# Miss Universe 1990

Miss Universe 1990, the 39th Miss Universe pageant, held on April 15, 1990 at the Shubert Theatre in Los Angeles, California, United States.
Mona Grudt of Norway was crowned by her predecessor Angela Visser of Holland at the end of the event. Seventy one contestants competed for the title.

## Results
### Placements

| Final results | Contestant |
| Miss Universe 1990 | Norway – Mona Grudt |
| 1st runner-up | United States – Carole Gist |
| 2nd runner-up | Colombia – Lizeth Mahecha |
| Top 6 | Bolivia – Rosario del Pilar Rico Toro  Chile – Uranía Haltenhoff  Mexico – Marilé del Rosario Santiago |
| Top 10 | Czechoslovakia – Jana Hronkova  India – Suzanne Sablok  Turkey – Jülide Ateş  Venezuela – Andreína Goetz |

### Final Competition

| Nation | Preliminary Average | Interview | Swimsuit | Evening Gown | Semifinal Average |
| Norway | 8.683 (1) | 8.760 (1) | 8.922 (1) | 8.989 (1) | 8.890 (1) |
| United States | 8.316 (3) | 8.509 (3) | 8.299 (7) | 8.630 (5) | 8.479 (6) |
| Colombia | 8.313 (5) | 8.610 (2) | 8.714 (2) | 8.840 (2) | 8.721 (2) |
| Mexico | 8.316 (3) | 8.500 (4) | 8.450 (4) | 8.707 (4) | 8.552 (3) |
| Chile | 8.206 (9) | 8.411 (6) | 8.410 (6) | 8.770 (3) | 8.530 (4) |
| Bolivia | 8.256 (7) | 8.439 (5) | 8.498 (3) | 8.600 (6) | 8.512 (5) |
| Venezuela | 8.420 (2) | 8.370 (7) | 8.450 (4) | 8.590 (7) | 8.470 (7) |
| India | 8.280 (6) | 8.200 (9) | 8.233 (8) | 8.552 (8) | 8.328 (8) |
| Turkey | 8.090 (10) | 8.079 (10) | 8.139 (9) | 8.200 (9) | 8.139 (9) |
| Czechoslovakia | 8.210 (8) | 8.360 (8) | 7.785 (10) | 7.970 (10) | 8.038 (10) |

### Special awards

| Special award | Contestant |
| Miss Amity | Germany – Christiane Stocker |
| Miss Photogenic | Thailand – Pasaraporn Chaimongkol |
| Best National Costume | Colombia – Lizeth Mahecha |

## Contestants

* Argentina – Paola de la Torre
* Aruba – Gwendolyne Kwidama
* Australia – Charmaine Ware
* Austria – Sandra Luttenberger
* Bahamas – Lisa Nichelle Sawyer
* Belize – Ysela Antonia Zabaneh
* Bermuda – Janet Tucker
* Bolivia – Rosario del Pilar Rico Toro
* British Virgin Islands – Jestina Hodge
* Canada – Robin Lee Ouzunoff
* Cayman Islands – Tricia Rose Whittaker
* Chile – Uranía Haltenhoff
* Colombia – Lizeth Mahecha
* Costa Rica – Julieta Posla
* Czechoslovakia – Jana Hronkova
* Denmark – Maj-Britt Jensen
* Dominican Republic – Rosario Rodríguez
* Ecuador – Jessica Núñez
* Egypt – Dalia El Behery
* El Salvador – Gracia María Guerra
* England – Carla Barrow
* Finland - Tiina Susanna Vierto
* France – Gaëlle Voiry †
* Germany – Christiane Stocker
* Gibraltar – Audrey Gingell
* Greece – Jeni Balatsinou
* Greenland – Sascha Nukaka Motzfeldt
* Guam – Marcia Damian
* Guatemala – Marianela Abate
* Holland – Stephanie Halenbeek
* Honduras – Vivian Moreno
* Hong Kong – Monica Chan
* Iceland – Hildur Dungalsdóttir
* India – Suzanne Sablok
* Ireland – Barbara Ann Curran
* Israel – Yvonna Krugliak
* Italy – Annamaria Malipiero
* Jamaica – Michelle Hall
* Japan – Hiroko Miyoshi
* Malaysia – Anna Lin Lim
* Malta – Charmaine Farrugia
* Mauritius – Anita Ramgutty
* Mexico – Marilé del Rosario Santiago
* Nigeria – Sabina Umeh
* Northern Mariana Islands – Edwina Menzies
* Norway – Mona Grudt
* Paraguay – Mónica Plate
* Peru – Marisol Martínez
* Philippines – Germelina Leah Banal Padilla
* Poland – Małgorzata Obieżalska
* Portugal – Maria Rosado
* Puerto Rico – María Luisa Fortuño
* Republic of China – Wen Tzui Pin
* Saint Vincent and the Grenadines – Glenor Browne
* Scotland – Karina Ferguson
* Singapore – Ong Lay Ling
* South Korea – Oh Hyun-kyung
* Soviet Union - Evia Stalbovska
* Spain – Raquel Revuelta
* Sri Lanka – Roshani Aluwinare
* Suriname – Saskia Sibilo
* Sweden – Linda Isaksson
* Switzerland – Catherine Mesot
* Thailand – Passaraporn Chaimongkol
* Trinidad and Tobago – Maryse de Gourville
* Turkey – Jülide Ateş
* Turks and Caicos Islands – Karen Been
* Uruguay – Ondina Pérez
* United States – Carole Gist
* Venezuela – Andreína Goetz
* Wales – Jane Lloyd

### Order of Introduction

This year followed the pageant in the year before that the Parade of Nations segment was presented by introducing the delegates, designated in the regional groups. However, the delegates were also talking about their plans for the future and telling their names.
| Geographical Region / Continent | Order of Country / Territory Introduction |
| Central and North America | Belize  Mexico  Canada  Costa Rica  Honduras  Greenland  Guatemala  El Salvador  United States |
| Asia and The Land Down Under | Singapore  Republic of China  Malaysia  Sri Lanka  Hong Kong  Japan  South Korea  India  Philippines  Thailand  Australia |
| British Isles and Western Europe | Holland  Scotland  Denmark  Norway  Wales  Portugal  France  Iceland  Switzerland  England  Ireland  Finland  Sweden  Germany  Austria |
| Eastern Europe | Poland  Soviet Union  Czechoslovakia |
| South America | Argentina  Chile  Bolivia  Venezuela  Paraguay  Ecuador  Suriname  Colombia  Peru  Uruguay |
| The Islands | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines  Trinidad and Tobago  Northern Mariana Islands  Guam  Mauritius  Turks and Caicos Islands  Dominican Republic  Bahamas  Cayman Islands  Puerto Rico  Aruba  British Virgin Islands  Jamaica  Bermuda |
| Mediterranean, Middle East, and Africa | Italy  Egypt  Malta  Turkey  Greece  Spain  Israel  Gibraltar  Nigeria |