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Miss World 1991
Miss World 1991 TitlecardDate 28 December 1991 Presenters Peter Marshall, and Gina Tolleson Entertainment Indecent Obsession Venue Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta, Georgia, USA Entrants 79 Placements 10 Debuts Greenland Withdraws Barbados, Canada, Cook Islands, Hong Kong, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Sri Lanka, U.S.S.R. Returns Antigua, Republic of China, Ecuador, Lebanon, Malaysia, South Africa, Swaziland Winner Ninibeth Leal
VenezuelaMiss World 1991, the 41st Miss World pageant, was held on December 28, 1991 in Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. The winner was Ninibeth Beatriz Leal Jiménez representing Venezuela.
Contents
Results
Final results Contestant Miss World 1991 1st runner-up - Australia - Leanne Buckle
2nd runner-up - South Africa - Diana Tilden-Davis
Top 5 - Jamaica - Sandra Foster
- Namibia - Michelle McLean
Top 10 - France - Mareva Georges
- India - Ritu Singh
- New Zealand - Lisa de Montalk
- Turkey - Dilek Koruyan
- United States - Charlotte Ray
Order of Semi-finalists
- France
- Turkey
- Jamaica
- United States
- Australia
- 6. India
- 7. Venezuela
- 8. Namibia
- 9. South Africa
- 10. New Zealand
Order of Finalists
- Venezuela
- Namibia
- South Africa
- Australia
- Jamaica
Special awards
No special awards were given this year.
Continental Queens
Continent Contestant Africa - South Africa - Diana Tilden-Davis
Americas Asia & Oceania - Australia - Leanne Buckle
Caribbean - Jamaica - Sandra Foster
Europe - Turkey - Dilek Koruyan
78 Contestants
Nation Contestant Hometown American Virgin Islands Cheryl Leiba Milligan St. Croix Antigua Joanne Bird St. John's Argentina Marcela Noemi Chazarreta Buenos Aires Aruba Sandra Croes Santa Cruz Australia Leanne Buckle Brisbane Austria Andrea Isabelle Pfeiffer Graz Bahamas Tarnia Paula Newton Stuart New Providence Belgium Anke van Dermeersch Antwerp Belize Josephine (Josie) Gault Belize City Bolivia Monica Gamarra Giese Cochabamba Brazil Catia Silene Kupssinski São Paulo British Virgin Islands Marjorie Penn Tortola Bulgaria Liubomira Slavcheva Sofia Cayman Islands Yvette Peggy Jordison Grand Cayman Chile Carolina Beatriz Michelson Martinez Santiago China, Republic of Rebecca Lin Lan-Chih Taipei Colombia Adriana Rodriguez Anzola Bogota Costa Rica Eugenie Jimenez Pacheco San Francisco de Heredia Curaçao Nashaira Desbarida Willemstad Cyprus Anna Margaret Stephanou Nicosia Czechoslovakia Andrea Tatarkova Košice Denmark Sharon Givskav Copenhagen Dominican Republic Rosanna Rodriguez de la Vega Concepción de La Vega Ecuador Sueanny Denise Bejarano Lopez Guayaquil El Salvador Lucia Beatriz Lopez Rodriguez San Salvador Finland Nina Autio Tampere France Mareva Georges Tahiti Germany Susanne Petry Saarbrücken Ghana Jamilla Haruna Danzuru Accra Gibraltar Ornella Costa Gibraltar Greece Miriam Panagos Athens Greenland Bibiane Holm Godthab Guam Yvonne Marie Limtiaco Speight Asan Guatemala Marlyn Lorena Magaña Ramirez Guatemala City Holland Linda Egging Spanbroek Honduras Arlene Rocio Rauscher Duarte Tegucigalpa Hungary Orsolya Anna Michina Budapest Iceland Svava Haraldsdóttir Reykjavík India Ritu Singh New Delhi Ireland Amanda Brunker Dublin Israel Li'at Ditkovsky Herzliya Italy Sabina Pellati Reggio Emilia Jamaica Sandra Foster Kingston Japan Junko Tsuda Tokyo Kenya N'kirote Karimi M'mbijjiwe Nairobi Korea Kim Tae-hwa Pusan Latvia Inese Šlesere Riga Lebanon Diana Begdache Beirut Macau Cristina Guilherme Lam Macau Malaysia Samantha Schubert Kuala Lumpur Malta Romina Genuis Gzira Mauritius Marie Geraldine Deville Central Flacq Mexico Maria Cristina Urrutia de la Vega Mexico City Namibia Michelle McLean Windhoek New Zealand Lisa Maree de Montalk Taupo Nigeria Adenike Oshinowo Lagos Norway Anne-Britt Røvik Kolbotn Panama Malena Estela Betancourt Guillen Panama City Paraguay Vivian Rosanna Benitez Brizuela Asuncion Philippines Gemith Gonzalo Gemparo Manila Poland Karina Wojciechowska Katowice Portugal Maria do Carmo Ramalho Lisbon Puerto Rico Johanna Berenice Irizarry Lajas Romania Gabriela Dragomirescu Bucharest Singapore Jasheen Jayakody Singapore South Africa Diana Tilden-Davis Johannesburg Spain Candelaria (Catia) Moreno Navarro Tenerife Sri Lanka Jackie Emelda Bennett Manzini Sweden Cathrin Olsson Kungsbacka Switzerland Sandra Aegerter Aigle Thailand Rewaedee Malaisee Bangkok Trinidad & Tobago Sastee Bachan Port of Spain Turkey Dilek Aslihan Koruyan Istanbul United Kingdom Joanne Elizabeth Lewis Nottingham United States Charlotte Ray Camden Uruguay Andrea Regina Gorrochategui Granja Montevideo Venezuela Ninibeth Beatriz Leal Jimenez Maracaibo Yugoslavia Slavica Tripunović Vukovar Trivia
Returning countries and Debuts
- Greenland competed in Miss World for the first time.
- South Africa last competed in 1977 after the MWO decided to lift a 14-year apartheid rule, allowing its contestants to compete.
- Antigua last competed in 1986.
- Lebanon, and Swaziland last competed in 1988.
- Republic of China, Ecuador, and Malaysia last competed in 1989.
Withdrawals and Nations not competing
- Canada, Tara Paat withdrew from Miss World 1991 14 days before the pageant due to her illness.
- Cook Islands, Luxembourg, and Papua New Guinea were no longer to send their respective delegates in Miss World. Luxembourg did not send delegates to Miss World until it returned in 2009.
- Peru did not compete in Miss World because of problems with franchise-holding and lack of sponsorship. Hong Kong, on the other hand, renewed its franchise with the Miss Hong Kong Organization; however it was happened nearly three months after Miss World.
- Sri Lanka did not compete in Miss World because of scheduling conflict.
- U.S.S.R. did not compete in Miss World because of its dissolution, as a result of dividing into 15 independent states which came to be known as the Commonwealth of Independent States.
Other Notes
- 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, USA.
- Preliminary swimsuits in Miss World 1991 were held in South Africa.
- South Africa returned to Miss World after a 14-year post-apartheid rule, and was the first time to crown as Queen of Africa. Diana Tilden-Davis was later attacked by a hippopotamus in Botswana in December 2003, and suffered bruises and long-term injuries. She was recovered from injuries three years later in 2006.
- This was also the first time that no European country made into the finals for crowning.
- France, Mareva Georges, represented her country in Miss World although she came from the island of Tahiti.
- Trinidad & Tobago, Sastee Bachan, currently works as a trained make-up artist who lives in Toronto, and as a fashion & pageant consultant for Miss World Canada.
- Singapore, Jasheen Jayakody, currently lives in San Francisco, California with her American husband and one child.
- Turkey, Dilek Aslihan Koruyan, is currently the wife of Turkish businessman and entrepreneur, Demir Sabanci.
- Australia, Leanne Buckle (now Mrs. Frew), currently works as a photographer and a model, and lives with her husband and three children.
- Malaysia, Samantha Schubert was born in England, and raise in Malaysia since childhood. She is currently an actrss and a model, after she studied at the Lee Strasburg School of Film & Theatre Los Angeles, The Beverly Hills Playhouse Los Angeles and Drama Studio London.
- Germany, Susanne Petry would go on and win Miss Intercontinental 1992.
- USA, Charlotte Ray was also Miss New Jersey USA 1991 and competed at Miss USA 1991. She finished 1st runner up in the pageant and was also named Miss Congeniality.
- Half the number of countries which made it into the semifinals, were not in the semifinals last year: South Africa (1975), India (1980), France (1987), and Australia (1989). Namibia had made into the semi-finals for the first time after its debut in 1989.
- Namibia, Michelle McLean was crowned Miss Universe in 1992.
Crossovers
Miss Universe
- Miss Universe 1989: El Salvador, and Jamaica (semi-finalist)
- Miss Universe 1991: Belize, France (semi-finalist), Paraguay (semi-finalist)
- Miss Universe 1992: Belgium (finalist), Cayman Islands, Iceland, Namibia (WINNER), New Zealand (semi-finalist), and Switzerland
- Miss Universe 1993: Ghana (Miss Amity)
Miss International
- Miss International 1991: Costa Rica
- Miss International 1992: United Kingdom
- Miss International 1994: Ghana (represented as Nigeria)
Contestants Preliminary Scores
Country Score Country Score American Virgin Islands 34 Ireland 34 Antigua 33 Israel 32 Argentina 34 Italy 39 Aruba 32 Jamaica 49 Australia 48 Japan 33 Austria 32 Kenya 34 Bahamas 32 Korea 32 Belgium 41 Latvia 33 Belize 32 Lebanon 32 Bolivia 33 Macau 32 Brazil 38 Malaysia 38 British Virgin Islands 33 Malta 32 Bulgaria 33 Mauritius 32 Cayman Islands 34 Mexico 32 Chile 37 Namibia 51 Republic of China 33 New Zealand 41 Colombia 40 Nigeria 37 Costa Rica 32 Norway 33 Curaçao 38 Panama 35 Cyprus 34 Paraguay 36 Czechoslovakia 32 Philippines 38 Denmark 33 Poland 33 Dominican Republic 33 Portugal 34 Ecuador 32 Puerto Rico 34 El Salvador 32 Romania 32 Finland 35 Singapore 35 France 46 South Africa 51 Germany 40 Spain 38 Ghana 32 Swaziland 32 Gibraltar 37 Sweden 34 Greece 38 Switzerland 38 Greenland 33 Thailand 33 Guam 32 Trinidad & Tobago 35 Guatemala 32 Turkey 47 Holland 39 United Kingdom 40 Honduras 32 Uruguay 35 Hungary 32 USA 42 Iceland 37 Venezuela 58 India 44 Yugoslavia 33 External sources
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