Miss Universe 1990
| Miss Universe 1990 |
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| Date |
15 April 1990 |
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| Presenters |
Dick Clark, Leeza Gibbons, Margaret Gardiner |
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| Venue |
Shubert Theatre, Los Angeles, California, USA  |
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| Broadcaster |
CBS |
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| Entrants |
71 |
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| Placements |
10 |
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| Debuts |
Soviet Union |
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| Withdrawals |
Belgium, Brazil, Curaçao, Haiti, Luxembourg, New Zealand, U.S. Virgin Islands |
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| Returns |
Czechoslovakia |
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| Winner |
Mona Grudt
 Norway |
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| Congeniality |
Christiane Stocker
 Germany |
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| Best National Costume |
Lizeth Mahecha
 Colombia |
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| Photogenic |
Passaraporn Chaimongkol
 Thailand |
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Miss Universe 1990, the 39th Miss Universe pageant, was held on 15 April 1990 at the Shubert Theatre in Los Angeles, California, USA. Mona Grudt of Norway crowned by Angela Visser of Holland. Seventy-one contestants competed in this year.
For the first time, the judges' individual scores were visible to the viewing audience, adding transparency to the pageant. Also in this year, a major format change that transformed the Miss Universe competition for the next decade was introduced, in which the delegates would face an extra round of elimination on finals night: the Top 6 judges' questions.
In the Parade of Nations, television viewers got to see each delegate in national costume, as well as her swimsuit, evening gown and interview preliminary scores for the first time. Host Dick Clark also called out each country individually, as compared to the 1980s where all the delegates introduced themselves in rapid succession. This format of Parade of Nations continued until 1997. The presentation of the delegates in continental order, introduced in 1989, also continued until 1997.
Also, instead of reducing the Top 10 to the usual Final 5, the judges picked a momentary Top 6. Those 6 finalists would answer questions and the field was reduced to a Final 3 who would face the traditional final question. This format was discontinued in 2001 and continued in 2016 with the Final 3 after the finalists answer question in Final 5.
Results
Countries and territories which sent delegates and results
Placements
| Final results |
Contestant |
| Miss Universe 1990 |
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| 1st runner-up |
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| 2nd runner-up |
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| Top 6 |
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| Top 10 |
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Special awards
| Awards |
Contestant |
| Best National Costume |
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| Miss Congeniality |
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| Miss Photogenic |
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Semi-final scores
Preliminary scores
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- Winner
- First runner-up
- Second runner-up
- Top 6 finalist
- Top 10 semi-finalist
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- Note: The scores shown during the Parade of Nations were miscategorized later on in the telecast, creating confusion. The Top 3 Preliminary Interview Scores were labeled as Preliminary Swimsuit scores. Similarly, the Top 3 Swimsuit scores were miscategorized as Preliminary Evening Gown scores, a mistake that would not be repeated the following year.
Order of announcements
Top 10
- India
- Colombia
- Mexico
- Turkey
- Chile
- Bolivia
- Czechoslovakia
- Venezuela
- USA
- Norway
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Top 6
- Colombia
- Bolivia
- Mexico
- Norway
- Chile
- USA
Top 3
- USA
- Norway
- Colombia
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Contestants
Notes
Crossovers
International broadcasting
These are some of the networks outside the United States (telecasted on CBS) that showed the 1990 Miss Universe pageant live (or recorded earlier) in their respective countries and territories:
External links
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