Miss World 1981

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.[1][2] The winner was Pilín León from Venezuela,[2][3] 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 few countries to hold both major international titles (Miss Universe and Miss World) in the same year. The Continental Queens of Beauty were awarded for the first time.

Miss World 1981
Miss World 1981 Titlecard
Date12 November 1981
PresentersPeter Marshall, Judith Chalmers
VenueRoyal Albert Hall, London, UK[1]
BroadcasterThames Television
Entrants67
Placements15
WithdrawalsMauritius, Panama, Paraguay, Swaziland, American Virgin Islands
ReturnsChile, El Salvador, Iceland, Suriname, Tahiti
WinnerPilín León
 Venezuela

Results
Countries and territories which sent delegates and results for Miss World 1981[1][3][4]

Placements
Final results Contestant
Miss World 1981
1st runner-up
  •  Colombia – Nini Johanna Soto González
2nd runner-up
  •  Jamaica – Sandra Angela Cunningham
3rd Runner-up
  •  Brazil – Maristela Silva Grazzia
4th Runner-up
5th Runner-up
6th Runner-up
Top 15

Continental Queens of Beauty
Continental Group Contestant
Africa
Americas
Asia
Europe
Oceania

Contestants
CountryContestantAgeHometown
ArgentinaAna Helen Natali Schoeder Belmut21Villa María
ArubaGerarda Hendrine Jantiene Roepel24Oranjestad
AustraliaMelissa Hannan19Mosman
AustriaBeatrix Kopf21Lustenau
BahamasMonique Ferguson18Nassau
BelgiumDominique van Eeckhoudt19Waterloo
BermudaCymone Florie Tucker21Smith's Parish
BoliviaCarolina Díaz Mansour17Pando
BrazilMaristela Silva Grazzia17São Paulo
CanadaEarla Stewart22Pembroke
Cayman IslandsDonna Marie Myrie20George Town
ChileSusanna Bravo Indo19Santiago
ColombiaNini Johanna Soto González18Bucaramanga
Costa RicaSucetty Salas Quintanilla18San José
CuraçaoMylene Mariela Gerard21Willemstad
CyprusElena Andreou19Nicosia
DenmarkTina Brandstrup21Copenhagen
Dominican RepublicJosefina María Cuello Pérez24Santo Domingo
EcuadorLucía Isabel Vinueza Urgelles19Guayaquil
El SalvadorMartha Alicia Ortíz19San Salvador
FinlandPia Irmeli Ann-Marie Nieminen20Tampere
FranceIsabelle Sophie Benard19Vernon
GermanyBarbara Reimund18Stuttgart
GibraltarYvette Maria Bellido18Gibraltar
GreeceMaria Argyrokastritou22Athens
GuamRebecca Arroyo21Mangilao
GuatemalaBeatriz Bojorquez Palacios23Guatemala City
HollandSaskia Lemmers23Amsterdam
HondurasXiomara Sikaffy Mena20San Pedro Sula
Hong KongWinnie Chin Wai Yee18Hong Kong Island
IcelandÁsdís Eva Hannesdóttir23Reykjavík
IndiaDeepti Divakar22Bengaluru
IrelandGeraldine Mary McGrory22Derry
 Isle of ManNicola-Jane Grainger18Dalby
IsraelNinnette Assor22Tel-Aviv
ItalyMarisa Tutone17Turin
JamaicaSandra Angela Cunningham[4]24Kingston
JapanNaomi Kishi18Kawasaki
 JerseyElizabeth Sarah Walmsley18Saint Helier
KoreaLee Han-na19Seoul
LebanonZeina Joseph Challita19Beirut
 LesothoPalesa Joyce Kalele[1]18Maseru
MalaysiaCynthia Geraldine de Castro20Kuala Lumpur
MaltaElizabeth-Mary Fenech19Żebbuġ
MexicoDora Elizabeth (Doris) Pontvianne Espinoza18Tampico
New ZealandRaewyn Patricia Marcroft18Waikato
NorwayAnita Nesbø20Akershus
 Papua New GuineaJennifer Abaijah19Port Moresby
PeruOlga Roxana Zumarán Burga22Lima
PhilippinesSuzette Nicolas24Manila
Puerto RicoAndrenira Ruíz Sáez19San Juan
SingaporeSushil Kaur Sandhu20Singapore
SpainCristina Pérez Cottrell18Málaga
Sri LankaSonya Elizabeth Tucker20Colombo
SurinameJoan Boldewijn18Paramaribo
SwedenCarita Gustafsson20Gothenburg
SwitzerlandMargrit Kilchoer22Geneva
 French PolynesiaMaimiti Kinnander20Huahine
ThailandMassupha Karbprapun21Bangkok
Trinidad and TobagoRachael Ann Thomas21Diego Martin
TurkeyAydan Şener18Kilis
United KingdomMichele Donnelly20Cardiff
United StatesLisa Lynn Moss23Shreveport
UruguaySilvia Marianela Bas Carresse23Montevideo
VenezuelaCarmen Josefina (Pilín) León Crespo[2][3]18Maracay
Western SamoaJulianna Curry17Apia
ZimbabweJuliet Nyathi[1]24Bulawayo

Notes

Returns
  • Last competed in 1966:
    •  Suriname
  • Last competed in 1979:
    •  Chile
    •  El Salvador
    •  Iceland
    •  Tahiti

Withdrawals
  •  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. 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 ...
  2. "New Miss World". Rome News-Tribune. 13 November 1981. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  3. Weeks, Sally (13 August 1986). "Venezuelan beauties undergo rigorous training to win international pageants". Lodi News-Sentinel. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  4. 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.

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