Miss World 1980

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.

Miss World 1980
Miss World 1980 Titlecard
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
Withdrawals	Chile El Salvador Iceland Nigeria Portugal Tahiti
Returns	Curaçao Papua New Guinea
Winner	Gabriella Brum  Germany (resigned) Kimberley Santos  Guam (successor)
← 1979 1981 →

Brum resigned after 18 hours of holding the title,^[1][2][3] and 14 days later, first runner-up Santos was crowned the new Miss World by 1977 winner Mary Stävin in Guam.

Results

 

Countries and territories which sent delegates and results for Miss World 1980^[1][2][4]

Placements

Final results	Contestant
Miss World 1980	Germany – Gabriella Brum (resigned)
1st Runner-up	Guam – Kimberley Santos (assumed)
2nd Runner-up	France – Patricia Barzyk
3rd Runner-up	Israel – Anat Zimmermann †
4th Runner-up	United Kingdom – Kim Ashfield
Top 7	New Zealand – Vicky Lee Hemi   United States – Brooke Alexander
Top 15	Austria – Sonya-Maria Schlepp   Bermuda – Zina Marie Minks   India – Elizabeth Anita Reddi   Jamaica – Michelle Ann Harris   Puerto Rico – Michelle Torres Cintrón   Sweden – Kerstin Monika Jenemark   Venezuela – Hilda Astrid Abrahamz Navarro   Zimbabwe – Shirley Richard Nyanyiwa

Contestants

Country/Territory	Contestant	Age^[a]	Hometown
Argentina	Elsa Cecilia Guadalupe Galotti	20	Santa Fe
Aruba	Ethline Ambrosia Dekker	19	Oranjestad
Australia	Linda Leigh Shepherd	18	Wollongong
Austria	Sonya-Maria Schlepp	19	Graz
Bahamas	Bernadette Louise Cash	20	Nassau
Belgium	Brigitte Biche Billen	19	Limburg
Bermuda	Zina Marie Minks	17	St. George's Parish
Bolivia	Sonia Giovanna Malpartida Arce	20	Sucre
Brazil	Loiane Rogéria Aiache	18	Brasília
Canada	Annette Labrecque	19	Charlesbourg
Cayman Islands	Dealia Devon Walter	21	George Town
Colombia	María Cristina Valencia Cardona	18	Armenia
Costa Rica	Marie Claire Tracy Coll	20	San José
Curaçao	Soraida Celestina de Windt	21	Willemstad
Cyprus	Parthenopi Vasiliadou	18	Limassol
Denmark	Jane Bill	18	Copenhagen
Dominican Republic	Patricia Amelia Polanco Álvarez	18	Santo Domingo
Ecuador	Gabriela María Catelina Ríos Roca	19	Guayaquil
Finland	Ritva Helena 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 Iveth "Ligia" Martínez Noack	19	Guatemala City
Holland	Desiree Maria Johanna Nicole Geelen	20	Amsterdam
Honduras	Rosario Etelvina Raudales Velásquez	20	San Pedro Sula
Hong Kong	Julia Chan Fung Chi	21	Hong Kong Island
India	Elizabeth Anita Reddi	21	Bombay
Ireland	Michelle Mary Teresa Rocca	21	Dublin
Isle of Man	Voirrey Melanie Wallace	18	Douglas
Israel	Anat Zimmermann †	18	Givatayim
Italy	Stefania de Pasquaci	17	Parma
Jamaica	Michelle Ann Harris^[4]	21	Kingston
Japan	Kanako Ito	18	Tokyo
Jersey	Karen Rosemary Poole	21	Saint Helier
Korea	Chang Sun-ja	21	Seoul
Lebanon	Celeste El-Assal	19	Beirut
Lesotho	Lits’ila Alina Lerotholi	18	Maseru
Malaysia	Callie Liew Tan Chee	23	Kuantan
Malta	Frances Lucy Duca	19	Fgura
Mauritius	Christiane Carol Mackay	23	Grand Gaube
Mexico	Claudia Mercedes Holley Braum	18	Naucalpan
New Zealand	Vicky Lee Hemi	18	Hamilton
Norway	Maiken Nielsen	22	Oslo
Panama	Áurea Horta Torrijos	20	Panama City
Papua New Guinea	Mispah Alwyn	19	Port Moresby
Paraguay	Celia Noemí Schaerer del Puerto †	19	Asunción
Peru	Silvia Roxana Vega Ramos	21	Lima
Philippines	Maria Milagros Guidote Nabor	20	Manila
Puerto Rico	Michelle Torres Cintrón	19	Ponce
Singapore	Adda Pang Kim Jong	21	Singapore
Spain	Francisca Ondiviela Otero	17	Gran Canaria
Sri Lanka	Bernadine Rosemarie Fernando Ramanayake	22	Colombo
Swaziland	Nomagcisa Cawe	23	Manzini
Sweden	Kerstin Monika Jenemark	21	Stenungsund
Switzerland	Jeannette Linkenheil	22	Basel
Thailand	Unchulee Chaisuwan	20	Bangkok
Trinidad and Tobago	Maria Octavia Chung	18	San Fernando
Turkey	Fahriye Funda Ayloglu	20	Istanbul
United Kingdom	Kim Ashfield	21	Buckley
United States	Brooke Alexander	16	Kailua
Uruguay	Ana Claudia Carriquiry	19	Montevideo
Venezuela	Hilda Astrid Abrahamz Navarro	21	Caracas
Virgin Islands	Palmira Frorup	24	Saint Croix
Western Samoa	Liliu Tapuai	18	Apia
Zimbabwe	Shirley Richard Nyanyiwa	22	Salisbury

1. Ages at the time of the pageant

Judges

• Eric Morley †
• Peter Thompson
• Alan Minter †
• Viviane Ventura
• Bruce Forsyth^[5] †
• Dennis Waterman †
• Sophia Mamba
• Wilnelia Merced – Miss World 1975 from Puerto Rico
• John McMenamin

Notes

Debuts

• •   Zimbabwe

Returns

• Last competed in 1977:
  •   Papua New Guinea
• Last competed in 1978:
  •   Curaçao

Withdrawals

•   Chile
•   El Salvador
•   Iceland
•   Nigeria
•   Portugal
•   Tahiti

References

1. "New Miss World Quickly Quits Title". Reading Eagle. 14 November 1980. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
2. "Miss Universe vs Miss World: Facts and comparisons". MSN. 15 January 2015. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
3. The Day
4. Peace Corps--1961-1981. Peace Corps--1961-1981: For 20 Years, Making a World of Difference: Press Clippings. Action Office of Public Affairs. 1981. 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 ..
5. Frost, Caroline (18 August 2017). "Bruce Forsyth Describes Meeting Wife Wilnelia Merced For The Very First Time". HuffPost UK. Retrieved 27 October 2020.

Further reading

• "Miss World Competition Through the Years". E!. 12 December 2014. Retrieved 23 January 2016.

External links