Miss Universe 1982 was the 31st Miss Universe pageant, held on 26 July 1982 at the Coliseo Amauta in Lima, Peru. it was the first time in the pageant's history that the event was held in South America. Seventy-seven contestants competed in the pageant. Karen Dianne Baldwin of Canada was crowned by Irene Saez of Venezuela. This is the first time Canada won the pageant.[1][2]
The stadium where the contest was taking place was attacked with dynamite on July 26, during the contest's finale.[3]
Results
Placements
| Placement | Contestant |
|---|---|
| Miss Universe 1982 | |
| 1st runner-up |
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| 2nd runner-up | |
| 3rd runner-up |
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| 4th runner-up | |
| Top 12 |
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Contestants
Argentina – María Alejandra Basile
Aruba – Noriza Antonio Helder
Australia – Lou Ann Ronchi
Austria – Elisabeth Kawan
Bahamas – Ava Marilyn Burke
Belgium – Marie-Pierre Lemaitre
Belize – Sharon Kay Auxilliou
Bermuda – Heather Ross
Bolivia – Sandra Villaroel
Brazil – Celice Pinto Márques da Silva
British Virgin Islands – Luce Dahlia Hodge
Canada – Karen Baldwin
Cayman Islands – Maureen Theresa Lewis
Chile – Jenny Purto Arab †
Colombia – Nadya Santacruz
Costa Rica – Liliana Corella Espinoza
Curaçao – Minerva Ranila Heiroms
Denmark – Tina Maria Nielsen
Dominican Republic – Soraya Morey
Ecuador – Jacqueline Burgos
El Salvador – Jeanette Marroquín
England – Della Frances Dolan
Finland – Sari Kaarina Aspholm
France – Martine Philipps
West Germany – Kerstin Natalie Paeserack
Greece – Tina Roussou
Guadeloupe – Lydia Galin
Guam – Patty Chong Kerkos
Guatemala – Edith Whitbeck
Holland – Brigitte Diereckx
Honduras – Eva Lissethe Barahona
Hong Kong – Angie Leung
Iceland – Gudrun Moller
India – Pamela Chaudry Singh
Indonesia – Sri Yulianti Soemardjo
Ireland – Geraldine Mary McGrory
Israel – Deborah Naomi Hess
Italy – Cinzia Fiordeponti
Japan – Eri Okuwaki
Malaysia – Siti Rohani Wahid
Malta – Rita Falzon
Martinique – Corine Soler
Mexico – María del Carmen López
Namibia – Deseree Anita Kotze- New Caledonia – Lenka Topalovitch
New Zealand – Sandra Helen Dexter
Northern Marianas – Sheryl Sonoda Sizemore
Norway – Janett Krefting
Panama – Isora de Lourdes López
Papua New Guinea – Moi Eli
Paraguay – Maris Villalba
Peru – María Francesca Zaza Reinoso
Philippines – Maria Isabel Lopez
Portugal – Ana Maria Valdiz
Puerto Rico – Lourdes Milagros Mantero Hormazábal- Réunion – Ginon Manthe
Scotland – Georgina Kearney
Singapore - Judicia Nonis
Spain – Cristina Pérez Cottrell
Sri Lanka – Ann Monica Tradigo
Sint Maarten – Liana Elviara Brown
South Africa – Odette Octavia Scrooby
South Korea – Sun-hee Park[4]
Suriname – Vanessa de Vries
Sweden – Anna Kari Maria Bergström
Switzerland – Jeannette Linkenheill
Thailand – Nipaporn Tarapanich
Transkei – Noxolisi Mji
Trinidad and Tobago – Suzanne Traboulay
Turkey – Canan Kakmaci
Turks and Caicos – Jacqueline Astwood
Uruguay – Silvia Beatriz Vila Abavián
United States – Terri Utley
U.S. Virgin Islands – Ingeborg Hendricks
Venezuela – Ana Teresa Oropeza
Wales – Michelle Donelly
Western Samoa – Ivy Evelyn Warner
References
- ^ "Canada Teen Miss Universe". The Pittsburgh Press. 27 July 1982. p. 9. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
- ^ Wilkinson, Tracy (27 July 1982). "Rough start for new Miss Universe". United Press International. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
- ^ "APENDICE: CUADROS CRONOLOGICOS SOBRE LA VIOLENCIA POLITICA". Violencia política en el Perú: 1980-1988 (PDF) (in Spanish). Vol. 1. Lima: DESCO Centro de Estudios y Promoción del Desarrollo. 1989. p. 85.
- ^ "Miss Park Sun-hi, 19, was crowned Miss Korea 1982..." United Press International. 15 May 1982. Retrieved 14 May 2022.