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.
| Miss World 1989 | |
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 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 | |
| Withdrawals | |
| Returns | |
| Winner | Aneta Kręglicka[1][2] Poland |
| Personality | Greet Ramaekers (Belgium) |
| Photogenic | Anna Gorbunova (Soviet Union) |
Results
editPlacements
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| Miss World 1989 | |
| 1st runner-up |
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| 2nd runner-up |
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| Top 10 |
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Continental Queens of Beauty
edit| Continental Group | Contestant |
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| Africa |
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| Americas |
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| Asia |
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| Caribbean |
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| Europe | |
| Oceania |
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Contestants
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78 contestants competed for the title.
| Country/Territory | Contestant | Age | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|
 Argentina |
Patricia Wiedenhofer | 17 | La Pampa |
 Aruba |
Dilailah Odor-Wever | 20 | Oranjestad |
 Australia |
Natalie McCurry | 23 | North Bondi |
 Austria |
Marion Amann | 20 | Vienna |
 Bahamas |
Carolyn Moree | 17 | Nassau |
 Belgium |
Greet Ramaekers | 18 | Limbourg |
 Belize |
Martha Elena Badillo | 20 | San Pedro |
 Bermuda |
Cherie Tannock | 23 | Warwick |
 Bolivia |
María Victoria Julio | 19 | Tarija |
 Canada |
Leanne Caputo | 23 | Milton |
 Cayman Islands |
Michelle Garcia | 20 | Grand Cayman |
 Chile |
Claudia Bahamondes | 17 | Santiago |
 Colombia |
Mónica María Isaza | 20 | Medellín |
 Costa Rica |
María Antonieta Sáenz | 18 | San José |
 Curaçao |
Supharmy Sadji | 19 | Willemstad |
 Cyprus |
Irma Voulgari | 17 | Larnaca |
 Czechoslovakia |
Jana Hronková | 22 | Horšovský Týn |
 Denmark |
Charlotte Pedersen | 19 | Holstebro |
 Dominican Republic |
Irma Mauriz | 23 | San Felipe de Puerto Plata |
 Ecuador |
Ximena Correa | 19 | Machala |
 El Salvador |
Ana Estela Aguilar | 20 | San Salvador |
 Finland |
Åsa Lövdahl | 20 | Helsinki |
 France |
Stephanie Zlotkowski | 17 | Bordeaux |
 Germany |
Jasmine Beil | 23 | Frankfurt |
 Ghana |
Afua Amoah Bonsu | 23 | Accra |
 Gibraltar |
Audrey Gingell | 19 | Gibraltar |
 Greece |
Katerina Petropoulou | 19 | Athens |
 Guam |
Cora Tricia Yanger | 18 | Mangilao |
 Guatemala |
Rocío Lerma de la Vega | 24 | Guatemala City |
 Guyana |
Lyla Shalimar Ryhaan Majeed | 21 | Georgetown |
 Holland |
Liesbeth Caspers | 21 | Noordwijk |
 Honduras |
Belinda Bodden | 18 | San Pedro Sula |
 Hong Kong |
Ewong Yung-hung | 21 | Hong Kong Island |
 Hungary |
Magdolna Gerloczy | 18 | Budapest |
 Iceland |
Hugrún Guðmundsdóttir | 20 | Reykjavík |
 Ireland |
Barbara Ann Curran | 23 | Dublin |
 Israel |
Ronit Sutton | 19 | Jerusalem |
 Italy |
Paola Mercurio | 17 | Naples |
 Jamaica |
Natasha Marcanik | 19 | Kingston |
 Japan |
Kaori Muto | 22 | Tokyo |
 Kenya |
Grace Chabari | 22 | Mombasa |
 Korea |
Kim Hye-ri | 19 | Seoul |
 Latvia |
Ina Magone | 18 | Liepāja |
 Luxembourg |
Chris Scott | 23 | Luxembourg City |
 Macau |
Guilhermina Madeira da Silva Pedruco | 19 | Macau |
 Malaysia |
Vivien Chen Shee Yee | 24 | Kuching |
 Malta |
Marika Micallef | 18 | Għargħur |
 Mauritius |
Jeanne-Françoise Clement | 20 | Beau Bassin |
 Mexico |
Nelia María Ochoa | 19 | Veracruz |
 Namibia |
Emarencia Esterhuizen | 22 | Windhoek |
 New Zealand |
Helen Rowney | 19 | Auckland |
 Nigeria |
Bianca Onoh | 22 | Enugu |
 Norway |
Bente Brunland | 22 | Oslo |
 Panama |
Gloria Quintana | 19 | Panama City |
 Papua New Guinea |
Joycelin Leahy | 24 | Morobe Province |
 Paraguay |
Alicia María Jaime | 20 | Asunción |
 Peru |
Maritza Zorrilla | 20 | Lima |
 Philippines |
Estrella Querubin | 20 | Manila |
 Poland |
Aneta Kręglicka[1][2] | 24 | Gdańsk |
 Portugal |
Maria Angélica Mira | 18 | Lisbon |
 Puerto Rico |
Tania Collazo | 18 | Orocovis |
 Republic of China
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Wang Min-yei | 22 | Taipei |
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
Anna Young | 19 | Kingstown |
 Singapore |
Jacqueline Ang | 18 | Singapore |
 Spain |
Eva Pedraza | 18 | Córdoba |
 Soviet Union |
Anna Gorbunova[3] | 22 | Moscow |
 Sri Lanka |
Serena Danvers | 21 | Colombo |
 Sweden |
Lena Berglind | 23 | Gothenburg |
 Switzerland |
Catherine Mesot | 23 | Wil |
 Thailand |
Prathumrat Woramali | 17 | Bangkok |
 Trinidad and Tobago |
Samantha Bhagan | 22 | Goodwood Park |
 Turkey |
Burcu Burkut † | 19 | İzmir |
 Uganda |
Doreen Lamon-Opira | 20 | Kampala |
 United Kingdom |
Suzanne Younger | 23 | Shrewsbury |
 United States |
Jill Renee Scheffert | 21 | Oklahoma City |
 United States Virgin Islands
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Vanessa Thomas | 19 | St. Thomas |
 Venezuela |
Fabiola Candosín | 19 | Caracas |
 Yugoslavia |
Aleksandra Dobraš | 17 | Banja Luka |
Judges
edit- Eric Morley † – Chairman and CEO of Miss World Organization
- Krish Naidoo †
- Brian Daniels
- Rob Brandt
- Diane Hsin
- Peter Lam
- Giselle Laronde – Miss World 1986 from Trinidad and Tobago
- Richard Caring
- George Pitman
Notes
editDebuts
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Hungary
Latvia (Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic)
Namibia
Soviet Union
Returns
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Replacements
edit- 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
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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
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Poland – Aneta Kręglicka competed in Miss International in 1989, securing the second position behind Iris Klein. Shortly after, she participated in Miss World and clinched the crown, making her the first Polish woman to achieve this honor. In 2021, she won Miss World for the second time, following in the footsteps of Karolina Bielawska.
References
edit- ^ a b c d "European crowned Miss World '89". The Evening News. 24 November 1989. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
- ^ a b c d "Miss Poland destroys wall, wins Miss World". Ocala Star-Banner. 24 November 1989. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
- ^ a b 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