Miss World 1989

Miss World 1989
Miss World 1989 Titlecard
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
Debuts	Hungary Latvia Namibia Soviet Union
Withdrawals	Barbados British Virgin Islands Bulgaria Cook Islands Egypt India Isle of Man Lebanon Liberia Saint Kitts and Nevis Swaziland Turks and Caicos Uruguay
Returns	Aruba Czechoslovakia Panama Puerto Rico Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Winner	Aneta Kręglicka 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. She was crowned by Miss World 1988, Linda Pétursdóttir of Iceland.

Results

Placements

Placement	Contestant
Miss World 1989	Poland – Aneta Kręglicka
1st runner-up	Canada – Leanne Caputo
2nd runner-up	Colombia – Mónica María Isaza
Top 10	Australia – Natalie McCurry Ireland – Barbara Ann Curran Mauritius – Jeanne Françoise Clement Thailand – Prathumrat Woramali United Kingdom – Suzanne Younger United States – Jill Renee Scheffert United States Virgin Islands – Vanessa Thomas

Continental Queens of Beauty

Continental Group	Contestant
Africa	Mauritius – Jeanne-Françoise Clement
Americas	Canada – Leanne Caputo
Asia	Thailand – Prathumrat Woramali
Caribbean	United States Virgin Islands – Vanessa Thomas
Europe	Poland – Aneta-Beata Kręglicka
Oceania	Australia – Natalie Tania McCurry

Contestants

Countries and territories which sent delegates and results for Miss World 1989

78 contestants competed for the title.

Country/Territory	Contestant	Age	Hometown
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	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	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

Judges

• Eric Morley † – Chairman and CEO of Miss World Organization
• Krish Naidoo †
• Brian Daniels
• Rob Brandt
• Diane Hsin
• Peter Lam
• Giselle Laronde – Miss World 1986 from Trinidad and Tobago
• Richard Caring
• George Pitman

Notes

Debuts

• Hungary
• Latvia (Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic)
• Namibia
• Soviet Union

Returns

• Last competed in 1969:
  • Czechoslovakia
• Last competed in 1985:
  • Aruba
  • Puerto Rico
• Last competed in 1987:
  • Panama
  • Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Replacements

• Soviet Union – Yulia Sukhanova did not compete due to parental refusal to sign any contract with the Miss USSR organizers due to being underaged or overaged.

Withdrawals

• Barbados
• British Virgin Islands
• Bulgaria
• Egypt
• Lithuania (Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic) - Liucija Gruzdytė
• St. Kitts & Nevis
• Swaziland
• Turks & Caicos
• Uruguay
• India – National pageant postponed
• Lebanon – Due to a civil war

Other Notes

• Poland – Aneta Kręglicka competed in Miss International in 1989, securing the second position behind Iris Klein. Shortly after, she participated in Miss World and clinched the crown, making her the first Polish woman to achieve this honor. In 2021, she won Miss World for the second time, following in the footsteps of Karolina Bielawska.