User:Mauriziok/Miss World 1989

Miss World 1989, the 39th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 22 November 1989 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. 78 contestants took part in the pageant. It was also the first time the Soviet Union has sent a contestant in any major pageant. The winner was Aneta Kręglicka of Polish People's Republic, who was the first Eastern European person to win the competition. She was crowned by Miss World 1988, Linda Pétursdóttir of Iceland.

Judges

 * Eric Morley
 * Krish Naidoo
 * Brian Daniels
 * Rob Brandt
 * Diane Shin
 * Peter Lam
 * Giselle Laronde – Miss World 1986 from Trinidad & Tobago
 * Richard Kerring
 * George Pittman

Debuts

 * 🇭🇺 Hungary
 *  Latvian SSR (Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic)
 *  South West Africa
 *  USSR

Returns

 * Last competed in 1969:
 *  Czechoslovakia
 * Last competed in 1985:
 * 🇦🇼 Aruba
 * 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico
 * Last competed in 1987:
 * 🇵🇦 Panama
 * 🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Replacements

 *  Soviet Union – Yulia Sukhanova - Due to parental refusal to sign any contract with the Miss USSR Organizers because of her age.

Withdrawals

 * 🇧🇧 Barbados
 *  British Virgin Islands
 * 🇧🇬 Bulgaria
 * 🇪🇬 Egypt
 *  Lithuanian SSR (Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic) - Liucija Gruzdytė
 *  St. Kitts & Nevis
 * 🇸🇿 Swaziland
 *  Turks & Caicos
 * 🇺🇾 Uruguay
 * 🇮🇳 India – postpone its national pageant
 * 🇱🇧 Lebanon – Due to a civil war