# Miss World 1985

Miss World 1985, the 35th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 14 November 1985 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, UK. 78 contestants from all over the world competed for the coveted title. Miss World 1984, Astrid Carolina Herrera of Venezuela, crowned Hólmfríður Karlsdóttir of Iceland as the new Miss World at the end of the event.

## Results
### Placements

| Placement | Contestant |
| Miss World 1985 | Iceland – Hólmfríður Karlsdóttir |
| 1st Runner-up | United Kingdom – Mandy Shires |
| 2nd Runner-up | United States – Brenda Denton |
| Top 7 | Venezuela – Ruddy Rodríguez  Jamaica – Alison Barnett  Israel – Maja Wechtenhaim  Switzerland – Eveline Glanzmann |
| Top 15 | Brazil – Leila Bittencourt  Ireland – Anne Marie Gannon  New Zealand – Sheri LeFleming Burrow  Paraguay – Daisy Ferreira  Poland – Katarzyna Zawidzka  Puerto Rico – Iris Matías  Sweden – Anne-Bolette Christophersson  Zaire – Benita Kayonga Murekatete |

### Continental Queens of Beauty

| Continental Group | Contestant |
| Africa | Zaire – Benita Kayonga Murekatete |
| Americas | United States – Brenda Denton |
| Asia | Israel – Maja Wechtenhaim |
| Europe | Iceland – Hólmfríður Karlsdóttir |
| Oceania | New Zealand – Sheri LeFleming Burrow |

## Contestants

78 contestants competed for the title.
| Country | Contestant | Age | Hometown | Preliminary Score |
| American Virgin Islands | Connie Colaire | 23 | Christiansted | 19 |
| Aruba | Jacqueline van Putten | 24 | Sint Nicolaas | 20 |
| Australia | Angelina Nasso | 18 | Sydney | 21 |
| Austria | Gabriele Maxonus | 20 | Salzburg | 18 |
| Bahamas | Rhonda Cornea | 17 | Abaco Island | 20 |
| Barbados | Elizabeth Wadman | 19 | Christ Church | 19 |
| Belgium | Ann van den Broeck | 18 | Antwerp | 18 |
| Bermuda | Jannell Ford | 23 | Devonshire | 23 |
| Bolivia | Carolina Abudinen | 19 | Santa Cruz | 19 |
| Brazil | Leila Bittencourt | 19 | Porto Alegre | 28 |
| Canada | Michelle Tambling | 20 | Toronto | 19 |
| Cayman Islands | Emily Hurlston | 18 | North Side | 19 |
| Chile | Lydia Labarca | 20 | Santiago | 21 |
| Colombia | Margarita Rosa de Francisco | 20 | Santiago de Cali | 23 |
| Costa Rica | Marianela Herrera | 19 | San Jose | 19 |
| Curaçao | Lidushka Curiel | 21 | Willemstad | 21 |
| Cyprus | Juliana Kalogirou | 18 | Famagusta | 18 |
| Denmark | Jeanette Kröll | 19 | Odense | 19 |
| Dominican Republic | María Trinidad González | 20 | Santo Domingo | 19 |
| Ecuador | María del Pilar de Veintemilla | 21 | Quito | 19 |
| El Salvador | Luz del Carmen Mena | 21 | San Salvador | 19 |
| Finland | Marja Kinnunen | 22 | Tampere | 26 |
| France | Nathalie Jones | 18 | Nouméa | 18 |
| Gambia | Georgett Salleh | 19 | Brikama | 18 |
| Germany | Marion Morell | 20 | Stuttgart | 20 |
| Gibraltar | Gail Francis | 22 | Gibraltar | 18 |
| Greece | Epi Galanos | 22 | Athens | 18 |
| Guam | Therese Quintanilla | 18 | Agana | 23 |
| Guatemala | Maricela Luna | 20 | Guatemala City | 19 |
| Holland | Brigitte Bergman | 21 | Utrecht | 24 |
| Hong Kong | Aileen Lo | 20 | Hong Kong Island | 21 |
| Iceland | Hólmfríður Karlsdóttir | 22 | Reykjavík | 34 |
| India | Sharon Mary Clarke | 18 | New Delhi | 24 |
| Ireland | Anne Marie Gannon | 19 | Dublin | 27 |
| Isle of Man | Fiona Hartley | 19 | Douglas | 23 |
| Israel | Maja Wechtenhaim | 21 | Haifa | 33 |
| Italy | Cosetta Antoniolli | 20 | Milan | 22 |
| Ivory Coast | Rose Armande Oulla | 18 | Abidjan | 22 |
| Jamaica | Alison Jean Barnett | 19 | Kingston | 32 |
| Japan | Haruko Sugimoto | 22 | Tokyo | 18 |
| Kenya | Jacqueline Mary Thom | 18 | Thika | 20 |
| Korea | Park Eun-kyoung | 22 | Seoul | 18 |
| Lebanon | Mary Khoury | 25 | Beirut | 18 |
| Liberia | Sarah Laurine Horton | 18 | Monrovia | 18 |
| Luxembourg | Beatrix Tinnemans | 24 | Luxembourg City | 18 |
| Malaysia | Rosalind Kong | 21 | Kuala Lumpur | 18 |
| Malta | Kristina Bologna | 20 | Mdina | 18 |
| Mexico | Alicia Yolanda Carrillo | 23 | Guadalajara | 19 |
| New Zealand | Sheri LeFleming Burrow | 20 | Auckland | 29 |
| Nigeria | Rosemary Okeke | 21 | Lagos | 18 |
| Norway | Karen Margrethe Moe | 18 | Kristiansund | 18 |
| Panama | Diana Alfaro | 24 | Panama City | 19 |
| Paraguay | Daisy Ferreira | 19 | Asunción | 33 |
| Peru | Carmen del Rosario Muro | 21 | Lambayeque | 19 |
| Philippines | Elizabeth Cuenco | 21 | Manila | 18 |
| Poland | Katarzyna Zawidzka | 23 | Gorzów | 32 |
| Portugal | Fátima Raimundo | 18 | Cascais | 19 |
| Puerto Rico | Iris Matías | 20 | Caguas | 30 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | Karen Marcelle Grant | 19 | Old Road Town | 19 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Donna Young | 19 | Kingstown | 19 |
| Singapore | Joanna Sylvia Mitchell | 19 | Paya Lebar | 26 |
| Spain | María Amparo Martínez | 23 | Valencia | 21 |
| Sri Lanka | Natalie Gunewardene | 22 | Colombo | 18 |
| Swaziland | June Hank | 25 | Manzini | 19 |
| Sweden | Anne-Bolette Christophersson | 21 | Stockholm | 28 |
| Switzerland | Eveline Glanzmann | 20 | Bauen | 31 |
| Tahiti | Ruth Manea | 18 | Faa'a | 18 |
| Thailand | Parnlekha Wanmuang | 22 | Bangkok | 18 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Ulrica Phillip | 21 | San Fernando | 20 |
| Turks and Caicos | Barbara Capron | 18 | Providenciales | 19 |
| Uganda | Helen Acheng | 24 | Kitgum | 18 |
| United Kingdom | Mandy Shires | 19 | Bradford | 33 |
| United States | Brenda Denton | 22 | Hobbs | 31 |
| Uruguay | Gabriela de León | 19 | Montevideo | 20 |
| Venezuela | Ruddy Rodríguez | 18 | Anaco | 36 |
| Western Samoa | Angelie Achatz | 21 | Apia | 18 |
| Yugoslavia | Aleksandra Kosanović | 23 | Belgrade | 21 |
| Zaire | Benita Kayonga Murekatete | 18 | Kinshasa | 24 |

## Judges

* Ibrahim Keita
* Graeme Souness
* Ralph Halpern †
* Sarah-Jane Hutt – Miss World 1983 from United Kingdom
* Eric Morley † – Chairman and CEO of Miss World Organization
* Duncan Goodhew
* Anne-Marie Moser
* Tan Sri Jeyaratnam
* Barry McGuigan