{{Infobox beauty pageant | photo = | name = Miss Universe 1990 | date = 15 April 1990 | presenters = {{Hlist|[[Dick Clark]]|[[Leeza Gibbons]]|[[Margaret Gardiner (Miss Universe)|Margaret Gardiner]]}} | venue = [[Shubert Theatre (Los Angeles)|Shubert Theatre]], [[Los Angeles]], California, United States | broadcaster = {{Hlist|[[CBS]]|[[KCBS-TV]]}} | director = {{Hlist|Tony Charmoli}} | producer = {{Hlist|Sid Smith}} | entrants = 71 | placements = 10 | debuts = {{Hlist|Soviet Union}} | withdrawals = {{Hlist|Belgium|Brazil|Curaçao|Haiti|Lebanon|Luxembourg|New Zealand|United States Virgin Islands}} | returns = {{Hlist|Czechoslovakia}} | winner = [[Mona Grudt]] | represented = Norway | congeniality = Christiane Stocker (West Germany) | best national costume = [[Lizeth Mahecha]] (Colombia) | photogenic = Passaraporn Chaimongkol (Thailand) | before = [[Miss Universe 1989|1989]] | next = [[Miss Universe 1991|1991]] }}
'''Miss Universe 1990''', the 39th [[Miss Universe]] pageant, was held at the [[Shubert Theatre (Los Angeles)|Shubert Theatre]] in [[Los Angeles]], California, United States, on April 15, 1990.
At the end of the event, [[Angela Visser]] of Holland crowned [[Mona Grudt]] of Norway as Miss Universe 1990.<ref name="UPI">{{Cite web |title=Norwegian wins Miss Universe title |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1990/04/15/Norwegian-wins-Miss-Universe-title/1246640152000/ |access-date=2024-12-06 |website=UPI Archives |language=en}}</ref> Seventy one contestants competed for the title.<ref name="UPI" />
== Results == === Placements === [[File:Miss Universe 1990 Map.PNG|thumb|250px|Final placements for Miss Universe 1990]] [[File:With two of the Miss Universe 1990 candidates miss Soviet union 1990 and miss Canada.jpg|thumb|250px|Miss Soviet Union, Sri Lanka and Canada during Miss Universe 1990.]] {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;" |- ! Placement !! Contestant |- | Miss Universe 1990 | * {{flagu|Norway}} – [[Mona Grudt]] |- | 1st Runner-Up | * {{flagu|United States}} – [[Carole Gist]] |- | 2nd Runner-Up | * {{flagu|Colombia}} – [[Lizeth Mahecha]] |- | Top 6 | * {{flagu|Bolivia}} – Rosario Rico Toro * {{flagu|Chile}} – Uranía Haltenhoff<ref name="auto">{{cite web |url=https://chileancharm.com/1990-MISS_UNIVERSE/ENSAYO.html |title=Chile en Miss Universo 1990 |date= |author= |access-date=23 May 2021 |website=chileancharm.com |language=es}}</ref> * {{flagu|Mexico}} – Marilé del Rosario |- | Top 10 | * {{flagu|Czechoslovakia}} – Jana Hronková * {{flagu|India}} – [[Suzanne Sablok]] * {{flagu|Turkey}} – Jülide Ateş * {{flagu|Venezuela|1954}} – Andreína Goetz |}
=== Final Competition === {| class="wikitable sortable collapsible" style="font-size:95%" ! width="25%" |Nation !Preliminary Average ! width="15%" |Interview ! width="15%" |Swimsuit ! width="15%" |Evening Gown ! width="15%" |Semifinal Average |- style="background-color:#FADADD;" |'''{{flag|Norway}}''' |8.683 (1) |8.760 (1) |8.922 (1) |8.989 (1) |8.890 (1) |- |- style="background-color:#eadafd;" |'''{{flag|United States}}''' |8.316 (3) |8.509 (3) |8.299 (7) |8.630 (5) |8.479 (6) |- |- style="background-color:#ccff99;" |'''{{COL}}''' |8.313 (5) |8.610 (2) |8.714 (2) |8.840 (2) |8.721 (2) |- |- style="background-color:#ffff99;" |'''{{MEX}}''' |8.316 (3) |8.500 (4) |8.450 (4) |8.707 (4) |8.552 (3) |- |- style="background-color:#ffff99;" |'''{{CHL}}''' |8.206 (9) |8.411 (6) |8.410 (6) |8.770 (3) |8.530 (4) |- |- style="background-color:#ffff99;" |'''{{BOL}}''' |8.256 (7) |8.439 (5) |8.498 (3) |8.600 (6) |8.512 (5) |- |- |'''{{flag|Venezuela|1954}}''' |8.420 (2) |8.370 (7) |8.450 (4) |8.590 (7) |8.470 (7) |- |'''{{IND}}''' |8.280 (6) |8.200 (9) |8.233 (8) |8.552 (8) |8.328 (8) |- |- |'''{{TUR}}''' |8.090 (10) |8.079 (10) |8.139 (9) |8.200 (9) |8.139 (9) |- |- |'''{{TCH}}''' |8.210 (8) |8.360 (8) |7.785 (10) |7.970 (10) |8.038 (10) |}
===Special awards=== {| class="wikitable unsortable" style="font-size: 95%;" |- ! Special award ! Contestant |- ! Miss Amity | * '''{{flag|West Germany}}''' – Christiane Stocker |- ! Miss Photogenic | * '''{{THA}}''' – Pasaraporn Chaimongkol |- ! Best National Costume | * '''{{COL}}''' – Lizeth Mahecha |- |}
== Contestants == {{colbegin|colwidth=30em}} * '''{{ARG}}''' – Paola de la Torre * '''{{ABW}}''' – Gwendolyne Kwidama * '''{{AUS}}''' – Charmaine Ware * '''{{AUT}}''' – Sandra Luttenberger * '''{{BHS}}''' – Lisa Nichelle Sawyer * '''{{BLZ}}''' – Ysela Antonia Zabaneh * '''{{BMU}}''' – Janet Tucker * '''{{BOL}}''' – Rosario del Pilar Rico Toro * '''{{VGB}}''' – Jestina Hodge * '''{{CAN}}''' – Robin Lee Ouzunoff * '''{{flag|Cayman Islands|old}}''' – Tricia Rose Whittaker * '''{{CHL}}''' – Uranía Haltenhoff<ref name="auto"/> * '''{{COL}}''' – [[Lizeth Mahecha]] * '''{{CRI}}''' – Julieta Posla * '''{{TCH}}''' – Jana Hronkova * '''{{DNK}}''' – Maj-Britt Jensen * '''{{DOM}}''' – Rosario Rodríguez * '''{{Flag|Ecuador|1900}}''' – Jessica Núñez * '''{{EGY}}''' – [[Dalia El Behery]] * '''{{SLV}}''' – Gracia María Guerra * '''{{ENG}}''' – Carla Barrow * '''{{FIN}}''' - Tiina Susanna Vierto * '''{{FRA}}''' – Gaëlle Voiry * '''{{GIB}}''' – Audrey Gingell * '''{{GRC}}''' – Jeni Balatsinou * '''{{GRL}}''' – [[Nukâka Coster-Waldau|Sascha Nukaka Motzfeldt]] * '''{{GUM}}''' – Marcia Damian * '''{{GTM}}''' – Marianela Abate * '''{{flag|NLD|name=Holland}}''' – Stephanie Halenbeek * '''{{flag|Honduras|1949}}''' – Vivian Moreno * '''{{flag|British Hong Kong|name=Hong Kong}}''' – [[Monica Chan]] * '''{{ISL}}''' – Hildur Dungalsdóttir * '''{{IND}}''' – [[Suzanne Sablok]] * '''{{IRL}}''' – Barbara Curran * '''{{ISR}}''' – Yvonna Krugliak * '''{{ITA}}''' – Annamaria Malipiero * '''{{JAM}}''' – Michelle Hall * '''{{flag|Japan|1870}}''' – Hiroko Miyoshi * '''{{MYS}}''' – Anna Lin Lim * '''{{MLT}}''' – Charmaine Farrugia * '''{{MUS}}''' – Anita Ramgutty * '''{{MEX}}''' – Marilé del Rosario Santiago * '''{{NGA}}''' – [[Sabina Umeh-Akamune|Sabina Umeh]] * '''{{MNP}}''' – Edwina Menzies * '''{{NOR}}''' – '''[[Mona Grudt]]''' * '''{{Flag|Paraguay|1990}}''' – Mónica Plate * '''{{PER}}''' – Marisol Martínez * '''{{flag|Philippines|1986}}''' – Germelina Leah Banal Padilla * '''{{POL}}''' – Małgorzata Obieżalska * '''{{POR}}''' – Maria Rosado * '''{{flag|Puerto Rico|1952}}''' – María Luisa Fortuño * '''{{ROC}}''' – Wen Tzui Pin * '''{{VCT}}''' – Glenor Browne * '''{{SCO}}''' – Karina Ferguson * '''{{SGP}}''' – Ong Lay Ling * '''{{flag|KOR|1949|name=South Korea}}''' – [[Oh Hyun-kyung]] * '''{{flag|Soviet Union}}''' - Evia Stalbovska * '''{{ESP}}''' – Raquel Revuelta * '''{{LKA}}''' – Roshani Aluwinare * '''{{SUR}}''' – Saskia Sibilo * '''{{SWE}}''' – [[Linda Lindorff|Linda Isaksson]] * '''{{CHE}}''' – Catherine Mesot * '''{{THA}}''' – Passaraporn Chaimongkol * '''{{TTO}}''' – Maryse de Gourville * '''{{TUR}}''' – Jülide Ateş * '''{{TCA}}''' – Karen Been * '''{{USA}}''' – [[Carole Gist]] * '''{{URY}}''' – Ondina Pérez * '''{{Flag|Republic of Venezuela|1954|name=Venezuela}}''' – Andreína Goetz * '''{{WAL}}''' – Jane Lloyd * '''{{flag|West Germany}}''' – Christiane Stocker {{colend}}
===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. {| class="wikitable unsortable" style="font-size: 95%;" |- !Geographical Region / Continent !Order of Country / Territory Introduction |- |'''[[Central America|Central]] and [[North America]]''' | * '''{{BLZ}}''' * '''{{MEX}}''' * '''{{CAN}}''' * '''{{CRI}}''' * '''{{flag|Honduras|1949}}''' * '''{{GRL}}''' * '''{{GTM}}''' * '''{{SLV}}''' * '''{{USA}}''' |- |'''[[Asia]] and [[Oceania|The Land Down Under]]''' | * '''{{SGP}}''' * '''{{ROC}}''' * '''{{MYS}}''' * '''{{LKA}}''' * '''{{Flag|British Hong Kong|name=Hong Kong}}''' * '''{{JPN}}''' * '''{{KOR}}''' * '''{{IND}}''' * '''{{PHL}}''' * '''{{THA}}''' * '''{{AUS}}''' |- |'''[[British Isles]] and [[Western Europe]]''' | * '''{{Flag|Holland}}''' * '''{{SCT}}''' * '''{{DNK}}''' * '''{{NOR}}''' * '''{{WLS}}''' * '''{{POR}}''' * '''{{FRA}}''' * '''{{ISL}}''' * '''{{CHE}}''' * '''{{ENG}}''' * '''{{IRL}}''' * '''{{FIN}}''' * '''{{SWE}}''' * '''{{flag|West Germany}}''' * '''{{AUT}}''' |- |'''[[Eastern Europe]]''' | * '''{{Flag|Polish People's Republic|name=Poland}}''' * '''{{URS}}''' * '''{{TCH}}''' |- |'''[[South America]]''' | * '''{{ARG}}''' * '''{{CHL}}''' * '''{{BOL}}''' * '''{{Flag|Venezuela|1954}}''' * '''{{Flag|Paraguay|1988}}''' * '''{{ECU}}''' * '''{{SUR}}''' * '''{{COL}}''' * '''{{PER}}''' * '''{{URY}}''' |- |[[Island country|'''The Islands''']] | * '''{{VCT}}''' * '''{{TTO}}''' * '''{{MNP}}''' * '''{{GUM}}''' * '''{{MUS}}''' * '''{{TCA}}''' * '''{{DOM}}''' * '''{{BHS}}''' * '''{{Flag|Cayman Islands|old}}''' * '''{{PRI}}''' * '''{{ABW}}''' * '''{{VGB}}''' * '''{{JAM}}''' * '''{{BMU}}''' |- |'''[[Mediterranean Basin|Mediterranean]], [[Middle East]], and [[Africa]]''' | * '''{{ITA}}''' * '''{{EGY}}''' * '''{{MLT}}''' * '''{{TUR}}''' * '''{{GRC}}''' * '''{{ESP}}''' * '''{{ISR}}''' * '''{{GIB}}''' * '''{{NGA}}''' |}
== Notes == === Debuts === *'''{{flag|Soviet Union}}''' - Evia Staļbovska was one of the 17 semi-finalists in the 1989 Miss USSR pageant. Staļbovska was from [[Riga]] in '''{{flag|Latvian SSR|name=Latvia}}'''.<ref>http://vsenashimiss.blogspot.com/2014/08/blog-post_28.html?m=1 ([[Russian language|ru]])</ref>
=== Returns === Last competed in [[Miss Universe 1970|1970]]: * '''{{flag|Czechoslovakia}}'''
=== Withdrawals === *'''{{BEL}}''' - [[Miss Belgium]] 1990, 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]]. *'''{{BRA}}''' - Due the franchise owner withdrawal, no national contest held. *'''{{CUW}}''' * '''{{CYP}}''' * '''{{GAM}}''' * '''{{GHA}}''' *'''{{HAI}}''' *'''{{LUX}}''' - Beata Jarzynska * '''{{KEN}}''' * '''{{Flagu|Namibia}}''' *'''{{NZL}}''' * '''{{Flagu|Panama}}''' - Gloria Stella Quintana, she was unable to travel to Miss Universe because the country was still affected by the [[United States invasion of Panama|American invasion of December 1989]]. * '''{{Flagu|Papua New Guinea}}''' * '''{{SEN}}''' *'''{{VIR}}''' *'''{{YUG}}''' - Dragana Živić, Due lack of Sponsorship and visa issues.
== References == {{reflist}}
== External links == * [http://www.missuniverse.com/ Miss Universe official website]
{{Miss Universe}} {{Miss Universe 1990 delegates}}
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