Miss World 1989

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The 39th Miss World marked the very first staging of the Miss World pageant in a foreign location. The pageant was held at the Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre. 78 contestants took part in the pageant. It was also the first time the Soviet Union has sent a contest in any major pageant.

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[edit] Results

Countries and territories which sent delegates and results.
Countries and territories which sent delegates and results.
  • 1st Runner-up: Leanne Caputo - Canada
  • 2nd Runner-up: Mónica Maria Isaza Mejía - Colombia
  • Finalists:
    • Prathumrat Woramali - Thailand
    • Jill Renee Scheffert - United States
  • Semi-Finalists:
    • Vania Thomas - American Virgin Islands
    • Natalie Tania McCurry - Australia
    • Barbara Ann Curran - Ireland
    • Jeanne-Françoise Clement - Mauritius
    • Suzanne Younger - United Kingdom

[edit] Order of Semi-finalists

  • 1. Mauritius
  • 2. Canada
  • 3. United States
  • 4. Poland
  • 5. American Virgin Islands
  • 6. United Kingdom
  • 7. Colombia
  • 8. Thailand
  • 9. Australia
  • 10. Ireland

[edit] Special Awards

  • Personality: Greet Ramaekers - Belgium
  • Photogenic: Anna Gorbunova - U.S.S.R

[edit] Continental Queens

  • Africa: Jeanne-Françoise Clement - Mauritius
  • Americas: Leanne Caputo - Canada
  • Asia: Prathumrat Woramali - Thailand
  • Caribbean: Vania Thomas - American Virgin Islands
  • Europe: Aneta Beata Kreglicka - Poland
  • Oceania: Natalie Tania McCurry - Australia

[edit] 78 Contestants

[edit] Trivia

[edit] Returning countries and Debuts

  • Hungary, Latvia, Namibia and U.S.S.R competed in Miss World for the first time.
  • Czechoslovakia last competed in 1970.
  • Aruba, and Puerto Rico last competed in 1985.

[edit] Withdrawals and Nations not competing

  • Barbados, British Virgin Islands, Bulgaria, Egypt, St. Kitts, Swaziland, Turks & Caicos and Uruguay failed to send delegates in Miss World 1989.
  • Brazil lost its Miss World franchise.
  • India had to postpone its national pageant and was scheduled to be held three months later.
  • Lebanon did not compete in Miss World due to a civil war.

[edit] Other Notes

  • This is the first time that Miss World was held overseas, in the city of Hong Kong.
  • This is also the first time that the award for the "Queen of Caribbean" was included.
  • Czechoslovakia failed to make into the Top 10 in Miss World, but made into the semi-finals in Miss Universe 1990 in Los Angeles.
  • Ireland, who placed as semi-finalist in Miss World, failed to make into the semi-finals in Miss Universe 1990.
  • Aneta-Beata Kreglicka of Poland was the first Eastern European woman to win the Miss World title. She also placed as 1st runner-up in Miss International in Japan two months before.
  • Norway, Bente Charlotte Rosenkilde Brunland, who made into the semi-finals in Miss Universe 1988 in Taipei, failed to make into the semi-finals in Miss World.
  • Preliminary swimsuits in Miss World were held in Hong Kong and Taiwan.
  • Finland and Holland, who had the Top 10 preliminary scores, missed their mark into the Top 10 Semi-finals.
  • American Virgin Islands made into the semi-finals in Miss World for the first time and received an award for the "Queen of Caribbean". However, she failed to put her through the semi-finals in Miss Universe eight years later.
  • Finland, Âsa Maria Lovdahl, who made into the semi-finals in Miss Universe 1989 in Cancun, Mexico, also failed to make into the semi-finals in Miss World.
  • France, Peggy Zlotkowski, did not compete in Miss Universe 1989 by the replacement of Pascale Meotti, because of underage.
  • The Miss World 1989 Parade of Nations introduced the contestants with their national costumes and evening gowns for the first time.
  • Kenya, Grace Chabari, is now a professional model and works in a modelling agency in Dusseldorf, Germany.

[edit] Contestants Preliminary Scores

Country Score Country Score
American Virgin Islands 22 Italy 24
Argentina 19 Jamaica 18
Aruba 18 Japan 19
Australia 25 Kenya 19
Austria 20 Korea 24
Bahamas 18 Latvia 18
Belgium 18 Luxembourg 23
Belize 18 Macau 19
Bermuda 18 Malaysia 18
Bolivia 20 Malta 18
Canada 29 Mauritius 20
Cayman Islands 18 Mexico 22
Chile 18 Namibia 18
Republic of China 18 New Zealand 18
Colombia 27 Nigeria 18
Costa Rica 18 Norway 25
Curaçao 18 Panama 21
Cyprus 18 Papua New Guinea 18
Czechoslovakia 21 Paraguay 18
Denmark 21 Peru 19
Dominican Republic 19 Philippines 20
Ecuador 18 Poland 30
El Salvador 19 Portugal 20
Finland 26 Puerto Rico 18
France 19 St. Vincent & the Grenadines 20
Germany 22 Singapore 19
Ghana 18 Spain 18
Gibraltar 18 Sri Lanka 18
Greece 18 Sweden 18
Guam 18 Switzerland 19
Guatemala 19 Thailand 29
Guyana 18 Trinidad & Tobago 19
Holland 25 Turkey 19
Honduras 20 Uganda 18
Hong Kong 18 United Kingdom 26
Hungary 22 United States 26
Iceland 19 U.S.S.R 24
Ireland 27 Venezuela 20
Israel 23 Yugoslavia 18

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