Miss World 1981

Miss World 1981 adalah kontes kecantikan Miss World ke-31s yang dilaksanakan 12 November 1981 di Royal Albert Hall London, Inggris.^[1]^[2] Pemenang kontes ini adalah Pilín León dari Venezuela,^[1]^[3] pemegang gelar pertama dari negara itu sejak 1955. Dia dimahkotakan oleh Miss World 1980, Kimberley Santos dari Guam. Peserta lain dari Venezuela, Irene Sáez, memenangi kontes Miss Universe 1981 bulan Juli, menjadikan Venezuela sebagai negara pemegang dua kontes dalam tahun yang sama, (Miss Universe dan Miss World). Gelar Continental Queens of Beauty dianugerahkan kali pertama.

Hasil

Pencapaian

Hasil Final	Peserta
Miss World 1981	Venezuela – Pilín León^[1]^[3]
1st runner-up	Colombia – Nini Johanna Soto
2nd runner-up	Jamaica – Sandra Cunningham
3rd runner-up	Brazil – Maristela Grazzia
4th runner-up	United Kingdom – Michelle Donnelly
5th runner-up	Australia – Melissa Hannan
6th runner-up	United States – Lisa Lynn Moss
Semi-finalis	Argentina – Ana Natali Schoeder Belmut Belgium – Dominique van Eeckhoudt Canada – Earla Stewart Ireland – Geraldine McGrory Japan – Naomi Kishi Mexico – Doris Pontvianne Trinidad & Tobago – Rachel Thomas Zimbabwe – Juliet Nyathi

Continental Queens of Beauty

Continental Group	Contestant
Africa	Zimbabwe – Juliet Nyathi
Americas	Venezuela – Pilín León
Asia	Japan – Naomi Kishi
Europe	United Kingdom – Michele Donnelly
Oceania	Australia – Melissa Hannan

Peserta

EUROPE
Number	Nation	Contestant
01	Austria	Beatrix Kopf
02	Belgium	Dominique van Eeckhoudt
03	Cyprus	Elena Andreou
04	Denmark	Tina Brandstrup
05	Finland	Pia Irmeli Ann-Marie Nieminen
06	France	Isabelle Sophie Benárd
07	Germany	Barbara Reimund
08	Gibraltar	Yvette Maria Bellido
09	Greece	Maria Argirocastritou
10	Holland	Saskia Lemmens
11	Iceland	Ásdís Eva Hannesdóttir
12	Ireland	Geraldine Mary McGrory
13	Isle of Man	Nicola Jane Grainger
14	Italy	Marisa Tutone
15	Jersey	Elizabeth Sarah Walmsley
16	Malta	Elizabeth Mary Fenech
17	Norway	Anita Nesbø
18	Spain	Cristina Pérez Cottrell
19	Sweden	Carita Gustafsson
20	Switzerland	Margit Kilchoer
21	Turkey	Aydan Şener
22	United Kingdom	Michelle Donnelly
OCEANIA
Number	Nation	Contestant
23	Australia	Melissa Hannan
24	Guam	Rebecca Arroyo
25	New Zealand	Raewyn Patricia Marcroft
26	Papua New Guinea	Jennifer Abaijah
27	Tahiti	Maimiti Kinnander
28	Western Samoa	Julianna Curry
ASIA & AFRICA
Number	Nation	Contestant
29	Hong Kong	Winnie Chin Wei-Yee
30	India	Deepti Divakar
31	Israel	Ninnette Asur
32	Japan	Naomi Kishi
33	Korea	Lee Han-na
34	Lebanon	Zeina Joseph Challita
35	Malaysia	Cynthia Geraldine de Castro
36	Philippines	Suzette Nicolas
37	Singapore	Sushil Kaur Sandhu
38	Sri Lanka	Sonya Elizabeth Tucker
39	Thailand	Massupha Karbprapun
40	Lesotho^[2]	Palesa Joyce Kalele
41	Zimbabwe^[2]	Juliet Nyathi
THE AMERICAS
Number	Nation	Contestant
42	Argentina	Ana Helen Natali Schoeder Belmut
43	Aruba	Gerarda Hendrine Jantiene Reopel
44	Bahamas	Monique Ferguson
45	Bermuda	Cymone Florie Tucker
46	Bolivia	Carolina Díaz Mansour
47	Brazil	Maristela Silvia Grazzia
48	Canada	Earla Stewart
49	Cayman Islands	Donna Marie Myrie
50	Chile	Susanna Bravo Indo
51	Colombia	Nini Johanna Soto González
52	Costa Rica	Sucetty Salas Quintanilla
53	Curaçao	Mylene Mariela Gerard
54	Dominican Republic	Josefina María Cuello Pérez
55	Ecuador	Lucía Isabel Vinueza Urjelles
56	El Salvador	Martha Alicia Ortiz
57	Guatemala	Beatriz Bojorquez Palacios
58	Honduras	Xiomara Sikaffy Mena
59	Jamaica	Sandra Angela Cunningham^[4]
60	Mexico	Doris Pontvianne Espinoza
61	Peru	Olga Roxana Zumarán Burga
62	Puerto Rico	Andrenira Ruiz Sáenz
63	Suriname	Joan Boldewijn
64	Trinidad & Tobago	Rachel Ann Thomas
65	United States	Lisa Lynn Moss
66	Uruguay	Silvia Marianela Bas Carrese
67	Venezuela	Pilín León^[1]^[3]

Catatan

Returns

Last competed in 1966:
- Suriname
Last competed in 1979:
- Chile
- El Salvador
- Iceland
- Tahiti

Mengundurkan diri

Panama
Paraguay
Swaziland
Portugal – Paula Dos Santos who had a dual citizenship, won the Miss Portugal contest held in Johannesburg, South Africa. She flew to London, only to be told by Eric Morley that any girl from South Africa cannot participate, and that the contest has to be held in the country of the girl's origin.

Referensi

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "New Miss World". Rome News-Tribune. November 13, 1981. Diakses tanggal 25 January 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Ribane, N. (2006). Beauty: A Black Perspective. University of KwaZulu-Natal Press. hlm. 6. ISBN 978-1-86914-087-8. The Miss World of 1981, held at the Royal Albert Hall in London, only had three contestants from African countries: Zimbabwe, Lesotho and ...
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Weeks, Sally (August 13, 1986). "Venezuelan beauties undergo rigorous training to win international pageants". Lodi News-Sentinel. Diakses tanggal 25 January 2016.
^ ^a ^b Jamaica. W.I.L.I.P. series. W.W. Gaunt & Sons. 1987. hlm. 92. They enthusiastically choose a Miss Jamaica Universe each May and a Miss Jamaica World each September And there are ... have been second runners-up in the Miss World finals — Debbie Campbell in 1979 and Sandra Cunningham in 1981.

Bacaan lanjut

Ottawa Citizen. September 10, 1981.

Pranala luar

Pageantopolis – Miss World 1981 Diarsipkan 2008-12-18 di Wayback Machine.

[Rome_News-Tribune-1] "New Miss World". Rome News-Tribune. November 13, 1981. Diakses tanggal 25 January 2016.

[Ribane_2006-2] Ribane, N. (2006). Beauty: A Black Perspective. University of KwaZulu-Natal Press. hlm. 6. ISBN 978-1-86914-087-8. The Miss World of 1981, held at the Royal Albert Hall in London, only had three contestants from African countries: Zimbabwe, Lesotho and ...

[Weeks-3] Weeks, Sally (August 13, 1986). "Venezuelan beauties undergo rigorous training to win international pageants". Lodi News-Sentinel. Diakses tanggal 25 January 2016.

[W.W._Gaunt_&_Sons_1987-4] Jamaica. W.I.L.I.P. series. W.W. Gaunt & Sons. 1987. hlm. 92. They enthusiastically choose a Miss Jamaica Universe each May and a Miss Jamaica World each September And there are ... have been second runners-up in the Miss World finals — Debbie Campbell in 1979 and Sandra Cunningham in 1981.

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