{{short description| 40th anniversary of the Miss Universe pageant}} {{use mdy dates|date=January 2017}} {{Infobox beauty pageant | photo = File:Lupita Jones.jpg | caption = Lupita Jones, Miss Universe 1991 | date = May 17, 1991 | presenters = {{Hlist|[[Dick Clark]]|[[Leeza Gibbons]]|[[Angela Visser]]}} | venue = [[PH Live|Aladdin Theatre for the Performing Arts]], [[Las Vegas]], Nevada, United States | broadcaster = {{Hlist|[[CBS]]|[[KLAS-TV]]}} | entrants = 73 | placements = 10 | debuts = {{Hlist|Bulgaria|Ghana|Romania}} | withdraws = {{Hlist|Aruba|Australia|Austria|Denmark|Egypt|England|Gibraltar|Greenland|Honduras|Portugal|Scotland|Switzerland|Wales}} | returns = {{Hlist|Belgium|Brazil|Cook Islands|Curaçao|Lebanon|Luxembourg|Namibia|Nicaragua|Panama|United Kingdom|United States Virgin Islands|Yugoslavia}} | winner = [[Lupita Jones]] | represented = Mexico | congeniality = Monique Lindesay (United States Virgin Islands) | best national costume = Maribel Gutiérrez (Colombia) | photogenic = Siobhan McClafferty (Ireland) | before = [[Miss Universe 1990|1990]] | next = [[Miss Universe 1992|1992]] }}

'''Miss Universe 1991''', the 40th anniversary of the [[Miss Universe]] pageant, was held at the [[PH Live|Aladdin Theatre for the Performing Arts]] in [[Las Vegas]], Nevada, United States, on May 17, 1991.

At the end of the event, [[Lupita Jones]] of Mexico was crowned as Miss Universe 1991 by [[Mona Grudt]] of Norway. Seventy-three contestants competed in the pageant.

==Results== [[File:Miss Universe 1991 Map.PNG|thumb|Miss Universe 1991 participating nations and results]]

===Placements=== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;" ! Placement !! Contestant |- | Miss Universe 1991 | * {{flagu|Mexico}} – [[Lupita Jones]] |- | 1st Runner-Up | * {{flagu|Netherlands}} – Paulien Huizinga |- | 2nd Runner-Up | * {{flagu|Soviet Union}} – [[Julia Lemigova]] |- | Top 6 | * {{flagu|Jamaica}} – Kimberley Mais * {{flagu|United States}} – [[Kelli McCarty]] * {{flagu|Venezuela|1954}} – Jackeline Rodríguez |- | Top 10 | * {{flagu|Curaçao}} – Jacqueline Krijger * {{flagu|France}} – [[Mareva Georges]] * {{flagu|Paraguay|1990}} – [[Vivian Benítez]] * {{flagu|Yugoslavia}} – [[Natasha Pavlovich]] |}

=== Final Competition === {| class="wikitable" 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;" |'''{{MEX}}''' |9.006 (1) |9.608 (1) |9.450 (1) |9.758 (1) |9.605 (1) |- |- style="background-color:#eadafd;" |'''{{NED}}''' |8.694 (10) |9.592 (2) |9.073 (6) |9.600 (4) |9.421 (4) |- |- style="background-color:#ccff99;" |'''{{flag|Soviet Union|name=USSR}}''' |8.864 (3) |9.550 (3) |9.225 (3) |9.717 (2) |9.497 (3) |- |- style="background-color:#ffff99;" |'''{{flag|Republic of Venezuela|1954|name=Venezuela}}''' |8.719 (7) |9.533 (4) |9.412 (2) |9.650 (3) |9.531 (2) |- |- style="background-color:#ffff99;" |'''{{JAM}}''' |8.986 (2) |9.418 (6) |9.213 (4) |9.542 (7) |9.391 (5) |- |- style="background-color:#ffff99;" |'''{{flag|United States}}''' |8.834 (4) |9.425 (5) |8.950 (8) |9.542 (7) |9.305 (6) |- |- |'''{{CUW}}''' |8.753 (6) |9.190 (8) |9.135 (5) |9.550 (6) |9.291 (7) |- |'''{{flag|Paraguay|1990}}''' |8.719 (7) |9.375 (7) |8.987 (7) |9.350 (10) |9.237 (8) |- |- |'''{{FRA}}''' |8.706 (9) |9.067 (10) |8.867 (10) |9.590 (5) |9.174 (9) |- |- |'''{{YUG}}''' |8.774 (5) |9.167 (9) |8.875 (9) |9.442 (9) |9.161 (10) |}

===Special Awards=== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;" |- ! Awards ! Winners |- | Best National Costume | * {{COL}} – Maribel Gutierrez |- | Miss Photogenic | * {{IRL}} – Siobhan McClafferty |- | Miss Congeniality | * {{VIR}} – Monique Lindesay |} '''Order of Announcements'''

'''Top 10''' # {{flagu|Jamaica}} # {{flagu|France}} # {{flagu|Yugoslavia}} # {{flagu|Paraguay|1990}} # {{flagu|Curacao}} # {{flagu|USSR}} # {{flagu|Venezuela|1954}} # {{flagu|Netherlands}} # {{flagu|United States}} # {{flagu|Mexico}} '''Top 6''' # {{flagu|Venezuela|1954}} # {{flagu|Netherlands}} # {{flagu|United States}} # {{flagu|Jamaica}} # {{flagu|Mexico}} # {{flagu|USSR}} '''Top 3''' # {{flagu|USSR}} # {{flagu|Netherlands}} # {{flagu|Mexico}}

==Contestants== {{colbegin|colwidth=30em}} * '''{{Flag|Argentina|alt}}''' - Verónica Honnorat * '''{{BHS}}''' - Farrah Fiona Saunders * '''{{BEL}}''' - Katia Alens * '''{{BLZ}}''' - Josephine Gault * '''{{BMU}}''' - Andrea Sullivan * '''{{BOL}}''' - María Selva Landívar * '''{{flag|Brazil|1989}}''' - Patricia Franco de Godói * '''{{VGB}}''' - Anne Lennard * '''{{BGR}}''' - Christy Drumeva * '''{{CAN}}''' - Leslie McLaren * '''{{flag|Cayman Islands|old}}''' - Bethea Michelle Christian * '''{{CHL}}''' - Cecilia del Rosario Alfaro * '''{{COL}}''' - Maribel Gutiérrez Tinoco * '''{{COK}}''' - Raema Chitty * '''{{CRI}}''' - Viviana Múñoz * '''{{CUW}}''' - Jacqueline Krijger * '''{{TCH}}''' - Renata Gorecka * '''{{DOM}}''' - Melissa Vargas * '''{{Flag|Ecuador|1900}}''' - Diana Neira * '''{{SLV}}''' - Rebecca Dávila * '''{{FIN}}''' - [[Tanja Karpela|Tanja Vienonen]] * '''{{FRA}}''' - [[Mareva Georges]] * '''{{GER}}''' - Katrin Richter * '''{{GHA}}''' - Dela Tamakole * '''{{GRC}}''' - Marina Popou * '''{{GUM}}''' - Jevon Pellacani * '''{{GTM}}''' - Lorena Palacios * '''{{flag|British Hong Kong|name=Hong Kong}}''' - [[Anita Yuen]] * '''{{ISL}}''' - Dis Sigurgeirsdóttir * '''{{IND}}''' - [[Christabelle Howie]] * '''{{IRL}}''' - Siobhan McClafferty * '''{{ISR}}''' - Miri Goldfarb * '''{{ITA}}''' - Maria Biscotti * '''{{JAM}}''' - Kimberley Mais * '''{{flag|Japan|1870}}''' - Atsuko Yamamoto * '''{{LBN}}''' - Fida Chehayeb * '''{{LUX}}''' - Annette Feydt * '''{{MYS}}''' - Elaine Chew * '''{{MLT}}''' - Michelle Zarb * '''{{MUS}}''' - Dhandevy Jeetun * '''{{MEX}}''' - '''[[Lupita Jones]]''' * '''{{NAM}}''' - Ronel Liebenberg * '''{{NLD}}''' - Paulien Huizinga * '''{{NIC}}''' - Ana Sofía Pereira * '''{{NGA}}''' - Tonia Okogbenin * '''{{MNP}}''' - Sharon Rosario * '''{{NOR}}''' - Lene Maria Pedersen * '''{{PAN}}''' - [[Liz De León]] * '''{{flag|Paraguay|1990}}''' - [[Vivian Benítez]] * '''{{PER}}''' - Eliana Martínez * '''{{flag|Philippines|1986}}''' - Maria Lourdes Gonzalez * '''{{POL}}''' - Joanna Michalska * '''{{flag|Puerto Rico|1952}}''' - Lissette Bouret * '''{{ROC}}''' - Lin Shu-Chuan * '''{{ROU}}''' - Daniella Nane * '''{{VCT}}''' - Samantha Robertson * '''{{SGP}}''' - [[Eileen Yeow]] * '''{{flag|KOR|1949|name=South Korea}}''' - Seo Jung-min * '''{{USSR}}''' - [[Julia Lemigova]] * '''{{ESP}}''' - [[Esther Arroyo]] * '''{{LKA}}''' - Diloka Seneviratne * '''{{SUR}}''' - Simone Vos * '''{{SWE}}''' - Susanna Gustafsson * '''{{THA}}''' - Jiraprapa Sawettanan * '''{{TTO}}''' - Josie Anne Richards * '''{{TUR}}''' - Pinar Ozdemir * '''{{TCA}}''' - Kathy Hawkins * '''{{GBR}}''' - Helen Upton * '''{{USA}}''' - [[Kelli McCarty]] * '''{{VIR}}''' - Monique Lindesay * '''{{URY}}''' - Adriana Comas * '''{{flag|Venezuela|1954}}''' - [[Jackeline Rodríguez]] * '''{{YUG}}''' - [[Natasha Pavlovich]] {{colend}}

===Order of Introduction=== The following table is the order of introduction in the Parade of Nations segment in the regional groups, randomly-ordered. {| class="wikitable" |+ !Geographical Region / Continent !Order of Country / Territory Introduction |- |'''[[Asia]] and [[Soviet Union|The USSR]]''' | * '''{{SGP}}''' * '''{{LKA}}''' * '''{{MYS}}''' * '''{{ROC}}''' * '''{{THA}}''' * '''{{Flag|British Hong Kong|name=Hong Kong}}''' * '''{{USSR}}''' * '''{{JPN}}''' * '''{{IND}}''' * '''{{Flag|South Korea|1949}}''' * '''{{Flag|Philippines|1986}}''' |- |'''[[South America]]''' | * '''{{SUR}}''' * '''{{CUW}}''' * '''{{CHL}}''' * '''{{URY}}''' * '''{{ARG}}''' * '''{{BOL}}''' * '''{{Flag|Venezuela|1954}}''' * '''{{PER}}''' * '''{{Flag|Brazil|1968}}''' * '''{{COL}}''' * '''{{flag|Paraguay|1990}}''' * '''{{ECU}}''' |- |'''[[Europe]] and The [[British Isles]]''' | * '''{{BUL}}''' * '''{{TCH}}''' * '''{{GBR}}''' * '''{{POL}}''' * '''{{BEL}}''' * '''{{FRA}}''' * '''{{ISL}}''' * '''{{ROU}}''' * '''{{GER}}''' * '''{{NLD}}''' * '''{{LUX}}''' * '''{{FIN}}''' * '''{{SWE}}''' * '''{{IRL}}''' * '''{{NOR}}''' |- |'''[[Mediterranean Basin|Mediterranean]], [[Middle East]], and [[Africa]]''' | * '''{{NGA}}''' * '''{{LBN}}''' * '''{{NAM}}''' * '''{{GHA}}''' * '''{{ESP}}''' * '''{{MLT}}''' * '''{{ISR}}''' * '''{{TUR}}''' * '''{{GRE}}''' * '''{{ITA}}''' * '''{{YUG}}''' |- |'''[[Island country|The Islands]]''' | * '''{{DOM}}''' * '''{{MRI}}''' * '''{{MNP}}''' * '''{{PRI}}''' * '''{{VGB}}''' * '''{{COK}}''' * '''{{TTO}}''' * '''{{VCT}}''' * '''{{Flag|Cayman Islands|old}}''' * '''{{GUM}}''' * '''{{BHS}}''' * '''{{BMU}}''' * '''{{JAM}}''' * '''{{TCA}}''' * '''{{VIR}}''' |- |'''[[Central America|Central]] and [[North America]]''' | * '''{{CRI}}''' * '''{{PAN}}''' * '''{{SLV}}''' * '''{{BLZ}}''' * '''{{MEX}}''' * '''{{NIC}}''' * '''{{GTM}}''' * '''{{CAN}}''' * '''{{USA}}''' |}

==Notes== ===Debuts=== * '''{{BUL}}''' * '''{{GHA}}''' * '''{{ROU}}'''

===Returns=== Last competed in [[Miss Universe 1952|1952]]: * '''{{GBR}}''' The three constituent countries had their franchises unified, along with other territories that did not have their own franchises, as, between 1955 and 1990, each constituent country on the [[United Kingdom]] ([[England]], [[Scotland]] and [[Wales]]) sent their separated candidate to the pageant. Since 1994, [[Northern Ireland]] candidates could compete either in Miss Ireland or in Miss United Kingdom.

Last competed in [[Miss Universe 1978|1978]]: * '''{{NIC}}'''

Last competed in [[Miss Universe 1984|1984]]: * '''{{NAM}}''' competed for the first time as an independent country after gaining independence from South Africa in February 1990.

Last competed in [[Miss Universe 1985|1985]]: * '''{{YUG}}'''

Last competed in [[Miss Universe 1986|1986]]: * '''{{COK}}'''

Last competed in [[Miss Universe 1987|1987]]: * '''{{PAN}}'''

Last competed in [[Miss Universe 1988|1988]]: * '''{{LBN}}'''

Last competed in [[Miss Universe 1989|1989]]: * '''{{BEL}}''' * '''{{flag|Brazil|1968}}''' * '''{{CUW}}''' * '''{{LUX}}''' * '''{{VIR}}'''

===Designations=== * '''{{flag|Venezuela|1954}}''' - [[Jackeline Rodríguez]]

===Replacements=== * '''{{flag|Philippines|1986}}''' - Maria Lourdes Gonzalez replaced Anjanette Abayari, who was not a Philippine citizen. * '''{{flag|Venezuela|1954}}''' - Sharon Luengo - The director of the Miss Venezuela pageant, [[Osmel Sousa]], wanted to send her to Miss Universe due to the delay of the [[Miss Venezuela 1991]] pageant. Still, the Miss Universe Organization rejected her as a contestant due to her 2nd runner-up position at [[Miss World 1990]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.blogger.com/blogin.g?blogspotURL=http%3A%2F%2Fmonarcasdevenezuelaymundiales.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F11%2Fmiss-venezuela-1990-sharon-luengo-en.html&bpli=1|title=Content warning|website=www.blogger.com}}</ref> Sousa later decided to select the Venezuelan delegate for Miss Universe 1991 under a special commission.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bellezacol.org/historiadeprensa/1990/1990.htm|title=Miss Venezuela|website=bellezacol.org|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150817002908/http://www.bellezacol.org/historiadeprensa/1990/1990.htm |archive-date=17 August 2015 |url-status=usurped}}</ref> * '''{{USSR}}''' – The winner of Miss USSR 1990, [[:ru:Кежа, Мария Владимировна|Maria Kezha]], was underage after February 1.<ref>[http://vsenashimiss.blogspot.com/2014/06/1990.html МИСС СССР 1990] (In Russian).</ref> * '''{{YUG}}''' - Miss Yugoslavia 1990, Ivona Brnelić decided not to participate in order to be focused in her studies. Her first runner up, Zorica Vasojević, was supposed to go, but was replaced at last minute by Natasha Pavlovic for reasons not clarified.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://naj-portal.com/one-su-bile-najljepse-zene-u-jugoslaiji-gdje-li-su-danas-ivona-zorica-i-vesna-yu-misice-1990/ | title=One su bile najljepše žene u Jugoslaviji: GDJE SU IVONA, ZORICA I VESNA, YU MISICE 1990? | date=June 23, 2024 }}</ref>

===Withdrawals=== * '''{{ABW}}''' – The [[Miss Aruba]] 1991 pageant was delayed to May 31. Their 1991 winner, Jerusha Rasmijn, was sent to [[Miss Universe 1992]] instead.<ref>{{Cite web |title= Amigoe| date=April 15, 1991 |url=https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten/view?coll=ddd&identifier=ddd:010644481:mpeg21:p005}}</ref> * '''{{AUS}}''' - Their national pageant was delayed due the [[Early 1990s recession in Australia|Australian Economic Crisis of early 1990s]],<ref>{{Cite news |date=1991-05-10 |title=A recession more than just skin deep |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/122361446?searchTerm=%22Miss%20Universe%22 |access-date=2025-05-05 |work=Canberra Times}}</ref> Their winner, Georgina Denahy, was sent to [[Miss Universe 1992]]. * '''{{AUT}}''' - Regina Kozak - Lack of sponsorship, went instead to [[Miss International 1991]]. * '''{{DEN}}''' - Sharon Givskav - Due to lack of sponsorship and funding. She went to [[Miss World 1991]] instead. * '''{{EGY}}''' - no contest. * '''{{ENG}}''' - Competed as United Kingdom or Great Britain since then. * '''{{GIB}}''' - Sarah Yeats - She was underage before February 1.<ref>{{Cite web |title= Sarah Yeats &#124; Past Winners|url=https://www.missgibraltar.gi/past-winners/sarah-yeats/}}</ref> * '''{{GRL}}''' - Bibiane Holm - The [[Miss Greenland]] pageant lost their license, and as a result, she went to [[Miss World 1991]] instead. * '''{{flag|Honduras|1949}}''' - Claudia Mercedes Caballero - She fell ill and withdrew due to the fact that she suffered from chronic fatigue and had to rest by medical prescription. * '''{{POR}}''' - Carla Lopes Da Costa Caldeira - unknown * '''{{SCT}}''' - Competed as United Kingdom or Great Britain since then. * '''{{SUI}}''' - Priscilla Leimgruber - She fell ill and withdrew at the last minute. * '''{{WLS}}''' - Competed as United Kingdom or Great Britain since then.

===Did not compete=== * '''{{KEN}}''' - Aisha Wawira Lieberg - Due to lack of sponsorship and funding. She went to [[Miss Universe 1992]] instead. * '''{{NZL}}''' - Adele Valerie Kenny - because she was underage before February 1.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://missnzl.blog.com/2009/12/27/nz-representatives-to-miss-universe-1954-2009/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160212091259/http://missnzl.blog.com/2009/12/27/nz-representatives-to-miss-universe-1954-2009/|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 12, 2016|title=NZ representatives to Miss Universe 1954-2011 - miss new zealand archives|date=February 12, 2016}}</ref>

===Name changes=== * {{flagicon|NLD}} '''Holland''' began competing as '''[[Netherlands]]'''. * {{flagicon|GBR}} '''[[Great Britain]]''' began competing as '''[[United Kingdom]]''' for the first time.<ref>This country had participated as United Kingdom again from [[Miss Universe 2005|2005]] to [[Miss Universe 2008|2008]].</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== {{commons category}} * {{official website|http://www.missuniverse.com}}

{{Miss Universe}} {{Miss Universe 1991 delegates}}

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