{{Short description|Beauty pageant edition}} {{EngvarB|date=November 2015}} {{Infobox beauty pageant | photo = [[File:MW 1985 - Thames TV.png|250px]] | caption = Miss World 1985 Titlecard | winner = [[Hólmfríður Karlsdóttir]]<ref name="TSM-1"/> | represented = Iceland | date = 14 November 1985 | presenters = {{Hlist|[[Peter Marshall (UK broadcaster)|Peter Marshall]]|[[Anne Diamond]]}} | acts = {{Hlist|[[Jack Jones (singer)|Jack Jones]]}} | venue = [[Royal Albert Hall]], [[London]], United Kingdom | broadcaster = [[Thames Television]] | entrants = 78 | placements = 15 | debuts = {{Hlist|Côte d'Ivoire|Saint Kitts and Nevis|Zaire}} | returns = {{Hlist|Liberia|Luxembourg|Saint Vincent and the Grenadines|Uganda}} | withdraws = {{Hlist|Honduras}} | before = [[Miss World 1984|1984]] | next = [[Miss World 1986|1986]] }}
'''Miss World 1985''', the 35th edition of the [[Miss World]] pageant, was held on 14 November 1985 at the [[Royal Albert Hall]] in [[London]], United Kingdom. 78 contestants from all over the world competed for the coveted title. [[Miss World 1984]], [[Astrid Carolina Herrera]] of Venezuela, crowned [[Hólmfríður Karlsdóttir]] of Iceland as the new Miss World at the end of the event.<ref name="TSM-1">{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1893&dat=19851115&id=H1ogAAAAIBAJ&pg=2640,1736634&hl=en | title=Miss World | newspaper=[[The Southeast Missourian]] | date=November 15, 1985 | access-date=25 January 2016}}</ref><ref name="google.com"/>
This edition marked the debut of Côte d'Ivoire, Saint Kitts and Nevis and Zaire. And the return of Uganda, which last competed in [[Miss World 1968|1968]], Luxembourg last competed in [[Miss World 1977|1977]], Saint Vincent and the Grenadines last competed (as Saint Vincent) in [[Miss World 1978|1978]] and Liberia last competed in [[Miss World 1983|1983]].
Honduras withdrew from the competition for unknown reasons.
== Results == === Placements === {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;" |- ! Placement ! Contestant |- | '''Miss World 1985''' | * '''{{flag|Iceland}}''' – '''[[Hólmfríður Karlsdóttir]]'''<ref name="TSM-1"/><ref name="google.com"/> |- | 1st Runner-up | * {{flag|United Kingdom}} – Mandy Shires<ref name="google.com"/> |- | 2nd Runner-up | * {{flag|United States}} – Brenda Denton<ref name="google.com"/> |- | Top 7 | * {{flag|Israel}} – Maja Wechtenhaim * {{flag|Jamaica}} – Alison Barnett * {{flag|Switzerland}} – Eveline Glanzmann * {{flag|Venezuela|1954}} – [[Ruddy Rodríguez]] |- | Top 15 | * {{flag|Brazil|1968}} – Leila Bittencourt * {{flag|Ireland}} – Anne Marie Gannon * {{flag|New Zealand}} – Sheri Le Fleming Burrow * {{flag|Paraguay|1954}} – Daisy Ferreira * {{flag|Polish People's Republic|name=Poland}} – Katarzyna Zawidzka * {{flag|Puerto Rico}} – Iris Matías * {{flag|Sweden}} – Anne-Bolette Christophersson * {{flag|Zaire}} – Benita Kayonga Murekatete |}
===Continental Queens of Beauty=== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;" |- ! Continental Group ! Contestant |- | '''Africa''' | * '''{{flagu|Zaire}}''' – Benita Kayonga Murekatete |- | '''Americas''' | * '''{{flagu|United States}}''' – Brenda Denton |- | '''Asia''' | * '''{{flagu|Israel}}''' – Maja Wechtenhaim |- | '''Europe''' | * '''{{flagu|Iceland}}''' – '''[[Hólmfríður Karlsdóttir]]''' |- | '''Oceania''' | * '''{{flagu|New Zealand}}''' – Sheri Le Fleming Burrow |}
== Judges == *Ibrahim Keita *[[Graeme Souness]] *[[Ralph Halpern]] *[[Sarah-Jane Hutt]] – [[Miss World 1983]] from [[United Kingdom]] *[[Eric Morley]] – Chairman and CEO of Miss World Organization *[[Duncan Goodhew]] *Anne-Marie Moser *Tan Sri Jeyaratnam *[[Barry McGuigan]]
== 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 1985 Map.PNG|thumb|250px|Countries and territories which sent delegates and results for Miss World 1985<ref name="TSM-1"/><ref name="google.com">{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1346&dat=19851116&id=tO4vAAAAIBAJ&pg=3188,10279&hl=en|title=Lakeland Ledger|access-date=26 January 2016}}</ref>]]
78 contestants competed for the title. {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;" |- ! Country !! Contestant !! Age !! Hometown !! Preliminary Score |- | '''{{flagicon|ARU}} [[Miss Aruba|Aruba]]''' || Jacqueline van Putten || 24 || [[Sint Nicolaas, Aruba|Sint Nicolaas]] |20 |- | '''{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Miss World Australia|Australia]]''' || Angelina Nasso || 18 || [[Sydney]] |21 |- | '''{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Miss Austria|Austria]]''' || Gabriele Maxonus || 20 || [[Salzburg]] |18 |- | '''{{flagicon|BAH}} [[Miss Bahamas|Bahamas]]''' || Rhonda Cornea || 17 || [[Abaco Island]] |20 |- | '''{{flagicon|BAR}} [[Miss Barbados World|Barbados]]'''|| Elizabeth Wadman || 19 || [[Christ Church, Barbados|Christ Church]] |19 |- | '''{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Miss Belgium|Belgium]]''' || Ann van den Broeck || 18 || [[Antwerp]] |18 |- | '''{{flagicon|BER}} [[Miss World Bermuda|Bermuda]]''' || Jannell Ford || 23 || [[Devonshire Parish|Devonshire]] |23 |- | '''{{flagicon|BOL}} [[Miss Bolivia|Bolivia]]''' || Carolina Abudinen || 19 || [[Santa Cruz de la Sierra|Santa Cruz]] |19 |- | '''{{flagicon|BRA|1968}} [[Miss Brazil World|Brazil]]''' || Leila Bittencourt || 19 || [[Porto Alegre]] |28 |- | '''{{flagicon|CAN}} [[Miss World Canada|Canada]]''' || Michelle Tambling || 20 || [[Toronto]] |19 |- | '''{{flagicon|CAY|old}} [[Miss Cayman Islands|Cayman Islands]]''' || Emily Hurlston || 18 || [[North Side, Cayman Islands|North Side]] |19 |- | '''{{flagicon|CHI}} [[Miss World Chile|Chile]]''' || Lydia Labarca || 20 || [[Santiago]] |21 |- | '''{{flagicon|COL}} [[Señorita Colombia|Colombia]]''' || [[Margarita Rosa de Francisco|Margarita Francisco]] || 20 || [[Santiago de Cali]] |23 |- | '''{{flagicon|CRC}} [[Reinas de Costa Rica|Costa Rica]]''' || Marianela Herrera || 19 || [[San Jose, Costa Rica|San Jose]] |19 |- | '''{{flagicon|CIV}} [[Miss Côte d'Ivoire|Côte d'Ivoire]]'''{{Efn|Competed as Ivory Coast in the pageant}} || Rose Armande Oulla || 18 || [[Abidjan]] |22 |- | '''{{flagicon|CUR|1982}} [[Señorita Curaçao|Curaçao]]''' || Lidushka Curiel || 21 || [[Willemstad]] |21 |- | '''{{flagicon|CYP}} [[Miss Cyprus|Cyprus]]''' || Juliana Kalogirou || 18 || [[Famagusta]] |18 |- | '''{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Miss Denmark|Denmark]]''' || Jeanette Kröll || 19 || [[Odense]] |19 |- | '''{{flagicon|DOM}} [[Miss Dominican Republic|Dominican Republic]]''' || María Trinidad González || 20 || [[Santo Domingo]] |19 |- | '''{{flagicon|ECU}} [[Miss Ecuador|Ecuador]]''' || María del Pilar de Veintemilla || 21 || [[Quito]] |19 |- | '''{{flagicon|ESA}} [[Reinado de El Salvador|El Salvador]]''' || Luz del Carmen Mena || 21 || [[San Salvador]] |19 |- | '''{{flagicon|FIN}} [[Miss Finland|Finland]]''' || Marja Kinnunen<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=4 May 2014 |title=Miss Suomi jo toisessa polvessa - Bea Toivonen ja Marja-äiti ovat kuin siskokset! |trans-title=Miss Finland already in the second generation - Bea Toivonen and Marja-äiti are like sisters! |url=https://www.is.fi/viihde/art-2000000750924.html |access-date=4 May 2025 |website=Ilta-Sanomat |language=fi}}</ref> || 22 || [[Tampere]] |26 |- | '''{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Miss France|France]]''' || Nathalie Jones<ref>{{Cite news |last=Davidson |first=Julie |date=16 November 1985 |title=Outsider stars of the fourth estate |pages=8 |work=The Glasgow Herald |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VcBAAAAAIBAJ&dq=%22Miss+France%22&pg=PA8 |access-date=4 May 2025|via=Google Books}}</ref> || 18 || [[Nouméa]] |18 |- | '''{{flagicon|TAH}} [[Miss Tahiti|French Polynesia]]'''{{Efn|Competed as Tahiti in the pageant}} || Ruth Manea<ref>{{Cite web |last=Barrais |first=Delphine |date=10 May 2021 |title=Ruth Manea, Miss Tahiti 1985 |url=https://www.tahiti-infos.com/Ruth-Manea-Miss-Tahiti-1985_a200558.html |access-date=4 May 2025 |website=Tahiti Infos |language=fr}}</ref> || 18 || [[Faʻaʻā]] |18 |- | '''{{flagicon|GAM}} [[Miss Gambia|Gambia]]''' || Georgett Salleh || 19 || [[Brikama]] |18 |- | '''{{flagicon|GIB}} [[Miss Gibraltar|Gibraltar]]''' || Gail Francis || 22 || [[Gibraltar]] |18 |- | '''{{flagicon|GRE}} [[Star Hellas|Greece]]''' || Epi Galanos || 22 || [[Athens]] |18 |- | '''{{flagicon|GUM}} [[Miss World Guam|Guam]]''' || Therese Quintanilla || 18 || [[Agana Heights|Agana]] |23 |- | '''{{flagicon|GUA}} [[Miss Guatemala|Guatemala]]''' || Maricela Luna || 20 || [[Guatemala City]] |19 |- | '''{{flagicon|NED}} [[Miss Nederland|Holland]]''' || Brigitte Bergman || 21 || [[Utrecht (city)|Utrecht]] |24 |- | '''{{flagicon|British Hong Kong}} [[Miss Hong Kong|Hong Kong]]''' || Aileen Lo || 20 || [[Hong Kong Island]] |21 |- | '''{{flagicon|ISL}} [[Miss Iceland|Iceland]]''' || '''[[Hólmfríður Karlsdóttir]]''' || 22 || [[Reykjavík]]<ref name="TSM-1"/> |34 |- | '''{{flagicon|IND}} [[Femina Miss India|India]]''' || Sharon Mary Clarke || 18 || [[New Delhi]] |24 |- | '''{{flagicon|IRL}} [[Miss Ireland|Ireland]]''' || Anne Marie Gannon || 19 || [[Dublin]] |27 |- | '''{{IMN}}''' || Fiona Hartley || 19 || [[Douglas, Isle of Man|Douglas]] |23 |- | '''{{flagicon|ISR}} [[Miss Israel|Israel]]''' || Maja Wechtenhaim || 21 || [[Haifa]] |33 |- | '''{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Miss World Italy|Italy]]''' || Cosetta Antoniolli || 20 || [[Milan]] |22 |- | '''{{flagicon|JAM}} [[Miss Jamaica World|Jamaica]]''' || Alison Jean Barnett || 19 || [[Kingston, Jamaica|Kingston]] |32 |- | '''{{flagicon|JPN|1947}} [[Miss World Japan|Japan]]''' || Haruko Sugimoto || 22 || [[Tokyo]] |18 |- | '''{{flagicon|KEN}} [[Miss World Kenya|Kenya]]''' || Jacqueline Mary Thom || 18 || [[Thika]] |20 |- | '''{{flagicon|LIB}} [[Miss Lebanon|Lebanon]]''' || Mary Khoury || 25 || [[Beirut]] |18 |- | '''{{flagicon|LBR}} [[Miss Liberia|Liberia]]''' || Sarah Laurine Horton || 18 || [[Monrovia]] |18 |- | '''{{flagicon|LUX}} [[Miss Luxembourg|Luxembourg]]''' || Beatrix Tinnemans || 24 || [[Luxembourg (city)|Luxembourg City]] |18 |- | '''{{flagicon|MAS}} [[Miss World Malaysia|Malaysia]]''' || Rosalind Kong || 21 || [[Kuala Lumpur]] |18 |- | '''{{flagicon|MLT}} [[Miss World Malta|Malta]]''' || Kristina Bologna || 20 || [[Mdina]] |18 |- | '''{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Miss Mexico Organization|Mexico]]''' || Alicia Yolanda Carrillo || 23 || [[Guadalajara]] |19 |- | '''{{flagicon|NZL}} [[New Zealand at Miss World|New Zealand]]''' || Sheri Le Fleming Burrow<ref>{{cite news |title=Retrospect ’85: Faces in the News... |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/press/1986/01/03/18 |work=[[The Press]] |page=18 |access-date=3 January 2026 |date=3 January 1986 |location=[[Christchurch]], New Zealand |via=[[National Library of New Zealand#Papers Past|Papers Past]]}}</ref> || 20 || [[Auckland]] |29 |- | '''{{flagicon|NGR}} [[Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria|Nigeria]]''' || Rosemary Okeke || 21 || [[Lagos]] |18 |- | '''{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Norway at Miss World|Norway]]''' || [[Karen Margrethe Moe]] || 18 || [[Kristiansund]] |18 |- | '''{{flagicon|PAN}} [[Señorita Panamá|Panama]]''' || Diana Alfaro || 24 || [[Panama City]] |19 |- | '''{{flagicon|PAR|1954}} [[Miss Paraguay|Paraguay]]''' || Daisy Ferreira || 19 || [[Asunción]] |33 |- | '''{{flagicon|PER}} [[Miss Peru|Peru]]''' || Carmen del Rosario Muro || 21 || [[Lambayeque, Peru|Lambayeque]] |19 |- | '''{{flagicon|PHI|1985}} [[Mutya ng Pilipinas|Philippines]]''' || Elizabeth Cuenco<ref>{{Cite news |date=13 May 1985 |title=New Philippine queen |language=en |pages=8 |work=Singapore Monitor |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/singmonitor19850513-2.2.11.12.5 |access-date=4 May 2025 |via=National Library Board}}</ref> || 21 || [[Manila]] |18 |- | '''{{flagicon|Polish People's Republic}} [[Miss Polski|Poland]]''' || Katarzyna Zawidzka || 23 || [[Gorzów Wielkopolski|Gorzów]] |32 |- | '''{{flagicon|POR}} [[Miss República Portuguesa|Portugal]]''' || Fátima Raimundo || 18 || [[Cascais]] |19 |- | '''{{flagicon|PUR}} [[Miss World Puerto Rico|Puerto Rico]]''' || Iris Matías || 20 || [[Caguas]] |30 |- | '''{{flagicon|SKN}} [[Miss St. Kitts & Nevis|Saint Kitts and Nevis]]''' || Karen Marcelle Grant || 19 || [[Old Road Town]] |19 |- | '''{{flagicon|VIN|1985}} [[Miss St. Vincent and the Grenadines|Saint Vincent and the Grenadines]]''' || Donna Young || 19 || [[Kingstown]] |19 |- | '''{{flagicon|SIN}} [[Miss Singapore World|Singapore]]''' || Joanna Sylvia Mitchell || 19 || [[Paya Lebar]] |26 |- | '''{{flagicon|KOR}} [[Miss Korea|South Korea]]'''{{Efn|Competed as Korea in the pageant}} || Park Eun-kyoung || 22 || [[Seoul]] |18 |- | '''{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Miss Spain|Spain]]''' || Amparo Martínez || 23 || [[Valencia, Spain|Valencia]] |21 |- | '''{{flagicon|SRI}} [[Miss World Sri Lanka|Sri Lanka]]''' || Natalie Gunewardene || 22 || [[Colombo]] |18 |- | '''{{flagicon|SWZ}} [[Miss Swaziland|Swaziland]]''' || June Hank || 25 || [[Manzini, Swaziland|Manzini]] |19 |- | '''{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Miss Sweden|Sweden]]''' || Anne-Bolette Christophersson || 21 || [[Stockholm]] |28 |- | '''{{flagicon|SUI}} [[Miss Switzerland|Switzerland]]''' || Eveline Glanzmann || 20 || [[Bauen]] |31 |- | '''{{flagicon|TH}} [[Miss Thailand World|Thailand]]'''|| [[Parnlekha Wanmuang]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=9 August 2014 |title=Volume เล่มล่าสุด พาไปคุยกับอดีตมิสไทยแลนด์เวิลด์คนแรกของไทย 'ปานเลขา ว่านม่วง' |trans-title=The latest volume takes you to talk with Thailand's first former Miss Thailand World, 'Panlekha Wanmuang'. |url=https://mgronline.com/celebonline/detail/9570000089580 |access-date=4 May 2025 |website=MGR Online |language=th}}</ref> || 22 || [[Bangkok]] |18 |- | '''{{flagicon|TRI}} [[Miss Trinidad and Tobago|Trinidad and Tobago]]''' || Ulrica Phillip || 21 || [[San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago|San Fernando]] |20 |- | '''{{flagicon|TCA}} [[Miss Turks and Caicos|Turks and Caicos Islands]]''' || Barbara Capron || 18 || [[Providenciales]] |19 |- | '''{{flagicon|UGA}} [[Miss Uganda|Uganda]]''' || Helen Acheng || 24 || [[Kitgum]] |18 |- | '''{{flagicon|UK}} [[Miss United Kingdom|United Kingdom]]''' || Mandy Shires || 19 || [[Bradford]] |33 |- | '''{{flagicon|US}} [[United States representatives at Miss World|United States]]''' || Brenda Denton || 22 || [[Hobbs, New Mexico|Hobbs]] |31 |- | '''{{flagicon|ISV}} [[Miss US Virgin Islands|United States Virgin Islands]]'''{{Efn|Competed as American Virgin Islands in the pageant}} || Connie Colaire || 23 || [[Christiansted, U.S. Virgin Islands|Christiansted]] |19 |- | '''{{flagicon|URU}} [[Miss Uruguay|Uruguay]]''' || Gabriela de León || 19 || [[Montevideo]] |20 |- | '''{{flagicon|VEN|1954}} [[Miss Venezuela|Venezuela]]''' || [[Ruddy Rodríguez]] || 18 || [[Anaco]] |36 |- | '''{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Miss World Germany|West Germany]]''' || Marion Morell || 20 || [[Stuttgart]] |20 |- | '''{{flagicon|SAM}} [[Miss Samoa|Western Samoa]]''' || Angelie Achatz || 21 || [[Apia]] |18 |- | '''{{flagicon|SFR Yugoslavia}} [[Miss Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]]''' || Aleksandra Kosanović || 23 || [[Belgrade]] |21 |- | '''{{flagicon|ZAI}} [[Miss Congo (RDC)|Zaire]]''' || Benita Kayonga Murekatete || 18 || [[Kinshasa]] |24 |}
== Notes == {{notelist}}
===Other Notes===
* ''' This was the first time Iceland won [[Miss World]]'''
== References == {{reflist}}
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