Miss World 1989

Miss World 1989
Miss World 1989 Titlecard
Date	22 November 1989
Presenters	Peter Marshall, Alexandra Bastedo, John Davidson
Entertainment	Aswad
Venue	Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong
Broadcaster	ATV (HK)
Entrants	78
Debuts	Hungary, Latvia, Namibia, U.S.S.R.
Withdrawals	Barbados, British Virgin Islands, Bulgaria, Cook Islands, Egypt, India, Isle of Man, Lebanon, Liberia, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Swaziland, Turks and Caicos Islands, Uruguay
Returns	Aruba, Czechoslovakia, Panama, Puerto Rico
Winner	Aneta Kreglicka Poland

Miss World 1989, the 39th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 22 November 1989 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. 78 contestants took part in the pageant. It was also the first time the Soviet Union has sent a contestant in any major pageant. The winner is Aneta Beata Kreglicka of Poland. She was crowned by Miss World 1988, Linda Petursdottir of Iceland.

Results

Countries and territories which sent delegates and results

Placements

Final results	Contestant
Miss World 1989	Poland - Aneta Kreglicka
1st runner-up	Canada - Leanne Caputo
2nd runner-up	Colombia - Monica Maria Isaza Mejia
3rd runner-up	Thailand - Prathumrat Woramali
4th runner-up	United States - Jill Renee Scheffert
Semi-finalists	American Virgin Islands - Vania Thomas Australia - Natalie Tania McCurry Ireland - Barbara Ann Curran Mauritius - Jeanne Françoise Nathalie Clement United Kingdom - Suzanne Younger

Continental Queens of Beauty

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

Special awards

Award	Contestant
Miss Personality	Belgium - Greet Ramaekers
Miss Photogenic	U.S.S.R. - Anna Gorbunova

Order of announcements

Top 10

1. Mauritius

2. Canada

3. United States

4. Poland

5. American Virgin Islands

6. United Kingdom

7. Colombia

8. Thailand

9. Australia

10. Ireland

Judges

• Eric Morley
• Krish Naidoo
• Brian Daniels
• Rob Brandt
• Diane Shin

• Peter Lam
• Giselle Laronde - Miss World 1986 from Trinidad and Tobago
• Richard Kerring
• George Pittman

Contestants

Nation	Contestant	Hometown	Preliminary Score
American Virgin Islands	Vanessa Thomas	St. Thomas	22
Argentina	Patricia Weidenhofer	La Pampa	19
Aruba	Delailah Odor-Wever	Oranjestad	18
Australia	Natalie Tania McCurry	Sydney	25
Austria	Marion Amann	Vienna	20
Bahamas	Carolyn Moree	Nassau	18
Belgium	Greet Ramaekers	Limbourg	18
Belize	Martha Badillo	San Pedro	18
Bermuda	Cherie Tannock	Warwick	18
Bolivia	Maria Victoria Julio	Tarija	20
Canada	Leanne Caputo	Milton	29
Cayman Islands	Michelle Garcia	Grand Cayman	18
Chile	Claudia Celis Bahamondes	Santiago	18
Chinese Taipei	Wang Min-Yei	Taipei	18
Colombia	Monica Maria Isaza Mejia	Medellín	27
Costa Rica	Maria Antonieta Saenz Vargas	San José	18
Curaçao	Supharmy Sadjie	Willemstad	18
Cyprus	Irma Voulgari	Larnaca	18
Czechoslovakia	Jana Hronkova	Košice	21
Denmark	Charlotte Pedersen	Holstebro	21
Dominican Republic	Irma Guillermina Mauriz Pimentel	San Felipe de Puerto Plata	19
Ecuador	Ximena Paulett Correa Jarre	Machala	18
El Salvador	Ana Estela Aguilar	San Salvador	19
Finland	Åsa Maria Lovdahl	Helsinki	26
France	Stephanie (Peggy) Zlotkowski	Bordeaux	19
Germany	Jasmine Bell	Berlin	22
Ghana	Afua Amoah Bonsu	Accra	18
Gibraltar	Audrey Gingell	Gibraltar	18
Greece	Katerina Petropoulou	Athens	18
Guam	Cora Taitano Yanger	Mangilao	18
Guatemala	Rocio Lerma de la Vega	Guatemala City	19
Guyana	Lyla Shalimar Ryhaan Majeed	Georgetown	18
Holland	Liesbeth Caspers	Noordwijk	25
Honduras	Belinda Bodden Alvarez	San Pedro Sula	20
Hong Kong	Ewong Yung-Hung	Hong Kong	18
Hungary	Magdolna Gerloczy	Budapest	22
Iceland	Hugrun Linda Gudmundsdóttir	Reykjavík	19
Ireland	Barbara Ann Curran	Dublin	27
Israel	Ronit Siton	Jerusalem	23
Italy	Paola Mercurio	Naples	24
Jamaica	Natasha Lee Marcanik	Kingston	18
Japan	Kaori Muto	Tokyo	19
Kenya	Grace Chabari	Mombasa	19
Korea	Kim Hye-ree	Seoul	24
Latvia	Ina Magone	Liepāja	18
Luxembourg	Chris Scott	Luxembourg City	23
Macau	Guilhermina Madeira da Silva Pedruco	Macau	19
Malaysia	Vivien Chen Shee-Yee	Kuching	18
Malta	Marika Micallef	Għargħur	18
Mauritius	Jeanne-Françoise Nathalie Clement	Beau Bassin	20
Mexico	Nelia Maria Ochoa Arteaga	Veracruz	22
Namibia	Emarencia (Emsie) Esterhuizen	Windhoek	18
New Zealand	Helen Rowney	Auckland	18
Nigeria	Bianca Onoh	Enugu	18
Norway	Bente Charlotte Rosenkilde Brunland	Oslo	25
Panama	Gloria Stella Quintana	Panama City	21
Papua New Guinea	Joycelin Leahy	Port Moresby	18
Paraguay	Alicia Maria Jaime Villamayor	Asunción	18
Peru	Maritza Zorrilla Priori	Lima	19
Philippines	Estrella Singson Querubin	Manila	20
Poland	Aneta Beata Kreglicka	Gdańsk	30
Portugal	Maria Angelica Mira Rosado	Lisbon	20
Puerto Rico	Tania Collazo	Orocovis	18
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Anna Young	Kingstown	20
Singapore	Jacqueline Ang	Singapore	19
Spain	Eva Maria Pedraza Lopez	Córdoba	18
Sri Lanka	Serena Danvers	Colombo	18
Sweden	Lena Berglind	Gothenburg	18
Switzerland	Catherine Mesot	Wil	19
Thailand	Prathumrat Woramali	Bangkok	29
Trinidad and Tobago	Samantha Bhagan	Goodwood Park	19
Turkey	Burcu Burkut	İzmir	19
Uganda	Doreen Lamon-Opira	Kampala	18
United Kingdom	Suzanne Younger	Caerphilly	26
United States	Jill Renee Scheffert	Oklahoma City	26
U.S.S.R.	Anna Gorbunova	Moscow	24
Venezuela	Fabiola Chiara Candosin Marchetti	Caracas	20
Yugoslavia	Aleksandra Dobras	Banja Luka	18

Notes

Debuts

• Hungary, Latvia, Namibia, and U.S.S.R competed in Miss World for the first time.

Returning countries

• Czechoslovakia last competed in 1969.
• Aruba and Puerto Rico last competed in 1985.
• Panama last competed in 1987.

Withdrawals and Nations not competing

• Barbados, British Virgin Islands, Bulgaria, Egypt, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Swaziland, Turks and Caicos Islands, 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.

Other notes

• This is the first time that Miss World was held overseas, in Hong Kong.
• This is the first time that the award for the "Continental Queen of the Caribbean" was given.
• Czechoslovakia failed to make the top 10 at Miss World, but made the semi-finals at Miss Universe 1990 in Los Angeles.
• Ireland, who placed as a semi-finalist at Miss World, failed to make 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 at Miss International 1989 in Japan two months before.
• Norway, Bente Charlotte Rosenkilde Brunland, made the semi-finals at Miss Universe 1988 in Taipei, but failed to make the semi-finals at Miss World.
• Miss World preliminary swimsuit competition was held in Hong Kong and Taiwan.
• American Virgin Islands made the semi-finals at Miss World for the first time and received the "Queen of Caribbean" award. However, she failed make the semi-finals at Miss Universe eight years later.
• American Virgin Islands, Mauritius, and Australia made the semi-finals with less than 26 preliminary points because a semi-final spots is reserved in the Top 10 for the highest preliminary scores of each of the 6 continents.
• Finland, Âsa Maria Lovdahl, who made the semi-finals at Miss Universe 1989 in Cancún, failed to make the semi-finals in Miss World. She got 26 points for her preliminary score, the same as Miss United Kingdom and United States, but the 2 latter made the semi-finals as those scores were among the highest preliminary scores received within their respective continents.
• France, Peggy Zlotkowski, scheduled to also compete in Miss Universe 1989, was instead replaced by Pascale Meotti, as she was underage by a few weeks.
• 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 Düsseldorf, Germany.
• 7 out of 10 countries which made it into the semi-finals, were not in the semi-finals last year: Thailand (1972), Mauritius (1975), Canada (1984), Ireland (1986), Colombia (1987), Poland (1987), and American Virgin Islands (first time since its debut in 1982).
• Macau, Guilhermina Madeira da Silva Pedruco, went on to compete in Miss Chinese International Pageant 1989, finishing 2nd runner-up.

External links

• Pageantopolis - Miss World 1989