Miss World 1982

Miss World 1982
Mariasela Álvarez, Miss World 1982
Date	18 November 1982
Presenters	Peter Marshall, Judith Chalmers
Entertainment	The Three Degrees
Venue	Royal Albert Hall, London, UK
Broadcaster	Thames Television
Entrants	68
Placements	15
Debuts	Indonesia, Turks and Caicos
Withdrawals	Argentina, Austria, Jersey, Lesotho, Papua New Guinea, Suriname
Returns	Panama, Paraguay, Portugal, Yugoslavia, US Virgin Islands
Winner	Mariasela Álvarez Dominican Republic
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Miss World 1982 was the 32nd edition of the Miss World pageant, held on 18 November 1982 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, UK. The winner was Mariasela Álvarez from the Dominican Republic. She was crowned by Miss World 1981, Pilín León of Venezuela. The first and second runners-up were Sari Kaarina Aspholm from Finland and Della Dolan from the United Kingdom who were semi-finalists in Miss Universe 1982 four months before.^[1]

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68 contestants competed for the title.

Country/Territory	Contestant	Age[a]	Hometown
Aruba	Noriza Helder	19	Oranjestad
Australia	Catherine Anne Morris	19	Sydney
Bahamas	Oralee Stubbs	18	Nassau
Belgium	Marie Pierre Lemaître	21	Brussels
Bermuda	Heather Ross[5]	22	Somerset
Bolivia	Brita Cederberg	17	Oruro
Brazil	Mônica Jannuzzi	21	Londrina, Paraná
Canada	Jody Jensen	19	Calgary
Cayman Islands	Maureen Therese Lewis	21	George Town
Chile	Mariana Reinhardt	20	Santiago
Colombia	María Teresa Gómez	19	Medellin
Costa Rica	Maureen Jiménez	22	San Jose
Curaçao	Vendetta Roozendal	20	Willemstad
Cyprus	Marina Rauscher	17	Limassol
Denmark	Tina Nielsen	18	Copenhagen
Dominican Republic	Mariasela Álvarez	22	Santo Domingo
Ecuador	Gianna Machiavello	20	Guayaquil
El Salvador	Berta Loredana Munguía	20	San Salvador
Finland	Sari Aspholm	20	Vantaa
France	Martine Philipps	23	Audincourt
Germany	Kerstin Paeserack	19	Wilhelmshaven
Gibraltar	Louise Gillingwater	20	Gibraltar
Greece	Anthi Priovolou	19	Athens
Guam	Frances Limtiaco	22	Tamuning
Guatemala	Suzanne Whitbeck	20	Guatemala City
Holland	Irene Schell	20	Venlo
Honduras	Ana Lucía Rivera	20	San Pedro Sula
Hong Kong	Cally Kwong	19	Victoria
Iceland	María Björk Sverrisdóttir	19	Reykjavík
India	Uttara Mhatre	19	Nasik
Indonesia	Andi Botenri	17	Jakarta
Ireland	Roberta Brown	19	Derry
Isle of Man	Maria Elizabeth Craig	19	Jurby
Israel	Anat Kerem	18	Haifa
Italy	Raffaella del Rosario	17	Bologna
Jamaica	Cornelia Parchment	19	Kingston
Japan	Mutsuko Kikuchi	20	Tokyo
Korea	Choi Sung-yoon	19	Seoul
Lebanon	May Mansour Chahwan	19	Beirut
Malaysia	Nellie Teoh	25	Kuala Lumpur
Malta	Delina Camilleri	18	Mosta
Mexico	Ana Ruth García	23	Villahermosa
New Zealand	Susan Mainland	19	Hamilton
Norway	Janett Krefting	19	Oslo
Panama	María Lorena Moreno	22	Panama City
Paraguay	Zulema Domínguez	19	Asuncion
Peru	Cynthia Piedra	21	Lima
Philippines	Sara-Jane Areza	22	Manila
Portugal	Suzana Dias	19	Lisbon
Puerto Rico	Jannette Torres	17	San Juan
Singapore	Yvonne Tan	19	Singapore
Spain	Ana Herrero	17	Zaragoza
Sri Lanka	Tania Pereira	19	Panadura
Sweden	Anne-Lie Sjöberg	18	Eskilstuna
Switzerland	Lolita Morena	22	Locarno
Tahiti	Teura Tuhiti	17	Papeete
Thailand	Alisa Kajornchaiyakul	17	Bangkok
Trinidad and Tobago	Althea Rocke	22	Port of Spain
Turkey	Ayse Güven	20	Istanbul
Turks and Caicos	Lolita Ariza	21	Grand Turk
United Kingdom	Della Dolan	20	Grimsby
United States	LuAnn Caughey	23	Abilene
United States Virgin Islands	Benedicta Acosta	20	St. Croix
Uruguay	Varinia Govea	21	Montevideo
Venezuela	Michelle Shoda	22	Maracaibo
Western Samoa	Lilly Hunt	20	Apia
Yugoslavia	Ana Sasso	19	Split
Zimbabwe	Caroline Murinda	22	Harare

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