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Miss World 1991
Miss World 1991 Titlecard
Date28 December 1991
PresentersPeter Marshall, Gina Tolleson
EntertainmentIndecent Obsession
VenueGeorgia World Congress Center, Atlanta, Georgia, USA United States
Entrants79
Placements10
DebutsGreenland
WithdrawalsBarbados, Canada, Cook Islands, Hong Kong, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Sri Lanka, U.S.S.R.
ReturnsAntigua, Taiwan, Ecuador, Lebanon, Malaysia, South Africa, Swaziland
WinnerNinibeth Leal
 Venezuela

Miss World 1991, the 41st edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 28 December 1991 at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. The winner was Ninibeth Beatriz Leal Jiménez representing Venezuela. She was crowned by Miss World 1990, Gina Tolleson of the United States.

Results

Countries and territories which sent delegates and results

Placements

Final results Contestant
Miss World 1991
1st runner-up
2nd runner-up
3rd runner-up[1]
4th runner-up
Semi-finalists

Continental Queens of Beauty

Continent Contestant
Africa
Americas
Asia & Oceania
Caribbean
Europe

Special awards

No special awards were given this year.

Order of announcements

Top 10
Top 5
1. Venezuela
2. Namibia
3. South Africa
4. Australia
5. Jamaica

Contestants

Nation Contestant Hometown Preliminary Score
 American Virgin Islands Cheryl Leiba Milligan St. Croix 34
 Antigua and Barbuda Joanne Bird St. John's 33
 Argentina Marcela Noemi Chazarreta Buenos Aires 34
 Aruba Sandra Croes Santa Cruz 32
 Australia Leanne Buckle Brisbane 48
 Austria Andrea Isabelle Pfeiffer Graz 32
 Bahamas Tarnia Paula Newton Stuart New Providence 32
 Belgium Anke van Dermeersch Antwerp 41
 Belize Josephine (Josie) Gault Belize City 32
 Bolivia Monica Gamarra Giese Cochabamba 33
 Brazil Catia Silene Kupssinski São Paulo 38
 British Virgin Islands Marjorie Penn Tortola 33
 Bulgaria Liubomira Slavcheva Sofia 33
 Cayman Islands Yvette Peggy Jordison Grand Cayman 34
 Chile Carolina Beatriz Michelson Martinez Santiago 37
 Chinese Taipei Rebecca Lin Lan-Chih Taipei 33
 Colombia Adriana Rodriguez Anzola Bogota 40
 Costa Rica Eugenie Jimenez Pacheco San Francisco de Heredia 32
 Curaçao Nashaira Desbarida Willemstad 38
 Cyprus Anna Margaret Stephanou Nicosia 34
 Czechoslovakia Andrea Tatarkova Košice 32
 Denmark Sharon Givskav Copenhagen 33
 Dominican Republic Rosanna Rodriguez de la Vega Concepción de La Vega 33
 Ecuador Sueanny Denise Bejarano Lopez Guayaquil 32
 El Salvador Lucia Beatriz Lopez Rodriguez San Salvador 32
 Finland Nina Autio Tampere 35
 France Mareva Georges Tahiti 46
 Germany Susanne Petry Saarbrücken 40
 Ghana Jamilla Haruna Danzuru Accra 32
 Gibraltar Ornella Costa Gibraltar 37
 Greece Miriam Panagos Athens 38
 Greenland Bibiane Holm Nuuk 33
 Guam Yvonne Marie Limtiaco Speight Asan 32
 Guatemala Marlyn Lorena Magaña Ramirez Guatemala City 32
 Holland Linda Egging Spanbroek 39
 Honduras Arlene Rocio Rauscher Duarte Tegucigalpa 32
 Hungary Orsolya Anna Michina Budapest 32
 Iceland Svava Haraldsdóttir Reykjavík 37
 India Ritu Singh New Delhi 44
 Ireland Amanda Brunker Dublin 34
 Israel Li'at Ditkovsky Herzliya 32
 Italy Sabina Pellati Reggio Emilia 39
 Jamaica Sandra Foster Kingston 49
 Japan Junko Tsuda Tokyo 33
 Kenya N'kirote Karimi M'mbijjiwe Nairobi 34
 Korea Kim Tae-hwa Pusan 32
 Latvia Inese Šlesere Riga 33
 Lebanon Diana Begdache Beirut 32
 Macau Cristina Guilherme Lam Macau 32
 Malaysia Samantha Schubert Kuala Lumpur 38
 Malta Romina Genuis Gzira 32
 Mauritius Marie Geraldine Deville Central Flacq 32
 Mexico Maria Cristina Urrutia de la Vega Mexico City 32
 Namibia Michelle McLean Windhoek 51
 New Zealand Lisa Maree de Montalk Taupo 41
 Nigeria Adenike Oshinowo Lagos 37
 Norway Anne-Britt Røvik Kolbotn 33
 Panama Malena Estela Betancourt Guillen Panama City 35
 Paraguay Vivian Rosanna Benitez Brizuela Asuncion 36
 Philippines Gemith Gonzalo Gemparo Manila 38
 Poland Karina Wojciechowska Katowice 33
 Portugal Maria do Carmo Ramalho Lisbon 34
 Puerto Rico Johanna Berenice Irizarry Lajas 34
 Romania Gabriela Dragomirescu Bucharest 32
 Singapore Jasheen Jayakody Singapore 35
 South Africa Diana Tilden-Davis Johannesburg 51
 Spain Candelaria (Catia) Moreno Navarro Tenerife 38
 Swaziland Jackie Emelda Bennett Manzini 32
 Sweden Cathrin Olsson Kungsbacka 34
  Switzerland Sandra Aegerter Aigle 38
 Thailand Rewaedee Malaisee Bangkok 33
 Trinidad and Tobago Sastee Bachan Port of Spain 35
 Turkey Dilek Aslihan Koruyan Istanbul 47
 United Kingdom Joanne Elizabeth Lewis Nottingham 40
 United States Charlotte Ray Camden 42
 Uruguay Andrea Regina Gorrochategui Granja Montevideo 35
 Venezuela Ninibeth Beatriz Leal Jiménez Maracaibo 58
 Yugoslavia Slavica Tripunović Vukovar 33

Notes

Debuts

  • Greenland competed in Miss World for the first time.

Returning countries

  • South Africa last competed in 1977 after the Miss World Organization 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 14 days before the pageant due to illness.
  • Cook Islands and Papua New Guinea no longer to sent their respective delegates to Miss World, with their last representatives competing in 1990.
  • Luxembourg did not send delegates to Miss World after 1990 until it returned in 2009.
  • Peru did not compete because of problems with their franchise and lack of sponsorship.
  • Hong Kong renewed its franchise, however it happened three months after Miss World.
  • Sri Lanka did not compete because of a scheduling conflict.
  • U.S.S.R. did not compete because of its dissolution, a result of dividing into 15 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 and 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, was born to Sri Lankan parents, and 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 actress 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 semi-finals, were not in the semi-finals 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
  • 1989: El Salvador and Jamaica (semi-finalist)
  • 1991: Belize, France (semi-finalist), and Paraguay (semi-finalist)
  • 1992: Belgium (finalist), Cayman Islands, Iceland, Namibia (Winner), New Zealand (semi-finalist), and Switzerland
  • 1993: Ghana (Miss Amity)
Miss International
  • 1991: Costa Rica
  • 1992: United Kingdom
  • 1992: Ghana (represented as Nigeria)

References

  1. ^ http://www.missworld.com/History/1991
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