Miss World 1989

Miss World 1989
Miss World 1989 Titlecard
Date	22 November 1989
Presenters	Peter Marshall, Alexandra Bastedo, and John Davidson
Entertainment	Aswad
Venue	Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong
Broadcaster	ATV (HK)
Entrants	78
Debuts	Hungary, Latvia, Namibia, and U.S.S.R.
Withdraws	Barbados, British Virgin Islands, Bulgaria, Cook Islands, Egypt, India, Isle of Man, Lebanon, Liberia, St. Kitts, Swaziland, Turks & Caicos, and Uruguay
Returns	Aruba, Czechoslovakia, Panama, and Puerto Rico
Winner	Aneta Beata Kreglicka  Poland

Countries and territories which sent delegates and results.

The 39th Miss World marked the very first staging of the Miss World pageant in a foreign location. The pageant was held at the Hong Kong Convention & 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.

Results

Final results	Contestant
Miss World 1989	Poland - Aneta Beata Kreglicka
1st runner-up	Canada - Leanne Caputo
2nd runner-up	Colombia - Monica Maria Isaza Mejia
3rd runner-up	Thailand - Prathumrat Woramali
4th runner-up	United States - Jill Renee Scheffert
Semi-finalists	American Virgin Islands - Vania Thomas  Australia - Natalie Tania McCurry  Ireland - Barbara Ann Curran  Mauritius - Jeanne Françoise Nathalie Clement United Kingdom - Suzanne Younger

Special awards

• Personality: Greet Ramaekers - Belgium
• Photogenic: Anna Gorbunova - U.S.S.R

Continental Queens

• Africa: Jeanne-Françoise Clement - Mauritius
• Americas: Leanne Caputo - Canada
• Asia: Prathumrat Woramali - Thailand
• Caribbean: Vania Thomas - American Virgin Islands
• Europe: Aneta Beata Kreglicka - Poland
• Oceania: Natalie Tania McCurry - Australia

Order of announcements

Top 10

• 1. Mauritius
• 2. Canada
• 3. United States
• 4. Poland
• 5. American Virgin Islands
• 6. United Kingdom
• 7. Colombia
• 8. Thailand
• 9. Australia
• 10. Ireland

78 contestants

Nation	Contestant	Hometown
American Virgin Islands	Vanessa Thomas	St. Thomas
Argentina	Patricia Weidenhofer	La Pampa
Aruba	Delailah Odor-Wever	Oranjestad
Australia	Natalie Tania McCurry	Sydney
Austria	Marion Amann	Vienna
Bahamas	Carolyn Moree	Nassau
Belgium	Greet Ramaekers	Limbourg
Belize	Martha Badillo	San Pedro
Bermuda	Cherie Tannock	Warwick
Bolivia	Maria Victoria Julio	Tarija
Canada	Leanne Caputo	Milton
Cayman Islands	Michelle Garcia	Grand Cayman
Chile	Claudia Celis Bahamondes	Santiago
China, Republic of	Wang Min-Yei	Taipei
Colombia	Monica Maria Isaza Mejia	Medellín
Costa Rica	Maria Antonieta Saenz Vargas	San José
Curaçao	Supharmy Sadjie	Willemstad
Cyprus	Irma Voulgari	Larnaca
Czechoslovakia	Jana Hronkova	Košice
Denmark	Charlotte Pedersen	Holstebro
Dominican Republic	Irma Guillermina Mauriz Pimentel	San Felipe de Puerto Plata
Ecuador	Ximena Paulett Correa Jarre	Machala
El Salvador	Ana Estela Aguilar	San Salvador
Finland	Åsa Maria Lovdahl	Helsinki
France	Stephanie (Peggy) Zlotkowski	Bordeaux
Germany	Jasmine Bell	Berlin
Ghana	Afua Amoah Bonsu	Accra
Gibraltar	Audrey Gingell	Gibraltar
Greece	Katerina Petropoulou	Athens
Guam	Cora Taitano Yanger	Mangilao
Guatemala	Rocio Lerma de la Vega	Guatemala City
Guyana	Lyla Shalimar Ryhaan Majeed	Georgetown
Holland	Liesbeth Caspers	Noordwijk
Honduras	Belinda Bodden Alvarez	San Pedro Sula
Hong Kong	Ewong Yung-Hung	Hong Kong
Hungary	Magdolna Gerloczy	Budapest
Iceland	Hugrun Linda Gudmundsdóttir	Reykjavík
Ireland	Barbara Ann Curran	Dublin
Israel	Ronit Siton	Jerusalem
Italy	Paola Mercurio	Naples
Jamaica	Natasha Lee Marcanik	Kingston
Japan	Kaori Muto	Tokyo
Kenya	Grace Chabari	Mombasa
Korea	Kim Hye-ree	Seoul
Latvia	Ina Magone	Liepāja
Luxembourg	Chris Scott	Luxembourg City
Macau	Guilhermina Madeira da Silva Pedruco	Macau
Malaysia	Vivien Chen Shee-Yee	Kuching
Malta	Marika Micallef	Għargħur
Mauritius	Jeanne-Françoise Nathalie Clement	Beau Bassin
Mexico	Nelia Maria Ochoa Arteaga	Veracruz
Namibia	Emarencia (Emsie) Esterhuizen	Windhoek
New Zealand	Helen Rowney	Auckland
Nigeria	Bianca Onoh	Enugu
Norway	Bente Charlotte Rosenkilde Brunland	Oslo
Panama	Gloria Stella Quintana	Panama City
Papua New Guinea	Joycelin Leahy	Port Moresby
Paraguay	Alicia Maria Jaime Villamayor	Asunción
Peru	Maritza Zorrilla Priori	Lima
Philippines	Estrella Singson Querubin	Manila
Poland	Aneta Beata Kreglicka	Gdańsk
Portugal	Maria Angelica Mira Rosado	Lisbon
Puerto Rico	Tania Collazo	Orocovis
St. Vincent & the Grenadines	Anna Young	Kingstown
Singapore	Jacqueline Ang	Singapore
Spain	Eva Maria Pedraza Lopez	Córdoba
Sri Lanka	Serena Danvers	Colombo
Sweden	Lena Berglind	Gothenburg
Switzerland	Catherine Mesot	Wil
Thailand	Prathumrat Woramali	Bangkok
Trinidad & Tobago	Samantha Bhagan	Goodwood Park
Turkey	Burcu Burkut	İzmir
Uganda	Doreen Lamon-Opira	Kampala
United Kingdom	Suzanne Younger	Caerphilly
United States	Jill Renee Scheffert	Oklahoma City
U.S.S.R.	Anna Gorbunova	Moscow
Venezuela	Fabiola Chiara Candosin Marchetti	Caracas
Yugoslavia	Aleksandra Dobras	Banja Luka

Trivia

Returning countries and debuts

• Hungary, Latvia, Namibia and U.S.S.R competed in Miss World for the first time.
• Czechoslovakia last competed in 1969.
• Aruba, and Puerto Rico last competed in 1985.
• Panama last competed in 1987.

Withdrawals and nations not competing

• Barbados, British Virgin Islands, Bulgaria, Egypt, St. Kitts, Swaziland, Turks & Caicos and Uruguay failed to send delegates in Miss World 1989.
• Brazil lost its Miss World franchise.
• India had to postpone its national pageant and was scheduled to be held three months later.
• Lebanon did not compete in Miss World due to a civil war.

Other notes

• This is the first time that Miss World was held overseas, in the city of Hong Kong.
• This is also the first time that the award for the "Queen of Caribbean" was included.
• Czechoslovakia failed to make into the Top 10 in Miss World, but made into the semi-finals in Miss Universe 1990 in Los Angeles.
• Ireland, who placed as semi-finalist in Miss World, failed to make into the semi-finals in Miss Universe 1990.
• Aneta-Beata Kreglicka of Poland was the first Eastern European woman to win the Miss World title. She also placed as 1st runner-up in Miss International 1989 in Japan two months before.
• Norway, Bente Charlotte Rosenkilde Brunland, who made into the semi-finals in Miss Universe 1988 in Taipei, failed to make into the semi-finals in Miss World.
• Preliminary swimsuits in Miss World were held in Hong Kong and Taiwan.
• American Virgin Islands made into the semi-finals in Miss World for the first time and received an award for the "Queen of Caribbean". However, she failed to put her through the semi-finals in Miss Universe eight years later.
• Finland, Âsa Maria Lovdahl, who made into the semi-finals in Miss Universe 1989 in Cancún, Mexico, also failed to make into the semi-finals in Miss World. She got 26 points for her preliminary score which is the same as Miss United Kingdom and United States, but the 2 of them made the semi-finals instead.
• American Virgin Islands, Mauritius and Australia made the semi-finals with less than 26 points for preliminary scores because a semi-final spots is already reserved in the Top 10 for the highest preliminary scores of each of the 6 continents.
• France, Peggy Zlotkowski, did not compete in Miss Universe 1989 by the replacement of Pascale Meotti, because of underage.
• The Miss World 1989 Parade of Nations introduced the contestants with their national costumes and evening gowns for the first time.
• Kenya, Grace Chabari, is now a professional model and works in a modelling agency in Düsseldorf, Germany.
• 7 out of 10 countries which made it into the semifinals, were not in the semifinals last year: Thailand (1972), Mauritius (1975), Canada (1984), Ireland (1986), Colombia and Poland (1987). American Virgin Islands had made into the semi-finals in Miss World after its debut in 1976.

Contestants' preliminary scores

Country	Score	Country	Score
American Virgin Islands	22	Italy	24
Argentina	19	Jamaica	18
Aruba	18	Japan	19
Australia	25	Kenya	19
Austria	20	Korea	24
Bahamas	18	Latvia	18
Belgium	18	Luxembourg	23
Belize	18	Macau	19
Bermuda	18	Malaysia	18
Bolivia	20	Malta	18
Canada	29	Mauritius	20
Cayman Islands	18	Mexico	22
Chile	18	Namibia	18
Republic of China	18	New Zealand	18
Colombia	27	Nigeria	18
Costa Rica	18	Norway	25
Curaçao	18	Panama	21
Cyprus	18	Papua New Guinea	18
Czechoslovakia	21	Paraguay	18
Denmark	21	Peru	19
Dominican Republic	19	Philippines	20
Ecuador	18	Poland	30
El Salvador	19	Portugal	20
Finland	26	Puerto Rico	18
France	19	St. Vincent & the Grenadines	20
Germany	22	Singapore	19
Ghana	18	Spain	18
Gibraltar	18	Sri Lanka	18
Greece	18	Sweden	18
Guam	18	Switzerland	19
Guatemala	19	Thailand	29
Guyana	18	Trinidad & Tobago	19
Holland	25	Turkey	19
Honduras	20	Uganda	18
Hong Kong	18	United Kingdom	26
Hungary	22	United States	26
Iceland	19	U.S.S.R	24
Ireland	27	Venezuela	20
Israel	23	Yugoslavia	18

External links

• Pageantopolis
• Jimmy's Pageant Page