MISS UNIVERSE 1981

Miss Universe 1981

1981 July 20

Minskoff Theater, New York City, New York USA  

76 participants

Results

1  VENEZUELA  Irene Lailin Sáez Conde

2  CANADA  Dominique Dufour

3  SWEDEN  Eva-Lena Lundgren (3rd RU Europe '81, winner Scandinavia '82, Nations '81)

4  BRAZIL  Adriana Alves de Oliveira (5th RU World '84)

5  BELGIUM  Dominique Van Eeckhoudt (2nd RU Teenage Intercontinental '79, SF International '81, SF World '81, winner Nations '81)

Top 12

• ECUADOR  Lucía Isabel Vinueza Urjelles (World '81)
• GERMANY  Marion Kurz
• HOLLAND  Ingrid Johanna Maria Schouten (1st RU Europe '81, Nations '81)
• NEW ZEALAND  Donella Elizabeth Clemmence Thomsen
• NORWAY  Mona Olsen (winner Scandinavia '81, Europe '81)
• TAHITI  Tatiana Teraiamano
• USA  Kimberly "Kim" Kaye Seelbrede

Awards

Miss Amity   BAHAMAS

Miss Photogenic   DENMARK

Best National Costume  1) BRAZIL, 2) VENEZUELA, 3) KOREA

Remainder

• ARGENTINA  Susana Mabel Reynoso
• ARUBA  Synia Reyes
• AUSTRALIA  Karen Sang
• AUSTRIA  Gudrun Gollop
• BAHAMAS  Linda Teresa Smith
• BELIZE  Ivette Zabaneh
• BERMUDA  Cymone Florie Tucker (World '81)
• BOLIVIA  Vivian "Maricruz" Aponte Zambrana
• BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS  Carmen Nibbs
• CAYMAN ISLANDS  Donna Marie Myrie (World '81)
• CHILE  Maria Soledad Hurtado Arellano
• COLOMBIA  Ana Edilma "Eddy" Cano Puerta (2nd RU Teen Intercontinental '80, winner Coffee '82)
• COSTA RICA  Rosa Inés Solís Vargas
• CURACAO  Maria Maxima Croes
• CYPRUS  Katia Angelidou (Nations '81)
• DENMARK  Tina Brandstrup (International '81,  World '81, Nations '81)
• DOMINICAN REPUBLIC  Fausta Lucía Peña Veras
• ENGLAND  Joanna Longley (1st RU International '74, Europe '81)
• FIJI  Lynn Michelle MacDonald
• FINLAND  Merja Orvokki Varvikko (International '81, 2nd RU Scandinavia '82)
• FRANCE  Isabelle Sophie Benard (Young International '80, SF Europe '81, World '81)
• GIBRALTAR  Yvette Domínguez (World '80)
• GREECE  Maria Nikouli
• GUADELOUPE  Rosette Bivouac
• GUAM  Bertha Antoinette Harmon
• GUATEMALA  Yuma Rossana Lobos Orellana (Teen Intercontinental '81)
• HONDURAS  Leslie Nohemi Sabillón Dávila (Coffee '82)
• HONG KONG  Irene Lo Kam-Sheung
• ICELAND  Elisabet Traustadóttir (SF Europe '81, 1st RU Scandinavia '82)
• INDIA  Rachita Kumar
• IRELAND  Valerie Roe (SF Europe '81)
• ISRAEL  Dana Wexler
• ITALY  Anna Maria Kanakis (2nd RU Europe '81)
• JAPAN  Mineko Orisaku
• KOREA  Lee Eun-jung  
• MALAYSIA  Audrey Loh Yin Fong
• MALTA  Susanne Galea
• MARTINIQUE  Ghislaine Jean-Louis
• MEXICO  Judith Grace González Hinks (2nd RU Nations '81)
• NAMIBIA  Antoinette Knoetze
• NORTHERN MARIANAS  Juanita Masga Mendiola
• PANAMA  Ana María Henríquez Valdés
• PARAGUAY  Maria Isabel Urizar Caras
• PERU  Gladys Martina Silva Cancino
• PHILIPPINES  Maria Caroline "Maricar" de Vera Mendoza
• PORTUGAL  Ana Paula Machado Moura
• PUERTO RICO  Carmen Lotti Rodríguez
• REUNION  Patricia Abadie
• ST. KITTS  Marva Warner
• SCOTLAND  Anne McFarlane (Europe '81)
• SINGAPORE  Florence Tan
• SOUTH AFRICA  Daniela Di Paolo
• SPAIN  Francisca "Paquita" Ondiviela Otero (World '80, International '81)
• SRI LANKA  Renuka Varuni Jesudhason
• SWITZERLAND  Brigitte Voss (International '81, Nations '81)
• THAILAND  Massupha Karbprapun (World '81)
• TRANSKEI  Kedibone Tembisa Letlaka
• TRINIDAD & TOBAGO  Romini Samaroo
• TURKEY  Senay Unlu
• TURKS & CAICOS  Frances Gloria Rigby
• U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS  Marise Cecile James
• URUGUAY  Griselda Dianne Anchorena
• WALES  Karen Ruth Stannard (Europe '81)
• WESTERN SAMOA  Lenita Marianne Schwalger

Did not compete

• HONG KONG  Doris Loh (replaced - forced to withdraw, as she was 25, not 22)
• INDONESIA  Rossje Soeratman
• MAURITIUS  Carole Fitzgerald (withdrew, was homesick)
• PAPUA NEW GUINEA  Jennifer Abaiyjah
• ST. LUCIA
• ST. VINCENT  Marsha Ann Morris