Miss World 1991

Miss World 1991
Miss World 1991 Titlecard
Date	28 December 1991
Presenters	Peter Marshall, and Gina Tolleson
Entertainment	Indecent Obsession
Venue	Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Entrants	79
Placements	10
Debuts	Greenland
Withdraws	Barbados, Canada, Cook Islands, Hong Kong, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Sri Lanka, U.S.S.R.
Returns	Antigua, Republic of China, Ecuador, Lebanon, Malaysia, South Africa, Swaziland
Winner	Ninibeth Leal  Venezuela

Countries and territories which sent delegates and results.

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

Final results	Contestant
Miss World 1991	Venezuela - Ninibeth Leal
1st runner-up	Australia - Leanne Buckle
2nd runner-up	South Africa - Diana Tilden-Davis
Top 5	Jamaica - Sandra Foster  Namibia - Michelle McLean
Top 10	France - Mareva Georges  India - Ritu Singh  New Zealand - Lisa de Montalk  Turkey - Dilek Koruyan  United States - Charlotte Ray

Order of Semi-finalists

France Turkey Jamaica United States Australia

6. India  7. Venezuela  8. Namibia  9. South Africa 10. New Zealand

Order of Finalists

1. Venezuela
2. Namibia
3. South Africa
4. Australia
5. Jamaica

Special awards

No special awards were given this year.

Continental Queens

Continent	Contestant
Africa	South Africa - Diana Tilden-Davis
Americas	Venezuela - Ninibeth Leal
Asia & Oceania	Australia - Leanne Buckle
Caribbean	Jamaica - Sandra Foster
Europe	Turkey - Dilek Koruyan

78 Contestants

Nation	Contestant	Hometown
American Virgin Islands	Cheryl Leiba Milligan	St. Croix
Antigua	Joanne Bird	St. John's
Argentina	Marcela Noemi Chazarreta	Buenos Aires
Aruba	Sandra Croes	Santa Cruz
Australia	Leanne Buckle	Brisbane
Austria	Andrea Isabelle Pfeiffer	Graz
Bahamas	Tarnia Paula Newton Stuart	New Providence
Belgium	Anke van Dermeersch	Antwerp
Belize	Josephine (Josie) Gault	Belize City
Bolivia	Monica Gamarra Giese	Cochabamba
Brazil	Catia Silene Kupssinski	São Paulo
British Virgin Islands	Marjorie Penn	Tortola
Bulgaria	Liubomira Slavcheva	Sofia
Cayman Islands	Yvette Peggy Jordison	Grand Cayman
Chile	Carolina Beatriz Michelson Martinez	Santiago
China, Republic of	Rebecca Lin Lan-Chih	Taipei
Colombia	Adriana Rodriguez Anzola	Bogota
Costa Rica	Eugenie Jimenez Pacheco	San Francisco de Heredia
Curaçao	Nashaira Desbarida	Willemstad
Cyprus	Anna Margaret Stephanou	Nicosia
Czechoslovakia	Andrea Tatarkova	Košice
Denmark	Sharon Givskav	Copenhagen
Dominican Republic	Rosanna Rodriguez de la Vega	Concepción de La Vega
Ecuador	Sueanny Denise Bejarano Lopez	Guayaquil
El Salvador	Lucia Beatriz Lopez Rodriguez	San Salvador
Finland	Nina Autio	Tampere
France	Mareva Georges	Tahiti
Germany	Susanne Petry	Saarbrücken
Ghana	Jamilla Haruna Danzuru	Accra
Gibraltar	Ornella Costa	Gibraltar
Greece	Miriam Panagos	Athens
Greenland	Bibiane Holm	Godthab
Guam	Yvonne Marie Limtiaco Speight	Asan
Guatemala	Marlyn Lorena Magaña Ramirez	Guatemala City
Holland	Linda Egging	Spanbroek
Honduras	Arlene Rocio Rauscher Duarte	Tegucigalpa
Hungary	Orsolya Anna Michina	Budapest
Iceland	Svava Haraldsdóttir	Reykjavík
India	Ritu Singh	New Delhi
Ireland	Amanda Brunker	Dublin
Israel	Li'at Ditkovsky	Herzliya
Italy	Sabina Pellati	Reggio Emilia
Jamaica	Sandra Foster	Kingston
Japan	Junko Tsuda	Tokyo
Kenya	N'kirote Karimi M'mbijjiwe	Nairobi
Korea	Kim Tae-hwa	Pusan
Latvia	Inese Šlesere	Riga
Lebanon	Diana Begdache	Beirut
Macau	Cristina Guilherme Lam	Macau
Malaysia	Samantha Schubert	Kuala Lumpur
Malta	Romina Genuis	Gzira
Mauritius	Marie Geraldine Deville	Central Flacq
Mexico	Maria Cristina Urrutia de la Vega	Mexico City
Namibia	Michelle McLean	Windhoek
New Zealand	Lisa Maree de Montalk	Taupo
Nigeria	Adenike Oshinowo	Lagos
Norway	Anne-Britt Røvik	Kolbotn
Panama	Malena Estela Betancourt Guillen	Panama City
Paraguay	Vivian Rosanna Benitez Brizuela	Asuncion
Philippines	Gemith Gonzalo Gemparo	Manila
Poland	Karina Wojciechowska	Katowice
Portugal	Maria do Carmo Ramalho	Lisbon
Puerto Rico	Johanna Berenice Irizarry	Lajas
Romania	Gabriela Dragomirescu	Bucharest
Singapore	Jasheen Jayakody	Singapore
South Africa	Diana Tilden-Davis	Johannesburg
Spain	Candelaria (Catia) Moreno Navarro	Tenerife
Sri Lanka	Jackie Emelda Bennett	Manzini
Sweden	Cathrin Olsson	Kungsbacka
Switzerland	Sandra Aegerter	Aigle
Thailand	Rewaedee Malaisee	Bangkok
Trinidad & Tobago	Sastee Bachan	Port of Spain
Turkey	Dilek Aslihan Koruyan	Istanbul
United Kingdom	Joanne Elizabeth Lewis	Nottingham
United States	Charlotte Ray	Camden
Uruguay	Andrea Regina Gorrochategui Granja	Montevideo
Venezuela	Ninibeth Beatriz Leal Jimenez	Maracaibo
Yugoslavia	Slavica Tripunović	Vukovar

Trivia

Returning countries and Debuts

• Greenland competed in Miss World for the first time.
• South Africa last competed in 1977 after the MWO decided to lift a 14-year apartheid rule, allowing its contestants to compete.
• Antigua last competed in 1986.
• Lebanon, and Swaziland last competed in 1988.
• Republic of China, Ecuador, and Malaysia last competed in 1989.

Withdrawals and Nations not competing

• Canada, Tara Paat withdrew from Miss World 1991 14 days before the pageant due to her illness.
• Cook Islands, Luxembourg, and Papua New Guinea were no longer to send their respective delegates in Miss World. Luxembourg did not send delegates to Miss World until it returned in 2009.
• Peru did not compete in Miss World because of problems with franchise-holding and lack of sponsorship. Hong Kong, on the other hand, renewed its franchise with the Miss Hong Kong Organization; however it was happened nearly three months after Miss World.
• Sri Lanka did not compete in Miss World because of scheduling conflict.
• U.S.S.R. did not compete in Miss World because of its dissolution, as a result of dividing into 15 independent states which came to be known as the Commonwealth of Independent States.

Other Notes

• Miss World 1991 was scheduled to be held in the Dominican Republic. Due to scheduling difficulties, Miss World was first moved to Puerto Rico, then to Atlanta, USA.
• Preliminary swimsuits in Miss World 1991 were held in South Africa.
• South Africa returned to Miss World after a 14-year post-apartheid rule, and was the first time to crown as Queen of Africa. Diana Tilden-Davis was later attacked by a hippopotamus in Botswana in December 2003, and suffered bruises and long-term injuries. She was recovered from injuries three years later in 2006.
• This was also the first time that no European country made into the finals for crowning.
• France, Mareva Georges, represented her country in Miss World although she came from the island of Tahiti.
• Trinidad & Tobago, Sastee Bachan, currently works as a trained make-up artist who lives in Toronto, and as a fashion & pageant consultant for Miss World Canada.
• Singapore, Jasheen Jayakody, currently lives in San Francisco, California with her American husband and one child.
• Turkey, Dilek Aslihan Koruyan, is currently the wife of Turkish businessman and entrepreneur, Demir Sabanci.
• Australia, Leanne Buckle (now Mrs. Frew), currently works as a photographer and a model, and lives with her husband and three children.
• Malaysia, Samantha Schubert was born in England, and raise in Malaysia since childhood. She is currently an actrss and a model, after she studied at the Lee Strasburg School of Film & Theatre Los Angeles, The Beverly Hills Playhouse Los Angeles and Drama Studio London.
• Germany, Susanne Petry would go on and win Miss Intercontinental 1992.
• USA, Charlotte Ray was also Miss New Jersey USA 1991 and competed at Miss USA 1991. She finished 1st runner up in the pageant and was also named Miss Congeniality.
• Half the number of countries which made it into the semifinals, were not in the semifinals last year: South Africa (1975), India (1980), France (1987), and Australia (1989). Namibia had made into the semi-finals for the first time after its debut in 1989.
• Namibia, Michelle McLean was crowned Miss Universe in 1992.

Crossovers

Miss Universe

• Miss Universe 1989: El Salvador, and Jamaica (semi-finalist)
• Miss Universe 1991: Belize, France (semi-finalist), Paraguay (semi-finalist)
• Miss Universe 1992: Belgium (finalist), Cayman Islands, Iceland, Namibia (WINNER), New Zealand (semi-finalist), and Switzerland
• Miss Universe 1993: Ghana (Miss Amity)

Miss International

• Miss International 1991: Costa Rica
• Miss International 1992: United Kingdom
• Miss International 1994: Ghana (represented as Nigeria)

Contestants Preliminary Scores

Country	Score	Country	Score
American Virgin Islands	34	Ireland	34
Antigua	33	Israel	32
Argentina	34	Italy	39
Aruba	32	Jamaica	49
Australia	48	Japan	33
Austria	32	Kenya	34
Bahamas	32	Korea	32
Belgium	41	Latvia	33
Belize	32	Lebanon	32
Bolivia	33	Macau	32
Brazil	38	Malaysia	38
British Virgin Islands	33	Malta	32
Bulgaria	33	Mauritius	32
Cayman Islands	34	Mexico	32
Chile	37	Namibia	51
Republic of China	33	New Zealand	41
Colombia	40	Nigeria	37
Costa Rica	32	Norway	33
Curaçao	38	Panama	35
Cyprus	34	Paraguay	36
Czechoslovakia	32	Philippines	38
Denmark	33	Poland	33
Dominican Republic	33	Portugal	34
Ecuador	32	Puerto Rico	34
El Salvador	32	Romania	32
Finland	35	Singapore	35
France	46	South Africa	51
Germany	40	Spain	38
Ghana	32	Swaziland	32
Gibraltar	37	Sweden	34
Greece	38	Switzerland	38
Greenland	33	Thailand	33
Guam	32	Trinidad & Tobago	35
Guatemala	32	Turkey	47
Holland	39	United Kingdom	40
Honduras	32	Uruguay	35
Hungary	32	USA	42
Iceland	37	Venezuela	58
India	44	Yugoslavia	33

External sources

• Pageantopolis
• Jimmy's Pageant Page