Miss Universe 1983

Miss Universe 1983, the 32nd Miss Universe pageant, was held on 11 July 1983 at the Kiel Auditorium in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. Lorraine Downes of New Zealand was crowned by Karen Dianne Baldwin of Canada. Eighty contestants competed in this year. This is the first, and only time New Zealand won the pageant.

Miss Universe 1983
Date11 July 1983
Presenters
Entertainment
VenueKiel Auditorium, St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Broadcaster
Entrants80
Placements12
Debuts
Withdrawals
Returns
WinnerLorraine Downes
 New Zealand
CongenialityAbbey Scattrel Janneh
 Gambia
Best National CostumeJong-jun Kim
 Korea
PhotogenicLolita Morena
  Switzerland

Results
Miss Universe 1983 participating nations and results

Placements
Final results Contestant
Miss Universe 1983
1st Runner-up
2nd Runner-up
3rd Runner-up
4th Runner-up
Top 12


Final Competition
  Winner
  First runner-up
  Second runner-up
  Third runner-up
  Fourth runner-up
(#) Rank in each round of competition
Nation Preliminary Average Interview Swimsuit Evening Gown Semifinal Average
 New Zealand 8.325 (6) 9.081 (3) 9.177 (4) 9.358 (2) 9.205 (3)
 United States 8.708 (1) 8.916 (5) 9.333 (1) 9.455 (1) 9.234 (1)
 Ireland 8.353 (5) 9.244 (1) 9.161 (5) 9.192 (6) 9.199 (4)
  Switzerland 8.395 (3) 9.138 (2) 9.220 (3) 9.338 (3) 9.232 (2)
 England 8.385 (4) 9.027 (4) 9.244 (2) 9.172 (7) 9.147 (5)
 Germany 8.091 (11) 8.872 (6) 9.094 (6) 9.322 (5) 9.096 (6)
 Venezuela 8.464 (2) 8.666 (7) 9.088 (7) 9.338 (3) 9.030 (7)
 Singapore 8.222 (7) 8.658 (8) 8.766 (10) 9.161 (8) 8.861 (8)
 Italy 8.158 (8) 8.644 (9) 8.922 (8) 9.016 (10) 8.860 (9)
 Finland 8.143 (9) 8.427 (11) 8.888 (9) 9.144 (9) 8.819 (10)
 Norway 8.089 (12) 8.486 (10) 8.505 (12) 8.822 (11) 8.604 (11)
 Spain 8.098 (10) 8.261 (12) 8.577 (11) 8.788 (12) 8.542 (12)


Order Of Announcements

Top 12

  1.  New Zealand
  2.  Italy
  3.  Singapore
  4.  Venezuela
  5.  Ireland
  6.  Norway
  7.   Switzerland
  8.  Spain
  9.  England
  10.  Finland
  11.  United States
  12.  Germany

Top 5

  1.  England
  2.  New Zealand
  3.  Ireland
  4.  United States
  5.   Switzerland

Contestants

Celebrity judges

Awards

Notes

    Debuts

    Withdrawals

    Returns

    Last competed in 1977:

    Last competed in 1978:

    Last competed in 1981:

    General references
    • West, Donald (ed.). "Miss Universe 1983". pageantopolis.com. Archived from the original on February 7, 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
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