# Miss World 1983

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Beauty pageant edition

Miss World 1983 Miss World 1983 Titlecard Date 17 November 1983 Presenters Peter Marshall Judith Chalmers Entertainment Leo Sayer Venue Royal Albert Hall, London, United Kingdom Broadcaster Thames Television Entrants 72 Placements 15 Debuts Poland Tonga Withdrawals French Polynesia Sri Lanka Zimbabwe Returns Austria Barbados Gambia Liberia Swaziland Winner Sarah-Jane Hutt United Kingdom ← 1982 1984 →

**Miss World 1983**, the 33rd edition of the [Miss World](/source/Miss_World) pageant, was held on 17 November 1983 at the [Royal Albert Hall](/source/Royal_Albert_Hall) in [London](/source/London), the United Kingdom. The winner was [Sarah-Jane Hutt](/source/Sarah-Jane_Hutt) from the United Kingdom.[1] She was crowned by Miss World 1982, [Mariasela Álvarez](/source/Mariasela_%C3%81lvarez) 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.[2] The intelligence test was created by [psychologists](/source/Psychologists).[2]

### Debuts, returns, withdrawals

This edition marked the debut of Poland and Tonga. And the return of The Gambia, which last competed in [1970](/source/Miss_World_1970), Liberia last competed in [1972](/source/Miss_World_1972), Barbados last competed in [1975](/source/Miss_World_1975), Austria last competed in [1981](/source/Miss_World_1981) and Swaziland last competed in [1980](/source/Miss_World_1980).

French Polynesia,[a] Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe withdrew from the competition for unknown reasons.

## Results

### Placements

Placement Contestant Miss World 1983 United Kingdom – Sarah-Jane Hutt[3] 1st Runner-Up Colombia – Rocío Isabel Luna[3] 2nd Runner-Up Brazil – Cátia Pedrosa[3] Top 7 Iceland – Unnur Steinsson Jamaica – Catherine Levy Panama – Marissa Burgos United States – Lisa Allred Top 15 Austria – Mercedes Stermitz Belgium – Françoise Bostoen Bolivia – Ana María Taboada Holland – Nancy Heynis Hong Kong – Margaret Cheung Ireland – Patricia Nolan Israel – Yi'fat Schechter Yugoslavia – Bernarda Marovt

### Continental Queens of Beauty

Continental Group Contestant Africa Liberia – Annie Broderick Americas Colombia – Rocío Isabel Luna Asia Israel – Yi'fat Schechter Europe United Kingdom – Sarah-Jane Hutt Oceania Australia – Tanya Bowe

## Contestants

Countries and territories which sent delegates and results for Miss World 1983

72 contestants competed for the title.

Country/Territory Contestant Age[b] Hometown Aruba Audrey Bruges 17 Oranjestad Australia Tanya Bowe 20 Adelaide Austria Mercedes Stermitz 25 Klagenfurt Bahamas Lucille Bullen 20 Nassau Barbados Nina McIntosh-Clarke[4] 24 Bridgetown Belgium Françoise Bostoen 20 Roeselare Bermuda Angelita Emily Diaz 20 St. George's Bolivia Ana María Taboada 18 Tarija Brazil Cátia Pedrosa 20 Rio de Janeiro Canada Katharine Durish 25 Toronto Cayman Islands Effie Ebanks 18 George Town Chile Gina Rovira 19 Santiago Colombia Rocío Isabel Luna 18 El Banco Costa Rica María Argentina Meléndez 20 San José Curaçao Ivette Domacasse 22 Willemstad Cyprus Katia Chrysochou 20 Paphos Denmark Tina-Lissette Joergensen 18 Holstebro Dominican Republic Yonoris Estrella 20 Azua de Compostela Ecuador Martha Isabel Lascano 20 Guayaquil El Salvador Carmen Álvarez 18 San Salvador Finland Sanna Pekkala 20 Helsinki France Frederique Leroy 20 Bordeaux Gambia Abbey Scattrel Janneh 19 Banjul Gibraltar Jessica Palao 19 Gibraltar Greece Anna Martinou 17 Athens Guam Geraldine Santos[5] 22 Chalan Pago-Ordot Guatemala Hilda Manrique 23 Guatemala City Holland Nancy Heynis 18 Amsterdam Honduras Carmen Isabel Morales 18 Puerto Cortés Hong Kong Maggie Cheung 19 Hong Kong Island Iceland Unnur Steinsson 20 Álftanes India Sweety Grewal 21 Bombay Indonesia Titi Dwi Jayati 17 Jakarta Ireland Patricia Nolan 19 Dublin Isle of Man Jennifer Huyton 18 Bride Israel Yi'fat Schechter 20 Tel Aviv Italy Barbara Previato 17 Modena Jamaica Catherine Levy 21 Kingston Japan Mie Nakahara 22 Tokyo Lebanon Douchka Abi-Nader 17 Beirut Liberia Annie Broderick[6] 24 Montserrado Malaysia Michelle Yeoh[7][8] 21 Ipoh Malta Odette Balzan 19 Rabat Mexico Mayra Rojas 19 Mexico City New Zealand Maria Sando[9] 18 Palmerston North Norway Karen Dobloug 21 Furnes Panama Marissa Burgos 19 Panama City Paraguay Antonella Filartiga 21 Asunción Peru Lisbet Aurora Alcázar 20 Lima Philippines Marilou Sadiua 22 Manila Poland Lidia Wasiak[10] 21 Szczecin Portugal Cesaltina da Silva 20 Lisbon Puerto Rico Fátima Mustafá 17 Aibonito Singapore Sharon Denise Wells 22 Singapore South Korea[c] Suh Min-sook 20 Seoul Spain Milagros Pérez 21 Gran Canaria Swaziland Gladys Rudd 22 Manzini Sweden Eva Liza Törnquist 18 Stockholm Switzerland Patricia Lang 19 Zürich Thailand Tavinan Kongkran 19 Bangkok Tonga Rosetta Moa Johansson 18 Neiafu Trinidad and Tobago Esther Juliette Farmer 24 San Fernando Turkey Ebru Özmeriç[11] 18 Istanbul Turks and Caicos Islands Cheryl Astwood 19 Grand Turk United Kingdom Sarah-Jane Hutt[1] 19 Dorset United States Lisa Gayle Allred 22 Fort Worth United States Virgin Islands Chandra Ramsingh 18 St. Croix Uruguay Silvia Zumarán 21 Montevideo Venezuela Carolina Cerruti 21 Caracas West Germany Claudia Zielinski 19 Lindenberg Western Samoa Theresa Vaotapu Thomsen 19 Apia Yugoslavia Bernarda Marovt 23 Ljubljana

## Notes

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Competed as Tahiti in the pageant

1. **[^](#cite_ref-I_5-0)** Ages at the time of the pageant

1. **[^](#cite_ref-13)** Competed as Korea in the pageant

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Getty_Images_1983_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Getty_Images_1983_1-1) ["Sarah Jane Hutt, Miss U.K, is crowned Miss World 1983, during the..."](http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/sarah-jane-hutt-miss-u-k-is-crowned-miss-world-1983-during-news-photo/138531636) *[Getty Images](/source/Getty_Images)*. 17 November 1983. Retrieved 26 January 2016.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-TST-1_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-TST-1_2-1) ["Brains or Beauty?"](https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1309&dat=19880204&id=HxFZAAAAIBAJ&pg=6495,880973&hl=en). *[New Straits Times](/source/New_Straits_Times)*. 4 February 1988. p. 5. Retrieved 25 January 2016. 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

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-OC-1_4-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-OC-1_4-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-OC-1_4-2) ["Miss World"](https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2194&dat=19831118&id=lL4yAAAAIBAJ&pg=3028,4575226&hl=en). *[Ottawa Citizen](/source/Ottawa_Citizen)*. 18 November 1983. Retrieved 25 January 2016.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["British fashion model new Miss World"](https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-paris-news-18november1983thepari/393641/). *The Paris News*. 18 November 1983. p. 6. Retrieved 4 May 2025 – via Newspapers.com.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** Stinson, Bart (31 August 1983). ["Queen Santos gave 150 percent"](https://www.newspapers.com/article/pacific-daily-news/97175440/). *Pacific Daily News*. Agana Heights, Guam. p. 3. Retrieved 22 July 2023 – via [Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** Thompson, Isaac (22 August 1983). ["Miss Liberia '83"](https://gpa.eastview.com/crl/doda/?a=d&d=lodo19830822-01.1.7&e=-------en-25--1--img-txIN----------). *[Daily Observer](/source/Liberian_Observer)*. Retrieved 8 August 2025 – via East View Global Press Archive.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** Ng, Kate (4 February 2023). ["Michelle Yeoh says she won Miss Malaysia to 'shut her mother up'"](https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/michelle-yeoh-mother-miss-malaysia-b2275755.html). *[The Independent](/source/The_Independent)*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20231101090441/https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/michelle-yeoh-mother-miss-malaysia-b2275755.html) from the original on 1 November 2023. Retrieved 1 November 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** Fung, Gloria (13 March 2023). ["How martial arts paved the way for Michelle Yeoh's historic Oscar win"](https://www.sportingnews.com/au/lifestyle/news/how-martial-arts-paved-way-michelle-yeohs-historic-oscar-win/rxele24extipj4ohwfb73t88). *[The Sporting News](/source/The_Sporting_News)*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20231101115810/https://www.sportingnews.com/au/lifestyle/news/how-martial-arts-paved-way-michelle-yeohs-historic-oscar-win/rxele24extipj4ohwfb73t88) from the original on 1 November 2023. Retrieved 1 November 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** ["'Miss N.Z.' crowned"](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/press/1983/08/29/1). *[The Press](/source/The_Press)*. [Christchurch](/source/Christchurch), New Zealand. 29 August 1983. p. 1. Retrieved 1 October 2025 – via [Papers Past](/source/National_Library_of_New_Zealand#Papers_Past).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-12)** ["Tah-daaah! There she is... Miss Poland!"](https://www.newspapers.com/article/logansport-pharos-tribune/53549368/). *Logansport Pharos-Tribune*. Logansport, Indiana. 8 September 1983. p. 11. Retrieved 22 July 2023 – via [Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-14)** ["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.

## External links

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

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v t e Miss World 1983 national titleholders Mercedes Stermitz Maggie Cheung Unnur Steinsson Titi Dwi Jayanti Michelle Yeoh Tavinan Kongkran Sarah-Jane Hutt Carolina Cerruti

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