Miss World 1989 - Full Show

Miss World 1989 - Full Show

Results
1 Poland - Aneta-Beata Kreglicka (1st RU International '89)
Queen of Europe
2 Canada - Leanne Caputo
Queen of Americas
3 Colombia - Mónica Maria Isaza Mejía (winner International Flower Queen '89)

Finalists
4 Thailand - Pathumrat "Helen" Woramali
Queen of Asia
5 U.S.A. - Jill Renee Scheffert

Semi-finalists
American Virgin Islands - Vania Thomas (Universe '97)
Queen of Caribbean Isles
Australia - Natalie Tania McCurry (Young International '83, SF Most Beautiful Girl in the World '85)
Queen of Oceania
Ireland - Barbara Ann Curran (International '87, Universe '90)
Mauritius - Jeanne-Françoise Clement
Queen of Africa
United Kingdom - Suzanne Younger

A wall has fallen in the world of beauty as a 24-year-old tourism student from Poland was crowned Miss World 1989, becoming the first Eastern European to win the title.

Aneta Kreglicka was crowned by last year's winner, Linda Petursdottir of Iceland.

The blonde, blue-eyed Kreglicka also won the Miss Europe title for contestants from European countries.

First RU was Miss Canada, Leanne Caputo, a teacher.

Miss Colombia, Monica Mejia, a 20-year-old model, was second RU. The 5-foot, 7 1/2-inch Kreglicka, who said her hobbies included gymnastics and jazz dancing, received about 370,000 Hong Kong dollars ($47.345 at the current exchange rate).

Among the 10 finalists were Miss U.S.A., Jill Schiffert, and Miss United Kingdom, Suzanne Younger.

Miss Thailand, Prathumrat Woramali, took the Miss Asia title.

Also among the 78 contestants was Anna Gorbunova, the first Soviet beauty ever to enter the 38-year-old pageant. The 22-year-old secretary was chosen earlier by the press as Miss Photogenic.

Miss Belgium, Greet Ramaekers, was voted Miss Personality by her fellow contestants.