Miss Universe 1990

Miss Universe 1990
Date	April 15, 1990
Presenters	Dick Clark Leeza Gibbons Margaret Gardiner
Venue	Shubert Theatre, Los Angeles, California, United States
Broadcaster	CBS KCBS-TV
Director	Tony Charmoli
Producer	Sid Smith
Entrants	71
Placements	10
Debuts	Soviet Union
Withdrawals	Belgium Brazil Curaçao Haiti Luxembourg New Zealand United States Virgin Islands
Returns	Czechoslovakia
Winner	Mona Grudt Norway
Congeniality	Christiane Stocker West Germany
Best National Costume	Lizeth Mahecha Colombia
Photogenic	Passaraporn Chaimongkol Thailand
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Miss Universe 1990, the 39th Miss Universe pageant, was held at the Shubert Theatre in Los Angeles, California, United States, on April 15, 1990.

At the end of the event, Angela Visser of Holland crowned Mona Grudt of Norway as Miss Universe 1990. ^[1] Seventy one contestants competed for the title. ^[1]

Results

Placements

Final placements for Miss Universe 1990

Miss Soviet Union, Sri Lanka and Canada during Miss Universe 1990.

Placement	Contestant
Miss Universe 1990	Norway – Mona Grudt
1st runner-up	United States – Carole Gist
2nd runner-up	Colombia – Lizeth Mahecha
Top 6	Bolivia – Rosario del Pilar Rico Toro   Chile – Uranía Haltenhoff [2]   Mexico – Marilé del Rosario Santiago
Top 10	Czechoslovakia – Jana Hronkova   India – Suzanne Sablok   Turkey – Jülide Ateş Venezuela – Andreína Goetz

Final Competition

Nation	Preliminary Average	Interview	Swimsuit	Evening Gown	Semifinal Average
Norway	8.683 (1)	8.760 (1)	8.922 (1)	8.989 (1)	8.890 (1)
United States	8.316 (3)	8.509 (3)	8.299 (7)	8.630 (5)	8.479 (6)
Colombia	8.313 (5)	8.610 (2)	8.714 (2)	8.840 (2)	8.721 (2)
Mexico	8.316 (3)	8.500 (4)	8.450 (4)	8.707 (4)	8.552 (3)
Chile	8.206 (9)	8.411 (6)	8.410 (6)	8.770 (3)	8.530 (4)
Bolivia	8.256 (7)	8.439 (5)	8.498 (3)	8.600 (6)	8.512 (5)
Venezuela	8.420 (2)	8.370 (7)	8.450 (4)	8.590 (7)	8.470 (7)
India	8.280 (6)	8.200 (9)	8.233 (8)	8.552 (8)	8.328 (8)
Turkey	8.090 (10)	8.079 (10)	8.139 (9)	8.200 (9)	8.139 (9)
Czechoslovakia	8.210 (8)	8.360 (8)	7.785 (10)	7.970 (10)	8.038 (10)

Special awards

Special award	Contestant
Miss Amity	West Germany – Christiane Stocker
Miss Photogenic	Thailand – Pasaraporn Chaimongkol
Best National Costume	Colombia – Lizeth Mahecha

Contestants

•   Argentina – Paola de la Torre
•   Aruba – Gwendolyne Kwidama
•   Australia – Charmaine Ware
•   Austria – Sandra Luttenberger
•   Bahamas – Lisa Nichelle Sawyer
•   Belize – Ysela Antonia Zabaneh
•   Bermuda – Janet Tucker
•   Bolivia – Rosario del Pilar Rico Toro
•   British Virgin Islands – Jestina Hodge
•   Canada – Robin Lee Ouzunoff
• Cayman Islands – Tricia Rose Whittaker
•   Chile – Uranía Haltenhoff ^[2]
•   Colombia – Lizeth Mahecha
•   Costa Rica – Julieta Posla
•   Czechoslovakia – Jana Hronkova
•   Denmark – Maj-Britt Jensen
•   Dominican Republic – Rosario Rodríguez
• Ecuador – Jessica Núñez
•   Egypt – Dalia El Behery
•   El Salvador – Gracia María Guerra
•   England – Carla Barrow
•   Finland - Tiina Susanna Vierto
•   France – Gaëlle Voiry
•   Gibraltar – Audrey Gingell
•   Greece – Jeni Balatsinou
•   Greenland – Sascha Nukaka Motzfeldt
•   Guam – Marcia Damian
•   Guatemala – Marianela Abate
• Holland – Stephanie Halenbeek
• Honduras – Vivian Moreno
• Hong Kong – Monica Chan
•   Iceland – Hildur Dungalsdóttir
•   India – Suzanne Sablok
•   Ireland – Barbara Curran
•   Israel – Yvonna Krugliak
•   Italy – Annamaria Malipiero
•   Jamaica – Michelle Hall
• Japan – Hiroko Miyoshi
•   Malaysia – Anna Lin Lim
•   Malta – Charmaine Farrugia
•   Mauritius – Anita Ramgutty
•   Mexico – Marilé del Rosario Santiago
•   Nigeria – Sabina Umeh
•   Northern Mariana Islands – Edwina Menzies
•   Norway – Mona Grudt
• Paraguay – Mónica Plate
•   Peru – Marisol Martínez
• Philippines – Germelina Leah Banal Padilla
•   Poland – Małgorzata Obieżalska
•   Portugal – Maria Rosado
• Puerto Rico – María Luisa Fortuño
•   Republic of China – Wen Tzui Pin
•   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines – Glenor Browne
•   Scotland – Karina Ferguson
•   Singapore – Ong Lay Ling
• South Korea – Oh Hyun-kyung
• Soviet Union - Evia Stalbovska
•   Spain – Raquel Revuelta
•   Sri Lanka – Roshani Aluwinare
•   Suriname – Saskia Sibilo
•   Sweden – Linda Isaksson
•   Switzerland – Catherine Mesot
•   Thailand – Passaraporn Chaimongkol
•   Trinidad and Tobago – Maryse de Gourville
•   Turkey – Jülide Ateş
•   Turks and Caicos Islands – Karen Been
•   United States – Carole Gist
•   Uruguay – Ondina Pérez
• Venezuela – Andreína Goetz
•   Wales – Jane Lloyd
• West Germany – Christiane Stocker

Order of Introduction

This year followed the pageant in the year before that the Parade of Nations segment was presented by introducing the delegates, designated in the regional groups. However, the delegates were also talking about their plans for the future and telling their names.

Geographical Region / Continent	Order of Country / Territory Introduction
Central and North America	Belize   Mexico   Canada   Costa Rica Honduras   Greenland   Guatemala   El Salvador   United States
Asia and The Land Down Under	Singapore   Republic of China   Malaysia   Sri Lanka Hong Kong   Japan   South Korea   India   Philippines   Thailand   Australia
British Isles and Western Europe	Holland   Scotland   Denmark   Norway   Wales   Portugal   France   Iceland   Switzerland   England   Ireland   Finland   Sweden West Germany   Austria
Eastern Europe	Poland   Soviet Union   Czechoslovakia
South America	Argentina   Chile   Bolivia Venezuela Paraguay   Ecuador   Suriname   Colombia   Peru   Uruguay
The Islands	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines   Trinidad and Tobago   Northern Mariana Islands   Guam   Mauritius   Turks and Caicos Islands   Dominican Republic   Bahamas Cayman Islands   Puerto Rico   Aruba   British Virgin Islands   Jamaica   Bermuda
Mediterranean, Middle East, and Africa	Italy   Egypt   Malta   Turkey   Greece   Spain   Israel   Gibraltar   Nigeria

Notes

Debuts

• Soviet Union - Evia Staļbovska was one of the 17 semi-finalists in the 1989 Miss USSR pageant. Staļbovska was from Riga in Latvia . ^[3]

Returns

Last competed in 1970:

• Czechoslovakia

Withdrawals

•   Belgium - Miss Belgium 1990, Katia Alens had completed Miss International 1990 and Miss World 1990. Miss Belgium Organization did not send at representative this year. Katia Alens later participated in Miss Universe 1991.
•   Brazil - Due the franchise owner withdrawal, no national contest held.
•   Curaçao
•   Cyprus
•   Gambia
•   Ghana
•   Haiti
•   Luxembourg - Beata Jarzynska
•   Kenya
•  Namibia
•   New Zealand
•  Panama - Gloria Stella Quintana, she was unable to travel to Miss Universe because the country was still affected by the American invasion of December 1989.
•  Papua New Guinea
•   Senegal
•   United States Virgin Islands
•   Yugoslavia - Dragana Živić, Due lack of Sponsorship and visa issues.

General references

• "Miss Universe 1990". pageantopolis.com. Archived from the original on February 7, 2012.

References

1. "Norwegian wins Miss Universe title". UPI Archives. Retrieved 2024-12-06.
2. "Chile en Miss Universo 1990". chileancharm.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 May 2021.
3. http://vsenashimiss.blogspot.com/2014/08/blog-post_28.html?m=1 (ru)

External links

• Miss Universe official website