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]

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[1]
Venezuela
← 1990
1992 →

Results

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

Placements

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

Continental Queens of Beauty

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Continental Group Contestant
Africa
Americas
Asia & Oceania
Caribbean
Europe

Contestants

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Seventy-eight contestants competed for the title.

Country/Territory Contestant Age Hometown
  Antigua and Barbuda Joanne Bird 20 St. John's
  Argentina Marcela Chazarreta 20 Buenos Aires
  Aruba Sandra Croes 23 Santa Cruz
  Australia Leanne Buckle 21 Brisbane
  Austria Andrea Pfeiffer 18 Graz
  Bahamas Tarnia Newton 19 New Providence
  Belgium Anke Van dermeersch 19 Antwerp
  Belize Josephine Gault 21 Belize City
  Bolivia Mónica Gamarra 20 Cochabamba
  Brazil Cátia Silene Kupssinskü 20 São Paulo
  British Virgin Islands Marjorie Penn 18 Tortola
  Bulgaria Liubomira Slavcheva 17 Sofia
  Cayman Islands Yvette Peggy Jordison 19 Grand Cayman
  Chile Carolina Michelson 23 Santiago
  Colombia Adriana Rodríguez 20 Bogota
  Costa Rica Eugenie Jiménez 20 San Francisco de Heredia
  Curaçao Nashaira Desbarida 23 Willemstad
  Cyprus Anna Margaret Stephanou 18 Nicosia
  Czechoslovakia Andrea Tatarkova 20 Košice
  Denmark Sharon Givskav 17 Copenhagen
  Dominican Republic Rosanna Rodríguez 21 Concepción de La Vega
  Ecuador Sueanny Bejarano 20 Guayaquil
  El Salvador Lucía Beatriz López 22 San Salvador
  Finland Nina Autio 20 Tampere
  France Mareva Georges 22 Punaauia
  Germany Susanne Petry 18 Saarbrücken
  Ghana Jamilla Danzuru 23 Accra
  Gibraltar Ornella Costa 17 Gibraltar
  Greece Miriam Panagos 20 Athens
  Greenland Bibiane Holm 18 Nuuk
  Guam Yvonne Limtiaco Speight 19 Asan
  Guatemala Marlyn Magaña 20 Guatemala City
  Holland Linda Egging 21 Stramproy
  Honduras Arlene Rauscher 19 Tegucigalpa
  Hungary Orsolya Michina 19 Budapest
  Iceland Svava Haraldsdóttir 19 Reykjavík
  India Ritu Singh 20 New Delhi
  Ireland Amanda Brunker 18 Dublin
  Israel Li'at Ditkovsky 19 Nordia
  Italy Sabina Pellati 19 Reggio Emilia
  Jamaica Sandra Foster 21 Kingston
  Japan Junko Tsuda 21 Tokyo
  Kenya N'kirote M'mbijjiwe 21 Meru
  Latvia Inese Šlesere 19 Riga
  Lebanon Diana Begdache 20 Beirut
  Macau Cristina Guilherme Lam 20 Macau
  Malaysia Samantha Schubert 22 Kuala Lumpur
  Malta Romina Genuis 18 Gzira
  Mauritius Marie Geraldine Deville 18 Centre de Flacq
  Mexico María Cristina Urrutia 19 Mexico City
  Namibia Michelle McLean 19 Windhoek
  New Zealand Lisa de Montalk 21 Taupō
  Nigeria Adenike Oshinowo 24 Lagos
  Norway Anne-Britt Røvik 18 Molde
  Panama Malena Betancourt 19 Panama City
  Paraguay Vivian Benítez 21 Asuncion
  Philippines Gemith Gemparo 20 Manila
  Poland Karina Wojciechowska 19 Katowice
  Portugal Maria do Carmo Ramalho 20 Lisbon
  Puerto Rico Johanna Irizarry 20 Lajas
  Republic of China Rebecca Lin 23 Taipei
  Romania Gabriela Dragomirescu 20 Bucharest
  Singapore Jasheen Jayakody 18 Singapore
  South Africa Diana Tilden-Davis 22 Johannesburg
  South Korea Kim Tae-hwa 20 Busan
  Spain Catia Moreno 20 Tenerife
  Swaziland Jackie Bennett 20 Manzini
  Sweden Catrin Olsson 23 Kungsbacka
  Switzerland Sandra Aegerter 22 Aargau
  Thailand Rewadee Malaisee 21 Bangkok
  Trinidad and Tobago Sastee Bachan 21 Port of Spain
  Turkey Aslıhan Koruyan 19 Istanbul
  United Kingdom Joanne Elizabeth Lewis 21 Mansfield
  United States Charlotte Ray 25 Voorhees
  United States Virgin Islands Cheryl Leiba Milligan 20 St. Croix
  Uruguay Andrea Regina Gorrochategui 23 Montevideo
  Venezuela Ninibeth Leal[1] 20 Maracaibo
  Yugoslavia Slavica Tripunović 20 Vukovar

Judges

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  • 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

Notes

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Debuts

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  •   Greenland

Returns

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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

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  •   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, but did not.

Replacements

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  •   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.[6] Her 1st -runner up, Timea Raba couldn't replace her for the same reason.[7]
  •   Taiwan – Lu Shu-Fang.

Other Notes

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Sarasota Herald-Tribune". Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  2. ^ a b "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.
  4. ^ "Stabroek News - Google News Archive Search".
  5. ^ "Stabroek News - Google News Archive Search". Retrieved 29 March 2023.
  6. ^ "Hat évig harcolt a koronájáért Bálint Antónia". 11 November 2015.
  7. ^ "Turkish News - Latest News from Turkey". Hürriyet Daily News. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
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