Miss World 1991

{{Infobox beauty pageant

| photo = MW1991 - Worldwide.png

| caption = Miss World 1991 Titlecard

| winner = Ninibeth Leal{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1755&dat=19911230&id=frYcAAAAIBAJ&pg=6729,6086736&hl=en|title=Sarasota Herald-Tribune|access-date=26 January 2016}}

| represented = Venezuela

| date = 28 December 1991

| presenters = {{Hlist|Peter Marshall|Gina Tolleson}}

| acts = Indecent Obsession

| venue = Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta, Georgia, United States

| broadcaster = E!

| entrants = 78

| placements = 10

| debuts = {{Hlist|Greenland}}

| returns = {{Hlist|Antigua and Barbuda|Ecuador|Lebanon|Malaysia|South Africa|Swaziland|Taiwan}}

| withdraws = {{Hlist|Barbados|Canada|Cook Islands|Egypt|Hong Kong|Luxembourg|Madagascar|Papua New Guinea|Peru|Sri Lanka|Union of Soviet Socialist Republics}}

| before = 1990

| next = 1992

}}

Miss World 1991 was the 41st edition of the Miss World pageant, at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, Georgia, the United States, on 28 December 1991.

Gina Tolleson of the United States crowned Ninibeth Leal of Venezuela as her successor at the end of the event. Miss World 1991 was scheduled to be held in the Dominican Republic cue to scheduling difficulties, Miss World was first moved to Puerto Rico, then to Atlanta, the United States. Preliminary swimsuits in Miss World 1991 were held in South Africa.{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1309&dat=19920429&id=w7RUAAAAIBAJ&pg=7032,3790737&hl=en|title=New Straits Times|access-date=26 January 2016}}

= Selection of participants =

== Replacements ==

Antonia Balint of Hungary, shw was dethroned of Miss Hungary 1991, after Hungarian newspapers printed photographs that she had previously appeared in the men's magazine Lui and other publications against Miss World rules.{{Cite web|url=http://www.blikk.hu/sztarvilag/sztarsztorik/hat-evig-harcolt-a-koronajaert-balint-antonia/gdwbd0p|title = Hat évig harcolt a koronájáért Bálint Antónia|date = 11 November 2015}} She was replaced by her first runner-up, Timea Raba but Raba couldn't replace her for the same reason. Orsolya Michina represent Hungary instead.{{Cite web|url=https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/|title=Turkish News - Latest News from Turkey|website=Hürriyet Daily News|accessdate=29 March 2023}}

== Debuts, returns, and, withdrawals ==

This edition marked the debut of Greenland and the return of South Africa, which last competed 1977{{Efn| South Africa returned after the Miss World Organization decided to lift a 14-year apartheid rule, allowing its contestants to compete.}}, Antigua and Barbuda last competed in 1986, Lebanon and Swaziland last competed in 1988 and Ecuador, Malaysia and Taiwan last competed in 1989.

Barbados, Cook Islands, Egypt, Hong Kong, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Papua New Guinea, Peru and Sri Lanka, withdrew from the competition. Tara Paat of Canada withdrew from the competition{{Efn|She quit from the Pageant few weeks before the finals due to a dispute with pageant officials following a trip to South Africa in which she observed racial discrimination which she felt was tacitly approved by pageant officials}} and Ilmira Shamsutdinova of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, won Miss USSR 1991 and was invited to compete in this edition, but she was underage to attend.

Muriel Edoukou of Côte d'Ivoire was supposed to compete but withdrew from the competition due to failed to arrive.{{Cite web|url=/www.elanecdotario.com/2005/feb05/10/feb10ai.html|title=Miss Ivory Coast 1989, Muriel Edou Kou|website=ElAnecdotario.com|accessdate=29 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071030182814/www.elanecdotario.com/2005/feb05/10/feb10ai.html |archive-date=30 October 2007 |url-status=usurped}} Tracy Ann D'Abreu of Guyana also withdrew from the competition due to the controversy over her victory and citizenship, she was declared ineligible to compete at Miss World 1991.{{Cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2492&dat=19911116&id=DKZjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2iYMAAAAIBAJ&pg=578,927571&hl=en|title = Stabroek News - Google News Archive Search}}{{Cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2492&dat=19911011&id=FqZjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2iYMAAAAIBAJ&pg=996,1145672&hl=en|title=Stabroek News - Google News Archive Search|accessdate=29 March 2023}} Birgit Højgaard of Faroe Islands, was supposed to debut at Miss World 1991, however her separate participation was rejected by the Miss World Organization, because the Faroe Islands are an administrative part of Denmark, then she participated at Miss Denmark World 1991 and was second runner-up.{{Cite web |title=Facebook |url=https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1382676779637911&set=a.1274371877135069 |access-date=2025-05-04 |website=www.facebook.com}}

Results

File:Miss World 1991 Map.PNG

= Placements =

class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;"
Placement ! Contestant
Miss World 1991 \| {{flagu\|Venezuela\|1954}} – Ninibeth Leal
1st Runner-Up \| {{flagu\|Australia}} – Leanne Buckle
2nd Runner-Up \| {{flagu\|South Africa\|1928}} – Diana Tilden-Davis
Top 5 \| {{flagu\|Jamaica}} – Sandra Foster {{flagu\|Namibia}} – Michelle McLean
Top 10 \| {{flagu\|France}} – Mareva Georges {{flagu\|India}} – Ritu Singh {{flagu\|New Zealand}} – Lisa de Montalk {{flagu\|Turkey}} – Aslıhan Koruyan {{flagu\|United States}} – Charlotte Ray

class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;"

Placement

! Contestant

Miss World 1991

{{flagu|Venezuela|1954}} – Ninibeth Leal

1st Runner-Up

{{flagu|Australia}} – Leanne Buckle

2nd Runner-Up

{{flagu|South Africa|1928}} – Diana Tilden-Davis

Top 5

{{flagu|Jamaica}} – Sandra Foster
{{flagu|Namibia}} – Michelle McLean

Top 10

{{flagu|France}} – Mareva Georges
{{flagu|India}} – Ritu Singh
{{flagu|New Zealand}} – Lisa de Montalk
{{flagu|Turkey}} – Aslıhan Koruyan
{{flagu|United States}} – Charlotte Ray

== Continental Queens of Beauty ==

class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;"

! Continent/Region

! Contestant

Africa

{{flagu|South Africa|1928}} – Diana Tilden-Davis

Americas

{{flagu|Venezuela|1954}} – Ninibeth Beatriz Leal Jiménez

Asia & Oceania

{{flagu|Australia}} – Leanne Buckle

Caribbean

{{flagu|Jamaica}} – Sandra Foster

Europe

{{flagu|Turkey}} – Dilek Aslıhan Koruyan

Judges

Mike Favre
Brenda McLain
Phil Hayes
Marie DeGeorge
Eric Morley †- Chairman and CEO of Miss World Organization
Jarvis Astaire †
Paul Block
Jane Ambrose
Edgar Botero

Contestants

Seventy-eight contestants competed for the title.

class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;" ! Country/Territory ! Contestant ! Age ! Hometown
{{flagdeco\|ATG}} Antigua and Barbuda \| Joanne Bird \| 20 \| St. John's
{{flagicon\|ARG}} Argentina	Marcela Chazarreta	20	Buenos Aires
{{flagicon\|ARU}} Aruba	Sandra Croes	23	Santa Cruz
{{flagicon\|AUS}} Australia	Leanne Buckle	21	Brisbane
{{flagicon\|AUT}} Austria	Andrea Pfeiffer	18	Graz
{{flagicon\|BAH}} Bahamas	Tarnia Newton	19	New Providence
{{flagicon\|BEL}} Belgium	Anke Van dermeersch	19	Antwerp
{{flagicon\|BIZ}} Belize	Josephine Gault	21	Belize City
{{flagicon\|BOL}} Bolivia	Mónica Gamarra	20	Cochabamba
{{flagicon\|BRA\|1968}} Brazil	Cátia Silene Kupssinskü	20	São Paulo
{{flagicon\|IVB}} British Virgin Islands	Marjorie Penn	18	Tortola
{{flagicon\|BUL}} Bulgaria	Liubomira Slavcheva	17	Sofia
{{flagicon\|CAY\|old}} Cayman Islands	Yvette Peggy Jordison	19	Grand Cayman
{{flagicon\|CHI}} Chile	Carolina Michelson	23	Santiago
{{flagicon\|COL}} Colombia	Adriana Rodríguez	20	Bogotá
{{flagicon\|CRC\|state}} Costa Rica	Eugenie Jiménez	20	San Francisco de Heredia
{{flagicon\|CUR}} Curaçao	Nashaira Desbarida	23	Willemstad
{{flagicon\|CYP\|1960}} Cyprus	Anna Margaret Stephanou	18	Nicosia
{{flagicon\|TCH}} Czechoslovakia	Andrea Tatarkova	20	Košice
{{flagicon\|DEN}} Denmark	Sharon Givskav	17	Copenhagen
{{flagicon\|DOM}} Dominican Republic	Rosanna Rodríguez	21	Concepción de La Vega
{{flagicon\|ECU}} Ecuador	Sueanny Bejarano	20	Guayaquil
{{flagicon\|ESA}} El Salvador	Lucía Beatriz López	22	San Salvador
{{flagicon\|FIN}} Finland	Nina Autio	20	Tampere
{{flagicon\|FRA}} France	Mareva Georges	22	Punaauia
{{flagicon\|GER}} Germany	Susanne Petry	18	Saarbrücken
{{flagicon\|GHA}} Ghana	Jamilla Danzuru	23	Accra
{{flagicon\|GIB}} Gibraltar	Ornella Costa	17	Gibraltar
{{flagicon\|GRE}} Greece	Miriam Panagos	20	Athens
{{flagicon\|GRL}} Greenland	Bibiane Holm	18	Nuuk
{{flagicon\|GUM}} Guam	Yvonne Limtiaco Speight	19	Asan
{{flagicon\|GUA}} Guatemala	Marlyn Magaña	20	Guatemala City
{{flagicon\|NED}} Holland	Linda Egging	21	Stramproy
{{flagicon\|HON\|1949}} Honduras	Arlene Rauscher	19	Tegucigalpa
{{flagicon\|HUN}} Hungary	Orsolya Michina	19	Budapest
{{flagicon\|ISL}} Iceland	Svava Haraldsdóttir	19	Reykjavík
{{flagicon\|IND}} India	Ritu Singh	20	New Delhi
{{flagicon\|IRL}} Ireland	Amanda Brunker	18	Dublin
{{flagdeco\|ISR}} Israel \| Li'at Ditkovsky \| 19 \| Nordia
{{flagicon\|ITA}} Italy	Sabina Pellati	19	Reggio Emilia
{{flagicon\|JAM}} Jamaica	Sandra Foster	21	Kingston
{{flagicon\|JPN\|1947}} Japan	Junko Tsuda	21	Tokyo
{{flagicon\|KEN}} Kenya	N'kirote M'mbijjiwe	21	Meru
{{flagicon\|LAT}} Latvia	Inese Šlesere{{Cite news\|date=21 April 2018\|last=Tiļļa\|first=Andris\|title=30 gadi kopš skaistumkonkursā “Mis Rīga”. Latvijas šovbiznesa balvas, skandāli, izaicinājumi, etaloni\|trans-title=30 years since the beauty contest "Miss Riga". Latvian show business awards, scandals, challenges, benchmarks\|url=https://www.la.lv/skaistums-uz-izkersanu\|access-date=23 April 2025\|website=LA.LV\|language=Latvian\|archive-date=1 April 2025\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250401173245/https://www.la.lv/skaistums-uz-izkersanu\|url-status=live}}	19	Riga
{{flagicon\|LIB}} Lebanon	Diana Begdache	20	Beirut
{{flagicon\|MAC\|municipal}} Macau	Cristina Guilherme Lam	20	Macau
{{flagicon\|MAS}} Malaysia	Samantha Schubert	22	Kuala Lumpur
{{flagicon\|MLT}} Malta	Romina Genuis	18	Gżira
{{flagicon\|MRI}} Mauritius	Marie Geraldine Deville	18	Centre de Flacq
{{flagicon\|MEX}} Mexico	María Cristina Urrutia	19	Mexico City
{{flagicon\|NAM}} Namibia	Michelle McLean	19	Windhoek
{{flagicon\|NZL}} New Zealand	Lisa de Montalk	21	Taupō
{{flagicon\|NGR}} Nigeria	Adenike Oshinowo	24	Lagos
{{flagicon\|NOR}} Norway	Anne-Britt Røvik	18	Molde
{{flagicon\|PAN}} Panama	Malena Betancourt	19	Panama City
{{flagicon\|PAR\|1990}} Paraguay	Vivian Benítez	21	Asuncion
{{flagicon\|PHI\|1986}} Philippines	Gemith Gemparo	20	Manila
{{flagicon\|POL}} Poland	Karina Wojciechowska	19	Katowice
{{flagicon\|POR}} Portugal	Maria do Carmo Ramalho	20	Lisbon
{{flagicon\|PUR}} Puerto Rico	Johanna Irizarry	20	Lajas
{{flagicon\|ROM}} Romania	Gabriela Dragomirescu	20	Bucharest
{{flagicon\|SIN}} Singapore	Jasheen Jayakody	18	Singapore
{{flagicon\|RSA\|1928}} South Africa	Diana Tilden-Davis	22	Johannesburg
{{flagicon\|KOR}} South Korea{{Efn\|Competed as Korea in the pageant}}	Kim Tae-hwa	20	Busan
{{flagicon\|ESP}} Spain	Catia Moreno	20	Tenerife
{{flagdeco\|SWZ}} Swaziland \| Jackie Bennett	20	Manzini
{{flagicon\|SWE}} Sweden	Catrin Olsson	23	Kungsbacka
{{flagdeco\|SUI}} Switzerland \| Sandra Aegerter \| 22 \| Aargau
{{flagicon\|TWN}} Taiwan{{Efn\|Also know as the Republic of China and competed as Chinese Taipei in the pageant}}	Rebecca Lin	23	Taipei
{{flagdeco\|THA}} Thailand \| Rewadee Malaisee \| 21 \| Bangkok
{{flagicon\|TRI}} Trinidad and Tobago	Sastee Bachan	21	Port of Spain
{{flagicon\|TUR}} Turkey	Aslıhan Koruyan	19	Istanbul
{{flagicon\|GBR}} United Kingdom	Joanne Elizabeth Lewis	21	Mansfield
{{flagicon\|USA}} United States	Charlotte Ray	25	Voorhees
{{flagicon\|ISV}} United States Virgin Islands \|Cheryl Leiba Milligan \|20 \|St. Croix
{{flagicon\|URU}} Uruguay	Andrea Regina Gorrochategui	23	Montevideo
{{flagicon\|VEN\|1954}} Venezuela	Ninibeth Leal	20	Maracaibo
{{flagicon\|SFR Yugoslavia}} Yugoslavia	Slavica Tripunović	20	Vukovar

Notes

=Replacements=

{{flagu|Taiwan}} – Lu Shu-Fang.

=Other Notes=

{{flagu|Namibia}}– Michelle McLean competed in Miss Universe in 1992, held in Bangkok, Thailand, where she emerged victorious. Only four months prior, she had participated in the pageant, making her the first and only Namibian to claim the crown.

References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20100118065843/http://www.pageantopolis.com/international/world_1991.htm Pageantopolis – Miss World 1991]

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