The 78 Contestants
| Nation | Contestant | Hometown | Preliminary Score |
| American Virgin Islands | Connie Mary Colaire | Christiansted | 18 |
| Aruba | Jacqueline Deborah van Putten | St. Nicholas | 19 |
| Australia | Angeline Nasso | Sydney | 21 |
| Austria | Gabriele Christine Maxonus | Salzburg | 18 |
| Bahamas | Rhonda Lea Cornea | Marsh Harbour | 19 |
| Barbados | Elizabeth "Liz" Dana Wadman | Christ Church | 18 |
| Belgium | Ann Van den Broeck | Antwerp | 18 |
| Bermuda | Jannell Kathy Nadra Ford | Devonshire | 22 |
| Bolivia | Carolina Issa Abudinen | Santa Cruz | 18 |
| Brazil | Leila Rosana Leal Bittencourt | Porto Alegre | 28 |
| Canada | Michelle Irene Tambling | Toronto | 18 |
| Cayman Islands | Emily Yvette Hurlston | Grand Cayman | 18 |
| Chile | Lydia Ana Labarca Birke | Santiago | 20 |
| Colombia | Margarita Rosa de Francisco Baquero | Cali | 23 |
| Costa Rica | Marianela Herrera Marín | San José | 18 |
| Curaçao | Liduschka Pamela Curiel | Willemstad | 20 |
| Cyprus | Juliana Panayiota Kalogirou | Famagusta | 18 |
| Denmark | Jeanette Kroll | Odense | 19 |
| Dominican Republic | María Trinidad (Mariela) González Hernández | Santiago de Los caballeros | 18 |
| Ecuador | María del Pilar de Veintemilla Russo | Quito | 18 |
| El Salvador | Luz del Carmen Mena Duke | San Salvador | 18 |
| Finland | Marja Kristiina Kinnunen | Tampere | 26 |
| France | Nathalie Jones | New Caledonia | 18 |
| Gambia | Georgett Salleh | Brikama | 18 |
| West Germany | Marion Morell | Stuttgart | 20 |
| Gibraltar | Gail Anne May Francis | Gibraltar | 18 |
| Greece | Epi Galanos | Athens | 18 |
| Guam | Therese M. Quintanilla | Agana | 22 |
| Guatemala | Maricela Luna Villacorta | Guatemala City | 18 |
| Holland | Brigitte Bergman | Utrecht | 24 |
| Hong Kong | Aileen Lo Kam-Yu | Hong Kong | 21 |
| Iceland | Hólmfríður Karlsdóttir | Reykjavík | 34 |
| India | Sharon Mary Clarke | Bombay | 24 |
| Ireland | Anne Marie Gannon | Dublin | 27 |
| Isle of Man | Fiona Louise Hartley | Douglas | 23 |
| Israel | Maja Wechtenhaim | Haifa | 33 |
| Italy | Cosetta Antoniolli | Milan | 22 |
| Ivory Coast | Rose Armande Oulla | Abidjan | 22 |
| Jamaica | Alison Jean Barnett | Kingston | 32 |
| Japan | Haruko Sugimoto | Tokyo | 18 |
| Kenya | Jacqueline Mary Thom | Thika | 20 |
| Korea | Park Eun-kyoung | Seoul | 18 |
| Lebanon | Mary Khoury | Beirut | 18 |
| Liberia | Sarah Laurine Massanuh Horton | Monrovia | 18 |
| Luxembourg | Beatrix Bertine Herma Corneline Tinnemans | Luxembourg City | 18 |
| Malaysia | Rosalind Kong Siew Yuen | Kuala Lumpur | 18 |
| Malta | Kristina Apap Bologna | Mdina | 18 |
| Mexico | Alicia Yolanda Carrillo González | Guadalajara | 18 |
| New Zealand | Sheri Anastasia LeFleming Burrow | Auckland | 29 |
| Nigeria | Rosemary Okeke | Lagos | 18 |
| Norway | Karen Margrethe Moe | Kristiansund | 18 |
| Panama | Diana Ester Alfaro Arosemena | Panama City | 18 |
| Paraguay | Daisy Patricia Ferreira Caballero | Asunción | 32 |
| Peru | Carmen del Rosario Muro Tavara | Lambayeque | 18 |
| Philippines | Elizabeth Dionisio Cuenco | Manila | 18 |
| Poland | Katarzyna Dorota Zawidzka | Gorzów | 32 |
| Portugal | Maria de Fátima da Silva Alves Raimundo | Cascais | 18 |
| Puerto Rico | Iris Matías González | Caguas | 29 |
| St. Kitts & Nevis | Karen Marcelle Grant | Old Road Town | 18 |
| St. Vincent & the Grenadines | Donna Maria Young | Kingstown | 18 |
| Singapore | Joanna Sylvia Mitchell | Paya Lebar | 26 |
| Spain | María Amparo Martínez Cerdán | Valencia | 20 |
| Sri Lanka | Natalie Gunewardene | Colombo | 18 |
| Swaziland | June Hank | Manzini | 19 |
| Sweden | Anne-Bolette Jill Christophersson | Stockholm | 28 |
| Switzerland | Eveline Nicole Glanzmann | Bauen | 31 |
| Tahiti | Ruth Manea | Faa'a | 18 |
| Thailand | Parnlekha Wanmuang | Bangkok | 18 |
| Trinidad & Tobago | Ulrica Christina Phillip | San Fernando | 19 |
| Turks & Caicos Islands | Barbara Bulah Mae Capron | Providenciales | 18 |
| Uganda | Helen Acheng | Kitgum | 18 |
| United Kingdom | Mandy Adele Shires | Bradford | 34 |
| United States of America | Brenda Denton | Hobbs | 32 |
| Uruguay | Gabriela de León Muñiz | Montevideo | 19 |
| Venezuela | Ruddy Rosario Rodríguez de Lucía | Caracas | 36 |
| Western Samoa | Angelie Achatz | Apia | 18 |
| Yugoslavia | Aleksandra Košanović | Belgrade | 21 |
| Republic of Zaire | Kayonga "Benita" Mureka Tete | Kinshasa | 24 |
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