Miss World 1982 was the 32nd edition of the

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pageant, held on 18 November 1982 at the

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, the United Kingdom. The winner was

Mariasela Álvarez Mariasela Álvarez Lebrón (born January 31, 1960 in Santo Domingo) is a Dominican Republic, Dominican architect, TV host and beauty queen who was crowned Miss World 1982. She became the first Dominican woman to win an international beauty titl ...

from the Dominican Republic. She was crowned by Miss World 1981, Pilín León of Venezuela. The first and second runners-up were Sari Kaarina Aspholm from Finland and Della Dolan from the United Kingdom who were semi-finalists in

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four months before. This edition marked the debut of Indonesia and Turks and Caicos Islands. And the return of Yugoslavia, which last competed in

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, Portugal last competed in

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and Panama, Paraguay and the United States Virgin Islands last competed in

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. Argentina, Austria, Jersey, Lesotho, Papua New Guinea, Suriname withdrew from the competition for unknown reasons.

Results

Placements

Continental Queens of Beauty

Contestants

68 contestants competed for the title.

Notes

References

External links

* {{Miss World Miss World 1982 in London 1982 beauty pageants Beauty pageants in England Events at the Royal Albert Hall November 1982 in the United Kingdom