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. It was also the first time the Soviet Union has sent a contestant in any major pageant.

Results

Final results	Contestant
Miss World 1989	Poland - Aneta Beata Kreglicka
1st runner-up	Canada - Leanne Caputo
2nd runner-up	Colombia - Monica Maria Isaza Mejia
3rd runner-up	Thailand - Prathumrat Woramali
4th runner-up	United States Miss USA The Miss USA beauty contest has been held annually since 1952 to select the United States entrant in the Miss Universe pageant. The Miss Universe Organization operates both pageants, as well as Miss Teen USA... - Jill Renee Scheffert
Semi-finalists	' - Vania Thomas  Australia - Natalie Tania McCurry  Republic of Ireland - Barbara Ann Curran  Mauritius - Jeanne Françoise Nathalie Clement   United Kingdom - Suzanne Younger

Special awards

• Personality: Greet Ramaekers - Belgium
• Photogenic: Anna Gorbunova - U.S.S.R

Continental Queens

• Africa: Jeanne-Françoise Clement - Mauritius
• Americas: Leanne Caputo - Canada
• Asia: Prathumrat Woramali - Thailand
• Caribbean: Vania Thomas - American Virgin Islands
• Europe: Aneta Beata Kreglicka - Poland
• Oceania: Natalie Tania McCurry - Australia

Order of announcements

Top 10

• 1. Mauritius
• 2. Canada
• 3. United States
• 4. Poland
• 5. American Virgin Islands
• 6. United Kingdom
• 7. Colombia
• 8. Thailand
• 9. Australia
• 10. Ireland

78 contestants

Nation	Contestant	Hometown
'	Vanessa Thomas	St. Thomas
Argentina	Patricia Weidenhofer	La Pampa
Aruba	Delailah Odor-Wever	Oranjestad Oranjestad, Aruba Oranjestad is the capital and largest city of Aruba, which is in the Caribbean north of Venezuela. Oranjestad is located on the southern coast near the western end of the island country...
Australia	Natalie Tania McCurry	Sydney Sydney Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
Austria	Marion Amann	Vienna Vienna Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
The Bahamas	Carolyn Moree	Nassau Nassau, Bahamas Nassau is the capital, largest city, and commercial centre of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas. The city has a population of 248,948 , 70 percent of the entire population of The Bahamas...
Belgium	Greet Ramaekers	Limbourg Limbourg Limbourg is a medieval town located in the province of Liège, Wallonia, Belgium.On 1 January 2008 Limbourg had a total population of 5,680. The total area is 24.63 km² which gives a population density of 231 inhabitants per km²...
Belize	Martha Badillo	San Pedro San Pedro Town San Pedro is a town on the southern part of the island of Ambergris Caye in the Belize District of the nation of Belize, in Central America. According to 2005 mid-year estimates, the town has a population of about 12,400. It is the second largest city in the Belize District and largest city in the...
Bermuda	Cherie Tannock	Warwick
Bolivia	Maria Victoria Julio	Tarija Tarija, Bolivia Tarija or San Bernardo de la Frontera de Tarixa is a city in southern Bolivia. Founded in 1574, Tarija is both the capital and largest city within the Tarija Department, with an airport offering regular service to primary Bolivian cities, as well as a regional bus terminal with domestic and...
Canada Miss World Canada The Miss World Canada contest is an beauty pageant, held mostly annually in various incarnations and with several different names since 1957, to select Canada's representative to the Miss World contest. The Canadian franchise was currently owned by Upstage This! Productions, based in Vancouver,...	Leanne Caputo	Milton Milton, Ontario Milton is a town in Southern Ontario, Canada, and part of the Halton Region in the Greater Toronto Area. Milton received a tremendous amount of awareness following the release of the results of the 2006 Census, which indicated that Milton is the fastest growing municipality in the Greater Golden...
Cayman Islands	Michelle Garcia	Grand Cayman Grand Cayman Grand Cayman is the largest of the three Cayman Islands and the location of the nation's capital, George Town. In relation to the other two Cayman Islands, it is approximately 75 miles southwest of Little Cayman and 90 miles southwest of Cayman Brac.-Geography:Grand Cayman encompasses 76% of...
Chile Miss World Chile Miss World Chile is a national beauty pageant which has been held sporadically since 1963, responsible for selecting Chile's representative to Miss World.-History:Chile has sent 37 representatives, has had two Miss World semifinalists and one finalist...	Claudia Celis Bahamondes	Santiago Santiago, Chile Santiago , also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital and largest city of Chile, and the center of its largest conurbation . It is located in the country's central valley, at an elevation of above mean sea level...
'	Wang Min-Yei	Taipei Taipei Taipei City is the capital of the Republic of China and the central city of the largest metropolitan area of Taiwan. Situated at the northern tip of the island, Taipei is located on the Tamsui River, and is about 25 km southwest of Keelung, its port on the Pacific Ocean...
Colombia	Monica Maria Isaza Mejia	Medellín Medellín Medellín , officially the Municipio de Medellín or Municipality of Medellín, is the second largest city in Colombia. It is in the Aburrá Valley, one of the more northerly of the Andes in South America. It has a population of 2.3 million...
Costa Rica	Maria Antonieta Saenz Vargas	San José San José, Costa Rica San José is the capital and largest city of Costa Rica. Located in the Central Valley, San José is the seat of national government, the focal point of political and economic activity, and the major transportation hub of this Central American nation.Founded in 1738 by order of Cabildo de León, San...
Curaçao	Supharmy Sadjie	Willemstad Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles Willemstad is the capital city of Curaçao, an island in the southern Caribbean Sea that forms a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Formerly the capital of the Netherlands Antilles prior to its dissolution in 2010, it has an estimated population of 140,000. The historic centre of...
Cyprus	Irma Voulgari	Larnaca Larnaca Larnaca, is the third largest city on the southern coast of Cyprus after Nicosia and Limassol. It has a population of 72,000 and is the island's second largest commercial port and an important tourist resort...
Czechoslovakia	Jana Hronkova	Košice Košice Košice is a city in eastern Slovakia. It is situated on the river Hornád at the eastern reaches of the Slovak Ore Mountains, near the border with Hungary...
Denmark	Charlotte Pedersen	Holstebro Holstebro Holstebro Municipality is a municipality in Region Midtjylland on the Jutland peninsula in west Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 790 km², and has a total population of 57,020 . Its mayor is H. C...
Dominican Republic	Irma Guillermina Mauriz Pimentel	San Felipe de Puerto Plata San Felipe de Puerto Plata San Felipe de Puerto Plata, often referred to as simply Puerto Plata, is the capital of the Dominican province Puerto Plata.The city is famous for resorts such as Playa Dorada and Costa Dorada, located east of San Felipe de Puerto Plata. There are a total of 100,000 hotel beds in the city.The only...
Ecuador	Ximena Paulett Correa Jarre	Machala Machala Machala is a city in south-west Ecuador. It is the capital of the El Oro Province and located near the Gulf of Guayaquil on fertile lowlands. Machala has a population of 230,901 , making it the fourth biggest city of the country; it has been referred to as the Banana Capital of the...
El Salvador	Ana Estela Aguilar	San Salvador San Salvador The city of San Salvador the capital and largest city of El Salvador, which has been designated a Gamma World City. Its complete name is La Ciudad de Gran San Salvador...
Finland	Åsa Maria Lovdahl	Helsinki Helsinki Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is...
Early Modern France	Stephanie (Peggy) Zlotkowski	Bordeaux Bordeaux Bordeaux is a port city on the Garonne River in the Gironde department in southwestern France.The Bordeaux-Arcachon-Libourne metropolitan area, has a population of 1,010,000 and constitutes the sixth-largest urban area in France. It is the capital of the Aquitaine region, as well as the prefecture...
Germany	Jasmine Bell	Berlin
Ghana	Afua Amoah Bonsu	Accra Accra Accra is the capital and largest city of Ghana, with an urban population of 1,658,937 according to the 2000 census. Accra is also the capital of the Greater Accra Region and of the Accra Metropolitan District, with which it is coterminous...
Gibraltar	Audrey Gingell	Gibraltar Gibraltar Gibraltar is a British overseas territory located on the southern end of the Iberian Peninsula at the entrance of the Mediterranean. A peninsula with an area of , it has a northern border with Andalusia, Spain. The Rock of Gibraltar is the major landmark of the region...
Greece	Katerina Petropoulou	Athens Athens Athens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state...
Guam	Cora Taitano Yanger	Mangilao
Guatemala	Rocio Lerma de la Vega	Guatemala City Guatemala City Guatemala City , is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Guatemala and Central America...
Guyana	Lyla Shalimar Ryhaan Majeed	Georgetown Georgetown, Guyana Georgetown, estimated population 239,227 , is the capital and largest city of Guyana, located in the Demerara-Mahaica region. It is situated on the Atlantic Ocean coast at the mouth of the Demerara River and it was nicknamed 'Garden City of the Caribbean.' Georgetown is located at . The city serves...
'	Liesbeth Caspers	Noordwijk Noordwijk Noordwijk is a town and municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The municipality covers an area of 51.53 km² and had a population of 24,707 in May 2006....
Honduras	Belinda Bodden Alvarez	San Pedro Sula San Pedro Sula San Pedro Sula is a city in Honduras. It is located in the northwest corner of the country, in the Valle de Sula , about 60 km south of Puerto Cortés on the Caribbean. With an estimated population of 638,259 people in the main municipality, and 802,598 in its metro area , it is the second...
'	Ewong Yung-Hung Yvonne Yung Hung Yvonne Yung Hung is a Chinese actressYvonne emigrated to Hong Kong when she was 12 years old. She started as a model and dancer, and was crowned Miss Asia Pageant in 1989. She is also a runner up for Miss Asia Pacific in 1989, and Hong Kong delegate for Miss World 1989.At one point, she was known...	Hong Kong Hong Kong Island Hong Kong Island is an island in the southern part of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. It has a population of 1,289,500 and its population density is 16,390/km², as of 2008...
Hungary	Magdolna Gerloczy	Budapest Budapest Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...
Iceland	Hugrun Linda Gudmundsdóttir	Reykjavík Reykjavík Reykjavík is the capital and largest city in Iceland.Its latitude at 64°08' N makes it the world's northernmost capital of a sovereign state. It is located in southwestern Iceland, on the southern shore of Faxaflói Bay...
Republic of Ireland	Barbara Ann Curran	Dublin
Israel	Ronit Siton	Jerusalem
Italy	Paola Mercurio	Naples Naples Naples is a city in Southern Italy, situated on the country's west coast by the Gulf of Naples. Lying between two notable volcanic regions, Mount Vesuvius and the Phlegraean Fields, it is the capital of the region of Campania and of the province of Naples...
Jamaica	Natasha Lee Marcanik	Kingston Kingston, Jamaica Kingston is the capital and largest city of Jamaica, located on the southeastern coast of the island. It faces a natural harbour protected by the Palisadoes, a long sand spit which connects the town of Port Royal and the Norman Manley International Airport to the rest of the island...
Japan	Kaori Muto	Tokyo
Kenya	Grace Chabari	Mombasa Mombasa Mombasa is the second-largest city in Kenya. Lying next to the Indian Ocean, it has a major port and an international airport. The city also serves as the centre of the coastal tourism industry....
'	Kim Hye-ree	Seoul Seoul Seoul , officially the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea. A megacity with a population of over 10 million, it is the largest city proper in the OECD developed world...
'	Ina Magone	Liepāja Liepaja Liepāja ; ), is a republican city in western Latvia, located on the Baltic Sea directly at 21°E. It is the largest city in the Kurzeme Region of Latvia, the third largest city in Latvia after Riga and Daugavpils and an important ice-free port...
Luxembourg	Chris Scott	Luxembourg City
Macau	Guilhermina Madeira da Silva Pedruco The Pedruco Sisters The Pedruco Sisters is a family of 4 sisters who has competed at the Miss Chinese International pageant and Miss World pageant representing Macau. They are the only family of 3 or more sisters to compete at Miss World and Miss Chinese International...	Macau Macau Macau , also spelled Macao , is, along with Hong Kong, one of the two special administrative regions of the People's Republic of China...
Malaysia Miss Malaysia Miss Malaysia represents Malaysia in two of the major international pageants.Miss Universe is a beauty pageant run by the New York-based partnership between NBC and Donald Trump....	Vivien Chen Shee-Yee	Kuching Kuching Kuching , officially the City of Kuching, and formerly the City of Sarawak, is the capital and most populous city of the East Malaysian state of Sarawak. It is the largest city on the island of Borneo, and the fourth largest city in Malaysia....
Malta	Marika Micallef	Għargħur
Mauritius	Jeanne-Françoise Nathalie Clement	Beau Bassin
Mexico Miss Mexico Miss Mexico may refer to:*Nuestra Belleza México , beauty pageant that chooses Mexico's representatives to Miss Universe, Miss World and Miss International, among others....	Nelia Maria Ochoa Arteaga	Veracruz Veracruz Veracruz, formally Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave , is one of the 31 states that, along with the Federal District, comprise the 32 federative entities of Mexico. It is divided in 212 municipalities and its capital city is...
Namibia Namibia Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia , is a country in southern Africa whose western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and east. It gained independence from South Africa on 21 March...	Emarencia (Emsie) Esterhuizen	Windhoek Windhoek Windhoek is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Namibia. It is located in central Namibia in the Khomas Highland plateau area, at around above sea level. The 2001 census determined Windhoek's population was 233,529...
New Zealand New Zealand at Miss World New Zealand has contested 46 Miss World pageants since that pageant's inception in 1951. No New Zealander has won the Miss World title, although two have placed first runner-up....	Helen Rowney	Auckland Auckland The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...
Nigeria	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:...	Enugu Enugu Enugu is the capital of Enugu State in Nigeria. It is located in the southeastern area of Nigeria and is largely populated by members of the Igbo ethnic group. The city has a population of 722,664 according to the 2006 Nigerian census. The name Enugu is derived from the two Igbo words Enu Ugwu...
Norway Miss Norway Miss Norway is the name used to identify Norway's representatives to international beauty pageants.-History:Currently, Norway has two national beauty pageants:...	Bente Charlotte Rosenkilde Brunland	Oslo Oslo Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...
Panama	Gloria Stella Quintana	Panama City Panama City Panama is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Panama. It has a population of 880,691, with a total metro population of 1,272,672, and it is located at the Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal, in the province of the same name. The city is the political and administrative center of the...
Papua New Guinea	Joycelin Leahy	Port Moresby Port Moresby Port Moresby , or Pot Mosbi in Tok Pisin, is the capital and largest city of Papua New Guinea . It is located on the shores of the Gulf of Papua, on the southeastern coast of the island of New Guinea, which made it a prime objective for conquest by the Imperial Japanese forces during 1942–43...
Paraguay	Alicia Maria Jaime Villamayor	Asunción Asunción Asunción is the capital and largest city of Paraguay.The "Ciudad de Asunción" is an autonomous capital district not part of any department. The metropolitan area, called Gran Asunción, includes the cities of San Lorenzo, Fernando de la Mora, Lambaré, Luque, Mariano Roque Alonso, Ñemby, San...
Peru	Maritza Zorrilla Priori	Lima Lima Lima is the capital and the largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón, Rímac and Lurín rivers, in the central part of the country, on a desert coast overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Together with the seaport of Callao, it forms a contiguous urban area known as the Lima...
Philippines Binibining Pilipinas Binibining Pilipinas is the organization responsible for sponsoring the annual national beauty pageant which selects representatives of the Philippines to Miss Universe and Miss International, among others.-History:...	Estrella Singson Querubin	Manila Manila Manila is the capital of the Philippines. It is one of the sixteen cities forming Metro Manila.Manila is located on the eastern shores of Manila Bay and is bordered by Navotas and Caloocan to the north, Quezon City to the northeast, San Juan and Mandaluyong to the east, Makati on the southeast,...
Poland	Aneta Beata Kreglicka	Gdańsk Gdansk Gdańsk is a Polish city on the Baltic coast, at the centre of the country's fourth-largest metropolitan area.The city lies on the southern edge of Gdańsk Bay , in a conurbation with the city of Gdynia, spa town of Sopot, and suburban communities, which together form a metropolitan area called the...
Portugal	Maria Angelica Mira Rosado	Lisbon Lisbon Lisbon is the capital city and largest city of Portugal with a population of 545,245 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Lisbon extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of 3 million on an area of , making it the 9th most populous urban...
Puerto Rico Miss Puerto Rico Miss Puerto Rico is the common name or sash used to identify a Puerto Rican representative in an international pageant. Currently, Miss Universe Puerto Rico, Miss Mundo de Puerto Rico and Miss Earth Puerto Rico are the official national preliminaries to the Miss Universe, Miss World and Miss Earth...	Tania Collazo	Orocovis
'	Anna Young	Kingstown Kingstown Kingstown is the chief port of Saint Vincent, and the capital of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. With a population of 25,418 Kingstown is a centre for the island's agricultural industry and a port of entry for tourists...
Singapore	Jacqueline Ang	Singapore Singapore Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
Spain	Eva Maria Pedraza Lopez	Córdoba Córdoba, Spain -History:The first trace of human presence in the area are remains of a Neanderthal Man, dating to c. 32,000 BC. In the 8th century BC, during the ancient Tartessos period, a pre-urban settlement existed. The population gradually learned copper and silver metallurgy...
Sri Lanka	Serena Danvers	Colombo Colombo Colombo is the largest city of Sri Lanka. It is located on the west coast of the island and adjacent to Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte, the capital of Sri Lanka. Colombo is often referred to as the capital of the country, since Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte is a satellite city of Colombo...
Sweden	Lena Berglind	Gothenburg Gothenburg Gothenburg is the second-largest city in Sweden and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Situated on the west coast of Sweden, the city proper has a population of 519,399, with 549,839 in the urban area and total of 937,015 inhabitants in the metropolitan area...
Switzerland	Catherine Mesot	Wil Wil Wil is the capital of the Wahlkreis of Wil in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland.Wil is the third largest city in the Canton of St. Gallen, after the city of St...
Thailand	Prathumrat Woramali	Bangkok Bangkok Bangkok is the capital and largest urban area city in Thailand. It is known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon or simply Krung Thep , meaning "city of angels." The full name of Bangkok is Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahintharayutthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom...
'	Samantha Bhagan	Goodwood Park Diego Martin Diego Martin is a town in northwestern Trinidad, just north-west of the capital Port of Spain and east of Carenage. The Diego Martin Valley in the Northern Range was once filled with a number of small villages but is now a densely populated area. It was named after a Spanish explorer Don Diego...
Turkey	Burcu Burkut	İzmir Izmir Izmir is a large metropolis in the western extremity of Anatolia. The metropolitan area in the entire Izmir Province had a population of 3.35 million as of 2010, making the city third most populous in Turkey...
Uganda	Doreen Lamon-Opira	Kampala Kampala Kampala is the largest city and capital of Uganda. The city is divided into five boroughs that oversee local planning: Kampala Central Division, Kawempe Division, Makindye Division, Nakawa Division and Lubaga Division. The city is coterminous with Kampala District.-History: of Buganda, had chosen...
United Kingdom	Suzanne Younger	Caerphilly Caerphilly Caerphilly is a town in the county borough of Caerphilly, south Wales, located at the southern end of the Rhymney Valley, with a population of approximately 31,000. It is a commuter town of Cardiff and Newport, which are located some 7.5 miles and 12 miles away, respectively...
United States Miss USA The Miss USA beauty contest has been held annually since 1952 to select the United States entrant in the Miss Universe pageant. The Miss Universe Organization operates both pageants, as well as Miss Teen USA...	Jill Renee Scheffert	Oklahoma City Oklahoma city Oklahoma City is the capital and largest city of the U.S. state of Oklahoma.Oklahoma City may also refer to:*Oklahoma City metropolitan area*Downtown Oklahoma City*Uptown Oklahoma City*Oklahoma City bombing*Oklahoma City National Memorial...
'	Anna Gorbunova	Moscow
Venezuela Miss Venezuela The Miss Venezuela contest is the national beauty pageant of Venezuela and has been held since 1952. It is responsible for selecting the country's representatives to the Miss Universe, Miss World, Miss Earth and Miss International pageants .Under the direction of Osmel Sousa, Venezuela has...	Fabiola Chiara Candosin Marchetti Fabiola Candosin Fabiola Chiara Candosin Marchetti competed in her country's national beauty pageant Miss Venezuela as Miss Distrito Federal, obtaining the title of Miss World Venezuela....	Caracas Caracas Caracas , officially Santiago de León de Caracas, is the capital and largest city of Venezuela; natives or residents are known as Caraquenians in English . It is located in the northern part of the country, following the contours of the narrow Caracas Valley on the Venezuelan coastal mountain range...
Kingdom of Yugoslavia	Aleksandra Dobras	Banja Luka Banja Luka -History:The name "Banja Luka" was first mentioned in a document dated February 6, 1494, but Banja Luka's history dates back to ancient times. There is a substantial evidence of the Roman presence in the region during the first few centuries A.D., including an old fort "Kastel" in the centre of...

Returning countries and debuts

• Hungary, Latvia, Namibia and U.S.S.R competed in Miss World for the first time.
• Czechoslovakia last competed in 1969
  Miss World 1969
  The 19th annual Miss World pageant was held for the first time at the Royal Albert Hall on November 22, 1969 on BBC. 50 delegates vied for the crown won by Eva Rueber-Staier of Austria.- Results :*Miss World 1969: Eva Rueber-Staier '...
  
  .
• Aruba, and Puerto Rico last competed in 1985
  Miss World 1985
  Miss World 1985, the 35th Miss World pageant, was held on 14 November 1985 in the Royal Albert Hall, London, United Kingdom. 78 contestants from all over the world competed for the coveted title...
  
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• Panama last competed in 1987
  Miss World 1987
  The 37th Miss World Pageant was held on November 12, 1987 in the Royal Albert Hall, London, UK. The winner was Ulla Weigerstorfer from Austria. Runner up was Albani Josefina Lozada Jimenez from Venezuela, and third was Anna Margret Jonsdottir from Iceland.-Results:-Order of Semi-finalists:* 1....
  
  .

Withdrawals and nations not competing

• Barbados, British Virgin Islands, Bulgaria, Egypt, St. Kitts, Swaziland, Turks & Caicos and Uruguay failed to send delegates in Miss World 1989.
• Brazil lost its Miss World franchise.
• India had to postpone its national pageant and was scheduled to be held three months later.
• Lebanon did not compete in Miss World due to a civil war.

Other notes

• This is the first time that Miss World was held overseas, in the city of Hong Kong.
• This is also the first time that the award for the "Queen of Caribbean" was included.
• Czechoslovakia failed to make into the Top 10 in Miss World, but made into the semi-finals in Miss Universe 1990
  Miss Universe 1990
  Miss Universe 1990, the 39th Miss Universe pageant was held at Shubert Theatre, Los Angeles, USA on April 15, 1990. Mona Grudt of Norway was crowned as Miss Universe 1990. Seventy-one contestants competed for the crown....
  
   in Los Angeles.
• Ireland, who placed as semi-finalist in Miss World, failed to make into the semi-finals in Miss Universe 1990.
• Aneta-Beata Kreglicka of Poland was the first Eastern European woman to win the Miss World title. She also placed as 1st runner-up in 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...
  
   in Japan two months before.
• Norway, Bente Charlotte Rosenkilde Brunland, who made into the semi-finals in Miss Universe 1988
  Miss Universe 1988
  Miss Universe 1988, the 37th Miss Universe Pageant was held at Lin Kou Stadium, Taipei, Taiwan on May 24, 1988. Porntip Nakhirunkanok of Thailand was crowned the title of Miss Universe 1988. 66 contestants competed in the pageant...
  
   in Taipei, failed to make into the semi-finals in Miss World.
• Preliminary swimsuits in Miss World were held in Hong Kong and Taiwan.
• American Virgin Islands made into the semi-finals in Miss World for the first time and received an award for the "Queen of Caribbean". However, she failed to put her through the semi-finals in Miss Universe eight years later.
• Finland, Âsa Maria Lovdahl, who made into the semi-finals in Miss Universe 1989
  Miss Universe 1989
  Miss Universe 1989, the 38th Miss Universe pageant was held at Fiesta Americana Condesa Hotel, Cancún, Quintana Roo, Mexico on May 23, 1989. Angela Visser of Holland was crowned as Miss Universe 1989. Seventy-six contestants competed for the crown....
  
   in Cancún, Mexico, also failed to make into the semi-finals in Miss World. She got 26 points for her preliminary score which is the same as Miss United Kingdom and United States, but the 2 of them made the semi-finals instead.
• American Virgin Islands, Mauritius and Australia made the semi-finals with less than 26 points for preliminary scores because a semi-final spots is already reserved in the Top 10 for the highest preliminary scores of each of the 6 continents.
• France, Peggy Zlotkowski, did not compete in Miss Universe 1989
  Miss Universe 1989
  Miss Universe 1989, the 38th Miss Universe pageant was held at Fiesta Americana Condesa Hotel, Cancún, Quintana Roo, Mexico on May 23, 1989. Angela Visser of Holland was crowned as Miss Universe 1989. Seventy-six contestants competed for the crown....
  
  by the replacement of Pascale Meotti, because of underage.
• The Miss World 1989 Parade of Nations introduced the contestants with their national costumes and evening gowns for the first time.
• Kenya, Grace Chabari, is now a professional model and works in a modelling agency in Düsseldorf, Germany.
• 7 out of 10 countries which made it into the semifinals, were not in the semifinals last year: Thailand (1972), Mauritius (1975), Canada (1984), Ireland (1986), Colombia and Poland (1987). American Virgin Islands had made into the semi-finals in Miss World after its debut in 1976.

Contestants' preliminary scores

Country	Score	Country	Score
American Virgin Islands	22	Italy	24
Argentina	19	Jamaica	18
Aruba	18	Japan	19
Australia	25	Kenya	19
Austria	20	Korea	24
Bahamas	18	Latvia	18
Belgium	18	Luxembourg	23
Belize	18	Macau	19
Bermuda	18	Malaysia	18
Bolivia	20	Malta	18
Canada	29	Mauritius	20
Cayman Islands	18	Mexico	22
Chile	18	Namibia	18
Republic of China	18	New Zealand	18
Colombia	27	Nigeria	18
Costa Rica	18	Norway	25
Curaçao	18	Panama	21
Cyprus	18	Papua New Guinea	18
Czechoslovakia	21	Paraguay	18
Denmark	21	Peru	19
Dominican Republic	19	Philippines	20
Ecuador	18	Poland	30
El Salvador	19	Portugal	20
Finland	26	Puerto Rico	18
France	19	St. Vincent & the Grenadines	20
Germany	22	Singapore	19
Ghana	18	Spain	18
Gibraltar	18	Sri Lanka	18
Greece	18	Sweden	18
Guam	18	Switzerland	19
Guatemala	19	Thailand	29
Guyana	18	Trinidad & Tobago	19
Holland	25	Turkey	19
Honduras	20	Uganda	18
Hong Kong	18	United Kingdom	26
Hungary	22	United States	26
Iceland	19	U.S.S.R	24
Ireland	27	Venezuela	20
Israel	23	Yugoslavia	18

External links

• Pageantopolis
• Jimmy's Pageant Page