# 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 United States to win Miss World.

## Results
### Placements

| Placement | Contestant |
| Miss World 1990 | United States – Gina Marie Tolleson |
| 1st Runner-up | Ireland – Siobhan McClafferty |
| 2nd Runner-up | Venezuela – Sharon Raquel Luengo González |
| Top 5 | Finland – Nina Björkfelt  New Zealand – Adele Valerie Kenny |
| Top 10 | Aruba – Gwendolyne Charlotte Kwidama  Holland – Gabrielle Stap  Jamaica – Erica Aquart  Poland – Ewa Maria Szymczak  Turkey – Jülide Ates |

### Continental Queens of Beauty

| Continental Group | Contestant |
| Africa | Kenya – Aisha Wawira Lieberg ✝︎ |
| Americas | United States – Gina Marie Tolleson |
| Asia & Oceania | New Zealand – Adele Valerie Kenny |
| Caribbean | Jamaica – Erica Aquart |
| Europe | Ireland – Siobhan McClafferty |

## Contestants

| Country/Territory | Contestant | Age | Hometown | Preliminary Score |
| American Virgin Islands | Keima Akintobi | 17 | Saint Thomas | 37 |
| Argentina | Romina Rosales | 19 | Buenos Aires | 30 |
| Aruba | Gwendolyne Charlotte Kwidama | 20 | Sint Nicolaas | 41 |
| Australia | Karina Brown | 19 | Sydney | 39 |
| Austria | Carina Friedberger | 20 | Eisenerz | 33 |
| Bahamas | Lisa Gizelle Strachan | 19 | Nassau | 33 |
| Barbados | Cheryl Jean Brewster | 22 | Saint Philip | 30 |
| Belgium | Katia Alens | 23 | Antwerp | 33 |
| Belize | Ysela Antonia Zabaneh | 20 | Independence | 30 |
| Bolivia | Daniela Domínguez Martilotti | 17 | Tarija | 31 |
| Brazil | Karla Cristina Kwiatkowski | 20 | Curitiba | 35 |
| British Virgin Islands | Suzanne Spencer | 22 | Tortola | 33 |
| Bulgaria | Violeta Galabova | 18 | Sofia | 31 |
| Canada | Natasha Palewandrem | 22 | Ottawa | 35 |
| Cayman Islands | Bethea Michelle Christian | 17 | Grand Cayman | 30 |
| Chile | María Isabel Jara Pizarro | 21 | Santiago | 35 |
| Colombia | Angela Mercedes Mariño Ortiz | 19 | Bogotá | 38 |
| Cook Islands | Angela Manarang | 23 | Rarotonga | 30 |
| Costa Rica | Andrea Murillo Fallas | 20 | Heredia | 31 |
| Curaçao | Jacqueline Nelleke Josien Krijger | 23 | Willemstad | 33 |
| Cyprus | Emilia Groutidou | 18 | Nicosia | 30 |
| Czechoslovakia | Andrea Roskovcová | 19 | Benešov | 33 |
| Denmark | Charlotte Christiansen | 23 | Copenhagen | 35 |
| Dominican Republic | Brenda Marte Lajara | 21 | Santo Domingo | 30 |
| Egypt | Dalia El Behery | 20 | Cairo | 31 |
| El Salvador | María Elena Henríquez | 20 | San Salvador | 31 |
| Finland | Nina Björkfelt | 22 | Turku | 40 |
| France | Gaëlle Voiry † | 21 | Bordeaux | 30 |
| Germany | Christiane Stocker | 23 | Darmstadt | 39 |
| Ghana | Dela Tamakloe | 24 | Accra | 30 |
| Gibraltar | Sarah Yeats | 18 | Gibraltar | 33 |
| Greece | Sophia Lafkioti | 19 | Athens | 31 |
| Guam | Mary Esteban | 22 | Dededo | 32 |
| Guatemala | María del Rosario Pérez Aguilar | 25 | Guatemala City | 30 |
| Holland | Gabrielle Stap | 21 | The Hague | 46 |
| Honduras | Claudia Bendaña McCausland | 21 | Tegucigalpa | 30 |
| Hong Kong | Elaine da Silva | 18 | Sai Kung | 31 |
| Hungary | Kinga Czuczor | 20 | Budapest | 32 |
| Iceland | Ásta Sigríður Einarsdóttir | 19 | Garðabær | 30 |
| India | Naveeda Mehdi | 18 | Bombay | 35 |
| Ireland | Siobhan McClafferty | 20 | Dublin | 43 |
| Israel | Ariela Tesler | 18 | Tel Aviv | 30 |
| Italy | Cristina Gavagnin | 19 | Trieste | 32 |
| Jamaica | Erica Aquart | 20 | Kingston | 42 |
| Japan | Tomoko Iwasaki | 20 | Shizuoka | 30 |
| Kenya | Aisha Wawira Lieberg ✝︎ | 19 | Embu | 32 |
| Korea | Go Hyun-jung | 19 | Seoul | 35 |
| Latvia | Velga Bražņevica | 23 | Riga | 38 |
| Luxembourg | Bea Jarzyńska | 18 | Luxembourg City | 30 |
| Macau | Alexandra Paula Costa Mendes | 19 | Macau | 30 |
| Madagascar | Ellys Raza | 20 | Antananarivo | 30 |
| Malta | Karen Demicoli | 18 | Żejtun | 30 |
| Mauritius | Marie Desirée Audrey Pitchen | 23 | Beau Bassin | 30 |
| Mexico | Luz María Mena Basso | 23 | Mérida | 40 |
| Namibia | Ronel Liebenberg | 22 | Windhoek | 30 |
| New Zealand | Adele Valerie Kenny | 17 | Murupara | 42 |
| Nigeria | Sabina Ifeoma Umeh | 21 | Lagos | 30 |
| Norway | Ingeborg Kolseth | 20 | Hundorp | 33 |
| Panama | Madelaine Leignadier Dawson | 20 | Panama City | 30 |
| Papua New Guinea | Nellie Ban | 23 | Manus | 30 |
| Paraguay | Alba María Cordero Rivals | 21 | Asunción | 31 |
| Peru | Gisselle Martínez Cuadros | 21 | Lima | 38 |
| Philippines | Antonette Elizalde Ballesteros | 23 | Manila | 30 |
| Poland | Ewa Maria Szymczak | 23 | Warsaw | 40 |
| Portugal | Filomena Paula Dias Miranda Marques | 22 | Lisbon | 31 |
| Puerto Rico | Magdalena Pabón | 23 | San Juan | 35 |
| Romania | Mihaela Raescu | 22 | Craiova | 35 |
| Singapore | Karen Frances Ng | 17 | Singapore | 30 |
| Spain | María del Carmen Carrasco García | 22 | Madrid | 32 |
| Sri Lanka | Angela Mary Jane Gunasekera | 23 | Colombo | 30 |
| Sweden | Daniela Jessica Maria Almen | 19 | Västerås | 33 |
| Switzerland | Priscilla Leimgruber | 20 | Bulle | 30 |
| Thailand | Panida Umsaard | 19 | Bangkok | 30 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Guenevere Helen Kelshall | 22 | Port of Spain | 35 |
| Turkey | Jülide Ates | 19 | Istanbul | 41 |
| United Kingdom | Helen Upton | 19 | Birmingham | 39 |
| United States | Gina Marie Tolleson | 21 | Charleston | 49 |
| Uruguay | María Carolina Casalia Abelia | 19 | Montevideo | 32 |
| U.S.S.R. | Lauma Zemzare | 19 | Moscow | 37 |
| Venezuela | Sharon Raquel Luengo González | 19 | Maracaibo | 50 |
| Yugoslavia | Ivona Brnelić | 18 | Rijeka | 31 |

## 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