Angela Visser (born 18 October 1966) is a Dutch actress, model and beauty queen who was crowned

Miss Universe 1989 Miss Universe 1989, the 38th Miss Universe pageant, was held on 23 May 1989 at the Fiesta Americana Condesa Hotel in Cancún, Mexico. Angela Visser of The Netherlands, Holland was crowned by Porntip Nakhirunkanok of Thailand. Seventy-six contestan ...

. She is the first and so far the only Dutch woman to win the title of the

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. Visser, who had previously worked as a model and beautician, was crowned Miss Holland in August 1988. On 5 May 1990, together with the then mayor of Rotterdam

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, she opened the European Walk of Fame. She was also the first to get her own tile along with

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Miss Universe

A few months prior, she competed at

Miss World 1988 Miss World 1988, the 38th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 17 November 1988 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, United Kingdom. The winner was Linda Pétursdóttir (''Queen of Europe'') from Iceland. She was crowned by Miss Worl ...

, but did not make it into the top ten. Then, at

, Angela swept all three semi-finals competitions and it was obvious she was the virtually unanimous choice of the judges. Placing second after her was Louise Drevenstam of Sweden, with contestants from the United States, Poland and Mexico following. Rounding up the top ten were the contestants from Germany, Venezuela, Finland, Jamaica, and Chile.

Filmography

After her reign, Visser came back to the pageant to be its color commentator (from 1991 to 1994). She has also appeared in films such as ''Hot Under the Collar'', '' Killer Tomatoes Eat France!'', and on television shows:

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* 1966 births Dutch beauty pageant winners Dutch female models Living people Miss Universe 1989 contestants Miss Universe winners Miss World 1988 delegates People from Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel Dutch emigrants to the United States {{Europe-pageant-bio-stub