| 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.
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67 contestants competed for the title.
| Country/Territory | Contestant | Age | Hometown | |
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 Argentina | Elsa Galotti | 20 | Santa Fe | |
| Aruba | Ethline Dekker | 19 | Oranjestad | |
 Australia | Linda Shepherd | 18 | Wollongong | |
 Austria | Sonya-Maria Schlepp | 19 | Graz | |
| Bahamas | Bernadette Cash | 20 | Nassau | |
 Belgium | Brigitte Billen | 19 | Limburg | |
| Bermuda | Zina Minks | 17 | St. George's Parish | |
 Bolivia | Sonia Malpartida | 20 | Sucre | |
 Brazil | Loiane Aiache | 18 | Brasília | |
 Canada | Annette Labrecque | 19 | Charlesbourg | |
| Cayman Islands | Dealia Watler | 21 | George Town | |
 Colombia | María Cristina Valencia | 18 | Armenia | |
| Costa Rica | Marie Claire Tracy | 20 | San José | |
| Curaçao | Soraida de Windt | 21 | Willemstad | |
 Cyprus | Parthenopi Vasiliadou | 18 | Limassol | |
| Denmark | Jane Bill | 18 | Copenhagen | |
 Dominican Republic | Patricia Polanco | 18 | Santo Domingo | |
 Ecuador | Gabriela Ríos | 19 | Guayaquil | |
 Finland | Ritva Tamio | 19 | Turku | |
 France | Patricia Barzyk | 17 | Arbouans | |
| Germany | Gabriella Brum | 18 | Berlin | |
 Gibraltar | Yvette Domínguez | 19 | Gibraltar | |
| Greece | Vera Zacharopoulou | 19 | Athens | |
 Guam | Kimberley Santos | 19 | Toto | |
| Guatemala | Lizabeth Martínez | 19 | Guatemala City | |
| Holland | Desiree Geelen | 20 | Amsterdam | |
| Honduras | Etelvina Raudales | 20 | San Pedro Sula | |
| Hong Kong | Julia Chan | 21 | Hong Kong Island | |
 India | Elizabeth Anita Reddi | 21 | Bombay | |
 Ireland | Michelle Rocca | 21 | Dublin | |
| Voirrey Wallace | 18 | Douglas | ||
 Israel | Anat Zimmermann | 18 | Givatayim | |
 Italy | Stefania de Pasquaci | 17 | Parma | |
 Jamaica | Michelle Harris[3] | 21 | Kingston | |
 Japan | Kanako Ito | 18 | Tokyo | |
| Karen Poole | 21 | Saint Helier | ||
 Korea | Chang Sun-ja | 21 | Seoul | |
| Lebanon | Celeste El-Assal | 19 | Beirut | |
| Lits’ila Lerotholi | 18 | Maseru | ||
| Malaysia | Callie Liew | 23 | Kuantan | |
 Malta | Frances Duca | 19 | Fgura | |
| Mauritius | Christiane Mackay | 23 | Grand Gaube | |
 Mexico | Claudia Holley | 18 | Naucalpan | |
 New Zealand | Vicky Lee Hemi | 18 | Hamilton | |
 Norway | Maiken Nielsen | 22 | Oslo | |
 Panama | Áurea Horta Torrijos | 20 | Panama City | |
| Mispah Alwyn | 19 | Port Moresby | ||
| Paraguay | Celia Schaerer | 19 | Asunción | |
 Peru | Silvia Vega | 21 | Lima | |
| Philippines | Milagros Nabor | 20 | Manila | |
| Puerto Rico | Michelle Torres | 19 | Ponce | |
| Singapore | Adda Pang | 21 | Singapore | |
 Spain | Francisca Ondiviela | 17 | Gran Canaria | |
| Sri Lanka | Rosemarie Ramanayake | 22 | Colombo | |
 Swaziland | Nomagcisa Cawe | 23 | Manzini | |
 Sweden | Kerstin Jenemark | 21 | Stenungsund | |
| Switzerland | Jeannette Linkenheil | 22 | Basel | |
 Thailand | Unchulee Chaisuwan | 20 | Bangkok | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Maria Octavia Chung | 18 | San Fernando | |
 Turkey | Fahriye Ayloglu | 20 | Istanbul | |
 United Kingdom | Kim Ashfield | 21 | Buckley | |
 United States | Brooke Alexander | 16 | Kailua | |
| Palmira Frorup | 24 | Saint Croix | ||
| Uruguay | Ana Claudia Carriquiry | 19 | Montevideo | |
 Venezuela | Hilda Abrahamz | 21 | Caracas | |
| Western Samoa | Liliu Tapuai | 18 | Apia | |
| Zimbabwe | Shirley Nyanyiwa | 22 | Salisbury |
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