Miss Universe 1990
| Miss Universe 1990 | |
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| Date | 15 April 1990 |
| Presenters | |
| Venue | Shubert Theatre, Los Angeles, California, United States |
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| Producer |
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| Entrants | 71 |
| Placements | 10 |
| Debuts |
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| Withdrawals |
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| Returns |
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| Winner | Mona Grudt Norway |
| Congeniality | Christiane Stocker (West Germany) |
| Best National Costume | Lizeth Mahecha (Colombia) |
| Photogenic | Passaraporn Chaimongkol (Thailand) |
Miss Universe 1990, the 39th Miss Universe pageant, was held at the Shubert Theatre in Los Angeles, California, United States, on April 15, 1990.
At the end of the event, Angela Visser of Holland crowned Mona Grudt of Norway as Miss Universe 1990.[1] Seventy one contestants competed for the title.[1]
Results
Placements
| Placement | Contestant |
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| 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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Final Competition
| Nation | Preliminary
Average |
Interview | Swimsuit | Evening Gown | Semifinal Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Norway
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8.683 (1) | 8.760 (1) | 8.922 (1) | 8.989 (1) | 8.890 (1) |
 United States
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8.316 (3) | 8.509 (3) | 8.299 (7) | 8.630 (5) | 8.479 (6) |
 Colombia
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8.313 (5) | 8.610 (2) | 8.714 (2) | 8.840 (2) | 8.721 (2) |
 Mexico
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8.316 (3) | 8.500 (4) | 8.450 (4) | 8.707 (4) | 8.552 (3) |
 Chile
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8.206 (9) | 8.411 (6) | 8.410 (6) | 8.770 (3) | 8.530 (4) |
 Bolivia
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8.256 (7) | 8.439 (5) | 8.498 (3) | 8.600 (6) | 8.512 (5) |
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8.420 (2) | 8.370 (7) | 8.450 (4) | 8.590 (7) | 8.470 (7) |
 India
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8.280 (6) | 8.200 (9) | 8.233 (8) | 8.552 (8) | 8.328 (8) |
 Turkey
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8.090 (10) | 8.079 (10) | 8.139 (9) | 8.200 (9) | 8.139 (9) |
 Czechoslovakia
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8.210 (8) | 8.360 (8) | 7.785 (10) | 7.970 (10) | 8.038 (10) |
Special awards
| Special award | Contestant |
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| Miss Amity |
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| Miss Photogenic |
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| Best National Costume |
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Contestants
Argentina – Paola de la Torre
Aruba – Gwendolyne Kwidama.svg.png)
Australia – Charmaine Ware
Austria – Sandra Luttenberger
Bahamas – Lisa Nichelle Sawyer
Belize – Ysela Antonia Zabaneh
Bermuda – Janet Tucker- Bolivia – Rosario del Pilar Rico Toro
British Virgin Islands – Jestina Hodge.svg.png)
Canada – Robin Lee Ouzunoff.svg.png)
Cayman Islands – Tricia Rose Whittaker- Chile – Uranía Haltenhoff[2]
- Colombia – Lizeth Mahecha
Costa Rica – Julieta Posla- Czechoslovakia – Jana Hronkova
Denmark – Maj-Britt Jensen
Dominican Republic – Rosario Rodríguez.svg.png)
Ecuador – Jessica Núñez
Egypt – Dalia El Behery
El Salvador – Gracia María Guerra
England – Carla Barrow
Finland - Tiina Susanna Vierto
France – Gaëlle Voiry
Gibraltar – Audrey Gingell
Greece – Jeni Balatsinou
Greenland – Sascha Nukaka Motzfeldt
Guam – Marcia Damian
Guatemala – Marianela Abate
Holland – Stephanie Halenbeek.svg.png)
Honduras – Vivian Moreno.svg.png)
Hong Kong – Monica Chan
Iceland – Hildur Dungalsdóttir- India – Suzanne Sablok
Ireland – Barbara Curran
Israel – Yvonna Krugliak
Italy – Annamaria Malipiero
Jamaica – Michelle Hall.svg.png)
Japan – Hiroko Miyoshi
Malaysia – Anna Lin Lim
Malta – Charmaine Farrugia
Mauritius – Anita Ramgutty- Mexico – Marilé del Rosario Santiago
Nigeria – Sabina Umeh
Northern Mariana Islands – Edwina Menzies- Norway – Mona Grudt
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Paraguay – Mónica Plate
Peru – Marisol Martínez.svg.png)
Philippines – Germelina Leah Banal Padilla
Poland – Małgorzata Obieżalska.svg.png)
Portugal – Maria Rosado.svg.png)
Puerto Rico – María Luisa Fortuño
Republic of China – Wen Tzui Pin
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines – Glenor Browne
Scotland – Karina Ferguson
Singapore – Ong Lay Ling.svg.png)
South Korea – Oh Hyun-kyung
Soviet Union - Evia Stalbovska
Spain – Raquel Revuelta
Sri Lanka – Roshani Aluwinare
Suriname – Saskia Sibilo
Sweden – Linda Isaksson.svg.png)
Switzerland – Catherine Mesot
Thailand – Passaraporn Chaimongkol
Trinidad and Tobago – Maryse de Gourville- Turkey – Jülide Ateş
Turks and Caicos Islands – Karen Been.png)
United States – Carole Gist
Uruguay – Ondina Pérez- Venezuela – Andreína Goetz
Wales – Jane Lloyd
West Germany – Christiane Stocker
Order of Introduction
This year followed the pageant in the year before that the Parade of Nations segment was presented by introducing the delegates, designated in the regional groups. However, the delegates were also talking about their plans for the future and telling their names.
| Geographical Region / Continent | Order of Country / Territory Introduction |
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| Central and North America | |
| Asia and The Land Down Under | |
| British Isles and Western Europe | |
| Eastern Europe | |
| South America | |
| The Islands | |
| Mediterranean, Middle East, and Africa |
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Notes
Debuts
- Soviet Union - Evia Staļbovska was one of the 17 semi-finalists in the 1989 Miss USSR pageant. Staļbovska was from Riga in
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Latvia.[3]
Returns
Last competed in 1970:
Withdrawals
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Belgium - Miss Belgium 1990, Katia Alens had completed Miss International 1990 and Miss World 1990. Miss Belgium Organization did not send at representative this year. Katia Alens later participated in Miss Universe 1991.
Brazil - Due the franchise owner withdrawal, no national contest held.
Curaçao
Cyprus
Gambia
Ghana
Haiti
Luxembourg - Beata Jarzynska
Kenya
Namibia
New Zealand
Panama - Gloria Stella Quintana, she was unable to travel to Miss Universe because the country was still affected by the American invasion of December 1989.
Papua New Guinea
Senegal
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Yugoslavia - Dragana Živić, Due lack of Sponsorship and visa issues.
References
- ^ a b "Norwegian wins Miss Universe title". UPI Archives. Retrieved 2024-12-06.
- ^ a b "Chile en Miss Universo 1990". chileancharm.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 May 2021.
- ^ http://vsenashimiss.blogspot.com/2014/08/blog-post_28.html?m=1 (ru)