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Miss World 1985
Miss World 1985 fríður Karlsdóttir of Iceland as the new Miss World at the
end of the event.
Results
Special awards
Continental Queens
The 78 contestants
Miss World 1985 Titlecard
Nation Contestant Hometown Preliminary
Date 14 November 1985 Score
Presenters Peter Marshall and Anne Diamond Ameri- Connie Mary Christiansted 18
can Virgin Colaire
Entertainment Jack Jones
Islands
Venue Royal Albert Hall, London, United
Kingdom Aruba Jacqueline Deb- St. Nicholas 19
orah van Putten
Broadcaster Thames Television
Aus- Angeline Nasso Sydney 21
Entrants 78 tralia
Placements 15 Austria Gabriele Chris- Salzburg 18
tine Maxonus
Debuts Ivory Coast, St. Kitts & Nevis, Zaire
Ba- Rhonda Lea Marsh Har- 19
Withdraws Honduras, Senegal, Turkey hamas Cornea bour
Returns Liberia, Luxembourg, St. Vincent & the Barba- Elizabeth "Liz" Christ Church 18
Grenadines, Uganda Dana Wadman
dos
Winner Hólmfríður Karlsdóttir
Belgium Ann Van den Antwerp 18
Iceland Broeck
Bermu- Jannell Kathy Devonshire 22
da Nadra Ford
Bolivia Carolina Issa Santa Cruz 18
Abudinen
Brazil Leila Rosana Porto Alegre 28
Leal Bittencourt
Canada Michelle Irene Toronto 18
Tambling
Countries and territories which sent delegates and results. Cayman Emily Yvette Grand Cay-
Islands Hurlston man
1985,
Miss World 1985 the 35th Miss World pageant, was Lydia Ana Santiago 20
Chile
held on 14 November 1985 in the Royal Albert Hall, Lon- Labarca Birke
don, United Kingdom. 78 contestants from all over the
Colom- Margarita Rosa Cali 23
world competed for the coveted title. Miss World 1984,
bia de Francisco Ba-
Astrid Carolina Herrera of Venezuela, crowned Hólm-
quero
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Final results Contestant
Miss World 1985 • - Hólmfríður Karlsdóttir
1st Runner-up • - Mandy Shires
2nd Runner-up • - Brenda Denton
3rd Runner-up • - Ruddy Rodríguez
4th Runner-up • - Alison Barnett
5th Runner-up • - Maja Wechtenhaim
6th Runner-up • - Eveline Glanzmann
Top 15 Semi-finalists • - Leila Bittencourt
• - Anne Marie Gannon
• - Sheri Burrow
• - Daisy Ferreira
• - Katarzyna Zawidzka
• - Iris Matías
• - Anne-Bolette Christophersson
• - Kayonga Mureka Tete
Award Contestant
Miss Personality • - Fiona Hartley
Most Photogenic • - Kayonga Mureka Tete
Continent Contestant
Africa • - Kayonga Mureka Tete
Americas • - Brenda Denton
Asia • - Maja Wechtenhaim
Europe • - Hólmfríður Karlsdóttir
Oceania • - Sheri Burrow
Costa Marianela Her- San José 18 France Nathalie Jones New Caledo- 18
Rica rera Marín nia
Curaçao Liduschka Willemstad 20 Gambia Georgett Salleh Brikama 18
Pamela Curiel
West Marion Morell Stuttgart 20
Cyprus Juliana Panayio- Famagusta 18 Germany
ta Kalogirou
Gibral- Gail Anne May Gibraltar 18
Den- Jeanette Kroll Odense 19 tar Francis
mark Greece Epi Galanos Athens 18
Domini- María Trinidad Salvaleón de 18
Guam Therese M. Agana 22
can Republic González Higüey Quintanilla
Hernández
Gu- Maricela Luna Guatemala Ci- 18
Ecuador María del Pilar Quito 18
atemala Villacorta ty
de Veintemilla
Russo Holland Brigitte Utrecht 24
Bergman
El Sal- Luz del Carmen San Salvador 18
vador Mena Duke Hong Aileen Lo Kam- Hong Kong 21
Kong Yu
Finland Marja Kristiina Tampere 26
Kinnunen Iceland Hólmfríður Reykjavík 34
Karlsdóttir
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India Sharon Mary Bombay 24 Peru Carmen del Lambayeque 18
Clarke Rosario Muro
Ireland Anne Marie Dublin 27 Tavara
Gannon Philip- Elizabeth Dioni- Manila 18
Isle of Fiona Louise Douglas 23 pines sio Cuenco
Man Hartley Poland Katarzyna Doro- Gorzów 32
Maja Wechten- Haifa 33 ta Zawidzka
Israel
haim Portu- Maria de Fátima Cascais 18
Cosetta Anto- Milan 22 gal da Silva Alves
Italy
niolli Raimundo
Rose Armande Abidjan 22 Puerto Iris Matías Caguas 29
Ivory
Oulla Rico González
Coast
Jamaica Alison Jean Bar- Kingston 32 St. Kitts Karen Marcelle Old Road 18
nett & Nevis Grant Town
Japan Haruko Sugimo- Tokyo 18 St. Vin- Donna Maria Kingstown 18
to cent & the Young
Kenya Jacqueline Mary Thika Grenadines
Thom Joanna Sylvia Paya Lebar 26
Singa-
Korea Park Eun-ky- Seoul 18 pore Mitchell
oung
Spain María Amparo Valencia 20
Le- Mary Khoury Beirut 18 Martínez
banon Cerdán
Liberia Sarah Laurine Monrovia 18 Sri Lan- Natalie Colombo 18
Massanuh Hor- ka Gunewardene
ton June Hank Manzini 19
Swazi-
Luxem- Beatrix Bertine Luxembourg 18 land
bourg Herma Corne- City
Sweden Anne-Bolette Stockholm 28
line Tinnemans
Jill Christo-
Rosalind Kong Kuala Lumpur 18 phersson
Malaysia Siew Yuen
Eveline Nicole Bauen 31
Kristina Apap Mdina 18 Switzer-
Malta Glanzmann
Bologna land
Alicia Yolanda Guadalajara 18 Tahiti Ruth Manea Faa’a 18
Mexico
Carrillo Parnlekha Wan- Bangkok 18
Thai-
González muang
land
New Sheri Anastasia Auckland 29
Ulrica Christina San Fernando 19
Zealand LeFleming Bur-
Trinidad & Phillip
row
Tobago
Nigeria Rosemary Lagos 18
Turks & Barbara Bulah Providenciales 18
Okeke
Caicos Is- Mae Capron
Norway Karen Mar- Kristiansund 18 lands
grethe Moe
Uganda Helen Acheng Kitgum 18
Panama Diana Ester Al- Panama City 18
faro Arosemena United Mandy Adele Bradford 34
Kingdom Shires
Daisy Patricia Asunción 32
Ferreira Ca- United Brenda Denton Hobbs 32
Paraguay
ballero States of
America
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• 7 out of 15 countries which made it into the
Gabriela de Montevideo 19
semifinals, were not in the semifinals last year: ,
Uruguay León Muñiz
Puerto Rico and Sweden (1980), and Jamaica (1983).
Ruddy Rosario Caracas 36 Paraguay, Poland,
Paraguay Poland and Republic of Zaire made it into
Venezuela Rodríguez de the semi-finals for the first time. Paraguay marked
Lucía its debut in 1959, while Poland in 1983. Republic of
Angelie Achatz Apia 18 Zaire,
Zaire on the other hand, marked its debut in Miss
Western World the same year; however, its name was later
Samoa replaced by the Congo Democratic Republic in Miss
World 2005.
Yu- Aleksandra Belgrade 21
goslavia Košanović
Repub- Kayonga "Beni- Kinshasa 24 Contestants Preliminary Scores
lic of Zaire ta" Mureka Tete
Country Score Country Score
American Virgin 18 Japan 18
Trivia Islands
Aruba 19 Kenya 20
Returning countries and Debuts Australia 21 Korea 18
• , St. Kitts & Nevis and Republic of Zaire competed in Austria 18 Lebanon 18
Miss World for the first time.
Bahamas 19 Liberia 18
• last competed in 1968.
• last competed in 1977. Barbados 18 Luxembourg 18
• last competed in 1978. Belgium 18 Malaysia 18
• last competed in 1983. Bermuda 22 Malta 18
Bolivia 18 Mexico 18
Withdrawals and Nations not competing
Brazil 28 New Zealand 29
• competed last year, but not this year.
• and Turkey withdrew at the very last minute. Canada 18 Nigeria 18
Cayman Islands 18 Norway 18
Other Notes Chile 20 Panama 18
• Miss World 1985 Parade of Nations is accompanied Colombia 23 Paraguay 32
by the music of In the Realm of the Senses (Quincy
Costa Rica 18 Peru 18
Jones), Working My Way Back to You (The Four
Seasons), Flashdance (Irene Cara), Invitations Curaçao 20 Philippines 18
(Shakatak), and When Will I See You Again (The Cyprus 18 Poland 32
Three Degrees). Denmark 19 Portugal 18
• became the first semi-finalist in Miss World from her
country after she placed as the 2nd Runner-up in Dominican 18 Puerto Rico 29
Miss Universe 1985 four months before. She also won Republic
the trophy of Queen of Africa. Ecuador 18 St. Kitts 18
• was the first non-Latin contestant to receive the El Salvador 18 St. Vincent 18
award of Queen of Americas.
Finland 26 Singapore 26
• sent its third white delegate to Miss World the first
since Frances Clarkson in 1971. France 18 Spain 20
• won the Queen of Oceania award for the first time. Gambia 18 Sri Lanka 18
• , who placed 7th in Miss World, made it into the Germany 20 Swaziland 19
semi-finals in Miss Universe 1986 in Panama.
Gibraltar 18 Sweden 28
• competed in Miss Universe 1987 in Singapore.
• and Miss Venezuela became well-known actresses in Greece 18 Switzerland 31
Spanish telenovelas. Guam 22 Tahiti 18
• was Miss Intercontinental 1983/1984. Guatemala 18 Thailand 18
• , Georgette Salleh did not compete in Miss Universe
Holland 24 Trinidad & Toba- 19
1985 because of underage. She was replaced by her
go
1st Runner-up, Batura Jallow.
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Hong Kong 21 Turks & Caicos 18 Ivory Coast 22 Yugoslavia 21
Iceland 34 Uganda 18 Jamaica 32 Zaire 24
India 24 United Kingdom 34
Ireland 27 United States 32 External sources
Isle of Man 23 Uruguay 19
• Pageantopolis
Israel 33 Venezuela 36 • Jimmy’s Pageant Page
Italy 22 Western Samoa 18
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