Miss Universe 1989

{{Infobox beauty pageant

| photo = File:Angela Visser (1989).jpg

| caption= Miss Universe 1989 Angela Visser

| winner = Angela Visser
{{flag|Netherlands}}

| date = 23 May 1989

| presenters = {{Hlist|John Forsythe|Emma Samms|Karen Baldwin}}

| venue = Fiesta Americana Condesa Hotel, Cancún, Mexico

| entrants = 76

| placements = 10

| broadcaster = {{Hlist|CBS|Televisa}}

| congeniality = Sharon Simons
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| best national costume = Flávia Cavalcanti
{{flag|Brazil|1968}}

| photogenic = Karen Wenden
{{AUS}}

| debuts =

| withdraws = Lebanon

| returns = {{Hlist|Aruba|Belize|Cayman Islands|Curaçao|Greece|Haiti|India|Mauritius|Poland|Saint Vincent and the Grenadines|Suriname}}

| before = 1988

| next = 1990

}}

Miss Universe 1989, the 38th Miss Universe pageant, was held on 23 May 1989 at the Fiesta Americana Condesa Hotel in Cancún, Mexico. Angela Visser of the Netherlands was crowned by Porntip Nakhirunkanok of Thailand. Seventy-six contestants competed in this year.

Results

= Placements =

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Final results

! Contestant

Miss Universe 1989

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1st runner-up

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2nd runner-up

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3rd runner-up

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  • {{flag|Polish People's Republic|1980|name=Poland}} – Joanna Gapińska
4th runner-up

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Top 10

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  • {{CHL}} – Macarena Mina{{cite web |url=https://apnews.com/article/4caa7e0879a448e209f29316344e3da1 |title=Miss Holland Crowned As Miss Universe |date=24 May 1989 |author=Wight, John |access-date=23 May 2021 |website=apnews.com}}
  • {{FIN}} – Åsa Lövdahl
  • {{GER}}Andrea Stelzer
  • {{JAM}} – Sandra Foster
  • {{flag|Venezuela|1954}}Eva Lisa Ljung

= Final Competition =

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! width="25%" |Nation

! width="15%" |Interview

! width="15%" |Swimsuit

! width="15%" |Evening Gown

! width="15%" |Semifinal Average

style="background-color:#FADADD;"

|{{flag|Netherlands}}

|9.583 (1)

|9.725 (1)

|9.824 (1)

|9.710 (1)

style="background-color:#eadafd;"

|{{SWE}}

|9.261 (2)

|9.233 (2)

|9.376 (2)

|9.290 (2)

style="background-color:#ccff99;"

|{{USA}}

|8.511 (5)

|8.894 (4)

|8.927 (8)

|8.777 (5)

style="background-color:#d9eefb;"

|{{flag|Polish People's Republic|name=Poland}}

|8.472 (6)

|9.105 (3)

|9.027 (4)

|8.868 (3)

style="background-color:#ffff99;"

|{{MEX}}

|8.650 (3)

|8.883 (5)

|9.026 (5)

|8.853 (4)

{{flag|FRG|name=Germany}}

|8.461 (7)

|8.737 (7)

|9.010 (6)

|8.736 (6)

{{VEN}}

|8.204 (8)

|8.727 (8)

|9.096 (3)

|8.675 (7)

{{FIN}}

|8.533 (4)

|8.661 (9)

|8.755 (9)

|8.649 (8)

{{JAM}}

|8.111 (9)

|8.788 (6)

|8.933 (7)

|8.610 (9)

{{CHL}}

|8.033 (10)

|8.505 (10)

|8.755 (9)

|8.431 (10)

Contestants

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  • {{ARG}} – Luisa Norbis
  • {{ARU}} – Karina Felix
  • {{AUS}} – Karen Wenden
  • {{AUT}} – Bettina Berghold
  • {{BAH}} – Tasha Ramirez
  • {{BEL}} – Anne de Baetzelier
  • {{BIZ}} – Andrea Sherman McKoy
  • {{BMU}} – Cornelia Furbert
  • {{BOL}} – Raquel Cors Ulloa
  • {{BRA}} – Flávia Cavalcanti
  • {{IVB}} – Viola Joseph
  • {{CAN}}Juliette Powell
  • {{flag|Cayman Islands|old}} – Carol Ann Balls
  • {{CHI}} – María Macarena Mina Garachena{{Citation needed|date=November 2020}}
  • {{COL}} – María Teresa Egurrola Hinojosa
  • {{CRC}} – Luana Freer Bustamante
  • {{CUW}} – Anna Mosteiro
  • {{DEN}} – Louise Mejlhede
  • {{DOM}} – Anny Canaán Camido
  • {{ECU}} – María Eugenia Molina
  • {{EGY}} – Sally Attah
  • {{ELS}} – Beatriz López Rodríguez
  • {{ENG}} – Raquel Marie Jory
  • {{FIN}} – Åsa Maria Lövdahl
  • {{FRA}} – Pascale Meotti
  • {{GER}}Andrea Stelzer
  • {{GIB}} – Tatiana Desoisa
  • {{GRE}} – Kristiana Latani
  • {{GRL}} – Naja-Rie Sorensen
  • {{GUM}} – Janice Santos
  • {{GUA}} – Helka Cuevas
  • {{HTI}} – Glaphyra Jean-Louis
  • {{HON}} – Frances Siryl Milla
  • {{flag|British Hong Kong|name=Hong Kong}} – Cynthia Yuk Lui Cheung
  • {{ISL}} – Guðbjörg Gissurardóttir
  • {{IND}}Dolly Minhas
  • {{IRL}} – Collette Jackson
  • {{ISR}} – Nicole Halperin
  • {{ITA}} – Christiana Bertasi
  • {{JAM}} – Sandra Foster
  • {{Flag|Japan|1870}} – Eri Tashiro
  • {{LUX}} – Chris Scott
  • {{MAS}} – Carmen Cheah Swee
  • {{MLT}} – Sylvana Sammut Pandolfino
  • {{MUS}} – Jacky Randabel
  • {{MEX}}Adriana Abascal
  • {{flag|Netherlands}} - Angela Visser
  • {{NZL}} – Shelley Soffe
  • {{NGA}}Bianca Onoh
  • {{MNP}} – Soreen Villanueva
  • {{NOR}} – Lene Ornhoft
  • {{flag|Paraguay|1988}} – Ana Victoria Schaerer
  • {{flag|Peru|1952}} – Mariana Sovero
  • {{flag|Philippines|1986}} – Sarah Jane Davis Paez
  • {{flag|Polish People's Republic|1980|name=Poland}} – Joanna Gapińska
  • {{POR}} – Anna Francisco Sobrinho
  • {{flag|Puerto Rico|1952}} – Catalina Villar
  • {{ROC}} – Chen Yen Ping
  • {{SCO}} – Victoria Susannah Lace
  • {{SIN}} – Pauline Chong
  • {{flagicon|KOR|1949}} South Korea – Kim Sung-ryung
  • {{ESP}} – Eva Pedraza
  • {{SRI}} – Veronica Ruston
  • {{VCT}} – Camille Samuels
  • {{SUR}} – Consuela Cruden
  • {{SWE}}Louise Drevenstam
  • {{SWI}} – Karina Berger
  • {{THA}}Yonlada Ronghanam
  • {{TTO}} – Guenevere Helen Keishall
  • {{TUR}} – Jasmine Baradan
  • {{TCA}} – Sharon Simons
  • {{URU}} – Carolina Pies Riet
  • {{USA}}Gretchen Polhemus
  • {{VIR}} – Nathalie Lynch
  • {{flag|Venezuela|1954}}Eva Lisa Larsdotter Ljung
  • {{WAL}} – Andrea Caroline Jones

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=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.

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!Geographical Region / Continent

!Order of Country / Territory Introduction

Central and North America

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  • {{MEX}}
  • {{SLV}}
  • {{GTM}}
  • {{CRI}}
  • {{HND}}
  • {{ISL}}Geographically, Iceland is in Europe not North America.
  • {{CAN}}
  • {{GRL}}
  • {{USA}}
Asia and The Land Down Under

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  • {{LKA}}
  • {{Flag|Philippines|1986}}
  • {{SGP}}
  • {{IND}}
  • {{MYS}}
  • {{flag|Japan|1870}}
  • {{Flag|South Korea|1949|Name=Korea}}
  • {{THA}}
  • {{Flag|British Hong Kong|name=Hong Kong}}
  • {{ROC}}
  • {{NZL}}
  • {{AUS}}
British Isles and Europe

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  • {{ENG}}
  • {{WLS}}
  • {{SCT}}
  • {{IRL}}
  • {{POR}}
  • {{Flag|Holland}}
  • {{Flag|FRG|name=Germany}}
  • {{FIN}}
  • {{FRA}}Although France is in Europe, it is, geographically, a Mediterranean country.
  • {{SWE}}
  • {{BEL}}
  • {{NOR}}
  • {{AUT}}
  • {{Flag|Polish People's Republic|1980|name=Poland}}
  • {{LUX}}
  • {{DNK}}
  • {{CHE}}
South America

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  • {{Flag|Paraguay|1988}}
  • {{ECU}}
  • {{CHL}}
  • {{COL}}
  • {{URY}}
  • {{SUR}}
  • {{PER}}
  • {{ARG}}
  • {{Flag|Brazil|1968}}
  • {{BOL}}
  • {{Flag|Venezuela|1954}}
The Islands

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  • {{HTI}}
  • {{VIR}}
  • {{BHS}}
  • {{BMU}}
  • {{TCA}}
  • {{TTO}}
  • {{ABW}}
  • {{GUM}}
  • {{BLZ}}Although Belize is a Caribbean country, it is, geographically, not an island.
  • {{VCT}}
  • {{MNP}}
  • {{Flag|Cayman Islands|old}}
  • {{PRI}}
  • {{VGB}}
  • {{JAM}}
  • {{CUW}}
  • {{DOM}}
  • {{MUS}}
Mediterranean, Middle East, and Africa

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  • {{GIB}}
  • {{ESP}}
  • {{ITA}}
  • {{GRC}}
  • {{TUR}}
  • {{MLT}}
  • {{ISR}}
  • {{EGY}}
  • {{NGA}}

Notes

  • {{VCT}} 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 and 1979.

=Returns=

Last competed in 1979:

  • {{MUS}}
  • {{VCT}}

Last competed in 1982:

  • {{SUR}}

Last competed in 1985:

  • {{flag|Cayman Islands|old}}
  • {{HTI}}

Last competed in 1986:

  • {{ABW}}
  • {{flag|Polish People's Republic|name=Poland}}

Last competed in 1987:

  • {{BLZ}}
  • {{CUW}}
  • {{GRC}}
  • {{IND}}

=Replacement=

  • {{FRA}} – Stephanie Zlotkowski was underage before February 1, so her first runner-up competed instead.
  • {{flag|British Hong Kong|name=Hong Kong}} - Michelle Reis withdrew due to her health issues at the time.

=Awards=

  • {{TCA}} – Miss Amity (Sharon Simons)
  • {{AUS}} – Miss Photogenic (Karen Wenden)
  • {{flag|Brazil|1968}} – Best National Costume (Flavia Cavalcanti)

References

General

  • {{cite web|title=Miss Universe 1989 |url=http://www.pageantopolis.com/international/Universe_1989.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120207055111/http://www.pageantopolis.com/international/Universe_1989.htm |website=pageantopolis.com |archive-date=February 7, 2012 |url-status=usurped }}

Specific references and notes

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