Miss Universe 1990 Explained

Miss Universe 1990, the 39th Miss Universe pageant, held on April 15, 1990 at the Shubert Theatre in Los Angeles, California, United States.

Mona Grudt of Norway was crowned by her predecessor Angela Visser of Holland at the end of the event. Seventy one contestants competed for the title.

Results

Placements

Final results	Contestant
Miss Universe 1990	– Mona Grudt
1st runner-up	– Carole Gist
2nd runner-up	– Lizeth Mahecha
Top 6	– Rosario del Pilar Rico Toro – Uranía Haltenhoff[1] – Marilé del Rosario Santiago
Top 10	– Jana Hronkova – Suzanne Sablok – Jülide Ateş – Andreína Goetz

Final Competition

Nation	PreliminaryAverage	Interview	Swimsuit	Evening Gown	Semifinal Average
Norway	8.683 (1)	8.760 (1)	8.922 (1)	8.989 (1)	8.890 (1)
United States	8.316 (3)	8.509 (3)	8.299 (7)	8.630 (5)	8.479 (6)
	8.313 (5)	8.610 (2)	8.714 (2)	8.840 (2)	8.721 (2)
	8.316 (3)	8.500 (4)	8.450 (4)	8.707 (4)	8.552 (3)
	8.206 (9)	8.411 (6)	8.410 (6)	8.770 (3)	8.530 (4)
	8.256 (7)	8.439 (5)	8.498 (3)	8.600 (6)	8.512 (5)
	8.420 (2)	8.370 (7)	8.450 (4)	8.590 (7)	8.470 (7)
	8.280 (6)	8.200 (9)	8.233 (8)	8.552 (8)	8.328 (8)
	8.090 (10)	8.079 (10)	8.139 (9)	8.200 (9)	8.139 (9)
	8.210 (8)	8.360 (8)	7.785 (10)	7.970 (10)	8.038 (10)

Special awards

Special award	Contestant
Miss Amity	– Christiane Stocker
Miss Photogenic	– Pasaraporn Chaimongkol
Best National Costume	– Lizeth Mahecha

Contestants

• – Paola de la Torre
• – Gwendolyne Kwidama
• – Charmaine Ware
• – Sandra Luttenberger
• – Lisa Nichelle Sawyer
• – Ysela Antonia Zabaneh
• – Janet Tucker
• – Rosario del Pilar Rico Toro
• – Jestina Hodge
• – Robin Lee Ouzunoff
• Cayman Islands – Tricia Rose Whittaker
• – Uranía Haltenhoff^[1]
• – Lizeth Mahecha
• – Julieta Posla
• – Jana Hronkova
• – Maj-Britt Jensen
• – Rosario Rodríguez
• – Jessica Núñez
• – Dalia El Behery
• – Gracia María Guerra
• – Carla Barrow
• - Tiina Susanna Vierto
• – Gaëlle Voiry †
• – Christiane Stocker
• – Audrey Gingell
• – Jeni Balatsinou
• – Sascha Nukaka Motzfeldt
• – Marcia Damian
• – Marianela Abate
• Netherlands – Stephanie Halenbeek
• Honduras – Vivian Moreno
• – Monica Chan
• – Hildur Dungalsdóttir
• – Suzanne Sablok
• – Barbara Ann Curran
• – Yvonna Krugliak
• – Annamaria Malipiero
• – Michelle Hall
• Japan – Hiroko Miyoshi
• – Anna Lin Lim
• – Charmaine Farrugia
• – Anita Ramgutty
• – Marilé del Rosario Santiago
• – Sabina Umeh
• – Edwina Menzies
• – Mona Grudt
• – Mónica Plate
• – Marisol Martínez
• Philippines – Germelina Leah Banal Padilla
• – Małgorzata Obieżalska
• – Maria Rosado
• Puerto Rico – María Luisa Fortuño
• – Wen Tzui Pin
• – Glenor Browne
• – Karina Ferguson
• – Ong Lay Ling
• Korea, Republic of – Oh Hyun-kyung
• - Evia Stalbovska
• – Raquel Revuelta
• – Roshani Aluwinare
• – Saskia Sibilo
• – Linda Isaksson
• – Catherine Mesot
• – Passaraporn Chaimongkol
• – Maryse de Gourville
• – Jülide Ateş
• – Karen Been
• – Ondina Pérez
• – Carole Gist
• – Andreína Goetz
• – Jane Lloyd

Order of Introduction

This year followed the pageant in the year before that the Parade of Nations segment was presented by introducing the delegates, designated in the regional groups. However, the delegates were also talking about their plans for the future and telling their names.

Geographical Region / Continent	Order of Country / Territory Introduction
Central and North America	Honduras
Asia and The Land Down Under
British Isles and Western Europe
Eastern Europe
South America
The Islands
Mediterranean, Middle East, and Africa

Notes

Debuts

• - Evia Staļbovska was one of the 17 semi-finalists in the 1989 Miss USSR pageant. Staļbovska was from Riga in .^[2]

Returns

Last competed in 1970:

Withdrawals

• - Katia Alens had completed Miss International 1990 and Miss World 1990. Miss Belgium Organization did not send at representative this year. Katia Alens later participated in Miss Universe 1991.
• - Due the franchise owner withdrawal, no national contest held.
• - Beata Jarzynska

Crossovers

Contestants who previously competed or will compete at other beauty pageants:

Miss World

• 1989

– Jana Hronkova^[3]

• 1989

– Audrey Gingell

• 1989

- Barbara Ann Curran

• 1989

- Maria Rosado (top 10)

• 1989

- Catherine Mesot

• 1990

- Gwendolyne Charlotte Kwidama (top 10)

• 1990

– Ysela Antonia Zabaneh

• 1990

– Dalia El Behery

• 1990

- Gaëlle Voiry

• 1990

– Christiane Stocker

• 1990

- Sabina Ifeoma Umeh

• 1990

- Jülide Ateş (top 10)

Miss International

• 1987

- Barbara Ann Curran

• 1990

– Sandra Luttenberger

• 1990

– Marianela Abate

• 1990

– Edwina Menzies

• 1990

- Jane Lloyd (as United Kingdom)

Miss Europe

• 1991: – Sandra Luttenberger
• 1991: - Gaëlle Voiry
• 1991: – Karina Ferguson
• 1991: - Catherine Mesot
• 1991: – Jane Lloyd

Miss Chinese International Pageant

• 1989

– Monica Chan (1st runner-up)

Queen of the World

• 1989: - Germelina Padilla
• 1990: - Rosario Rico Toro (2nd runner-up)^[4]

Miss All Nations

• 1990: – Sandra Luttenberger (top 10)
• 1990: – Ysela Antonia Zabaneh
• 1990: Paraguay – Mónica Plate Cano
• 1990: – Gracia María Guerra
• 1990: – Ondina Pérez

Miss Hispanidad International

• 1990: – Rosario Rodríguez (Winner)
• 1990: – Ondina Pérez

• 1990: – Hildur Dungalsdóttir
• 1991: - Tiina Susanna Vierto (1st runner-up)

Reinado Internacional del Café

• 1990: – Julieta Posla (1st runner-up)
• 1990: Honduras – Vivian Audely Moreno

General references

• Web site: Miss Universe 1990 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120207055111/http://www.pageantopolis.com/international/Universe_1990.htm . pageantopolis.com . February 7, 2012 . usurped .

External links

• Miss Universe official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Chile en Miss Universo 1990 . 23 May 2021 . chileancharm.com . es.
2. http://vsenashimiss.blogspot.com/2014/08/blog-post_28.html?m=1 (ru)
3. Web site: cs. Československá miss z roku 1989 Ivana Christová slaví čtyřicátiny. Lidovky.cz. August 9, 2010. January 9, 2018.
4. Web site: es. Rosario Rico Toro G. Trazos de amor. Los Tiempos. July 26, 2016. January 9, 2018.