{{Short description|Beauty pageant edition}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2015}} {{EngvarB|date=November 2015}} {{Infobox beauty pageant | winner = [[Astrid Carolina Herrera]] | photo = File:Miss World 1984.jpg | represented = Venezuela | date = 15 November 1984 | presenters = {{Hlist|[[Peter Marshall (UK broadcaster)|Peter Marshall]]|[[Judith Chalmers]]}} | acts = {{Hlist|[[The Drifters]]}} | placements = 15 | venue = [[Royal Albert Hall]], [[London]], United Kingdom | broadcaster = [[Thames Television]] | entrants = 72 | returns = {{Hlist|French Polynesia|Kenya|Nigeria|Sri Lanka}} | withdraws = {{Hlist|Indonesia|Liberia|Tonga|Turkey}} | before = [[Miss World 1983|1983]] | next = [[Miss World 1985|1985]] }}
'''Miss World 1984''', the 34th edition of the [[Miss World]] pageant, was held on 15 November 1984 at the [[Royal Albert Hall]] in [[London]], United Kingdom.<ref name="huffingtonpost.co.uk">{{cite web |date=26 November 2014 |title=A Brief History Of Miss World In Pictures |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/11/26/history-of-miss-world_n_6225878.html |access-date=26 January 2016 |work=The Huffington Post UK |quote=Winner of the 1984 Miss World Contest, Astrid Carolina Herrera from Venezuela, sitting on her throne at the Royal Albert Hall on 15 November 1984.}}</ref> The winner was [[Astrid Carolina Herrera]] from Venezuela. She was crowned by Miss World 1983, [[Sarah-Jane Hutt]] of the United Kingdom. The 1st and 2nd runners-up were Constance "Connie" Fitzpatrick from Canada, and Lou-Anne Ronchi from Australia. The event was viewed by 17.1 million people in the United Kingdom.<ref name="Thussu 2008 p. 37">{{cite book | last=Thussu | first=D.K. | title=News as Entertainment: The Rise of Global Infotainment | publisher=SAGE Publications | year=2008 | isbn=978-1-4462-3331-3 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L-5jny8sijsC&pg=PA37 | access-date=26 January 2016 | page=37}}</ref><ref name="philstar.com">{{cite web |title=The beauty queens up there |url=http://www.philstar.com/entertainment/625684/beauty-queens-there |access-date=26 January 2016 |work=[[The Philippine Star]]}}</ref>
This edition marked the return of Kenya, which last competed in [[Miss World 1968|1968]], Nigeria last competed in [[Miss World 1979|1979]], French Polynesia (as Tahiti) and Sri Lanka last competed in [[Miss World 1982|1982]]. Indonesia, Liberia, Tonga, Turkey, withdrew from the competition for unknown reasons.
== Results == === Placements === {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;" |- ! Placement ! Contestant |- | '''Miss World 1984''' | * '''{{flag|Venezuela|1954}}''' – '''[[Astrid Carolina Herrera]]''' |- | 1st runner-up | * {{flag|Canada}} – Connie Fitzpatrick |- | 2nd Runner-up | * {{flag|Australia}} – Lou-Anne Ronchi |- | Top 7 | * {{flag|Brazil|1968}} – Adriana Alves de Oliveira * {{flag|Ireland}} – [[Olivia Tracey]] * {{flag|United Kingdom}} – Vivienne Rooke * {{flag|United States}} – Kelly Lea Anderson |- | Top 15 | * {{flag|Austria}} – Heidemarie Pilgerstorfer * {{flag|Colombia}} – [[Patricia Janiot]] * {{flag|Finland}} – Anna-Liisa Tilus * {{flag|Holland}} – Nancy Neede * {{flag|Iceland}} – Berglind Johansen * {{flag|Israel}} – Iris Louk * {{flag|Kenya}} – Khadija Ismail * {{flag|Switzerland}} – Silvia Affolter |}
=== Continental Queens of Beauty === {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;" |- ! Continental Group ! Contestant |- | Africa | * {{flagu|Kenya}} – Khadija Adam Ismail |- | Americas | * {{flagu|Venezuela|1954}} – [[Astrid Carolina Herrera]] |- | Asia | * {{flagu|Israel}} – Iris Louk |- | Europe | * {{flagu|United Kingdom}} – Vivienne Rooke |- | Oceania | * {{flagu|Australia}} – Lou-Anne Ronchi |}
== 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 1984 Map.PNG|thumb|right|250px|Miss World 1984 participating countries and territories]]72 contestants competed for the title. {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;" |- ! Country !! Contestant !! Age{{efn|Ages at the time of the pageant|name=I}} !! Hometown |- | {{flagicon|ARU}} [[Miss Aruba|Aruba]] || Margaret Bislick || 22 || [[Oranjestad, Aruba|Oranjestad]] |- | {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Miss World Australia|Australia]] || Lou-Anne Ronchi || 22 || [[Perth]] |- | {{flagicon|AUT}} [[Miss Austria|Austria]] || Heidemarie Pilgerstorfer || 23 || [[Linz]] |- | {{flagicon|BAH}} [[Miss Bahamas|Bahamas]] || Yvette Rolle || 20 || [[Nassau, Bahamas|Nassau]] |- | {{flagicon|BAR}} [[Miss Barbados World|Barbados]]|| Gale Thomas || 22 || [[Christ Church, Barbados|Christ Church]] |- | {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Miss Belgium|Belgium]] || Brigitte Muyshondt || 24 || [[Antwerp]] |- | {{flagicon|BER}} [[Miss World Bermuda|Bermuda]] || Rhonda Wilkinson || 21 || [[St. George's, Bermuda|St. Georges]] |- | {{flagicon|BOL|civil}} [[Miss Bolivia|Bolivia]] || Erika Weise || 21 || [[Santa Cruz de la Sierra|Santa Cruz]] |- | {{flagicon|BRA|1968}} [[Miss Brazil World|Brazil]] || Adriana Alves de Oliveira || 21 || [[Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul|Rio Grande]] |- | {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Miss World Canada|Canada]] || Constance "Connie" Fitzpatrick || 20 || [[Hamilton, Ontario|Hamilton]] |- | {{flagicon|CAY|old}} [[Miss Cayman Islands|Cayman Islands]] || Thora Ann Crighton || 22 || [[George Town, Cayman Islands|George Town]] |- | {{flagicon|CHI}} [[Miss World Chile|Chile]] || María Soledad García || 21 || [[Santiago]] |- | {{flagicon|COL}} [[Señorita Colombia|Colombia]] || [[Patricia Janiot]] || 20 || [[Bucaramanga]] |- | {{flagicon|CRC}} [[Reinas de Costa Rica|Costa Rica]] || Catalina Blum || 21 || [[San Jose, Costa Rica|San Jose]] |- | {{flagicon|CUR|1982}} [[Señorita Curaçao|Curaçao]] || Ivette Atacho || 20 || [[Willemstad]] |- | {{flagicon|CYP}} [[Miss Cyprus|Cyprus]] || Agathi Demetriou || 17 || [[Paphos]] |- | {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Miss Denmark|Denmark]] || Pia Melchiorsen || 18 || [[Frederikshavn]] |- | {{flagicon|DOM|civil}} [[Miss Dominican Republic|Dominican Republic]] || Mayelinne de Lara || 20 || [[El Seibo]] |- | {{flagicon|ECU}} [[Miss Ecuador|Ecuador]] || [[María Sol Corral]] || 19 || [[Quito]] |- | {{flagicon|ESA}} [[Reinado de El Salvador|El Salvador]] || Celina María López || 17 || [[San Salvador]] |- | {{flagicon|FIN}} [[Miss Finland|Finland]] || Anna-Liisa Tilus || 19 || [[Helsinki]] |- | {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Miss France|France]] || Martine Robine || 19 || [[Cabourg]] |- | {{flagicon|French Polynesia}} [[Miss Tahiti|French Polynesia]]{{Efn|Competed as Tahiti in the pageant}} || Hinarii Kilian || 17 || [[Punaauia]] |- | {{flagicon|GAM}} [[Miss Gambia|Gambia]] || Mirabelle Carayol<ref>{{Cite web |last=Saliu |first=Yunus S. |date=5 July 2022 |title=Miss Gambia Pageant must not be used as a vehicle to sexually exploit women and girls, Hon Bah cautions - |url=https://www.voicegambia.com/2022/07/05/miss-gambia-pageant-must-not-be-used-as-a-vehicle-to-sexually-exploit-women-and-girls-hon-bah-cautions/ |access-date=4 May 2025 |website=The Voice Gambia |language=en-US}}</ref> || 19 || [[Banjul]] |- | {{flagicon|GIB}} [[Miss Gibraltar|Gibraltar]] || Karina Hollands<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=29 August 2012 |title=Miss Gibraltar calendar 2012: September |url=https://issuu.com/thegibraltarmagazine/docs/gibmag_sept12_lowres |access-date=22 June 2024 |magazine=The Gibraltar Magazine |page=67}}</ref>|| 18 || [[Gibraltar]] |- | {{flagicon|GRE}} [[Star Hellas|Greece]] || Vassiliki Barba || 18 || [[Athens]] |- | {{flagicon|GUM}} [[Miss World Guam|Guam]] || Janet Clymer || 20 || [[Mangilao]] |- | {{flagicon|GUA}} [[Miss Guatemala|Guatemala]] || Carla Aldana || 22 || [[Guatemala City]] |- | {{flagicon|NED}} [[Miss Nederland|Holland]] || Nancy Neede || 20 || [[Amsterdam]] |- | {{flagicon|HON|1949}} [[Miss Honduras|Honduras]] || Myrtice Hyde || 22 || [[Roatan]] |- | {{flagicon|British Hong Kong}} [[Miss Hong Kong|Hong Kong]] || Joan Tong || 20 || [[Hong Kong Island]] |- | {{flagicon|ISL}} [[Miss Iceland|Iceland]] || Berglind Johansen || 18 || [[Reykjavík]] |- | {{flagicon|IND}} [[Femina Miss India|India]] || Suchita Kumar || 19 || [[Mumbai|Bombay]] |- | {{flagicon|IRL}} [[Miss Ireland|Ireland]] || [[Olivia Tracey]] || 24 || [[Dublin]] |- | {{IMN}} || Jill Armstrong || 17 || [[Braddan]] |- | {{flagicon|ISR}} [[Miss Israel|Israel]] || Iris Louk || 18 || [[Rishon LeZion]] |- | {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Miss World Italy|Italy]] || Federica Tersch || 20 || [[Milan]] |- | {{flagicon|JAM}} [[Miss Jamaica World|Jamaica]] || Jacqueline Crichton || 20 || [[Kingston, Jamaica|Kingston]] |- | {{flagicon|JPN|1947}} [[Miss World Japan|Japan]] || Ayako Ohsone || 21 || [[Tokyo]] |- | {{flagicon|KEN}} [[Miss World Kenya|Kenya]] || Khadija Ismail || 24 || [[Nairobi]] |- | {{flagicon|LIB}} [[Miss Lebanon|Lebanon]] || Elaine Khoury || 19 || [[Beirut]] |- | {{flagicon|MAS}} [[Miss Malaysia|Malaysia]] || Christine Teo || 22 || [[Kuala Lumpur]] |- | {{flagicon|MLT}} [[Miss World Malta|Malta]] || Graziella Previ || 19 || [[Gzira]] |- | {{flagicon|MEX}} [[Miss Mexico Organization|Mexico]] || Mariana Urrea || 19 || [[Guadalajara]] |- | {{flagicon|NZL}} [[New Zealand at Miss World|New Zealand]] || Barbara McDowell<ref>{{cite news |title=International |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/press/1984/11/12/10 |work=[[The Press]] |page=10 |access-date=3 January 2026 |date=12 November 1984 |location=[[Christchurch]], New Zealand |via=[[National Library of New Zealand#Papers Past|Papers Past]]}}</ref> || 19 || [[Auckland]] |- | {{flagicon|NGR}} [[Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria|Nigeria]] || Cynthia Oronsaye || 20 || [[Lagos]] |- | {{flagicon|NOR}} [[Norway at Miss World|Norway]] || Ingrid Martens || 19 || [[Oslo]] |- | {{flagicon|PAN}} [[Señorita Panamá|Panama]] || Ana Luisa Seda || 18 || [[Panama City]] |- | {{flagicon|PAR|1954}} [[Miss Paraguay|Paraguay]] || Susana Ivasiuten || 17 || [[Encarnación, Paraguay|Encarnación]] |- | {{flagicon|PER}} [[Miss Peru|Peru]] || Gloria Loayza-Guerra || 21 || [[Trujillo, Peru|Trujillo]] |- | {{flagicon|PHI|1936}} [[Mutya ng Pilipinas|Philippines]] || [[Aurora Sevilla]] || 21 || [[Manila]] |- | {{flagicon|Polish People's Republic}} [[Miss Polski|Poland]] || [[Magdalena Jaworska]]<ref name="philstar.com" /> || 23 || [[Warsaw]] |- | {{flagicon|POR}} [[Miss República Portuguesa|Portugal]] || Maria Leonor Mendes Correia || 22 || [[Lisbon]] |- | {{flagicon|PUR}} [[Miss World Puerto Rico|Puerto Rico]] || María de los Ángeles Rosas || 23 || [[San Juan, Puerto Rico|San Juan]] |- | {{flagicon|SIN}} [[Miss Singapore World|Singapore]] || Jenny Li || 22 || [[Singapore]] |- | {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Miss Korea|South Korea]]{{Efn|Competed as Korea in the pageant}} || Lee Joo-hee || 18 || [[Seoul]] |- | {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Miss Spain|Spain]] || [[Juncal Rivero]] || 18 || [[Valladolid]] |- | {{flagicon|SRI}} [[Miss World Sri Lanka|Sri Lanka]] || Bhagya Gunasinghe || 22 || [[Colombo]] |- | {{flagicon|SWZ}} [[Miss Swaziland|Swaziland]] || Busie Motsa || 19 || [[Manzini, Swaziland|Manzini]] |- | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Miss Sweden|Sweden]] || Brigitte Gunnarsson || 21 || [[Malmö]] |- | {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Miss Switzerland|Switzerland]] || Silvia Anna Affolter || 20 || [[Sarnen]] |- | {{flagicon|TH}} [[Miss Thailand World|Thailand]]|| Intira Imsompoh || 19 || [[Bangkok]] |- | {{flagicon|TRI}} [[Miss Trinidad and Tobago|Trinidad and Tobago]] || Ria Rambardan || 17 || [[Tunapuna]] |- | {{flagicon|TCA}} [[Miss Turks and Caicos|Turks and Caicos Islands]] || Miriam Coralita Adams || 18 || [[Grand Turk Island|Grand Turk]] |- | {{flagicon|UK}} [[Miss United Kingdom|United Kingdom]] || Vivienne Rooke || 22 || [[Bristol]] |- | {{flagicon|US}} [[United States representatives at Miss World|United States]] || Kelly Anderson || 23 || [[Clarksburg, West Virginia|Clarksburg]] |- |{{flag|United States Virgin Islands}} |Sandy Lewis |19 |[[Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands|St. Croix]] |- | {{flagicon|URU}} [[Miss Uruguay|Uruguay]] || Giselle Barthou || 23 || [[Montevideo]] |- | '''{{flagicon|VEN|1954}} [[Miss Venezuela|Venezuela]]''' || '''[[Astrid Carolina Herrera]]''' || 21 || [[Caracas]] |- | {{flagicon|FRG}} [[Miss World Germany|West Germany]] || Brigitta Berx || 22 || [[Düsseldorf]] |- | {{flagicon|SAM}} [[Miss Samoa|Western Samoa]] || Ana Bentley || 22 || [[Apia]] |- | {{flagicon|SFR Yugoslavia}} [[Miss Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]] || Dinka Delić || 18 || [[Zenica]] |}
== Notes == {{notelist}} <references group="lower-alpha" responsive="1"></references>
== References == {{reflist}}
{{Miss World}} {{Miss World 1984 delegates}}
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