84 Contestants
| Nation | Contestant | Hometown |
| American Virgin Islands | Cathy Mae Sitaram | St. Croix |
| Argentina | Gabriela Karina Madeira | Buenos Aires |
| Australia | Catherine Bushell | Sydney |
| Austria | Alexandra Werbanschitz | Graz |
| Bahamas | Natasha Rolle | Nassau |
| Barbados | Ferida Kola | Bridgetown |
| Belgium | Daisy van Cauwenbergh | Limbourg |
| Belize | Pauline Young | Belize City |
| Bermuda | Sophie Cannonier | Warwick East |
| Bolivia | Claudia Nazer | Santa Cruz |
| British Virgin Islands | Nelda Felecia Farrington | Tortola |
| Bulgaria | Sonia Vassilieva | Varna |
| Canada | Morgan Fox | Richmond |
| Cayman Islands | Melissa McTaggart | Grand Cayman |
| Chile | Maria Francisca Aldunate Sanhueza | Santiago |
| China, Republic of | Wu Yi-Ning | Taipei |
| Colombia | Jasmin Oliveros Segura | Bahia Solano |
| Cook Islands | Annie Wigmore | Titikaveka |
| Costa Rica | Virginia Steinvorth | San José |
| Curaçao | Anuschka Cova | Willemstad |
| Cyprus | Aphrodite Theophanous | Pappos |
| Denmark | Susanne Johansen | Copenhagen |
| Dominican Republic | Maria Josefina Martinez | San Ignacio de Sabaneta |
| Ecuador | Cristina Elena Lopez Villagomez | Guayaquil |
| Egypt | Dina El-Naggar | Giza |
| El Salvador | Karla Lorena Hasbun | San Salvador |
| Finland | Nina Andersson | Lahti |
| France | Claudia Frittolini | Strasbourg |
| Germany | Katja Munch | Frankfurt |
| Ghana | Dzidzo Abra Amoa | Volta |
| Gibraltar | Tatiana Desoiza | Gibraltar |
| Greece | Ariadni Mylona | Heraklion |
| Guam | Rita Mae Diaz Pangelinan | Yona |
| Guatemala | Mariluz Aguilar Rivas | Guatemala City |
| Guyana | Christine Jardim | Georgetown |
| Holland | Angela Visser | Rotterdam |
| Honduras | Alina Diaz | Choluteca |
| Hong Kong | Michelle Monique Reis | Kowloon |
| Iceland | Linda Pétursdóttir | Vopnafjörður |
| India | Anuradha Kottoor | Bombay |
| Ireland | Collette Jackson | Pollagh |
| Isle of Man | Victoria O'Dea | Douglas |
| Israel | Dganit Cohen | Tel Aviv |
| Italy | Giulia Gemo | Modena |
| Jamaica | Andrea Heynes | Kingston |
| Japan | Kazumi Sakikubo | Kobe |
| Kenya | Dianna Naylor | Mombasa |
| Korea | Choi Yeon-hee | Seoul |
| Lebanon | Sylvana Samaha | Beirut |
| Liberia | Ollie White | Nimba |
| Luxembourg | Chantal Schanbacher | Wiltz |
| Macau | Helena de Conceiçao Lo Branco | Macau |
| Malaysia | Sue Wong Choy Fun | Penang |
| Malta | Josette Camilleri | Marsa |
| Mauritius | Veronique Ash | Beau Bassin |
| Mexico | Cecilia Cervera Ferrer | Mexico City |
| New Zealand | Lisa Corban | Waikato |
| Nigeria | Omasan Tokurbo Buwa | Warri |
| Norway | Rita Paulsen | Oslo |
| Papua New Guinea | Erue Taunao | Port Moresby |
| Paraguay | Maria Jose Miranda | Asunción |
| Peru | Martha Elena Kaik Tasso | Lima |
| Philippines | Dana Mayor Narvadez | San Fernando, Romblon |
| Poland | Joanna Gapinska | Szczecin |
| Portugal | Helena Isabel de Cunha Laureano | Sesimbra |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | Hailey Cassius | Newtown |
| Sierra Leone | Tiwila Ojukutu | Freetown |
| Singapore | Shirley Teo Ser Lee | Singapore |
| Spain | Susana de la Llave Varon | Figueres |
| Sri Lanka | Michelle Koelmeyer | Colombo |
| Swaziland | Thandeka Magagula | Manzini |
| Sweden | Cecilia Margareta Hörberg | Gothenburg |
| Switzerland | Karina Berger | Zurich |
| Thailand | Thaveeporn Hunsilp | Bangkok |
| Trinidad & Tobago | Wendy Baptiste | Arouca |
| Turkey | Esra Sumer | Istanbul |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | Doreen Dickerson | Grand Turk |
| Uganda | Nazma Jamal Mohamed | Entebbe |
| United Kingdom | Kirsty Roper | Staffordshire |
| United States | Diana Magaña | Rancho Palos Verdes |
| Uruguay | Gisel Silva Sienra | Montevideo |
| Venezuela | Emma Irmgard Marina Rabbe Ramírez | La Guaira |
| Western Samoa | Noanoa Hill | Apia |
| Yugoslavia | Suzana Žunić | Split |
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