Miss World 1981
| Miss World 1981 | |
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Miss World 1981 Titlecard | |
| Date | 12 November 1981 |
| Presenters | Peter Marshall, Judith Chalmers |
| Venue | Royal Albert Hall, London, UK [1] |
| Broadcaster | Thames Television |
| Entrants | 67 |
| Placements | 15 |
| Withdrawals | Mauritius, Panama, Paraguay, Swaziland, American Virgin Islands |
| Returns | Chile, El Salvador, Iceland, Suriname, Tahiti |
| Winner |
Pilín León .svg.png){kind=small} Venezuela |
Miss World 1981, the 31st edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 12 November 1981 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, UK.[2][1] The winner was Pilín León from Venezuela,[3][2] the first titleholder from her country since 1955. She was crowned by Miss World 1980, Kimberley Santos of Guam. Another Venezuelan, Irene Sáez, had been crowned Miss Universe 1981 in July, making Venezuela one of the very few countries to hold both major international titles (Miss Universe and Miss World) in the same year.
Results
Placements
| Final results | Contestant |
| Miss World 1981 |
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| 2nd runner-up |
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| 3rd runner-up |
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| 4th runner-up |
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| 5th runner-up |
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| 6th runner-up |
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Continental Queens of Beauty
| Continental Group | Contestant |
| Africa |
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| Americas |
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| Asia |
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| Europe |
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| Oceania |
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Contestants
| EUROPE | ||
| Number | Nation | Contestant |
| 01 |  Austria | Beatrix Kopf |
| 02 | .svg.png){kind=small} Belgium | Dominique van Eeckhoudt |
| 03 |  Cyprus | Elena Andreou |
| 04 |  Denmark | Tina Brandstrup |
| 05 |  Finland | Pia Irmeli Ann-Marie Nieminen |
| 06 |  France | Isabelle Sophie Benárd |
| 07 |  Germany | Barbara Reimund |
| 08 |  Gibraltar | Yvette Maria Bellido |
| 09 |  Greece | Maria Argirocastritou |
| 10 |  Holland | Saskia Lemmens |
| 11 |  Iceland | Ásdís Eva Hannesdóttir |
| 12 |  Ireland | Geraldine Mary McGrory |
| 13 |  Isle of Man | Nicola Jane Grainger |
| 14 |  Italy | Marisa Tutone |
| 15 |  Jersey | Elizabeth Sarah Walmsley |
| 16 |  Malta | Elizabeth Mary Fenech |
| 17 |  Norway | Anita Nesbø |
| 18 | .svg.png){kind=small} Spain | Cristina Pérez Cottrell |
| 19 |  Sweden | Carita Gustafsson |
| 20 |  Switzerland | Margit Kilchoer |
| 21 |  Turkey | Aydan Şener |
| 22 |  United Kingdom | Michelle Donnelly |
| OCEANIA | ||
| Number | Nation | Contestant |
| 23 |  Australia | Melissa Hannan |
| 24 |  Guam | Rebecca Arroyo |
| 25 |  New Zealand | Raewyn Patricia Marcroft |
| 26 |  Papua New Guinea | Jennifer Abaijah |
| 27 |  Tahiti | Maimiti Kinnander |
| 28 |  Western Samoa | Julianna Curry |
| ASIA & AFRICA | ||
| Number | Nation | Contestant |
| 29 | .svg.png){kind=small} Hong Kong | Winnie Chin Wei-Yee |
| 30 |  India | Deepti Divakar |
| 31 |  Israel | Ninnette Asur |
| 32 |  Japan | Naomi Kishi |
| 33 |  Korea | Lee Han-na |
| 34 |  Lebanon | Zeina Joseph Challita |
| 35 |  Malaysia | Cynthia Geraldine de Castro |
| 36 |  Philippines | Suzette Nicolas |
| 37 |  Singapore | Sushil Kaur Sandhu |
| 38 |  Sri Lanka | Sonya Elizabeth Tucker |
| 39 |  Thailand | Massupha Karbprapun |
| 40 |  Lesotho [1] | Palesa Joyce Kalele |
| 41 |  Zimbabwe [1] | Juliet Nyathi |
| THE AMERICAS | ||
| Number | Nation | Contestant |
| 42 |  Argentina | Ana Helen Natali Schoeder Belmut |
| 43 |  Aruba | Gerarda Hendrine Jantiene Reopel |
| 44 |  Bahamas | Monique Ferguson |
| 45 |  Bermuda | Cymone Florie Tucker |
| 46 |  Bolivia | Carolina Díaz Mansour |
| 47 |  Brazil | Maristela Silvia Grazzia |
| 48 |  Canada | Earla Stewart |
| 49 | .svg.png){kind=small} Cayman Islands | Donna Marie Myrie |
| 50 |  Chile | Susanna Bravo Indo |
| 51 |  Colombia | Nini Johanna Soto González |
| 52 |  Costa Rica | Sucetty Salas Quintanilla |
| 53 | .svg.png){kind=small} Curaçao | Mylene Mariela Gerard |
| 54 |  Dominican Republic | Josefina María Cuello Pérez |
| 55 |  Ecuador | Lucía Isabel Vinueza Urjelles |
| 56 |  El Salvador | Martha Alicia Ortiz |
| 57 |  Guatemala | Beatriz Bojorquez Palacios |
| 58 |  Honduras | Xiomara Sikaffy Mena |
| 59 |  Jamaica | Sandra Angela Cunningham [4] |
| 60 |  Mexico | Doris Pontvianne Espinoza |
| 61 |  Peru | Olga Roxana Zumarán Burga |
| 62 | .svg.png){kind=small} Puerto Rico | Andrenira Ruiz Sáenz |
| 63 |  Suriname | Joan Boldewijn |
| 64 |  Trinidad & Tobago | Rachel Ann Thomas |
| 65 |  United States | Lisa Lynn Moss |
| 66 |  Uruguay | Silvia Marianela Bas Carrese |
| 67 | Venezuela | Pilín León [3][2] |
Notes
Returns
Withdrawals
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Panama -
Paraguay -
Swaziland -
Portugal – Paula Dos Santos who had a dual citizenship, won the Miss Portugal contest held in Johannesburg, South Africa. She flew to London, only to be told by Eric Morley that any girl from South Africa cannot participate, and that the contest has to be held in the country of the girl's origin.
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 Ribane, N. (2006). Beauty: A Black Perspective. University of KwaZulu-Natal Press. p. 6. ISBN 978-1-86914-087-8.
The Miss World of 1981, held at the Royal Albert Hall in London, only had three contestants from African countries: Zimbabwe, Lesotho and ...
- 1 2 3 4 "New Miss World". Rome News-Tribune. November 13, 1981. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 Weeks, Sally (August 13, 1986). "Venezuelan beauties undergo rigorous training to win international pageants". Lodi News-Sentinel. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
- 1 2 Jamaica. W.I.L.I.P. series. W.W. Gaunt & Sons. 1987. p. 92.
They enthusiastically choose a Miss Jamaica Universe each May and a Miss Jamaica World each September And there are ... have been second runners-up in the Miss World finals — Debbie Campbell in 1979 and Sandra Cunningham in 1981.
Further reading
- Ottawa Citizen. September 10, 1981.
External links
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