Miss World 1990
| Miss World 1990 |
Miss World 1990 Titlecard |
| Date |
8 November 1990 |
| Presenters |
Peter Marshall and Michelle Rocca |
| Entertainment |
Jason Donovan and Richard Clayderman |
| Venue |
London Palladium, London, United Kingdom |
| Broadcaster |
Thames Television |
| Entrants |
81 |
| Placements |
10 |
| Debuts |
Romania |
| Withdraws |
Bermuda, Republic of China, Ecuador, Guyana, Malaysia, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Uganda |
| Returns |
Barbados, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Bulgaria, Cook Islands, Egypt, India, Madagascar, Uruguay |
| Winner |
Gina Tolleson
United States of America |
| Personality |
Sabina Umeh
Nigeria |
| Photogenic |
Sharon Luengo
Venezuela |
Miss World 1990, the 40th Miss World pageant was held on 8 November 1990 in the London Palladium, London, United Kingdom. The winner was Gina Tolleson, representing the United States.
Results
Placements
| Final results |
Contestant |
| Miss World 1990 |
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| 1st Runner-up |
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| 2nd Runner-up |
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| Top 5 |
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| Top 10 |
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Special awards
| Award |
Contestant |
| Miss Personality |
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| Most Photogenic |
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Continental Queens
Order of announcements
- Top 10
- Holland
- Turkey
- Ireland
- Jamaica
- Venezuela
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- 6. Finland
- 7. New Zealand
- 8. United States of America
- 9. Aruba
- 10. Poland
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- Top 5
- Finland
- Ireland
- New Zealand
- United States of America
- Venezuela
Contestants
Continental groups order
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Africa, Asia and Oceana
- Egypt
- Ghana
- Kenya
- Madagascar
- Mauritius
- Namibia
- Nigeria
- Australia
- Cook Islands
- Guam
- Hong Kong
- India
- Japan
- Korea
- Macau
- New Zealand
- Papua New Guinea
- Philippines
- Singapore
- Sri Lanka
- Thailand
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Americas and Caribbean Islands
- Argentina
- Belize
- Bolivia
- Brazil
- Canada
- Chile
- Colombia
- Costa Rica
- El Salvador
- Guatemala
- Honduras
- Mexico
- Panama
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Puerto Rico
- United States of America
- Uruguay
- Venezuela
- American Virgin Islands
- Aruba
- Bahamas
- Barbados
- British Virgin Islands
- Cayman Islands
- Curaçao
- Dominican Republic
- Jamaica
- Trinidad & Tobago
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Europe
- Austria
- Belgium
- Bulgaria
- Cyprus
- Czechoslovakia
- Denmark
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Gibraltar
- Greece
- Holland
- Hungary
- Iceland
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Latvia
- Luxembourg
- Malta
- Norway
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Turkey
- United Kingdom
- U.S.S.R.
- Yugoslavia
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National pageant notes
Returning countries and debuts
- Romania competed in Miss World for the first time after the Miss World Organization allowed the nation to compete after a 24-year Revolution
- Madagascar last competed in 1974
- Brazil last competed in 1987
- Barbados, British Virgin Islands, Bulgaria, Cook Islands, Egypt, India and Uruguay last competed in 1988
Withdrawals and nations not competing
- Republic of China and Swaziland failed to send delegates to Miss World this year
- Ecuador and Malaysia failed to send their delegates due to lack of sponsorship
- Lebanon did not compete in Miss World due to a civil war
Crossovers
Miss Universe
- Miss Universe 1989: Trinidad & Tobago
- Miss Universe 1990: Aruba, Belize, Egypt, France, Germany (Miss Amity), Nigeria and Turkey (Top 10)
- Miss Universe 1991: Belgium, Cayman Islands, Curaçao (Top 10), Ghana, Ireland (Miss Photogenic), Namibia and United Kingdom
- Miss Universe 1992: Kenya
Miss International
Historical significance
- The preliminary swimsuit competition at Miss World 1990 was held in Norway.
- Gina Tolleson (United States) married celebrity star Alan Thicke but later divorced. She was also the 1st runner-up in the Miss USA 1990 pageant as Miss South Carolina USA. She also hosted with Peter Marshall in Miss World 1991.
- Brenda Marte (Dominican Republic) came from the Dominican community in Queens, New York, United States.
- Sarah Yeats (Gibraltar) and Priscilla Leimgruber (Switzerland) did not compete in Miss Universe 1991. Gibraltar lost its franchise with the Miss Universe Organization, while Miss Switzerland fell ill and withdrew at the last minute.
- Karina Brown (Australia) is currently a hostess in various local television programs.
- Ivona Brnelić (Yugoslavia) has currently lived and worked in London because of her duty to work with some prominent celebrities like Tina Turner and Cher.
- The Miss Universe Organization did not allow Sharon Luengo (Venezuela) to participate in Miss Universe 1991 for being the second runner-up to Miss World 1990.
- The Parade of Nations was arranged in alphabetical order, but in accordance of the continental region: Africa, Asia & Oceania, Americas, Caribbean and Europe.
- 7 out of 10 countries which made it into the semi-finals, were not in the semi-finals last year: Turkey (1976), Finland (1984), Jamaica (1985), New Zealand (1986), Holland (1987) and Venezuela (1988). Aruba had made into the semi-finals for the first time since its debut at Miss Universe 1964.
External sources