Placements

Final results	Contestant
Miss Universe 1989	' - Angela Visser Angela Visser Angela Visser is the first woman from the Netherlands to win the Miss Universe pageant in 1989.-Miss Universe:...
1st runner-up	Sweden - Louise Drevenstam Louise Drevenstam Louise Camuto, is a former Miss Sweden, from Örebro, in Närke, Sweden. She finished second in the Miss Universe 1989 contest, losing to Dutchwoman Angela Visser...
2nd runner-up	United States - Gretchen Polhemus Gretchen Polhemus Gretchen Lynn Polhemus-Jensen is a former Miss USA and second runner-up to .-Early life:Prior to competing in Miss Texas USA, Jensen was working as a cattle broker and real estate agent in her home state....
3rd runner-up	Poland - Joanna Gapińska
4th runner-up	Mexico - Adriana Abascal Adriana Abascal Adriana Abascal .In 1988 she won the title of Miss Mexico and participated in "Miss Universe 1989" obtaining the 5th. position...
Top 10	Germany - Andrea Stelzer  Venezuela - Eva Lisa Ljung Eva Lisa Ljung Eva Lisa Larsdotter Ljung is a former beauty queen, who grew up in Barquisimeto and was Miss Venezuela in 1989, the official representative of her country to the Miss Universe pageant held in Cancún, México on May 23, 1989, where she was one of the Top 10 semifinalists.-External links:**...  Finland - Åsa Lövdahl  Jamaica - Sandra Foster  Chile - Macarena Mina Macarena Mina Macarena Mina Garachena is a pageant titleholder, was born in Coihaique, Chile on October 18, 1968. She is the Miss Chile titleholder for 1989 and was the official representative of Chile to the Miss Universe 1989 pageant held in Cancún, México....

Semifinal Scores

Country	Interview	Swimsuit	Evening Gown	Average
	9.583 (1)	9.725 (1)	9.824 (1)	9.711 (1)
	9.261 (2)	9.233 (2)	9.376 (2)	9.290 (2)
	8.472 (6)	9.105 (3)	9.027 (4)	8.868 (3)
	8.650 (3)	8.883 (5)	9.026 (5)	8.853 (4)
United States	8.511 (5)	8.894 (4)	8.927 (8)	8.777 (5)
	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)
	8.533 (4)	8.661 (9)	8.755 (9)	8.650 (8)
	8.111 (9)	8.788 (6)	8.933 (7)	8.611 (9)
	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 Semifinalist Rank in each round of competition

Special Awards

Award	Contestant
Best National Costume	Brazil - Flavia Cavalcanti Rebello  Guatemala - Helka Cuevas  Thailand - Yonlada Ronghanam Yonlada Ronghanam Yonlada Ronghanam , nicknamed Nong is Miss Thailand 1989. She competed in the Miss Universe 1989 pageant held in Mexico.- References :...
Miss Congeniality	' - Sharon Simons
Miss Photogenic	Australia - Karen Wenden

Judges

• Brenda Dykgraaf – U.S. aerobic champion.
• Phil Richards – Make-up artist.
• Jacqueline Briskin
  Jacqueline Briskin
  Jacqueline Briskin is an American writer specializing in historical fiction. Her books regularly appear on the New York Times bestseller's list....
  
   – American writer specializing in historical fiction.
• José Eber
  José Eber
  José Eber is a well known hairstylist. His flagship salon is in Beverly Hills, California. He has written two books, and created one video tape. The first book, published in 1982, was titled "Shake Your Head, Darling". The video tape on hairstyling tips, called "Why Do I Call You Sexy?", was...
  
   – French celebrity hairstylist.
• Rosalynn Sumners
  Rosalynn Sumners
  Rosalynn Diane Sumners is an American ladies' singles figure skater. She was the World Junior champion in 1980, the U.S...
  
   – U.S. Olympic Silver Medal Figure Skater and National Champion.
• Michael Warren
  Michael Warren (actor)
  Michael Warren is an American TV actor and former college basketball player, best known for playing Officer Bobby Hill on the NBC television series Hill Street Blues.-College basketball career:...
  
   – American TV actor and former college basketball player.
• Josie Cruz Natori
  Josie Natori
  Josie Natori is a Filipina fashion designer and the CEO and founder of The Natori Company. Natori served as a commissioner on the White House Conference on Small Business. In March 2007 she was awarded the Order of Lakandula, one of the highest civilian awards in the Philippines...
  
   – Filipina fashion designer and CEO and founder of The Natori Company.
• Giuseppe Della Schiava – Editor and publisher of Harper's Bazaar Italia
  Harper's Bazaar
  Harper’s Bazaar is an American fashion magazine, first published in 1867. Harper’s Bazaar is published by Hearst and, as a magazine, considers itself to be the style resource for “women who are the first to buy the best, from casual to couture.”...
  
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• Jane Feinberg – Casting director.
• Sy Weintraub
  Sy Weintraub
  Sy Weintraub was a movie and television producer best known for his series of Tarzan films and television episodes between 1959 and 1968. Weintraub broke with the Johnny Weissmuller formula of portraying Tarzan as a pidgin-speaking noble savage who lives in a treehouse with Jane and Boy...
  
   – Former president of Columbia Pictures
  Columbia Pictures
  Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. is an American film production and distribution company. Columbia Pictures now forms part of the Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group, owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment, a subsidiary of the Japanese conglomerate Sony. It is one of the leading film companies...
  
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• Emmanuel
  Emmanuel (singer)
  Emmanuel is a Mexican singer who debuted in the 1970s.He is the son of the late Mexican-born bullfighter Raúl Acha"Rovira" and his first wife, Spanish singer Conchita Martinez....
  
   – Singer.

Contestants

• - Luisa Norbis
• - Karina Felix
• - Karen Wenden
• - Bettina Berghold
• - Tasha Ramirez
• - Anne de Baetzelier
• - Andrea Sherman McKoy
• - Cornelia Furbert
• - Raquel Cors Ulloa
• - Flavia Cavalcanti Rebello
• - Viola Joseph
• - Juliette Powell
  Juliette Powell
  Juliette Powell is a Canadian television host, producer and author. She was the Miss Canada titleholder in 1989, that contest's first Black Canadian winner....
  
  
• - Carol Ann Balls
• - María Macarena Mina Garachena
  Macarena Mina
  Macarena Mina Garachena is a pageant titleholder, was born in Coihaique, Chile on October 18, 1968. She is the Miss Chile titleholder for 1989 and was the official representative of Chile to the Miss Universe 1989 pageant held in Cancún, México....
  
  
• - María Teresa Egurrola Hinojosa
• - Luana Freer Bustamante
• - Anna Mosteiro
• - Louise Mejlhede
• - Anny Canaán Camido
• - María Eugenia Molina
• - Sally Attah
• - Beatriz López Rodríguez
• - Raquel Marie Jory
• - Åsa Maria Lövdahl
• - Pascale Meotti
• - Andrea Steltzer
• - Tatiana Desoisa
• - Kristiana Latani
• - Naja-Rie Sorensen
• - Janice Santos
• - Helka Cuevas
• - Glaphyra Jean-Louis
• - Angela Visser
  Angela Visser
  Angela Visser is the first woman from the Netherlands to win the Miss Universe pageant in 1989.-Miss Universe:...
  
  
• - Frances Siryl Milla
• ' - Cynthia Yuk Lui Cheung
• - Guðbjörg Gissurardóttir
• - Dolly Minhas
  Dolly Minhas
  Dolly Minhas is a popular Indian actress, model and Miss India winner in the year 1988. She has acted in Punjabi, Hindi and Kannada films.-Personal life:...
  
  
• - Collette Jackson

• - Nicole Halperin
• - Christiana Bertasi
• - Sandra Foster
• - Eri Tashiro
• ' - Sung-young Kim
• - Chris Scott
• - Carmen Cheah Swee
• ' - Sylvana Sammut Pandolfino
• - Jacky Randabel
• - Adriana Abascal
  Adriana Abascal
  Adriana Abascal .In 1988 she won the title of Miss Mexico and participated in "Miss Universe 1989" obtaining the 5th. position...
  
  
• - Shelley Soffe
• - Bianca Onoh
  Bianca Onoh
  Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu is a Nigerian businesswoman, former lawyer, and government official, recently appointed as Nigeria's Special Assistant on Diaspora Affairs . -Pageants:...
  
  
• ' - Soreen Villanueva
• - Lene Ornhoft
• - Ana Victoria Schaerer
• - Mariana Sovero
• - Sarah Jane Paez
• - Joanna Gapińska
• - Anna Francisco Sobrinho
• - Catalina Villa
•  Republic of China - Chen Yen Ping
• - Victoria Susannah Lace
• - Pauline Chong
• - Eva Pedraza
• - Veronica Ruston
• ' - Camille Samuels
• - Consuela Cruden
• - Louise Drevenstam
  Louise Drevenstam
  Louise Camuto, is a former Miss Sweden, from Örebro, in Närke, Sweden. She finished second in the Miss Universe 1989 contest, losing to Dutchwoman Angela Visser...
  
  
• - Karina Berger
  Karina Berger
  Karina Berger, of Switzerland, was the 1989 Miss Globe International titleholder and Miss Switzerland in 1988.By winning the national title Miss Switzerland in 1988, she earned the right to represent her country in most of the major beauty pageants within the upcoming year...
  
  
• - Yonlada Ronghanam
• ' - Guenevere Helen Keishall
• - Jasmine Baradan
• ' - Sharon Simons
• - Carolina Pies Riet
•  United States - Gretchen Polhemus
  Gretchen Polhemus
  Gretchen Lynn Polhemus-Jensen is a former Miss USA and second runner-up to .-Early life:Prior to competing in Miss Texas USA, Jensen was working as a cattle broker and real estate agent in her home state....
  
  
• ' - Nathalie Lynch
•  Venezuela - Eva Lisa Larsdotter Ljung
  Eva Lisa Ljung
  Eva Lisa Larsdotter Ljung is a former beauty queen, who grew up in Barquisimeto and was Miss Venezuela in 1989, the official representative of her country to the Miss Universe pageant held in Cancún, México on May 23, 1989, where she was one of the Top 10 semifinalists.-External links:**...
  
  
• - Andrea Caroline Jones

Miss World

• Miss World 1988
  Miss World 1988
  The 38th Miss World Pageant was held on November 17, 1988 in the Royal Albert Hall, London, UK. The winner was Linda Pétursdóttir from Iceland. Runner up was Yeon-hee Choi representing Korea and third was Kirsty Roper from the United Kingdom...
  
  : Gibraltar, Holland, Ireland, Poland and Switzerland
• Miss World 1989
  Miss World 1989
  The 39th Miss World marked the very first staging of the Miss World pageant in a foreign location. The pageant was held at the Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre. 78 contestants took part in the pageant...
  
  : Finland, Luxembourg, Nigeria and Spain
• Miss World 1990
  Miss World 1990
  Miss World 1990, the 40th Miss World pageant was held on 8 November 1990 in the London Palladium, London, United Kingdom. The winner was Gina Tolleson, representing the United States.-Placements:-Special awards:-Continental Queens:...
  
  : Trinidad & Tobago
• Miss World 1991
  Miss World 1991
  Miss World 1991, the 41st Miss World pageant, was held on December 28, 1991 in Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. The winner was Ninibeth Beatriz Leal Jiménez representing Venezuela.-Results:-Order of Semi-finalists:# France# Turkey...
  
  : Jamaica (3rd runner-up)

Miss International

• Miss International 1988
  Miss International 1988
  Miss International 1988, the 28th Miss International pageant, was held on June 17, 1988 in Gifu, Japan and hosted by Masumi Okada. Catherine Alexandra Gude of Norway was crowned at the end of the event.-Placements:- Special awards:-External links:*...
  
  : Iceland (semi-finalist)
• Miss International 1989
  Miss International 1989
  The 29th Miss International pageant was held on 17 September 1989 at Kanazawa's Kagekiza. The pageant was hosted by Masumi Okada.-Results:-Special awards:*Friendship: Lilia Andanar *Photogenic: Sherri Teixeira...
  
  : Austria, Guam and Scotland (semi-finalist)

Trivia

• 1989 is the year in which there were two Parades of Nations. In the first Parade of Nations, contestants in national costumes introduced themselves in the continental order of their countries for the first time, as opposed to the alphabetical order previously. However, they only shouted out their countries without mentioning their names.
• In the second Parade of Nations, which was a swimsuit and evening gown video, viewers got to know each delegate's name as well as their plans for the future. Misses Austria, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Republic of China, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, Paraguay, Peru, Spain and Venezuela did not speak English in the second Parade of Nations.
• Miss Germany, Andrea Stelzer, had won the Miss South Africa
  Miss South Africa
  Miss South Africa is an annual beauty pageant in South Africa that began in 1956. The winner of the pageant represents her country at the Miss Universe and Miss World pageants....
  
   title in 1985, but did not participate at Miss Universe that year because to anti-Apartheid demonstrations. She became the one that won two crowns of different countries.

External links

• Miss Universe official website