Miss Universe 1982, the 31st

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pageant, was held on 26 July 1982 at the

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. It was the first time in the pageant's history that the event was held in

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. Seventy-seven contestants competed in the pageant.

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was crowned by Irene Saez of

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. This is the first time Canada won the pageant.

Results

Placements

Final Competition

Special Awards

Order Of Announcements Top 12 # # # # # # # # # # # # Top 5 # # # # #

Contestants

* – María Alejandra Basile * – Noriza Antonio Helder * – Lou Ann Ronchi * – Elisabeth Kawan * – Ava Marilyn Burke * – Marie-Pierre Lemaitre * – Sharon Kay Auxilliou * – Heather Ross * – Sandra Villaroel * – Celice Pinto Márques da Silva * – Luce Dahlia Hodge * – Karen Baldwin * – Maureen Theresa Lewis * – Jenny Purto Arab † * – Nadya Santacruz * – Liliana Corella Espinoza * – Minerva Ranila Heiroms * – Tina Maria Nielsen * – Soraya Morey * – Jacqueline Burgos * – Jeanette Marroquín * – Della Frances Dolan * – Sari Kaarina Aspholm * – Martine Philipps * – Kerstin Natalie Paeserack * – Tina Roussou * – Lydia Galin * – Patty Chong Kerkos * – Edith Whitbeck * – Brigitte Diereckx * – Eva Lissethe Barahona * – Angie Leung * – Gudrun Moller * – Pamela Chaudry Singh * – Sri Yulyanti * – Geraldine Mary McGrory * – Deborah Naomi Hess * – Cinzia Fiordeponti * – Eri Okuwaki * – Sun-hee Park * – Siti Rohani Wahid * – Rita Falzon * – Corine Soler * – María del Carmen López * – Deseree Anita Kotze *

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– Lenka Topalovitch * – Sandra Helen Dexter * – Sheryl Sonoda Sizemore * – Janett Krefting * – Isora de Lourdes López * – Moi Eli * – Maris Villalba * – María Francesca Zaza Reinoso * –

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* – Ana Maria Valdiz * – Lourdes Milagros Mantero Hormazábal * – Marie Micheline Ginon * – Georgina Kearney * - Judicia Nonis * – Odette Octavia Scrooby * – Cristina Pérez Cottrell * – Ann Monica Tradigo * – Liana Elviara Brown * – Vanessa de Vries * – Anna Kari Maria Bergström * – Jeannette Linkenheill * – Nipaporn Tarapanich * – Noxolisi Mji * – Suzanne Traboulay * – Canan Kakmaci * – Jacqueline Astwood * – Silvia Beatriz Vila Abavián * –

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* – Ingeborg Hendricks * – Ana Teresa Oropeza * – Michelle Donelly * – Ivy Evelyn Warner

Judges

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- actress * Mario Vargas *

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- actress *

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- NHL player and actor *

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- actor *

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- TV game show host *

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- actress *

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* Ira von Furstenberg *

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- American magician *

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winner

Notes

Debut

Returns

Last competed in

1979 Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the '' International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the '' Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the so ...

: * * Last competed in

1980 Events January * January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. * January 6 – Global Positioning System time epoch begins at 00:00 UTC. * January 9 – In ...

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Withdrawals

* – Sylvia Spanias Nitsa - she was disqualified after being discovered that she was actually a British citizen from London, England * * * *

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Did not Compete

* – Dolly Michelle El-Koury

References

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