Miss World 1991
Beauty pageant edition
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Miss World 1991 was the 41st edition of the Miss World pageant, at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, Georgia, the United States, on 28 December 1991.
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Miss World 1991 Titlecard | |
| Date | 28 December 1991 |
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| Entertainment | Indecent Obsession |
| Venue | Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta, Georgia, United States |
| Broadcaster | E! |
| Entrants | 78 |
| Placements | 10 |
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| Winner | Ninibeth Leal[1] Venezuela |
Gina Tolleson of the United States crowned Ninibeth Leal of Venezuela as her successor at the conclusion of the event. Miss World 1991 was scheduled to be held in the Dominican Republic but, due to scheduling difficulties, Miss World organisers moved the pageant, first to Puerto Rico, then finally settling in Atlanta, Georgia, in the United States. Preliminary swimsuits for the 1991 Miss World pageant was held in South Africa.[2]
Selection of participants
Replacements
Antonia Balint of Hungary was stripped of the Miss Hungary 1991 title, after photographs printed in Hungarian newspapers showed that she had previously appeared in the men's magazine Lui and other publications against Miss World rules.[3] She was replaced by her first runner-up, Timea Raba but Raba couldn't replace her for the same reason. Orsolya Michina represented Hungary instead.[4]
Debuts, returns, and, withdrawals
This edition marked the debut of Greenland and the return of South Africa, which last competed 1977[a], Antigua and Barbuda last competed in 1986, Lebanon and Swaziland last competed in 1988 and Ecuador, Malaysia and Taiwan last competed in 1989.
Barbados, Cook Islands, Egypt, Hong Kong, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Papua New Guinea, Peru and Sri Lanka, withdrew from the competition. Tara Paat of Canada withdrew from the competition[b] and Ilmira Shamsutdinova of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, won Miss USSR 1991 and was invited to compete in this edition, but she was underage to attend.
Muriel Edoukou of Côte d'Ivoire was supposed to compete but withdrew from the competition due to failed to arrive.[5] Tracy Ann D'Abreu of Guyana also withdrew from the competition due to the controversy over her victory and citizenship, she was declared ineligible to compete at Miss World 1991.[6][7] Birgit Højgaard of Faroe Islands, was supposed to debut at Miss World 1991, however her separate participation was rejected by the Miss World Organization, because the Faroe Islands are an administrative part of Denmark, then she participated at Miss Denmark World 1991 and was second runner-up.[8]
Results
Placements
| Placement | Contestant |
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| 1st Runner-Up |
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| 2nd Runner-Up |
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| Top 5 |
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| Top 10 |
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Continental Queens of Beauty
| Continent/Region | Contestant |
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| Africa |
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| Americas |
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| Asia & Oceania |
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| Caribbean |
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| Europe |
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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
Contestants
Seventy-eight contestants competed for the title.
Notes
- South Africa returned after the Miss World Organization decided to lift a 14-year apartheid rule, allowing its contestants to compete.
- She quit from the Pageant few weeks before the finals due to a dispute with pageant officials following a trip to South Africa in which she observed racial discrimination which she felt was tacitly approved by pageant officials
- Competed as Korea in the pageant
- Also known as the Republic of China and competed as Chinese Taipei in the pageant
Replacements
Taiwan – Lu Shu-Fang
Other notes
Namibia– Michelle McLean eventually competed in Miss Universe four months after she placed in the top five in Miss World 1991. She emerged victorious of the former pageant, thus making her the first Namibian to claim the Miss Universe crown.