Miss World 1980
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Miss World 1980 Titlecard
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| Date | 13 November 1980 |
| Presenters | Peter Marshall, Judith Chalmers, Anthony Newley |
| Venue | Royal Albert Hall, London, UK |
| Broadcaster | Thames Television |
| Entrants | 67 |
| Placements | 15 |
| Debuts | Zimbabwe |
| Withdrawals | Chile, El Salvador, Iceland, Nigeria, Portugal, Tahiti |
| Returns | Curaçao, Papua New Guinea, Venezuela |
| Winner | Gabriella Brum (resigned) Kimberley Santos (successor) |
Miss World 1980, the 30th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 13 November 1980 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, UK. The winner was Gabriella Brum from Germany. She was crowned by Miss World 1979, Gina Swainson of Bermuda. First runner-up was Kimberley Santos representing Guam, second was Patricia Barzyk from France, third was Anat Zimmermann of Israel, and fourth was Kim Ashfield from the United Kingdom.
Brum resigned after 18 hours of her reign, and fourteen days later, first runner-up Santos was crowned the new Miss World.
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Results
File:Miss World 1980 Map.PNG
Countries and territories which sent delegates and results
Placements
| Final results | Contestant |
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| Semi-finalists |
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Special awards
| Awards | Contestant |
| Miss Personality |
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| Miss Photogenic |
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Order of announcements
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Contestants
| Number | Nation | Contestant |
| 01 |  Argentina |
Elsa Cecilia Galotti |
| 02 |  Aruba |
Ethline Ambrosia Dekker |
| 03 |  Australia |
Linda Leigh Shepherd |
| 04 |  Austria |
Sonya-Maria Schlepp |
| 05 |  Bahamas |
Bernadette Louise Cash |
| 06 |  Belgium |
Brigitte Biche Billen |
| 07 |  Bermuda |
Zina Maria Minks |
| 08 |  Bolivia |
Sonia Giovanna Malpartida |
| 09 |  Brazil |
Loiane Rogeria Aiache |
| 10 |  Canada |
Annette Labrecque |
| 11 |  Cayman Islands |
Delia Devon Walter |
| 12 |  Colombia |
María Cristina Valencia Cardoña |
| 13 |  Costa Rica |
Marie Claire Tracy Coll |
| 14 |  Curaçao |
Soraida Celestina de Windt |
| 15 |  Cyprus |
Parthenopi Vassiliadou |
| 16 |  Denmark |
Jane Bill |
| 17 |  Dominican Republic |
Patricia Polanco Álvarez |
| 18 |  Ecuador |
Gabriela María Catelina Ríos Roca |
| 19 |  Finland |
Ritva Helena Tamio |
| 20 |  France |
Patricia Barzyk |
| 21 | Germany |
Gabriella Brum |
| 22 |  Gibraltar |
Yvette Dominguez |
| 23 |  Greece |
Vera Zacharopoulou |
| 24 | Guam |
Kimberley Santos |
| 25 |  Guatemala |
Lizabeth (Ligia) Iveth Martínez Noack |
| 26 |  Holland |
Desiree Maria Johanna Nicole Geelen |
| 27 |  Honduras |
Rosario Etelvina (Ethel) Raudales Velásquez |
| 28 |  Hong Kong |
Julia Chan Fung-Chi |
| 29 |  India |
Elizabeth Anita Reddi |
| 30 |  Ireland |
Michelle Mary Teresa Rocca |
| 31 |  Isle of Man |
Voirrey (Flory) Melanie Wallace |
| 32 |  Israel |
Anat Zimmermann |
| 33 |  Italy |
Stefania de Pasquaci |
| 34 |  Jamaica |
Michelle Ann Harris |
| 35 |  Japan |
Kanako Ito |
| 36 |  Jersey |
Karen Rosemary Poole |
| 37 |  Korea |
Chang Sun-ja |
| 38 |  Lebanon |
Celeste Elias Asai |
| 39 |  Lesotho |
Lit'sila Alina Lerotholi |
| 40 |  Malaysia |
Callie Liew Tan Chee |
| 41 |  Malta |
Frances Lucy Duca |
| 42 |  Mauritius |
Christiane Carol Mackay |
| 43 |  Mexico |
Claudia Mercedes Holley |
| 44 |  New Zealand |
Vicky Lee Hemi |
| 45 |  Norway |
Maiken Nielsen |
| 46 |  Panama |
Áurea Horta Torrijos |
| 47 |  Papua New Guinea |
Mispah Alwyn |
| 48 |  Paraguay |
Celia Noemí Schaerer |
| 49 |  Peru |
Silvia Roxana Vega Ramos |
| 50 |  Philippines |
Milagros Guidote Nabor |
| 51 |  Puerto Rico |
Michelle Torres Cintrón |
| 52 |  Singapore |
Adda Pang |
| 53 | 23x15px Spain | Frances Ondiviela |
| 54 |  Sri Lanka |
Rosy Senanayake |
| 55 |  Swaziland |
Nomagoisa Cawe |
| 56 |  Sweden |
Kerstin Monika Jenemark |
| 57 |  Switzerland |
Jeannette Linkenheil |
| 58 |  Thailand |
Unchulee Chaisawan |
| 59 |  Trinidad & Tobago |
Maria Octavia Chung |
| 60 |  Turkey |
Fahriye Funda Ayloglu |
| 61 |  United Kingdom |
Kim Ashfield |
| 62 |  United States |
Brooke Alexander |
| 63 |  Uruguay |
Ana Claudia Carriquiry |
| 64 |  Venezuela |
Hilda Astrid Abrahamz Navarro |
| 65 |  Virgin Islands |
Palmira Frorup |
| 66 |  Western Samoa |
Liliu Tapuai |
| 67 |  Zimbabwe |
Shirley Richard Nyanyiwa |
Notes
Returns
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Last competed in 1965:
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Last competed in 1977:
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Last competed in 1978:
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Withdrawals
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Crossovers
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Other notes
- This is the first time that the women were judged for personality, intelligence and looks.
- Germany and Guam, Miss World queens, were born in the United Kingdom. Germany had a British father, while Guam had a British mother.
- Bermuda, Zina Marie Minks, and France, Patricia Barzyk who were the winners of their original pageants were competed in Miss World at 17 years of age, because contestants were allowed to compete the Miss Universe between ages 18 to 26. Jill Lorraine Murphy of Bermuda and Brigitte Choquet of France, who competed in Miss Universe 1980, were their first runners-up.
- Dominican Republic, Patricia Polanco, is the mother of Miss Universe 2003, Amelia Vega.
- Zimbabwe returned to Miss World after 15 years, however it sent its first black delegate.
- Germany who reigned as Miss World 1980 had the shortest reign in Miss World history when she resigned 18 hours later after the pageant.
- This is the last pageant in Miss World with four runners-up and a new Miss World queen.
- Ireland representative Michelle Rocca became a TV star in her homeland, presenting the Eurovision Song Contest 1988 from Dublin. She later had a relationship with Van Morrison and is the mother to two of his children.
- 9 out of 15 countries which made it into the semi-finals, were not in the semi-finals last year: New Zealand (1974), Guam and Israel (1976), France (1977), India, Puerto Rico, Sweden, and Venezuela (1978). Zimbabwe made into the semi-finals for the first time in Miss World since it was debuted on that same year.
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