Miss World 1990
Appearance
Miss World 1990 | |
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Date | 8 November 1990 |
Presenters | Peter Marshall, Michelle Rocca |
Entertainment | Jason Donovan, Richard Clayderman |
Venue | London Palladium, London, UK |
Broadcaster | Thames Television |
Entrants | 81 |
Placements | 10 |
Debuts | Romania |
Withdrawals | Bermuda, Republic of China, Ecuador, Guyana, Malaysia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Uganda |
Returns | Barbados, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Bulgaria, Cook Islands, Egypt, India, Madagascar, Uruguay |
Winner | Gina Tolleson United States |
Personality | Sabina Umeh Nigeria |
Photogenic | Sharon Luengo Venezuela |
Miss World 1990, the 40th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 8 November 1990 at the London Palladium in London, UK. The winner was Gina Tolleson, representing the United States. She was crowned by Miss World 1989, Aneta Beata Kreglicka of Poland.
Results
Placements
Final results | Contestant |
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Miss World 1990 | |
1st runner-up |
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2nd runner-up | |
3rd runner-up[1] |
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4th runner-up |
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Semi-finalists |
Continental Queens of Beauty
Continent | Contestant |
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Africa |
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Americas | |
Asia & Oceania |
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Caribbean |
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Europe |
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Special awards
Award | Contestant |
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Miss Personality | |
Most Photogenic |
Order of announcements
- Top 10
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- Top 5
- 1. Finland
- 2. Ireland
- 3. New Zealand
- 4. USA
- 5. Venezuela
Judges
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Contestants
Nation | Contestant | Age | Hometown | Preliminary Score |
American Virgin Islands | Keima Akintobi | 17 | Saint Thomas | 37 |
Argentina | Romina Rosales | 19 | Buenos Aires | 30 |
Aruba | Gwendolyne Charlotte Kwidama | 20 | Sint Nicolaas | 41 |
Australia | Karina Brown | 19 | Sydney | 39 |
Austria | Carina Friedberger | 20 | Eisenerz | 33 |
Bahamas | Lisa Gizelle Strachan | 19 | Nassau | 33 |
Barbados | Cheryl Jean Brewster | 22 | Saint Philip | 30 |
Belgium | Katia Alens | 23 | Antwerp | 33 |
Belize | Ysela Antonia Zabaneh | 20 | Independence | 30 |
Bolivia | Daniela Domínguez | 17 | Tarija | 31 |
Brazil | Karla Cristina Kwiatkowski | 20 | Curitiba | 35 |
British Virgin Islands | Suzanne Spencer | 22 | Tortola | 33 |
Bulgaria | Violeta Galabova | 18 | Sofia | 31 |
Canada | Natasha Palewandrem | 22 | Ottawa | 35 |
Cayman Islands | Bethea Michelle Christian | 17 | Grand Cayman | 30 |
Chile | María Isabel Jara Pizarro | 21 | Santiago | 35 |
Colombia | Angela Mercedes Mariño Ortiz | 19 | Bogotá | 38 |
Cook Islands | Angela Manarang | 23 | Rarotonga | 30 |
Costa Rica | Andrea Murillo Fallas | 20 | Heredia | 31 |
Curaçao | Jacqueline Nelleke Josien Krijger | 23 | Willemstad | 33 |
Cyprus | Emilia Groutidou | 18 | Nicosia | 30 |
Czechoslovakia | Andrea Roskovcová | 19 | Březnice | 33 |
Denmark | Charlotte Christiansen | 23 | Copenhagen | 35 |
Dominican Republic | Brenda Marte Lajara | 21 | Santo Domingo | 30 |
Egypt | Dalia El Behery | 20 | Cairo | 31 |
El Salvador | María Elena Henríquez | 20 | San Salvador | 31 |
Finland | Nina Björkfelt | 22 | Turku | 39 |
France | Gaëlle Voiry | 21 | Lyon | 30 |
Germany | Christiane Stocker | 23 | Darmstadt | 39 |
Ghana | Dela Tamakloe | 23 | Accra | 30 |
Gibraltar | Sarah Yeats | 18 | Gibraltar | 33 |
Greece | Sophia Lafkioti | 19 | Athens | 31 |
Guam | Mary Esteban | 22 | Dededo | 32 |
Guatemala | María del Rosario Pérez Aguilar | 25 | Guatemala City | 30 |
Holland | Gabrielle Stap | 21 | The Hague | 46 |
Honduras | Claudia Bendaña McCausland | 21 | Tegucigalpa | 30 |
Hong Kong | Elaine da Silva | 18 | Sai Kung | 31 |
Hungary | Kinga Czuczor | 20 | Budapest | 32 |
Iceland | Ásta Sigríður Einarsdóttir | 19 | Garðabær | 30 |
India | Naveeda Mehdi | 18 | Bombay | 35 |
Ireland | Siobhan McClafferty | 20 | Dublin | 43 |
Israel | Ariela Tessler | 18 | Tel Aviv | 30 |
Italy | Cristina Gavagnin | 19 | Trieste | 32 |
Jamaica | Erica Aquart | 20 | Kingston | 42 |
Japan | Tomoko Iwasaki | 20 | Shizuoka | 30 |
Kenya | Aisha Wawira Lieberg | 19 | Embu | 32 |
Korea | Ko Hyeon-jeong | 19 | Seoul | 35 |
Latvia | Velga Bražņevica | 23 | Riga | 38 |
Luxembourg | Bea Jarzyńska | 18 | Luxembourg City | 30 |
Macau | Alexandra Paula Costa Mendes | 19 | Macau | 30 |
Madagascar | Ellys Raza | 20 | Antananarivo | 30 |
Malta | Karen Demicoli | 18 | Żejtun | 30 |
Mauritius | Marie Desirée Audrey Pitchen | 23 | Beau Bassin | 30 |
Mexico | Luz María Mena Basso | 23 | Mérida | 39 |
Namibia | Ronel Liebenberg | 22 | Windhoek | 30 |
New Zealand | Adele Valerie Kenny | 17 | Murupara | 42 |
Nigeria | Sabina Ifeoma Umeh | 21 | Lagos | 30 |
Norway | Ingeborg Kolseth | 20 | Hundorp | 33 |
Panama | Madelaine Leignadier Dawson | 20 | Panama City | 30 |
Papua New Guinea | Nellie Ban | 23 | Port Moresby | 30 |
Paraguay | Alba María Cordero Rivals | 21 | Asunción | 31 |
Peru | Gisselle Martínez Cuadros | 21 | Lima | 39 |
Philippines | Antonette Elizalde Ballesteros | 23 | Manila | 30 |
Poland | Ewa Maria Szymczak | 23 | Warsaw | 41 |
Portugal | Filomena Paula Dias Miranda Marques | 22 | Lisbon | 31 |
Puerto Rico | Magdalena Pabón | 23 | San Juan | 35 |
Romania | Mihaela Raescu | 22 | Craiova | 35 |
Singapore | Karen Frances Ng | 17 | Singapore | 30 |
Spain | María del Carmen Carrasco García | 22 | Madrid | 32 |
Sri Lanka | Angela Mary Jane Gunasekera | 23 | Colombo | 30 |
Sweden | Daniela Jessica Maria Almen | 19 | Västerås | 33 |
Switzerland | Priscilla Leimgruber | 20 | Bulle | 30 |
Thailand | Panida Umsaard | 19 | Bangkok | 30 |
Trinidad and Tobago | Guenevere Helen Kelshall | 22 | Port of Spain | 34 |
Turkey | Jülide Ateş | 19 | Istanbul | 41 |
United Kingdom | Helen Upton | 19 | Birmingham | 38 |
United States | Gina Marie Tolleson | 21 | Charleston | 49 |
Uruguay | María Carolina Casalia Abelia | 19 | Montevideo | 32 |
U.S.S.R. | Lauma Zemzare | 19 | Moscow | 36 |
Venezuela | Sharon Raquel Luengo González | 19 | Maracaibo | 50 |
Yugoslavia | Ivona Brnelić | 18 | Rijeka | 31 |
Continental groups order
Africa, Asia & Oceana
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Americas, Caribbean Islands
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Europe
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Notes
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.
Returning countries
- 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.
Historical significance
- The preliminary swimsuit competition was held in Norway.
- Gina Tolleson (United States) married celebrity star Alan Thicke, later divorced. She had been 1st runner-up in the Miss USA 1990 pageant as Miss South Carolina USA. She co-hosted Miss World 1991 with Peter Marshall.
- 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 lived and worked in London 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 2nd runner-up to Miss World 1990.
- The Parade of Nations was arranged in alphabetical order, within each 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 (first time since its debut in 1964).
Crossovers
- Miss Universe
- 1989: Trinidad and Tobago
- 1990: Aruba, Belize, Egypt, France, Germany (Miss Amity), Nigeria, and Turkey (Top 10)
- 1991: Belgium, Cayman Islands, Curaçao (Top 10), Ghana, Ireland (Miss Photogenic), Namibia, and United Kingdom
- 1992: Kenya
- Miss International
- 1989: Paraguay
- 1990: Belgium (Top 15), Costa Rica, Luxembourg, and Poland (Top 15)
- 1991: Hungary and United Kingdom (Top 15)
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