| Miss World 1982 |
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| Date |
18 November 1982 |
| Presenters |
Peter Marshall, Judith Chalmers |
| Entertainment |
The Three Degrees |
| Venue |
Royal Albert Hall, London, UK |
| Broadcaster |
Thames Television |
| Entrants |
68 |
| Placements |
15 |
| Debuts |
Indonesia, Turks & Caicos |
| Withdrawals |
Argentina, Austria, Jersey, Lesotho, Papua New Guinea, Suriname |
| Returns |
Panama, Paraguay, Portugal, Yugoslavia, American Virgin Islands, |
| Winner |
Mariasela Álvarez
 Dominican Republic |
Miss World 1982, the 32nd edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 18 November 1982 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, UK. The winner was Mariasela Álvarez from the Dominican Republic. She was crowned by Miss World 1981, Pilín León of Venezuela. The first and second runners-up were Sari Kaarina Aspholm from Finland and Della Dolan from the United Kingdom who were semi-finalists in Miss Universe 1982 four months before.
Results
Placements
| Final results |
Contestant |
| Miss World 1982 |
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| 1st runner-up |
 Finland – Sari Kaarina Aspholm
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| 2nd runner-up |
 United Kingdom – Della Dolan
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| 3rd runner-up |
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| 4th runner-up |
 United States – LuAnn Caughey
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| 5th runner-up |
 Trinidad & Tobago – Althea Rocke
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| 6th runner-up |
 Ireland – Roberta Brown
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| Semi-finalists |
 Australia – Catherine Morris Bolivia – Brita Cederberg Cayman Islands – Maureen Lewis Denmark – Tina Nielsen Guam – Frances Limtiaco Philippines – Sara-Jane Areza Yugoslavia – Ana Sasso Zimbabwe – Caroline Murinda
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Continental Queens of Beauty
| Continental Group |
Contestant |
| Africa |
- Zimbabwe – Caroline Murinda
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| Americas |
- Dominican Republic – Mariasela Álvarez
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| Asia |
- Philippines – Sara-Jane Areza
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| Europe |
- Finland – Sari Kaarina Aspholm
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| Oceania |
- Australia – Catherine Ann Morris
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Special awards
| Awards |
Contestant |
| Miss Personality |
- Cayman Islands – Maureen Lewis
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| Miss Photogenic |
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Order of announcements
- Top 15
- 1. Australia
- 2. Bolivia
- 3. Cayman Islands
- 4. Denmark
- 5. Dominican Republic
- 6. Finland
- 7. Guam
- 8. Ireland
- 9. Philippines
- 10. Switzerland
- 11. Trinidad & Tobago
- 12. United Kingdom
- 13. United States
- 14. Yugoslavia
- 15. Zimbabwe
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- Top 7
- 1. Switzerland
- 2. Dominican Republic
- 3. United States
- 4. Trinidad & Tobago
- 5. Ireland
- 6. Finland
- 7. United Kingdom
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Contestants
Notes
Debuts
Indonesia
Turks & Caicos
Returns
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Last competed in 1975:
- Yugoslavia
Last competed in 1979:
 Portugal
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Last competed in 1980:
 Panama Paraguay
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Withdrawals
Argentina – Because of ongoing political conflict with United Kingdom, pertaining to the dispute in the Falkland Islands.
Austria – Rita Isabelle Zehtner (personal reasons)
Crossovers
- Miss Universe
- 1980: Trinidad & Tobago – Althea Ingrid Rocke
- 1982:
 Aruba – Noriza Antonia Helder
- 1982:
 Belgium – Marie Pierre Lemaitre
- 1982:
 Bermuda – Heather Michelle Ross
- 1982: Cayman Islands – Maureen Therese Lewis (Miss Congeniality)
- 1982: Denmark – Tina Maria Nielsen
- 1982: Finland – Sari Kaarina Aspholm (Semi-finalist)
- 1982:
 France – Martine Marie Philipps
- 1982:
 Germany – Kerstin Natalie Paeserack (Semi-finalist)
- 1982:
 Guatemala – Edith Suzanne Whitbeck Cain
- 1982:
 Norway – Janett Carine Krefting
- 1982: United Kingdom – Della Frances Dolan (Semi-finalist, as
 England)
- 1983:
 Cyprus – Marina Elena Rauscher
- 1983:
 Gibraltar – Louise Michelle Gillingwater
- 1983: Indonesia – Andi Botenri
- 1983: Ireland – Roberta Brown (2nd runner-up)
- 1983:
 Lebanon – May Mansour Chahwan
- 1983:
 Switzerland – Lolita Laure Morena (3rd runner-up, Miss Photogenic)
- 1983:
 Spain – Ana Isabel Herrero García (Semi-finalist)
- 1983: Turks & Caicos – Lolita Elaine Ariza
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- Miss Intercontinental
- 1982: Cyprus – Marina Elena Rauscher
- 1982: Ireland – Roberta Brown
- 1982: Portugal – Suzana Walker dos Santos Dias (Semi-finalist)
- 1982: United Kingdom – Della Frances Dolan (Semi-finalist)
- Miss Young International
- 1978:
 Uruguay – Varinia Roxana Govea Pazos
- 1983: Spain – Ana Isabel Herrero García
- Reinado Internacional del Café
- 1983:
 Honduras – Ana Lucía Rivera Castro
- Miss Europe
- 1982: Belgium – Marie Pierre Lemaitre
- 1982: Denmark – Tina Maria Nielsen
- 1982:
 Malta – Adelina Camilleri
- 1982:
 Sweden – Anne-Lie Margareta Sjöberg (1st runner-up)
- Miss Asia
- 1982: Indonesia – Andi Botenri
- 1982:
 Western Samoa – Lilly Caroline Hunt
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Other notes
- Cayman Islands and Switzerland won the same awards in the Miss Universe 1982 and 1983 pageants.
- This is the first time that Bolivia and the Cayman Islands made it into the semi-finals.
- Cally Kwong Mei-Wan of Hong Kong would later have a successful career as a singer in her native country.
- 9 out of 15 countries which made it into the semi-finals, were not in the semi-finals the previous year: Dominican Republic and Philippines (1973), Yugoslavia (1975), Denmark (1977), Switzerland and Finland (1978), and Guam (1980). Bolivia and Cayman Islands had made into the semi-finals for the first time. Bolivia marked its debut in 1960, while the Cayman Islands in 1977.
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