Miss World 1989

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 was Aneta Kręglicka of Poland, who was the first Eastern European person to win the competition.[1][2] She was crowned by Miss World 1988, Linda Pétursdóttir of Iceland.

Miss World 1989
Miss World 1989 Titlecard
Date22 November 1989
PresentersPeter Marshall, Alexandra Bastedo, John Davidson
EntertainmentAswad
VenueHong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong
BroadcasterAsia Television
Entrants78
Placements10
Debuts
Withdrawals
Returns
WinnerAneta Kręglicka[1][2]
 Poland
CongenialityGloria Stella Quintana  Panama
PhotogenicAnna Gorbunova
 Soviet Union

Results
Countries and territories which sent delegates and results for Miss World 1989[1][2][3]

Placements
Final results Contestant
Miss World 1989
1st Runner-up
2nd Runner-up
  •  Colombia – Mónica María Isaza Mejía
3rd Runner-up
4th Runner-up
Top 10

Continental Queens of Beauty
Continental Group Contestant
Africa
Americas
Asia
Caribbean
Europe
  •  Poland – Aneta Beata Kreglicka
Oceania

Contestants
NationContestantHometownPreliminary Score
 American Virgin IslandsVania ThomasSt. Thomas22
 ArgentinaPatricia WeidenhoferLa Pampa19
 ArubaDelailah Odor-WeverOranjestad18
 AustraliaNatalie Tania McCurry †Sydney25
 AustriaMarion AmannVienna20
 BahamasCarolyn MoreeNassau18
 BelgiumGreet RamaekersLimbourg18
 BelizeMartha BadilloSan Pedro18
 BermudaCherie TannockWarwick18
 BoliviaMaría Victoria JulioTarija20
 CanadaLeanne CaputoMilton29
 Cayman IslandsMichelle GarciaGrand Cayman18
 ChileClaudia Bahamondes CelisSantiago18
 TaiwanWang Min-YeiTaipei18
 ColombiaMónica María Isaza MejíaMedellín27
 Costa RicaMaría Antonieta Sáenz VargasSan José18
 CuraçaoSupharmy SadjieWillemstad18
 CyprusIrma VoulgariLarnaca18
 CzechoslovakiaJana HronkovaKošice21
 DenmarkCharlotte PedersenHolstebro21
 Dominican RepublicIrma Guillermina Mauriz PimentelSan Felipe de Puerto Plata19
 EcuadorXimena Paulett Correa JarreMachala18
 El SalvadorAna Estela AguilarSan Salvador19
 FinlandÅsa Maria LovdahlHelsinki26
 FranceStephanie (Peggy) ZlotkowskiBordeaux19
 GermanyJasmine BellBerlin22
 GhanaAfua Amoah BonsuAccra18
 GibraltarAudrey GingellGibraltar18
 GreeceKaterina PetropoulouAthens18
 GuamCora Taitano YangerMangilao18
 GuatemalaRocío Lerma de la VegaGuatemala City19
 GuyanaLyla Shalimar Ryhaan MajeedGeorgetown18
 HollandLiesbeth CaspersNoordwijk25
 HondurasBelinda Bodden ÁlvarezSan Pedro Sula20
 Hong KongEwong Yung-HungHong Kong Island18
 HungaryMagdolna GerloczyBudapest22
 IcelandHugrún Linda GuðmundsdóttirReykjavík19
 IrelandBarbara Ann CurranDublin27
 IsraelRonit SitonJerusalem23
 ItalyPaola MercurioNaples24
 JamaicaNatasha Lee MarcanikKingston18
 JapanKaori MutoTokyo19
 KenyaGrace ChabariMombasa19
 KoreaKim Hye-riSeoul24
 LatviaIna MagoneLiepāja18
 LuxembourgChris ScottLuxembourg City23
MacauGuilhermina Madeira da Silva PedrucoMacau19
 MalaysiaVivien Chen Shee YeeKuching18
 MaltaMarika MicallefGħargħur18
 MauritiusJeanne-Françoise Nathalie ClementBeau Bassin20
 MexicoNelia María Ochoa ArteagaVeracruz22
 NamibiaEmarencia (Emsie) EsterhuizenWindhoek18
 New ZealandHelen RowneyAuckland18
 NigeriaBianca OnohEnugu18
 NorwayBente BrunlandOslo25
 PanamaGloria Stella QuintanaPanama City21
 Papua New GuineaJoycelin LeahyPort Moresby18
 ParaguayAlicia María Jaime VillamayorAsunción18
 PeruMaritza Zorrilla PrioriLima19
 PhilippinesEstrella Singson QuerubinManila20
 PolandAneta Beata Kreglicka[1][2]Gdańsk30
 PortugalMaria Angelica Mira RosadoLisbon20
 Puerto RicoTania CollazoOrocovis18
 St. Vincent & the GrenadinesAnna YoungKingstown20
 SingaporeJacqueline AngSingapore19
 SpainEva María Pedraza LópezCórdoba18
 Sri LankaSerena DanversColombo18
 SwedenLena BerglindGothenburg18
  SwitzerlandCatherine MesotWil19
 ThailandPrathumrat WoramaliBangkok29
 Trinidad & TobagoSamantha BhaganGoodwood Park19
 TurkeyBurcu Burkutİzmir19
 UgandaDoreen Lamon-OpiraKampala18
 United KingdomSuzanne YoungerCaerphilly26
 United StatesJill Renee ScheffertOklahoma City26
 Soviet UnionAnna Gorbunova[3]Zelenograd24
 VenezuelaFabiola Chiara Candosín Marchetti†Caracas20
 YugoslaviaAleksandra DobrašBanja Luka18

Judges

Notes

Debuts
  •  Hungary
  •  Latvia (Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic)
  •  Namibia
  •  Soviet Union

Returns
  • Last competed in 1969:
    •  Czechoslovakia
  • Last competed in 1985:
    •  Aruba
    •  Puerto Rico
  • Last competed in 1987:
    •  Panama
    •  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Replacements
  •  Soviet Union – Yulia Sukhanova - Due to parental refusal to sign any contract with the Miss USSR Organizers because of her age.[4]

Withdrawals
  •  Barbados
  •  British Virgin Islands
  •  Bulgaria
  •  Egypt
  •  Lithuania (Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic) - Liucija Gruzdytė
  •  St. Kitts & Nevis
  •  Swaziland
  •  Turks & Caicos
  •  Uruguay
  •  India – postpone its national pageant
  •  Lebanon – Due to a civil war
gollark: Like saying that lightning is caused by thunder gods and not ??? cloud things, for example.
gollark: I mean anthropomorphization as in assuming that physical phenomena are driven by some kind of humanish mind, not taking animals and making them vaguely human-shaped.
gollark: Religions also involve our tendency to anthropomorphize all things ever and overzealously pattern-match.
gollark: Religions rely on weird brain quirks which I think Ponzi schemes depend less heavily on.
gollark: But it's widely understood that a good way to understand something is to learn about the factors which led to it being the way it is.

References
  1. "European crowned Miss World '89". The Evening News. 24 November 1989. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
  2. "Miss Poland destroys wall, wins Miss World". Ocala Star-Banner. 24 November 1989. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
  3. Miklossy, K.; Ilic, M. (2014). Competition in Socialist Society. Routledge Studies in the History of Russia and Eastern Europe. Taylor & Francis. p. 165. ISBN 978-1-317-75275-2.
  4. The Very First Miss USSR

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