Miss Universe 1993

Miss Universe 1993
Dayanara Torres
Date	21 May 1993
Presenters	Dick Clark Cecilia Bolocco Angela Visser
Venue	Auditorio Nacional, Mexico City, Mexico
Broadcaster	CBS TV Azteca
Entrants	79
Placements	10
Debuts	Czech Republic Estonia Swaziland
Withdrawals	Bermuda CIS Cook Islands Czechoslovakia Egypt Kenya Taiwan
Returns	Belize Ghana Hong Kong Italy Trinidad and Tobago
Winner	Dayanara Torres Puerto Rico
Congeniality	Jamila Haruna Danzuru Ghana
Best National Costume	Ine Beate Strand Norway
Photogenic	Eugenia Santana Spain
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Miss Universe 1993 was the 42nd Miss Universe pageant, held at the Auditorio Nacional in Mexico City, Mexico, on 21 May 1993. At the event's conclusion, Dayanara Torres of Puerto Rico was crowned Miss Universe 1993 by Michelle McLean of Namibia. ^[1] Seventy-nine contestants competed in the pageant.

The pageant was hosted by Dick Clark for the fourth and final time, with commentary from former Miss Universe titleholders Cecilia Bolocco (1987) and Angela Visser (1989). ^[2]

This was the third time the pageant was held in Mexico, two years after Lupita Jones won Mexico's first Miss Universe title in 1991. In the weeks prior to the final telecast, the contestants visited Campeche, Oaxaca, Zacatecas, Querétaro and the Mexican borough of Xochimilco for official events and sightseeing. ^[3]

Background

National Auditorium, the venue of the pageant

Location and date

On 13 July 1992, Miss Universe Inc. and Canal 13 Mexico director Romeo Flores announced that this edition would happen at the Auditorio Nacional in Mexico City. ^[4] The hosting of Miss Universe in Mexico is supported by the then-president of Mexico, Carlos Salinas de Gortari. ^[4] Aside from Mexico City, the candidates also visited the states of Campeche, Oaxaca, Zacatecas, Querétaro, and the borough of Xochimilco for official activities before the final competition. ^[5]

A few days before the final competition, the president of the Miss Mexico organization, Carlos Guerrero, announced that Miss Universe would be held in Mexico again in 1995. ^[6] Negotiations did not push through, and the competition occurred in Namibia, the first African country to host Miss Universe. Miss Universe was held again in Mexico in 2007. ^[7]

Selection of participants

Contestants from seventy-nine countries and territories were selected to compete in the pageant. One contestant was selected to replace the original dethroned winner.

Replacements

The winner of Eesti Miss Estonia 1993, Lilia Üksvärav, was replaced due to being underage. Her first runner-up, Kersti Tänavsuu, became the country's debut participant at Miss Universe pageant. ^[8] The winner of Miss Italia 1992  [ it ], Gloria Zanin  [ it ], was also replaced due to being underage by Elisa Jacassi, who was unplaced in the Miss Italia pageant. Miss Poland 1992, Ewa Wachowicz  [ pl ], was suposed to compete at Miss Universe 1993, but her victory at World Miss University 1993 in Korea earlier that year prevented her to compete due to contractal duties. She was replaced by her fourth runner-up, Marzenna Wolska.

Debuts, returns and withdrawals

This edition marked the debuts of the Czech Republic, Estonia, and Swaziland; and the returns of Belize, Ghana, Hong Kong, Italy, and Trinidad and Tobago, all of which last competed in 1991. ^[9] Pavlína Babůrková  [ cs ] of the Czech Republic was originally crowned as Miss Czechoslovakia 1992, but after the split into Czech Republic and Slovakia, Babůrková represented the former country. ^{[9] [10]}

Russian Yuliya Etina of the Commonwealth of Independent States withdrew from the pageant due to undisclosed reasons, just a few days after arriving in Mexico. ^{[11] [12]} The countries that formed the Commonwealth of Independent States eventually competed separately beginning in 1994.

Zambia suposed to debuting at Miss Universe with Miss Zambia 1992 Elizabeth Mwanza representing the country, but Mwanza couldn't arrive in Mexico due to problems with the issuance of her Mexican visa on time. Indira Sudiro of Indonesia was also suposed to compete in this edition, but she withdrew due to controversies surrounding her participation in the pageant. She would eventually attend the Miss Universe 1993 pageant as an observer. ^{[13] [14]}

Gibraltar intended to return to Miss Universe for a third attempt with its 1992 titleholder, Michelle Torres, but like her two predecessors, she was underage before 1 February, and as a result, she was disqualified, and the Miss Gibraltar Organisation lost the Miss Universe franchise until 2024, when they held a separate pageant for Miss Universe.

Kellie Hall of Bermuda, Nkirote Karimi M’Mbijjiwe of Kenya, Karin Majtanova of Slovak Republic and Virginia Wei-Yen Long from Republic of China withdrew due to lack of founds and sponsorships. Cook Islands and Egypt delayed their national pageants until after Miss Universe 1993.

Ukraine tried for the second time to debut at Miss Universe, first with Oksana Sokhatska, a winner of a Miss Ukraine 1992 contest held in November by another organization. Upon the Miss Universe Organization realizing that this Ukrainian organization wasn't the veridic Miss Ukraine organization, Sokhatska was disqualified, and they contacted the legit Ukrainian pageant organization who appointed the first runner-up at Miss Ukraine 1993, Olena Khomenko, to compete in Mexico, but due to lack of fonds and visa issue, she did not participate in the pageant.

Incidents during the competition

The pageant was marred by booing from the Mexican crowd following the failure of the home delegate, Angelina González, to advance to the top ten of the national costume competition and being not in the ten semifinalists. ^[15] This was particularly directed towards the American candidate, Kenya Moore, the country that owns the Miss Universe Organization. ^[1] During the judges' introduction, booing increased especially after Mexican judges José Luis Cuevas and Miss Universe 1991 Lupita Jones were introduced to the audience, who held them responsible for the local candidate's non-placement.

This continued throughout the first two events of the night: the swimsuit and interview competition. The Mexican crowd only calmed down after the musical number with Michelle McLean and the delegates singing and dancing to "Get on Your Feet" . ^[15] Generalized booing stopped and the competition continued with the evening gown event, the judges' questions, the final question and the crowning, without major incident. ^[15]

Results

Miss Universe 1993 participating countries and territories

Placements

Placement	Contestant
Miss Universe 1993	Puerto Rico – Dayanara Torres [16]
1st runner-up	Colombia – Paula Andrea Betancur [16]
2nd runner-up	Venezuela – Milka Chulina [16]
Top 6	Australia – Yvonne Voni Delfos [16]   India – Namrata Shirodkar [16] United States – Kenya Moore [16]
Top 10	Brazil – Leila Cristine Schuster [16]   Czech Republic – Pavlina Barbukova [16]   Finland – Tarja Smura [16]   Spain – Eugenia Santana [16]

Special awards

Award	Winner
Miss Photogenic	Spain – Eugenia Santana
Miss Congeniality	Ghana – Jamila Danzuru

Best National Costume

Award	Winner
Best National Costume	Norway – Ine Beate Strand [17]
1st runner-up	Lebanon – Samaya Chadrawi [17]
2nd runner-up	Turkey – Ipek Gumusoglu [17]

Contestants

Seventy-nine contestants competed for the title.

Country/Territory	Contestant	Age [a]	Hometown
Argentina	Alicia Andrea Ramón	19	Resistencia
Aruba	Dyane Escalona [18]	19	Oranjestad
Australia	Yvonne Voni Delfos [19]	18	Brisbane
Austria	Rosemary Bruckner	21	Vienna
Bahamas	Marietta Ricina Sands	24	Nassau
Belgium	Sandra Joine [20]	24	Antwerp
Belize	Melanie Smith	20	Belize City
Bolivia	Roxana Arias [21]	19	Santa Cruz de la Sierra
Brazil	Leila Schuster [22]	21	São Paulo
British Virgin Islands	Rhonda Hodge	19	Road Town
Bulgaria	Lilia Koeva	18	Sofia
Canada	Nancy Ann Elder [23]	21	Calgary
Cayman Islands	Pamela Ebanks [24]	19	George Town
Chile	Savka Pollak [25]	19	Santiago
Colombia	Paula Andrea Betancur [26]	21	Leticia
Costa Rica	Catalina Rodriguez [27]	19	Heredia
Curaçao	Elsa Roozendal [28]	19	Willemstad
Cyprus	Photini Spyridonos	19	Larnaca
Czech Republic	Pavlína Babůrková  [ cs ] [9]	19	Nový Bor
Denmark	Maria Hirse [29]	21	Copenhagen
Dominican Republic	Odalisse Rodriguez [30]	21	Santo Domingo
Ecuador	Arianna Mandini Klein [31]	19	Guayaquil
El Salvador	Katherine Mendez [32]	20	San Salvador
Estonia	Kersti Tänavsuu [33]	20	Tallinn
Finland	Tarja Smura [34]	22	Helsinki
France	Veronique de la Cruz [35]	18	Guadeloupe
Germany	Verona Feldbusch [36]	25	Hamburg
Ghana	Jamila Haruna Danzuru	25	Kumasi
Great Britain	Kathryn Middleton	24	Chesterfield
Greece	Kristina Manoussi	21	Athens
Guam	Charlene Gumataotao	21	Hågat
Guatemala	Diana Galván [37]	19	Guatemala City
Honduras	Denia Reyes [38]	18	La Ceiba
Hong Kong	Emily Lo [39]	19	Hong Kong
Hungary	Zsanna Pardy	20	Balatonfüred
Iceland	Maria Run Haflidadóttir [40]	20	Reykjavík
India	Namrata Shirodkar [41]	22	Bombay
Ireland	Sharon Ellis [42]	22	Cork
Israel	Yana Khodyrker [43]	20	Rehovot
Italy	Elisa Jacassi [44]	21	Vercelli
Jamaica	Rachel Stuart [45]	20	Kingston
Japan	Yukiko Shiki	24	Takarazuka
Lebanon	Samaya Chadrawi [17]	19	Jounieh
Luxembourg	Nathalie dos Santos	18	Luxembourg
Malaysia	Lucy Narayanasamy [46]	18	Banting
Malta	Roberta Borg	18	Qormi
Mauritius	Danielle Pascal [47]	26	Port Louis
Mexico	Angelina González [48]	18	Campeche
Namibia	Anja Schroder	23	Windhoek
Netherlands	Angelique van Zalen [49]	22	Heemstede
New Zealand	Karly Kinnaird	19	Auckland
Nicaragua	Luisa Urcuyo [50]	18	Managua
Nigeria	Rhihole Gbinigie	19	Lagos
Northern Mariana Islands	Victoria Todela [51]	20	Saipan
Norway	Ine Beate Strand [17]	21	Buskerud
Panama	Giselle González [52]	20	Santiago de Veraguas
Paraguay	Carolina Barrios [53]	18	Encarnación
Peru	Déborah de Souza-Peixoto [54]	24	Lima
Philippines	Melinda Joanna Gallardo [55]	22	Manila
Poland	Marzena Wolska [56]	23	Warsaw
Portugal	Marisa Cruz [57]	18	Lisbon
Puerto Rico	Dayanara Torres [58]	18	Toa Alta
Romania	Angelica Nicoara [59]	20	Lipova
Singapore	Renagah Devi [60]	23	Singapore
South Korea	Yoo Ha-young	18	Seoul
Spain	Eugenia Santana [61]	19	Las Palmas
Sri Lanka	Chamila Wickramesinghe	21	Colombo
Suriname	Jean Zhang	18	Paramaribo
Swaziland	Danila Faias	18	Manzini
Sweden	Johanna Lind [62]	21	Åtvidaberg
Switzerland	Valérie Bovard [63]	21	Vaud
Thailand	Chattharika Ubolsiri	21	Bangkok
Trinidad and Tobago	Rachel Charles	19	Tobago
Turkey	Ipek Gumusoglu [17]	21	Istanbul
Turks and Caicos Islands	Michelle Mills	22	Grand Turk
United States	Kenya Moore [64]	22	Detroit
United States Virgin Islands	Cheryl Simpson	19	Saint Croix
Uruguay	María Fernanda Navarro [25]	19	Montevideo
Venezuela	Milka Chulina [65]	19	Maracay

Notes

1. Ages at the time of the pageant

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External links

• Miss Universe official website