Kimberley Santos

Biography

Miss World 1980, the 30th anniversary of the Miss World pageant, was held on 13 November 1980 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, United Kingdom, televised for the first time by Thames Television for ITV. The winner was Gabriella Brum from West Germany. She was crowned by Miss World 1979, Gina Swainson of Bermuda. First runner-up was Kimberley Santos representing Guam, Patricia Barzyk from France finished second, while third place was awarded to Anat Zimmermann of Israel; and fourth was Kim Ashfield from the United Kingdom.

== Background == Gabriella Brum resigned after 18 hours of being crowned Miss World, and 14 days later, first runner-up, Kimberley Santos from Guam, was crowned by former Miss World 1977, Mary Stävin from Sweden.

=== Returns, and withdrawals === This edition marked the return of Curaçao, Papua New Guinea and Zimbabwe; Zimbabwe last competed (as Rhodesia) in 1965, Papua New Guinea last competed in 1977 and Curaçao last competed in 1978. Chile, El Salvador, French Polynesia, Iceland, Nigeria and Portugal, withdrew from the competition for unknown reasons.

== Results ==

=== Placements ===

== Judges ==

== Contestants == 67 contestants competed for the title.

== Notes ==