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Miss World 1990

Miss World 1990, the 40th anniversary of the Miss World pageant, was held on 8 November 1990 at the London Palladium in London, United Kingdom. The winner was Gina Tolleson representing United States.[1][2] She was crowned by Miss World 1989, Aneta Beata Kreglicka of Poland.[3] After this event, the Miss World competition began to be held outside the United Kingdom, such as in Atlanta, Hong Kong and Sun City, South Africa.[4][5].This is the second time that United States to win Miss World.

Miss World 1990
Miss World 1990 title card
Date8 November 1990
Presenters
Entertainment
VenueLondon Palladium, London, United Kingdom
Broadcaster
Entrants81
Placements10
DebutsRomania
Withdrawals
Returns
WinnerGina Marie Tolleson
 United States
PersonalitySabina Ifeoma Umeh
 Nigeria
PhotogenicSharon Raquel Luengo González
 Venezuela
← 1989
1991 →

Results edit

 
Countries and territories which sent delegates and results for Miss World 1990[1][2][3][5][6]

Placements edit

Placement Contestant
Miss World 1990
1st Runner-up
  •   Ireland – Siobhan McClafferty
2nd Runner-up
Top 5
Top 10
  •   Aruba – Gwendolyne Charlotte Kwidama
  •   Holland – Gabrielle Stap
  •   Jamaica – Erica Aquart
  •   Poland – Ewa Maria Szymczak
  •   Turkey – Jülide Ates

Continental Queens of Beauty edit

Continental Group Contestant
Africa
  •   Kenya – Aisha Wawira Lieberg
Americas
Asia & Oceania
Caribbean
Europe
  •   Ireland – Siobhan McClafferty

Contestants edit

Country/Territory Contestant Age Hometown Preliminary Score
  American Virgin Islands Keima Akintobi 17 Saint Thomas 37
  Argentina Romina Rosales 19 Buenos Aires 30
  Aruba Gwendolyne Charlotte Kwidama 20 Sint Nicolaas 41
  Australia Karina Brown 19 Sydney 39
  Austria Carina Friedberger 20 Eisenerz 33
  Bahamas Lisa Gizelle Strachan 19 Nassau 33
  Barbados Cheryl Jean Brewster 22 Saint Philip 30
  Belgium Katia Alens 23 Antwerp 33
  Belize Ysela Antonia Zabaneh 20 Independence 30
  Bolivia Daniela Domínguez Martilotti 17 Tarija 31
  Brazil Karla Cristina Kwiatkowski 20 Curitiba 35
  British Virgin Islands Suzanne Spencer 22 Tortola 33
  Bulgaria Violeta Galabova 18 Sofia 31
  Canada Natasha Palewandrem 22 Ottawa 35
  Cayman Islands Bethea Michelle Christian 17 Grand Cayman 30
  Chile María Isabel Jara Pizarro 21 Santiago 35
  Colombia Angela Mercedes Mariño Ortiz 19 Bogotá 38
  Cook Islands Angela Manarang 23 Rarotonga 30
  Costa Rica Andrea Murillo Fallas 20 Heredia 31
  Curaçao Jacqueline Nelleke Josien Krijger 23 Willemstad 33
  Cyprus Emilia Groutidou 18 Nicosia 30
  Czechoslovakia Andrea Roskovcová 19 Benešov 33
  Denmark Charlotte Christiansen 23 Copenhagen 35
  Dominican Republic Brenda Marte Lajara 21 Santo Domingo 30
  Egypt Dalia El Behery 20 Cairo 31
  El Salvador María Elena Henríquez 20 San Salvador 31
  Finland Nina Björkfelt 22 Turku 40
  France Gaëlle Voiry † 21 Bordeaux 30
  Germany Christiane Stocker 23 Darmstadt 39
  Ghana Dela Tamakloe 24 Accra 30
  Gibraltar Sarah Yeats 18 Gibraltar 33
  Greece Sophia Lafkioti 19 Athens 31
  Guam Mary Esteban 22 Dededo 32
  Guatemala María del Rosario Pérez Aguilar 25 Guatemala City 30
  Holland Gabrielle Stap 21 The Hague 46
  Honduras Claudia Bendaña McCausland 21 Tegucigalpa 30
  Hong Kong Elaine da Silva 18 Sai Kung 31
  Hungary Kinga Czuczor 20 Budapest 32
  Iceland Ásta Sigríður Einarsdóttir 19 Garðabær 30
  India Naveeda Mehdi 18 Bombay 35
  Ireland Siobhan McClafferty 20 Dublin 43
  Israel Ariela Tesler 18 Tel Aviv 30
  Italy Cristina Gavagnin 19 Trieste 32
  Jamaica Erica Aquart 20 Kingston 42
  Japan Tomoko Iwasaki 20 Shizuoka 30
  Kenya Aisha Wawira Lieberg 19 Embu 32
  Korea Go Hyun-jung 19 Seoul 35
  Latvia Velga Bražņevica 23 Riga 38
  Luxembourg Bea Jarzyńska 18 Luxembourg City 30
  Macau Alexandra Paula Costa Mendes 19 Macau 30
  Madagascar Ellys Raza 20 Antananarivo 30
  Malta Karen Demicoli 18 Żejtun 30
  Mauritius Marie Desirée Audrey Pitchen 23 Beau Bassin 30
  Mexico Luz María Mena Basso 23 Mérida 40
  Namibia Ronel Liebenberg 22 Windhoek 30
  New Zealand Adele Valerie Kenny 17 Murupara 42
  Nigeria Sabina Ifeoma Umeh 21 Lagos 30
  Norway Ingeborg Kolseth 20 Hundorp 33
  Panama Madelaine Leignadier Dawson 20 Panama City 30
  Papua New Guinea Nellie Ban 23 Manus 30
  Paraguay Alba María Cordero Rivals 21 Asunción 31
  Peru Gisselle Martínez Cuadros 21 Lima 38
  Philippines Antonette Elizalde Ballesteros 23 Manila 30
  Poland Ewa Maria Szymczak 23 Warsaw 40
  Portugal Filomena Paula Dias Miranda Marques 22 Lisbon 31
  Puerto Rico Magdalena Pabón 23 San Juan 35
  Romania Mihaela Raescu 22 Craiova 35
  Singapore Karen Frances Ng 17 Singapore 30
  Spain María del Carmen Carrasco García 22 Madrid 32
  Sri Lanka Angela Mary Jane Gunasekera 23 Colombo 30
  Sweden Daniela Jessica Maria Almen 19 Västerås 33
  Switzerland Priscilla Leimgruber 20 Bulle 30
  Thailand Panida Umsaard 19 Bangkok 30
  Trinidad and Tobago Guenevere Helen Kelshall 22 Port of Spain 35
  Turkey Jülide Ates 19 Istanbul 41
  United Kingdom Helen Upton 19 Birmingham 39
  United States Gina Marie Tolleson[1][2] 21 Charleston 49
  Uruguay María Carolina Casalia Abelia 19 Montevideo 32
  U.S.S.R. Lauma Zemzare 19 Moscow 37
  Venezuela Sharon Raquel Luengo González 19 Maracaibo 50
  Yugoslavia Ivona Brnelić 18 Rijeka 31

Judges edit

Notes edit

Debuts edit

  •   Romania competed in Miss World for the first time after the Miss World Organization allowed the nation to compete after a 24-year revolution.

There were two panels of judges, one in the UK and another in Australia, that commented Miss Venezuela to be “the best one”. This clip was removed from videos and she was placed 2nd runner up.

Returns edit

Withdrawals edit

  •   Ecuador – Due to lack of sponsorship
  •   Lebanon – Due to a civil war
  •   Malaysia – Due to lack of sponsorship
  •   China
  •   Swaziland

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "How Did 'Unusually Thicke' Couple Alan and Tanya Thicke Meet? The Story's Not So Sweet". Bustle. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d "Miss World Competition Through the Years". E!. 12 December 2014. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
  3. ^ a b (18 June 2009). Aneta Kręglicka... skoro piękna, to pewnie głupia, Gazeta Wyborcza (in Polish). Retrieved 23 January 2016.
  4. ^ Bhaskaran, S. (2004). Made in India: Decolonizations, Queer Sexualities, Trans/national Projects. Comparative Feminist Studies. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 42. ISBN 978-1-4039-7925-4.
  5. ^ a b "A Globalized Culture Clash". Frontline; PBS. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
  6. ^ a b "Miss World din cap până în picioare. VEZI IMAGINI DE LA ÎNCORONĂRILE DIN 1950 PÂNĂ ASTĂZI". Evenimentul Zilei (in Romanian). Retrieved 23 January 2016.
  7. ^ "The boyfriend of former Miss World Kimberly Santos, apparently..." United Press International. 4 January 1983. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
  8. ^ "Bruce Forsyth knighted: Sir Brucie's career in pictures and video". Daily Mirror. 12 October 2011. Retrieved 23 January 2016.

External links edit

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