Miss Universe 1983

Miss Universe 1983
Miss Universe 1983
	Lorraine Downes
Date	11 July 1983
Presenters	Bob Barker; Joan Van Ark;
Entertainment	John Schneider; José Luis Rodríguez "El Puma";
Venue	Kiel Auditorium, St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Broadcaster	CBS (KMOX-TV);
Entrants	80
Placements	12
Debuts	Cook Islands; Gambia;
Withdrawals	New Caledonia; St. Maarten; Suriname;
Returns	Cyprus; French Guiana; Gibraltar; Lebanon;
Winner	Lorraine Downes; New Zealand
Congeniality	Abbey Scattrel Janneh (Gambia)
Best National Costume	Jong-jun Kim (South Korea)
Photogenic	Lolita Morena (Switzerland)
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Miss Universe 1983 was the 32nd Miss Universe pageant, held on 11 July 1983 at the Kiel Auditorium in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. Lorraine Downes of New Zealand was crowned by Karen Dianne Baldwin of Canada.^[1] Eighty contestants competed in this year. This is the first, and so far the only time New Zealand won the pageant.

^ Newhouse, Eric (12 Jul 1983). "New Zealand model named Miss Universe". The Journal News. Associated Press. p. 27. Retrieved 4 September 2023.