Miss World 1980 Explained

Winner:Gabriella Brum
Kimberley Santos
Represented:Guam
Date:13 November 1980
Presenters:Peter Marshall, Judith Chalmers, Anthony Newley
Venue:Royal Albert Hall, London, United Kingdom
Broadcaster:Thames Television
Entrants:67
Placements:15
Debuts:Zimbabwe
Before:1979
Next:1981

Miss World 1980, the 30th anniversary of the Miss World pageant, was held on 13 November 1980 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, United Kingdom, televised for the first time by Thames Television for ITV. The winner was Gabriella Brum from Germany. She was crowned by Miss World 1979, Gina Swainson of Bermuda. First runner-up was Kimberley Santos representing Guam, second was Patricia Barzyk from France, third was Anat Zimmermann of Israel, and fourth was Kim Ashfield from the United Kingdom.

Brum resigned after 18 hours of holding the title,[1] [2] and 14 days later, first runner-up Santos was crowned the new Miss World by 1977 winner Mary Stävin in Guam.

Results

Placements

PlacementContestant
Miss World 1980
1st Runner-up
2nd Runner-up
3rd Runner-up
4th Runner-up
Top 7
Top 15

Contestants

67 contestants competed for the title.

Country/TerritoryContestant Age Hometown
ArgentinaElsa Galotti 20 Santa Fe
ArubaEthline Dekker 19 Oranjestad
AustraliaLinda Shepherd 18 Wollongong
AustriaSonya-Maria Schlepp 19 Graz
BahamasBernadette Cash20 Nassau
BelgiumBrigitte Billen 19 Limburg
BermudaZina Minks 17 St. George's Parish
BoliviaSonia Malpartida 20 Sucre
BrazilLoiane Aiache 18 Brasília
CanadaAnnette Labrecque 19 Charlesbourg
Cayman IslandsDealia Watler 21 George Town
ColombiaMaría Cristina Valencia 18 Armenia
Costa RicaMarie Claire Tracy 20 San José
CuraçaoSoraida de Windt 21 Willemstad
CyprusParthenopi Vasiliadou 18 Limassol
DenmarkJane Bill 18 Copenhagen
Dominican RepublicPatricia Polanco 18 Santo Domingo
EcuadorGabriela Ríos 19 Guayaquil
FinlandRitva Tamio 19 Turku
FrancePatricia Barzyk 17 Arbouans
Germany Gabriella Brum18 Berlin
GibraltarYvette Domínguez 19 Gibraltar
GreeceVera Zacharopoulou 19 Athens
Guam Kimberley Santos19 Toto
GuatemalaLizabeth Martínez 19 Guatemala City
HollandDesiree Geelen 20 Amsterdam
HondurasEtelvina Raudales 20 San Pedro Sula
Hong KongJulia Chan 21 Hong Kong Island
IndiaElizabeth Anita Reddi21 Bombay
IrelandMichelle Rocca21 Dublin
Voirrey Wallace 18 Douglas
IsraelAnat Zimmermann18 Givatayim
ItalyStefania de Pasquaci 17 Parma
JamaicaMichelle Harris[3] 21 Kingston
JapanKanako Ito 18 Tokyo
Karen Poole 21 Saint Helier
KoreaChang Sun-ja 21 Seoul
LebanonCeleste El-Assal 19 Beirut
Lits’ila Lerotholi 18 Maseru
MalaysiaCallie Liew 23 Kuantan
MaltaFrances Duca19 Fgura
MauritiusChristiane Mackay 23 Grand Gaube
MexicoClaudia Holley 18 Naucalpan
New ZealandVicky Lee Hemi 18 Hamilton
NorwayMaiken Nielsen 22 Oslo
PanamaÁurea Horta Torrijos 20 Panama City
Mispah Alwyn 19 Port Moresby
ParaguayCelia Schaerer 19 Asunción
PeruSilvia Vega 21 Lima
PhilippinesMilagros Nabor 20 Manila
Puerto RicoMichelle Torres 19 Ponce
SingaporeAdda Pang 21 Singapore
SpainFrancisca Ondiviela17 Gran Canaria
Sri LankaRosemarie Ramanayake22 Colombo
SwazilandNomagcisa Cawe 23 Manzini
SwedenKerstin Jenemark 21 Stenungsund
SwitzerlandJeannette Linkenheil 22 Basel
ThailandUnchulee Chaisuwan 20 Bangkok
Trinidad and TobagoMaria Octavia Chung 18 San Fernando
TurkeyFahriye Ayloglu 20 Istanbul
United KingdomKim Ashfield21 Buckley
United StatesBrooke Alexander16 Kailua
Palmira Frorup 24 Saint Croix
UruguayAna Claudia Carriquiry19 Montevideo
VenezuelaHilda Abrahamz21 Caracas
Western SamoaLiliu Tapuai 18 Apia
ZimbabweShirley Nyanyiwa 22 Salisbury

Judges

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Miss Universe vs Miss World: Facts and comparisons . . 15 January 2015 . 25 January 2016.
  2. https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1915&dat=19801113&id=FQAhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=DHUFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3071,2374430&hl=en The Day
  3. Book: Peace Corps--1961-1981 . Action Office of Public Affairs . 1981 . Peace Corps--1961-1981: For 20 Years, Making a World of Difference: Press Clippings . More. Than. Just. A. Pretty. Face. MICHELLE ANN HARRIS ... is much more than a pretty face; she is a lady concerned with the problems of her country and grateful for organizations like the U.S.Peace Corps, which she .. . pt. 2.
  4. News: Frost . Caroline . Bruce Forsyth Describes Meeting Wife Wilnelia Merced For The Very First Time . 27 October 2020 . HuffPost UK . 18 August 2017.