Miss Universe 1989, the 38th

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pageant, was held on 23 May 1989 at the Fiesta Americana Condesa Hotel in

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of the

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Porntip Nakhirunkanok Bui Simon (born Porntip Nakhirunkanok ( th, ภรณ์ทิพย์ นาคหิรัญกนก; ; ); February 7, 1969) is a Thai-American personality, philanthropist and beauty queen who was crowned Miss Universe 1988. Simon is presid ...

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. Seventy-six contestants competed in this year.

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 Juliette Powell American-born Canadian model, television host, producer and author. She was the Miss Canada titleholder in 1989, the contest's first Black Canadian winner. Early life Powell was born in Manhattan, New York in 1971 and moved to Mo ...

* – 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 * – Andrea Stelzer * – Tatiana Desoisa * – Kristiana Latani * – Naja-Rie Sorensen * – Janice Santos * – Helka Cuevas * – Glaphyra Jean-Louis * – Frances Siryl Milla * – Cynthia Yuk Lui Cheung * – Guðbjörg Gissurardóttir * –

Dolly Minhas Dolly Mattoo (née Minhas) (born 8 February 1968) is an Indian actress and former model, well known for winning the Miss India Universe contest in 1988. She has acted in Hindi, Punjabi, and Kannada films. She has also worked in Hindi TV shows ...

* – Collette Jackson * – Nicole Halperin * – Christiana Bertasi * – Sandra Foster * – Eri Tashiro * –

Kim Sung-ryung Kim Sung-ryung (born February 8, 1967) is a South Korean actress. After winning the Miss Korea beauty pageant in 1988 (she later represented her country at the Miss Universe 1989 pageant), Kim began her career as a reporter on KBS's showbiz ne ...

* – Chris Scott * – Carmen Cheah Swee * – Sylvana Sammut Pandolfino * – Jacky Randabel * –

Adriana Abascal Adriana Abascal López-Cisneros (born October 31, 1970) is a Mexican-born model, who has appeared on the covers of magazines including ''Elle'', ''Vogue'', ''Marie Claire'', '' Hola!'' and ''Vanity Fair'', she is also an executive producer, TV s ...

* -

* – Shelley Soffe * –

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* – Soreen Villanueva * – Lene Ornhoft * – Ana Victoria Schaerer * – Mariana Sovero * – Sarah Jane Davis Paez * – Joanna Gapińska * – Anna Francisco Sobrinho * – Catalina Villar * – Chen Yen Ping * – Victoria Susannah Lace * – Pauline Chong * – Eva Pedraza * – Veronica Ruston * – Camille Samuels * – Consuela Cruden * – Louise Drevenstam * – Karina Berger * –

Yonlada Ronghanam Yonlada Ronghanam ( th, ยลดา รองหานาม), nicknamed Nong ( th, น้อง) (born January 7, 1970, in Bangkok Bangkok, officially known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon and colloquially as Krung Thep, is the capital ...

* – Guenevere Helen Keishall * – Jasmine Baradan * – Sharon Simons * – Carolina Pies Riet * –

Gretchen Polhemus Gretchen Lynn Polhemus-Jensen (born May 12, 1965) is an American actress, journalist, and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss USA 1989 and second runner-up to . Early life Prior to competing in Miss Texas USA, Jensen was working as a cattle ...

* – Nathalie Lynch * – Eva Lisa Larsdotter Ljung * – Andrea Caroline Jones

Order of Introduction

This year marked the first year that introduced the contestants in regional groups in the Parade of Nations segment. The following table is the order of introduction in the Parade of Nations segment in the regional groups, randomly-ordered.

Notes

Debut

* competed for the first time as a sovereign state after gained independence from the United Kingdom in late 1979, even though the British territory of Saint Vincent had competed before in 1964,

1978 Events January * January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213. * January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd go ...

and 1979.

Returns

Last competed in 1979: * Last competed in

1982 Events January * January 1 – In Malaysia and Singapore, clocks are adjusted to the same time zone, UTC+8 (GMT+8.00). * January 13 – Air Florida Flight 90 crashes shortly after takeoff into the 14th Street bridges, 14th Street Bridge in ...

: * Last competed in 1985: * * Last competed in

1986 The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles. **Spain and Portugal ente ...

: * * Last competed in

1987 File:1987 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The MS Herald of Free Enterprise capsizes after leaving the Port of Zeebrugge in Belgium, killing 193; Northwest Airlines Flight 255 crashes after takeoff from Detroit Metropolitan Airport, k ...

: * * * *

Replacement

* – Stephanie Zlotkowski was underage before February 1, so her first runner-up competed instead. * -

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withdrew due to her health issues at the time.

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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