Miss Universe 1984 (Jayverse)

Miss Universe 1984, the 33rd Miss Universe pageant, was held on 9 July 1984 at the Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Yvonne Ryding of Sweden was crowned by Lorraine Downes of New Zealand. 81 contestants competed in this year.

This is the first of three consecutive Miss Universe Pageants taking place in Canada and CTV will broadcast the pageant from it's host country while UBC aired it from the United States with a Stereo Simulcast which is Syndicated to Radio Stations including Rhythm Radio O&O's as Bob Barker hosted it along with Joan Van Arc.

Contestants

 * Argentina - Leila Adar
 * Aruba - Jacqueline van Putten
 * Australia - Donna Rudrum
 * Austria - Michaela Nussbaumer
 * Barbados - Lisa Worme
 * Belgium - Brigitte Antonia Muyshondt
 * Belize - Lisa Patricia Ramirez
 * Bermuda - Rhonda Wilkinson
 * Bolivia - Lourdes Aponte
 * Brazil - Ana Elisa da Cruz
 * British Virgin Islands - Donna Patricia Frett
 * Canada - Cynthia Kereluk
 * Cayman Islands - Thora Anne Crighton
 * Chile - Carol Bahnke Muñoz
 * Colombia - Susana Caldas Lemaitre
 * Cook Islands - Margaret Brown
 * Costa Rica - Silvia Portilla
 * Curaçao - Susanne Marie Verbrugge
 * Cyprus - Zsa Zsa Melodias
 * Denmark - Catarina Clausen
 * Dominican Republic - Sumaya Heinsen
 * Ecuador - Leonor Gonzenbach
 * El Salvador - Ana Lorena Samagoa
 * England - Louise Gray
 * Finland - Anna-Liisa Tilus
 * France - Martine Robine
 * French Guiana - Rose Nicole Lony
 * Gambia - Mirabel Carayol
 * Germany - Brigitta Berx
 * Gibraltar - Jessica Palao
 * Greece - Peggy Dogani
 * Guadeloupe - Martine Seremes
 * Guam - Eleanor Benavente
 * Guatemala - Ilma Urrutia
 * Holland - Nancy Neede
 * Honduras - Myrtice Elitha Hyde
 * Hong Kong - Mina Godenzi
 * Iceland - Berglind Johansson
 * India - Juhi Chawla
 * Ireland - Patricia Nolan
 * Israel - Sapir Koffmann
 * Italy - Raffaella Baracchi
 * Japan - Megumi Niiyama
 * Korea - Lim Mi-sook
 * Lebanon - Susan El Sayed
 * Luxembourg - Romy Bayeri
 * Malaysia - Latifah Abdul Hamid
 * Malta - Marisa Sammut
 * Martinique - Danielle Clery
 * Mexico - Elizabeth Broden
 * Namibia - Petra Harley Peters
 * New Zealand - Tania Clague
 * Northern Marianas - Porsche Salas
 * Norway - Ingrid Marie Martens
 * Panama - Cilinia Prada Acosta
 * Papua New Guinea - Patricia Mirisa
 * Paraguay - Elena Ortiz
 * Peru - Fiorella Ferrari
 * Philippines - Maria Desiree "Des" Ereso Verdadero
 * Poland - Joanna Karska
 * Portugal - Maria de Fatima Jardim
 * Puerto Rico - Sandra Beauchamp Roche
 * Réunion - Marie Lise Gigan
 * Scotland - May Monaghan
 * Singapore - Violet Lee Hui Min
 * South Africa - Leticia Snyman
 * Spain - Garbiñe Abasolo
 * Sweden - Yvonne Ryding
 *  Switzerland - Silvia Anna Afolter
 * Thailand - Savinee Pakaranang
 * Trinidad and Tobago - Gina Marie Tardieu
 * Turkey - Gurcin Ulker
 * Turks and Caicos Islands - Deborah Lindsey
 * Uruguay - Yissa Pronzatti
 * United States - Mai Shanley
 * United States Virgin Islands - Patricia Graham
 * Venezuela - Carmen María Montiel
 * Wales - Jane Anne Riley
 * Western Samoa - Lena Slade
 * Yugoslavia - Kresinja Borojevic
 * Zaire - Lokange Lwali

Celebrity judges

 * Constance Towers - actress
 * Johnny Yune
 * Carolina Herrera - fashion designer
 * William Haber
 * Karen Baldwin - Miss Universe 1982 winner
 * Ronny Cox - actor
 * Lucía Méndez
 * Lanny McDonald - Hockey Player for the Calgary Cowboys
 * Linda Christian
 * Harry Guardino
 * Maria Tallchief
 * Alan Thicke - TV personality/singer/actor

Returns
Last competed in 1959:


 * Poland

Last competed in 1972:


 * Zaire

Last competed in 1976:


 * Luxembourg

Last competed in 1977:


 * Yugoslavia

Last competed in 1979:


 * Barbados

Withdrawals

 * Bahamas - Pamela Lois Parker
 * Indonesia - Titi Dwi Jayati
 * Sri Lanka - Nilmini Iddamalgoda who was depressed and homesick.
 * Transkei

Awards

 * Gibraltar - Miss Amity (Jessica Palao)
 * Spain - Miss Photogenic (Garbiñe Abasolo)
 * India - Best National Costume (Juhi Chawla)