Miss Universe 1983#Placements

{{Short description|32nd Miss Universe pageant}}

{{Infobox beauty pageant

| photo = File:Lorraine Downes in Oval Office (cropped).jpg

| caption = Lorraine Downes

| winner = Lorraine Downes

| represented = {{flagicon|NZL}} New Zealand

| date = 11 July 1983

| venue = Kiel Auditorium, St. Louis, Missouri, United States

| broadcaster = {{Hlist|CBS (KMOX-TV)}}

| acts = {{Hlist|John Schneider|José Luis Rodríguez "El Puma"}}

| presenters = {{Hlist|Bob Barker|Joan Van Ark}}

| congeniality = Abbey Scattrel Janneh
{{flagicon|GAM}} Gambia

| best national costume = Jong-jun Kim
{{flagicon|South Korea}} South Korea

| photogenic = Lolita Morena
{{flagicon|SWI}} Switzerland

| entrants = 80

| placements = 12

| debuts = {{Hlist|Cook Islands|Gambia}}

| withdraws ={{Hlist|New Caledonia|Sint Maarten|Suriname}}

| returns = {{Hlist|Cyprus|French Guiana|Gibraltar|Lebanon}}

| before = 1982

| next = 1984

}}

Miss Universe 1983 was the 32nd Miss Universe pageant, held on 11 July 1983 at the Kiel Auditorium in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. Lorraine Downes of New Zealand was crowned by Karen Dianne Baldwin of Canada.{{cite news |last1=Newhouse |first1=Eric |title=New Zealand model named Miss Universe |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/162839861/ |access-date=4 September 2023 |work=The Journal News |agency=Associated Press |date=12 Jul 1983 |page=27 |language=en}} Eighty contestants competed in this year. This is the first, and so far the only time New Zealand won the pageant.