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.