Miss World 1991

Miss World 1991
Miss World 1991 Titlecard
Date	28 December 1991
Presenters	Peter Marshall Gina Tolleson
Entertainment	Indecent Obsession
Venue	Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Broadcaster	E!
Entrants	78
Placements	10
Debuts	Greenland
Withdrawals	Barbados Canada Cook Islands Egypt Hong Kong Luxembourg Madagascar Papua New Guinea Peru Sri Lanka Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Returns	Antigua and Barbuda Ecuador Lebanon Malaysia South Africa Swaziland Taiwan
Winner	Ninibeth Leal [1] Venezuela
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Miss World 1991 was the 41st edition of the Miss World pageant, at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, Georgia, the United States, on 28 December 1991.

Gina Tolleson of the United States crowned Ninibeth Leal of Venezuela as her successor at the end of the event. Miss World 1991 was scheduled to be held in the Dominican Republic cue to scheduling difficulties, Miss World was first moved to Puerto Rico, then to Atlanta, the United States. Preliminary swimsuits in Miss World 1991 were held in South Africa. ^[2]

Selection of participants

Replacements

Antonia Balint of Hungary, shw was dethroned of Miss Hungary 1991, after Hungarian newspapers printed photographs that she had previously appeared in the men's magazine Lui and other publications against Miss World rules. ^[3] She was replaced by her first runner-up, Timea Raba but Raba couldn't replace her for the same reason. Orsolya Michina represent Hungary instead. ^[4]

Debuts, returns, and, withdrawals

This edition marked the debut of Greenland and the return of South Africa, which last competed 1977 ^[a] , Antigua and Barbuda last competed in 1986, Lebanon and Swaziland last competed in 1988 and Ecuador, Malaysia and Taiwan last competed in 1989.

Barbados, Cook Islands, Egypt, Hong Kong, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Papua New Guinea, Peru and Sri Lanka, withdrew from the competition. Tara Paat of Canada withdrew from the competition ^[b] and Ilmira Shamsutdinova of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, won Miss USSR 1991 and was invited to compete in this edition, but she was underage to attend.

Muriel Edoukou of Côte d'Ivoire was supposed to compete but withdrew from the competition due to failed to arrive. ^[5] Tracy Ann D'Abreu of Guyana also withdrew from the competition due to the controversy over her victory and citizenship, she was declared ineligible to compete at Miss World 1991. ^{[6] [7]} Birgit Højgaard of Faroe Islands, was supposed to debut at Miss World 1991, however her separate participation was rejected by the Miss World Organization, because the Faroe Islands are an administrative part of Denmark, then she participated at Miss Denmark World 1991 and was second runner-up. ^[8]

Results

Countries and territories which sent delegates and results for Miss World 1991

Placements

Placement	Contestant
Miss World 1991	Venezuela – Ninibeth Leal
1st Runner-Up	Australia – Leanne Buckle
2nd Runner-Up	South Africa – Diana Tilden-Davis
Top 5	Jamaica – Sandra Foster  Namibia – Michelle McLean
Top 10	France – Mareva Georges  India – Ritu Singh  New Zealand – Lisa de Montalk  Turkey – Aslıhan Koruyan  United States – Charlotte Ray

Continental Queens of Beauty

Continent/Region	Contestant
Africa	South Africa – Diana Tilden-Davis
Americas	Venezuela – Ninibeth Beatriz Leal Jiménez
Asia & Oceania	Australia – Leanne Buckle
Caribbean	Jamaica – Sandra Foster
Europe	Turkey – Dilek Aslıhan Koruyan

Judges

• Mike Favre
• Brenda McLain
• Phil Hayes
• Marie DeGeorge
• Eric Morley †- Chairman and CEO of Miss World Organization
• Jarvis Astaire †
• Paul Block
• Jane Ambrose
• Edgar Botero

Contestants

Seventy-eight contestants competed for the title.

Country/Territory	Contestant	Age	Hometown
Antigua and Barbuda	Joanne Bird	20	St. John's
Argentina	Marcela Chazarreta	20	Buenos Aires
Aruba	Sandra Croes	23	Santa Cruz
Australia	Leanne Buckle	21	Brisbane
Austria	Andrea Pfeiffer	18	Graz
Bahamas	Tarnia Newton	19	New Providence
Belgium	Anke Van dermeersch	19	Antwerp
Belize	Josephine Gault	21	Belize City
Bolivia	Mónica Gamarra	20	Cochabamba
Brazil	Cátia Silene Kupssinskü	20	São Paulo
British Virgin Islands	Marjorie Penn	18	Tortola
Bulgaria	Liubomira Slavcheva	17	Sofia
Cayman Islands	Yvette Peggy Jordison	19	Grand Cayman
Chile	Carolina Michelson	23	Santiago
Colombia	Adriana Rodríguez	20	Bogotá
Costa Rica	Eugenie Jiménez	20	San Francisco de Heredia
Curaçao	Nashaira Desbarida	23	Willemstad
Cyprus	Anna Margaret Stephanou	18	Nicosia
Czechoslovakia	Andrea Tatarkova	20	Košice
Denmark	Sharon Givskav	17	Copenhagen
Dominican Republic	Rosanna Rodríguez	21	Concepción de La Vega
Ecuador	Sueanny Bejarano	20	Guayaquil
El Salvador	Lucía Beatriz López	22	San Salvador
Finland	Nina Autio	20	Tampere
France	Mareva Georges	22	Punaauia
Germany	Susanne Petry	18	Saarbrücken
Ghana	Jamilla Danzuru	23	Accra
Gibraltar	Ornella Costa	17	Gibraltar
Greece	Miriam Panagos	20	Athens
Greenland	Bibiane Holm	18	Nuuk
Guam	Yvonne Limtiaco Speight	19	Asan
Guatemala	Marlyn Magaña	20	Guatemala City
Holland	Linda Egging	21	Stramproy
Honduras	Arlene Rauscher	19	Tegucigalpa
Hungary	Orsolya Michina	19	Budapest
Iceland	Svava Haraldsdóttir	19	Reykjavík
India	Ritu Singh	20	New Delhi
Ireland	Amanda Brunker	18	Dublin
Israel	Li'at Ditkovsky	19	Nordia
Italy	Sabina Pellati	19	Reggio Emilia
Jamaica	Sandra Foster	21	Kingston
Japan	Junko Tsuda	21	Tokyo
Kenya	N'kirote M'mbijjiwe	21	Meru
Latvia	Inese Šlesere [9]	19	Riga
Lebanon	Diana Begdache	20	Beirut
Macau	Cristina Guilherme Lam	20	Macau
Malaysia	Samantha Schubert	22	Kuala Lumpur
Malta	Romina Genuis	18	Gżira
Mauritius	Marie Geraldine Deville	18	Centre de Flacq
Mexico	María Cristina Urrutia	19	Mexico City
Namibia	Michelle McLean	19	Windhoek
New Zealand	Lisa de Montalk	21	Taupō
Nigeria	Adenike Oshinowo	24	Lagos
Norway	Anne-Britt Røvik	18	Molde
Panama	Malena Betancourt	19	Panama City
Paraguay	Vivian Benítez	21	Asuncion
Philippines	Gemith Gemparo	20	Manila
Poland	Karina Wojciechowska	19	Katowice
Portugal	Maria do Carmo Ramalho	20	Lisbon
Puerto Rico	Johanna Irizarry	20	Lajas
Romania	Gabriela Dragomirescu	20	Bucharest
Singapore	Jasheen Jayakody	18	Singapore
South Africa	Diana Tilden-Davis	22	Johannesburg
South Korea [c]	Kim Tae-hwa	20	Busan
Spain	Catia Moreno	20	Tenerife
Swaziland	Jackie Bennett	20	Manzini
Sweden	Catrin Olsson	23	Kungsbacka
Switzerland	Sandra Aegerter	22	Aargau
Taiwan [d]	Rebecca Lin	23	Taipei
Thailand	Rewadee Malaisee	21	Bangkok
Trinidad and Tobago	Sastee Bachan	21	Port of Spain
Turkey	Aslıhan Koruyan	19	Istanbul
United Kingdom	Joanne Elizabeth Lewis	21	Mansfield
United States	Charlotte Ray	25	Voorhees
United States Virgin Islands	Cheryl Leiba Milligan	20	St. Croix
Uruguay	Andrea Regina Gorrochategui	23	Montevideo
Venezuela	Ninibeth Leal [1]	20	Maracaibo
Yugoslavia	Slavica Tripunović	20	Vukovar

Notes

1. South Africa returned after the Miss World Organization decided to lift a 14-year apartheid rule, allowing its contestants to compete.
2. She quit from the Pageant few weeks before the finals due to a dispute with pageant officials following a trip to South Africa in which she observed racial discrimination which she felt was tacitly approved by pageant officials
3. Competed as Korea in the pageant
4. Also know as the Republic of China and competed as Chinese Taipei in the pageant

Replacements

•  Taiwan – Lu Shu-Fang.

Other Notes

•  Namibia– Michelle McLean competed in Miss Universe in 1992, held in Bangkok, Thailand, where she emerged victorious. Only four months prior, she had participated in the pageant, making her the first and only Namibian to claim the crown.

References

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3. "Hat évig harcolt a koronájáért Bálint Antónia". 11 November 2015.
4. "Turkish News - Latest News from Turkey". Hürriyet Daily News. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
5. "Miss Ivory Coast 1989, Muriel Edou Kou". ElAnecdotario.com. Archived from the original on 30 October 2007. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
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8. "Facebook". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 4 May 2025.
9. Tiļļa, Andris (21 April 2018). "30 gadi kopš skaistumkonkursā "Mis Rīga". Latvijas šovbiznesa balvas, skandāli, izaicinājumi, etaloni" [30 years since the beauty contest "Miss Riga". Latvian show business awards, scandals, challenges, benchmarks]. LA.LV (in Latvian). Archived from the original on 1 April 2025. Retrieved 23 April 2025.

External links

• Pageantopolis – Miss World 1991