Portugal – Paula Dos Santos who had a dual citizenship, won the Miss Portugal contest held in Johannesburg, South Africa. She flew to London, only to be told by Eric Morley that any girl from South Africa cannot participate, and that the contest has to be held in the country of the girl's origin.
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1234"New Miss World". Rome News-Tribune. November 13, 1981. Diakses tanggal 25 Januari 2016.{{cite web}}: Markup miring atau tebal tidak diperbolehkan dalam: |publisher=Pemeliharaan CS1: Tanggal diterjemahkan otomatis (link)
1234Ribane, N. (2006). Beauty: A Black Perspective. University of KwaZulu-Natal Press. hlm.6. ISBN978-1-86914-087-8. The Miss World of 1981, held at the Royal Albert Hall in London, only had three contestants from African countries: Zimbabwe, Lesotho and ...
12Jamaica. W.I.L.I.P. series. W.W. Gaunt & Sons. 1987. hlm.92. They enthusiastically choose a Miss Jamaica Universe each May and a Miss Jamaica World each September And there are ... have been second runners-up in the Miss World finals — Debbie Campbell in 1979 and Sandra Cunningham in 1981.