Miss Universe 1985 was the 34th Miss Universe pageant, held on 15 July 1985 at the James L. Knight Convention Center in Miami, Florida, United States. Seventy-nine contestants competed in the pageant. Deborah Carthy-Deu of Puerto Rico was crowned by Yvonne Ryding of Sweden.[1]
| Miss Universe 1985 | |
|---|---|
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| Date | 15 July 1985 |
| Presenters | |
| Entertainment | |
| Venue | James L. Knight Convention Center, Miami, Florida, United States |
| Broadcaster | CBS (WTVJ) |
| Entrants | 79 |
| Placements | 10 |
| Debuts | Dominica |
| Withdrawals | |
| Returns | |
| Winner | Deborah Carthy-Deu Puerto Rico |
| Congeniality | Lucy Montinola (Guam) |
| Best National Costume | Sandra Borda (Colombia) |
| Photogenic | Brigitte Bergman (Holland) |
Background
Location and date
In October 1984, the owners of the newly expanded West Edmonton Mall in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada showed an interest in hosting the Miss Universe 1985 pageant there.[2] This followed an unsuccessful attempt to host the Miss Universe 1984 pageant in Calgary, Alberta, Canada the previous year.
Pageant organizers chose to host the pageant in Miami, Florida 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.[1]
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 Apartheid policy.[3] In mid May the nation announced that they would not send their titleholder, Andrea Steltzer, to the pageant because of fears for her safety.[4] 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.[5] 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
| Placement | Contestant |
|---|---|
| Miss Universe 1985 | |
| 1st runner-up | |
| 2nd runner-up |
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| 3rd runner-up | |
| 4th runner-up |
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| Top 10 |
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Contestants
Argentina - Yanina Castaño
Australia - Elizabeth Rowly
Austria - Martina Haiden
Bahamas - Cleopatra Adderly
Barbados - Elizabeth Wadman
Belgium - Anne van der Broeck
Belize - Jennifer Woods
Bermuda - Jannell Nadra Ford
Bolivia - Gabriela Orozco
Brazil - Márcia Gabrielle
British Virgin Islands - Jennifer Leonora Penn
Canada - Karen Elizabeth Tilley
Cayman Islands - Emily Hurston
Chile - Claudia Emilia van Sint Jan del Pedregal
Colombia - Sandra Eugenia Borda Caldas
Cook Islands - Essie Apolonia Mokotupu
Costa Rica - Rosibel Chacón Pereira
Curaçao - Sheida Weber
Cyprus - Andri Andreou
Denmark - Susan Rasmussen
Dominica - Margaret Rose Cools Lartigue
Dominican Republic - Melba Vicens Bello
Ecuador - María Elena Stangl
El Salvador - Julia Haydee Mora
England - Helen Westlake
Finland - Marja Kinnunen
France - Suzanne Iskandar
Gambia - Batura Jallow
West Germany - Stefanie Angelika Roth
Gibraltar - Karina Hollands
Greece - Sabina Damianidis
Guam - Lucy Carbollido Montinola
Guatemala - Perla Elizabeth Prera Frunwirth
Haiti - Arielle Jeanty
Holland - Brigitte Bergman
Honduras - Diana Margarita García
Hong Kong - Shallin Tse Ming
Iceland - Hana Bryndis Jonsdóttir
India - Sonu Walia
Ireland - Olivia Marie Tracey
Israel - Hilla Kelmann
Italy - Anne Beatrice Popi
Japan - Hatsumi Furusawa
KOR - Choi Young-ok
Lebanon - Joyce Sahab
Luxembourg - Gabrielle Chiarini
Malaysia - Agnes Chin
Malta - Fiona Micallef
Mexico - Yolanda de la Cruz
New Zealand - Claire Glenister
Northern Marianas - Antoinette Marie Flores
Norway - Karen Margrethe Moe
Panama - Janette Iveth Vásquez Sanjur
Papua New Guinea - Carmel Vagi
Paraguay - Beverly Ocampo
Peru - María Gracia Galleno
Philippines - Joyce Burton
Poland - Katarzyna Zawidzka
Portugal - Alexandra Gomes
Puerto Rico - Deborah Carthy-Deu
Réunion - Dominique de Lort Serignan
Scotland - Jacqueline Hendrie
Senegal - Chantal Loubelo
Singapore - Lyana Chiok
Spain - Teresa Sánchez López
Sri Lanka - Ramani Liz Bartholomeusz †
Sweden - Carina Marklund
Tahiti - Hinarii Kilian
Thailand - Tarntip Pongsuk
Trinidad and Tobago - Brenda Joy Fahey
Turks and Caicos - Miriam Coralita Adams
Uruguay - Andrea López
United States - Laura Herring[6]
U.S. Virgin Islands - Mudite Alda Henderson
Venezuela - Silvia Martínez
Wales - Barbara Christian
Western Samoa - Tracy Mihaljevich
Yugoslavia - Dinka Delić
Zaire - Kayonga Benita Mureka Tete
References
- ^ a b "79 Women Vie For Miss Universe Crown". Associated Press. 1985-07-15.
- ^ "Edmonton's new focus". The Globe and Mail. 1984-10-23. p. M1.
- ^ "Miami Worried About Miss South Africa". The San Francisco Chronicle. Reuters. 1985-04-02.
- ^ "Protest Fears Force Miss South Africa Out Of Miss Universe Pageant". Associated Press. 1985-05-19.
- ^ "South African representatives to Miss Universe". Pageant Almanac. Archived from the original on February 21, 2006. Retrieved 2007-04-21.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ Leisner, Pat (1985-05-13). "Miss Texas, the New Miss USA, Will Represent USA in Miss Universe Pageant". Associated Press.