Miss World 1989

Miss World 1989
Miss World 1989
	Miss World 1989 Titlecard
Date	22 November 1989
Presenters	Peter Marshall, Alexandra Bastedo, John Davidson
Entertainment	Aswad
Venue	Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong
Broadcaster	Asia Television
Entrants	78
Placements	10
Debuts	Hungary; Latvia; Namibia; Soviet Union;
Withdrawals	Barbados; British Virgin Islands; Bulgaria; Cook Islands; Egypt; India; Isle of Man; Lebanon; Liberia; St. Kitts and Nevis; Swaziland; Turks and Caicos; Uruguay;
Returns	Aruba; Czechoslovakia; Panama; Puerto Rico; St. Vincent and the Grenadines;
Winner	Aneta-Beata Kręglicka[1][2]; Poland
Personality	Greet Ramaekers; Belgium
Photogenic	Anna Gorbunova; U.S.S.R.

Miss World 1989, the 39th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 22 November 1989 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. 78 contestants took part in the pageant. It was the first time in history that Miss World ventured overseas. It was also the first time the Soviet Union has sent a contestant in any major pageant. The winner was Aneta Kręglicka of Polish People's Republic, who was the first Eastern European person to win the competition.[1][2] She was crowned by Miss World 1988, Linda Pétursdóttir of Iceland.

Results

Countries and territories which sent delegates and results for Miss World 1989[1][2][3]

Placements

Placement	Contestant
Miss World 1989	Poland – Aneta-Beata Kręglicka
1st Runner-up	Canada – Leanne Caputo
2nd Runner-up	Colombia – Mónica María Isaza Mejía
Top 10	American Virgin Islands – Vanessa Thomas Australia – Natalie Tania McCurry Ireland – Barbara Ann Curran Mauritius – Jeanne Françoise Nathalie Clement Thailand – Prathumrat Woramali United Kingdom – Suzanne Younger United States – Jill Renee Scheffert

Continental Queens of Beauty

Continental Group	Contestant
Africa	Mauritius – Jeanne-Françoise Clement
Americas	Canada – Leanne Caputo
Asia	Thailand – Prathumrat Woramali
Caribbean	American Virgin Islands – Vania Thomas
Europe	Poland – Aneta-Beata Kręglicka
Oceania	Australia – Natalie Tania McCurry

Contestants

Country/Territory	Contestant	Age	Hometown	Preliminary Score
American Virgin Islands	Vanessa Thomas	19	St. Thomas	22
Argentina	Patricia Wiedenhofer	17	La Pampa	20
Aruba	Dilailah Odor-Wever	20	Oranjestad	19
Australia	Natalie Tania McCurry †	23	North Bondi	25
Austria	Marion Amann	20	Vienna	20
Bahamas	Carolyn Moree	17	Nassau	19
Belgium	Greet Ramaekers	18	Limbourg	18
Belize	Martha Elena Badillo	20	San Pedro	19
Bermuda	Cherie Tannock	23	Warwick	19
Bolivia	María Victoria Julio	19	Tarija	22
Canada	Leanne Caputo	23	Milton	29
Cayman Islands	Michelle Garcia	20	Grand Cayman	19
Chile	Claudia Bahamondes Celis	17	Santiago	19
Republic of China	Wang Min-yei	22	Taipei	18
Colombia	Mónica María Isaza Mejía	20	Medellín	26
Costa Rica	María Antonieta Sáenz Vargas	18	San José	19
Curaçao	Supharmy Sadji	19	Willemstad	19
Cyprus	Irma Voulgari	17	Larnaca	18
Czechoslovakia	Jana Hronková	22	Horšovský Týn	21
Denmark	Charlotte Pedersen	19	Holstebro	21
Dominican Republic	Irma Guillermina Mauriz Pimentel	23	San Felipe de Puerto Plata	20
Ecuador	Ximena Paulett Correa Jarre	19	Machala	19
El Salvador	Ana Estela Aguilar Arévalo	20	San Salvador	20
Finland	Åsa Maria Lövdahl	20	Helsinki	25
France	Stephanie Zlotkowski	17	Bordeaux	19
Germany	Jasmine Beil	23	Frankfurt	22
Ghana	Afua Amoah Bonsu	23	Accra	18
Gibraltar	Audrey Gingell	19	Gibraltar	18
Greece	Katerina Petropoulou	19	Athens	18
Guam	Cora Tricia Taitano Yanger	18	Mangilao	18
Guatemala	Rocío Lerma de la Vega	24	Guatemala City	20
Guyana	Lyla Shalimar Ryhaan Majeed	21	Georgetown	18
Holland	Liesbeth Caspers	21	Noordwijk	25
Honduras	Belinda Bodden Álvarez	18	San Pedro Sula	21
Hong Kong	Ewong Yung-hung	21	Hong Kong Island	18
Hungary	Magdolna Gerloczy	18	Budapest	22
Iceland	Hugrún Linda Guðmundsdóttir	20	Reykjavík	19
Ireland	Barbara Ann Curran	23	Dublin	27
Israel	Ronit Sutton	19	Jerusalem	23
Italy	Paola Mercurio	17	Naples	24
Jamaica	Natasha Lee Marcanik	19	Kingston	18
Japan	Kaori Muto	22	Tokyo	19
Kenya	Grace Chabari	22	Mombasa	19
Korea	Kim Hye-ri	19	Seoul	24
Latvia	Ina Magone	18	Liepāja	18
Luxembourg	Chris Scott	23	Luxembourg City	23
Macau	Guilhermina Madeira da Silva Pedruco	19	Macau	21
Malaysia	Vivien Chen Shee Yee	24	Kuching	18
Malta	Marika Micallef	18	Għargħur	18
Mauritius	Jeanne-Françoise Nathalie Clement	20	Beau Bassin	20
Mexico	Nelia María Ochoa Arteaga	19	Veracruz	23
Namibia	Emarencia Esterhuizen	22	Windhoek	18
New Zealand	Helen Rowney	19	Auckland	18
Nigeria	Bianca Onoh	22	Enugu	18
Norway	Bente Charlotte Rosenkilde Brunland	22	Oslo	25
Panama	Gloria Estela Quintana Pelaéz	19	Panama City	22
Papua New Guinea	Joycelin Leahy	24	Morobe Province	18
Paraguay	Alicia María Jaime Villamayor	20	Asunción	19
Peru	Maritza Matilde Zorrilla Priori	20	Lima	20
Philippines	Estrella Singson Querubin	20	Manila	20
Poland	Aneta-Beata Kręglicka[1][2]	24	Gdańsk	30
Portugal	Maria Angélica Mira Rosado	18	Lisbon	20
Puerto Rico	Tania Collazo Barreiro	18	Orocovis	18
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Anna Young	19	Kingstown	20
Singapore	Jacqueline Ang Bie Lian	18	Singapore	19
Spain	Eva María Pedraza López	18	Córdoba	19
Soviet Union	Anna Gorbunova[3]	22	Moscow	24
Sri Lanka	Serena Danvers	21	Colombo	18
Sweden	Lena Marie-Anne Berglind	23	Gothenburg	18
Switzerland	Catherine Mesot	23	Wil	19
Thailand	Prathumrat Woramali	17	Bangkok	29
Trinidad and Tobago	Samantha Bhagan	22	Goodwood Park	19
Turkey	Burcu Burkut †	19	İzmir	19
Uganda	Doreen Lamon-Opira	20	Kampala	18
United Kingdom	Suzanne Younger	23	Shrewsbury	25
United States	Jill Renee Scheffert	21	Oklahoma City	26
Venezuela	Fabiola Chiara Candosín Marchetti †	19	Caracas	22
Yugoslavia	Aleksandra Dobraš	17	Banja Luka	18

Judges

Eric Morley †
Krish Naidoo †
Brian Daniels
Rob Brandt
Diane Hsin
Peter Lam
Giselle Laronde – Miss World 1986 from Trinidad & Tobago
Richard Caring
George Pitman

Notes

Debuts

Hungary
Latvia (Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic)
Namibia
Soviet Union

Returns

Last competed in 1969:
- Czechoslovakia
Last competed in 1985:
- Aruba
- Puerto Rico
Last competed in 1987:
- Panama
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Replacements

Soviet Union – Yulia Sukhanova did not compete due to parental refusal to sign any contract with the Miss USSR organizers due to being underaged or overaged.[4]

Withdrawals

Barbados
British Virgin Islands
Bulgaria
Egypt
Lithuania (Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic) - Liucija Gruzdytė
St. Kitts & Nevis
Swaziland
Turks & Caicos
Uruguay
India – National pageant postponed
Lebanon – Due to a civil war

Other Notes

Poland – Aneta Kręglicka also competed at Miss International in 1989, where she placed second to Iris Klein. 66 days later, she went to compete in Miss World where she won the crown, becoming the first Polish woman that have ever won Miss World, then later won again in 2021 by Karolina Bielawska.

References

"European crowned Miss World '89". The Evening News. 24 November 1989. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
"Miss Poland destroys wall, wins Miss World". Ocala Star-Banner. 24 November 1989. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
Miklossy, K.; Ilic, M. (2014). Competition in Socialist Society. Routledge Studies in the History of Russia and Eastern Europe. Taylor & Francis. p. 165. ISBN 978-1-317-75275-2.
The Very First Miss USSR

External links

Pageantopolis – Miss World 1989

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[TEN-1] "European crowned Miss World '89". The Evening News. 24 November 1989. Retrieved 23 January 2016.

[OCB-1-2] "Miss Poland destroys wall, wins Miss World". Ocala Star-Banner. 24 November 1989. Retrieved 23 January 2016.

[Miklรณssy_Ilic_2014-3] Miklossy, K.; Ilic, M. (2014). Competition in Socialist Society. Routledge Studies in the History of Russia and Eastern Europe. Taylor & Francis. p. 165. ISBN 978-1-317-75275-2.

[4] The Very First Miss USSR