Miss World 1981

Miss World 1981 adalah kontes kecantikan Miss World ke-31s yang dilaksanakan 12 November 1981 di Royal Albert Hall London, Inggris. Pemenang kontes ini adalah Pilín León dari Venezuela, pemegang gelar pertama dari negara itu sejak 1955. Dia dimahkotakan oleh Miss World 1980, Kimberley Santos dari Guam. Peserta lain dari Venezuela, Irene Sáez, memenangi kontes Miss Universe 1981 bulan Juli, menjadikan Venezuela sebagai negara pemegang dua kontes dalam tahun yang sama, (Miss Universe dan Miss World). Gelar Continental Queens of Beauty dianugerahkan kali pertama.

 Hasil 
jmpl|250px|Countries and territories which sent delegates and results for Miss World 1981

 Pencapaian 
 Hasil Final  Peserta Miss World 1981  – Pilín León  1st runner-up  – Nini Johanna Soto 2nd runner-up  – Sandra Cunningham 3rd runner-up  – Maristela Grazzia 4th runner-up  – Michelle Donnelly 5th runner-up  – Melissa Hannan 6th runner-up  – Lisa Lynn Moss Semi-finalis  – Ana Natali Schoeder Belmut
  – Dominique van Eeckhoudt
  – Earla Stewart
  – Geraldine McGrory
  – Naomi Kishi
  – Doris Pontvianne
  – Rachel Thomas
  – Juliet Nyathi

 Continental Queens of Beauty 
 Continental Group Contestant Africa  – Juliet Nyathi Americas  – Pilín León Asia  – Naomi Kishi Europe  – Michele Donnelly Oceania  – Melissa Hannan

 Peserta 
 EUROPE Number  Nation  Contestant 01    Beatrix Kopf 02    Dominique van Eeckhoudt 03    Elena Andreou 04    Tina Brandstrup 05    Pia Irmeli Ann-Marie Nieminen 06    Isabelle Sophie Benárd 07    Barbara Reimund 08    Yvette Maria Bellido 09    Maria Argirocastritou 10    Saskia Lemmens 11    Ásdís Eva Hannesdóttir 12    Geraldine Mary McGrory 13    Nicola Jane Grainger 14    Marisa Tutone 15    Elizabeth Sarah Walmsley 16    Elizabeth Mary Fenech 17    Anita Nesbø 18    Cristina Pérez Cottrell 19    Carita Gustafsson 20    Margit Kilchoer 21    Aydan Şener 22    Michelle Donnelly OCEANIA Number  Nation  Contestant 23    Melissa Hannan 24    Rebecca Arroyo 25    Raewyn Patricia Marcroft 26    Jennifer Abaijah 27    Maimiti Kinnander 28    Julianna Curry ASIA & AFRICA Number  Nation  Contestant 29    Winnie Chin Wei-Yee 30    Deepti Divakar 31    Ninnette Asur 32    Naomi Kishi 33    Lee Han-na 34    Zeina Joseph Challita 35    Cynthia Geraldine de Castro 36    Suzette Nicolas 37    Sushil Kaur Sandhu 38    Sonya Elizabeth Tucker 39    Massupha Karbprapun 40     Palesa Joyce Kalele 41     Juliet Nyathi THE AMERICAS Number  Nation  Contestant 42    Ana Helen Natali Schoeder Belmut 43    Gerarda Hendrine Jantiene Reopel 44    Monique Ferguson 45    Cymone Florie Tucker 46    Carolina Díaz Mansour 47    Maristela Silvia Grazzia 48    Earla Stewart 49    Donna Marie Myrie 50    Susanna Bravo Indo 51    Nini Johanna Soto González 52    Sucetty Salas Quintanilla 53    Mylene Mariela Gerard 54    Josefina María Cuello Pérez 55    Lucía Isabel Vinueza Urjelles 56    Martha Alicia Ortiz 57    Beatriz Bojorquez Palacios 58    Xiomara Sikaffy Mena 59     Sandra Angela Cunningham 60    Doris Pontvianne Espinoza 61    Olga Roxana Zumarán Burga 62    Andrenira Ruiz Sáenz 63    Joan Boldewijn 64    Rachel Ann Thomas 65    Lisa Lynn Moss 66    Silvia Marianela Bas Carrese 67    Pilín León

 Catatan 

 Returns 

 Last competed in 1966:

 Last competed in 1979:





 Mengundurkan diri 



  – Paula Dos Santos who had a dual citizenship, won the Miss Portugal contest held in Johannesburg, South Africa. She flew to London, only to be told by Eric Morley that any girl from South Africa cannot participate, and that the contest has to be held in the country of the girl's origin.

 Referensi 

 Bacaan lanjut 
 Ottawa Citizen. September 10, 1981.

 Pranala luar 
 Pageantopolis – Miss World 1981 

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Kategori:1981 beauty pageants
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Kategori:November 1981 events