9 November 2018
Miss World winners from 1981 to 1990
Miss World is one of the oldest beauty pageants amongst the Big 4 (four) international beauty pageants. Miss World started in the year 1951, and since then the organisation has crowned 65 beauties. The Miss World originally started as the Festival Bikini Contest, but an embarrassed British media decided to call it with a more modest name, ‘Miss World’. The pageant has crossed sixty five years, and 2016 is going to be the sixty sixth edition of the pageant. So, we on Angelopedia have decided to give you an insight to the Miss World winners. We have already covered the beauties from three decades (1951-1980). It’s now time to know more about the beauties from the next segment, i.e. 1981-1990. So let’s flip through and flashback through the winners...
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Pilin Leon Miss World 1981 from Venezuela
Miss World 1981 concluded with the crowning of Venezuelan beauty Pilín León as the winner. Born in the year 1963 in Maracay, Aragua, Venezuela, Pilín currently lives in Barranquilla, Colombia. She studied Computer Engineering and has worked as a Television Presenter and a writer for Newspaper. Pilín became the second Venezuelan to win the title. She was one of the guest judges at the Mister World 2014 finale held in Torbay, England.
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Mariasela Alvarez Lebron Miss World 1982 from Dominican Republic
Mariasela won the Miss World 1982 pageant. Marisela studied Architecture at the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo and became the first woman from the country to win the title. She gained much popularity after her long career in Television, which included a successful eight-year run with her award-winning show Esta Noche Mariasela. She has contributed her bit to the society as the former Miss World founded Hogar Mariololy in 1993. She also founded the Casa Rosada of Santo Domingo. It is a home run by the Congregation of Las Hijas de la Caridad, for orphans and HIV children.
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Sarah Jane Hutt Miss World 1983 from United Kingdom
Sarah - Jane Hutt of United Kingdom was crowned as the Miss World 1983 on November 17, 1983. Tall and graceful, she went on to travel the world as a dedicated ambassador for the pageant and the Beauty with a Purpose charitable interests. Sarah received 5000 pounds as a prize money and one year contract worth 25000 pounds with the Miss World Organization to promote products, clothes and for the charity.
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Astrid Carolina Herrera Miss World 1984 from Venezuela
Astrid Carolina Herrera from Venezuela won the Miss World title in the year 1984. She is a renowned actress in Venezuela and has also won many awards as an actress in Venezuela and Mexico. She became the third woman from her country to win the title. She also won the Miss Photogenic award at the same pageant.
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Holmfridur Karlsdottir Miss World 1985 from Iceland
Hólmfríður Karlsdóttir from Iceland was crowned Miss World 1985. Throughout her reign, Holmfridur was seen working for children and even now works at the nursery school where she taught before winning the Miss World title. Holmfridur, who is now married and mother to three children, lives in Iceland, Garðabær. In addition to teaching the nursery school, she is also working as a lawyer.
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Giselle Laronde Miss World 1986 from Trinidad & Tobago
At the age of 23, Giselle Laronde was crowned as the Miss World 1986, and she became the first woman from Trinidad & Tobago to win the crown. Giselle used her prize money of Miss World 1986, to obtain a degree in Sociology and Communications from University of London and later worked as a public relations officer at the Trinidad Hilton. Currently, she works as a public relations manager for Angoustora Bitters.
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Ulla Weigerstorfer Miss World 1987 from Austria
Ulla Weigerstorfer from Austria won the Miss World 1987 title on November 12, 1987. After winning the title, Ulla has appeared on various TV shows, presented a sports programme on radio and had written two books about cosmetics. One of her hobbies is Show Jumping with her horse Lalina. The beauty queen now runs a Communications Management Consulting Agency.
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Linda Pétursdóttir Miss World 1988 from Iceland
Linda Pétursdóttir was the second woman from Iceland to win the coveted Miss World title in 1988. Even after finishing her reign, Linda re-joined the Miss World Organisation. She has been a member of the international Jury for Miss World and Mr. World since 1995. She is also an Animal Welfare Activist and a Graphic Designer by profession. In the year 2003, Linda went on to publish her autobiography named Linda - ljós & skuggar.
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Aneta Kręglicka Miss World 1989 from Poland
Aneta Kreglicka is a Polish dancer and beauty queen who won the Miss World 1989 contest. Aneta studied economics at Gdańsk University and was a member of the contemporary dance group at Gdańsk University before entering the Miss Poland pageant. Even after finishing her reign, Aneta managed to stay in the limelight. She participated in the third season of the Polish version of Dancing With The Stars. She was also one of the judges at Miss World 2006, held in Poland that year.
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Gina Tolleson Miss World 1990 from USA
Gina Tolleson won the 40th edition of the Miss World pageant. Her journey towards the Miss World crown has been interesting. She won the title of Miss South Carolina USA 1990 and became the first runner-up at Miss USA 1990. She then went on to win the Miss World beauty pageant in 1990, representing the United States.
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