Miss Universe 1989, the 38th

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. Seventy-six contestants competed in the pageant.

Results

Placements

Final Competition

Contestants

* – Luisa Norbis * – Karina Felix * – Karen Wenden * – Bettina Berghold * – Tasha Ramirez * – Anne de Baetzelier * – Andrea Sherman McKoy * – Cornelia Furbert * – Raquel Cors Ulloa * – Flávia Cavalcanti * – Viola Joseph * – Juliette Powell † * – Carol Ann Balls * – María Macarena Mina Garachena * – María Teresa Egurrola Hinojosa * – Luana Freer Bustamante * – Anna Mosteiro * – Louise Mejlhede * – Anny Canaán Camido * – María Eugenia Molina * – Sally Attah * – Beatriz López Rodríguez * – Raquel Marie Jory * – Åsa Maria Lövdahl * – Pascale Meotti * – Tatiana Desoisa * – Kristiana Latani * – Naja-Rie Sorensen * – Janice Santos * – Helka Cuevas * – Glaphyra Jean-Louis * -

* – Frances Siryl Milla * – Cynthia Yuk Lui Cheung * – Guðbjörg Gissurardóttir * –

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* – Collette Jackson * – Nicole Halperin * – Christiana Bertasi * – Sandra Foster * – Eri Tashiro * – Chris Scott * – Carmen Cheah Swee * – Sylvana Sammut Pandolfino * – Jacky Randabel * – Adriana Abascal * – Shelley Soffe * – Bianca Onoh * – Soreen Villanueva * – Lene Ornhoft * – Ana Victoria Schaerer * – Mariana Sovero * – Sarah Jane Davis Paez * – Joanna Gapińska * – Anna Francisco Sobrinho * – Catalina Villar * – Chen Yen Ping * – Camille Samuels * – Victoria Susannah Lace † * – Pauline Chong *

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* – Eva Pedraza * – Veronica Ruston * – Consuela Cruden * – Louise Drevenstam * – Karina Berger * – Yonlada Ronghanam * – Guenevere Helen Keishall * – Jasmine Baradan * – Sharon Simons * –

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* – Nathalie Lynch * – Carolina Pies Riet * – Eva Lisa Larsdotter Ljung * – Andrea Caroline Jones * – Andrea Stelzer

Notes

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Replacements

* – Miss France 1989, Stephanie Zlotkowski was underage before February 1 during the competition in Cancun, so her first runner-up - Pascale Meotti went to competed instead in an Emergency Change. * – Miss El Salvador 1988, Maria Eugenia Duarte relinquished her national title for marry. Her first runner-up, Lucía Beatriz López Rodríguez got the title. * – Miss Iceland 1988,

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and disabled her from competing at Miss Universe 1989, so her first runner-up - Gudbjörg Gissurardóttir went instead. * - Miss Hong Kong 1988,

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withdrew due to her health issues at the time. Her first runner-up - Cynthia Cheung Yuk-Lui went to Miss Universe 1989 instead.

Awards

* – Miss Amity (Sharon Simons) * – Miss Photogenic (Karen Wenden) * – Best National Costume (Flavia Cavalcanti)

References

General * Specific references and notes

External links

Miss Universe official website
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