| Miss Universe 1989 | |
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.jpg) Miss Universe 1989, Angela Visser | |
| Date | 23 May 1989 |
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| Venue | Fiesta Americana Condesa Hotel,Cancún, Mexico |
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| Entrants | 76 |
| Placements | 10 |
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| Winner | Angela Visser Holland |
| Congeniality | Sharon Simons (Turks and Caicos Islands) |
| Best National Costume | Flávia Cavalcanti (Brazil) |
| Photogenic | Karen Wenden (Australia) |
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Miss Universe 1989, the 38thMiss Universe pageant, was held at the Fiesta Americana Condesa Hotel inCancún, Mexico, on 23 May 1989.Angela Visser of Holland was crowned byPorntip Nakhirunkanok of Thailand at the end of the event. Seventy-six contestants competed in the pageant.
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| Top 10[1] |
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| Nation | Interview | Swimsuit | Evening Gown | Semifinal Average |
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 Holland | 9.583 (1) | 9.725 (1) | 9.824 (1) | 9.710 (1) |
 Sweden | 9.261 (2) | 9.233 (2) | 9.376 (2) | 9.290 (2) |
 United States | 8.511 (5) | 8.894 (4) | 8.927 (8) | 8.777 (5) |
 Poland | 8.472 (6) | 9.105 (3) | 9.027 (4) | 8.868 (3) |
 Mexico | 8.650 (3) | 8.883 (5) | 9.026 (5) | 8.853 (4) |
 West Germany | 8.461 (7) | 8.737 (7) | 9.010 (6) | 8.736 (6) |
 Venezuela | 8.204 (8) | 8.727 (8) | 9.096 (3) | 8.675 (7) |
 Finland | 8.533 (4) | 8.661 (9) | 8.755 (9) | 8.649 (8) |
 Jamaica | 8.111 (9) | 8.788 (6) | 8.933 (7) | 8.610 (9) |
 Chile | 8.033 (10) | 8.505 (10) | 8.755 (9) | 8.431 (10) |
Argentina – Luisa Norbis
Aruba – Karina Felix
Australia – Karen Wenden
Austria – Bettina Berghold
Bahamas – Tasha Ramirez
Belgium – Anne de Baetzelier
Belize – Andrea Sherman McKoy
Bermuda – Cornelia Furbert
Bolivia – Raquel Cors Ulloa
Brazil – Flávia Cavalcanti
British Virgin Islands – Viola Joseph
Canada –Juliette Powell
Cayman Islands – Carol Ann Balls Chile – María Macarena Mina Garachena[citation needed]
Colombia – María Teresa Egurrola Hinojosa
Costa Rica – Luana Freer Bustamante
Curaçao – Anna Mosteiro
Denmark – Louise Mejlhede
Dominican Republic – Anny Canaán Camido
Ecuador – María Eugenia Molina
Egypt – Sally Attah
El Salvador – Beatriz López Rodríguez
England – Raquel Marie Jory Finland – Åsa Lövdahl
France – Pascale Meotti
Gibraltar – Tatiana Desoisa
Greece – Kristiana Latani
Greenland – Naja-Rie Sorensen
Guam – Janice Santos
Guatemala – Helka Cuevas
Haiti – Glaphyra Jean-LouisHolland -Angela Visser
Honduras – Frances Siryl Milla
Hong Kong – Cynthia Yuk Lui Cheung
Iceland – Guðbjörg Gissurardóttir
India –Dolly Minhas
Ireland – Colette Jackson
Israel – Nicole Halperin
Italy – Christiana Bertasi Jamaica – Sandra Foster
Japan – Eri Tashiro
Luxembourg – Chris Scott
Malaysia – Carmen Cheah Swee
Malta – Sylvana Sammut Pandolfino
Mauritius – Jacky Randabel Mexico –Adriana Abascal
New Zealand – Shelley Soffe[2]
Nigeria –Bianca Onoh
Northern Mariana Islands – Soreen Villanueva
Norway – Lene Ornhoft
Paraguay – Ana Victoria Schaerer
Peru – Mariana Sovero
Philippines –Sara Jane Paez
Poland – Joanna Gapińska
Portugal – Anna Francisco Sobrinho
Puerto Rico – Catalina Villar
Republic of China – Chen Yen Ping
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines – Camille Samuels
Scotland – Victoria Susannah Lace
Singapore – Pauline Chong
South Korea –Kim Sung-ryung
Spain – Eva Pedraza
Sri Lanka – Veronica Ruston
Suriname – Consuela Cruden Sweden –Louise Drevenstam
Switzerland – Karina Berger
Thailand – Yonlada Ronghanam
Trinidad and Tobago – Guenevere Helen Keishall
Turkey – Jasmine Baradan
Turks and Caicos Islands – Sharon Simons United States –Gretchen Polhemus
United States Virgin Islands – Nathalie Lynch
Uruguay – Carolina Pies Riet
Venezuela – Eva Lisa Ljung
Wales – Andrea Caroline JonesWest Germany –Andrea Stelzer Saint Vincent and the Grenadines competed for the first time as a sovereign state after gained independence from the United Kingdom in late 1979, even though the British territory ofSaint Vincent had competed before in1964,1978 and1979.Last competed in1979:
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Netherlands –Angela Visser competed inMiss World in1988, but was unplaced behindLinda Pétursdóttir ofIceland. Shortly after, she participated in Miss Universe and clinched the crown, making her the first and only Dutch woman to achieve this honor France – Miss France 1989, Stephanie "Peggy" Zlotkowski, was underage before February 1. During the competition in Cancun, she was replaced by her fourth runner-up, Pascale Meotti, in an emergency change. El Salvador – Miss El Salvador 1988, Maria Eugenia Duarte, relinquished her national title to marry. Her first runner-up, Lucía Beatriz López Rodríguez, got the title. Iceland – Miss Iceland 1988,Linda Pétursdóttir, had wonMiss World 1988. That disabled her from competing at Miss Universe 1989, so her first runner-up, Gudbjörg Gissurardóttir, went instead.Hong Kong - Miss Hong Kong 1988,Michelle Reis, withdrew due to her health issues at the time. Her first runner-up, Cynthia Cheung Yuk-Lui, went to Miss Universe 1989 instead. Turks and Caicos Islands – Miss Amity (Sharon Simons) Australia – Miss Photogenic (Karen Wenden)
Brazil – Best National Costume (Flavia Cavalcanti)