Miss World 1989, the 39th edition of the

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pageant, was held on 22 November 1989 at the

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. 78 contestants took part in the pageant. It was also the first time the

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has sent a contestant in any major pageant. The winner was Aneta Kręglicka of

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, who was the first Eastern European person to win the competition. She was crowned by Miss World 1988,

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Results

Placements

Continental Queens of Beauty

Contestants

Judges

Eric Morley Eric Douglas Morley (26 September 1918 – 9 November 2000) was a British TV host and the founder of the Miss World pageant and ''Come Dancing'' TV programme. His wife, Julia Morley, is now head of the pageant and his son Steve Douglas is one of ...

† * Krish Naidoo † * Brian Daniels * Rob Brandt * Diane Hsin *

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Giselle Laronde Giselle Jeanne-Marie Laronde-West (born October 23, 1963) is a Trinidadian model and beauty queen who won the Miss World 1986 contest, representing Trinidad and Tobago. Walking away with the title Miss World 1986, Giselle Laronde West became the ...

–

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from Trinidad & Tobago * Richard Caring * George Pitman

Notes

Debuts

* * (Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic) * *

Returns

*Last competed in 1969: ** *Last competed in

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Replacements

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Withdrawals

* * * * * (Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic) - Liucija Gruzdytė * * * * * – National pageant postponed * – Due to a civil war

Other Notes

* – Aneta Kręglicka also competed at

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in 1989, where she placed second to

Iris Klein Iris Klein is a German model and beauty queen who is the second delegate from her country to win the Miss International 1989, Miss International title in 1989. In 1986, she competed in the Miss Germany beauty pageant, pageant, representing Schlesw ...

. 45 days later, she went to competed in Miss World where she won the crown, becoming the first Polish woman that have ever won Miss World, then later won again in

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Karolina Bielawska Karolina Bielawska (born 11 April 1999) is a Polish model, television presenter, and beauty queen who was crowned Miss World 2021. She became the second titleholder from Poland, the first one being Aneta Kręglicka who won the pageant in 1989. ...

References

External links

Pageantopolis – Miss World 1989
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