UNIVERSAL HEADLINE - 22 YEARS AGO TOMORROW

Label: Miss Netherlands, Miss Universe

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AND IT'S ... MISS HOLLAND Wednesday, 24-May-1989, AP: Angela Visser of Holland was crowned Miss Universe on Tuesday night after being chosen from a field of 76 contestants from around the world. Visser, 22, who is a model and beautician from Rotterdam, won $300,000 in prizes. Miss Universe 1988, Porntip Nakhirunkanok of Thailand, presented the crown to the winner after swimsuit and evening gown competitions and personal interviews at the contest in Cancun, Mexico. Visser, who has studied piano and classical ballet for eight years, has already traveled extensively representing her country as Miss Holland. First runner up was Miss Sweden, Louise Drerenstam, 19; second runner up, Miss USA., Gretchen Polhemus, 24, of Fort Worth, Texas; third runner up, Miss Poland, Joanna Gapinsak, 21; and fourth runner up, Miss Mexico, Ardiana Abascal, 18.