67 Contestants
| EUROPE | ||
| Contestant Number |
Nation | Contestant |
| 01 | Austria | Beatrix Kopf |
| 02 | Belgium | Dominique van Eeckhoudt |
| 03 | Cyprus | Elena Andreou |
| 04 | Denmark | Tina Brandstrup |
| 05 | Finland | Pia Irmeli Ann-Marie Nieminen |
| 06 | France | Isabelle Sophie Benárd |
| 07 | Germany | Barbara Reimund |
| 08 | Gibraltar | Yvette Maria Bellido |
| 09 | Greece | Maria Argirocastritou |
| 10 | Holland | Saskia Lemmens |
| 11 | Iceland | Åsdis Eva Hannesdóttir |
| 12 | Ireland | Geraldine Mary McGrory |
| 13 | Isle of Man | Nicola Jane Grainger |
| 14 | Italy | Marisa Tutone |
| 15 | Jersey | Elizabeth Sarah Walmsley |
| 16 | Malta | Elizabeth Mary Fenech |
| 17 | Norway | Anita Nesbø |
| 18 | Spain | Cristina Perez Cottrell |
| 19 | Sweden | Carita Gustafsson |
| 20 | Switzerland | Margit Kilchoer |
| 21 | Turkey | Aydan Şener |
| 22 | United Kingdom | Michelle Donnelly |
| OCEANIA | ||
| Contestant Number |
Nation | Contestant |
| 23 | Australia | Melissa Hannan |
| 24 | Guam | Rebecca Arroyo |
| 25 | New Zealand | Raewyn Patricia Marcroft |
| 26 | Papua New Guinea | Jennfer Abaijah |
| 27 | Tahiti | Maimiti Kinnander |
| 28 | Western Samoa | Julianna Curry |
| ASIA & AFRICA | ||
| Contestant Number |
Nation | Contestant |
| 29 | Hong Kong | Winnie Chin Wei-Yee |
| 30 | India | Deepti Divakar |
| 31 | Israel | Ninnette Asur |
| 32 | Japan | Naomi Kishi |
| 33 | Korea | Lee Han-na |
| 34 | Lebanon | Zeina Joseph Challita |
| 35 | Malaysia | Cynthia Geraldine de Castro |
| 36 | Philippines | Suzette Nicolas |
| 37 | Singapore | Sushil Kaur Sandhu |
| 38 | Sri Lanka | Sonya Elizabeth Tucker |
| 39 | Thailand | Massupha Karbprapun |
| 40 | Lesotho | Palesa Joyce Kalele |
| 41 | Zimbabwe | Juliet Nyathi |
| THE AMERICAS | ||
| Contestant Number |
Nation | Contestant |
| 42 | Argentina | Ana Helen Natali |
| 43 | Aruba | Gerarda Hendrine Jantiene Reopel |
| 44 | Bahamas | Monique Ferguson |
| 45 | Bermuda | Cymone Florie Tucker |
| 46 | Bolivia | Carolina Diaz Mansour |
| 47 | Brazil | Maristela Silvia Grazzia |
| 48 | Canada | Earla Stewart |
| 49 | Cayman Islands | Donna Marie Myrie |
| 50 | Chile | Susanna Bravo Indo |
| 51 | Colombia | Nini Johanna Soto González |
| 52 | Costa Rica | Sucetty Salas Quintanilla |
| 53 | Curacao | Mylene Mariela Gerard |
| 54 | Dominican Republic | Josefina Maria Cuello Perez |
| 55 | Ecuador | Lucia Isabel Vinueza Urjelles |
| 56 | El Salvador | Martha Alicia Ortiz |
| 57 | Guatemala | Beatriz Bojorquez Palacios |
| 58 | Honduras | Xiomara Sikaffy Mena |
| 59 | Jamaica | Sandra Angela Cunningham |
| 60 | Mexico | Doris Pontvianne Espinoza |
| 61 | Peru | Olga Roxana Zumaran Burga |
| 62 | Puerto Rico | Andrenira Ruiz Saenz |
| 63 | Suriname | Joan Boldewijn |
| 64 | Trinidad & Tobago | Rachel Ann Thomas |
| 65 | United States | Lisa Lynn Moss |
| 66 | Uruguay | Silia Marianela Bas Carrese |
| 67 | Venezuela | Carmen Josefina (Pilín) León Crespo |
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