1983 Lorraine Downes NEW ZEALAND

St. Louis, Missouri USA

1st runner-up     Julie Lynne Hayek   USA 2nd runner-up     Roberta Brown   IRELAND 3rd runner-up     Lolita Laure Morena SWITZERLAND 4th runner-up     Karen Lesley Moore ENGLAND SEMI-FINALISTS Nina Marjaana Rekola   FINLAND Loana Katharina Radecki   GERMANY Federica Maria Moro   ITALY Karen Elisabeth Dobloug   NORWAY Kathie Lee Lee Beng   SINGAPORE Ana Isabel Herrero Garcia   SPAIN Paola Laura Ruggeri Ghigo   VENEZUELA

This is the year the "Little Sister" tradition began.   Between 1983 and 1995, every Miss Universe delegate would be assigned a “Little Sister”, a girl from the host-city would serve as sort of a companion and good-luck charm.  The girl would also wear a similar scaled-down sash of her "big Sister's" country.

Lorraine's official swimsuit photograph as Miss Universe 1983

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