Miss International Titleholders From 1981 To 1990

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Jenny Annette Derek Miss International 1981 from Australia

Jenny Annette Derek from Australia was crowned Miss International 1981 during the grand finale of the pageant held on 6th September in Kobe, Japan. She was only 20 years of age when she won the coveted title and became the second woman from Australia to win it since the pageant’s inception in 1960. With a gorgeous face and height of 173 cm, Jenny bested 41 other contestants in Kobe, Japan and won many hearts as she bagged the crown. Post that, she went on to a successful modelling career in Adelaide and also appeared in Wheel of Fortune as the prized hostess for several years. She and her husband also owned The Body Shop franchise in South Australia up until 2011. Currently, she is still in retail and is blessed with 3 beautiful children.

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Christie Ellen Claridge Miss International 1982 from United States of America

Christie Claridge from United States was crowned Miss International 1982 during the grand finale of one of the big 4 international pageants. It was held on 13th October 1982 in Fukuoka, Japan. She was as young as 20 when she was bestowed with the prestigious title. Hailing from California and representing the Golden State, Christie also earned the Miss Photogenic award as a part of Miss International competition in Fukuoka, Japan. She was the third American winner of the pageant in the span of nine years. She is currently also an actress, having appeared in “Gotcha!” (1985), “Beverly Hills Madam” (1986) and “Hunter” (1984). The beauty queen has had an immensely successful career so far and is now settled in Northern Los Angeles with her family.

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Gidget Sandoval Herrera Miss International 1983 from Costa Rica

Gidget Sandoval Herrera from Costa Rica was crowned Miss International 1983 at the finale of the pageant held on 11th October in Osaka, Japan. At an early age of 17, this gorgeous beauty queen went on to defeat 40 other contestants to win the crown. With a whopping height of 168 cm and a face that could charm like no other, Gidget became the second woman from Costa Rica in the history of Miss International to win the title. Prior to this particular pageant, she had also participated in the Miss Pan-American Teenager pageant, where she was adjudged Miss Elegance. It is incredible how someone so young became so successful.

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Ilma Julieta Urrutia Miss International 1984 from Guatemala

Ilma Julieta Urrutia from Guatemala was crowned Miss International 1984 during the finale in Yokohama, Japan on 30th October 1984. Ilma had also competed in Miss Universe 1984 in Miami, Florida, earlier where she placed semi-finalist. She was only 22 years of age and 168 cm tall when she was presented the coveted crown of Miss International. The brown-eyed beauty has done well for herself in life post the international pageant.

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Nina Sicilia Miss International 1985 from Venezuela

Nina Sicilia from Venezuela was crowned Miss International 1985 at the grand finale night of Miss International held on 15th September 1985 in Tsukuba, Japan. Nina was only 22 when she defeated 42 other candidates to win the prestigious crown. Standing as tall as 175 cm, this gorgeous diva won many hearts since the very beginning of the pageant. A graduate in Accounting and having 10 years of knowledge in playing the piano, Nina was a whole package and it would have been extremely difficult to defeat her. She is currently working in Venevision as a TV Anchor, and is also the manager in a Caracas marketing company. She is happily married with two kids and resides in Venezuela.

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Helen Fairbrother Miss International 1986 from England

Helen Fairbrother from England was crowned Miss International 1986, the grand finale of which was held in Nagasaki, Japan on 31st August, 1986. The stunner was 22 years old and bested 45 ladies to be crowned as the queen and it was very well-deserved. With an extraordinary height of 173 cm, she become the 26th winner of the pageant since its establishment. She was the third British since 1960 to win the crown and it was a huge victory for England. The scintillating beauty has had a fulfilling career post her win and resides in England currently.

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Laurie Tamara Simpson Miss International 1987 from Puerto Rico

Laurie Simpson from Puerto Rico was crowned Miss International 1987 in Tokyo, Japan on 13th September, 1987. It was the 27th Miss International pageant and she was the first Puerto Rican to have won the esteemed title. At an early age of 18, Laurie was capable of making her nation extremely proud of her. Prior to this, this blonde, blue-eyed beauty participated in several beauty pageants like Miss Puerto Rico 1986 and Miss Universe 1987 where she was the finalist and 4th runner-up, respectively. Besides this victory, Laurie was also crownd Nuestra Belleza in 1991.

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Catherine Alexander Gude Miss International 1988 from Norway

Catherine Gude from Norway was crowned Miss International 1988, the grand finale of which took place in Gifu, Japan on 17th July 1988. She was only as young as 22 years of age and 175 cm tall when she bagged the coveted crown of Miss International. She defeated 45 other contestants to grab the title and made her country extremely proud. Norway brought the honourable crown home for the very first time with Gude’s victory.

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Iris Klein Miss International 1989 from Germany

Iris Klein from Germany was crowned Miss International 1989 during the grand finale of the pageant that was held on 17th September 1989 in Kanazawa, Japan. A proud German, this 20-year-old diva, at the time she won the title, was the second delegate from her country to win the Miss International title in 1989. The 173 cm tall diva competed in the Miss Germany pageant earlier, representing Schleswig-Holstein. She was placed as the first runner-up. The absolutely gorgeous beauty queen did some good work after she won the honourable crown of Miss International 1989.

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Silvia de Esteban Miss International 1990 from Spain

Silvia de Esteban, the gorgeous Spanish beauty was crowned Miss International 1990 was only 19 years old when she was bestowed with the esteemed title of Miss International that took place in Osaka, Japan on 16th September 1990. She stood a whopping tall height of 175 cm and hails from Barcelona. She defeated 49 contestants to win the crown and became the second Spanish woman to bring the crown home. She made her nation extremely proud and has been settled and doing well in life post the event.