Miss Universe 1989

Miss Universe 1989
Date May 23, 1989
Presenters John Forsythe, Emma Samms and Karen Baldwin
Venue Fiesta Americana Condesa Hotel, Cancún, Mexico
Broadcaster CBS
Entrants 76
Placements 10
Debuts St. Vincent & the Grenadines
Withdraws Lebanon
Returns Aruba, Belize, Cayman Islands, Curaçao, Greece, Haiti, India, Mauritius, Poland, Suriname
Winner Angela Visser
 Holland
Congeniality Sharon Simons
 Turks & Caicos
Best National Costume Flavia Cavalcanti
 Brazil
Photogenic Karen Wenden
 Australia
Countries and territories which sent delegates and results.

Miss Universe 1989, the 38th Miss Universe pageant was held at Fiesta Americana Condesa Hotel, Cancún, Quintana Roo, Mexico on May 23, 1989. Angela Visser of Holland was crowned as Miss Universe 1989 by Porntip Nakhirunkanok of Thailand. Seventy-six contestants competed in this year.

Results

Placements

Final ResultsContestant
Miss Universe 1989
1st runner-up
2nd runner-up
3rd runner-up
4th runner-up
Top 10

Semifinal Scores

Country Interview Swimsuit Evening Gown Average
 Holland 9.583 (1) 9.725 (1) 9.824 (1)9.711 (1)
 Sweden 9.261 (2) 9.233 (2)9.376 (2)9.290 (2)
 Poland 8.472 (6)9.105 (3) 9.027 (4) 8.868 (3)
 Mexico 8.650 (3)8.883 (5) 9.026 (5) 8.853 (4)
 USA 8.511 (5)8.894 (4)8.927 (8) 8.777 (5)
 Germany 8.461 (7)8.737 (7) 9.010 (6)8.736 (6)
 Venezuela 8.204 (8) 8.727 (8) 9.096 (3) 8.676 (7)
 Finland 8.533 (4) 8.661 (9) 8.755 (9) 8.650 (8)
 Jamaica8.111 (9)8.788 (6) 8.933 (7)8.611 (9)
 Chile 8.033 (10) 8.505 (10) 8.755 (10) 8.431 (10)

     Winner
     First Runner-up
     Second Runner-up
     Third Runner-up
     Fourth Runner-up
     Top 10 Semifinalist
(#) Rank in each round of competition

Special Awards

Award Contestant
Best National Costume
Miss Congeniality
Miss Photogenic

Order of announcements

Top 10

  1. Germany
  2. Chile
  3. Jamaica
  4. Venezuela
  5. Holland
  6. USA
  7. Sweden
  8. Poland
  9. Finland
  10. Mexico

Top 5

  1. Mexico
  2. Holland
  3. Poland
  4. USA
  5. Sweden

Background music

Judges

Contestants

Crossovers

Miss World

Miss International

Reina Mundial del Turismo, FITUR, Madrid Spain

International Broadcasting

These are some of the networks outside the United States (telecasted on CBS) that showed the 1989 Miss Universe pageant live (or recorded earlier) in their respective countries and territories:

References

External links