# Miss World 1989 > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Miss_World_1989 > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Miss_World_1989.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_World_1989 > Source revision: 1356120168 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Beauty pageant edition Miss World 1989 Miss World 1989 Titlecard Date 22 November 1989 Presenters Peter Marshall Alexandra Bastedo John Davidson Entertainment Aswad Venue Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong Broadcaster Asia Television Entrants 78 Placements 10 Debuts Hungary Latvia Namibia Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Withdrawals Barbados British Virgin Islands Bulgaria Cook Islands Egypt India Isle of Man Lebanon Liberia Saint Kitts and Nevis Sierra Leone Swaziland Turks and Caicos Islands Uruguay Western Samoa Returns Aruba Czechoslovakia Panama Puerto Rico Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Winner Aneta Kręglicka[1][2] Poland Personality Greet Ramaekers (Belgium) Photogenic Anna Gorbunova (Soviet Union) ← 1988 1990 → **Miss World 1989**, the 39th edition of the [Miss World](/source/Miss_World) pageant, was held on 22 November 1989 at the [Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre](/source/Hong_Kong_Convention_and_Exhibition_Centre), [Hong Kong](/source/British_Hong_Kong). 78 contestants competed in the pageant. It was the first time in history that the Miss World competition was staged outside of London. It was also the first time the [Union of Soviet Socialist Republics](/source/Union_of_Soviet_Socialist_Republics) had sent a contestant in any major pageant. The winner was [Aneta Kręglicka](/source/Aneta_Kr%C4%99glicka) of [Poland](/source/Polish_People's_Republic), who was the first Eastern European person to win the competition.[1][2] She was crowned by [Miss World 1988](/source/Miss_World_1988), [Linda Pétursdóttir](/source/Linda_P%C3%A9tursd%C3%B3ttir) of Iceland. ## Debuts, returns, and, withdrawals This edition marked the debut of Hungary, Latvia, Namibia and Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.[a] and the returns of Czechoslovakia, which last competed in [1969](/source/Miss_World_1969), Aruba and Puerto Rico last competed in [1985](/source/Miss_World_1985) and Panama and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines last competed in [1987](/source/Miss_World_1987). On the other hand, Barbados, the British Virgin Islands, Bulgaria, Cook Islands, Egypt, India, Isle of Man, Lebanon, Liberia, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Sierra Leone, Swaziland, Turks and Caicos Islands, Uruguay and Western Samoa, withdrew from the competition.[1][2] ## Results ### Placements Placement Contestant Miss World 1989 Poland – Aneta Kręglicka 1st runner-up Canada – Leanne Caputo 2nd runner-up Colombia – Mónica María Isaza Top 10 Australia – Natalie Tania McCurry Ireland – Barbara Curran Mauritius – Jeanne Françoise Clement Thailand – Prathumrat Woramali United Kingdom – Suzanne Younger United States – Jill Scheffert United States Virgin Islands – Vanessa Thomas #### Continental Queens of Beauty Continental Group Contestant Africa Mauritius – Jeanne-Françoise Clement Americas Canada – Leanne Caputo Asia Thailand – Prathumrat Woramali Caribbean United States Virgin Islands – Vanessa "Vania" Thomas Europe Poland – Aneta Kręglicka Oceania Australia – Natalie Tania McCurry ## Contestants Countries and territories which sent delegates and results for Miss World 1989[1][2][3] 78 contestants competed for the title. Country/Territory Contestant Age Hometown Argentina Patricia Wiedenhofer 17 La Pampa Aruba Dilailah Odor-Wever 20 Oranjestad Australia Natalie McCurry 23 North Bondi Austria Marion Amann 20 Vienna Bahamas Carolyn Moree 17 Nassau Belgium Greet Ramaekers 18 Limbourg Belize Martha Elena Badillo 20 San Pedro Bermuda Cherie Tannock 23 Warwick Bolivia María Victoria Julio 19 Tarija Canada Leanne Caputo 23 Milton Cayman Islands Michelle Garcia 20 Grand Cayman Chile Claudia Bahamondes 17 Santiago Colombia Mónica María Isaza 20 Medellín Costa Rica María Antonieta Sáenz 18 San José Curaçao Supharmy Sadji 19 Willemstad Cyprus Irma Voulgari 17 Larnaca Czechoslovakia Jana Hronková 22 Horšovský Týn Denmark Charlotte Pedersen 19 Holstebro Dominican Republic Irma Mauriz 23 San Felipe de Puerto Plata Ecuador Ximena Correa 19 Machala El Salvador Ana Estela Aguilar 20 San Salvador Finland Åsa Lövdahl 20 Helsinki France Stephanie Zlotkowski 17 Bordeaux Ghana Afua Amoah Bonsu 23 Accra Gibraltar Audrey Gingell 19 Gibraltar Greece Katerina Petropoulou 19 Athens Guam Cora Tricia Yanger 18 Mangilao Guatemala Rocío Lerma de la Vega 24 Guatemala City Guyana Lyla Shalimar Ryhaan Majeed 21 Georgetown Holland Liesbeth Caspers 21 Noordwijk Honduras Belinda Bodden 18 San Pedro Sula Hong Kong Ewong Yung-hung 21 Hong Kong Island Hungary Magdolna Gerloczy 18 Budapest Iceland Hugrún Guðmundsdóttir 20 Reykjavík Ireland Barbara Curran 23 Dublin Israel Ronit Sutton 19 Jerusalem Italy Paola Mercurio 17 Naples Jamaica Natasha Marcanik 19 Kingston Japan Kaori Muto 22 Tokyo Kenya Grace Chabari 22 Mombasa Latvia Ina Magone[4] 18 Liepāja Luxembourg Chris Scott 23 Luxembourg City Macau Guilhermina Madeira da Silva Pedruco[5] 19 Macau Malaysia Vivien Chen Shee Yee 24 Kuching Malta Marika Micallef 18 Għargħur Mauritius Jeanne-Françoise Clement 20 Beau Bassin Mexico Nelia María Ochoa 19 Veracruz Namibia Emarencia Esterhuizen 22 Windhoek New Zealand Helen Rowney[6] 19 Wellington Nigeria Bianca Onoh 22 Enugu Norway Bente Brunland 22 Oslo Panama Gloria Quintana 19 Panama City Papua New Guinea Joycelin Leahy 24 Morobe Province Paraguay Alicia María Jaime 20 Asunción Peru Maritza Zorrilla 20 Lima Philippines Estrella Querubin 20 Manila Poland Aneta Kręglicka[1][2] 24 Gdańsk Portugal Maria Angélica Mira 18 Lisbon Puerto Rico Tania Collazo 18 Orocovis Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Anna Young 19 Kingstown Singapore Jacqueline Ang 18 Singapore South Korea[b] Kim Hye-ri 19 Seoul Spain Eva Pedraza 18 Córdoba Sri Lanka Serena Danvers 21 Colombo Sweden Lena Berglind 23 Gothenburg Switzerland Catherine Mesot 23 Wil Taiwan[c] Wang Min-yei 22 Taipei Thailand Prathumrat Woramali[7] 17 Bangkok Trinidad and Tobago Samantha Bhagan 22 Goodwood Park Turkey Burcu Burkut 19 İzmir Uganda Doreen Lamon-Opira 20 Kampala Union of Soviet Socialist Republics[d] Anna Gorbunova[3] 22 Moscow United Kingdom Suzanne Younger 23 Shrewsbury United States Jill Scheffert 21 Oklahoma City United States Virgin Islands Vanessa "Vania" Thomas 19 St. Thomas Venezuela Fabiola Candosín 19 Caracas West Germany Jasmine Beil 23 Frankfurt Yugoslavia Aleksandra Dobraš 17 Banja Luka ## Judges - [Eric Morley](/source/Eric_Morley) – Chairman and CEO of Miss World Organization - Krish Naidoo - Brian Daniels - Rob Brandt - Diane Hsin - [Peter Lam](/source/Peter_Lam) - [Giselle Laronde](/source/Giselle_Laronde) – [Miss World 1986](/source/Miss_World_1986) from Trinidad and Tobago - Richard Caring - George Pitman ## Notes 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Also known as [Soviet Union](/source/Soviet_Union) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** competed as Korea in the pageant 1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** Also known as the [Republic of China](/source/Republic_of_China) in the pageant 1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** competed as Soviet Union in the pageant ### Debuts - **[Hungary](/source/Hungary)** - **[Latvia](/source/Latvian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic)** (Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic) - **[Namibia](/source/South_West_Africa)** - **[Soviet Union](/source/Soviet_Union)** ### Returns - Last competed in [1969](/source/Miss_World_1969): - **[Czechoslovakia](/source/Czechoslovakia)** - Last competed in [1985](/source/Miss_World_1985): - **[Aruba](/source/Aruba)** - **[Puerto Rico](/source/Puerto_Rico)** - Last competed in [1987](/source/Miss_World_1987): - **[Panama](/source/Panama)** - **[Saint Vincent and the Grenadines](/source/Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines)** ### Replacements - **[Soviet Union](/source/Soviet_Union)** – Yulia Sukhanova did not compete due to parental refusal to sign any contract with the Miss USSR organizers due to being underaged or overaged.[8] ### Withdrawals - **[Barbados](/source/Barbados)** - **[British Virgin Islands](/source/British_Virgin_Islands)** - **[Bulgaria](/source/Bulgaria)** - **[Egypt](/source/Egypt)** - **[India](/source/India)** – National pageant postponed - **[Lebanon](/source/Lebanon)** – Due to a civil war - **[Lithuania](/source/Lithuanian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic)** (Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic) - Liucija Gruzdytė - **[Sierra Leone](/source/Sierra_Leone)** - **[St. Kitts & Nevis](/source/Saint_Kitts_and_Nevis)** - **[Swaziland](/source/Eswatini)** - **[Turks & Caicos](/source/Turks_and_Caicos_Islands)** - **[Uruguay](/source/Uruguay)** - **[Western Samoa](/source/Samoa)** ### Other Notes - **[Poland](/source/Poland)** – [Aneta Kręglicka](/source/Aneta_Kr%C4%99glicka) competed in [Miss International](/source/Miss_International) in [1989](/source/Miss_International), securing the second position behind [Iris Klein](/source/Iris_Klein). Shortly after, she participated in Miss World and clinched the crown, making her the first Polish woman to achieve this honor. In 2021, she won Miss World for the second time, following in the footsteps of [Karolina Bielawska](/source/Karolina_Bielawska)[9]. ## References 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-TEN_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-TEN_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-TEN_1-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-TEN_1-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-TEN_1-4) ["European crowned Miss World '89"](https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1982&dat=19891124&id=vSJHAAAAIBAJ&pg=5641,3393805&hl=en). The Evening News. 24 November 1989. Retrieved 23 January 2016. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-OCB-1_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-OCB-1_2-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-OCB-1_2-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-OCB-1_2-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-OCB-1_2-4) ["Miss Poland destroys wall, wins Miss World"](https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1356&dat=19891124&id=KLhPAAAAIBAJ&pg=1479,14647&hl=en). *[Ocala Star-Banner](/source/Ocala_Star-Banner)*. 24 November 1989. Retrieved 23 January 2016. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Miklรณssy_Ilic_2014_4-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Miklรณssy_Ilic_2014_4-1) Miklossy, K.; Ilic, M. (2014). [*Competition in Socialist Society*](https://books.google.com/books?id=LCAWBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA165). Routledge Studies in the History of Russia and Eastern Europe. Taylor & Francis. p. 165. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-317-75275-2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-317-75275-2). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Tiļļa, Andris (21 April 2018). ["30 gadi kopš skaistumkonkursā "Mis Rīga". Latvijas šovbiznesa balvas, skandāli, izaicinājumi, etaloni"](https://www.la.lv/skaistums-uz-izkersanu) [30 years since the beauty contest "Miss Riga". Latvian show business awards, scandals, challenges, benchmarks]. *LA.LV* (in Latvian). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20250401173245/https://www.la.lv/skaistums-uz-izkersanu) from the original on 1 April 2025. 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Retrieved 26 October 2023. v t e Miss World Editions 1950s 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960s 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970s 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980s 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990s 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000s 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010s 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020s 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 Related Titleholders Runners-up and finalists Editions Countries Beauty with a Purpose v t e Miss World 1989 national titleholders Yvonne Yung Kim Hye-ri Bianca Onoh Aneta Kręglicka Fabiola Candosin --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Miss World 1989](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_World_1989) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_World_1989?action=history)). 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