Miss Universe 1990

Miss Universe 1990
Date	April 15, 1990
Presenters	Dick Clark, Leeza Gibbons and Margaret Gardiner
Venue	Shubert Theatre, Los Angeles, California, USA
Broadcaster	CBS
Entrants	71
Placements	10
Debuts	Soviet Union
Withdraws	Belgium, Brazil, Curaçao, Haiti, Luxembourg, New Zealand, U.S. Virgin Islands
Returns	Czechoslovakia
Winner	Mona Grudt  Norway
Congeniality	Christiane Stocker  Germany
Best National Costume	Lizeth Mahecha  Colombia
Photogenic	Passaraporn Chaimongkol  Thailand

Countries and territories which sent delegates and results.

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.

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.

Results

Placements

Final results	Contestant
Miss Universe 1990	Norway - Mona Grudt
1st runner-up	USA - Carole Gist
2nd runner-up	Colombia - Lizeth Mahecha
Top 6	Bolivia - Rosario del Pilar Rico Toro  Chile - Uranía Haltenhoff  Mexico - Marilé del Rosario Santiago
Top 10	Venezuela - Andreína Goetz  India - Suzanne Sablok  Turkey - Julide Ates  Czechoslovakia - Jana Hronkova

Semifinal scores

Country Interview Swimsuit Evening Gown Average  Norway 8.760 (1) 8.922 (1) 8.989 (1) 8.890 (1)  Colombia 8.610 (2) 8.714 (2) 8.840 (2) 8.721 (2)  Mexico 8.500 (4) 8.450 (4) 8.707 (4) 8.552 (3)  Chile 8.411 (6) 8.410 (6) 8.770 (3) 8.530 (4)  Bolivia 8.439 (5) 8.498 (3) 8.600 (6) 8.512 (5)  USA 8.509 (3) 8.299 (7) 8.630 (5) 8.479 (6)  Venezuela 8.370 (7) 8.450 (4) 8.590 (7) 8.470 (7)  India 8.200 (9) 8.233 (8) 8.552 (8) 8.328 (8)  Turkey 8.079 (10) 8.139 (9) 8.200 (9) 8.139 (9)  Czechoslovakia 8.360 (8) 7.785 (10) 7.970 (10) 8.038 (10)

Winner      First Runner-up      Second Runner-up      Top 6 Finalist      Top 10 Semifinalist (#) Rank in each round of competition

Special awards

Award	Contestant
Best National Costume	Colombia - Lizeth Mahecha
Miss Congeniality	Germany - Christiane Stocker
Miss Photogenic	Thailand - Passaraporn Chaimongkol

Contestants

Argentina - Paola de la Torre  Aruba - Gwendolyne Kwidama  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  Canada - Robin Lee Ouzunoff  Cayman Islands - Tricia Rose Whittaker  Chile - Uranía Haltenhoff  Colombia - Lizeth Mahecha  Costa Rica - Julieta Posla  Czechoslovakia - Jana Hronkova  Denmark - Maj-Britt Jensen  Dominican Republic - Rosario Rodríguez  Ecuador - Jessica Núñez  Egypt - Dalia El Behery  El Salvador - Gracia María Guerra  England - Carla Barrow  Finland - Tiina Susanna Vierto  France - Gaelle Voiry  Germany - Christiane Stocker  Gibraltar - Audrey Gingell  Greece - Jeni Balatsinou  Greenland - Sascha Nukaka Motzfeldt  Guam - Marcia Damian  Guatemala - Marianela Abate  Holland - Stephanie Halenbeek  Honduras - Vivian Moreno  Hong Kong - Monica Chan  Iceland - Hildur Dungalsdóttir  India - Suzanne Sablok  Ireland - Barbara Ann Curran  Israel - Yvonna Krugliak

Italy - Annamaria Malipiero  Jamaica - Michelle Hall  Japan - Hiroko Miyoshi  Korea - Oh Hyun-kyoung  Malaysia - Anna Lin Lim  Malta - Charmaine Farrugia  Mauritius - Anita Ramgutty  Mexico - Marilé del Rosario Santiago  Nigeria - Sabina Umeh  Northern Marianas - Edwina Menzies  Norway - Mona Grudt  Paraguay - Mónica Plate  Peru - Marisol Martínez  Philippines - Germelina Padilla  Poland - Małgorzata Obieżalska  Portugal - Maria Rosado  Puerto Rico - María Luisa Fortuno  Republic of China - Wen Tzui Pin  Scotland - Karina Ferguson  Singapore - Ong Lay Ling  Soviet Union - Evia Stalbovska  Spain - Raquel Revuelta  Sri Lanka - Roshani Aluwinare  St. Vincent & Grenadines - Glenor Browne  Suriname - Saskia Sibilo  Sweden - Linda Isacsson  Switzerland - Catherine Mesot  Thailand - Passaraporn Chaimongkol  Trinidad & Tobago - Maryse de Gourville  Turkey - Julide Ates  Turks & Caicos - Karen Been  Uruguay - Ondina Pérez  USA - Carole Gist  Venezuela - Andreína Goetz  Wales - Jane Lloyd

Preliminary scores

Country Swimsuit Interview Evening Gown Average Norway 8.25 8.61 9.19 8.683 Venezuela 8.45 8.08 8.73 8.420 Mexico 8.43 8.07 8.45 8.317 USA 8.57 7.82 8.56 8.317 Colombia 8.31 7.74 8.89 8.313 India 8.22 8.15 8.47 8.280 Bolivia 8.28 8.04 8.45 8.257 Czechoslovakia 8.44 7.65 8.54 8.210 Chile 8.06 7.83 8.73 8.207 Turkey 8.06 7.82 8.39 8.090 Republic of China 7.95 7.76 8.50 8.070 Philippines 8.03 7.99 8.15 8.057 Wales 8.10 7.82 8.14 8.020 Costa Rica 8.06 7.66 8.28 8.000 Jamaica 8.31 7.73 7.95 7.997 Soviet Union 8.01 7.91 7.92 7.947 Finland 7.96 7.76 8.11 7.943 Dominican Republic 7.70 8.09 8.03 7.940 Greenland 7.70 7.67 8.32 7.897 Iceland 7.71 7.77 8.20 7.893 France 8.00 7.53 8.06 7.863 Ecuador 7.94 7.66 7.95 7.850 Hong Kong 7.62 7.60 8.32 7.847 Thailand 7.89 7.31 8.22 7.807 Puerto Rico 7.79 7.41 8.16 7.787 Sweden 7.79 7.32 8.23 7.780 Peru 7.77 7.63 7.87 7.757 Israel 7.59 7.63 7.97 7.730 Egypt 7.81 7.53 7.84 7.727 Scotland 7.83 7.95 7.30 7.693 Poland 7.86 7.05 8.03 7.647 Portugal 7.51 7.45 7.97 7.643 Switzerland 7.28 7.29 8.34 7.637 Australia 7.18 7.39 8.28 7.617 Paraguay 7.58 7.32 7.88 7.593 Greece 7.86 7.76 7.16 7.593 Guam 7.33 7.07 8.37 7.590 England 7.35 7.60 7.80 7.583 Canada 7.39 7.30 8.01 7.567 Ireland 7.27 7.34 8.07 7.560 Germany 7.73 7.17 7.73 7.543 Holland 7.27 7.39 7.93 7.530 Spain 7.45 7.46 7.64 7.517 Italy 7.44 7.35 7.74 7.510 Belize 7.70 7.38 7.44 7.507 Korea 7.50 7.13 7.79 7.473 Uruguay 7.23 6.92 8.27 7.473 Trinidad & Tobago 7.21 7.12 8.06 7.463 Malaysia 7.30 7.17 7.88 7.450 Japan 7.52 7.04 7.75 7.437 St. Vincent & Grenadines 7.14 7.12 7.98 7.413 Bahamas 7.13 7.06 8.02 7.403 Suriname 7.36 7.18 7.58 7.373 Sri Lanka 7.07 7.17 7.85 7.363 Singapore 6.97 7.24 7.72 7.310 Denmark 7.20 7.08 7.63 7.303 Turks & Caicos 7.08 6.75 7.99 7.273 Austria 7.09 7.18 7.46 7.243 Argentina 7.23 7.43 6.99 7.217 Nigeria 6.85 6.91 7.75 7.170 Gibraltar 7.11 7.16 7.15 7.140 Malta 6.90 6.93 7.58 7.137 Guatemala 6.80 7.07 7.44 7.103 Aruba 7.14 6.94 7.22 7.100 El Salvador 6.74 6.73 7.81 7.093 Cayman Islands 7.22 6.66 7.39 7.090 Honduras 6.61 6.92 7.57 7.033 Bermuda 7.15 6.92 6.91 6.993 Northern Marianas 6.60 6.82 7.50 6.973 Mauritius 6.59 6.61 7.62 6.940 British Virgin Islands 6.63 6.43 7.14 6.733

Winner      First Runner-up      Second Runner-up      Top 6 Finalist      Top 10 Semifinalist

• 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.

Crossovers

Miss World

• Miss World 1989: Czechoslovakia, Gibraltar, Ireland and Portugal
• Miss World 1990: Aruba (semi-finalist), Belize, Egypt, France, Germany, Nigeria and Turkey (semi-finalist)

Miss International

• Miss International 1987: Ireland
• Miss International 1990: Austria, Guatemala and Northern Marianas

Historical significance

• The former USSR made the first of three appearances at Miss Universe as a unified state.
• This was the first and only year, since 1954, that Brazil didn't send a participant to the pageant.

External links

• Official Miss Universe website