| Miss Universe 1982 | |
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| Date | 26 July 1982 |
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| Venue | Coliseo Amauta, Lima, Peru |
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| Entrants | 77 |
| Placements | 12 |
| Debuts |
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| Withdrawals |
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| Winner | Karen Baldwin Canada |
| Congeniality | Maureen Lewis Cayman Islands |
| Best National Costume | María Francesca Zaza Peru |
| Photogenic | Ava Marilyn Burke Bahamas |
← 1981 1983 → | |
Miss Universe 1982 was the 31stMiss Universe pageant, held at theColiseo Amauta in Lima, Peru, on 26 July 1982. It was the first time in the pageant's history that the event was held in South America. Seventy-seven contestants competed in the pageant. At the conclusion of the event,Karen Baldwin of Canada was crowned byIrene Saez of Venezuela. This is the first time Canada won the pageant.[1][2]
The stadium where the contest was taking place was attacked withdynamite on 26 July, during the contest's finale.[3]
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| Placement | Contestant |
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| Miss Universe 1982 |
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| 1st runner-up |
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| 2nd runner-up |
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| 3rd runner-up |
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| 4th runner-up |
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| Top 12 |
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| Country/Territory | Preliminary Average | Interview | Swimsuit | Evening Gown | Semifinal Average |
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| Canada[4] | 7.761 (9) | 8.400 (5) | 8.275 (3) | 8.525 (3) | 8.400 (2) |
 Guam[4] | 7.892 (5) | 8.867 (1) | 8.692 (1) | 8.355 (4) | 8.638 (1) |
 Italy[4] | 7.714 (11) | 7.925 (9) | 8.067 (5) | 8.608 (2) | 8.200 (4) |
 Greece[4] | 7.847 (6) | 8.042 (8) | 8.325 (2) | 8.317 (5) | 8.228 (3) |
 United States[4] | 8.131 (2) | 8.425 (4) | 8.192 (4) | 7.925 (8) | 8.181 (5) |
 South Africa[4] | 8.406 (1) | 8.583 (2) | 7.225 (10) | 8.707 (1) | 8.172 (6) |
 England[4] | 8.100 (3) | 8.433 (3) | 7.808 (7) | 8.167 (7) | 8.136 (7) |
| Peru[4] | 7.797 (8) | 8.218 (6) | 7.508 (8) | 8.292 (6) | 8.006 (8) |
 Brazil[4] | 8.011 (4) | 8.133 (7) | 7.892 (6) | 7.917 (9) | 7.981 (9) |
 Finland[4] | 7.719 (10) | 7.808 (10) | 7.408 (9) | 7.908 (10) | 7.708 (10) |
 Uruguay[4] | 7.594 (12) | 7.692 (11) | 7.167 (11) | 7.783 (11) | 7.547 (11) |
 Germany[4] | 7.808 (7) | 7.204 (12) | 7.008 (12) | 7.483 (12) | 7.232 (12) |
Argentina – María Alejandra Basile
Aruba – Noriza Antonio Helder
Australia – Lou Ann Ronchi
Austria – Elisabeth Kawan Bahamas – Ava Marilyn Burke
Belgium – Marie-Pierre Lemaitre
Belize – Sharon Kay Auxilliou
Bermuda – Heather Ross
Bolivia – Sandra Villaroel Brazil – Celice Pinto Márques da Silva
British Virgin Islands – Luce Dahlia Hodge Canada –Karen BaldwinCayman Islands – Maureen Theresa Lewis
Chile – Jenny Purto Arab
Colombia – Nadya Santacruz
Costa Rica – Liliana Corella Espinoza
Curaçao – Minerva Ranila Heiroms
Denmark – Tina Maria Nielsen
Dominican Republic – Soraya Morey
Ecuador – Jacqueline Burgos
El Salvador – Jeanette Marroquín England – Della Frances Dolan Finland – Sari Kaarina Aspholm
France – Martine Philipps Greece – Tina Roussou
Guadeloupe – Lydia Galin Guam – Patty Chong Kerkos
Guatemala – Edith Whitbeck
Holland – Brigitte Diereckx
Honduras – Eva Lissethe Barahona
Hong Kong – Angie Leung
Iceland – Gudrun Moller
India –Pamela Chaudry Singh
Indonesia –Sri Yulianti Soemardjo
Ireland – Geraldine Mary McGrory
Israel – Deborah Naomi Hess Italy –Cinzia Fiordeponti
Japan – Eri Okuwaki
Malaysia – Siti Rohani Wahid
Malta – Rita Falzon
Martinique – Corine Soler
Mexico – María del Carmen López
Namibia – Deseree Anita Kotze
New Caledonia – Lenka Topalovitch
New Zealand – Sandra Helen Dexter
Northern Mariana Islands – Sheryl Sonoda Sizemore
Norway – Janett Krefting
Panama – Isora de Lourdes López
Papua New Guinea – Moi Eli
Paraguay – Maris Villalba Peru – María Francesca Zaza Reinoso
Philippines –Maria Isabel Lopez
Portugal – Ana Maria Valdiz
Puerto Rico – Lourdes Milagros Mantero Hormazábal
Réunion – Ginon Manthe
Scotland – Georgina Kearney
Singapore – Judicia Nonis
Sint Maarten – Liana Elviara Brown
South Africa – Odette Octavia Scrooby
South Korea – Sun-hee Park[5]
Spain – Cristina Pérez Cottrell
Sri Lanka – Ann Monica Tradigo
Suriname – Vanessa de Vries
Sweden – Anna Kari Maria Bergström
Switzerland – Jeannette Linkenheill
Thailand – Nipaporn Tarapanich
Transkei – Noxolisi Mji
Trinidad and Tobago – Suzanne Traboulay
Turkey – Canan Kakmaci
Turks and Caicos Islands – Jacqueline Astwood
United States –Terri Utley
United States Virgin Islands – Ingeborg Hendricks Uruguay – Silvia Beatriz Vila Abavián
Venezuela – Ana Teresa Oropeza
Wales – Michelle DonellyWest Germany – Kerstin Natalie Paeserack
Western Samoa – Ivy Evelyn Warner