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 | |
| Date | 28 December 1991 |
| Presenters | |
| Entertainment | Indecent Obsession |
| Venue | Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta, Georgia, United States |
| Broadcaster | E! |
| Entrants | 78 |
| Placements | 10 |
| Debuts | |
| Withdrawals | |
| Returns | |
| Winner | Ninibeth Leal  Venezuela[1] |
Results edit
Placements edit
| Placement | Contestant |
|---|---|
| Miss World 1991 | |
| 1st Runner-up |
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| 2nd Runner-up |
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| Top 5 |
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| Top 10 |
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Continental Queens of Beauty edit
| Continental Group | Contestant |
|---|---|
| Africa |
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| Americas | |
| Asia & Oceania |
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| Caribbean |
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| Europe |
Contestants edit
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
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Rebecca Lin | 23 | Taipei |
 Romania |
Gabriela Dragomirescu | 20 | Bucharest |
 Singapore |
Jasheen Jayakody | 18 | Singapore |
 South Africa |
Diana Tilden-Davis | 22 | Johannesburg |
 South Korea
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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
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Cheryl Leiba Milligan | 20 | St. Croix |
 Uruguay |
Andrea Regina Gorrochategui | 23 | Montevideo |
| Venezuela |
Ninibeth Leal[1] | 20 | Maracaibo |
 Yugoslavia |
Slavica Tripunović | 20 | Vukovar |
Judges edit
- 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 edit
Debuts edit
Greenland
Returns edit
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.
Withdrawals edit
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 edit
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 edit
Namibia Michelle McLean she went to compete in Miss Universe in 1992 it was held in Bangkok and then she won the crown.She competed in just only 4 months before she went on to compete in Miss Universe.
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