Miss Universe 1983

Miss Universe 1983
Miss Universe 1983
	Lorraine Downes
Date	11 July 1983
Presenters	Bob Barker; Joan Van Ark;
Entertainment	John Schneider; José Luis Rodríguez "El Puma";
Venue	Kiel Auditorium, St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Broadcaster	CBS (KMOX-TV);
Entrants	80
Placements	12
Debuts	Cook Islands; Gambia;
Withdrawals	New Caledonia; St. Maarten; Suriname;
Returns	Cyprus; French Guiana; Gibraltar; Lebanon;
Winner	Lorraine Downes ; New Zealand
Congeniality	Abbey Scattrel Janneh ; Gambia
Best National Costume	Jong-jun Kim ; Korea
Photogenic	Lolita Morena ; Switzerland
	← 1982 1984 →

Miss Universe 1983 was the 32nd Miss Universe pageant, 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.^[1] Eighty contestants competed in this year. This is the first, and so far the only time New Zealand won the pageant.

Results

Placement	Contestant
Miss Universe 1983	New Zealand – Lorraine Downes
1st runner-up	United States – Julie Hayek^[1]
2nd runner-up	Ireland – Roberta Brown^[1]
3rd runner-up	Switzerland – Lolita Morena^[1]
4th runner-up	England – Karen Moore^[1]
Top 12	Finland – Nina Rekola^[1] Germany – Loana Rabecki^[1] Italy – Federica Moro^[1] Norway – Karen Dobloug^[1] Singapore – Lee Lee Bang^[1] Spain – Ana Garcia^[1] Venezuela – Paola Ruggeri^[1]

^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Newhouse, Eric (12 Jul 1983). "New Zealand model named Miss Universe". The Journal News. Associated Press. p. 27. Retrieved 4 September 2023.

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