Miss Universe 1982

Miss Universe 1982
Date	July 26, 1982
Presenters	Bob Barker, Joan Van Ark
Entertainment	Rex Smith and José Luis Rodríguez "El Puma"
Venue	Coliseo Amauta, Lima, Peru
Broadcaster	CBS, Panamericana TV
Entrants	77
Placements	12
Debuts	New Caledonia
Withdraws	Cyprus, Fiji, Gibraltar, St. Kitts, Tahiti
Returns	El Salvador, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, St. Maarten, Surinam
Winner	Karen Baldwin  Canada
Congeniality	Maureen Lewis  Cayman Islands
Best National Costume	María Francesca Zaza  Peru
Photogenic	Ava Marilyn Burke  Bahamas

Countries and territories which sent delegates and results.

Miss Universe 1982, the 31st annual Miss Universe pageant, was held at Coliseo Amauta in Lima, Peru on July 26, 1982. 77 contestants competed in the pageant and 18-year-old Karen Dianne Baldwin of Canada was crowned Miss Universe 1982.

Results

Placements

Final results	Contestant
Miss Universe 1982	Canada - Karen Baldwin
1st runner-up	Guam - Patty Chong Kerkos
2nd runner-up	Italy - Cinzia Fiordeponti
3rd runner-up	Greece - Tina Roussou
4th runner-up	USA - Terri Utley
Top 12	South Africa - Odette Scrooby  England - Delia Frances Dolan  Peru - María Francesca Zaza  Brazil - Celice Marques  Finland - Sari Kaarina Aspholm  Uruguay - Silvia Beatriz Vila  Germany - Kerstin Paeserack

Semifinal Scores

Country Preliminary Average Interview Swimsuit Evening Gown Semifinal Average  Guam 7.892 (5) 8.867 (1) 8.692 (1) 8.355 (4) 8.638 (1)  Canada 7.761 (9) 8.400 (5) 8.275 (3) 8.525 (3) 8.400 (2)  Greece 7.847 (6) 8.042 (8) 8.325 (2) 8.317 (5) 8.228 (3)  Italy 7.714 (11) 7.925 (9) 8.067 (5) 8.608 (2) 8.200 (4)  USA 8.131 (2) 8.425 (4) 8.192 (4) 7.925 (8) 8.181 (5)  South Africa 8.406 (1) 8.583 (2) 7.225 (10) 8.707 (1) 8.172 (6)  England 8.100 (3) 8.433 (3) 7.808 (7) 8.167 (7) 8.137 (7)  Peru 7.797 (8) 8.218 (6) 7.508 (8) 8.292 (6) 8.006 (8)  Brazil 8.011 (4) 8.133 (7) 7.892 (6) 7.917 (9) 7.981 (9)  Finland 7.719 (10) 7.808 (10) 7.408 (9) 7.908 (10) 7.708 (10)  Uruguay 7.594 (12) 7.692 (11) 7.167 (11) 7.783 (11) 7.547 (11)  Germany 7.808 (7) 7.204 (12) 7.008 (12) 7.483 (12) 7.232 (12)

Winner      First Runner-up      Second Runner-up      Third Runner-up      Fourth Runner-up      Top 12 Semifinalist (#) Rank in each round of competition

Special Awards

Award	Contestant
Best National Costume	Peru - María Francesca Zaza  Brazil - Celice Marques  Uruguay - Silvia Beatriz Vila
Miss Congeniality	Cayman Islands - Maureen Lewis
Miss Photogenic	Bahamas - Ava Marilyn Burke
Miss Press	Guam - Patty Chong Kerkos

Judges

Carole Bouquet David Copperfield Ron Duguay Ira von Fürstenberg Dong Kingman Peter Marshall

David Merrick Franco Nero Beulah Quo Cicely Tyson Mario Vargas Llosa Gladys Zender

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 – Jennifer 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 – Delia Frances Dolan  Finland – Sari Kaarina Aspholm  France – Martine Philipps  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 Yulyanti  Ireland – Geraldine Mary McGrory  Israel – Deborah Naomi Hess  Italy – Cinzia Fiordeponti  Japan – Eri Okuwaki

Korea – Sun-hee Park  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 Mariana Islands – 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 Mantero  Réunion – Marie Micheline Ginon  Scotland – Georgina Kearney  Singapore – Judicia Nonis  South Africa – Odette Octavia Scrooby  Spain – Cristina Pérez Cottrell  Sri Lanka – Ann Monica Tradigo  St. Maarten – Liana Elviara Brown  Surinam – 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 Islands – Jacqueline Astwood  Uruguay – Silvia Beatriz Vila Abavián  USA – Terri Utley  United States Virgin Islands – Ingeborg Hendricks  Venezuela – Ana Teresa Oropeza  Wales – Michelle Donelly  Western Samoa – Ivy Evelyn Warner

Withdrawing delegates

•  Cyprus - Sylvia Spanias Nitsa
•  Lebanon - Dolly Michelle El-Koury)

Preliminary Swimsuit Scores

8.542 South Africa 8.483 England 8.125 USA 8.075 Brazil 8.050 Finland 7.883 Guam 7.842 Germany 7.800 Italy 7.733 Canada 7.658 Peru 7.625 Greece 7.575 Sweden 7.457 Austria 7.433 Mexico 7.433 New Caledonia 7.417 Chile 7.412 India 7.367 Israel 7.292 Uruguay 7.258 Scotland

7.250 Venezuela 7.200 Philippines 7.183 Iceland 7.167 Japan 7.150 Spain 7.142 Holland 7.133 Wales 7.100 Australia 7.083 Suriname 7.058 Portugal 7.042 Hong Kong 6.975 Denmark 6.967 Aruba 6.900 Cayman Islands 6.892 Panama 6.850 Guatemala 6.833 Colombia 6.792 Belgium 6.783 Argentina

6.750 Bahamas 6.725 El Salvador 6.725 Guadeloupe 6.708 New Zealand 6.700 France 6.700 Norway 6.692 Thailand 6.683 Namibia 6.675 Northern Mariana Islands 6.650 Réunion 6.650 Switzerland 6.633 Paraguay 6.633 Puerto Rico 6.617 Curaçao 6.617 Western Samoa 6.600 Bolivia 6.600 Malta 6.600 US Virgin Islands 6.550 Turks & Caicos Islands

6.533 Dominican Republic 6.492 Singapore 6.483 Turkey 6.475 Martinique 6.450 Korea 6.442 Ecuador 6.425 Belize 6.425 Ireland 6.400 Sri Lanka 6.308 Bermuda 6.300 Transkei 6.283 Trinidad & Tobago 6.217 Indonesia 6.217 Malaysia 6.117 Honduras 6.083 British Virgin Islands 6.050 Papua New Guinea 6.033 Costa Rica 5.950 St Martin

Historical significance

• Belgium, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Denmark,England, Finland, France, Germany, Guatemala and Norway competed in Miss World 1982 in London four months later. Finland, Sari Kaarina Aspholm and England, Delia Dolan, who crowned as Miss United Kingdom, placed as 1st runner-up and 2nd runner-up in Miss World. Cayman Islands and Denmark placed as semi-finalists, while Germany, semi-finalist in Miss Universe 1982, was unplaced.
• Wales, who was unplaced in Miss Universe, competed as United Kingdom in Miss World 1981 where she was placed as 4th runner-up.
• Bahamas and Cayman Islands, who competed in Miss World seven years apart, won the award for Miss Photogenic and Miss Amity.
• In the Parade of Nations, contestants were introduced in alphabetical order, in which each candidate recites her name, hometown, and country. However, Miss Greece was conspicuously absent in the parade (some think this is because she hadn't had her national costume, but she wore one in the preliminary parade), and this allowed Miss Guam to introduce herself before Miss Guadeloupe. This caused the alphabetical order to be disrupted. This made Hong Kong before Honduras, India before Iceland, and more. When Miss Venezuela and Miss Wales stepped up to the microphone, they introduced themselves at the same time.

External links

• Official Miss Universe website