# Miss World 1982

Miss World 1982 was the 32nd edition of the Miss World pageant, held on 18 November 1982 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, UK. The winner was Mariasela Álvarez from the Dominican Republic. She was crowned by Miss World 1981, Pilín León of Venezuela. The first and second runners-up were Sari Kaarina Aspholm from Finland and Della Dolan from the United Kingdom who were semi-finalists in Miss Universe 1982 four months before.

## Results
### Placements

| Placement | Contestant |
| Miss World 1982 | Dominican Republic – Mariasela Álvarez |
| 1st runner-up | Finland – Sari Aspholm |
| 2nd runner-up | United Kingdom – Della Dolan |
| Top 7 | Ireland – Roberta Brown  Switzerland – Lolita Morena  Trinidad and Tobago – Althea Rocke  United States – LuAnn Caughey |
| Top 15 | Australia – Catherine Anne Morris  Bolivia – Brita Cederberg  Cayman Islands – Maureen Therese Lewis  Denmark – Tina Nielsen  Guam – Frances Limtiaco  Philippines – Sara-Jane Areza  Yugoslavia – Ana Sasso  Zimbabwe – Caroline Murinda |

### Continental Queens of Beauty

| Continental Group | Contestant |
| Africa | Zimbabwe – Caroline Murinda |
| Americas | Dominican Republic – Mariasela Alvarez |
| Asia | Philippines – Sara-Jane Areza |
| Europe | Finland – Sari Aspholm |
| Oceania | Australia – Catherine Anne Morris |

## Contestants

68 contestants competed for the title.
| Country/Territory | Contestant | Age | Hometown |
| Aruba | Noriza Helder | 19 | Oranjestad |
| Australia | Catherine Anne Morris | 19 | Sydney |
| Bahamas | Oralee Stubbs | 18 | Nassau |
| Belgium | Marie Pierre Lemaître | 21 | Brussels |
| Bermuda | Heather Ross | 22 | Somerset |
| Bolivia | Brita Cederberg | 17 | Oruro |
| Brazil | Mônica Jannuzzi | 21 | Londrina, Paraná |
| Canada | Jody Jensen | 19 | Calgary |
| Cayman Islands | Maureen Therese Lewis | 21 | George Town |
| Chile | Mariana Reinhardt | 20 | Santiago |
| Colombia | María Teresa Gómez | 19 | Medellin |
| Costa Rica | Maureen Jiménez | 22 | San Jose |
| Curaçao | Vendetta Roozendal | 20 | Willemstad |
| Cyprus | Marina Rauscher | 17 | Limassol |
| Denmark | Tina Nielsen | 18 | Copenhagen |
| Dominican Republic | Mariasela Álvarez | 22 | Santo Domingo |
| Ecuador | Gianna Machiavello | 20 | Guayaquil |
| El Salvador | Berta Loredana Munguía | 20 | San Salvador |
| Finland | Sari Aspholm | 20 | Vantaa |
| France | Martine Philipps | 23 | Audincourt |
| Germany | Kerstin Paeserack | 19 | Wilhelmshaven |
| Gibraltar | Louise Gillingwater | 20 | Gibraltar |
| Greece | Anthi Priovolou | 19 | Athens |
| Guam | Frances Limtiaco | 22 | Tamuning |
| Guatemala | Suzanne Whitbeck | 20 | Guatemala City |
| Holland | Irene Schell | 20 | Venlo |
| Honduras | Ana Lucía Rivera | 20 | San Pedro Sula |
| Hong Kong | Cally Kwong | 19 | Victoria |
| Iceland | María Björk Sverrisdóttir | 19 | Reykjavík |
| India | Uttara Mhatre | 19 | Nasik |
| Indonesia | Andi Botenri | 17 | Jakarta |
| Ireland | Roberta Brown | 19 | Derry |
| Isle of Man | Maria Elizabeth Craig | 19 | Jurby |
| Israel | Anat Kerem | 18 | Haifa |
| Italy | Raffaella del Rosario | 17 | Bologna |
| Jamaica | Cornelia Parchment | 19 | Kingston |
| Japan | Mutsuko Kikuchi | 20 | Tokyo |
| Korea | Choi Sung-yoon | 19 | Seoul |
| Lebanon | May Mansour Chahwan | 19 | Beirut |
| Malaysia | Nellie Teoh | 25 | Kuala Lumpur |
| Malta | Delina Camilleri | 18 | Mosta |
| Mexico | Ana Ruth García | 23 | Villahermosa |
| New Zealand | Susan Mainland | 19 | Hamilton |
| Norway | Janett Krefting | 19 | Oslo |
| Panama | María Lorena Moreno | 22 | Panama City |
| Paraguay | Zulema Domínguez | 19 | Asuncion |
| Peru | Cynthia Piedra | 21 | Lima |
| Philippines | Sara-Jane Areza | 22 | Manila |
| Portugal | Suzana Dias | 19 | Lisbon |
| Puerto Rico | Jannette Torres | 17 | San Juan |
| Singapore | Yvonne Tan | 19 | Singapore |
| Spain | Ana Herrero | 17 | Zaragoza |
| Sri Lanka | Tania Pereira | 19 | Panadura |
| Sweden | Anne-Lie Sjöberg | 18 | Eskilstuna |
| Switzerland | Lolita Morena | 22 | Locarno |
| Tahiti | Teura Tuhiti | 17 | Papeete |
| Thailand | Alisa Kajornchaiyakul | 17 | Bangkok |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Althea Rocke | 22 | Port of Spain |
| Turkey | Ayse Güven | 20 | Istanbul |
| Turks and Caicos | Lolita Ariza | 21 | Grand Turk |
| United Kingdom | Della Dolan | 20 | Grimsby |
| United States | LuAnn Caughey | 23 | Abilene |
| United States Virgin Islands | Benedicta Acosta | 20 | St. Croix |
| Uruguay | Varinia Govea | 21 | Montevideo |
| Venezuela | Michelle Shoda | 22 | Maracaibo |
| Western Samoa | Lilly Hunt | 20 | Apia |
| Yugoslavia | Ana Sasso | 19 | Split |
| Zimbabwe | Caroline Murinda | 22 | Harare |