Miss Universe 1991

Miss Universe 1991, the 40th anniversary of the Miss Universe pageant, was held on May 17, 1991 at the Aladdin Theatre for the Performing Arts in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. Lupita Jones of Mexico crowned by Mona Grudt of Norway. Seventy-three contestants competed in the 1991 Miss Universe pageant.

Miss Universe 1991 Titlecard

Miss Universe 1991
Lupita Jones, Miss Universe 1991
DateMay 17, 1991
Presenters
VenueAladdin Theatre for the Performing Arts, Las Vegas, United States
Broadcaster
Entrants73
Placements10
Debuts
Withdrawals
Returns
WinnerLupita Jones
 Mexico
CongenialityMonique Lindesay
 United States Virgin Islands
Best National CostumeMaribel Gutierrez
 Colombia
PhotogenicSiobhan McClafferty
 Ireland

Results
Miss Universe 1991 participating nations and results

Placements
Placement Contestant
Miss Universe 1991
1st Runner-Up
2nd Runner-Up
Top 6
Top 10

Final Competition
Nation Preliminary

Average

 Interview Swimsuit Evening Gown Semifinal Average
 Mexico 9.006 (1) 9.608 (1) 9.450 (1) 9.758 (1) 9.605 (1)
 Netherlands 8.694 (10) 9.592 (2) 9.073 (6) 9.600 (4) 9.421 (4)
 Soviet Union 8.864 (3) 9.550 (3) 9.225 (3) 9.717 (2) 9.497 (3)
 Venezuela 8.719 (7) 9.533 (4) 9.412 (2) 9.650 (3) 9.531 (2)
 Jamaica 8.986 (2) 9.418 (6) 9.213 (4) 9.542 (7) 9.391 (5)
 United States 8.834 (4) 9.425 (5) 8.950 (8) 9.542 (7) 9.305 (6)
 Curaçao 8.753 (6) 9.190 (8) 9.135 (5) 9.550 (6) 9.291 (7)
 Paraguay 8.719 (7) 9.375 (7) 8.987 (7) 9.350 (10) 9.237 (8)
 France 8.706 (9) 9.067 (10) 8.867 (10) 9.590 (5) 9.174 (9)
 Yugoslavia 8.774 (5) 9.167 (9) 8.875 (9) 9.442 (9) 9.161 (10)

Special Awards
Awards Winners
Best National Costume
Miss Photogenic
Miss Congeniality

Order of Announcements

Top 10

  1.  Jamaica
  2.  France
  3.  Yugoslavia
  4.  Paraguay
  5.  Curacao
  6.  Soviet Union
  7.  Venezuela
  8.  Netherlands
  9.  United States
  10.  Mexico

Top 6

  1.  Venezuela
  2.  Netherlands
  3.  United States
  4.  Jamaica
  5.  Mexico
  6.  Soviet Union

Top 3

  1.  Soviet Union
  2.  Netherlands
  3.  Mexico

Contestants

Notes

Debuts

Returns

Last competed in 1952:

  •  United Kingdom The 3 constituent countries had their franchises unified, along with those territories that did not have their own franchises, as between 1955 and 1990, each constituent country on the United Kingdom (England, Scotland and Wales) sent their separated candidate to the pageant. Since 1994, candidates from Northern Ireland could choose to competing on Miss Ireland or on Miss United Kingdom.

Last competed in 1978:

Last competed in 1984:

  •  Namibia competed for the first time as an independent country after gaining independence from South Africa in February 1990.

Last competed in 1985:

Last competed in 1986:

Last competed in 1987:

Last competed in 1988:

Last competed in 1989:

Designations

Replacements
  •  Philippines - Maria Lourdes Gonzalez replaced Anjanette Abayari, who was not a Philippine citizen.
  •  Venezuela - Sharon Luengo - The Director of Miss Venezuela pageant, Osmel Souza wanted to send her to Miss Universe due to the delay of the Miss Venezuela 1991 contest, but the Miss Universe Organization rejected her as a contestant due to her 2nd runner-up position at Miss World 1990,[1] and they decided to select the Venezuelan delegate for Miss Universe 1991 under a special commission.[2]
  •  Soviet Union – The winner of Miss USSR 1990, Maria Kezha, was underage after February 1.[3]

Withdrawals
  •  Aruba – the Miss Aruba 1991 pageant was delayed and their 1991 winner, Jerusha Rasmijn, was sent to Miss Universe 1992.
  •  Australia - due to lack of sponsorship and funding
  •  Austria - Christine Heiss - unknown reason to compete
  •  Denmark - Sharon Givskav - due to lack of sponsorship and funding. She went to Miss World 1991 instead.
  •  Egypt - no contest.
  •  England - Competed as United Kingdom or Great Britain since then.
  •  Gibraltar - Sarah Yeats (lost their license with the Miss Universe Inc.)
  •  Greenland - Bibiane Holm (lost their license with the Miss Universe Inc.) and went to Miss World 1991 instead
  •  Honduras - Claudia Mercedes Caballero (She fell ill and withdrew due to the fact that she suffered from chronic fatigue and had to rest by medical prescription.)
  •  Portugal - Carla Lopes Da Costa Caldeira - unknown reason to compete
  •  Scotland - Competed as United Kingdom or Great Britain since then.
  •  Switzerland - Priscilla Leimgruber (She fell ill and withdrew at the last minute.)
  •  Wales - Competed as United Kingdom or Great Britain since then.

Did not compete
  •  Kenya - Aisha Wawira Lieberg - due to lack of sponsorship and funding. She went to Miss Universe 1992 instead.
  •  New Zealand - Adele Valerie Kenny (because she was underage before February 1)[4]

Name changes

References
  1. "Content warning". www.blogger.com.
  2. "bellezacol.org - Diese Website steht zum Verkauf! - Informationen zum Thema bellezacol". ww1.bellezacol.org.
  3. МИСС СССР 1990 (In Russian).
  4. "NZ representatives to Miss Universe 1954-2011 - miss new zealand archives". February 12, 2016. Archived from the original on February 12, 2016.
  5. This country had participated as United Kingdom again in 2005, 2006, and 2008.
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