78 Contestants
| Nation | Contestant | Hometown |
| American Virgin Islands | Vanessa Thomas | St. Thomas |
| Argentina | Patricia Weidenhofer | La Pampa |
| Aruba | Delailah Odor-Wever | Oranjestad |
| Australia | Natalie Tania McCurry | Sydney |
| Austria | Marion Amann | Vienna |
| Bahamas | Carolyn Moree | Nassau |
| Belgium | Greet Ramaekers | Limbourg |
| Belize | Martha Badillo | San Pedro |
| Bermuda | Cherie Tannock | Warwick |
| Bolivia | Maria Victoria Julio | Tarija |
| Canada | Leanne Caputo | Milton |
| Cayman Islands | Michelle Garcia | Grand Cayman |
| Chile | Claudia Celis Bahamondes | Santiago |
| China, Republic of | Wang Min-Yei | Taipei |
| Colombia | Monica Maria Isaza Mejia | Medellín |
| Costa Rica | Maria Antonieta Saenz Vargas | San José |
| Curaçao | Supharmy Sadjie | Willemstad |
| Cyprus | Irma Voulgari | Larnaca |
| Czechoslovakia | Jana Hronkova | Košice |
| Denmark | Charlotte Pedersen | Holstebro |
| Dominican Republic | Irma Guillermina Mauriz Pimentel | San Felipe de Puerto Plata |
| Ecuador | Ximena Paulett Correa Jarre | Machala |
| El Salvador | Ana Estela Aguilar | San Salvador |
| Finland | Åsa Maria Lovdahl | Helsinki |
| France | Stephanie (Peggy) Zlotkowski | Bordeaux |
| Germany | Jasmine Bell | Berlin |
| Ghana | Afua Amoah Bonsu | Accra |
| Gibraltar | Audrey Gingell | Gibraltar |
| Greece | Katerina Petropoulou | Athens |
| Guam | Cora Taitano Yanger | Mangilao |
| Guatemala | Rocio Lerma de la Vega | Guatemala City |
| Guyana | Lyla Shalimar Ryhaan Majeed | Georgetown |
| Holland | Liesbeth Caspers | Noordwijk |
| Honduras | Belinda Bodden Alvarez | San Pedro Sula |
| Hong Kong | Ewong Yung-Hung | Hong Kong |
| Hungary | Magdolna Gerloczy | Budapest |
| Iceland | Hugrun Linda Gudmundsdóttir | Reykjavík |
| Ireland | Barbara Ann Curran | Dublin |
| Israel | Ronit Siton | Jerusalem |
| Italy | Paola Mercurio | Naples |
| Jamaica | Natasha Lee Marcanik | Kingston |
| Japan | Kaori Muto | Tokyo |
| Kenya | Grace Chabari | Mombasa |
| Korea | Kim Hye-ree | Seoul |
| Latvia | Ina Magone | Liepāja |
| Luxembourg | Chris Scott | Luxembourg City |
| Macau | Guilhermina Madeira da Silva Pedruco | Macau |
| Malaysia | Vivien Chen Shee-Yee | Kuching |
| Malta | Marika Micallef | Għargħur |
| Mauritius | Jeanne-Françoise Nathalie Clement | Beau Bassin |
| Mexico | Nelia Maria Ochoa Arteaga | Veracruz |
| Namibia | Emarencia (Emsie) Esterhuizen | Windhoek |
| New Zealand | Helen Rowney | Auckland |
| Nigeria | Bianca Onoh | Enugu |
| Norway | Bente Charlotte Rosenkilde Brunland | Oslo |
| Panama | Gloria Stella Quintana | Panama City |
| Papua New Guinea | Joycelin Leahy | Port Moresby |
| Paraguay | Alicia Maria Jaime Villamayor | Asunción |
| Peru | Maritza Zorrilla Priori | Lima |
| Philippines | Estrella Singson Querubin | Manila |
| Poland | Aneta Beata Kreglicka | Gdańsk |
| Portugal | Maria Angelica Mira Rosado | Lisbon |
| Puerto Rico | Tania Collazo | Orocovis |
| St. Vincent & the Grenadines | Anna Young | Kingstown |
| Singapore | Jacqueline Ang | Singapore |
| Spain | Eva Maria Pedraza Lopez | Córdoba |
| Sri Lanka | Serena Danvers | Colombo |
| Sweden | Lena Berglind | Gothenburg |
| Switzerland | Catherine Mesot | Wil |
| Thailand | Prathumrat Woramali | Bangkok |
| Trinidad & Tobago | Samantha Bhagan | Goodwood Park |
| Turkey | Burcu Burkut | İzmir |
| Uganda | Doreen Lamon-Opira | Kampala |
| United Kingdom | Suzanne Younger | Caerphilly |
| United States | Jill Renee Scheffert | Oklahoma City |
| U.S.S.R. | Anna Gorbunova | Moscow |
| Venezuela | Fabiola Chiara Candosin Marchetti | Caracas |
| Yugoslavia | Aleksandra Dobras | Banja Luka |
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