# Miss World 1990

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International beauty pageant

Miss World 1990 Miss World 1990 title card Date 8 November 1990 Presenters Peter Marshall Michelle Rocca Entertainment Jason Donovan Richard Clayderman Venue London Palladium, London, United Kingdom Broadcaster E! Thames Television Entrants 81 Placements 10 Debuts Romania Withdrawals Bermuda Ecuador Guyana Malaysia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Taiwan Uganda Returns Barbados Brazil British Virgin Islands Bulgaria Cook Islands Egypt India Madagascar Uruguay Winner Gina Tolleson United States Personality Sabina Umeh (Nigeria) Photogenic Sharon Luengo (Venezuela) ← 1989 1991 →

**Miss World 1990**, the 40th anniversary of the [Miss World](/source/Miss_World) pageant, was held on 8 November 1990 at the [London Palladium](/source/London_Palladium) in [London](/source/London), United Kingdom. The winner was [Gina Tolleson](/source/Gina_Tolleson) representing the [United States](/source/United_States).[1][2] She was crowned by [Miss World 1989](/source/Miss_World_1989), [Aneta Beata Kreglicka](/source/Aneta_Beata_Kreglicka) of [Poland](/source/Poland).[3] After this event, the Miss World competition began staging outside the United Kingdom; in places such as in [Atlanta](/source/Atlanta), [Hong Kong](/source/British_Hong_Kong) and [Sun City](/source/Sun_City_(South_Africa)), South Africa.[4][5] This is the second time that the United States representative won [Miss World](/source/Miss_World), the other being [Marjorie Wallace](/source/Marjorie_Wallace) in [1973](/source/Miss_World_1973). Although Wallace was later dethroned, Tolleson was allowed to crown her successor the following year.

## Debuts, returns, and, withdrawals

This edition marked the debut of Romania and the return of Madagascar, which last competed in [1974](/source/Miss_World_1974), Brazil in [1987](/source/Miss_World_1987) and Barbados, the British Virgin Islands, Bulgaria, Cook Islands, Egypt, India and Uruguay in [1988](/source/Miss_World_1988).

Bermuda, Ecuador, Guyana, Malaysia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Taiwan and Uganda, Withdrew from the competition.

## Results

Countries and territories which sent delegates and results for Miss World 1990[1][2][3][5][6]

### Placements

Placement Contestant Miss World 1990 United States – Gina Tolleson 1st Runner-up Ireland – Siobhan McClafferty 2nd Runner-up Venezuela – Sharon Luengo Top 5 Finland – Nina Björkfelt New Zealand – Adelle Kenny Top 10 Aruba – Gwendolyne Kwidama Holland – Gabrielle Stap Jamaica – Erica Aquart Poland – Ewa Maria Szymczak Turkey – Jülide Ates

#### Continental Queens of Beauty

Continental Group Contestant Africa Kenya – Aisha Wawira Lieberg Americas United States – Gina Tolleson[2] Asia & Oceania New Zealand – Adelle Kenny Caribbean Jamaica – Erica Aquart Europe Ireland – Siobhan McClafferty

## Judges

- [Eric Morley](/source/Eric_Morley) – Chairman and CEO of Miss World Organization

- Krish Naidoo

- Josie Fonseca

- Michael Ward

- [Kimberley Santos](/source/Kimberley_Santos) – [Miss World 1980](/source/Miss_World_1980) from Guam[7]

- [Wilnelia Merced](/source/Wilnelia_Merced) – [Miss World 1975](/source/Miss_World_1975)[8] from Puerto Rico[6]

- [Ralph Halpern](/source/Ralph_Halpern)

- Rob Brandt

- Knut Meiner

- Ruth Moxnes

- Thomas Ledin

- Terje Aass

- Ann-Mari Albertsen

- Jarle Johansen

- [Ingeborg Sørensen](/source/Ingeborg_S%C3%B8rensen)

## Contestants

Country/Territory Contestant Age Hometown Preliminary Score Argentina Romina Rosales 19 Buenos Aires 30 Aruba Gwendolyne Charlotte Kwidama 20 Sint Nicolaas 41 Australia Karina Brown 19 Sydney 39 Austria Carina Friedberger 20 Eisenerz 33 Bahamas Lisa Gizelle Strachan 19 Nassau 33 Barbados Cheryl Jean Brewster 22 Saint Philip 30 Belgium Katia Alens 23 Antwerp 33 Belize Ysela Antonia Zabaneh 20 Independence 30 Bolivia Daniela Domínguez Martilotti 17 Tarija 31 Brazil Karla Cristina Kwiatkowski 20 Curitiba 35 British Virgin Islands Suzanne Spencer 22 Tortola 33 Bulgaria Violeta Galabova 18 Sofia 31 Canada Natasha Palewandrem 22 Ottawa 35 Cayman Islands Bethea Michelle Christian 17 Grand Cayman 30 Chile María Isabel Jara Pizarro 21 Santiago 35 Colombia Angela Mercedes Mariño Ortiz 19 Bogotá 38 Cook Islands Angela Manarang 23 Rarotonga 30 Costa Rica Andrea Murillo Fallas 20 Heredia 31 Curaçao Jacqueline Nelleke Josien Krijger 23 Willemstad 33 Cyprus Emilia Groutidou 18 Nicosia 30 Czechoslovakia Andrea Roskovcová 19 Benešov 33 Denmark Charlotte Christiansen 23 Copenhagen 35 Dominican Republic Brenda Marte Lajara 21 Santo Domingo 30 Egypt Dalia El Behery 20 Cairo 31 El Salvador María Elena Henríquez 20 San Salvador 31 Finland Nina Björkfelt 22 Turku 40 France Gaëlle Voiry 21 Bordeaux 30 Germany Christiane Stocker 23 Darmstadt 39 Ghana Dela Tamakloe 24 Accra 30 Gibraltar Sarah Yeats 18 Gibraltar 33 Greece Sophia Lafkioti 19 Athens 31 Guam Mary Esteban 22 Dededo 32 Guatemala María del Rosario Pérez Aguilar 25 Guatemala City 30 Holland Gabrielle Stap 21 The Hague 46 Honduras Claudia Bendaña McCausland 21 Tegucigalpa 30 Hong Kong Elaine da Silva 18 Sai Kung 31 Hungary Kinga Czuczor 20 Budapest 32 Iceland Ásta Sigríður Einarsdóttir 19 Garðabær 30 India Naveeda Mehdi 18 Bombay 35 Ireland Siobhan McClafferty 20 Dublin 43 Israel Ariela Tesler 18 Tel Aviv 30 Italy Cristina Gavagnin 19 Trieste 32 Jamaica Erica Aquart 20 Kingston 42 Japan Tomoko Iwasaki 20 Shizuoka 30 Kenya Aisha Wawira Lieberg 19 Embu 32 Latvia Velga Bražņevica[9] 23 Riga 38 Luxembourg Bea Jarzyńska 18 Luxembourg City 30 Macau Alexandra Paula Costa Mendes 19 Macau 30 Madagascar Ellys Raza 20 Antananarivo 30 Malta Karen Demicoli 18 Żejtun 30 Mauritius Marie Desirée Audrey Pitchen 23 Beau Bassin 30 Mexico Luz María Mena Basso 23 Mérida 40 Namibia Ronel Liebenberg 22 Windhoek 30 New Zealand Adelle Kenny[10] 17 Marlborough 42 Nigeria Sabina Umeh 21 Lagos 30 Norway Ingeborg Kolseth 20 Hundorp 33 Panama Madelaine Leignadier Dawson 20 Panama City 30 Papua New Guinea Nellie Ban 23 Manus 30 Paraguay Alba María Cordero Rivals 21 Asunción 31 Peru Gisselle Martínez Cuadros 21 Lima 38 Philippines Antonette Elizalde Ballesteros 23 Manila 30 Poland Ewa Maria Szymczak 23 Warsaw 40 Portugal Filomena Paula Dias Miranda Marques 22 Lisbon 31 Puerto Rico Magdalena Pabón 23 San Juan 35 Romania Mihaela Raescu 22 Craiova 35 Singapore Karen Frances Ng 17 Singapore 30 South Korea[a] Go Hyun-jung 19 Seoul 35 Spain María del Carmen Carrasco García 22 Madrid 32 Sri Lanka Angela Mary Jane Gunasekera 23 Colombo 30 Sweden Daniela Jessica Maria Almen 19 Västerås 33 Switzerland Priscilla Leimgruber 20 Bulle 30 Thailand Panida Umsaard 19 Bangkok 30 Trinidad and Tobago Guenevere Helen Kelshall 22 Port of Spain 35 Turkey Jülide Ates 19 Istanbul 41 Union of Soviet Socialist Republics[b] Lauma Zemzare 19 Moscow 37 United Kingdom Helen Upton 19 Birmingham 39 United States Gina Tolleson[1][2] 21 Charleston 49 United States Virgin Islands[c] Keima Akintobi 17 Saint Thomas 37 Uruguay María Carolina Casalia Abelia 19 Montevideo 32 Venezuela Sharon Luengo 19 Maracaibo 50 Yugoslavia Ivona Brnelić 18 Rijeka 31

## Notes

1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** competed as Korea

1. **[^](#cite_ref-12)** competed as U.S.S.R.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-13)** competed as American Virgin Islands

### Debuts

- **[Romania](/source/Romania)** competed in Miss World for the first time after the Miss World Organization allowed the nation to compete after a 24-year revolution.

There were two panels of judges, one in the United Kingdom and another in Norway, that commented [Miss Venezuela](/source/Miss_Venezuela) to be “the best one”. This clip was removed from videos and she was placed 2nd Runner-Up.

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1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-PBS_5-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-PBS_5-1) ["A Globalized Culture Clash"](https://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/nigeria/1990s.html). *[Frontline](/source/Frontline_(U.S._TV_series)); [PBS](/source/PBS)*. Retrieved 23 January 2016.

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1. **[^](#cite_ref-UPI_1983_7-0)** ["The boyfriend of former Miss World Kimberly Santos, apparently..."](http://www.upi.com/Archives/1983/01/04/The-boyfriend-of-former-Miss-World-Kimberly-Santos-apparently/7378410504400/) *[United Press International](/source/United_Press_International)*. 4 January 1983. Retrieved 23 January 2016.

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v t e Miss World 1990 national titleholders Dalia El Behery Kinga Czuczor Go Hyun-jung Sabina Umeh Gina Tolleson

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