Miss Universe 1989
| Miss Universe 1989 | |
|---|---|
Miss Universe 1989 Angela Visser | |
| Date | 23 May 1989 |
| Presenters | |
| Venue | Fiesta Americana Condesa Hotel, Cancún, Mexico |
| Broadcaster | |
| Entrants | 76 |
| Placements | 10 |
| Withdrawals | Lebanon |
| Returns |
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| Winner | Angela Visser Holland |
| Congeniality | Sharon Simons Turks and Caicos Islands |
| Best National Costume | Flávia Cavalcanti Brazil |
| Photogenic | Karen Wenden Australia |
Miss Universe 1989, the 38th Miss Universe pageant, was held on 23 May 1989 at the Fiesta Americana Condesa Hotel in Cancún, Mexico. Angela Visser of Holland was crowned by Porntip Nakhirunkanok of Thailand. Seventy-six contestants competed in the pageant.
Results
Placements
| Final results | Contestant |
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| Miss Universe 1989 |
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| 1st runner-up |
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| 2nd runner-up |
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| 3rd runner-up |
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| 4th runner-up |
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| Top 10[1] |
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Final Competition
| Nation | Interview | Swimsuit | Evening Gown | Semifinal Average |
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| Holland | 9.583 (1) | 9.725 (1) | 9.824 (1) | 9.710 (1) |
| Sweden | 9.261 (2) | 9.233 (2) | 9.376 (2) | 9.290 (2) |
| United States | 8.511 (5) | 8.894 (4) | 8.927 (8) | 8.777 (5) |
| Poland | 8.472 (6) | 9.105 (3) | 9.027 (4) | 8.868 (3) |
| Mexico | 8.650 (3) | 8.883 (5) | 9.026 (5) | 8.853 (4) |
| West Germany | 8.461 (7) | 8.737 (7) | 9.010 (6) | 8.736 (6) |
| Venezuela | 8.204 (8) | 8.727 (8) | 9.096 (3) | 8.675 (7) |
| Finland | 8.533 (4) | 8.661 (9) | 8.755 (9) | 8.649 (8) |
| Jamaica | 8.111 (9) | 8.788 (6) | 8.933 (7) | 8.610 (9) |
| Chile | 8.033 (10) | 8.505 (10) | 8.755 (9) | 8.431 (10) |
Contestants
- Argentina – Luisa Norbis
- Aruba – Karina Felix
- Australia – Karen Wenden
- Austria – Bettina Berghold
- Bahamas – Tasha Ramirez
- Belgium – Anne de Baetzelier
- Belize – Andrea Sherman McKoy
- Bermuda – Cornelia Furbert
- Bolivia – Raquel Cors Ulloa
- Brazil – Flávia Cavalcanti
- British Virgin Islands – Viola Joseph
- Canada – Juliette Powell †
- Cayman Islands – Carol Ann Balls
- Chile – María Macarena Mina Garachena
- Colombia – María Teresa Egurrola Hinojosa
- Costa Rica – Luana Freer Bustamante
- Curaçao – Anna Mosteiro
- Denmark – Louise Mejlhede
- Dominican Republic – Anny Canaán Camido
- Ecuador – María Eugenia Molina
- Egypt – Sally Attah
- El Salvador – Beatriz López Rodríguez
- England – Raquel Marie Jory
- Finland – Åsa Maria Lövdahl
- France – Pascale Meotti
- Gibraltar – Tatiana Desoisa
- Greece – Kristiana Latani
- Greenland – Naja-Rie Sorensen
- Guam – Janice Santos
- Guatemala – Helka Cuevas
- Haiti – Glaphyra Jean-Louis
- Holland - Angela Visser
- Honduras – Frances Siryl Milla
- Hong Kong – Cynthia Yuk Lui Cheung
- Iceland – Guðbjörg Gissurardóttir
- India – Dolly Minhas
- Ireland – Collette Jackson
- Israel – Nicole Halperin
- Italy – Christiana Bertasi
- Jamaica – Sandra Foster
- Japan – Eri Tashiro
- Luxembourg – Chris Scott
- Malaysia – Carmen Cheah Swee
- Malta – Sylvana Sammut Pandolfino
- Mauritius – Jacky Randabel
- Mexico – Adriana Abascal
- New Zealand – Shelley Soffe
- Nigeria – Bianca Onoh
- Northern Mariana Islands – Soreen Villanueva
- Norway – Lene Ornhoft
- Paraguay – Ana Victoria Schaerer
- Peru – Mariana Sovero
- Philippines – Sarah Jane Davis Paez
- Poland – Joanna Gapińska
- Portugal – Anna Francisco Sobrinho
- Puerto Rico – Catalina Villar
- Republic of China – Chen Yen Ping
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines – Camille Samuels
- Scotland – Victoria Susannah Lace †
- Singapore – Pauline Chong
- South Korea – Kim Sung-ryung
- Spain – Eva Pedraza
- Sri Lanka – Veronica Ruston
- Suriname – Consuela Cruden
- Sweden – Louise Drevenstam
- Switzerland – Karina Berger
- Thailand – Yonlada Ronghanam
- Trinidad and Tobago – Guenevere Helen Keishall
- Turkey – Jasmine Baradan
- Turks and Caicos Islands – Sharon Simons
- United States – Gretchen Polhemus
- United States Virgin Islands – Nathalie Lynch
- Uruguay – Carolina Pies Riet
- Venezuela – Eva Lisa Larsdotter Ljung
- Wales – Andrea Caroline Jones
- West Germany – Andrea Stelzer
Notes
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines competed for the first time as a sovereign state after gained independence from the United Kingdom in late 1979, even though the British territory of Saint Vincent had competed before in 1964, 1978 and 1979.
Returns
Last competed in 1979:
Last competed in 1982:
Last competed in 1985:
Last competed in 1986:
Last competed in 1987:
Replacements
- France – Miss France 1989, Stephanie Zlotkowski was underage before February 1 during the competition in Cancun, so her first runner-up - Pascale Meotti went to competed instead in an Emergency Change.
- El Salvador – Miss El Salvador 1988, Maria Eugenia Duarte relinquished her national title for marry. Her first runner-up, Lucía Beatriz López Rodríguez got the title.
- Iceland – Miss Iceland 1988, Linda Pétursdóttir had won Miss World 1988 and disabled her from competing at Miss Universe 1989, so her first runner-up - Gudbjörg Gissurardóttir went instead.
- Hong Kong - Miss Hong Kong 1988, Michelle Reis withdrew due to her health issues at the time. Her first runner-up - Cynthia Cheung Yuk-Lui went to Miss Universe 1989 instead.
Awards
- Turks and Caicos Islands – Miss Amity (Sharon Simons)
- Australia – Miss Photogenic (Karen Wenden)
- Brazil – Best National Costume (Flavia Cavalcanti)
References
General
- "Miss Universe 1989". pageantopolis.com. Archived from the original on February 7, 2012.
Specific references and notes
- ^ Wight, John (24 May 1989). "Miss Holland Crowned As Miss Universe". apnews.com. Retrieved 23 May 2021.