Beirut]] |- | {{flagicon|LBR}} [[Miss Liberia|Liberia]] || Annie Broderick<ref>{{Cite web |last=Thompson |first=Isaac |date=22 August 1983 |title=Miss Liberia '83 |url=https://gpa.eastview.com/crl/doda/?a=d&d=lodo19830822-01.1.7&e=-------en-25--1--img-txIN---------- |access-date=8 August 2025 |website=[[Liberian Observer |Daily Observer]] |via=East View Global Press Archive}}</ref>|| 24 || [[Montserrado County|Montserrado]] |- | {{flagicon|MAS}} [[Miss Malaysia|Malaysia]] || [[Michelle Yeoh]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ng |first=Kate |date=4 February 2023 |title=Michelle Yeoh says she won Miss Malaysia to 'shut her mother up' |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/michelle-yeoh-mother-miss-malaysia-b2275755.html |access-date= November 1, 2023 |archive-date= November 1, 2023 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20231101090441/https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/michelle-yeoh-mother-miss-malaysia-b2275755.html |url-status=live |website=[[The Independent]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.sportingnews.com/au/lifestyle/news/how-martial-arts-paved-way-michelle-yeohs-historic-oscar-win/rxele24extipj4ohwfb73t88 |title= How martial arts paved the way for Michelle Yeoh's historic Oscar win |first= Gloria |last= Fung |work= [[The Sporting News]] |date= March 13, 2023 |access-date= November 1, 2023 |archive-date= November 1, 2023 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20231101115810/https://www.sportingnews.com/au/lifestyle/news/how-martial-arts-paved-way-michelle-yeohs-historic-oscar-win/rxele24extipj4ohwfb73t88 |url-status=live}}</ref>|| 21 || [[Ipoh]] |- | {{flagicon|MLT}} [[Miss World Malta|Malta]] || Odette Balzan || 19 || [[Rabat, Malta|Rabat]] |- | {{flagicon|MEX}} [[Miss Mexico Organization|Mexico]] || Mayra Rojas || 19 || [[Mexico City]] |- | {{flagicon|NZL}} [[New Zealand at Miss World|New Zealand]] || Maria Sando<ref> {{cite news |title=‘Miss N.Z.’ crowned |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/press/1983/08/29/1 |work=[[The Press]] |page=1 |access-date=1 October 2025 |date=29 August 1983 |location=[[Christchurch]], New Zealand |via=[[National Library of New Zealand#Papers Past|Papers Past]]}}</ref> || 18 || [[Palmerston North]] |- | {{flagicon|NOR}} [[Norway at Miss World|Norway]] || Karen Dobloug || 21 || [[Furnes, Norway|Furnes]] |- | {{flagicon|PAN}} [[Señorita Panamá|Panama]] || Marissa Burgos || 19 || [[Panama City]] |- | {{flagicon|PAR|1954}} [[Miss Paraguay|Paraguay]] || Antonella Filartiga || 21 || [[Asunción]] |- | {{flagicon|PER|state}} [[Miss Peru|Peru]] || Lisbet Aurora Alcázar || 20 || [[Lima]] |- | {{flagicon|PHI|1936}} [[Mutya ng Pilipinas|Philippines]] || Marilou Sadiua || 22 || [[Manila]] |- | {{flagicon|Polish People's Republic}} [[Miss Polski|Poland]] || Lidia Wasiak<ref>{{Cite news |date=8 September 1983 |title=Tah-daaah! There she is... Miss Poland! |pages=11 |work=Logansport Pharos-Tribune |location=Logansport, Indiana |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/logansport-pharos-tribune/53549368/ |access-date=22 July 2023 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> || 21 || [[Szczecin]] |- | {{flagicon|POR}} [[Miss República Portuguesa|Portugal]] || Cesaltina da Silva || 20 || [[Lisbon]] |- | {{flagicon|PUR}} [[Miss World Puerto Rico|Puerto Rico]] || Fátima Mustafá || 17 || [[Aibonito, Puerto Rico|Aibonito]] |- | {{flagicon|SIN}} [[Miss Singapore World|Singapore]] || Sharon Denise Wells || 22 || [[Singapore]] |- | {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Miss Korea|South Korea]]{{Efn|Competed as Korea in the pageant}} || Suh Min-sook || 20 || [[Seoul]] |- | {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Miss Spain|Spain]] || Milagros Pérez || 21 || [[Gran Canaria]] |- | {{flagicon|SWZ}} [[Miss Swaziland|Swaziland]] || Gladys Rudd || 22 || [[Manzini, Swaziland|Manzini]] |- | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Miss Sweden|Sweden]] || Eva Liza Törnquist || 18 || [[Stockholm]] |- | {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Miss Switzerland|Switzerland]] || Patricia Lang || 19 || [[Zürich]] |- | {{flagicon|TH}} [[Miss Thailand World|Thailand]]|| [[Tavinan Kongkran]] || 19 || [[Bangkok]] |- | {{TGA}} || Rosetta Moa Johansson || 18 || [[Neiafu (Vava'u)|Neiafu]] |- | {{flagicon|TRI}} [[Miss Trinidad and Tobago|Trinidad and Tobago]] || Esther Juliette Farmer || 24 || [[San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago|San Fernando]] |- | {{flagicon|TUR}} [[Miss Turkey|Turkey]] || Ebru Özmeriç<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=22 September 2017 |title=Miss Turkey listesi, geçmişten günümüze Miss Turkey birincileri |trans-title=All past Miss Turkey winners |url=https://www.haberturk.com/miss-turkey-listesi-gecmisten-gunumuze-miss-turkey-birincileri-1642708 |access-date=4 May 2025 |website=Habertürk |language=tr}}</ref> || 18 || [[Istanbul]] |- | {{flagicon|TCA}} [[Miss Turks and Caicos|Turks and Caicos Islands]] || Cheryl Astwood || 19 || [[Grand Turk Island|Grand Turk]] |- | '''{{flagicon|UK}} [[Miss United Kingdom|United Kingdom]]''' || '''[[Sarah-Jane Hutt]]'''<ref name="Getty Images 1983" /> || 19 || [[Dorset]] |- | {{flagicon|US}} [[United States representatives at Miss World|United States]] || Lisa Gayle Allred || 22 || [[Fort Worth, Texas|Fort Worth]] |- |{{flagicon|ISV}} [[Miss US Virgin Islands|United States Virgin Islands]] |Chandra Ramsingh |18 |[[Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands|St. Croix]] |- | {{flagicon|URU}} [[Miss Uruguay|Uruguay]] || Silvia Zumarán || 21 || [[Montevideo]] |- | {{flagicon|VEN|1954}} [[Miss Venezuela|Venezuela]] || [[Carolina Cerruti]] || 21 || [[Caracas]] |- | {{flagicon|FRG}} [[Miss World Germany|West Germany]] || Claudia Zielinski || 19 || [[Lindenberg im Allgäu|Lindenberg]] |- | {{flagicon|SAM}} [[Miss Samoa|Western Samoa]] || Theresa Vaotapu Thomsen || 19 || [[Apia]] |- | {{flagicon|SFR Yugoslavia}} [[Miss Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]] || Bernarda Marovt || 23 || [[Ljubljana]] |}
== Notes == {{notelist}}
== References == {{reflist}}
== External links ==
* {{official website|http://www.missworld.com}} {{Miss World}} {{Miss World 1983 delegates}}
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