MISS UNIVERSE 1981

1981 July 20
New York City, New York, U.S.A.
76 entries

Results
1  Venezuela  Irene Lailin Sáez Conde
2  Canada  Dominique Dufour
3  Sweden  Eva-Lena Lundgren (3rd RU Europe '81, winner Scandinavia '82, Nations '81)
4  Brazil  Adriana Alves de Oliveira (5th RU World '84)
5  Belgium  Dominique Van Eeckhoudt (2nd RU Teenage Intercontinental '79, SF International '81, SF World '81, winner Nations '81)

Semi-finalists
Ecuador  Lucía Isabel Vinueza Urjelles (World '81)
Germany  Marion Kurz
Holland  Ingrid Johanna Maria Schouten (1st RU Europe '81, Nations '81)
New Zealand  Donella Elizabeth Clemmence Thomsen
Norway  Mona Olsen (winner Scandinavia '81, Europe '81)
Tahiti  Tatiana Teraiamano
U.S.A.  Kimberly "Kim" Kaye Seelbrede
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Order of announcement of semi-finalists
Holland, Ecuador, New Zealand, Sweden, Brazil, U.S.A., Norway, Venezuela, Belgium, Germany, Tahiti & Canada

Order of announcement of finalists
Sweden, Brazil, Belgium, Venezuela & Canada
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Remainder
Argentina  Susana Mabel Reynoso
Aruba  Synia Reyes
Australia  Karen Sang
Austria  Gudrun Gollop
Bahamas  Linda Teresa Smith
Belize  Ivette Zabaneh
Bermuda  Cymone Florie Tucker (World '81)
Bolivia  Vivian "Maricruz" Aponte Zambrana
British Virgin Islands  Carmen Nibbs
Cayman Islands  Donna Marie Myrie (World '81)
Chile  Maria Soledad Hurtado Arellano
Colombia  Ana Edilma "Eddy" Cano Puerta (2nd RU Teen Intercontinental '80, winner Coffee '82)
Costa Rica  Rosa Inés Solís Vargas
Curacao  Maria Maxima Croes
Cyprus  Katia Angelidou (Nations '81)
Denmark  Tina Brandstrup (International '81,  World '81, Nations '81)
Dominican Republic  Fausta Lucía Peña Veras
England  Joanna Longley (Europe '81)
Fiji  Lynn Michelle MacDonald
Finland  Merja Orvokki Varvikko (International '81, 2nd RU Scandinavia '82)
France  Isabelle Sophie Benard (Young International '80, SF Europe '81, World '81)
Gibraltar  Yvette Domínguez (World '80)
Greece  Maria Nikouli
Guadeloupe  Rosette Bivouac
Guam  Bertha Antoinette Harmon
Guatemala  Yuma Rossana Lobos Orellana (Teen Intercontinental '81)
Honduras  Leslie Nohemi Sabillón Dávila (Coffee '82)
Hong Kong  Irene Lo Kam-Sheung
Iceland  Elisabet Traustadóttir (SF Europe '81, 1st RU Scandinavia '82)
India  Rachita Kumar
Ireland  Valerie Roe (SF Europe '81)
Israel  Dana Wexler
Italy  Anna Maria Kanakis (2nd RU Europe '81)
Japan  Mineko Orisaku
Korea  Lee Eun-jung 
Malaysia  Audrey Loh Yin Fong
Malta  Susanne Galea
Martinique  Ghislaine Jean-Louis
Mexico  Judith Grace González Hinks (2nd RU Nations '81)
Namibia  Antoinette Knoetze
Northern Marianas  Juanita Masga Mendiola
Panama  Ana María Henríquez Valdés
Paraguay  Maria Isabel Urizar Caras
Peru  Gladys Silva Cansino
Philippines  Maria Caroline "Maricar" de Vera Mendoza
Portugal  Ana Paula Machado Moura
Puerto Rico  Carmen Lotti
Reunion  Patricia Abadie
Saint Kitts  Marva Warner
Scotland  Anne McFarlane (Europe '81)
Singapore  Florence Tan
South Africa  Daniela Di Paolo
Spain  Francisca "Paquita" Ondiviela Otero (World '80, International '81)
Sri Lanka  Renuka Varuni Jesudhason
Switzerland  Brigitte Voss (International '81, Nations '81)
Thailand  Massupha Karbprapun (World '81)
Transkei  Kedibone Tembisa Letlaka
Trinidad & Tobago  Romini Samaroo
Turkey  Senay Unlu
Turks & Caicos  Frances Gloria Rigby
U.S. Virgin Islands  Marise Cecile James
Uruguay  Griselda Dianne Anchorena
Wales  Karen Ruth Stannard (Europe '81)
Western Samoa  Lenita Marianne Schwalger

Did not compete
Hong Kong  Doris Loh (replaced - forced to withdraw as she was 25, not 22)
Indonesia  Rossje Soeratman
Mauritius  Carole Fitzgerald (withdrew - homesick)
Papua-New Guinea  Jennifer Abaiyjah
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent  Marsha Ann Morris
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