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Miss Universe 1982

31st Miss Universe pageant

Field	Value
winner	Karen Baldwin
represented	CAN Canada
congeniality	Maureen Lewis
Cayman Islands Cayman Islands
best national costume	María Francesca Zaza
PER Peru
photogenic	Ava Marilyn Burke
BAH Bahamas
date	26 July 1982
venue	Coliseo Amauta, Lima, Peru
broadcaster
acts
presenters
entrants	77
placements	12
debuts
withdrawals
returns
before	1981
next	1983

Cayman Islands Cayman Islands PER Peru BAH Bahamas

Miss Universe 1982 was the 31st Miss Universe pageant, held at the Coliseo Amauta in Lima, Peru, on 26 July 1982. It was the first time in the pageant's history that the event was held in South America. Seventy-seven contestants competed in the pageant. At the conclusion of the event, Karen Baldwin of Canada was crowned by Irene Saez of Venezuela. This is the first time Canada won the pageant.

The stadium where the contest was taking place was attacked with dynamite on 26 July, during the contest's finale.

Results

Placements

Placement	Contestant
Miss Universe 1982
1st runner-up
2nd runner-up
3rd runner-up
4th runner-up
Top 12

Final Scores

Country/Territory	Preliminary	Interview	Swimsuit	Evening Gown	Semifinal Average
Canada	7.761 (9)	8.400 (5)	8.275 (3)	8.525 (3)	8.400 (2)
Guam	7.892 (5)	8.867 (1)	8.692 (1)	8.355 (4)	8.638 (1)
Italy	7.714 (11)	7.925 (9)	8.067 (5)	8.608 (2)	8.200 (4)
Greece	7.847 (6)	8.042 (8)	8.325 (2)	8.317 (5)	8.228 (3)
United States	8.131 (2)	8.425 (4)	8.192 (4)	7.925 (8)	8.181 (5)
South Africa	8.406 (1)	8.583 (2)	7.225 (10)	8.707 (1)	8.172 (6)
England	8.100 (3)	8.433 (3)	7.808 (7)	8.167 (7)	8.136 (7)
Peru	7.797 (8)	8.218 (6)	7.508 (8)	8.292 (6)	8.006 (8)
Brazil	8.011 (4)	8.133 (7)	7.892 (6)	7.917 (9)	7.981 (9)
Finland	7.719 (10)	7.808 (10)	7.408 (9)	7.908 (10)	7.708 (10)
Uruguay	7.594 (12)	7.692 (11)	7.167 (11)	7.783 (11)	7.547 (11)
West Germany	7.808 (7)	7.204 (12)	7.008 (12)	7.483 (12)	7.232 (12)

Contestants

Argentina – María Alejandra Basile
– Noriza Antonio Helder
– Lou Ann Ronchi
– Elisabeth Kawan
– Ava Marilyn Burke
– Marie-Pierre Lemaitre
– Sharon Kay Auxilliou
– Heather Ross
Bolivia – Sandra Villaroel
– Celice Pinto Márques da Silva
– Luce Dahlia Hodge
– Karen Baldwin
Cayman Islands – Maureen Theresa Lewis
– Jenny Purto Arab
– Nadya Santacruz
– Liliana Corella Espinoza
– Minerva Ranila Heiroms
– Tina Maria Nielsen
– Soraya Morey
Ecuador – Jacqueline Burgos
– Jeanette Marroquín
– Della Frances Dolan
– Sari Kaarina Aspholm
– Martine Philipps
– Tina Roussou
Guadeloupe – Lydia Galin
– Patty Chong Kerkos
– Edith Whitbeck
Holland – Brigitte Diereckx
Honduras – Eva Lissethe Barahona
British Hong Kong – Angie Leung
– Gudrun Moller
– Pamela Chaudry Singh
– Sri Yulianti Soemardjo
– Geraldine Mary McGrory
– Deborah Naomi Hess
– Cinzia Fiordeponti
Japan – Eri Okuwaki
– Siti Rohani Wahid
– Rita Falzon
Martinique – Corine Soler
– María del Carmen López
South Africa Namibia – Deseree Anita Kotze
New Caledonia New Caledonia – Lenka Topalovitch
– Sandra "Sandy" Dexter
Northern Mariana Islands – Sheryl Sonoda Sizemore
– Janett Krefting
– Isora de Lourdes López
– Moi Eli
Paraguay – Maris Villalba
– María Francesca Zaza Reinoso
Philippines – Maria Isabel Lopez
– Ana Maria Valdiz
Puerto Rico – Lourdes Milagros Mantero Hormazábal
Réunion – Ginon Manthe
– Georgina Kearney
– Judicia Nonis
Sint Maarten – Liana Elviara Brown
South Africa – Odette Octavia Scrooby
South Korea – Sun-hee Park
– Cristina Pérez Cottrell
– Ann Monica Tradigo
– Vanessa de Vries
– Anna Kari Maria Bergström
– Jeannette Linkenheill
– Nipaporn Tarapanich
Transkei – Noxolisi Mji
– Suzanne Traboulay
– Canan Kakmaci
Turks and Caicos Islands – Jacqueline Astwood
– Terri Utley
United States Virgin Islands – Ingeborg Hendricks
– Silvia Beatriz Vila Abavián
Venezuela – Ana Teresa Oropeza
– Michelle Donelly
West Germany – Kerstin Natalie Paeserack
Western Samoa – Ivy Evelyn Warner

References

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(1989). "Violencia política en el Perú: 1980-1988". DESCO Centro de Estudios y Promoción del Desarrollo.
(December 3, 2024). "Miss Universe 1982". Carlos 🇵🇪.
(26 April 1982). "Sandy’s very happy". [[The Press]].
(15 May 1982). "Miss Park Sun-hi, 19, was crowned Miss Korea 1982...".

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