Miss Universe 1990, the 39th

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pageant, held on April 15, 1990 at the Shubert Theatre in

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, United States. Mona Grudt of

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was crowned by her predecessor

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at the end of the event. Seventy one contestants competed for the title.

Results

Placements

With two of the Miss Universe 1990 candidates miss Soviet union 1990 and miss Canada

Final Competition

Special awards

Contestants

* – Paola de la Torre * – Gwendolyne Kwidama * – Charmaine Ware * – Sandra Luttenberger * – Lisa Nichelle Sawyer * – Ysela Antonia Zabaneh * – Janet Tucker * – Rosario del Pilar Rico Toro * – Jestina Hodge * – Robin Lee Ouzunoff * – Tricia Rose Whittaker * – Uranía Haltenhoff * – Lizeth Mahecha * – Julieta Posla * – Jana Hronkova * – Maj-Britt Jensen * – Rosario Rodríguez * – Jessica Núñez * – Dalia El Behery * – Gracia María Guerra * – Carla Barrow * - Tiina Susanna Vierto * – Gaëlle Voiry † * – Audrey Gingell * – Jeni Balatsinou * – Sascha Nukaka Motzfeldt * – Marcia Damian * – Marianela Abate * – Stephanie Halenbeek * – Vivian Moreno * –

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* – Hildur Dungalsdóttir * – Suzanne Sablok * – Barbara Ann Curran * – Yvonna Krugliak * – Annamaria Malipiero * – Michelle Hall * – Hiroko Miyoshi * – Anna Lin Lim * – Charmaine Farrugia * – Anita Ramgutty * – Marilé del Rosario Santiago * – Sabina Umeh * – Edwina Menzies * – Mona Grudt * – Mónica Plate * – Marisol Martínez * – Germelina Leah Banal Padilla * – Małgorzata Obieżalska * – Maria Rosado * – María Luisa Fortuño * – Wen Tzui Pin * – Glenor Browne * – Karina Ferguson * – Ong Lay Ling * –

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* - Evia Stalbovska * – Raquel Revuelta * – Roshani Aluwinare * – Saskia Sibilo * – Linda Isaksson * – Catherine Mesot * – Passaraporn Chaimongkol * – Maryse de Gourville * – Jülide Ateş * – Karen Been * –

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* – Ondina Pérez * – Andreína Goetz * – Jane Lloyd * – Christiane Stocker

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.

Notes

Debuts

* - Evia Staļbovska was one of the 17 semi-finalists in the 1989 Miss USSR pageant. Staļbovska was from

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in .

Returns

Last competed in

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Replacements

* - Valeria Franca Zappino * - Hugrun Linda Gudmundsdottir * - Agnieszka Angelo * - Yulia Sukhanova (Gave up the Miss USSR 1989 title and was Underage) & Elena Silina (She opted to a modeling carrear in Paris). * - Aleksandra Dobraš (Underage before February 1st).

No Shows

* -

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1990, Katia Alens had completed Miss International 1990 and

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. Miss Belgium Organization did not send at representative this year. Katia Alens later participated in

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. * - Due the non-renewal of the Miss Universe franchise with the organizing channel SBT with

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and the Organizers due to low TV ratings. * - The Miss Curaçao 1990 pageant was postponed to early July, and its winner Jacqueline Krijger went to

. * - Natasa Andreou * - Mai Coker, due Lacks of Founds & Sponsoring. Later the country lost their Miss Universe franchise. * - Bridgitte Dzorgbenuku, due Lacks of Founds & Sponsoring. * - No Pageant held and the country lost the Miss Universe Franchise due the Long Political & Economic Inestability of Haiti until 2010 when they were able to return for

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. * - Beata Jarzynska due Lacks of Founds & Sponsoring. She went to Miss International 1990 &

. * - Grace Chabari, due Lacks of Founds & Sponsoring. * - Emsie Esterhuizen due Lacks of Founds & Sponsoring. Namibia returned next year. * - Nicky Walker, due Lacks of Founds & Sponsoring. Later the Organization give up the licence to Miss New Zealand Pageant. * - Gloria Stella Quintana, she was unable to travel to Miss Universe because the country was still affected by the American invasion of December 1989. * - Joycelyn Leahy, due Lacks of Founds & Sponsoring. Later the country lost their Miss Universe franchise. * - Madina Camara, due Lacks of Founds & Sponsoring. Later the country lost their Miss Universe franchise until 2024 when they returned to

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. * - No Pageant held. * - Dragana Živić, Due lack of Sponsorship, Fouding and visa issues.

Crossovers

Contestants who previously competed or will compete at other beauty pageants: ;

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1989 1989 was a turning point in political history with the "Revolutions of 1989" which ended communism in Eastern Bloc of Europe, starting in Poland and Hungary, with experiments in power-sharing coming to a head with the opening of the Berlin W ...

: – Jana Hronkova *

: – Audrey Gingell *

: - Barbara Ann Curran *

: - Maria Rosado (top 10) *

: - Catherine Mesot *

1990 Important events of 1990 include the Reunification of Germany and the unification of Yemen, the formal beginning of the Human Genome Project (finished in 2003), the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope, the separation of Namibia from South ...

: - Gwendolyne Charlotte Kwidama (top 10) *

: – Ysela Antonia Zabaneh *

: – Dalia El Behery *

: - Gaëlle Voiry *

: – Christiane Stocker *

: - Sabina Ifeoma Umeh *

: - Jülide Ateş (top 10) ; Miss International *

1987 Events January * January 1 – Bolivia reintroduces the Boliviano currency. * January 2 – Chadian–Libyan conflict – Battle of Fada: The Military of Chad, Chadian army destroys a Libyan armoured brigade. * January 3 – Afghan leader ...

: - Barbara Ann Curran *

: – Sandra Luttenberger *

: – Marianela Abate *

: – Edwina Menzies *

: - Jane Lloyd (as '') ;

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*1991: – Sandra Luttenberger *1991: - Gaëlle Voiry *1991: – Karina Ferguson *1991: - Catherine Mesot *1991: – Jane Lloyd ;

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: –

(''1st runner-up'') ;Queen of the World *1989: - Germelina Padilla *1990: - Rosario Rico Toro (''2nd runner-up'') ;Miss All Nations *1990: – Sandra Luttenberger (top 10) *1990: – Ysela Antonia Zabaneh *1990: – Mónica Plate Cano *1990: – Gracia María Guerra *1990: – Ondina Pérez ;Miss Hispanidad International *1990: – Rosario Rodríguez (''Winner'') *1990: – Ondina Pérez ; Miss Scandinavia *1990: – Hildur Dungalsdóttir *1991: - Tiina Susanna Vierto (''1st runner-up'') ; Reinado Internacional del Café *1990: – Julieta Posla (''1st runner-up'') *1990: – Vivian Audely Moreno

General references

References

External links

Miss Universe official website
{{Miss Universe 1990 delegates

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