Miss Universe 1985 was the 34th

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pageant, held on 15 July 1985 at the James L. Knight Convention Center in

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. Seventy-nine contestants competed in the pageant.

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was crowned by

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Background

Location and date

In October 1984, the owners of the newly expanded

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, Canada showed an interest in hosting the Miss Universe 1985 pageant there. This followed an unsuccessful attempt to host the

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pageant in

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, Canada the previous year. Pageant organizers chose to host the pageant in

for the second consecutive year. George Honchar, president of Miss Universe Inc., expressed disappointment at a lack of local support for the event, which cost the city $2 million.

Selection of participants

In April, 1985 the city of Miami requested that the Miss Universe organization insist that South Africa should not send a representative to pageant, due to the threat of demonstrations over her country's

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policy. In mid May the nation announced that they would not send their titleholder, Andrea Steltzer, to the pageant because of fears for her safety. This was the first time since 1975 that the country did not participate in the pageant; they would not return to the event until 1995. Andrea Steltzer (half South African and half German) took part as Miss Germany in the 1989 Miss Universe pageant where she was a semi-finalist.

Results

Placements

Contestants

* - Yanina Castaño * - Elizabeth Rowly * - Martina Haiden * - Cleopatra Adderly * - Elizabeth Wadman * - Anne van der Broeck * - Jennifer Woods * - Jannell Nadra Ford * - Gabriela Orozco * - Márcia Gabrielle * - Jennifer Leonora Penn * - Karen Elizabeth Tilley * - Emily Hurston * - Claudia Emilia van Sint Jan del Pedregal * - Sandra Eugenia Borda Caldas * - Essie Apolonia Mokotupu * - Rosibel Chacón Pereira * - Sheida Weber * - Andri Andreou * - Susan Rasmussen * - Margaret Rose Cools Lartigue * - Melba Vicens Bello * - María Elena Stangl * - Julia Haydee Mora * - Helen Westlake * - Marja Kinnunen * - Suzanne Iskandar * - Batura Jallow * - Karina Hollands * - Sabina Damianidis * - Lucy Carbollido Montinola * - Perla Elizabeth Prera Frunwirth * - Arielle Jeanty * - Brigitte Bergman * - Diana Margarita García * - Shallin Tse Ming * - Hana Bryndis Jonsdóttir * -

Sonu Walia Sonu Walia is an Indian former actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder who won the Femina Miss India Universe 1985. Her birth name is Sanjeet Kaur Walia. She is best known for her role in the film '' Khoon Bhari Maang'' (1988) for whic ...

* - Olivia Marie Tracey * - Hilla Kelmann * - Anne Beatrice Popi * - Hatsumi Furusawa * - Joyce Sahab * - Gabrielle Chiarini * - Agnes Chin * - Fiona Micallef * - Yolanda de la Cruz * - Claire Glenister * - Antoinette Marie Flores * - Karen Margrethe Moe * - Janette Iveth Vásquez Sanjur * - Carmel Vagi * - Beverly Ocampo * - María Gracia Galleno * - Joyce Burton * - Katarzyna Zawidzka * - Alexandra Gomes * -

* - Dominique de Lort Serignan * - Jacqueline Hendrie * - Chantal Loubelo * - Lyana Chiok *

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- Choi Young-ok * -

Teresa Sánchez López Teresa Sánchez (born July 1, 1964 in Seville) is a Spanish model and beauty pageant titleholder who won the title of Miss National in the Miss Spain contest at 1984 and represented Spain at Miss Universe 1985 where she finished as 1st Runner- ...

* - Ramani Liz Bartholomeusz † * - Carina Marklund * - Hinarii Kilian * - Tarntip Pongsuk * - Brenda Joy Fahey * - Miriam Coralita Adams * - Laura Herring * - Mudite Alda Henderson * - Andrea López * - Silvia Martínez * - Barbara Christian * - Stefanie Angelika Roth * - Tracy Mihaljevich * - Dinka Delić * - Kayonga Benita Mureka Tete

References

External links

Miss Universe official website
{{Miss Universe 1985 delegates

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