Miss World 1984

Miss World 1984
Date15 November 1984
Presenters
Entertainment
VenueRoyal Albert Hall, London, United Kingdom
BroadcasterThames Television
Entrants72
Placements15
Withdrawals
  • Indonesia
  • Liberia
  • Tonga
  • Turkey
Returns
  • French Polynesia
  • Kenya
  • Nigeria
  • Sri Lanka
WinnerAstrid Carolina Herrera
Venezuela

Miss World 1984, the 34th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 15 November 1984 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, United Kingdom.[1]

The winner was Astrid Carolina Herrera from Venezuela and was crowned by Miss World 1983, Sarah-Jane Hutt of the United Kingdom. The 1st and 2nd runners-up were Constance "Connie" Fitzpatrick from Canada, and Lou-Anne Ronchi from Australia. The event was viewed by 17.1 million people in the United Kingdom.[2][3] It is the third victory of Venezuela in the pageant, after in 1955 and 1981.

This edition marked the return of Kenya, which last competed in 1968, Nigeria last competed in 1979, French Polynesia (as Tahiti) and Sri Lanka last competed in 1982. Indonesia, Liberia, Tonga, Turkey, withdrew from the competition for unknown reasons.

Results

Placements

Placement Contestant
Miss World 1984
1st Runner-Up
  • Canada – Connie Fitzpatrick
2nd Runner-Up
Top 7
Top 15

Continental Queens of Beauty

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

Contestants

Miss World 1984 participating countries and territories

72 contestants competed for the title.

CountryContestantAge[a]Hometown
Aruba ArubaMargaret Bislick22Oranjestad
Australia AustraliaLou-Anne Ronchi22Perth
Austria AustriaHeidemarie Pilgerstorfer23Linz
The Bahamas BahamasYvette Rolle20Nassau
Barbados BarbadosGale Thomas22Christ Church
Belgium BelgiumBrigitte Muyshondt24Antwerp
Bermuda BermudaRhonda Wilkinson21St. Georges
Bolivia BoliviaErika Weise21Santa Cruz
Brazil BrazilAdriana Alves de Oliveira21Rio Grande
Canada CanadaConstance "Connie" Fitzpatrick20Hamilton
Cayman Islands Cayman IslandsThora Ann Crighton22George Town
Chile ChileMaría Soledad García21Santiago
Colombia ColombiaPatricia Janiot20Bucaramanga
Costa Rica Costa RicaCatalina Blum21San Jose
Curaçao CuraçaoIvette Atacho20Willemstad
Cyprus CyprusAgathi Demetriou17Paphos
Denmark DenmarkPia Melchiorsen18Frederikshavn
Dominican Republic Dominican RepublicMayelinne de Lara20El Seibo
Ecuador EcuadorMaría Sol Corral19Quito
El Salvador El SalvadorCelina María López17San Salvador
Finland FinlandAnna-Liisa Tilus19Helsinki
France FranceMartine Robine19Cabourg
French Polynesia French Polynesia[b]Hinarii Kilian17Punaauia
The Gambia GambiaMirabelle Carayol[4]19Banjul
Gibraltar GibraltarKarina Hollands[5]18Gibraltar
Greece GreeceVassiliki Barba18Athens
Guam GuamJanet Clymer20Mangilao
Guatemala GuatemalaCarla Aldana22Guatemala City
Netherlands HollandNancy Neede20Amsterdam
Honduras HondurasMyrtice Hyde22Roatan
British Hong Kong Hong KongJoan Tong20Hong Kong Island
Iceland IcelandBerglind Johansen18Reykjavík
India IndiaSuchita Kumar19Bombay
Republic of Ireland IrelandOlivia Tracey24Dublin
 Isle of ManJill Armstrong17Braddan
Israel IsraelIris Louk18Rishon LeZion
Italy ItalyFederica Tersch20Milan
Jamaica JamaicaJacqueline Crichton20Kingston
Japan JapanAyako Ohsone21Tokyo
Kenya KenyaKhadija Ismail24Nairobi
Lebanon LebanonElaine Khoury19Beirut
Malaysia MalaysiaChristine Teo22Kuala Lumpur
Malta MaltaGraziella Previ19Gzira
Mexico MexicoMariana Urrea19Guadalajara
New Zealand New ZealandBarbara McDowell[6]19Auckland
Nigeria NigeriaCynthia Oronsaye20Lagos
Norway NorwayIngrid Martens19Oslo
Panama PanamaAna Luisa Seda18Panama City
Paraguay ParaguaySusana Ivasiuten17Encarnación
Peru PeruGloria Loayza-Guerra21Trujillo
Philippines PhilippinesAurora Sevilla21Manila
Polish People's Republic PolandMagdalena Jaworska[3]23Warsaw
Portugal PortugalMaria Leonor Mendes Correia22Lisbon
Puerto Rico Puerto RicoMaría de los Ángeles Rosas23San Juan
Singapore SingaporeJenny Li22Singapore
South Korea South Korea[c]Lee Joo-hee18Seoul
Spain SpainJuncal Rivero18Valladolid
Sri Lanka Sri LankaBhagya Gunasinghe22Colombo
Eswatini SwazilandBusie Motsa19Manzini
Sweden SwedenBrigitte Gunnarsson21Malmö
Switzerland SwitzerlandSilvia Anna Affolter20Sarnen
Thailand ThailandIntira Imsompoh19Bangkok
Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and TobagoRia Rambardan17Tunapuna
Turks and Caicos Islands Turks and Caicos IslandsMiriam Coralita Adams18Grand Turk
United Kingdom United KingdomVivienne Rooke22Bristol
United States United StatesKelly Anderson23Clarksburg
United States Virgin Islands Sandy Lewis 19 St. Croix
Uruguay UruguayGiselle Barthou23Montevideo
Venezuela VenezuelaAstrid Carolina Herrera21Caracas
West Germany West GermanyBrigitta Berx22Düsseldorf
Samoa Western SamoaAna Bentley22Apia
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia YugoslaviaDinka Delić18Zenica

Notes

  1. ↑ Ages at the time of the pageant
  2. ↑ Competed as Tahiti in the pageant
  3. ↑ Competed as Korea in the pageant

    References

    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.
    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.
    3. 1 2 "The beauty queens up there". The Philippine Star. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
    4. ↑ Saliu, Yunus S. (5 July 2022). "Miss Gambia Pageant must not be used as a vehicle to sexually exploit women and girls, Hon Bah cautions -". The Voice Gambia. Retrieved 4 May 2025.
    5. ↑ "Miss Gibraltar calendar 2012: September". The Gibraltar Magazine. 29 August 2012. p. 67. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
    6. ↑ "International". The Press. Christchurch, New Zealand. 12 November 1984. p. 10. Retrieved 3 January 2026 – via Papers Past.