User:Mauriziok/Miss Universe 1983

Miss Universe 1983, the 32nd Miss Universe pageant, was held on 11 July 1983 at the Kiel Auditorium in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. Lorraine Downes of New Zealand was crowned by Karen Dianne Baldwin of Canada. Eighty contestants competed in this year. This is the first, and only time New Zealand won the pageant.

Contestants

 * 🇦🇷 – María Daniela Carara
 * 🇦🇼 – Milva Evertsz
 * 🇦🇺 – Simone Cox
 * 🇦🇹 – Mercedes Stermitz
 * 🇧🇸 – Christina Thompson
 * 🇧🇪 – Françoise Bostoen
 * 🇧🇿 – Shirlene Dianne McKay
 *  – Angelita Diaz
 * 🇧🇴  – Cecilia Zamora
 * 🇧🇷 Brazil – Mariza Fully Coelho †
 * 🇻🇬 – Anna Maria Joseph
 * 🇨🇦 – Jodi Yvonne Rutledge
 * 🇰🇾 Cayman Islands – Effie Ebanks
 * 🇨🇱  – María Josefa Isensee Ugarte
 * 🇨🇴  – Julie Pauline Sáenz Starnes
 * 🇨🇰 – Carmena Blake
 * 🇨🇷 – María Gabriela Pozuelo
 *  Netherlands Antilles – Maybelline Altagracia Snel
 * 🇨🇾 – Marina Elena Rauscher
 * 🇩🇰 – Inge Ravn Thomsen
 * 🇩🇴 – Alexandra Astwood
 * 🇪🇨 – Mariela García
 * 🇸🇻 – Claudia Oliva
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 – Karen Moore
 * 🇫🇮 – Nina Marjaana Rekkola
 * 🇫🇷 – Frederique Leroy
 * 🇬🇫 French Guiana – Marie Georges Achamana
 *  – Abbey Scattrel Janneh
 *  FRG – Loana Katharina Radecki
 * 🇬🇮 – Louise Gillingwater
 * 🇬🇷 – Plousia Farfaraki
 * 🇬🇵 Guadeloupe – Nicole LeBorgne
 * 🇬🇺 – Pamela Booth
 * 🇬🇹 – Berta Victoria Gonzales
 *  Holland – Nancy Lalleman Heynis
 * 🇭🇳 – Ollie Thompson
 *  British Hong Kong – Cherona Yeung
 * 🇮🇸 – Unnur Steinsson
 * 🇮🇳 – Rekha Hande
 *  – Andi Botenri
 * 🇮🇪 – Roberta Brown
 * 🇮🇱 – Shimona Hollender
 * 🇮🇹 – Federica Moro
 * 🇯🇵 Japan – Yuko Yamaguchi
 * 🇰🇷 KOR – Jong-jun Kim
 * 🇱🇧 – May Mansour Chahwan
 * 🇲🇾 – Puspa Mohammed
 * 🇲🇹 – Christine Bonnici
 * 🇲🇶 Martinique – Marie Lina Laupa
 * 🇲🇽 – Monica Rosas
 *  South West Africa – Astrid Klotzsch
 * 🇳🇿 – Lorraine Elizabeth Downes
 *  Northern Marianas – Thelma Mafnas
 * 🇳🇴 – Karen Elisabeth Dobloug
 * 🇵🇦 – Elizabeth Bylan Bennett
 * 🇵🇬 – Shannelle Bray
 * 🇵🇾 Paraguay – Mercedes Bosch
 * 🇵🇪 – Vivien Griffiths
 * 🇵🇭 Philippines – Rosita Cornel Capuyon
 *  – Anabella Elisa Ananiades
 * 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico – Carmen Batíz Vergara
 * 🇷🇪 – Eliane LeBeau
 *  – Linda Renton
 * 🇸🇬 – Kathie Lee Lee Beng
 * 🇿🇦 South Africa – Leanne Hosking
 * 🇪🇸 – Ana Isabela Herrero
 * 🇱🇰 – Shyama Fernando
 * 🇸🇪 – Viveca Miriam Jung
 * 🇨🇭 – Lolita Morena
 * 🇹🇭 – Jinda Nernkrang
 *  Transkei – Nomxousi Xokelelo
 * 🇹🇹 – Sandra Williams
 * 🇹🇷 – Dilara Haracci
 *  Turks and Caicos – Lolita Ariza
 * 🇺🇾 – María Jacqueline Beltrán
 * 🇺🇸 – Julie Hayek
 *  U.S. Virgin Islands – Julie Elizabeth Woods
 * 🇻🇪 Venezuela – Paola Ruggeri
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 – Lianne Gray
 *  Western Samoa – Falute Mama Aluni

Celebrity judges

 * Irene Saez
 * Lewis Collins
 * Rosemary Rogers
 * Soon-Tek Oh
 * Patricia Neary
 * Peter Diamandis
 * Marlin Perkins
 * Ken Norton
 * Rocío Jurado
 * Erol Evgin
 * Ruby Keeler

Awards

 *  - Miss Amity (Abbey Scattrel Janneh)
 *  - Miss Photogenic (Lolita Morena)
 * 🇰🇷 KOR - Best National Costume (Jong-jun Kim)