Miss World 1989, the 39th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 22 November 1989 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong. 78 contestants competed in the pageant. It was the first time in history that the Miss World competition was staged outside of London. It was also the first time the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics had sent a contestant in any major pageant.

The winner was Aneta Kręglicka of Poland and was the first Eastern European person to win the competition. She was crowned by Linda Pétursdóttir of Iceland. The first and second runners-up respectively was Leanne Caputo of Canada and Mónica María Isaza of Colombia.

Debuts, returns, and, withdrawals This edition marked the debut of Hungary, Latvia, Namibia and Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. and the returns of Czechoslovakia, which last competed in 1969, Aruba and Puerto Rico last competed in 1985 and Panama and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines last competed in 1987. On the other hand, Barbados, the British Virgin Islands, Bulgaria, Cook Islands, Egypt, India, Isle of Man, Lebanon, Liberia, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Sierra Leone, Swaziland, Turks and Caicos Islands, Uruguay and Western Samoa, withdrew from the competition.

Results Placements Placement Contestant Miss World 1989 – Aneta Kręglicka 1st Runner-Up – Leanne Caputo 2nd Runner-Up – Mónica María Isaza Top 10 – Natalie Tania McCurry – Barbara Curran – Jeanne Françoise Clement – Prathumrat Woramali – Suzanne Younger – Jill Scheffert – Vanessa Thomas

Continental Queens of Beauty Continental Group Contestant Africa – Jeanne-Françoise Clement Americas – Leanne Caputo Asia – Prathumrat Woramali Caribbean – Vanessa "Vania" Thomas Europe – Aneta Kręglicka Oceania – Natalie Tania McCurry

Contestants

78 contestants competed for the title. Country/Territory Contestant Age Hometown Argentina Patricia Wiedenhofer 17 La Pampa Aruba Dilailah Odor-Wever 20 Oranjestad Australia Natalie McCurry 23 North Bondi Austria Marion Amann 20 Vienna Bahamas Carolyn Moree 17 Nassau Belgium Greet Ramaekers 18 Limbourg Belize Martha Elena Badillo 20 San Pedro Bermuda Cherie Tannock 23 Warwick Bolivia María Victoria Julio 19 Tarija Canada Leanne Caputo 23 Milton Cayman Islands Michelle Garcia 20 Grand Cayman Chile Claudia Bahamondes 17 Santiago Colombia Mónica María Isaza 20 Medellín Costa Rica María Antonieta Sáenz 18 San José Curaçao Supharmy Sadji 19 Willemstad Cyprus Irma Voulgari 17 Larnaca Czechoslovakia Jana Hronková 22 Horšovský Týn Denmark Charlotte Pedersen 19 Holstebro Dominican Republic Irma Mauriz 23 San Felipe de Puerto Plata Ecuador Ximena Correa 19 Machala El Salvador Ana Estela Aguilar 20 San Salvador Finland Åsa Lövdahl 20 Helsinki France Stephanie Zlotkowski 17 Bordeaux Ghana Afua Amoah Bonsu 23 Accra Gibraltar Audrey Gingell 19 Gibraltar Greece Katerina Petropoulou 19 Athens Guam Cora Tricia Yanger 18 Mangilao Guatemala Rocío Lerma de la Vega 24 Guatemala City Guyana Lyla Shalimar Ryhaan Majeed 21 Georgetown Holland Liesbeth Caspers 21 Noordwijk Honduras Belinda Bodden 18 San Pedro Sula Hong Kong Ewong Yung-hung 21 Hong Kong Island Hungary Magdolna Gerloczy 18 Budapest Iceland Hugrún Guðmundsdóttir 20 Reykjavík Ireland Barbara Curran 23 Dublin Israel Ronit Sutton 19 Jerusalem Italy Paola Mercurio 17 Naples Jamaica Natasha Marcanik 19 Kingston Japan Kaori Muto 22 Tokyo Kenya Grace Chabari 22 Mombasa Latvia Ina Magone 18 Liepāja Luxembourg Chris Scott 23 Luxembourg City Macau Guilhermina Madeira da Silva Pedruco 19 Macau Malaysia Vivien Chen Shee Yee 24 Kuching Malta Marika Micallef 18 Għargħur Mauritius Jeanne-Françoise Clement 20 Beau Bassin Mexico Nelia María Ochoa 19 Veracruz Namibia Emarencia Esterhuizen 22 Windhoek New Zealand Helen Rowney 19 Wellington Nigeria Bianca Onoh 22 Enugu Norway Bente Brunland 22 Oslo Panama Gloria Quintana 19 Panama City Joycelin Leahy 24 Morobe Province Paraguay Alicia María Jaime 20 Asunción Peru Maritza Zorrilla 20 Lima Philippines Estrella Querubin 20 Manila Poland Aneta Kręglicka 24 Gdańsk Portugal Maria Angélica Mira 18 Lisbon Puerto Rico Tania Collazo 18 Orocovis Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Anna Young 19 Kingstown Singapore Jacqueline Ang 18 Singapore South Korea Kim Hye-ri 19 Seoul Spain Eva Pedraza 18 Córdoba Sri Lanka Serena Danvers 21 Colombo Sweden Lena Berglind 23 Gothenburg Switzerland Catherine Mesot 23 Wil Taiwan Wang Min-yei 22 Taipei Thailand Prathumrat Woramali 17 Bangkok Trinidad and Tobago Samantha Bhagan 22 Goodwood Park Turkey Burcu Burkut 19 İzmir Uganda Doreen Lamon-Opira 20 Kampala Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Anna Gorbunova 22 Moscow United Kingdom Suzanne Younger 23 Shrewsbury United States Jill Scheffert 21 Oklahoma City United States Virgin Islands Vanessa "Vania" Thomas 19 St. Thomas Venezuela Fabiola Candosín 19 Caracas West Germany Jasmine Beil 23 Frankfurt Yugoslavia Aleksandra Dobraš 17 Banja Luka

Judges

Eric Morley – Chairman and CEO of Miss World Organization Krish Naidoo Brian Daniels Rob Brandt Diane Hsin Peter Lam Giselle Laronde – Miss World 1986 from Trinidad and Tobago Richard Caring George Pitman

Notes

Debuts

(Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic)

Returns

Last competed in 1969:

Last competed in 1985:

Last competed in 1987:

Replacements – Yulia Sukhanova did not compete due to parental refusal to sign any contract with the Miss USSR organizers due to being underaged or overaged.The Very First Miss USSR

Withdrawals

– National pageant postponed – Due to a civil war

(Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic) - Liucija Gruzdytė

Other Notes – Aneta Kręglicka competed in Miss International in 1989, securing the second position behind Iris Klein. Shortly after, she participated in Miss World and clinched the crown, making her the first Polish woman to achieve this honor. In 2021, Poland won Miss World for the second time, with Karolina Bielawska.

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