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Bottom American Virgin
Islands, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Barbados, Belgium, Bermuda,
Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Cayman Islands, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica,
Curacao, Cyprus, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Finland,
France, Gambia, Germany & Gibraltar
Middle Greece, Guam, Guatemala, Holland, Hong Kong,
Iceland, India, Ireland, Isle of Man, Israel, Italy, Ivory Coast, Jamaica,
Kenya, Japan, Korea, Lebanon, Liberia, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Malta,
Mexico, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway & Panama
Top Paraguay, Philippines, Peru, Poland, Portugal,
Puerto Rico, St. Kitts/Nevis, St. Vincent, Singapore, Spain,
Sri Lanka, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Tahiti, Thailand, Trinidad & Tobago, Turks & Caicos, Uganda,
United Kingdom,
U.S.A., Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Samoa,
Yugoslavia & Zaire |
Miss World 1985
- an amalgam
of news reports -
Blonde Miss Iceland, Holmfriour “Hofi” Karlsdottir, won the Miss World
Contest before a cheering audience in the Royal Albert Hall.
Miss Karlsdottir, 22, performed flawlessly in answering questions during the
pageant. Her smile never faded, and she said afterwards she was never
nervous. She broke into delighted smiles as she was crowned
During the swimsuit competition, the 5-foot-8 blonde wore a bathing suit cut
far more modestly than the outfits worn by most of the other 77 competitors.
The first runner-up was Miss United Kingdom, Mandy Adele Shires, a
19-year-old model.
Miss U.S.A., Brenda Denton, of Hobbs, N.M., was second runner-up. Miss
Denton, 22, is a computer programming student at Texas Tech University in
Lubbock.
Prizes for the two runners-up were $2,800 and $1,400.
Miss Karlsdottir, a kindergarten school teacher, received the 5,000 pound
(7,000-dollar) prize and a work contract worth 25,000 pounds (35,000
dollars) in the competition entered by young women from 78 countries.
She had been first runner-up in the Miss Iceland pageant, with the winner
there going to compete for the Miss Universe title.
‘I
must be so lucky to have come second and still win Miss World,” she said.
During the pageant, British breakfast television host Anne Diamond
interviewed Miss Karlsdottir, who said she began learning English at age 16.
“I
love my job very much. I finished school a year ago,” Miss Karlsdottir
said.
The top three were chosen from seven finalists who answered, some shyly,
questions about their career hopes and their countries put by judges before
a worldwide television audience which, organizers said, totaled 500 million
people in 55 countries.
The other finalists were Miss Switzerland, Eveline Glanzmann; Miss
Venezuela, Ruddy Rodriguez de Lucia; Miss Jamaica, Alison Jean Barnett and
Miss Israel, Maya Wachtenhein.
Along with eight other semi-finalists, the young women paraded in low-cut
evening gowns before the sell-out audience of 8,000 people.
Before departing for an early morning coronation ball, Miss Karlsdottir
said, “I just feel fantastic and I never expected to win.”
She said she would have to put off any possible plans to marry her
boyfriend, law student Elfar Runarsson. “We are not engaged yet, but we
have talked about getting married some day,” she said.
“I
will have to leave my nursery schoolchildren for a year as well, and I hope
they’ll miss me.”
She said her first task was to telephone her parents because she did not
know whether the pageant was being shown on television in Iceland. “I know
that they and my boyfriend will be very proud of me,” she said.
Miss Karlsdottir’s father, Karl, is a civil engineer, and her mother, Asta,
is a nurse.
“I
can’t believe it really,” said Miss Iceland, the first young woman from her
country to win the world title.
Miss Iceland has been ranked by bookmakers second favorite at 4-1 odds. The
favorite in the betting, Miss Jamaica, only made it to the semi finals.
“I
will do my best … I love to travel,” the new Miss World said of her year’s
work ahead of modeling and promotion contracts, adding she especially wanted
to visit warmer climes.
Five continental queens of beauty were also chosen: Miss Zaire for Africa,
Miss U.S.A. for the Americas, Miss Israel for Asia, Miss Iceland for Europe
and Miss New Zealand for Oceania.
“Out of this group of ladies, I feel that I am very fortunate,” said Miss
U.S.A., who had been the bookmakers’ fourth favorite at 10-1. “I can only
be very pleased with my performance.” |

United Kingdom, Germany, Venezuela, Canada, Ireland & Holland |

Brazil |

Sweden & Denmark |

Iceland |

Switzerland's shirt had the name of her country misspelled |
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Miss World 1985
1985 November 14
London, England 78 entries
Results
1 Iceland Holmfridur Karlsdóttir
Queen
of Europe
2
United Kingdom Mandy Adele Shires 3
U.S.A. Brenda Denton
Queen of Americas
Finalists 4
Venezuela Ruddy Rosario Rodríguez de Lucia 5
Jamaica Alison Jean Barnett 6
Israel Maja Wechtenhaim
Queen of Asia
7 Switzerland Eveline Nicole Glanzmann
Semi-finalists
Brazil Leila Rosana Leal Bittencourt Ireland
Anne Marie Gannon New Zealand Sheri Anastasia Le Fleming Burrow
Queen of Oceania
Paraguay Daisy Patricia Ferreira Caballero Poland
Katarzyna Dorota Zawidzka
Puerto Rico Iris Matias Gonzáles Sweden Anne-Bolette Jill Christophersen
Zaire Kayonga
"Benita" Mureka Tete
Queen of Africa
Remainder
American Virgin Islands Connie Mary Colaire Aruba Jacqueline Deborah van Putten
Australia Angelina Nasso Austria Gabriele Maxonus
Bahamas Rhonda Lea Cornea Barbados Elizabeth "Liz" Dana Wadman Belgium An Van Den Broeck
Bermuda Jannell Kathy Nadra Ford Bolivia
Carolina Issa Abudinen
Canada Michelle Irene Tambling Cayman Islands
Emily Yvette Hurlston Chile Lydia Ana Labarca Birke
Colombia Margarita Rosa de Francisco Baquero Costa Rica
Marianela Herrera Marín Curacao Lidushka Pamela Curiel
Cyprus Juliana Panayiota Kalogirou Denmark Jeanette Kröll
Dominican Republic Maria Trinidad González Hernández Ecuador
Maria del Pilar de Veintemilla Russo El Salvador Luz del Carmen Mena
Duke Finland Marja Kristiina Kinnunen
France Nathalie Jones Gambia Georgett Salleh
Germany Marion Morell Gibraltar Gail Anne May Francis
Greece Epi Galanou Guam Therese M. Quintanilla
Guatemala Maricela Luna Villacorta
Holland Brigitte Bergman
Hong Kong Aleen Lo Kam-Yu India Sharon Mary Clarke
Isle of Man Fiona Louise Hartley Italy Cosetta Antoniolli
Ivory Coast Rose Armande Oulla Japan Haruko Sugimoto
Kenya Jacqueline Mary Thom Korea Park Eun-kyoung
Lebanon Mary Khoury Liberia Sarah-Laurine Massanuh Horton
Luxembourg Beatrix Bertine Herma Corneline Tinnemans
Malaysia Rosalind Kong Siew Kuen Malta Kristina Apap Bologna
Mexico Alicia Yolanda Carrillo González Nigeria
Rosemary Okeke Norway Karen Margrethe Moe
Panama Diana Ester Alfaro Arosemena Peru Carmen del Rosario Muro
Távara
Philippines Elizabeth Cuenco Portugal Maria de Fátima da Silva Alves Raimundo
Singapore Joanne Sylvia Mitchell Spain Maria Amparo Martínez Cordom
Sri Lanka Natalie Gunewardene
St. Kitts/Nevis Karen Marcelle Grant
St. Vincent Donna Maria Young Swaziland June Hank
Tahiti Ruth Manea Thailand Parnlekha
"Por" Wanmuang
Trinidad & Tobago Ulrica Christina Phillip Turks & Caicos Barbara Bulah Mae Capron
Uganda Helen Acheng Uruguay Gabriela de León Muniz
Western Samoa Angelie Achatz Yugoslavia Aleksandra Kosanovic
Awards
Miss Personality Isle of Man
Miss Photogenic Zaire
Did not compete
Senegal Chantal Loubelo
Turkey Filiz Hulya Kucukbayraktar
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Top Brazil, Ecuador, Dominican Rep., Panama & Paraguay
Bottom Peru, Spain, Uruguay & Venezuela |

Photographers' choices
Germany, Panama, United Kingdom, U.S.A., Zaire, Jamaica & Iceland |

Iceland reacted as Israel (left) and New Zealand (right) smiled |
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United Kingdom (1st
runner-up), Iceland
(winner) & U.S.A. (2nd runner-up) |
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Cross-references to some of the other pageants
Aruba
Universe 1984 & International Flower Queen 1985
Barbados Universe 1985 & Maja International 1985 Belgium
International 1984, Europe 1985 & Universe 1985
Bermuda Universe 1985
Brazil Maja International 1986 (winner)
Canada Oktoberfest 1984 (2nd runner-up)
Cayman Islands Universe 1985
Chile Coffee 1987 (2nd runner-up)
Costa Rica International 1985
Denmark Scandinavia 1986
Finland Universe 1985 & Scandinavia 1986
France International 1985
Gibraltar Universe 1986
Holland International 1983 (semi-finalist), Intercontinental 1983 (winner), Most
Beautiful Girl in the World 1985 (semi-finalist), Europe 1985 (2nd runner-up) & Universe
1985 (Miss Photogenic)
Luxembourg Mrs World 1989
Malta Universe 1987
Mexico Maja International 1985
Norway Universe 1985
Poland
Universe 1985 & International 1985 (semi-finalist)
Sweden Scandinavia 1986 (1st runner-up)
Switzerland Universe 1986 (semi-finalist)
Turks & Caicos Universe 1986
U.S.A. Oktoberfest 1984 (1st runner-up)
Zaire Universe 1985 (2nd runner-up) |
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