Miss World 1981 adalah kontes kecantikan Miss World ke-31s yang dilaksanakan 12 November 1981 di Royal Albert Hall London, Inggris.[1][2] Pemenang kontes ini adalah Pilín León dari Venezuela,[1][3] 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.
Portugal – 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
^ abcd"New Miss World". Rome News-Tribune. November 13, 1981. Diakses tanggal 25 January 2016.
^ abcdRibane, N. (2006). Beauty: A Black Perspective. University of KwaZulu-Natal Press. hlm. 6. ISBN 978-1-86914-087-8. The Miss World of 1981, held at the Royal Albert Hall in London, only had three contestants from African countries: Zimbabwe, Lesotho and ...
^ abcdWeeks, Sally (August 13, 1986). "Venezuelan beauties undergo rigorous training to win international pageants". Lodi News-Sentinel. Diakses tanggal 25 January 2016.
^ abJamaica. W.I.L.I.P. series. W.W. Gaunt & Sons. 1987. hlm. 92. They enthusiastically choose a Miss Jamaica Universe each May and a Miss Jamaica World each September And there are ... have been second runners-up in the Miss World finals — Debbie Campbell in 1979 and Sandra Cunningham in 1981.
Bacaan lanjut
Ottawa Citizen. September 10, 1981.
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