Bottom  Curacao, Argentina, Sweden, Belgium, Germany, Holland, Hungary, New Zealand, Paraguay, Portugal, British Virgin Islands, Venezuela, Peru, Norway, Israel, Honduras, Greece, Brazil, El Salvador & U.S.A.

2nd row  Australia, Bahamas, Dominican Republic, Gibraltar, Jamaica, Luxemburg, Bulgaria, Switzerland, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Cook Islands, Uruguay, Romania, Philippines, Japan, Italy, American Virgin Islands, Denmark, Barbados & Austria

3rd row  France, Kenya, Macau, Poland, Sri Lanka, Yugoslavia, Canada, Guam, Korea, Ireland, Hong Kong, Iceland, Guatemala, Colombia, Bolivia, USSR, Spain, Panama, Latvia & Ghana

Top  Mexico, Nigeria, Turkey, India, Egypt, Puerto Rico, United Kingdom, Madagascar, Trinidad & Tobago, Costa Rica, Mauritius, Aruba, Malta, Cayman Islands, Singapore, Finland, Chile, Belize, Papua New Guinea & Namibia

Miss United States, Gina Marie Tolleson enjoyed a champagne breakfast and attention from the media after being crowned Miss World in London. 

Ms. Tolleson didn’t let a little thing like the flu stop her from competing.  “I felt so bad during dress rehearsal that I had to get off stage and all I could do was pray I would be OK,” she said about her flu, which apparently was brought on by the London weather. 

The brown-haired, brown-eyed Ms. Tolleson, who is six feet tall, was crowned at the 40th annual Miss World beauty contest by last year’s winner, Aneta Kreglicka of Poland.

Ms. Tolleson, who said she hopes to work in broadcast journalism after finishing her studies, is trained in ballet, jazz and tap dancing.  Her hobbies include horse riding and gardening. 

She won $19,000 in cash and a work contract worth $59,000.

The 21-year-old University of Georgia sophomore told reporters she would use the money to pay for a Jeep Cherokee she recently bought, do a little shopping and “just sit on” the rest.

First, she said, she would get some sleep.

“I’m just resting the rest of the day, catching up on my beauty sleep which I desperately need.”

She said she and her mother called her father back home in Spartanburg, S.C., before she went to bed after the contest.

First RU was Miss Ireland, 20-year-old air stewardess Siobhan McClafferty.  Miss Venezuela, 19-year-old dance teacher Sharon Raquel Luengo Gonzales, was third.  A panel of judges made the selection.

MISS WORLD 1990

1990 November 8
London, England
81 entries

Results
1  U.S.A.  Gina Marie Tolleson
       Queen of Americas
2  Ireland  Siobhan McClafferty (Universe '91)
       Queen of Europe 
3  Venezuela  Sharon Raquel Luengo González 

Finalists
4  Finland  Nina Björkfelt  (winner Scandinavia '91)
5  New Zealand  Adele Valerie Kenny
       Queen of Asia & Oceania

Semi-finalists
Aruba  Gwendolyne Charlotte Kwidama (Universe '90)
Holland  Gabrielle Stap 
Jamaica  Erica Aquart (SF Mrs World '95)
      Queen of Caribbean Isles
Poland  Ewa Maria Szymczak (SF International '90, winner Queen of Europe '90, 2nd RU Baltic Sea '91, SF Europe '91)
Turkey  Julide Ates (SF Universe '90)

Remainder
American Virgin Islands  Keima Akintobi
Argentina  Romina Rosales
Australia  Karina Brown
Austria  Carina Friedberger
Bahamas  Lisa Gizelle Strachan
Barbados  Cheryl Jean Brewster
Belgium  Katia Alens (SF International '90, Europe '91, Universe '91)
Belize  Ysela Antonia Zabaneh (Universe '90, All-Nations '90)
Bolivia  Daniela Domínguez
Brazil  Karla Cristina Kwiatkowski
British Virgin Islands  Suzanne Spencer
Bulgaria  Violeta Galabova
Canada  Natasha Palewandrem 
Cayman Islands  Bethea Michelle Christian (Universe '91)
Chile  Maria Isabel Jara Pizarro
Colombia  Angela Mercedes Mariño Ortiz (Sudamericana '91)
Cook Islands  Angela Manarang
Costa Rica  Andrea Murillo Fallas (International '90, Coffee '92)
Curacao  Jacqueline Nelleke Josien Krijger (Hawaiian Tropic '90, SF Universe '91)
Cyprus  Emilia Groutidou
Czechoslovakia  Andrea Roskovcova
Denmark  Charlotte Christiansen
Dominican Republic  Brenda Marte Lajara (winner Intercontinental '89, Coffee '91)
Egypt  Dhalia El Beheri (Universe '90)
El Salvador  Maria Elena Henríquez
France  Gaëlle Voiry (Universe '90, Europe '91)
Germany  Christiane Stocker (Universe '90)
Ghana  Dela Tamakole  (Universe '91)
Gibraltar  Sarah Yeats
Greece  Sofia Lafkioti
Guam  Mary Esteban
Guatemala  Maria del Rosario Pérez Aguilar (All-Nations '90)
Honduras  Claudia Bendaña McCausland 
Hong Kong  Elaine da Silva
Hungary  Kinga Czuczor (International '91)
Iceland  Asta Sigridur Einarsdóttir (Scandinavia '91)
India  Naveeda Mehdi
Israel  Ari'ela Tessler
Italy  Cristina Gavagnin
Japan  Tomoko Iwasaki
Kenya  Aisha Wawira Lieberg (Universe '92)
       Queen of Africa
Korea  Goh Hyun-jung
Latvia  Velga Braznevica (Baltic Sea '91)
Luxembourg  Bea Jarzynska (International '90)
Macau  Alexandra Paula Costa Mendes
Madagascar  Ellys Raza
Malta  Karen Demicoli (Europe '92)
Mauritius  Marie Desirée Audrey Pitchen
Mexico  Luz María Mena Basso
Namibia  Ronel Liebenberg (Universe '91)
Nigeria  Sabina Ifeoma Umeh (Universe '90)
Norway  Ingerborg Kolseth  (All-Nations '90)
Panama  Madelaine Leignadier Dawson
Papua New Guinea  Nellie Ban
Paraguay  Alba Maria Cordero Rivals  (International '89)
Peru  Gisselle Martínez Cuadros (Hispanidad '90)
Philippines  Antonette Elizalde Ballesteros
Portugal  Filomena Paula Dias Miranda Marques
Puerto Rico  Magdalena Pabón
Romania  Mihaela Raescu
Singapore  Karen Frances Ng
Spain  Maria del Carmen Carrasco García de la Torre (SF Maja '85, Latin America '86, SF All-Nations '89)
Sri Lanka  Angela Mary Jane Gunaskera
Sweden  Daniela Jessica Maria Almen
Switzerland  Priscilla Leimgruber 
Thailand  Panida Umsaard
Trinidad & Tobago  Guenevere Helen Kelshall (Universe '89)
U.S.S.R.  Lauma Zemzare
United Kingdom  Helen Upton (Universe '91, SF International-Britain '91)
Uruguay  Maria Carolina Casalia Abelia
Yugoslavia  Ivona Brnelic

Awards
Miss Personality  Nigeria
Miss Photogenic  Venezuela