78 Contestants
| Nation | Contestant | Hometown |
| American Virgin Islands | Lisa Pitram | St. Thomas |
| Argentina | Caterina Ciscato | La Plata |
| Australia | Donna Thelma Rudrum | Melbourne |
| Austria | Ulla Weigerstorfer | Vienna |
| Bahamas | Indira Regina Wood | Nassau |
| Barbados | Dawn Michelle Waithe | Bridgetown |
| Belgium | Lynn Florentine Wesenbeek | Antwerp |
| Belize | Janine Sylvestre | Belize City |
| Bermuda | Kim Elizabeth Johnston | Southampton |
| Bolivia | Birgit Ellefsen | Cochabamba |
| Brazil | Simone Augusto Costa da Silva | Recife |
| Canada | Tracey Westerholm | Vancouver |
| Cayman Islands | Desiree Ann Hunter | Grand Cayman |
| Chile | Yasna Angelica Vukasovic Alvarez | Punta Arenas |
| Colombia | Claudia Mercedes Escobar Zapata | Cali |
| Cook Islands | Michelle Leone Oberg | Rarotonga |
| Costa Rica | Alejandra Eugenia Martínez Fuentes | Cartago |
| Curaçao | Diana Patricia Fraai | Willemstad |
| Cyprus | Niki Christou | Nicosia |
| Denmark | Zelma Hesselmann | Copenhagen |
| Dominican Republic | Paula del Carmen Lora Garcia | Salcedo |
| Ecuador | Cecilia Pozo Caminer | Guayaquil |
| El Salvador | Claudia Lorena Alvarenga Ruiz | San Salvador |
| Finland | Minna Susanna Rinnetmaki | Tampere |
| France | Nathalie Marquay | Mulhouse |
| Germany | Christiane Kopp | Berlin |
| Gibraltar | Mayte Sanchez | Gibraltar |
| Greece | Helen Moskiou | Athens |
| Guam | Francel Maribel Manibog Caracol | Agana |
| Guatemala | Mabel Daniza Hernandez Gutíerrez | Chinautla |
| Holland | Angelique Johanna Gerarda Cremers | Schinveld |
| Honduras | Claudia Maria Paz Valledares | San Pedro Sula |
| Hong Kong | Pauline Yeung Bo-Ling | Hong Kong |
| Iceland | Anna Margret Jonsdóttir | Reykjavík |
| India | Manisha Kohli | Bombay |
| Ireland | Adrienne Rock | Dublin |
| Isle of Man | Lesley Elizabeth Henthorn | Jurby |
| Israel | Ya'el Gerthler | Rehovot |
| Italy | Barbara Martinuzzi | Turin |
| Jamaica | Janice Nadine Whittingham | Kingston |
| Japan | Keiko Unno | Tokyo |
| Kenya | Sheila Linda Kegode | Nairobi |
| Korea | Chung Myoung-sun | Seoul |
| Lebanon | Josiane Haddad | Beirut |
| Luxembourg | Claudine Atten | Erpeldange |
| Macau | Olivia Maria do Rosario | Macau |
| Malaysia | Sheela Shankar | Kuala Lumpur |
| Malta | Joanne Corser | Gzira |
| Mauritius | Marie-France Geraldine Mamet | Grand Bay |
| Mexico | Elizabeth Carrillo Iturrios | Mazatlán |
| New Zealand | Karyn Annemarie Therese Meltcaf | Manukau |
| Nigeria | Mary Ngazi Bienoseh | Benue |
| Norway | Mette Veiseth | Namsos |
| Panama | Maria Cordelia Denis Urriola | Panama City |
| Papua New Guinea | Harriet Joan Warren | Port Moresby |
| Paraguay | Lourdes Beatriz Stanley Barranda | Hohenhau |
| Peru | Suzette Marie Woodman Denegri | Lima |
| Philippines | Maria Lourdes Manalili Apostol | Manila |
| Poland | Monika Ewa Nowosadko | Kolobrzeg |
| Portugal | Paula Isabel Leal do Sousa | Lisbon |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | Jennifer Elvina Hensley | Basseterre |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Nicole Camille Hadaway | Kingstown |
| Singapore | Janicia Koh Wee Ling | Singapore |
| Spain | Sonsoles Artigas Medero | Las Palmas |
| Sri Lanka | Priyanjali Marina Frances de Alwis | Dehiwala |
| Swaziland | Phindile Patricia Simelane | Mbabane |
| Sweden | Karin Agneta Charlotta Trydell | Laholm |
| Switzerland | Gabriela Bigler | Berne |
| Thailand | Benjawan Srilapan | Bangkok |
| Trinidad & Tobago | Maria del Valle Xavier | Diego Martin |
| Turkey | Sebnem Dincgor | Istanbul |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | Edna Elizabeth Smith | Grand Turk |
| United Kingdom | Karen Mellor | Barnsley |
| United States | Clotlide Helen Cabrera | Tampa Bay |
| Uruguay | Monica Ines Borrea Vicente | Montevideo |
| Venezuela | Albani Josefina Lozada Jimenez | Acarigua |
| Western Samoa | Ainslie Berking | Apia |
| Yugoslavia | Matilda Sazdova | Skopje |
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