Miss World 1989 | |
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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 |
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Returns | |
Winner | Aneta Kręglicka [1] [2] Poland |
Personality | Greet Ramaekers (Belgium) |
Photogenic | Anna Gorbunova (Soviet Union) |
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.
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78 contestants competed for the title.
Country/Territory | Contestant | Age | Hometown |
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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 | 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 | Vanessa Thomas | 19 | St. Thomas |
Venezuela | Fabiola Candosín | 19 | Caracas |
Yugoslavia | Aleksandra Dobraš | 17 | Banja Luka |
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