Contestants
| Nation | Contestant |
| Argentina | Elsa Cecilia Galotti |
| Aruba | Ethline Ambrosia Dekker |
| Australia | Linda Leigh Shepherd |
| Austria | Sonya-Maria Schlepp |
| Bahamas | Bernadette Louise Cash |
| Belgium | Brigitte Biche Billen |
| Bermuda | Zina Maria Minks |
| Bolivia | Sonia Giovanna Malpartida |
| Brazil | Loiane Rogeria Aiache |
| Canada | Annette Labrecque |
| Cayman Islands | Delia Devon Walter |
| Colombia | Maria Cristina Valencia Cardoña |
| Costa Rica | Marie Claire Tracy Coll |
| Curacao | Soraida Celestina de Windt |
| Cyprus | Parthenopi (Mara) Vassiliadou |
| Denmark | Jane Bill |
| Dominican Republic | Patricia Polanco Alvarez |
| Ecuador | Gabriela Maria Catelina Rios Roca |
| Finland | Ritva Helena Tamio |
| France | Patricia Barzyk |
| Germany | Gabriella Brum |
| Gibraltar | Yvette Dominguez |
| Greece | Vera Zacharopoulou |
| Guam | Kimberley Santos |
| Guatemala | Lizabeth (Ligia) Iveth Martinez Noack |
| Holland | Desiree Maria Johanna Nicole Geelen |
| Honduras | Rosario Etelvina (Ethel) Raudales Velasquez |
| Hong Kong | Julia Chan Fung-Chi |
| India | Elizabeth Anita Reddi |
| Ireland | Michelle Mary Teresa Rocca |
| Isle of Man | Voirrey (Flory) Melanie Wallace |
| Israel | Anat Zimmermann |
| Italy | Stefania de Pasquaci |
| Jamaica | Michelle Ann Harris |
| Japan | Kanako Ito |
| Jersey | Karen Rosemary Poole |
| Korea | Chang Sun-ja |
| Lebanon | Celeste El-Assai |
| Lesotho | Lit'sila Alina Lerotholi |
| Malaysia | Callie Liew Tan Chee |
| Malta | Frances Lucy Duca |
| Mauritius | Christiane Carol Mackay |
| Mexico | Claudia Mercedes Holley |
| New Zealand | Vicky Lee Hemi |
| Norway | Maiken Nielsen |
| Panama | Aurea Horta Torrijos |
| Papua New Guinea | Mispah Alwyn |
| Paraguay | Celia Noemi Schaerer |
| Peru | Slivia Roxana Vega Ramos |
| Philippines | Milagros (Mila) Guidote Nabor |
| Puerto Rico | Michelle Torres Cintron |
| Singapore | Adda Pang |
| Spain | Francisca (Paquita) Ondiviela Otero |
| Sri Lanka | Bernadine Rosemarie Fernando Ramanyake |
| Swaziland | Nomagoisa Cawe |
| Sweden | Kerstin Monika Jenemark |
| Switzerland | Jeannette Linkenheil |
| Thailand | Unchulee Chaisawan |
| Trinidad & Tobago | Maria Octavia Chung |
| Turkey | Fahriye Funda Ayloglu |
| United Kingdom | Kim Ashfield |
| United States | Brooke Alexander |
| Uruguay | Ana Claudia Carriquiry |
| Venezuela | Hilda Astrid Abrahamz Navarro |
| Virgin Islands | Palmira Frorup |
| Western Samoa | Liliu Tapuai |
| Zimbabwe | Shirley Richard Nyanyiwa |
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