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Miss World 1984
Miss World 1984
Date	15 November 1984
Presenters	Peter Marshall, Judith Chalmers
Entertainment	The Drifters
Venue	Royal Albert Hall, London, UK
Broadcaster	Thames Television
Entrants	72
Placements	15
Withdrawals	Indonesia, Liberia, Tonga, Turkey
Returns	Kenya, Nigeria, Tahiti
Winner	Astrid Carolina Herrera; Venezuela
	← 1983 1985 →

Miss World 1984, the 34th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 15 November 1984 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, UK.^[1] The winner was Astrid Carolina Herrera from Venezuela. She was crowned by Miss World 1983, Sarah-Jane Hutt of the United Kingdom. The 1st and 2nd runners-up were Constance Ellen (Connie) Fitzpatrick from Canada, and Lou-Anne Caroline Ronchi from Australia. The event was viewed by 17.1 million people in the UK.^[2]^[3]

Results

Placements

Placement	Contestant
Miss World 1984	Venezuela – Astrid Carolina Herrera
1st runner-up	Canada – Connie Fitzpatrick
2nd Runner-up	Australia – Lou-Anne Ronchi
Top 7	Brazil – Adriana Alves de Oliveira Ireland – Olivia Tracey United Kingdom – Vivienne Rooke United States – Kelly Lea Anderson
Top 15	Austria – Heidemarie Pilgerstorfer Colombia – Patricia Janiot Finland – Anna-Liisa Tilus Holland – Nancy Neede Iceland – Berglind Johansen Israel – Iris Louk Kenya – Khadija Ismail Switzerland – Silvia Affolter

Continental Queens of Beauty

Continental Group	Contestant
Africa	Kenya – Khadija Adam Ismail
Americas	Venezuela – Astrid Carolina Herrera
Asia	Israel – Iris Louk
Europe	United Kingdom – Vivienne Rooke
Oceania	Australia – Lou-Anne Ronchi

Contestants

72 contestants competed for the title.

Country	Contestant	Age^[a]	Hometown
Aruba	Margaret Bislick	22	Oranjestad
Australia	Lou-Anne Ronchi	22	Perth
Austria	Heidemarie Pilgerstorfer	23	Linz
Bahamas	Yvette Rolle	20	Nassau
Barbados	Gale Thomas	22	Christ Church
Belgium	Brigitte Muyshondt	24	Antwerp
Bermuda	Rhonda Wilkinson	21	St. Georges
Bolivia	Erika Weise	21	Santa Cruz
Brazil	Adriana Alves de Oliveira	21	Rio Grande
Canada	Connie Fitzpatrick	20	Hamilton
Cayman Islands	Thora Ann Crighton	22	George Town
Chile	María Soledad García	21	Santiago
Colombia	Patricia Janiot	20	Bucaramanga
Costa Rica	Catalina Blum	21	San Jose
Curaçao	Ivette Atacho	20	Willemstad
Cyprus	Agathi Demetriou	17	Paphos
Denmark	Pia Melchiorsen	18	Frederikshavn
Dominican Republic	Mayelinne de Lara	20	El Seibo
Ecuador	María Sol Corral	19	Quito
El Salvador	Celina María López	17	San Salvador
Finland	Anna-Liisa Tilus	19	Helsinki
France	Martine Robine	19	Cabourg
Gambia	Mirabelle Carayol	19	Banjul
Germany	Brigitta Berx	22	Düsseldorf
Gibraltar	Karina Hollands^[4]	18	Gibraltar
Greece	Vassiliki Barba	18	Athens
Guam	Janet Clymer	20	Mangilao
Guatemala	Carla Aldana	22	Guatemala City
Holland	Nancy Neede	20	Amsterdam
Honduras	Myrtice Hyde	22	Roatan
Hong Kong	Joan Tong	20	Hong Kong Island
Iceland	Berglind Johansen	18	Reykjavík
India	Suchita Kumar	19	Bombay
Ireland	Olivia Tracey	24	Dublin
Isle of Man	Jill Armstrong	17	Braddan
Israel	Iris Louk	18	Rishon LeZion
Italy	Federica Tersch	20	Milan
Jamaica	Jacqueline Crichton	20	Kingston
Japan	Ayako Ohsone	21	Tokyo
Kenya	Khadija Ismail	24	Nairobi
Korea	Lee Joo-hee	18	Seoul
Lebanon	Eliane Khoury	19	Beirut
Malaysia	Christine Teo	22	Kuala Lumpur
Malta	Graziella Previ	19	Gzira
Mexico	Mariana Urrea	19	Guadalajara
New Zealand	Barbara McDowell	19	Auckland
Nigeria	Cynthia Oronsaye	20	Lagos
Norway	Ingrid Martens	19	Oslo
Panama	Ana Luisa Seda	18	Panama City
Paraguay	Susana Ivasiuten	17	Encarnación
Peru	Gloria Loayza-Guerra	21	Trujillo
Philippines	Aurora Sevilla	21	Manila
Poland	Magdalena Jaworska^[3]	23	Warsaw
Portugal	Maria Leonor Mendes Correia	22	Lisbon
Puerto Rico	María de los Ángeles Rosas	23	San Juan
Singapore	Jenny Li	22	Singapore
Spain	Juncal Rivero	18	Valladolid
Sri Lanka	Bhagya Gunasinghe	22	Colombo
Swaziland	Busie Motsa	19	Manzini
Sweden	Brigitte Gunnarsson	21	Malmö
Switzerland	Silvia Anna Affolter	20	Sarnen
Tahiti	Hinarii Kilian	17	Punaauia
Thailand	Intira Imsompoh	19	Bangkok
Trinidad and Tobago	Ria Rambardan	17	Tunapuna
Turks and Caicos	Miriam Coralita Adams	18	Grand Turk
United Kingdom	Vivienne Rooke	22	Bristol
United States	Kelly Anderson	23	Clarksburg
United States Virgin Islands	Sandy Lewis	19	St. Croix
Uruguay	Giselle Barthou	23	Montevideo
Venezuela	Astrid Carolina Herrera	21	Caracas
Western Samoa	Ana Bentley	22	Apia
Yugoslavia	Dinka Delić	18	Zenica

Notes

^ Ages at the time of the pageant

References

^ "A Brief History Of Miss World In Pictures". The Huffington Post UK. 26 November 2014. Retrieved 26 January 2016. Winner of the 1984 Miss World Contest, Astrid Carolina Herrera from Venezuela, sitting on her throne at the Royal Albert Hall on 15 November 1984.
^ Thussu, D.K. (2008). News as Entertainment: The Rise of Global Infotainment. SAGE Publications. p. 37. ISBN 978-1-4462-3331-3. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
^ ^a ^b "The beauty queens up there". The Philippine Star. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
^ "Miss Gibraltar calendar 2012: September". The Gibraltar Magazine. 29 August 2012. p. 67. Retrieved 22 June 2024.

[I-4] Ages at the time of the pageant

[huffingtonpost.co.uk-1] "A Brief History Of Miss World In Pictures". The Huffington Post UK. 26 November 2014. Retrieved 26 January 2016. Winner of the 1984 Miss World Contest, Astrid Carolina Herrera from Venezuela, sitting on her throne at the Royal Albert Hall on 15 November 1984.

[Thussu_2008_p._37-2] Thussu, D.K. (2008). News as Entertainment: The Rise of Global Infotainment. SAGE Publications. p. 37. ISBN 978-1-4462-3331-3. Retrieved 26 January 2016.

[philstar.com-3] "The beauty queens up there". The Philippine Star. Retrieved 26 January 2016.

[5] "Miss Gibraltar calendar 2012: September". The Gibraltar Magazine. 29 August 2012. p. 67. Retrieved 22 June 2024.

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