Miss World 1985

Miss World 1985, the 35th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 14 November 1985 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, UK. 78 contestants from all over the world competed for the coveted title. Miss World 1984, Astrid Carolina Herrera of Venezuela, crowned Hólmfríður Karlsdóttir of Iceland as the new Miss World at the end of the event.[1][2]

Miss World 1985
Miss World 1985 Titlecard
Date14 November 1985
PresentersPeter Marshall, Anne Diamond
EntertainmentJack Jones
VenueRoyal Albert Hall, London, UK
BroadcasterThames Television
Entrants78
Placements15
DebutsIvory Coast, St. Kitts & Nevis, Zaire
WithdrawalsHonduras, Turkey
ReturnsLiberia, Luxembourg, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Uganda
WinnerHólmfríður Karlsdóttir[1]
 Iceland

Results

Placements
Countries and territories which sent delegates and results for Miss World 1985[1][2]
Final results Contestant
Miss World 1985
1st runner-up
2nd runner-up
3rd runner-up
4th runner-up
5th runner-up
6th runner-up
Top 15
  •  Brazil – Leila Rosana Leal Bittencourt
  •  Ireland – Anne Marie Gannon
  •  New Zealand – Sheri Anastasia LeFleming Burrow
  •  Paraguay – Daisy Patricia Ferreira Caballero
  •  Poland – Katarzyna Dorota Zawidzka
  •  Puerto Rico – Iris Matías González
  •  Sweden – Anne-Bolette Jill Christophersson
  •  Zaire – Kayonga (Benita) Mureka Tete

Continental Queens of Beauty
Continental Group Contestant
Africa
  •  Zaire – Kayonga (Benita) Mureka Tete
Americas
Asia
Europe
Oceania

Contestants
CountryContestantAgeHometown
 American Virgin IslandsConnie Mary Colaire23Christiansted
ArubaJacqueline Deborah van Putten24Sint Nicolaas
AustraliaAngelina Nasso18Sydney
AustriaGabriele Christine Maxonus20Salzburg
BahamasRhonda Lea Cornea17Abaco Island
BarbadosElizabeth (Liz) Dana Wadman19Christ Church
BelgiumAnn van den Broeck18Antwerp
BermudaJannell Kathy Nadra Ford23Devonshire
BoliviaCarolina Issa Abudinen19Santa Cruz
BrazilLeila Rosana Leal Bittencourt19Porto Alegre
CanadaMichelle Irene Tambling20Toronto
Cayman IslandsEmily Yvette Hurlston18North Side
ChileLydia Ana Labarca Birke20Santiago
ColombiaMargarita Rosa de Francisco Baquero20Cali
Costa RicaMarianela Herrera Marín19San Jose
CuraçaoLidushka Pamela Curiel21Willemstad
CyprusJuliana Panayiota Kalogirou18Famagusta
DenmarkJeanette Kröll19Odense
Dominican RepublicMaría Trinidad González Hernández20Santo Domingo
EcuadorMaría del Pilar de Veintemilla Russo21Quito
El SalvadorLuz del Carmen Mena Duke21San Salvador
FinlandMarja Kristiina Kinnunen22Tampere
FranceNathalie Jones18Noumea
GambiaGeorgett Salleh19Brikama
GermanyMarion Morell20Stuttgart
GibraltarGail Anne May Francis22Gibraltar
GreeceEpi Galanos22Athens
GuamTherese M. Quintanilla18Agana
GuatemalaMaricela Luna Villacorta20Guatemala City
HollandBrigitte Bergman21Utrecht
Hong KongAileen Lo Kam-yu20Hong Kong Island
IcelandHólmfríður Karlsdóttir22Reykjavík[1]
IndiaSharon Mary Clarke18New Delhi
IrelandAnne Marie Gannon19Dublin
 Isle of ManFiona Louise Hartley19Douglas
IsraelMaja Wechtenhaim21Haifa
ItalyCosetta Antoniolli20Milan
Ivory CoastRose Armande Oulla18Abidjan
JamaicaAlison Jean Barnett19Kingston
JapanHaruko Sugimoto22Tokyo
KenyaJacqueline Mary Thom18Thika
KoreaPark Eun-kyoung22Seoul
LebanonMary Khoury25Beirut
LiberiaSarah Laurine Massanuh Horton18Monrovia
LuxembourgBeatrix Bertine Herma Corneline Tinnemans24Luxembourg City
MalaysiaRosalind Kong Siew Yuen21Kuala Lumpur
MaltaKristina Apap Bologna20Mdina
MexicoAlicia Yolanda Carrillo González23Guadalajara
New ZealandSheri Anastasia LeFleming Burrow20Auckland
NigeriaRosemary Okeke21Lagos
NorwayKaren Margrethe Moe18Kristiansund
PanamaDiana Ester Alfaro Arosemena24Panama City
ParaguayDaisy Patricia Ferreira Caballero19Asunción
PeruCarmen del Rosario Muro Távara21Lambayeque
PhilippinesElizabeth Dionisio Cuenco21Manila
PolandKatarzyna Dorota Zawidzka23Gorzów
PortugalMaria de Fátima da Silva Alves Raimundo18Cascais
Puerto RicoIris Matías González20Caguas
Saint Kitts and NevisKaren Marcelle Grant19Old Road Town
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesDonna Maria Young †19Kingstown
SingaporeJoanna Sylvia Mitchell19Paya Lebar
SpainMaría Amparo Martínez Cerdán23Valencia
Sri LankaNatalie Gunewardene22Colombo
SwazilandJune Hank25Manzini
SwedenAnne-Bolette Jill Christophersson21Stockholm
SwitzerlandEveline Nicole Glanzmann20Bauen
TahitiRuth Manea18Faa'a
ThailandParnlekha Wanmuang22Bangkok
Trinidad and TobagoUlrica Christina Phillip21San Fernando
Turks and CaicosBarbara Bulah Mae Capron18Providenciales
UgandaHelen Acheng24Kitgum
United KingdomMandy Adele Shires19Bradford
United StatesBrenda Denton22Hobbs
UruguayGabriela de León Muñiz19Montevideo
VenezuelaRuddy Rosario Rodríguez de Lucia18Anaco
Western SamoaAngelie Achatz21Apia
YugoslaviaAleksandra Kosanović23Belgrade
ZaireKayonga (Benita) Mureka Tete18Kinshasa

Judges

In 1985, there were nine preliminary judges.

Notes

Debuts
  •  Ivory Coast
  •  St. Kitts & Nevis
  •  Zaire

Returns
  • Last competed in 1968:
    •  Uganda
  • Last competed in 1977:
    •  Luxembourg
  • Last competed in 1978:
    •  St. Vincent & the Grenadines (as  St. Vincent)
  • Last competed in 1983:
    •  Liberia

Withdrawals
  •  Honduras
  •  Turkey

References
  1. "Miss World". The Southeast Missourian. 15 November 1985. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  2. "Lakeland Ledger". Retrieved 26 January 2016.

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