| Winner: | Aneta Kręglicka |
| Represented: | Poland |
| Date: | 22 November 1989 |
| Presenters: | Peter Marshall, Alexandra Bastedo, John Davidson |
| Acts: | Aswad |
| Venue: | Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong |
| Broadcaster: | Asia Television |
| Entrants: | 78 |
| Placements: | 10 |
| Photogenic: | Anna Gorbunova (Soviet Union) |
| Personality: | Greet Ramaekers (Belgium) |
| Before: | 1988 |
| Next: | 1990 |
Miss World 1989, the 39th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 22 November 1989 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. 78 contestants took part in the pageant. It was the first time in history that Miss World ventured overseas. It was also the first time the Soviet Union has sent a contestant in any major pageant. The winner was Aneta Kręglicka of Polish People's Republic, who was the first Eastern European person to win the competition. She was crowned by Miss World 1988, Linda Pétursdóttir of Iceland.
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78 contestants competed for the title.
| Country/Territory | Contestant | Age | Hometown | |
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| Patricia Wiedenhofer | 17 | |||
| Dilailah Odor-Wever | 20 | |||
| Natalie McCurry | 23 | |||
| Marion Amann | 20 | |||
| Carolyn Moree | 17 | |||
| Greet Ramaekers | 18 | |||
| Martha Elena Badillo | 20 | |||
| Cherie Tannock | 23 | |||
| María Victoria Julio | 19 | |||
| Leanne Caputo | 23 | |||
| Michelle Garcia | 20 | |||
| Claudia Bahamondes | 17 | |||
| Mónica María Isaza | 20 | |||
| María Antonieta Sáenz | 18 | |||
| Supharmy Sadji | 19 | |||
| Irma Voulgari | 17 | |||
| Jana Hronková | 22 | |||
| Charlotte Pedersen | 19 | |||
| Irma Mauriz | 23 | |||
| Ximena Correa | 19 | |||
| Ana Estela Aguilar | 20 | |||
| Åsa Lövdahl | 20 | |||
| Stephanie Zlotkowski | 17 | |||
| Jasmine Beil | 23 | |||
| Afua Amoah Bonsu | 23 | |||
| Audrey Gingell | 19 | |||
| Katerina Petropoulou | 19 | |||
| Cora Tricia Yanger | 18 | |||
| Rocío Lerma de la Vega | 24 | |||
| Lyla Shalimar Ryhaan Majeed | 21 | |||
| Liesbeth Caspers | 21 | |||
| Belinda Bodden | 18 | |||
| 21 | ||||
| Magdolna Gerloczy | 18 | |||
| Hugrún Guðmundsdóttir | 20 | |||
| Barbara Ann Curran | 23 | |||
| Ronit Sutton | 19 | |||
| Paola Mercurio | 17 | |||
| Natasha Marcanik | 19 | |||
| Kaori Muto | 22 | |||
| Grace Chabari | 22 | |||
| 19 | ||||
| Ina Magone | 18 | |||
| Chris Scott | 23 | |||
| Guilhermina Madeira da Silva Pedruco | 19 | |||
| Vivien Chen Shee Yee | 24 | |||
| Marika Micallef | 18 | |||
| Jeanne-Françoise Clement | 20 | |||
| Nelia María Ochoa | 19 | |||
| Emarencia Esterhuizen | 22 | |||
| Helen Rowney | 19 | |||
| 22 | ||||
| Bente Brunland | 22 | |||
| Gloria Quintana | 19 | |||
| Joycelin Leahy | 24 | |||
| Alicia María Jaime | 20 | |||
| Maritza Zorrilla | 20 | |||
| Estrella Querubin | 20 | |||
| Poland | Aneta Kręglicka | 24 | ||
| Maria Angélica Mira | 18 | |||
| Tania Collazo | 18 | |||
 Republic of China | Wang Min-yei | 22 | Taipei | |
| Anna Young | 19 | |||
| Jacqueline Ang | 18 | |||
| Eva Pedraza | 18 | |||
| Anna Gorbunova | 22 | |||
| Serena Danvers | 21 | |||
| Lena Berglind | 23 | |||
| Catherine Mesot | 23 | |||
| Prathumrat Woramali | 17 | |||
| Samantha Bhagan | 22 | |||
| Burcu Burkut † | 19 | |||
| Doreen Lamon-Opira | 20 | |||
| Suzanne Younger | 23 | |||
| Jill Renee Scheffert | 21 | |||
| United States Virgin Islands | Vanessa Thomas | 19 | St. Thomas | |
| 19 | ||||
| Aleksandra Dobraš | 17 |
Hungary
Barbados
Bulgaria
Egypt
Swaziland
Uruguay
India – National pageant postponed
Lebanon – Due to a civil war
Poland – Aneta Kręglicka competed in Miss International in 1989, securing the second position behind Iris Klein. Shortly after, she participated in Miss World and clinched the crown, making her the first Polish woman to achieve this honor. In 2021, she won Miss World for the second time, following in the footsteps of Karolina Bielawska.
Canada
Colombia
Australia
Ireland
Mauritius
Thailand
United Kingdom
United States
Aruba
Puerto Rico
Panama
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines