Miss Universe 1989

Miss Universe 1989
Date	23 May 1989
Presenters	John Forsythe, Emma Samms, Karen Baldwin
Venue	Fiesta Americana Condesa Hotel, Cancún, Mexico
Broadcaster	CBS
Entrants	76
Placements	10
Debuts	St. Vincent & The Grenadines
Withdrawals	Lebanon
Returns	Aruba, Belize, Cayman Islands, Curaçao, Greece, Haiti, India, Mauritius, Poland, Suriname
Winner	Angela Visser  Holland
Congeniality	Sharon Simons  Turks & Caicos
Best National Costume	Flavia Cavalcanti  Brazil
Photogenic	Karen Wenden  Australia

Miss Universe 1989, the 38th Miss Universe pageant, was held on 23 May 1989 at the Fiesta Americana Condesa Hotel in Cancún, Mexico. Angela Visser of Holland crowned by Porntip Nakhirunkanok of Thailand. Seventy-six contestants competed in this year.

Results

Countries and territories which sent delegates and results

Placements

Final results	Contestant
Miss Universe 1989	Holland – Angela Visser
1st runner-up	Sweden – Louise Drevenstam
2nd runner-up	USA – Gretchen Polhemus
3rd runner-up	Poland – Joanna Gapińska
4th runner-up	Mexico – Adriana Abascal
Semi-finalists	Germany – Andrea Stelzer  Venezuela – Eva Lisa Ljung  Finland – Åsa Lövdahl  Jamaica – Sandra Foster  Chile – Macarena Mina

Special awards

Awards	Contestant
Best National Costume	Brazil – Flavia Cavalcanti Rebello  Guatemala – Helka Cuevas  Thailand – Yonlada Ronghanam
Miss Congeniality	Turks & Caicos – Sharon Simons
Miss Photogenic	Australia – Karen Wenden

Semi-final scores

Delegate Interview Swimsuit Evening Gown Average  Holland 9.583 (1) 9.725 (1) 9.824 (1) 9.711 (1)  Sweden 9.261 (2) 9.233 (2) 9.376 (2) 9.290 (2)  Poland 8.472 (6) 9.105 (3) 9.027 (4) 8.868 (3)  Mexico 8.650 (3) 8.883 (5) 9.026 (5) 8.853 (4)  USA 8.511 (5) 8.894 (4) 8.927 (8) 8.777 (5)  Germany 8.461 (7) 8.737 (7) 9.010 (6) 8.736 (6)  Venezuela 8.204 (8) 8.727 (8) 9.096 (3) 8.676 (7)  Finland 8.533 (4) 8.661 (9) 8.755 (9) 8.650 (8)  Jamaica 8.111 (9) 8.788 (6) 8.933 (7) 8.611 (9)  Chile 8.033 (10) 8.505 (10) 8.755 (10) 8.431 (10)

Winner      First runner-up      Second runner-up      Third runner-up      Fourth runner-up      Top 10 semi-finalist (#) Rank in each round of competition

Order of announcements

Top 10 Germany Chile Jamaica Venezuela Holland USA Sweden Poland Finland Mexico

Top 5 Mexico Holland Poland USA Sweden

Background music

• Opening: "Hot Hot Hot" by Arrow (Cover version)

Judges

• Brenda Dykgraaf – U.S. aerobic champion
• Phil Richards – Make-up artist
• Jacqueline Briskin – American writer specializing in historical fiction
• José Eber – French celebrity hairstylist
• Rosalynn Sumners – U.S. Olympic Silver Medal Figure Skater and National Champion
• Michael Warren – American TV actor and former college basketball player
• Josie Cruz Natori – Filipina fashion designer and CEO and founder of The Natori Company
• Giuseppe Della Schiava – Editor and publisher of Harper's Bazaar Italia
• Jane Feinberg – Casting director
• Sy Weintraub – Former president of Columbia Pictures
• Emmanuel – Singer

Contestants

Argentina – Luisa Norbis  Aruba – Karina Felix  Australia – Karen Wenden  Austria – Bettina Berghold  Bahamas – Tasha Ramirez  Belgium – Anne de Baetzelier  Belize – Andrea Sherman McKoy  Bermuda – Cornelia Furbert  Bolivia – Raquel Cors Ulloa  Brazil – Flavia Cavalcanti Rebello  British Virgin Islands – Viola Joseph  Canada – Juliette Powell  Cayman Islands – Carol Ann Balls  Chile – María Macarena Mina Garachena  Colombia – María Teresa Egurrola Hinojosa  Costa Rica – Luana Freer Bustamante  Curaçao – Anna Mosteiro  Denmark – Louise Mejlhede  Dominican Republic – Anny Canaán Camido  Ecuador – María Eugenia Molina  Egypt – Sally Attah  El Salvador – Beatriz López Rodríguez  England – Raquel Marie Jory  Finland – Åsa Maria Lövdahl  France – Pascale Meotti  Germany – Andrea Stelzer  Gibraltar – Tatiana Desoisa  Greece – Kristiana Latani  Greenland – Naja-Rie Sorensen  Guam – Janice Santos  Guatemala – Helka Cuevas  Haiti – Glaphyra Jean-Louis  Holland - Angela Visser  Honduras – Frances Siryl Milla  Hong Kong – Cynthia Yuk Lui Cheung  Iceland – Guðbjörg Gissurardóttir  India – Dolly Minhas  Ireland – Collette Jackson

Israel – Nicole Halperin  Italy – Christiana Bertasi  Jamaica – Sandra Foster  Japan – Eri Tashiro  Korea – Kim Sung-ryung  Luxembourg – Chris Scott  Malaysia – Carmen Cheah Swee  Malta – Sylvana Sammut Pandolfino  Mauritius – Jacky Randabel  Mexico – Adriana Abascal  New Zealand – Shelley Soffe  Nigeria – Bianca Onoh  Northern Marianas – Soreen Villanueva  Norway – Lene Ornhoft  Paraguay – Ana Victoria Schaerer  Peru – Mariana Sovero  Philippines – Sarah Jane Davis Paez  Poland – Joanna Gapińska  Portugal – Anna Francisco Sobrinho  Puerto Rico – Catalina Villa  Republic of China – Chen Yen Ping  Scotland – Victoria Susannah Lace  Singapore – Pauline Chong  Spain – Eva Pedraza  Sri Lanka – Veronica Ruston  St. Vincent & Grenadines – Camille Samuels  Suriname – Consuela Cruden  Sweden – Louise Drevenstam   Switzerland – Karina Berger  Thailand – Yonlada Ronghanam  Trinidad & Tobago – Guenevere Helen Keishall  Turkey – Jasmine Baradan  Turks & Caicos – Sharon Simons  Uruguay – Carolina Pies Riet  USA – Gretchen Polhemus  U.S. Virgin Islands – Nathalie Lynch  Venezuela – Eva Lisa Larsdotter Ljung  Wales – Andrea Caroline Jones

Notes

Crossovers

Miss World 1988:  Gibraltar – Tatiana Desoisa 1988:  Holland – Angela Visser 1988:  Ireland – Collette Jackson 1988:  Poland – Joanna Gapińska 1988:   Switzerland – Karina Berger 1989:  Finland – Åsa Maria Lövdahl 1989:  Luxembourg – Chris Scott 1989:  Nigeria – Bianca Onoh 1989:  Spain – Eva Pedraza 1990:  Trinidad & Tobago – Guenevere Helen Keishall 1991:  Jamaica – Sandra Foster (3rd runner-up, Queen of Caribbean) 1991:  El Salvador – Beatriz López Rodríguez Miss International 1988:  Iceland – Guðbjörg Gissurardóttir (Semi-finalist) 1989:  Austria – Bettina Berghold 1989:  Guam – Janice Santos 1989:  Scotland – Victoria Susannah Lace (Semi-finalist, as  Britain) Miss Intercontinental 1989:  Nigeria – Bianca Onoh (Winner / Resigned) 1990:  Jamaica – Sandra Foster (Winner) Miss Globe International 1989:   Switzerland – Karina Berger (Winner) 1989:  Hong Kong – Cynthia Yuk Lui Cheung 1989:  Venezuela – Eva Lisa Larsdotter Ljung (1st runner-up)

Miss All Nations 1990:  Germany – Andrea Stelzer (Semi-finalist) 1990:  Wales – Andrea Caroline Jones Miss Charm International 1989:  Nigeria – Bianca Onoh (Semi-finalist, Miss Congeniality) 1989:  Poland – Joanna Gapińska (Semi-finalist) Miss Hispanidad Internacional 1988:  El Salvador – Beatriz López Rodríguez Reinado Internacional del Café 1989:  Costa Rica – Luana Freer Bustamante (Winner) Maja Internacional 1988:  Ecuador – María Eugenia Molina Miss Europe 1991:  England – Raquel Marie Jory Miss Scandinavia 1990:  Sweden – Louise Drevenstam (Winner) 1990:  Finland – Åsa Maria Lövdahl (2nd runner-up, Finnish TV Viewers' Choice) Miss Asia Pacific 1989:  Ecuador – María Eugenia Molina (Semi-finalist) 1989:  Costa Rica – Luana Freer Bustamante 1989:  El Salvador – Beatriz López Rodríguez Reina Mundial del Turismo (in FITUR, Madrid, Spain) 1989:  Haiti – Glaphyra Jean-Louis (Primera Dama de Honor (1st runner-up))

International broadcasting

These are some of the networks outside the United States (telecasted on CBS) that showed the 1989 Miss Universe pageant live (or recorded earlier) in their respective countries and territories:

Argentina: América 2  Aruba: P4A-TV  Australia: Seven Network  Austria: TW1  Bahamas: ZNS-TV  Bermuda: ZBM-TV  Belgium: VRT  Bolivia: Unitel  Brazil: SBT  Bulgaria: BNT 1  Canada: CBC Television  Chile: TVN  China: CCTV-1  Colombia: Caracol  Curaçao: PJC-TV  Costa Rica: Teletica  Cyprus: RIK 1  Denmark: DR1  Ecuador: Gamavision  Estonia: ETV  Finland: YLE TV1  France: TF1  Germany: ARD  Greece: ET1  Guam: KUAM-LP  Haiti: 4VMR-TV  Holland: Nederland 2  Honduras: Canal 11  Hong Kong: TVB Pearl  Hungary: m1  India: DD National  Ireland: RTÉ One  Israel: Channel 1  Italy: Rai Uno  Jamaica: Ination TV

Japan: ABC  Korea: KBS  Lebanon: Télé Liban  Martinique: Martinique 1re  Malaysia: TV1  Malta: TVM  Mexico: Televisa  Namibia: Namibia Broadcasting Corporation  New Zealand: TV One  Northern Marianas: WSZE  Norway: NRK1  Panama: Telemetro  Paraguay: TV Cerro Cora  Peru: ATV  Philippines: GMA Radio-Television Arts  Poland: TVP1  Portugal: RTP1  Romania: TVR1  Russia: Channel One  South Africa: South African Broadcasting Corporation  Singapore: SBC Fifth Frequency  Spain: TVE1  Sri Lanka: Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation  Sweden: SVT1   Switzerland: SF 1  Republic of China: CTS  Thailand: Channel 7  Turks & Caicos: WIV-TV  Trinidad & Tobago: CCN TV6  United Kingdom: BBC One  USA:- CBS  U.S. Virgin Islands: WBNB-TV  Uruguay: TVN  Venezuela: Venevisión

References

External links

• Pageantopolis – Miss Universe 1989
• Miss Universe official website