Miss Universe 1989

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

Countries and territories which sent delegates and results.

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.

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
Top 10	Germany - Andrea Stelzer  Venezuela - Eva Lisa Ljung  Finland - Åsa Lövdahl  Jamaica - Sandra Foster  Chile - Macarena Mina

Semifinal Scores

Country 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 Semifinalist (#) Rank in each round of competition

Special Awards

Award	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

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 Steltzer  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 - Sung-young Kim  Luxembourg - Chris Scott  Malaysia - Carmen Cheah Swee  Malta, Republic of - 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 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

Crossovers

Miss World

• Miss World 1988: Gibraltar, Holland, Ireland, Poland and Switzerland
• Miss World 1989: Finland, Luxembourg, Nigeria and Spain
• Miss World 1990: Trinidad & Tobago
• Miss World 1991: Jamaica (3rd runner-up)

Miss International

• Miss International 1988: Iceland (semi-finalist)
• Miss International 1989: 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 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.

Background music

Opening Number

"Rock en el Universo" by Micro Chips

References

• Pageantopolis - Miss Universe 1989 photos and detailed results

External links

• Miss Universe official website