| Miss Universe 1982 |
| Date |
26 July 1982 |
| Presenters |
Bob Barker, Joan Van Ark |
| Entertainment |
Rex Smith, José Luis Rodríguez "El Puma" |
| Venue |
Coliseo Amauta, Lima, Peru |
| Broadcaster |
CBS, Panamericana |
| Entrants |
77 |
| Placements |
12 |
| Debuts |
New Caledonia |
| Withdrawals |
Fiji, Gibraltar, St. Kitts, Tahiti |
| Returns |
El Salvador, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, St. Maarten, Suriname |
| Winner |
Karen Dianne Baldwin
 Canada |
| Congeniality |
Maureen Lewis
 Cayman Islands |
| Best National Costume |
María Francesca Zaza
 Peru |
| Photogenic |
Ava Marilyn Burke
 Bahamas |
Miss Universe 1982, the 31st Miss Universe pageant, was held on 26 July 1982 at the Coliseo Amauta in Lima, Peru. 77 contestants competed in the pageant and Karen Dianne Baldwin of Canada crowned by Irene Saez of Venezuela. This is the first time Canada won the pageant.
Results
Placements
| Final results |
Contestant |
| Miss Universe 1982 |
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| 1st runner-up |
 Guam – Patty Chong Kerkos
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| 2nd runner-up |
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| 3rd runner-up |
 Greece – Tina Roussou
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| 4th runner-up |
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| Semi-finalists |
 South Africa – Odette Scrooby England – Della Frances Dolan- Peru – María Francesca Zaza
- 23x15px Brazil – Celice Marques
 Finland – Sari Kaarina Aspholm Uruguay – Silvia Beatriz Vila Germany – Kerstin Paeserack
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Special awards
| Awards |
Contestant |
| Best National Costume |
- Peru – María Francesca Zaza
- 23x15px Brazil – Celice Marques
- Uruguay – Silvia Beatriz Vila
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| Miss Congeniality |
- Cayman Islands – Maureen Theresa Lewis
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| Miss Photogenic |
- Bahamas – Ava Marilyn Burke
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| Miss Press |
- Guam – Patty Chong Kerkos
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Semi-final scores
| Delegate |
Preliminary Average |
Interview |
Swimsuit |
Evening Gown |
Semi-final Average |
| Guam |
7.892 (5) |
8.867 (1) |
8.692 (1) |
8.355 (4) |
8.638 (1) |
| Canada |
7.761 (9) |
8.400 (5) |
8.275 (3) |
8.525 (3) |
8.400 (2) |
| Greece |
7.847 (6) |
8.042 (8) |
8.325 (2) |
8.317 (5) |
8.228 (3) |
 Italy |
7.714 (11) |
7.925 (9) |
8.067 (5) |
8.608 (2) |
8.200 (4) |
 USA |
8.131 (2) |
8.425 (4) |
8.192 (4) |
7.925 (8) |
8.181 (5) |
| South Africa |
8.406 (1) |
8.583 (2) |
7.225 (10) |
8.707 (1) |
8.172 (6) |
| England |
8.100 (3) |
8.433 (3) |
7.808 (7) |
8.167 (7) |
8.137 (7) |
| Peru |
7.797 (8) |
8.218 (6) |
7.508 (8) |
8.292 (6) |
8.006 (8) |
| 23x15px Brazil |
8.011 (4) |
8.133 (7) |
7.892 (6) |
7.917 (9) |
7.981 (9) |
| Finland |
7.719 (10) |
7.808 (10) |
7.408 (9) |
7.908 (10) |
7.708 (10) |
| Uruguay |
7.594 (12) |
7.692 (11) |
7.167 (11) |
7.783 (11) |
7.547 (11) |
| Germany |
7.808 (7) |
7.204 (12) |
7.008 (12) |
7.483 (12) |
7.232 (12) |
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- Winner
- First runner-up
- Second runner-up
- Third runner-up
- Fourth runner-up
- Top 12 semi-finalist
- (#) Rank in each round of competition
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Preliminary swimsuit scores
- 8.542 South Africa
- 8.483 England
- 8.125 USA
- 8.075 Brazil
- 8.050 Finland
- 7.883 Guam
- 7.842 Germany
- 7.800 Italy
- 7.733 Canada
- 7.658 Peru
- 7.625 Greece
- 7.575 Sweden
- 7.457 Austria
- 7.433 Mexico
- 7.433 New Caledonia
- 7.417 Chile
- 7.367 Israel
- 7.292 Uruguay
- 7.258 Scotland
- 7.250 Venezuela
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- 7.200 Philippines
- 7.183 Iceland
- 7.167 Japan
- 7.150 Spain
- 7.142 Holland
- 7.133 Wales
- 7.100 Australia
- 7.083 Suriname
- 7.058 Portugal
- 7.042 Hong Kong
- 6.975 Denmark
- 6.967 Aruba
- 6.900 Cayman Islands
- 6.892 Panama
- 6.850 Guatemala
- 6.833 Colombia
- 6.792 Belgium
- 6.783 Argentina
- 6.750 Bahamas
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- 6.725 El Salvador
- 6.725 Guadeloupe
- 6.708 New Zealand
- 6.700 France
- 6.700 Norway
- 6.692 Thailand
- 6.683 Namibia
- 6.675 Northern Marianas
- 6.650 Réunion
- 6.650 Switzerland
- 6.633 Paraguay
- 6.633 Puerto Rico
- 6.617 Curaçao
- 6.617 Western Samoa
- 6.600 Bolivia
- 6.600 Malta
- 6.600 US Virgin Islands
- 6.550 Turks & Caicos
- 6.525 India
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- 6.533 Dominican Republic
- 6.492 Singapore
- 6.483 Turkey
- 6.475 Martinique
- 6.450 Korea
- 6.442 Ecuador
- 6.425 Belize
- 6.425 Ireland
- 6.400 Sri Lanka
- 6.308 Bermuda
- 6.300 Transkei
- 6.283 Trinidad & Tobago
- 6.217 Indonesia
- 6.217 Malaysia
- 6.117 Honduras
- 6.083 British Virgin Islands
- 6.050 Papua New Guinea
- 6.033 Costa Rica
- 5.950 St. Maarten
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Order of announcements
Top 12
- Canada
- Brazil
- Italy
- South Africa
- Finland
- Peru
- Guam
- USA
- Germany
- Greece
- England
- Uruguay
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Top 5
- Greece
- USA
- Guam
- Canada
- Italy
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Judges
Contestants
 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- 23x15px Brazil – Celice Pinto Márques da Silva
 British Virgin Islands – Luce Dahlia Hodge- Canada – Karen Baldwin
- Cayman Islands – Maureen Theresa Lewis
 Chile – Jennifer 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- Germany – Kerstin Natalie Paeserack
- 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 Yulyanti Ireland – Geraldine Mary McGrory Israel – Deborah Naomi Hess- Italy – Cinzia Fiordeponti
 Japan – Eri Okuwaki
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 Korea – Sun-hee Park 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 Marianas – 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 Pagunsan Lopez Portugal – Ana Maria Valdiz Puerto Rico – Lourdes Mantero- Réunion – Marie Micheline Ginon
 Scotland – Georgina Kearney Singapore – Judicia Nonis- South Africa – Odette Octavia Scrooby
 Spain – Cristina Pérez Cottrell Sri Lanka – Ann Monica Tradigo St. Maarten – Liana Elviara Brown Suriname – Vanessa de Vries Sweden – Anna Kari Maria Bergström Switzerland – Jeannette Linkenheill Thailand – Nipaporn Tarapanich Transkei – Noxolisi Mji Trinidad & Tobago – Suzanne Traboulay Turkey – Canan Kakmaci Turks & Caicos – Jacqueline Astwood- Uruguay – Silvia Beatriz Vila Abavián
- USA – Terri Utley
 US Virgin Islands – Ingeborg Hendricks Venezuela – Ana Teresa Oropeza Wales – Michelle Donelly Western Samoa – Ivy Evelyn Warner
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Notes
Withdrawals
Cyprus – Sylvia Spanias Nitsa
Lebanon – Dolly Michelle El-Koury
Crossovers
- Miss World
- 1975: Bahamas – Ava Marilyn Burke
- 1980: Switzerland – Jeannette Linkenheill
- 1981: Ireland – Geraldine Mary McGrory (Semi-finalist)
- 1981: Spain – Cristina Pérez Cottrell
- 1981: Wales – Michelle Donelly (4th runner-up, Queen of Europe, as
 United Kingdom)
- 1982: Finland – Sari Kaarina Aspholm (1st runner-up, Queen of Europe)
- 1982: England – Della Frances Dolan (2nd runner-up, as United Kingdom)
- 1982: Cayman Islands – Maureen Theresa Lewis (Semi-finalist, Miss Personality)
- 1982: Aruba – Noriza Antonio Helder
- 1982: Germany – Kerstin Natalie Paeserack
- 1982: Belgium – Marie-Pierre Lemaitre
- 1982: Bermuda – Heather Ross
- 1982: Denmark – Tina Maria Nielsen (Semi-finalist)
- 1982: France – Martine Philipps
- 1982: Guatemala – Edith Whitbeck
- 1982: Norway – Janett Krefting
- 1984: Australia – Lou Ann Ronchi (2nd runner-up)
- Miss International
- 1982: Australia – Lou Ann Ronchi (Semi-finalist)
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- Miss Intercontinental
- 1982: England – Della Frances Dolan (Semi-finalist)
- 1982: El Salvador – Jeanette Marroquín
- 1983: Guadeloupe – Lydia Galin
- Miss United Nations
- 1981: Holland – Brigitte Diereckx
- 1981: Scotland – Georgina Kearney
- Reinado Internacional del Café
- 1983: Ecuador – Jacqueline Burgos
- 1983: El Salvador – Jeanette Marroquín
- 1983: Puerto Rico – Lourdes Mantero
- Maja Internacional
- 1981: Ecuador – Jacqueline Burgos (Maja del Turismo)
- Miss Europe
- 1982: Spain – Cristina Pérez Cottrell (2nd runner-up)
- 1982: Portugal – Ana Maria Valdiz (4th runner-up)
- 1982: Holland – Brigitte Diereckx (Semi-finalist)
- 1982: Switzerland – Jeannette Linkenheill (Semi-finalist)
- 1982: Belgium – Marie-Pierre Lemaitre
- 1982: Denmark – Tina Maria Nielsen
- 1982: Ireland – Geraldine Mary McGrory
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