MISS UNIVERSE 1989

tuesday, may 23, 1989

Fiesta Americana Condesa Hotel, Cancun, Mexico

76 contestants

PRESENTERS: john forsythe, emma samms, karen baldwin 

entertainment: Ballet Folklorico de Quintana Roo and the Mariaga Mariachi.

Results

1  HOLLAND  Angela Visser (World '88)

2  SWEDEN  Louise Drevenstam (winner Scandinavia '90)

3  USA  Gretchen Lynn Polhemus

4  POLAND  Joanna Gapinska (World '88)

5  MEXICO  Adriana Abascal López Cisneros

 

Top 10

6  GERMANY  Andrea Stelzer

7  VENEZUELA  Eva Lisa Larsdotter Ljung (1st RU Globe '89)

8  FINLAND  Åsa Maria Lövdahl (World '89, 2nd RU Scandinavia '90)

9  JAMAICA  Sandra Foster (3rd RU World '91)

10  CHILE  Maria Macarena Mina Garachena


Awards

Miss Amity  TURKS & CAICOS

Miss Photogenic  AUSTRALIA

Best National Costume  1 BRAZIL, 2 GUATEMALA, 3 THAILAND

 

Remainder

ARGENTINA  Luisa Norbis

ARUBA  Marina Karina Felix

AUSTRALIA  Karen Wenden

AUSTRIA  Bettina Berghold (International '89)

BAHAMAS  Natasha Inga Ramirez

BELGIUM  Anne De Baetzelier

BELIZE  Andrea Shermane McKoy

BERMUDA  Cornelia Furbert

BOLIVIA  Raquel Cors Ulloa

BRAZIL  Flávia Cavalcante Rebêlo

BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS  Viola Marguerite Joseph

CANADA  Juliette Powell

CAYMAN ISLANDS  Carol-Ann Balls (Hawaiian Tropic '86)

COLOMBIA  Maria Teresa Egurrola Hinojosa

COSTA RICA  Luana Freer Bustamante (Asia Pacific '89, winner Coffee '89, Mrs World '99)

CURACAO  Anna Maria Mosteiro de Windt

DENMARK  Louise Mejlhede

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC  Anny Canaán Camido

ECUADOR  Maria Eugenia Molina Astudillo (Maja '88, SF Asia Pacific '89)

EGYPT  Saly Ata

EL SALVADOR  Lucía Beatriz López Rodríguez (Hispanidad '88, Asia Pacific '89, World '91)

ENGLAND  Racquel Jory (Europe '91)

FRANCE  Pascale Meotti

GIBRALTAR  Tatiana Desoiza (World '88)

GREECE  Christina Latani

GREENLAND  Naja-Rie Sorensen

GUAM  Janiece Annette Santos (International '89)

GUATEMALA  Helka Lisbeth Cuevas Berganza

HAITI  Glaphyra Jean-Louis

HONDURAS  Frances Elisa Siryi Milla

HONG KONG  Cynthia Cheung Yuk-Lui

ICELAND  Gudbjörg Gissurardóttir (SF International '88)

INDIA  Dolly Minhas

IRELAND  Collette Jackson (World '88)

ISRAEL  Nicole Halperin

ITALY  Cristiana Bertasi

JAPAN  Eri Tshiro

KOREA  Sung-ryoung Kim

LUXEMBOURG  Chris Scott (World '89)

MALAYSIA  Carmen Cheah Swee Lian

MALTA  Sylvana Sammut Pandolfino

MAURITIUS  Jacky Randabel

NEW ZEALAND  Shelley Soffe

NIGERIA  Bianca Odinaka Onoh (Charm International '89, World '89)

NORTHERN MARIANAS  Soreen Villanueva

NORWAY  Lene Ornhoft

PARAGUAY  Ana Victoria Schaerer del Puerto

PERU  Mariana Sovero McKay

PHILIPPINES  Sara Jane Davis Paez

PORTUGAL  Ana Francisca Peixoto Gonçalves Sobrinho

PUERTO RICO  Catalina Maria Villar Ruiz

ST. VINCENT  Camille Samuel

SCOTLAND  Victoria Susannah Lace (SF International '89)

SINGAPORE  Pauline Chong

SPAIN  Eva María Pedraza López (World '89)

SRI LANKA  Veronica Ruston

SURINAM  Consuela Cruden

SWITZERLAND  Karina Berger (World '88, winner Globe '89)

TAIWAN  Yen-Ping Chen

THAILAND  Yollada Ronghanam

TRINIDAD & TOBAGO  Guenevere Helen Kelshall (World '90)

TURKEY  Jasmin Baradan

TURKS & CAICOS  Sharon Simmons

U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS  Nathalie Lynch

URUGUAY  Carolina Pies Riet

WALES  Andrea Caroline Jones (All Nations '90)


NO SHOWS:

CYPRUS  Christia Papadopoulou

GAMBIA  Fatou Jarra

LEBANON  Colette Boulos

KENYA  Dianna Naylor

YUGOSLAVIA  Suzana Zunic

CZECHOSLOVAKIA  Ivana Christova

PAPUA NEW GUINEA  Erue Taunao

ZAIRE  Lumeka Mulunge

SENEGAL  Aline Dioup

BULGARIA  Sonia Vassileva


REPLACED:

FRANCE  Stephanie "Peggy" Zlotkowski (arrived but was sent back home because she was underage)

EL SALVADOR  Maria Eugenia Duarte (Relinquished her national title)


DEBUTS: -

WITHDRAWALS: Lebanon

RETURNS: Aruba, Belize, Cayman Islands, Curaçao, Greece, Haiti, India, Mauritius, Poland, Suriname


JUDGES:

1- Brenda Dykgraaf – U.S. aerobic champion.

2- Phil Richards – Make-up artist.

3- Jacqueline Briskin – American writer specializing in historical fiction.

4- José Eber – French celebrity hairstylist.

5- Rosalynn Sumners – U.S. Olympic Silver Medal Figure Skater and National Champion.

6- Michael Warren – American TV actor and former college basketball player.

7- Josie Cruz Natori – Filipina fashion designer and CEO and founder of The Natori Company.

8- Giuseppe Della Schiava – Editor and publisher of Harper's Bazaar Italia.

9- Jane Feinberg – Casting director.

10- Sy Weintraub – Former president of Columbia Pictures.

11- Emmanuel – Mexican Singer.