Miss World 1991

Miss World 1991, the 41st edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 28 December 1991 at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. The winner was Ninibeth Leal representing Venezuela. She was crowned by Gina Tolleson of the United States. Miss World 1991 was scheduled to be held in the Dominican Republic. Due to scheduling difficulties, Miss World was first moved to Puerto Rico, then to Atlanta, United States. Preliminary swimsuits in Miss World 1991 were held in South Africa.[2] It was the first time the Miss World pageant was held in North America. This is the fourth time that Venezuela to win Miss World.

Miss World 1991
Miss World 1991 Titlecard
Date28 December 1991
Presenters
EntertainmentIndecent Obsession
VenueGeorgia World Congress Center, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
BroadcasterE!
Entrants78
Placements10
Debuts
Withdrawals
Returns
WinnerNinibeth Leal
 Venezuela[1]

Results
Countries and territories which sent delegates and results for Miss World 1991[1][2]

Placements
Placement Contestant
Miss World 1991
1st Runner-up
2nd Runner-up
Top 5
Top 10

Continental Queens of Beauty
Continental Group Contestant
Africa
Americas
Asia & Oceania
Caribbean
Europe

Contestants
Country/TerritoryContestantAgeHometownPreliminary Score
United States Virgin Islands American Virgin IslandsCheryl Leiba Milligan20St. Croix35
Antigua and Barbuda AntiguaJoanne Bird20St. John's34
Argentina ArgentinaMarcela Noemí Chazarreta20Buenos Aires35
Aruba ArubaSandra Croes23Santa Cruz33
Australia AustraliaLeanne Buckle21Brisbane48
Austria AustriaAndrea Isabelle Pfeiffer18Graz32
The Bahamas BahamasTarnia Paula Newton Stuart19New Providence33
Belgium BelgiumAnke Maria Flor van Dermeersch19Antwerp41
Belize BelizeJosephine (Josie) Alexandra Gault21Belize City33
Bolivia BoliviaMónica Gamarra Giese20Cochabamba35
Brazil BrazilCátia Silene Kupssinskü20São Paulo39
British Virgin Islands British Virgin IslandsMarjorie Penn18Tortola34
Bulgaria BulgariaLiubomira Slavcheva17Sofia33
Cayman Islands Cayman IslandsYvette Peggy Jordison19Grand Cayman35
Chile ChileCarolina Beatriz Michelson Martínez23Santiago38
Taiwan Republic of ChinaRebecca Lin Lan-chih23Taipei33
Colombia ColombiaAdriana Rodríguez Anzola20Bogota40
Costa Rica Costa RicaEugenie Jiménez Pacheco20San Francisco de Heredia33
Curaçao CuraçaoNashaira Desbarida23Willemstad39
Cyprus CyprusAnna Margaret Stephanou18Nicosia34
Czechoslovakia CzechoslovakiaAndrea Tatarkova20Košice32
Denmark DenmarkSharon Givskav17Copenhagen33
Dominican Republic Dominican RepublicRosanna Patricia Rodríguez Portalatín21Concepción de La Vega34
Ecuador EcuadorSueanny Denise Bejarano López20Guayaquil33
El Salvador El SalvadorLucía Beatriz López Rodríguez22San Salvador33
Finland FinlandNina Autio20Tampere35
France FranceMareva Georges22Punaauia46
Germany GermanySusanne Petry18Saarbrücken40
Ghana GhanaJamilla Haruna Danzuru23Accra32
Gibraltar GibraltarOrnella Costa17Gibraltar37
Greece GreeceMiriam Panagos20Athens38
Greenland GreenlandBibiane Holm18Nuuk34
Guam GuamYvonne Marie Limtiaco Speight19Asan32
Guatemala GuatemalaMarlyn Lorena Magaña Ramírez20Guatemala City33
Netherlands HollandLinda Egging21Stramproy39
Honduras HondurasArlene Rocío Rauscher Duarte19Tegucigalpa33
Hungary HungaryOrsolya Anna Michina19Budapest32
Iceland IcelandSvava Haraldsdóttir19Reykjavík37
India IndiaRitu Singh20New Delhi43
Republic of Ireland IrelandAmanda Brunker18Dublin34
Israel IsraelLi'at Ditkovsky19Nordia32
Italy ItalySabina Pellati19Reggio Emilia39
Jamaica JamaicaSandra Foster21Kingston49
Japan JapanJunko Tsuda21Tokyo33
Kenya KenyaN'kirote Karimi M'mbijjiwe21Meru34
South Korea KoreaKim Tae-hwa20Busan32
Latvia LatviaInese Šlesere19Riga33
Lebanon LebanonDiana Begdache20Beirut32
Macau MacauCristina Guilherme Lam20Macau32
Malaysia MalaysiaSamantha Schubert †22Kuala Lumpur38
Malta MaltaRomina Genuis18Gzira32
Mauritius MauritiusMarie Geraldine Deville18Centre de Flacq32
Mexico MexicoMaría Cristina Urrutia de la Vega19Mexico City36
Namibia NamibiaMichelle McLean19Windhoek51
New Zealand New ZealandLisa Maree de Montalk21Taupō41
Nigeria NigeriaAdenike Oshinowo24Lagos37
Norway NorwayAnne-Britt Røvik18Molde33
Panama PanamaMalena Estela Betancourt Guillén19Panama City36
Paraguay ParaguayVivian Rosanna Benítez Brizuela21Asuncion37
Philippines PhilippinesGemith Gonzalo Gemparo20Manila39
Poland PolandKarina Wojciechowska19Katowice32
Portugal PortugalMaria do Carmo Ramalho20Lisbon35
Puerto Rico Puerto RicoJohanna Berenice Irizarry Nazario20Lajas35
Romania RomaniaGabriela Dragomirescu20Bucharest32
Singapore SingaporeJasheen Jayakody18Singapore35
South Africa South AfricaDiana Tilden-Davis22Johannesburg51
Spain SpainMaría Candelaria (Catia) Moreno Navarro †20Tenerife39
Eswatini SwazilandJackie Emelda Bennett20Manzini32
Sweden SwedenCatrin Olsson23Kungsbacka34
Switzerland SwitzerlandSandra Aegerter22Aargau38
Thailand ThailandRewadee Malaisee21Bangkok33
Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and TobagoSastee Bachan21Port of Spain35
Turkey TurkeyDilek Aslıhan Koruyan19Istanbul47
United Kingdom United KingdomJoanne Elizabeth Lewis21Mansfield39
United States United StatesCharlotte Ray25Voorhees42
Uruguay UruguayAndrea Regina Gorrochategui Granja23Montevideo36
Venezuela VenezuelaNinibeth Beatriz Leal Jiménez[1]20Maracaibo57
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia YugoslaviaSlavica Tripunović20Vukovar33

Judges

Notes

Debuts
  •  Greenland

Returns

Last competed in 1977:

  •  South Africa – returned after the Miss World Organization decided to lift a 14-year apartheid rule, allowing its contestants to compete.
  • Last competed in 1986:
    •  Antigua
  • Last competed in 1988:
    •  Lebanon
    •  Eswatini
  • Last competed in 1989:
    •  China Taipei
    •  Ecuador
    •  Malaysia

Withdrawals
  •  Canada - Unable to compete just days before the finals due to Illness
  •  Cook Islands
  •  Cote d'Ivoire - Muriel Edoukou[3] - Due lack of Sponsorship.
  •  Guyana - Tracy Ann D'Abreu - Due to the controversy over her victory and citizenship, she was declared ineligible to compete at Miss World 1991.[4][5]
  •  Hong Kong - Renewed its franchise, however it happened three months after Miss World.
  •  Luxembourg - Did not send delegates to Miss World after 1990 until it returned in 2009.
  •  Papua New Guinea
  •  Peru – Due to problems with their franchise and lack of sponsorship
  •  Sri Lanka – Due to scheduling conflict
  •  Soviet Union - The winner of Miss USSR 1991, Ilmira Shamsutdinova was invited to compete in Miss World 1991, however she rejected the invitation because was too underage for the contest.[6] No runners-up from Miss USSR 1991 pageant were sent for Miss World 1991.[7] The USSR ceased to exist only two days before the Miss World pageant. However 5 years later, Shamsutdinova competed at Miss Universe 1996

Replacements
  •  Hungary – Antonia Balint - She was Dethroned of her Miss Hungary 1991 crown after Hungarian newspapers printed photographs that she had previously appeared in the men's magazine Lui and other publications against Miss World rules.[8] Her 1st -runner up, Timea Raba couldn't replace her for the same reason.[9]
  •  Taiwan – Lu Shu-Fang.

Other Notes

References
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  2. "New Straits Times". Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  3. "ElAnecdotario.com is available at DomainMarket.com". ElAnecdotario.com is available at DomainMarket.com. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
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  6. "российские красавицы 90-х: ИЛЬМИРА ШАМСУТДИНОВА". Retrieved 29 March 2023.
  7. P, Oleg (20 June 2014). "ВСЕ НАШИ МИСС: МИСС СССР 1991". Retrieved 29 March 2023.
  8. "Hat évig harcolt a koronájáért Bálint Antónia". 11 November 2015.
  9. "Turkish News - Latest News from Turkey". Hürriyet Daily News. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
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