# Miss Universe 1990

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Miss Universe 1990 Date 15 April 1990 Presenters Dick Clark Leeza Gibbons Margaret Gardiner Venue Shubert Theatre, Los Angeles, California, United States Broadcaster CBS KCBS-TV Director Tony Charmoli Producer Sid Smith Entrants 71 Placements 10 Debuts Soviet Union Withdrawals Belgium Brazil Curaçao Haiti Lebanon Luxembourg New Zealand United States Virgin Islands Returns Czechoslovakia Winner Mona Grudt Norway Congeniality Christiane Stocker (West Germany) Best National Costume Lizeth Mahecha (Colombia) Photogenic Passaraporn Chaimongkol (Thailand) ← 1989 1991 →

**Miss Universe 1990**, the 39th [Miss Universe](/source/Miss_Universe) pageant, was held at the [Shubert Theatre](/source/Shubert_Theatre_(Los_Angeles)) in [Los Angeles](/source/Los_Angeles), California, United States, on April 15, 1990.

At the end of the event, [Angela Visser](/source/Angela_Visser) of Holland crowned [Mona Grudt](/source/Mona_Grudt) of Norway as Miss Universe 1990.[1] Seventy one contestants competed for the title.[1]

## Results

### Placements

Final placements for Miss Universe 1990

Miss Soviet Union, Sri Lanka and Canada during Miss Universe 1990.

Placement Contestant Miss Universe 1990 Norway – Mona Grudt 1st Runner-Up United States – Carole Gist 2nd Runner-Up Colombia – Lizeth Mahecha Top 6 Bolivia – Rosario Rico Toro Chile – Uranía Haltenhoff[2] Mexico – Marilé del Rosario Top 10 Czechoslovakia – Jana Hronková India – Suzanne Sablok Turkey – Jülide Ateş Venezuela – Andreína Goetz

### Final Competition

Nation Preliminary Average 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) Colombia 8.313 (5) 8.610 (2) 8.714 (2) 8.840 (2) 8.721 (2) Mexico 8.316 (3) 8.500 (4) 8.450 (4) 8.707 (4) 8.552 (3) Chile 8.206 (9) 8.411 (6) 8.410 (6) 8.770 (3) 8.530 (4) Bolivia 8.256 (7) 8.439 (5) 8.498 (3) 8.600 (6) 8.512 (5) Venezuela 8.420 (2) 8.370 (7) 8.450 (4) 8.590 (7) 8.470 (7) India 8.280 (6) 8.200 (9) 8.233 (8) 8.552 (8) 8.328 (8) Turkey 8.090 (10) 8.079 (10) 8.139 (9) 8.200 (9) 8.139 (9) Czechoslovakia 8.210 (8) 8.360 (8) 7.785 (10) 7.970 (10) 8.038 (10)

### Special awards

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

## Contestants

- **[Argentina](/source/Argentina)** – Paola de la Torre

- **[Aruba](/source/Aruba)** – Gwendolyne Kwidama

- **[Australia](/source/Australia)** – Charmaine Ware

- **[Austria](/source/Austria)** – Sandra Luttenberger

- **[Bahamas](/source/The_Bahamas)** – Lisa Nichelle Sawyer

- **[Belize](/source/Belize)** – Ysela Antonia Zabaneh

- **[Bermuda](/source/Bermuda)** – Janet Tucker

- **[Bolivia](/source/Bolivia)** – Rosario del Pilar Rico Toro

- **[British Virgin Islands](/source/British_Virgin_Islands)** – Jestina Hodge

- **[Canada](/source/Canada)** – Robin Lee Ouzunoff

- **[Cayman Islands](/source/Cayman_Islands)** – Tricia Rose Whittaker

- **[Chile](/source/Chile)** – Uranía Haltenhoff[2]

- **[Colombia](/source/Colombia)** – [Lizeth Mahecha](/source/Lizeth_Mahecha)

- **[Costa Rica](/source/Costa_Rica)** – Julieta Posla

- **[Czechoslovakia](/source/Czechoslovakia)** – Jana Hronkova

- **[Denmark](/source/Denmark)** – Maj-Britt Jensen

- **[Dominican Republic](/source/Dominican_Republic)** – Rosario Rodríguez

- **[Ecuador](/source/Ecuador)** – Jessica Núñez

- **[Egypt](/source/Egypt)** – [Dalia El Behery](/source/Dalia_El_Behery)

- **[El Salvador](/source/El_Salvador)** – Gracia María Guerra

- **[England](/source/England)** – Carla Barrow

- **[Finland](/source/Finland)** - Tiina Susanna Vierto

- **[France](/source/France)** – Gaëlle Voiry

- **[Gibraltar](/source/Gibraltar)** – Audrey Gingell

- **[Greece](/source/Greece)** – Jeni Balatsinou

- **[Greenland](/source/Greenland)** – [Sascha Nukaka Motzfeldt](/source/Nuk%C3%A2ka_Coster-Waldau)

- **[Guam](/source/Guam)** – Marcia Damian

- **[Guatemala](/source/Guatemala)** – Marianela Abate

- **[Holland](/source/Netherlands)** – Stephanie Halenbeek

- **[Honduras](/source/Honduras)** – Vivian Moreno

- **[Hong Kong](/source/British_Hong_Kong)** – [Monica Chan](/source/Monica_Chan)

- **[Iceland](/source/Iceland)** – Hildur Dungalsdóttir

- **[India](/source/India)** – [Suzanne Sablok](/source/Suzanne_Sablok)

- **[Ireland](/source/Republic_of_Ireland)** – Barbara Curran

- **[Israel](/source/Israel)** – Yvonna Krugliak

- **[Italy](/source/Italy)** – Annamaria Malipiero

- **[Jamaica](/source/Jamaica)** – Michelle Hall

- **[Japan](/source/Japan)** – Hiroko Miyoshi

- **[Malaysia](/source/Malaysia)** – Anna Lin Lim

- **[Malta](/source/Malta)** – Charmaine Farrugia

- **[Mauritius](/source/Mauritius)** – Anita Ramgutty

- **[Mexico](/source/Mexico)** – Marilé del Rosario Santiago

- **[Nigeria](/source/Nigeria)** – [Sabina Umeh](/source/Sabina_Umeh-Akamune)

- **[Northern Mariana Islands](/source/Northern_Mariana_Islands)** – Edwina Menzies

- **[Norway](/source/Norway)** – **[Mona Grudt](/source/Mona_Grudt)**

- **[Paraguay](/source/Paraguay)** – Mónica Plate

- **[Peru](/source/Peru)** – Marisol Martínez

- **[Philippines](/source/Philippines)** – Germelina Leah Banal Padilla

- **[Poland](/source/Poland)** – Małgorzata Obieżalska

- **[Portugal](/source/Portugal)** – Maria Rosado

- **[Puerto Rico](/source/Puerto_Rico)** – María Luisa Fortuño

- **[Republic of China](/source/Taiwan)** – Wen Tzui Pin

- **[Saint Vincent and the Grenadines](/source/Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines)** – Glenor Browne

- **[Scotland](/source/Scotland)** – Karina Ferguson

- **[Singapore](/source/Singapore)** – Ong Lay Ling

- **[South Korea](/source/South_Korea)** – [Oh Hyun-kyung](/source/Oh_Hyun-kyung)

- **[Soviet Union](/source/Soviet_Union)** - Evia Stalbovska

- **[Spain](/source/Spain)** – Raquel Revuelta

- **[Sri Lanka](/source/Sri_Lanka)** – Roshani Aluwinare

- **[Suriname](/source/Suriname)** – Saskia Sibilo

- **[Sweden](/source/Sweden)** – [Linda Isaksson](/source/Linda_Lindorff)

- **[Switzerland](/source/Switzerland)** – Catherine Mesot

- **[Thailand](/source/Thailand)** – Passaraporn Chaimongkol

- **[Trinidad and Tobago](/source/Trinidad_and_Tobago)** – Maryse de Gourville

- **[Turkey](/source/Turkey)** – Jülide Ateş

- **[Turks and Caicos Islands](/source/Turks_and_Caicos_Islands)** – Karen Been

- **[United States](/source/United_States)** – [Carole Gist](/source/Carole_Gist)

- **[Uruguay](/source/Uruguay)** – Ondina Pérez

- **[Venezuela](/source/Republic_of_Venezuela)** – Andreína Goetz

- **[Wales](/source/Wales)** – Jane Lloyd

- **[West Germany](/source/West_Germany)** – Christiane Stocker

### 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 Belize Mexico Canada Costa Rica Honduras Greenland Guatemala El Salvador United States Asia and The Land Down Under Singapore Republic of China Malaysia Sri Lanka Hong Kong Japan South Korea India Philippines Thailand Australia British Isles and Western Europe Holland Scotland Denmark Norway Wales Portugal France Iceland Switzerland England Ireland Finland Sweden West Germany Austria Eastern Europe Poland Soviet Union Czechoslovakia South America Argentina Chile Bolivia Venezuela Paraguay Ecuador Suriname Colombia Peru Uruguay The Islands Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Trinidad and Tobago Northern Mariana Islands Guam Mauritius Turks and Caicos Islands Dominican Republic Bahamas Cayman Islands Puerto Rico Aruba British Virgin Islands Jamaica Bermuda Mediterranean, Middle East, and Africa Italy Egypt Malta Turkey Greece Spain Israel Gibraltar Nigeria

## Notes

### Debuts

- **[Soviet Union](/source/Soviet_Union)** - Evia Staļbovska was one of the 17 semi-finalists in the 1989 Miss USSR pageant. Staļbovska was from [Riga](/source/Riga) in **[Latvia](/source/Latvian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic)**.[3]

### Returns

Last competed in [1970](/source/Miss_Universe_1970):

- **[Czechoslovakia](/source/Czechoslovakia)**

### Withdrawals

- **[Belgium](/source/Belgium)** - [Miss Belgium](/source/Miss_Belgium) 1990, Katia Alens had completed [Miss International 1990](/source/Miss_International_1990) and [Miss World 1990](/source/Miss_World_1990). Miss Belgium Organization did not send at representative this year. Katia Alens later participated in [Miss Universe 1991](/source/Miss_Universe_1991).

- **[Brazil](/source/Brazil)** - Due the franchise owner withdrawal, no national contest held.

- **[Curaçao](/source/Cura%C3%A7ao)**

- **[Cyprus](/source/Cyprus)**

- **[Gambia](/source/The_Gambia)**

- **[Ghana](/source/Ghana)**

- **[Haiti](/source/Haiti)**

- **[Luxembourg](/source/Luxembourg)** - Beata Jarzynska

- **[Kenya](/source/Kenya)**

- **Namibia**

- **[New Zealand](/source/New_Zealand)**

- **Panama** - Gloria Stella Quintana, she was unable to travel to Miss Universe because the country was still affected by the [American invasion of December 1989](/source/United_States_invasion_of_Panama).

- **Papua New Guinea**

- **[Senegal](/source/Senegal)**

- **[United States Virgin Islands](/source/United_States_Virgin_Islands)**

- **[Yugoslavia](/source/Socialist_Federal_Republic_of_Yugoslavia)** - Dragana Živić, Due lack of Sponsorship and visa issues.

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-UPI_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-UPI_1-1) ["Norwegian wins Miss Universe title"](https://www.upi.com/Archives/1990/04/15/Norwegian-wins-Miss-Universe-title/1246640152000/). *UPI Archives*. Retrieved 2024-12-06.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-auto_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-auto_2-1) ["Chile en Miss Universo 1990"](https://chileancharm.com/1990-MISS_UNIVERSE/ENSAYO.html). *chileancharm.com* (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 May 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [http://vsenashimiss.blogspot.com/2014/08/blog-post_28.html?m=1](http://vsenashimiss.blogspot.com/2014/08/blog-post_28.html?m=1) ([ru](/source/Russian_language))

## External links

- [Miss Universe official website](http://www.missuniverse.com/)

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v t e Miss Universe 1990 national titleholders COL: Lizeth Mahecha EGY: Dalia El Behery GRL: Sascha Nukâka Motzfeldt HKG: Monica Chan IND: Suzanne Sablok KOR: Oh Hyun-kyung NGA: Sabina Umeh NOR: Mona Grudt (winner) PHI: Linda Isaksson USA: Carole Gist

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