Miss Universe 1989
| Miss Universe 1989 | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Date | 23 May 1989 |
| Presenters | John Forsythe, Emma Samms, Karen Baldwin |
| Venue | Fiesta Americana Condesa Hotel, Cancún, Mexico |
| Broadcaster | CBS, Televisa |
| Entrants | 76 |
| Placements | 10 |
| Debuts | St. Vincent & Grenadines |
| Withdrawals | Lebanon |
| Returns | |
| Winner | Angela Visser  Holland |
| Congeniality | Sharon Simons  Turks & Caicos |
| Best National Costume | Flavia Cavalcanti  Brazil |
| Photogenic | Karen Wenden  Australia |
Miss Universe 1989, the 38th Miss Universe pageant, was held on 23 May 1989 at the Fiesta Americana Condesa Hotel in Cancún, Mexico. Angela Visser of Holland crowned by Porntip Nakhirunkanok of Thailand. Seventy-six contestants competed in this year.
Results
Placements
| Final results | Contestant |
|---|---|
| Miss Universe 1989 | |
| 1st runner-up | |
| 2nd runner-up | |
| 3rd runner-up |
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| 4th runner-up | |
| Semi-finalists |
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Semifinalists' scores
| Contestant | Interview | Swimsuit | Evening Gown |
|---|---|---|---|
 Germany – Andrea Stelzer
|
8.461 | 8.737 | 9.010 |
 Chile – Macarena Mina
|
8.033 | 8.505 | 8.755 |
 Jamaica – Sandra Foster
|
8.111 | 8.788 | 8.933 |
 Venezuela – Eva Lisa Ljung
|
8.204 | 8.727 | 9.096 |
| Holland – Angela Visser
|
9.583 | 9.725 | 9.824 |
 United States – Gretchen Polhemus
|
8.511 | 8.894 | 8.927 |
 Sweden – Louise Drevenstam
|
9.261 | 9.233 | 9.376 |
 Poland – Joanna Gapińska
|
8.472 | 9.105 | 9.027 |
 Finland – Åsa Lövdahl
|
8.533 | 8.661 | 8.755 |
 Mexico – Adriana Abascal
|
8.650 | 8.883 | 9.026 |
- The contestant succeeded to the final Top 5
- Top 3 highest scores on the said competition
Contestants
Argentina – Luisa Norbis
Aruba – Karina Felix
Australia – Karen Wenden
Austria – Bettina Berghold
Bahamas – Tasha Ramirez
Belgium – Anne de Baetzelier
Belize – Andrea Sherman McKoy
Bermuda – Cornelia Furbert
Bolivia – Raquel Cors Ulloa
Brazil – Flavia Cavalcanti Rebello
British Virgin Islands – Viola Joseph
Canada – Juliette Powell
Cayman Islands – Carol Ann Balls
Chile – María Macarena Mina Garachena
Colombia – María Teresa Egurrola Hinojosa
Costa Rica – Luana Freer Bustamante
Curaçao – Anna Mosteiro
Denmark – Louise Mejlhede
Dominican Republic – Anny Canaán Camido
Ecuador – María Eugenia Molina
Egypt – Sally Attah
El Salvador – Beatriz López Rodríguez
England – Raquel Marie Jory
Finland – Åsa Maria Lövdahl
France – Pascale Meotti
Germany – Andrea Stelzer
Gibraltar – Tatiana Desoisa
Greece – Kristiana Latani
Greenland – Naja-Rie Sorensen
Guam – Janice Santos
Guatemala – Helka Cuevas
Haiti – Glaphyra Jean-Louis
Holland - Angela Visser
Honduras – Frances Siryl Milla
Hong Kong – Cynthia Yuk Lui Cheung
Iceland – Guðbjörg Gissurardóttir
India – Dolly Minhas
Ireland – Collette Jackson
Israel – Nicole Halperin
Italy – Christiana Bertasi
Jamaica – Sandra Foster
Japan – Eri Tashiro
Korea – Kim Sung-ryung
Luxembourg – Chris Scott
Malaysia – Carmen Cheah Swee
Malta – Sylvana Sammut Pandolfino
Mauritius – Jacky Randabel
Mexico – Adriana Abascal
New Zealand – Shelley Soffe
Nigeria – Bianca Onoh
Northern Mariana Islands – Soreen Villanueva
Norway – Lene Ornhoft
Paraguay – Ana Victoria Schaerer
Peru – Mariana Sovero
Philippines – Sarah Jane Davis Paez
Poland – Joanna Gapińska
Portugal – Anna Francisco Sobrinho
Puerto Rico – Catalina Villar
Republic of China – Chen Yen Ping
Scotland – Victoria Susannah Lace
Singapore – Pauline Chong
Spain – Eva Pedraza
Sri Lanka – Veronica Ruston
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines – Camille Samuels
Suriname – Consuela Cruden
Sweden – Louise Drevenstam
Switzerland – Karina Berger
Thailand – Yonlada Ronghanam
Trinidad and Tobago – Guenevere Helen Keishall
Turkey – Jasmine Baradan
Turks and Caicos Islands – Sharon Simons
Uruguay – Carolina Pies Riet
United States – Gretchen Polhemus
United States Virgin Islands – Nathalie Lynch
Venezuela – Eva Lisa Larsdotter Ljung
Wales – Andrea Caroline Jones
