Miss Universe 1990

Miss Universe 1990
Miss Universe 1990
Date	April 15, 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; Luxembourg; New Zealand; United States Virgin Islands;
Returns	Czechoslovakia
Winner	Mona Grudt; Norway
Congeniality	Christiane Stocker ; Germany
Best National Costume	Lizeth Mahecha ; Colombia
Photogenic	Passaraporn Chaimongkol ; Thailand
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Miss Universe 1990, the 39th Miss Universe pageant, held on April 15, 1990 at the Shubert Theatre in Los Angeles, California, United States.

Mona Grudt of Norway was crowned by her predecessor Angela Visser of Holland at the end of the event.^[1] Seventy one contestants competed for the title.^[1]

Results

Placements

Final results	Contestant
Miss Universe 1990	Norway – Mona Grudt
1st runner-up	United States – Carole Gist
2nd runner-up	Colombia – Lizeth Mahecha
Top 6	Bolivia – Rosario del Pilar Rico Toro Chile – Uranía Haltenhoff^[2] Mexico – Marilé del Rosario Santiago
Top 10	Czechoslovakia – Jana Hronkova 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	Germany – Christiane Stocker
Miss Photogenic	Thailand – Pasaraporn Chaimongkol
Best National Costume	Colombia – Lizeth Mahecha

Contestants

Argentina – Paola de la Torre
Aruba – Gwendolyne Kwidama
Australia – Charmaine Ware
Austria – Sandra Luttenberger
Bahamas – Lisa Nichelle Sawyer
Belize – Ysela Antonia Zabaneh
Bermuda – Janet Tucker
Bolivia – Rosario del Pilar Rico Toro
British Virgin Islands – Jestina Hodge
Canada – Robin Lee Ouzunoff
Cayman Islands – Tricia Rose Whittaker
Chile – Uranía Haltenhoff^[2]
Colombia – Lizeth Mahecha
Costa Rica – Julieta Posla
Czechoslovakia – Jana Hronkova
Denmark – Maj-Britt Jensen
Dominican Republic – Rosario Rodríguez
Ecuador – Jessica Núñez
Egypt – Dalia El Behery
El Salvador – Gracia María Guerra
England – Carla Barrow
Finland - Tiina Susanna Vierto
France – Gaëlle Voiry †
Germany – Christiane Stocker
Gibraltar – Audrey Gingell
Greece – Jeni Balatsinou
Greenland – Sascha Nukaka Motzfeldt
Guam – Marcia Damian
Guatemala – Marianela Abate
Holland – Stephanie Halenbeek
Honduras – Vivian Moreno
Hong Kong – Monica Chan
Iceland – Hildur Dungalsdóttir
India – Suzanne Sablok
Ireland – Barbara Ann Curran
Israel – Yvonna Krugliak
Italy – Annamaria Malipiero
Jamaica – Michelle Hall
Japan – Hiroko Miyoshi
Malaysia – Anna Lin Lim
Malta – Charmaine Farrugia
Mauritius – Anita Ramgutty
Mexico – Marilé del Rosario Santiago
Nigeria – Sabina Umeh
Northern Mariana Islands – Edwina Menzies
Norway – Mona Grudt
Paraguay – Mónica Plate
Peru – Marisol Martínez
Philippines – Germelina Leah Banal Padilla
Poland – Małgorzata Obieżalska
Portugal – Maria Rosado
Puerto Rico – María Luisa Fortuño
Republic of China – Wen Tzui Pin
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines – Glenor Browne
Scotland – Karina Ferguson
Singapore – Ong Lay Ling
South Korea – Oh Hyun-kyung
Soviet Union - Evia Stalbovska
Spain – Raquel Revuelta
Sri Lanka – Roshani Aluwinare
Suriname – Saskia Sibilo
Sweden – Linda Isaksson
Switzerland – Catherine Mesot
Thailand – Passaraporn Chaimongkol
Trinidad and Tobago – Maryse de Gourville
Turkey – Jülide Ateş
Turks and Caicos Islands – Karen Been
Uruguay – Ondina Pérez
United States – Carole Gist
Venezuela – Andreína Goetz
Wales – Jane Lloyd

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 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 - Evia Staļbovska was one of the 17 semi-finalists in the 1989 Miss USSR pageant. Staļbovska was from Riga in Latvia.^[3]

Returns

Last competed in 1970:

Czechoslovakia

Withdrawals

Belgium - Katia Alens had completed Miss International 1990 and Miss World 1990. Miss Belgium Organization did not send at representative this year. Katia Alens later participated in Miss Universe 1991.
Brazil - Due the franchise owner withdrawal, no national contest held.
Curaçao
Haiti
Luxembourg - Beata Jarzynska
New Zealand
United States Virgin Islands