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Sarah-Jane Hutt, from Poole, England, was the fourth delegate of the United Kingdom to win the Miss World pageant in 1983. Her victory caused a stir among other contestants, citing that she was not really the most beautiful among the group, with a delegate refusing to attend the coronation ball held thereafter, and another one challenging the judges' decision. She is a former pupil of the Mountbatten School in Romsey, Hampshire.

1st Runner-up Colombia - Rocio Isabel Luna Florez
2nd Runner-up Brazil - Catia Silveira Pedrosa

Top 7 Finalists Jamaica - Catherine Elizabeth Levy
 Iceland - Unnur Steinsson
 Panama - Marissa Burgos Canalias
 United States - Lisa Gayle Allred

Top 15 Semifinalists Austria - Mercedes Stermitz
 Belgium - Francoise Bostoen
 Bolivia - Ana Maria Taboada Arnold
 Holland - Nancy Lalleman Heynis
 Hong Kong - Maggie Cheung
 Ireland - Patricia Nolan
 Israel - Yi'fat Schechter
 Yugoslavia - Bernarda Marovt

Special awards
Personality: Catia Silveira Pedrosa (Brazil)
Photogenic: Bernarda Marovt (Yugoslavia)

Continental Queens
Africa: Annie Broderick - Liberia
America: Rocio Isabel Luna Florez - Colombia
Asia: Yi'fat Schechter - Israel
Europe: Sarah-Jane Hutt - United Kingdom
Oceania: Tanya Bowe - Australia

***This is the first time that the scores from the judges were shown in the preliminary swimsuit segment through electronic voting.

***Gambia and Gibraltar won the same award as Miss Amity in Miss Universe 1983, and in Miss Universe 1984.

***This is the first time that the award winners for Africa and Oceania did not make it into the semi-finals.