# Miss World 1991

Miss World 1991 was the 41st edition of the Miss World pageant, at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, on 28 December 1991.
Gina Tolleson of the United States crowned Ninibeth Leal of Venezuela as her successor at the end of the event. 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.

## Results
### Placements

| Placement | Contestant |
| Miss World 1991 | Venezuela – Ninibeth Leal |
| 1st Runner-Up | Australia – Leanne Buckle |
| 2nd Runner-Up | South Africa – Diana Tilden-Davis |
| Top 5 | Jamaica – Sandra Foster  Namibia – Michelle McLean |
| Top 10 | France – Mareva Georges  India – Ritu Singh  New Zealand – Lisa de Montalk  Turkey – Aslıhan Koruyan  United States – Charlotte Ray |

### Continental Queens of Beauty

| Continent/Region | Contestant |
| Africa | South Africa – Diana Tilden-Davis |
| Americas | Venezuela – Ninibeth Beatriz Leal Jiménez |
| Asia & Oceania | Australia – Leanne Buckle |
| Caribbean | Jamaica – Sandra Foster |
| Europe | Turkey – Dilek Aslıhan Koruyan |

## Contestants

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 | 20 | Maracaibo |
| Yugoslavia | Slavica Tripunović | 20 | Vukovar |

## Judges

* 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