Miss World 1991
| Miss World 1991 |
Miss World 1991 Titlecard |
| Date |
28 December 1991 |
| Presenters |
Peter Marshall, and Gina Tolleson |
| Entertainment |
Indecent Obsession |
| Venue |
Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta, Georgia, USA |
| Entrants |
79 |
| Placements |
10 |
| Debuts |
Greenland |
| Withdraws |
Barbados, Canada, Cook Islands, Hong Kong, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Sri Lanka, U.S.S.R. |
| Returns |
Antigua, Republic of China, Ecuador, Lebanon, Malaysia, South Africa, Swaziland |
| Winner |
Ninibeth Leal
Venezuela |
Miss World 1991, the 41st Miss World pageant, was held on December 28, 1991 in Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. The winner was Ninibeth Beatriz Leal Jiménez representing Venezuela.
Results
| Final results |
Contestant |
| Miss World 1991 |
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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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Order of Semi-finalists
- France
- Turkey
- Jamaica
- United States
- Australia
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- 6. India
- 7. Venezuela
- 8. Namibia
- 9. South Africa
- 10. New Zealand
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Order of Finalists
- Venezuela
- Namibia
- South Africa
- Australia
- Jamaica
Special awards
No special awards were given this year.
Continental Queens
78 Contestants
Trivia
Returning countries and Debuts
- Greenland competed in Miss World for the first time.
- South Africa last competed in 1977 after the MWO decided to lift a 14-year apartheid rule, allowing its contestants to compete.
- Antigua last competed in 1986.
- Lebanon, and Swaziland last competed in 1988.
- Republic of China, Ecuador, and Malaysia last competed in 1989.
Withdrawals and Nations not competing
- Canada, Tara Paat withdrew from Miss World 1991 14 days before the pageant due to her illness.
- Cook Islands, Luxembourg, and Papua New Guinea were no longer to send their respective delegates in Miss World. Luxembourg did not send delegates to Miss World until it returned in 2009.
- Peru did not compete in Miss World because of problems with franchise-holding and lack of sponsorship. Hong Kong, on the other hand, renewed its franchise with the Miss Hong Kong Organization; however it was happened nearly three months after Miss World.
- Sri Lanka did not compete in Miss World because of scheduling conflict.
- U.S.S.R. did not compete in Miss World because of its dissolution, as a result of dividing into 15 independent states which came to be known as the Commonwealth of Independent States.
Other Notes
- Miss World 1991 was scheduled to be held in the Dominican Republic. Due to scheduling difficulties, Miss World was first moved to Puerto Rico, then to Atlanta, USA.
- Preliminary swimsuits in Miss World 1991 were held in South Africa.
- South Africa returned to Miss World after a 14-year post-apartheid rule, and was the first time to crown as Queen of Africa. Diana Tilden-Davis was later attacked by a hippopotamus in Botswana in December 2003, and suffered bruises and long-term injuries. She was recovered from injuries three years later in 2006.
- This was also the first time that no European country made into the finals for crowning.
- France, Mareva Georges, represented her country in Miss World although she came from the island of Tahiti.
- Trinidad & Tobago, Sastee Bachan, currently works as a trained make-up artist who lives in Toronto, and as a fashion & pageant consultant for Miss World Canada.
- Singapore, Jasheen Jayakody, currently lives in San Francisco, California with her American husband and one child.
- Turkey, Dilek Aslihan Koruyan, is currently the wife of Turkish businessman and entrepreneur, Demir Sabanci.
- Australia, Leanne Buckle (now Mrs. Frew), currently works as a photographer and a model, and lives with her husband and three children.
- Malaysia, Samantha Schubert was born in England, and raise in Malaysia since childhood. She is currently an actrss and a model, after she studied at the Lee Strasburg School of Film & Theatre Los Angeles, The Beverly Hills Playhouse Los Angeles and Drama Studio London.
- Germany, Susanne Petry would go on and win Miss Intercontinental 1992.
- USA, Charlotte Ray was also Miss New Jersey USA 1991 and competed at Miss USA 1991. She finished 1st runner up in the pageant and was also named Miss Congeniality.
- Half the number of countries which made it into the semifinals, were not in the semifinals last year: South Africa (1975), India (1980), France (1987), and Australia (1989). Namibia had made into the semi-finals for the first time after its debut in 1989.
- Namibia, Michelle McLean was crowned Miss Universe in 1992.
Crossovers
Miss Universe
Miss International
Contestants Preliminary Scores
| Country |
Score |
Country |
Score |
| American Virgin Islands |
34 |
Ireland |
34 |
| Antigua |
33 |
Israel |
32 |
| Argentina |
34 |
Italy |
39 |
| Aruba |
32 |
Jamaica |
49 |
| Australia |
48 |
Japan |
33 |
| Austria |
32 |
Kenya |
34 |
| Bahamas |
32 |
Korea |
32 |
| Belgium |
41 |
Latvia |
33 |
| Belize |
32 |
Lebanon |
32 |
| Bolivia |
33 |
Macau |
32 |
| Brazil |
38 |
Malaysia |
38 |
| British Virgin Islands |
33 |
Malta |
32 |
| Bulgaria |
33 |
Mauritius |
32 |
| Cayman Islands |
34 |
Mexico |
32 |
| Chile |
37 |
Namibia |
51 |
| Republic of China |
33 |
New Zealand |
41 |
| Colombia |
40 |
Nigeria |
37 |
| Costa Rica |
32 |
Norway |
33 |
| Curaçao |
38 |
Panama |
35 |
| Cyprus |
34 |
Paraguay |
36 |
| Czechoslovakia |
32 |
Philippines |
38 |
| Denmark |
33 |
Poland |
33 |
| Dominican Republic |
33 |
Portugal |
34 |
| Ecuador |
32 |
Puerto Rico |
34 |
| El Salvador |
32 |
Romania |
32 |
| Finland |
35 |
Singapore |
35 |
| France |
46 |
South Africa |
51 |
| Germany |
40 |
Spain |
38 |
| Ghana |
32 |
Swaziland |
32 |
| Gibraltar |
37 |
Sweden |
34 |
| Greece |
38 |
Switzerland |
38 |
| Greenland |
33 |
Thailand |
33 |
| Guam |
32 |
Trinidad & Tobago |
35 |
| Guatemala |
32 |
Turkey |
47 |
| Holland |
39 |
United Kingdom |
40 |
| Honduras |
32 |
Uruguay |
35 |
| Hungary |
32 |
USA |
42 |
| Iceland |
37 |
Venezuela |
58 |
| India |
44 |
Yugoslavia |
33 |
External sources