1989
Angela Visser
NETHERLANDS
Cancun, Mexico
1st runner-up     Louise Drevenstam   SWEDEN
2nd runner-up   Gretchen Polhemus   USA
3rd runner-up     Joanna Gapinska   POLAND
4th runner-up   Adriana Abascal Cisneros
MEXICO
SEMI-FINALISTS
Ma. Macarena Mina Garachena   CHILE
Aasa Maria Lovdahl   FINLAND
Andrea Stelzer   GERMANY
Sandra Foster   JAMAICA
Eva Lisa Larsdotter Ljung   VENEZUELA
1989 was the longest in terms  of pageant preparation lasting for over a month.  Early favorites this year were Misses Australia, Holland, Turkey, Spain, Argentina and hometown girl Mexico. Angela Visser literally ran away with the title, her semi-finals competition scores speaking for themselves, only slightly challenged by Sweden's Louise Drevenstam.  Angela and runner-up Joanna Gapinska of Poland were non-finalists in Miss World the year before.  Jamaica's Sandra Foster merely repeated her performance as a semi-finalist also in the previous Miss World pageant. Today, Angela is a budding actress and television broadcaster, co-hosting several Miss Universe telecasts in the early 1990s.
Angela's  official   photograph as
Miss Universe 1989
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