1984 Yvonne Ryding SWEDEN

Miami, Florida USA

1st runner-up     Leticia Snyman   S.  AFRICA 2nd runner-up     Carmen Ma. Montiel Avila VENEZUELA 3rd runner-up     Ma. Desiree Verdadero  PHILIPPINES 4th runner-up     Susana Caldas   COLOMBIA SEMI-FINALISTS Brigitte Berx   GERMANY Ilma Julieta Urrutia    GUATEMALA Nancy Neede   HOLLAND Savinee Prakaranang   THAILAND Mai Therese Shanley   USA

This year, the original host for the pageant, Calgary, Canada, dropped out due to financial trouble.  Miami came to the rescue with barely enough time to prepare. The largest number of delegates arrive in Miami, all 81 of them, a record left unbroken until 1995 produced one more delegate.  Local favorites included Mises Venezuela, Colombia and Holland.   Guatemala’s Julieta Urrutia impressed people  more and more as the pageant progressed.  She would later that year win the Miss International crown in Japan.   However, Sweden’s Yvonne Ryding was the clear leader on most scorecards  and, eventually, the judges'. This year, only 10 semi-finalists were chosen. This is the last year South Africa sends a delegate untill 1995.

Yvonne's official photograph as Miss Universe 1984

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