| MISS UNIVERSE 1981 DELEGATES July 20, 1981 New York City, New York, USA |
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| CANADA
Dominique Dufour 1st RUNNER-UP |
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| BRITISH VIRGIN ISLDS.
Carmen Nibbs |
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| COLOMBIA
Ana Edilma Cano Puerta |
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| CHILE
Maria Soledad Hurtado Arellano |
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| ECUADOR
Lucía Isabel Vinueza Urjelles SEMI-FINALIST |
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| FRANCE
Isabelle Sophie Benard |
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| FIJI
Lynn Michelle MacDonald |
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| GUADALOUPE
Rosette Bivouac |
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| ICELAND
Elisabeth Traustadóttir |
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| ISRAEL
Dana Wexler |
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| MALTA
Susanne Galea |
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| MALAYSIA
Audrey Loh Yin Fong |
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| PERU
Gladys Silva Cansino |
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| PARAGUAY
Maria Isabel Urizar Caras |
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| NOR. MARIANAS
Juanita Masga Mendiola |
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| PORTUGAL
Ana Paula Machado Moura |
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| PHILIPPINES
Maria Caroline de Vera Mendoza |
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| REUNION
Patricia Abadie |
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| SWEDEN
Eva-Lena Lundgren 2nd RUNNER-UP |
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| SPAIN
Francisca Ondiviela Otero |
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| TRANSKEI
Kedibone Tembisa Letlaka |
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| SWITZERLAND
Bridget Voss |
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| US VIRGIN ISLDS.
Marise Cecile James |
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| HOLLAND
Ingrid Johanna Maria Schouten SEMI-FINALIST |
| TURKS AND CAICOS
Frances Gloria Rigby |
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| DOMINICAN REP.
Fausta Lucía Peña Veras |
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| NORWAY
Mona Olsen SEMI-FINALIST |
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| MEXICO
Judith Grace González Hinks |
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| VENEZUELA
Irene Lailin Sáez Conde MISS UNIVERSE |
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| ARUBA
Synia Reyes |
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| BRAZIL
Adriana Alves de Oliveira 3rd RUNNER-UP |
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| JAPAN
Mineko Orisaku |
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| ITALY
Anna Maria Kanakis |
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| URUGUAY
Griselda Dianne Anchorena |
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| WALES
Karen Ruth Stannard |
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| AUSTRALIA
Karen Sang |
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| BELIZE
Ivette Zabaneh |
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| ENGLAND
Joanna Longley |
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| GIBRALTAR
Yvette Domínguez |
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| HONDURAS
Leslie Nohemi Sabillón Dávila |
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| HONG KONG
Irene Lo Kam-Sheung |
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| PUERTO RICO
Carmen Lotti |
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| THAILAND
Massupha Karbprapun |
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| AUSTRIA
Gudrun Gollop |
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| BOLIVIA
Vivian Aponte Zambrana |
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| CYPRUS
Katia Angelidou |
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| NAMIBIA
Antoinette Anuza |
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| USA Kimberly Kaye Seelbrede SEMI-FINALIST |
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| DENMARK
Tina Brandstrup |
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| KOREA
Lee Eun-jung |
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| PANAMA
Ana María Henríquez Valdés |
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| BAHAMAS
Linda Teresa Smith |
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| BELGIUM
Dominique Van Eeckhoudt 4th RUNNER-UP |
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| COSTA RICA
Rosa Inés Solís Vargas |
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| GERMANY
Marion Kurz SEMI-FINALIST |
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| INDIA
Rachita Kumar |
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| SCOTLAND
Anne McFarlane |
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| WESTERN SAMOA
Lenita Marianne Schwalger |
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| BERMUDA
Cymone Florie Tucker |
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| CAYMAN ISLANDS
Donna Marie Myrie |
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| GUATEMALA
Yuma Rossana Lobos Orellana |
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| SINGAPORE
Florence Tan |
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| ARGENTINA
Susana Mabel Reynoso |
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| GUAM
Bertha Antoinette Harmon |
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| MARTINIQUE
Ghislaine Jean-Louis |
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| SOUTH AFRICA
Daniela Di Paolo |
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| TURKEY
Senay Unlu |
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| IRELAND
Valerie Roe |
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| SRI LANKA
Renuka Varuni Jesudhason |
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| TRINIDAD/
TOBAGO Romini Samaroo |
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| NEW ZEALAND
Donella Elizabeth Clemmence Thomsen SEMI-FINALIST |
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| ST. KITTS
Marva Warner |
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| CURACAO
Maria Maxima Croes |
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| FINLAND
Merja Orvokki Varvikko |
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| GREECE
Maria Nikouli |
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| TAHITI
Tatiana Teraiamano SEMI-FINALIST |