Miss Universe 1991

Miss Universe 1991
Date	May 17, 1991
Presenters	Dick Clark, Leeza Gibbons and Angela Visser
Venue	Aladdin Theatre for the Performing Arts, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Broadcaster	CBS
Entrants	73
Placements	10
Debuts	Bulgaria, Ghana, Romania, United Kingdom
Withdraws	Aruba, Australia, Austria, Denmark, Egypt, England, Gibraltar, Greenland, Honduras, Kenya, New Zealand, Portugal, Scotland, Switzerland, Wales
Returns	Belgium, Brazil, Cook Islands, Curaçao, Lebanon, Luxembourg, Namibia, Nicaragua, Panama, U.S. Virgin Islands, Yugoslavia
Winner	Lupita Jones  Mexico
Congeniality	Monique Lindesay  U.S. Virgin Islands
Best National Costume	Maribel Gutiérrez  Colombia
Photogenic	Siobhan McLafferty  Ireland

Countries and territories which sent delegates and results.

Miss Universe 1991 was held at the Aladdin Theatre for the Performing Arts on the Las Vegas Strip, USA on May 17, 1991.

Lupita Jones of Mexico was crowned as Miss Universe 1991. Seventy-three contestants competed in the 1991 Miss Universe Pageant.

The pageant was hosted by Dick Clark for the second consecutive year, and colour commentary was provided by Leeza Gibbons for the second time and Miss Universe 1989 Angela Visser for the first time.

Results

Placements

Result	Contestant
Miss Universe 1991	Mexico - Lupita Jones
1st runner-up	Netherlands - Paulien Huizinga
2nd runner-up	USSR - Yulia Lemigova
Top 6	Jamaica - Kimberley Mais  USA - Kelli McCarty  Venezuela - Jackeline Rodríguez
Top 10	Curaçao - Jacqueline Krijger  Paraguay - Vivian Benítez  France - Maréva Georges  Yugoslavia - Natasha Pavlovic

Semifinal scores

Delegate Swimsuit Interview Evening Gown Average  Mexico 9.450 (1) 9.608 (1) 9.758 (1) 9.605 (1)  Venezuela 9.412 (2) 9.533 (4) 9.650 (3) 9.532 (2)  USSR 9.225 (3) 9.550 (3) 9.717 (2) 9.497 (3)  Netherlands 9.073 (6) 9.592 (2) 9.600 (4) 9.422 (4)  Jamaica 9.213 (4) 9.418 (6) 9.542 (7) 9.391 (5)  USA 8.950 (8) 9.425 (5) 9.542 (7) 9.306 (6)  Curaçao 9.135 (5) 9.190 (8) 9.550 (6) 9.292 (7)  Paraguay 8.897 (7) 9.350 (7) 9.350 (10) 9.229 (8)  France 8.867 (10) 9.067 (10) 9.590 (5) 9.175 (9)  Yugoslavia 8.875 (9) 9.167 (9) 9.442 (9) 9.161 (10)

Winner      First Runner-up      Second Runner-up      Top 6 Finalist      Top 10 Semifinalist (#) Rank in each round of competition

Special awards

Award	Contestant
Best National Costume	Colombia - Maribel Gutiérrez  Paraguay - Vivian Benítez  Dominican Republic - Melissa Vargas
Miss Congeniality	U.S. Virgin Islands - Monique Lindesay
Miss Photogenic	Ireland - Siobhan McClafferty

Judges

• José Luis Rodríguez "El Puma" – Venezuelan singer and actor.
• Janet Hubert – American film and television actress.
• Kuh Ledesma – Filipina pop and jazz singer.
• Jorge Rivero – Actor.
• Barbara Lauren – Casting director.
• Cristophe – Beverly Hills-based hairstylist from Belgium.
• Dustin Nguyen – Vietnamese American actor, director, writer and martial artist.
• Nadia Comăneci – First gymnast ever to be awarded a perfect score of 10 in an Olympic gymnastic event.

Contestants

Argentina - Verónica Honnorat  Bahamas - Farrah Fiona Saunders  Belgium - Katia Alens  Belize - Josephine Gault  Bermuda - Andrea Sullivan  Bolivia - María Selva Landívar  Brazil - Patricia Franco de Godoi  British Virgin Islands - Anne Lennard  Bulgaria - Christy Drumeva  Canada - Leslie McLaren  Cayman Islands - Bethea Michelle Christian  Chile - Cecilia del Rosario Alfaro  Colombia - Maribel Gutiérrez  Cook Islands - Raema Chitty  Costa Rica - Viviana Múñoz  Curaçao - Jacqueline Krijger  Czechoslovakia - Renata Gorecka  Dominican Republic - Melissa Vargas  Ecuador - Diana Neira  El Salvador - Rebecca Dávila  Finland - Tanja Vienonen  France - Maréva Georges  Germany - Katrin Richter  Ghana - Dela Tamakole  Greece - Marina Popou  Guam - Jevon Pellacani  Guatemala - Lorena Palacios  Hong Kong - Anita Yuen  Iceland - Dis Sigurgeirsdóttir  India - Christabelle Howie  Ireland - Siobhan McLafferty  Israel - Miri Goldfarb  Italy - Maria Biscotti  Jamaica - Kimberley Mais  Japan - Atsuko Yamamoto  Korea - Seo Jung-min  Lebanon - Fidaa Chehayeb

Luxembourg - Annette Feydt  Malaysia - Elaine Chew  Malta - Michelle Zarb  Mauritius - Dhandevy Jeetun  Mexico - Lupita Jones  Namibia - Ronel Liebenberg  Netherlands - Paulien Huizinga  Nicaragua - Ana Sofía Pereira  Nigeria - Tonia Okogbenin  Northern Marianas - Sharon Rosario  Norway - Lene Maria Pedersen  Panama - Liz Michelle de León  Paraguay - Vivian Benítez  Peru - Eliana Martínez  Philippines - Maria Lourdes Gonzalez  Poland - Joanna Michalska  Puerto Rico - Lizzette Bouret  Republic of China - Lin Shu-Chuan  Romania - Daniella Nane  Singapore - Eileen Yeow  Spain - Esther Arroyo  Sri Lanka - Diloka Seneviratne  St. Vincent & the Grenadines - Samantha Robertson  Suriname - Simone Vos  Sweden - Susanna Gustafsson  Thailand - Jiraprapa Sawettanan  Trinidad & Tobago - Josie Anne Richards  Turkey - Pinar Ozdemir  Turks & Caicos - Kathy Hawkins  United Kingdom - Helen Upton  Uruguay - Adriana Comas  USA - Kelli McCarty  USSR - Yulia Lemigova  U.S. Virgin Islands - Monique Lindesay  Venezuela - Jackeline Rodríguez  Yugoslavia - Natasha Pavlovic

Replaced delegates

•  Philippines
  • Anjanette Abayari (Not a Philippine citizen)
  • Maria Lourdes Gonzalez (Took her place)

Withdrawing delegates

•  Gibraltar - Sarah Yeats
•  Kenya - Aisha Wawira Lieberg
•  Portugal - Carla Caldeira
•  Switzerland - Priscilla Leimgruber

Preliminary scores

Delegate Swimsuit Interview Evening Gown Average Mexico 8.83 9.15 9.04 9.006 Jamaica 8.98 9.13 8.85 8.986 USSR 8.53 9.17 8.89 8.864 USA 8.67 9.02 8.82 8.834 Yugoslavia 8.75 8.90 8.68 8.774 Curaçao 8.90 8.55 8.81 8.753 Paraguay 8.42 8.95 8.79 8.719 Venezuela 8.73 8.68 8.74 8.719 France 8.90 8.49 8.73 8.706 Netherlands 8.48 8.82 8.78 8.694 United Kingdom 8.60 8.68 8.78 8.687 Brazil 8.37 9.17 8.52 8.687 Norway 8.54 8.63 8.67 8.613 Uruguay 8.53 8.88 8.38 8.597 Chile 7.92 8.85 8.96 8.577 Finland 8.28 9.07 8.38 8.577 Spain 8.53 8.52 8.64 8.563 Germany 8.48 8.86 8.24 8.527 Ireland 8.08 8.88 8.44 8.467 Singapore 8.57 8.17 8.60 8.447 Nicaragua 8.12 8.75 8.37 8.413 Sweden 8.30 8.52 8.37 8.397 Trinidad & Tobago 7.92 8.90 8.34 8.387 Colombia 8.10 8.56 8.48 8.380 Romania 8.03 8.89 8.21 8.377 Guatemala 8.02 8.85 8.19 8.353 Israel 8.16 8.46 8.40 8.340 Belgium 7.83 8.84 8.29 8.320 Panama 7.78 8.81 8.34 8.310 Korea 8.12 8.78 8.01 8.303 Philippines 7.96 8.61 8.33 8.300 Argentina 7.97 8.93 8.00 8.300 Puerto Rico 7.91 8.62 8.32 8.283 Costa Rica 7.77 8.90 8.09 8.253 Bermuda 7.72 8.89 8.10 8.237 Italy 8.13 8.67 7.83 8.210 Dominican Republic 7.94 8.33 8.34 8.203 Bulgaria 8.00 8.51 8.06 8.190 Bahamas 7.63 8.90 8.02 8.183 Iceland 7.95 8.49 8.07 8.170 Turkey 7.81 8.55 8.13 8.163 Canada 7.63 8.63 8.20 8.153 Peru 7.53 9.00 7.90 8.143 Republic of China 7.87 8.08 8.45 8.133 El Salvador 8.05 8.40 7.95 8.133 Cayman Islands 7.92 8.48 7.97 8.123 Nigeria 7.87 8.42 8.04 8.110 India 7.60 8.60 8.11 8.103 Poland 8.21 7.92 8.12 8.083 Ecuador 7.97 8.28 7.97 8.073 U.S. Virgin Islands 7.69 8.70 7.77 8.053 Guam 7.65 8.53 7.97 8.050 Lebanon 7.58 8.81 7.75 8.047 Greece 7.68 8.30 8.05 8.010 Czechoslovakia 8.00 8.24 7.70 7.980 Thailand 7.93 8.14 7.83 7.967 Bolivia 7.28 8.86 7.63 7.923 Ghana 7.67 8.32 7.72 7.903 Namibia 7.42 8.80 7.48 7.900 Hong Kong 7.45 8.02 8.18 7.883 Japan 7.73 8.13 7.75 7.870 Suriname 7.57 8.16 7.81 7.847 Sri Lanka 7.37 8.27 7.82 7.820 Belize 7.30 8.30 7.76 7.787 Malaysia 7.27 8.12 7.97 7.787 Luxembourg 7.80 7.75 7.78 7.777 British Virgin Islands 7.27 8.41 7.50 7.727 Northern Marianas 7.32 7.98 7.80 7.700 Cook Islands 7.37 8.23 7.43 7.677 St. Vincent & the Grenadines 7.33 7.90 7.62 7.617 Turks & Caicos 7.10 8.00 7.70 7.600 Mauritius 7.17 8.20 7.42 7.597 Malta 7.31 7.79 7.63 7.577

Winner      First Runner-up      Second Runner-up      Top 6 Finalist      Top 10 Semifinalist

International Broadcasting

These are some of the networks outside the United States (telecasted on CBS at the time) that showed the 1991 Miss Universe pageant live (or recorded earlier) in their respective countries and territories:

Australia: Seven Network  Austria: TW1  Argentina: América 2  Bahamas: ZNS-TV  Bermuda: ZBM-TV  Belgium: Star!  Bolivia: Unitel  Bulgaria: BNT 1  Canada: CBC Television  Colombia: Caracol TV  Costa Rica: Teletica  Cyprus: Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation  Denmark: Star! Scandinavia and Showtime Scandinavia  Dominican Republic: Color Vision  Ecuador: Gama TV (Spanish)  Egypt: MBC3  El Salvador: TCS  Finland: MTV3  France: Paris Première  Germany: Das Vierte (German)  Greece: ET1  Honduras: Canal 11  Hong Kong: TVB Pearl  Hungary: m1  Iceland: Star! Scandinavia and Showtime Scandinavia  India: DD National  Ireland: RTE One  Israel: Arutz 2

Italy: Rai Uno  Jamaica: Ination TV  Japan: ABC  South Korea: KBS1  Lebanon: LBC and MBC3  Malaysia: TV1  Republic of Malta: TVM  Mexico: Televisa  Netherlands: Star!  Nicaragua: Televicentro  Norway: TV2  Panama: Telemetro  Peru: ATV  Philippines: GMA Network  Poland: TVP1  Portugal: RTP1  Puerto Rico: WAPA-TV  Romania: TVR1  Singapore: Singapore Broadcasting Corporation  Spain: TVE1  Sweden: Star! Scandinavia and Showtime Scandinavia  Switzerland: SF 1  Taiwan R.O.C.: CTS  Thailand: Channel 7 BBTV  Turkey: NTV  United Kingdom: BBC One  United States: CBS  Venezuela: Venevisión

Trivia

• Previous to the calling of the Top 10, Angela Visser, Miss Universe 1989, was asked by Leeza Gibbons who she thought might enter the Top 10, she named Miss Curaçao, Miss USSR, Miss Ireland and Miss Netherlands (missing just one, Miss Ireland). Then later, after the Top 6 was chosen, Leeza asked Angela who she believes "was doing good in fast feet" in the competition, and Angela -in a very prophetic way- said Miss Mexico, Miss USSR and Miss Netherlands. Then, after the Top 6 question, Leeza asked Angela about who she thought the TOP 3 would be and Angela -having a hard time thinking on the answer- said Miss USSR, Miss Mexico and Miss Netherlands; when the Top 3 was called Leeza said "You were right again!" to a stunned Angela that was only able to sttuter "Yes, I, I... Well, yes!", not believing herself for the prediction.

External links

• Miss Universe official website