Miss World 1991

Miss World 1991
Miss World 1991
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Miss World 1991 Titlecard
Date 28 December 1991
Presenters Peter Marshall, and Gina Tolleson
Entertainment Indecent Obsession
Venue Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Entrants 79
Placements 10
Debuts Greenland
Withdraws Barbados, Canada, Cook Islands, Hong Kong, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Sri Lanka, U.S.S.R.
Returns Antigua, Republic of China, Ecuador, Lebanon, Malaysia, South Africa, Swaziland
Winner Ninibeth Leal
 Venezuela
Countries and territories which sent delegates and results.

Miss World 1991, the 41st Miss World pageant, was held on December 28, 1991 in Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. The winner was Ninibeth Beatriz Leal Jiménez representing Venezuela.

Contents

Results

Final results Contestant
Miss World 1991
1st runner-up
2nd runner-up
Top 5
Top 10

Order of Semi-finalists

  1. France
  2. Turkey
  3. Jamaica
  4. United States
  5. Australia
 6. India
 7. Venezuela
 8. Namibia
 9. South Africa
10. New Zealand

Order of Finalists

  1. Venezuela
  2. Namibia
  3. South Africa
  4. Australia
  5. Jamaica

Special awards

No special awards were given this year.

Continental Queens

Continent Contestant
Africa
Americas
Asia & Oceania
Caribbean
Europe

78 Contestants

Nation Contestant Hometown
 American Virgin Islands Cheryl Leiba Milligan St. Croix
 Antigua Joanne Bird St. John's
 Argentina Marcela Noemi Chazarreta Buenos Aires
 Aruba Sandra Croes Santa Cruz
 Australia Leanne Buckle Brisbane
 Austria Andrea Isabelle Pfeiffer Graz
 Bahamas Tarnia Paula Newton Stuart New Providence
 Belgium Anke van Dermeersch Antwerp
 Belize Josephine (Josie) Gault Belize City
 Bolivia Monica Gamarra Giese Cochabamba
 Brazil Catia Silene Kupssinski São Paulo
 British Virgin Islands Marjorie Penn Tortola
 Bulgaria Liubomira Slavcheva Sofia
 Cayman Islands Yvette Peggy Jordison Grand Cayman
Chile Chile Carolina Beatriz Michelson Martinez Santiago
 China, Republic of Rebecca Lin Lan-Chih Taipei
 Colombia Adriana Rodriguez Anzola Bogota
 Costa Rica Eugenie Jimenez Pacheco San Francisco de Heredia
 Curaçao Nashaira Desbarida Willemstad
 Cyprus Anna Margaret Stephanou Nicosia
 Czechoslovakia Andrea Tatarkova Košice
 Denmark Sharon Givskav Copenhagen
 Dominican Republic Rosanna Rodriguez de la Vega Concepción de La Vega
 Ecuador Sueanny Denise Bejarano Lopez Guayaquil
 El Salvador Lucia Beatriz Lopez Rodriguez San Salvador
 Finland Nina Autio Tampere
 France Mareva Georges Tahiti
 Germany Susanne Petry Saarbrücken
 Ghana Jamilla Haruna Danzuru Accra
 Gibraltar Ornella Costa Gibraltar
 Greece Miriam Panagos Athens
 Greenland Bibiane Holm Godthab
 Guam Yvonne Marie Limtiaco Speight Asan
 Guatemala Marlyn Lorena Magaña Ramirez Guatemala City
 Holland Linda Egging Spanbroek
 Honduras Arlene Rocio Rauscher Duarte Tegucigalpa
 Hungary Orsolya Anna Michina Budapest
 Iceland Svava Haraldsdóttir Reykjavík
 India Ritu Singh New Delhi
 Ireland Amanda Brunker Dublin
 Israel Li'at Ditkovsky Herzliya
 Italy Sabina Pellati Reggio Emilia
 Jamaica Sandra Foster Kingston
 Japan Junko Tsuda Tokyo
 Kenya N'kirote Karimi M'mbijjiwe Nairobi
 Korea Kim Tae-hwa Pusan
 Latvia Inese Šlesere Riga
 Lebanon Diana Begdache Beirut
 Macau Cristina Guilherme Lam Macau
 Malaysia Samantha Schubert Kuala Lumpur
 Malta Romina Genuis Gzira
 Mauritius Marie Geraldine Deville Central Flacq
Mexico Mexico Maria Cristina Urrutia de la Vega Mexico City
South Africa Namibia Michelle McLean Windhoek
New Zealand New Zealand Lisa Maree de Montalk Taupo
 Nigeria Adenike Oshinowo Lagos
Norway Norway Anne-Britt Røvik Kolbotn
 Panama Malena Estela Betancourt Guillen Panama City
 Paraguay Vivian Rosanna Benitez Brizuela Asuncion
Philippines Philippines Gemith Gonzalo Gemparo Manila
 Poland Karina Wojciechowska Katowice
 Portugal Maria do Carmo Ramalho Lisbon
Puerto Rico Puerto Rico Johanna Berenice Irizarry Lajas
 Romania Gabriela Dragomirescu Bucharest
 Singapore Jasheen Jayakody Singapore
 South Africa Diana Tilden-Davis Johannesburg
 Spain Candelaria (Catia) Moreno Navarro Tenerife
 Sri Lanka Jackie Emelda Bennett Manzini
 Sweden Cathrin Olsson Kungsbacka
 Switzerland Sandra Aegerter Aigle
 Thailand Rewaedee Malaisee Bangkok
 Trinidad & Tobago Sastee Bachan Port of Spain
 Turkey Dilek Aslihan Koruyan Istanbul
United Kingdom United Kingdom Joanne Elizabeth Lewis Nottingham
United States United States Charlotte Ray Camden
 Uruguay Andrea Regina Gorrochategui Granja Montevideo
Venezuela Venezuela Ninibeth Beatriz Leal Jimenez Maracaibo
 Yugoslavia Slavica Tripunović Vukovar

Trivia

Returning countries and Debuts

  • Greenland competed in Miss World for the first time.
  • South Africa last competed in 1977 after the MWO decided to lift a 14-year apartheid rule, allowing its contestants to compete.
  • Antigua last competed in 1986.
  • Lebanon, and Swaziland last competed in 1988.
  • Republic of China, Ecuador, and Malaysia last competed in 1989.

Withdrawals and Nations not competing

  • Canada, Tara Paat withdrew from Miss World 1991 14 days before the pageant due to her illness.
  • Cook Islands, Luxembourg, and Papua New Guinea were no longer to send their respective delegates in Miss World. Luxembourg did not send delegates to Miss World until it returned in 2009.
  • Peru did not compete in Miss World because of problems with franchise-holding and lack of sponsorship. Hong Kong, on the other hand, renewed its franchise with the Miss Hong Kong Organization; however it was happened nearly three months after Miss World.
  • Sri Lanka did not compete in Miss World because of scheduling conflict.
  • U.S.S.R. did not compete in Miss World because of its dissolution, as a result of dividing into 15 independent states which came to be known as the Commonwealth of Independent States.

Other Notes

  • Miss World 1991 was scheduled to be held in the Dominican Republic. Due to scheduling difficulties, Miss World was first moved to Puerto Rico, then to Atlanta, USA.
  • Preliminary swimsuits in Miss World 1991 were held in South Africa.
  • South Africa returned to Miss World after a 14-year post-apartheid rule, and was the first time to crown as Queen of Africa. Diana Tilden-Davis was later attacked by a hippopotamus in Botswana in December 2003, and suffered bruises and long-term injuries. She was recovered from injuries three years later in 2006.
  • This was also the first time that no European country made into the finals for crowning.
  • France, Mareva Georges, represented her country in Miss World although she came from the island of Tahiti.
  • Trinidad & Tobago, Sastee Bachan, currently works as a trained make-up artist who lives in Toronto, and as a fashion & pageant consultant for Miss World Canada.
  • Singapore, Jasheen Jayakody, currently lives in San Francisco, California with her American husband and one child.
  • Turkey, Dilek Aslihan Koruyan, is currently the wife of Turkish businessman and entrepreneur, Demir Sabanci.
  • Australia, Leanne Buckle (now Mrs. Frew), currently works as a photographer and a model, and lives with her husband and three children.
  • Malaysia, Samantha Schubert was born in England, and raise in Malaysia since childhood. She is currently an actrss and a model, after she studied at the Lee Strasburg School of Film & Theatre Los Angeles, The Beverly Hills Playhouse Los Angeles and Drama Studio London.
  • Germany, Susanne Petry would go on and win Miss Intercontinental 1992.
  • USA, Charlotte Ray was also Miss New Jersey USA 1991 and competed at Miss USA 1991. She finished 1st runner up in the pageant and was also named Miss Congeniality.
  • Half the number of countries which made it into the semifinals, were not in the semifinals last year: South Africa (1975), India (1980), France (1987), and Australia (1989). Namibia had made into the semi-finals for the first time after its debut in 1989.
  • Namibia, Michelle McLean was crowned Miss Universe in 1992.

Crossovers

Miss Universe

Miss International

Contestants Preliminary Scores

Country Score Country Score
American Virgin Islands 34 Ireland 34
Antigua 33 Israel 32
Argentina 34 Italy 39
Aruba 32 Jamaica 49
Australia 48 Japan 33
Austria 32 Kenya 34
Bahamas 32 Korea 32
Belgium 41 Latvia 33
Belize 32 Lebanon 32
Bolivia 33 Macau 32
Brazil 38 Malaysia 38
British Virgin Islands 33 Malta 32
Bulgaria 33 Mauritius 32
Cayman Islands 34 Mexico 32
Chile 37 Namibia 51
Republic of China 33 New Zealand 41
Colombia 40 Nigeria 37
Costa Rica 32 Norway 33
Curaçao 38 Panama 35
Cyprus 34 Paraguay 36
Czechoslovakia 32 Philippines 38
Denmark 33 Poland 33
Dominican Republic 33 Portugal 34
Ecuador 32 Puerto Rico 34
El Salvador 32 Romania 32
Finland 35 Singapore 35
France 46 South Africa 51
Germany 40 Spain 38
Ghana 32 Swaziland 32
Gibraltar 37 Sweden 34
Greece 38 Switzerland 38
Greenland 33 Thailand 33
Guam 32 Trinidad & Tobago 35
Guatemala 32 Turkey 47
Holland 39 United Kingdom 40
Honduras 32 Uruguay 35
Hungary 32 USA 42
Iceland 37 Venezuela 58
India 44 Yugoslavia 33

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