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.

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

Debuts
There were two panels of judges, one in the UK 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.
 * 🇷🇴 Romania competed in Miss World for the first time after the Miss World Organization allowed the nation to compete after a 24-year revolution.

Returns

 * Last competed in 1974:
 * 🇲🇬 Madagascar
 * Last competed in 1987:
 * 🇧🇷 Brazil
 * Last competed in 1988:
 * 🇧🇧 Barbados
 *  British Virgin Islands
 * 🇧🇬 Bulgaria
 * 🇨🇰 Cook Islands
 * 🇪🇬 Egypt
 * 🇮🇳 India
 * 🇺🇾 Uruguay

Withdrawals

 * 🇪🇨 Ecuador – Due to lack of sponsorship
 * 🇱🇧 Lebanon – Due to a civil war
 * 🇲🇾 Malaysia – Due to lack of sponsorship
 *  Republic of China