Miss Universe 1991, the 40th anniversary of the Miss Universe pageant, was held on May 17, 1991 at the Aladdin Theatre for the Performing Arts in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. Lupita Jones of Mexico crowned by Mona Grudt of Norway. Seventy-three contestants competed in the 1991 Miss Universe pageant.
Miss Universe 1991 | |
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Date | May 17, 1991 |
Presenters | |
Venue | Aladdin Theatre for the Performing Arts, Las Vegas, United States |
Broadcaster | |
Entrants | 73 |
Placements | 10 |
Debuts | |
Withdrawals | |
Returns | |
Winner | Lupita Jones Mexico |
Congeniality | Monique Lindesay United States Virgin Islands |
Best National Costume | Maribel Gutierrez Colombia |
Photogenic | Siobhan McClafferty Ireland |
Results
Placements
Final results | Contestant |
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Miss Universe 1991 | |
1st Runner-Up |
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2nd Runner-Up | |
Top 6 |
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Top 10 |
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Final Competition
Nation | Preliminary
Average |
Interview | Swimsuit | Evening Gown | Semifinal Average |
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Mexico | 9.006 (1) | 9.608 (1) | 9.450 (1) | 9.758 (1) | 9.605 (1) |
Netherlands | 8.694 (10) | 9.592 (2) | 9.073 (6) | 9.600 (4) | 9.421 (4) |
Soviet Union | 8.864 (3) | 9.550 (3) | 9.225 (3) | 9.717 (2) | 9.497 (3) |
Venezuela | 8.719 (7) | 9.533 (4) | 9.412 (2) | 9.650 (3) | 9.531 (2) |
Jamaica | 8.986 (2) | 9.418 (6) | 9.213 (4) | 9.542 (7) | 9.391 (5) |
United States | 8.834 (4) | 9.425 (5) | 8.950 (8) | 9.542 (7) | 9.305 (6) |
Curaçao | 8.753 (6) | 9.190 (8) | 9.135 (5) | 9.550 (6) | 9.291 (7) |
Paraguay | 8.719 (7) | 9.375 (7) | 8.987 (7) | 9.350 (10) | 9.237 (8) |
France | 8.706 (9) | 9.067 (10) | 8.867 (10) | 9.590 (5) | 9.174 (9) |
Yugoslavia | 8.774 (5) | 9.167 (9) | 8.875 (9) | 9.442 (9) | 9.161 (10) |
Special Awards
Awards | Winners |
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Best National Costume |
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Miss Photogenic |
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Miss Congeniality |
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Order of Announcements
Top 10
- Jamaica
- France
- Yugoslavia
- Paraguay
- Curacao
- Soviet Union
- Venezuela
- Netherlands
- United States
- Mexico
Top 6
- Venezuela
- Netherlands
- United States
- Jamaica
- Mexico
- Soviet Union
Top 3
- Soviet Union
- Netherlands
- Mexico
Contestants
- Argentina - Verónica Honnorat
- Bahamas - Farrah Fiona Saunders
- Belgium - Katia Alens
- Belize - Josephine Gault
- Bermuda - Andrea Sullivan
- Bolivia - María Selva Landívar
- Brazil - Patricia Franco de Godói
- British Virgin Islands - Anne Lennard
- Bulgaria - Christy Drumeva
- Canada - Leslie McLaren
- Cayman Islands - Bethea Michelle Christian
- Chile - Cecilia del Rosario Alfaro
- Colombia - Maribel Gutiérrez Tinoco
- Cook Islands - Raema Chitty
- Costa Rica - Viviana Múñoz
- Curaçao - Jacqueline Krijger
- Czechoslovakia - Renata Gorecka
- Dominican Republic - Melissa Vargas
- Ecuador - Diana Neira
- El Salvador - Rebecca Dávila
- Finland - Tanja Vienonen
- France - Mareva Georges
- Germany - Katrin Richter
- Ghana - Dela Tamakole
- Greece - Marina Popou
- Guam - Jevon Pellacani
- Guatemala - Lorena Palacios
- Hong Kong - Anita Yuen
- Iceland - Dis Sigurgeirsdóttir
- India - Christabelle Howie
- Ireland - Siobhan McClafferty
- Israel - Miri Goldfarb
- Italy - Maria Biscotti
- Jamaica - Kimberley Mais
- Japan - Atsuko Yamamoto
- Lebanon - Fida Chehayeb
- Luxembourg - Annette Feydt
- Malaysia - Elaine Chew
- Malta - Michelle Zarb
- Mauritius - Dhandevy Jeetun
- Mexico - Lupita Jones
- Namibia - Ronel Liebenberg
- Netherlands - Pauline Huizinga
- Nicaragua - Ana Sofía Pereira
- Nigeria - Tonia Okogbenin
- Northern Mariana Islands - Sharon Rosario
- Norway - Lene Maria Pedersen
- Panama - Liz De León
- Paraguay - Vivian Benítez
- Peru - Eliana Martínez
- Philippines - Maria Lourdes Gonzalez
- Poland - Joanna Michalska
- Puerto Rico - Lissette Bouret
- Republic of China - Lin Shu-Chuan
- Romania - Daniella Nane
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - Samantha Robertson
- Singapore - Eileen Yeow
- South Korea - Seo Jung-min
- Soviet Union - Julia Lemigova
- Spain - Esther Arroyo
- Sri Lanka - Diloka Seneviratne
- Suriname - Simone Vos
- Sweden - Susanna Gustafsson
- Thailand - Jiraprapa Sawettanan
- Trinidad and Tobago - Josie Anne Richards
- Turkey - Pinar Ozdemir
- Turks and Caicos Islands - Kathy Hawkins
- Uruguay - Adriana Comas
- United Kingdom - Helen Upton
- United States - Kelli McCarty
- United States Virgin Islands - Monique Lindesay
- Venezuela - Jackeline Rodríguez
- Yugoslavia - Natasha Pavlovich
Order of Introduction
The following table is the order of introduction in the Parade of Nations segment in the regional groups, randomly-ordered.
Geographical Region / Continent | Order of Country / Territory Introduction |
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Asia and The USSR | |
South America | |
Europe and The British Isles | |
Mediterranean, Middle East, and Africa | |
The Islands | |
Central and North America |
Notes
Debuts
Returns
Last competed in 1952:
- United Kingdom The three constituent countries had their franchises unified, along with those territories that did not have their own franchises, as, between 1955 and 1990, each constituent country on the United Kingdom (England, Scotland and Wales) sent their separated candidate to the pageant. Since 1994, Northern Ireland candidates could compete in Miss Ireland or Miss United Kingdom.
Last competed in 1978:
Last competed in 1984:
- Namibia competed for the first time as an independent country after gaining independence from South Africa in February 1990.
Last competed in 1985:
Last competed in 1986:
Last competed in 1987:
Last competed in 1988:
Last competed in 1989:
Designations
Replacements
- Philippines - Maria Lourdes Gonzalez replaced Anjanette Abayari, who was not a Philippine citizen.
- Venezuela - Sharon Luengo - The Director of the Miss Venezuela pageant, Osmel Souza, wanted to send her to Miss Universe due to the delay of the Miss Venezuela 1991 contest. Still, the Miss Universe Organization rejected her as a contestant due to her 2nd runner-up position at Miss World 1990,[1]. They decided to select the Venezuelan delegate for Miss Universe 1991 under a special commission.[2]
- Soviet Union – The winner of Miss USSR 1990, Maria Kezha, was underage after February 1.[3]
Withdrawals
- Aruba – the Miss Aruba 1991 pageant was delayed and their 1991 winner, Jerusha Rasmijn, was sent to Miss Universe 1992.
- Australia - due to lack of sponsorship and funding
- Austria - Christine Heiss - unknown reason to compete
- Denmark - Sharon Givskav - due to lack of sponsorship and funding. She went to Miss World 1991 instead.
- Egypt - no contest.
- England - Competed as United Kingdom or Great Britain since then.
- Gibraltar - Sarah Yeats (lost their license with the Miss Universe Inc.)
- Greenland - Bibiane Holm (lost their license with the Miss Universe Inc.) and went to Miss World 1991 instead
- Honduras - Claudia Mercedes Caballero (She fell ill and withdrew due to the fact that she suffered from chronic fatigue and had to rest by medical prescription.)
- Portugal - Carla Lopes Da Costa Caldeira - unknown reason to compete
- Scotland - Competed as United Kingdom or Great Britain since then.
- Switzerland - Priscilla Leimgruber (She fell ill and withdrew at the last minute.)
- Wales - Competed as United Kingdom or Great Britain since then.
Did not compete
- Kenya - Aisha Wawira Lieberg - due to lack of sponsorship and funding. She went to Miss Universe 1992 instead.
- New Zealand - Adele Valerie Kenny (because she was underage before February 1)[4]
Name changes
- Holland began competing as Netherlands.
- Great Britain began competing as United Kingdom for the first time[5]
General references
- "Miss Universe 1991". pageantopolis.com. Archived from the original on February 7, 2012.
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References
- ^ "Content warning". www.blogger.com.
- ^ "bellezacol.org - Diese Website steht zum Verkauf! - Informationen zum Thema bellezacol". ww1.bellezacol.org.
- ^ МИСС СССР 1990 (In Russian).
- ^ "NZ representatives to Miss Universe 1954-2011 - miss new zealand archives". February 12, 2016. Archived from the original on February 12, 2016.
- ^ This country had participated as United Kingdom again in 2005, 2006, and 2008.
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