Miss World 1990

Miss World 1990, the 40th anniversary of the Miss World pageant, was held on 8 November 1990 at the London Palladium in London, United Kingdom. The winner was Gina Tolleson representing United States. She was crowned by Miss World 1989, Aneta Beata Kreglicka of Poland. After this event, the Miss World competition began to be held outside the United Kingdom, such as in Atlanta, Hong Kong and Sun City, South Africa. This is the second time that the United States to win Miss World since Marjorie Wallace in 1973 but was dethroned.

Debuts, returns, and, withdrawals

This edition marked the debut of Romania and the return of Madagascar, which last competed in 1974, Brazil in 1987 and Barbados, the British Virgin Islands, Bulgaria, Cook Islands, Egypt, India and Uruguay in 1988.

Bermuda, Ecuador, Guyana, Malaysia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Taiwan and Uganda, Withdrew from the competition.

Results

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Countries and territories which sent delegates and results for Miss World 1990

Placements

Placement	Contestant
Miss World 1990	Template:Flagu – Gina Marie Tolleson
1st Runner-up	Template:Flagu – Siobhan McClafferty
2nd Runner-up	Template:Flagu – Sharon Raquel Luengo González
Top 5	Template:Flagu – Nina Björkfelt Template:Flagu – Adele Valerie Kenny
Top 10	Template:Flagu – Gwendolyne Charlotte Kwidama Template:Flagu – Gabrielle Stap Template:Flagu – Erica Aquart Template:Flagu – Ewa Maria Szymczak Template:Flagu – Jülide Ates

Continental Queens of Beauty

Continental Group	Contestant
Africa	Template:Flagu – Aisha Wawira Lieberg ✝︎
Americas	Template:Flagu – Gina Marie Tolleson
Asia & Oceania	Template:Flagu – Adele Valerie Kenny
Caribbean	Template:Flagu – Erica Aquart
Europe	Template:Flagu – Siobhan McClafferty

Judges

• Eric Morley † – Chairman and CEO of Miss World Organization
• Krish Naidoo †
• Josie Fonseca
• Michael Ward
• Kimberley Santos – Miss World 1980 from Guam
• Wilnelia Merced – Miss World 1975 from Puerto Rico
• Ralph Halpern †
• Rob Brandt
• Knut Meiner
• Ruth Moxnes
• Thomas Ledin
• Terje Aass
• Ann-Mari Albertsen
• Jarle Johansen
• Ingeborg Sorensen

Contestants

Country/Territory	Contestant	Age	Hometown	Preliminary Score
Template:Flagicon Argentina		19	Buenos Aires	30
Template:Flagicon Aruba		20	Sint Nicolaas	41
Template:Flagicon Australia		19	Sydney	39
Template:Flagicon Austria		20	Eisenerz	33
Template:Flagicon Bahamas		19	Nassau	33
Template:Flagicon Barbados		22	Saint Philip	30
Template:Flagicon Belgium		23	Antwerp	33
Template:Flagicon Belize		20	Independence	30
Template:Flagicon Bolivia		17	Tarija	31
Template:Flagicon Brazil		20	Curitiba	35
Template:Flagicon British Virgin Islands		22	Tortola	33
Template:Flagicon Bulgaria		18	Sofia	31
Template:Flagicon Canada		22	Ottawa	35
Template:Flagicon Cayman Islands		17	Grand Cayman	30
Template:Flagicon Chile		21	Santiago	35
Template:Flagicon Colombia		19	Bogotá	38
Template:Flagicon Cook Islands		23	Rarotonga	30
Template:Flagicon Costa Rica		20	Heredia	31
Template:Flagicon Curaçao		23	Willemstad	33
Template:Flagicon Cyprus		18	Nicosia	30
Template:Flagicon Czechoslovakia		19	Benešov	33
Template:Flagicon Denmark		23	Copenhagen	35
Template:Flagicon Dominican Republic		21	Santo Domingo	30
Template:Flagicon Egypt		20	Cairo	31
Template:Flagicon El Salvador		20	San Salvador	31
Template:Flagicon Finland		22	Turku	40
Template:Flagicon France	†	21	Bordeaux	30
Template:Flagicon Germany		23	Darmstadt	39
Template:Flagicon Ghana		24	Accra	30
Template:Flagicon Gibraltar		18	Gibraltar	33
Template:Flagicon Greece		19	Athens	31
Template:Flagicon Guam		22	Dededo	32
Template:Flagicon Guatemala		25	Guatemala City	30
Template:Flagicon Holland		21	The Hague	46
Template:Flagicon Honduras		21	Tegucigalpa	30
Template:Flagicon Hong Kong		18	Sai Kung	31
Template:Flagicon Hungary		20	Budapest	32
Template:Flagicon Iceland		19	Garðabær	30
Template:Flagicon India		18	Bombay	35
Template:Flagicon Ireland		20	Dublin	43
Template:Flagicon Israel		18	Tel Aviv	30
Template:Flagicon Italy		19	Trieste	32
Template:Flagicon Jamaica		20	Kingston	42
Template:Flagicon Japan		20	Shizuoka	30
Template:Flagicon Kenya	✝︎	19	Embu	32
Template:Flagicon Latvia		23	Riga	38
Template:Flagicon Luxembourg		18	Luxembourg City	30
Template:Flagicon Macau		19	Macau	30
Template:Flagicon Madagascar		20	Antananarivo	30
Template:Flagicon Malta		18	Żejtun	30
Template:Flagicon Mauritius		23	Beau Bassin	30
Template:Flagicon Mexico		23	Mérida	40
Template:Flagicon Namibia		22	Windhoek	30
Template:Flagicon New Zealand		17	Murupara	42
Template:Flagicon Nigeria		21	Lagos	30
Template:Flagicon Norway		20	Hundorp	33
Template:Flagicon Panama		20	Panama City	30
Template:Flagicon Papua New Guinea		23	Manus	30
Template:Flagicon Paraguay		21	Asunción	31
Template:Flagicon Peru		21	Lima	38
Template:Flagicon Philippines		23	Manila	30
Template:Flagicon Poland		23	Warsaw	40
Template:Flagicon Portugal		22	Lisbon	31
Template:Flagicon Puerto Rico		23	San Juan	35
Template:Flagicon Romania		22	Craiova	35
Template:Flagicon Singapore		17	Singapore	30
Template:Flagicon South KoreaTemplate:Efn		19	Seoul	35
Template:Flagicon Spain		22	Madrid	32
Template:Flagicon Sri Lanka		23	Colombo	30
Template:Flagicon Sweden		19	Västerås	33
Template:Flagicon Switzerland		20	Bulle	30
Template:Flagicon Thailand		19	Bangkok	30
Template:Flagicon Trinidad and Tobago		22	Port of Spain	35
Template:Flagicon Turkey		19	Istanbul	41
Template:Flagicon Union of Soviet Socialist RepublicsTemplate:Efn		19	Moscow	37
Template:Flagicon United Kingdom		19	Birmingham	39
Template:Flagicon United States		21	Charleston	49
Template:Flagicon United States Virgin IslandsTemplate:Efn		17	Saint Thomas	37
Template:Flagicon Uruguay		19	Montevideo	32
Template:Flagicon Venezuela		19	Maracaibo	50
Template:Flagicon Yugoslavia		18	Rijeka	31

Notes

Debuts

• Romania competed in Miss World for the first time after the Miss World Organization allowed the nation to compete after a 24-year revolution.

There were two panels of judges, one in the United Kingdom and another in Australia, that commented Miss Venezuela to be “the best one”. This clip was removed from videos and she was placed 2nd Runner-Up.