Miss World 1991

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, United States. The winner was Ninibeth Leal representing Venezuela. She was crowned by Gina Tolleson of the United States. 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, United States. Preliminary swimsuits in Miss World 1991 were held in South Africa.[2] It was the first time the Miss World pageant was held in the United States.

Miss World 1991
Miss World 1991 Titlecard
Date28 December 1991
Presenters
EntertainmentIndecent Obsession
VenueGeorgia World Congress Center, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
BroadcasterE!
Entrants79
Placements10
Debuts
Withdrawals
Returns
WinnerNinibeth Leal
 Venezuela[1]

Results
Countries and territories which sent delegates and results for Miss World 1991[1][2]

Placements
Final results Contestant
Miss World 1991
1st Runner-up
2nd Runner-up
Top 5
Top 10

Continental Queens of Beauty
Continental Group Contestant
Africa
Americas
Asia & Oceania
Caribbean
Europe

Contestants
NationContestantHometownPreliminary Score
 American Virgin IslandsCheryl Leiba MilliganSt. Croix34
 AntiguaJoanne BirdSt. John's33
 ArgentinaMarcela Noemí ChazarretaBuenos Aires34
 ArubaSandra CroesSanta Cruz32
 AustraliaLeanne BuckleBrisbane48
 AustriaAndrea Isabelle PfeifferGraz32
 BahamasTarnia Paula Newton StuartNew Providence32
 BelgiumAnke van DermeerschAntwerp41
 BelizeJosephine (Josie) GaultBelize City32
 BoliviaMónica Gamarra GieseCochabamba33
 BrazilCátia Silene KupssinskiSão Paulo38
 British Virgin IslandsMarjorie PennTortola33
 BulgariaLiubomira SlavchevaSofia33
 Cayman IslandsYvette Peggy JordisonGrand Cayman34
 ChileCarolina Beatriz Michelson MartínezSantiago37
 Chinese TaipeiRebecca Lin Lan-ChihTaipei33
 ColombiaAdriana Rodríguez AnzolaBogota40
 Costa RicaEugenie Jiménez PachecoSan Francisco de Heredia32
 CuraçaoNashaira DesbaridaWillemstad38
 CyprusAnna Margaret StephanouNicosia34
 CzechoslovakiaAndrea TatarkovaKošice32
 DenmarkSharon GivskavCopenhagen33
 Dominican RepublicRosanna RodríguezConcepción de La Vega33
 EcuadorSueanny Denise Bejarano LópezGuayaquil32
 El SalvadorLucía Beatriz López RodríguezSan Salvador32
 FinlandNina AutioTampere35
 FranceMareva GeorgesPunaauia46
 GermanySusanne PetrySaarbrücken40
 GhanaJamilla Haruna DanzuruAccra32
 GibraltarOrnella CostaGibraltar37
 GreeceMiriam PanagosAthens38
 GreenlandBibiane HolmNuuk33
 GuamYvonne Marie Limtiaco SpeightAsan32
 GuatemalaMarlyn Lorena Magaña RamírezGuatemala City32
 HollandLinda EggingSpanbroek39
 HondurasArlene Rocío Rauscher DuarteTegucigalpa32
 HungaryOrsolya Anna MichinaBudapest32
 IcelandSvava HaraldsdóttirReykjavík37
 IndiaRitu SinghNew Delhi44
 IrelandAmanda BrunkerDublin34
 IsraelLi'at DitkovskyHerzliya32
 ItalySabina PellatiReggio Emilia39
 JamaicaSandra FosterKingston49
 JapanJunko TsudaTokyo33
 KenyaN'kirote Karimi M'mbijjiweNairobi34
 KoreaKim Tae-hwaBusan32
 LatviaInese ŠlesereRiga33
 LebanonDiana BegdacheBeirut32
Macau Cristina Guilherme LamMacau32
 MalaysiaSamantha Schubert†Kuala Lumpur38
 MaltaRomina GenuisGzira32
 MauritiusMarie Geraldine DevilleCentral Flacq32
 MexicoMaría Cristina Urrutia de la VegaMexico City32
 NamibiaMichelle McLeanWindhoek51
 New ZealandLisa Maree de MontalkTaupo41
 NigeriaAdenike OshinowoLagos37
 NorwayAnne-Britt RøvikKolbotn33
 PanamaMalena Estela Betancourt GuillénPanama City35
 ParaguayVivian Rosanna Benítez BrizuelaAsuncion36
 PhilippinesGemith Gonzalo GemparoManila38
 PolandKarina WojciechowskaKatowice33
 PortugalMaria do Carmo RamalhoLisbon34
 Puerto RicoJohanna Berenice IrizarryLajas34
 RomaniaGabriela DragomirescuBucharest32
 SingaporeJasheen JayakodySingapore35
 South AfricaDiana Tilden-DavisJohannesburg51
 SpainCandelaria (Catia) Moreno NavarroTenerife38
 SwazilandJackie Emelda BennettManzini32
 SwedenCathrin OlssonKungsbacka34
  SwitzerlandSandra AegerterAigle38
 ThailandRewaedee MalaiseeBangkok33
 Trinidad and TobagoSastee BachanPort of Spain35
 TurkeyDilek Aslihan KoruyanIstanbul47
 United KingdomJoanne Elizabeth LewisNottingham40
 United StatesCharlotte RayCamden42
 UruguayAndrea Regina Gorrochategui GranjaMontevideo35
 VenezuelaNinibeth Beatriz Leal Jiménez[1]Maracaibo58
 YugoslaviaSlavica TripunovićVukovar33

Notes

Debuts
  •  Greenland

Returns

Last competed in 1977:

  •  South Africa – returned after the Miss World Organization decided to lift a 14-year apartheid rule, allowing its contestants to compete.
  • Last competed in 1986:
    •  Antigua
  • Last competed in 1988:
    •  Lebanon
    •  Swaziland
  • Last competed in 1989:
    •  China Taipei
    •  Ecuador
    •  Malaysia

Withdrawals
  •  Canada
  •  Cook Islands
  •  Cote d'Ivoire - Muriel Edoukou[3] - Due lack of Sponsorship.
  •  Guyana - Tracy Ann D'Abreu - Due the controversy over her victory and citizenship, she was declared inelegible to compete at Miss World 1991.[4][5]
  •  Hong Kong - Renewed its franchise, however it happened three months after Miss World.
  •  Luxembourg - Did not send delegates to Miss World after 1990 until it returned in 2009.
  •  Papua New Guinea
  •  Peru – Due to problems with their franchise and lack of sponsorship
  •  Sri Lanka – Due to scheduling conflict
  •  Soviet Union - The winner of Miss USSR 1991, Ilmira Shamsutdinova was invited to compete in Miss World 1991, however she rejected the invitation because was too underage for the contest.[6] No runners-up from Miss USSR 1991 pageant were sent for Miss World 1991.[7] The USSR ceased to exist only two days before the Miss World pageant.

Replacements
  •  Hungary – Antonia Balint - She was Dethroned of her Miss Hungary 1991 crown after Hungarian newspapers printed photographs that she had previously appeared in the men's magazine Lui and other publications against Miss World rules.[8] Her 1st -runner up, Timea Raba couldn't replace her due the same reason.[9]
  •  Taiwan – Lu Shu-Fang[10]
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References
  1. "Sarasota Herald-Tribune". Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  2. "New Straits Times". Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  3. http://www.elanecdotario.com/2005/feb05/10/feb10ai.html
  4. https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2492&dat=19911116&id=DKZjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2iYMAAAAIBAJ&pg=578,927571&hl=en
  5. https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2492&dat=19911011&id=FqZjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2iYMAAAAIBAJ&pg=996,1145672&hl=en
  6. российские красавицы 90-х: ИЛЬМИРА ШАМСУТДИНОВА
  7. МИСС СССР 1991
  8. http://www.blikk.hu/sztarvilag/sztarsztorik/hat-evig-harcolt-a-koronajaert-balint-antonia/gdwbd0p
  9. http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/miss-hungary-is-re-crowned-after-six-year-battle.aspx?pageID=438&n=miss-hungary-is-re-crowned-after-six-year-battle-1997-07-25
  10. articles.chicagotribune.com/1992-08-05/news/9203100545_1_miss-world-beauty-pageant-miss-venezuela-outer-beauty
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