| Miss International 1983 | |
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| Date | October 11, 1983 |
| Presenters | Masumi Okada |
| Venue | Osaka Conference Center, Osaka, Japan [1] |
| Broadcaster | TV Tokyo |
| Entrants | 41 |
| Placements | 15 |
| Debuts | Northern Marianas |
| Withdrawals | Hawaii, Sweden, Tahiti, Uruguay |
| Returns | Iceland |
| Winner |
Gidget Sandoval
[1]
Costa Rica |
| Congeniality | Eliana Limpias Suárez 
Bolivia |
| Best National Costume | Chung Young-soon 
Korea |
| Photogenic | Nicola Stanley 
England |
Miss International 1983, the 23rd Miss International pageant, was held on 11 October 1983 at Festival Hall, Osaka and hosted by Masumi Okada. Gidget Sandoval of Costa Rica was crowned at the end of the event.
Results
Placements
| Placement | Contestant |
|---|---|
| Miss International 1983 | |
| 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 15 |
Contestants
Australia - Michelle Marie Banting
Austria - Eveline Rille
Belgium - Marina De Ruyck-
Bolivia - Eliana Limpias Suárez
Brazil - Geórgia Marinho Ventura
Canada - Starr Andreeff
Colombia - Marta Liliana Ruiz Orduz-
Costa Rica - Gidget Sandoval Herrera
Denmark - Inge Ravn Thomsen-
England - Nicola Stanley
Finland - Niina Maarit Kesäniemi
France - Valérie Guenveur
Germany - Loana Katharina Radecki
Greece - Plousia "Sia" Farfaraki
Guam - Shannon Dilbeck
Holland - Brigitte Bergman
Honduras - Ileana Maritza López Turcios
Hong Kong - Eve Lee Yuet-Fu
Iceland - Steinunn Johanna Bergmann
India - Sahila Vimal Chadha
Ireland - Sandra Eglington
Israel - Sigal Fogel
Italy - Federica Silvia Tersch
Japan - Akemi Fujita-
Korea - Chung Young-soon
Malaysia - Helen Ann Peters
Mexico - Rosalba Chávez Carretero
New Zealand - Brenda Dennise Ngatai
Northern Marianas - Margarita Tenorio Benavente
Norway - Christine Zeiner
Philippines - Flor Eden "Epang" Guano Pastrana
Portugal - Cesaltina da Conceição Lopes da Silva
Scotland - Alison Dunn
Singapore - Patricia Ngow Pui Lee
Spain - Milagros Pérez Castro
Switzerland - Barbara Zehnder
Thailand - Kasama Senawat
Turkey - Guzin Yildiz
United States - Kimberly Anne Bleier
Venezuela - Donnatella "Donna" Bottone Tirante
Wales - Lianne Patricia Gray
Notes
Did not compete
References
- ^ a b "Prize winner". Pittsburgh Press. UPI. October 12, 1983. Retrieved 22 February 2011.