Miss Universe 1995

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Miss Universe 1995
Date12 May 1995 [1]
Presenters
Entertainment
Venue Windhoek Country Club Resort, Windhoek, Namibia
Broadcaster
  • CBS (international)
  • NBC (official broadcaster)
Entrants82
Placements10
Debuts
  • Seychelles
  • Ukraine
  • Zambia
Withdrawals
  • Argentina
  • Belgium
  • Honduras
  • Luxembourg
  • Swaziland
  • Zimbabwe
Returns
  • Belize
  • Bonaire
  • Czech Republic
  • Indonesia
  • Kenya
  • Nicaragua
  • South Africa
  • United States Virgin Islands
Winner Chelsi Smith
United States
Congeniality Toyin Raji (Nigeria)
Best National CostumeMaría Reyes (Spain)
Photogenic Petra Hultgren (Sweden)
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Miss Universe 1995 was the 44th Miss Universe pageant, held at the Windhoek Country Club Resort in Windhoek, Namibia on 12 May 1995. [1] Chelsi Smith of the United States was crowned by Sushmita Sen of India at the conclusion of the event. This marks the first and so far only time the pageant has been held in Africa. [2] Eighty-two contestants competed in this year.

Contents

Results

Placements

PlacementContestant
Miss Universe 1995
1st Runner-Up
2nd Runner-Up
  • Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada – Lana Buchberger
Top 6
  • Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Puerto Rico – Desiree Lowry
  • Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Trinidad and Tobago – Arlene Peterkin
  • Flag of Venezuela (1954-2006).svg Venezuela – Denyse Floreano
Top 10
  • Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia – Tatiana Castro
  • Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Dominican Republic – Cándida Lara
  • Flag of El Salvador.svg El Salvador – Eleonora Carrillo
  • Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa – Augustine Masilela

Special awards

AwardContestant
Miss Photogenic
Miss Congeniality
Best National Costume
Vibrance Most Beautiful Hair Award
  • Flag of Peru.svg  Peru – Paola Dellepiane

Contestants

Eighty-two contestants competed for the title.

Country/TerritoryContestantAge [a] Hometown
Flag of Aruba.svg Aruba Marie-Denise Herrlein20 San Nicolaas
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia Jacqueline Shooter20 Gold Coast
Flag of the Bahamas.svg Bahamas Tenika Lindsay20 Grand Bahama
Flag of Belize.svg Belize Deborah Wade20 Belmopan
Flag of Bolivia.svg Bolivia Sandra Rivero22 Santa Cruz de la Sierra
Flag of Bonaire.svg Bonaire Donna Landwier20 Kralendijk
Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil Renata Bessa18 Contagem
Flag of the British Virgin Islands.svg British Virgin Islands Elaine Patricia Henry20 Tortola
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria Boiana Dimitrova18 Pleven
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Lana Buchberger20 Calgary
Flag of the Cayman Islands.svg Cayman Islands Anita Bush22 Grand Cayman
Flag of Chile.svg Chile Paola Falcone20 Santiago
Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia Tatiana Castro21 Bogotá
Flag of the Cook Islands.svg Cook Islands Tarita Brown20 Rarotonga
Flag of Costa Rica.svg Costa Rica Beatriz Alejandra Alvarado19 Alajuela
Flag of Curacao.svg Curaçao Maruschka Jansen24 Willemstad
Flag of Cyprus.svg Cyprus Clara Davina Rainbow18 Larnaca
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic Eva Kotulánová20 Brno
Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark Tina Dam22 Aalborg
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Dominican Republic Cándida Lara23 Santo Domingo
Flag of Ecuador.svg Ecuador Radmila Pandžić22 Manabí
Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt Nadia Ezz22 Cairo
Flag of El Salvador.svg El Salvador Eleonora Carrillo 19 San Salvador
Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia Enel Eha19 Tallinn
Flag of Finland.svg Finland Heli Pirhonen20 Kitee
Flag of France.svg France Corine Lauret21 Réunion
Flag of Germany.svg Germany Ilka Endres25 Aachen
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain Sarah-Jane Southwick19 Nottingham
Flag of Greece.svg Greece Helen Papaioannou25 Thessaloniki
Flag of Guam.svg Guam Alia Tui Stevens23 Chalan Pago-Ordot
Flag of Guatemala.svg Guatemala Indira Chinchilla23 Guatemala City
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong Halina Tam22Hong Kong
Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary Andrea Harsanyi20 Győr
Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland Margret Skuladóttir Sigurz20 Reykjavík
Flag of India.svg India Manpreet Brar 22 Delhi
Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia Susanty Manuhutu 21 Jakarta
Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland Anna Marie McCarthy [3] 23 Dublin
Flag of Israel.svg Israel Yana Kalman20 Tel Aviv
Flag of Italy.svg Italy Alessandra Meloni22 Cagliari
Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica Justine Willoughby23 Kingston
Flag of Japan.svg Japan Narumi Saeki19 Tokyo
Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya Josephine Wanjiku Mbatia25 Nairobi
Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia Suziela Azrai 18 Klang
Flag of Malta.svg Malta Sonia Massa20 Fleur-de-Lys
Flag of Mauritius.svg Mauritius Marie Priscilla Mardaymootoo25 Port Louis
Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico Luz María Zetina 21 Mexico City
Flag of Namibia.svg Namibia Patricia Burt20 Windhoek
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands Chantal van Woensel22 Zeeland
Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand Shelley Edwards23 Auckland
Flag of Nicaragua.svg Nicaragua Linda Clerk22 Managua
Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria Toyin Raji 22 Kogi
Flag of the Northern Mariana Islands.svg Northern Mariana Islands Karah Kirschenheiter18 Saipan
Flag of Norway.svg Norway Lena Sandvik23 Østfold
Flag of Panama.svg Panama Michele Sage 25 Panama City
Flag of Paraguay.svg Paraguay Bettina Barboza19 Asunción
Flag of Peru.svg Peru Paola Dellepiane18 Lima
Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines Joanne Santos [4] 18 Manila
Flag of Poland.svg Poland Magdalena Pecikiewicz19 Silesia
Flag of Portugal (official).svg Portugal Adriana Iria19 Faro
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Puerto Rico Desirée Lowry 22 Corozal
Flag of Romania.svg Romania Monika Grosu20 Bucharest
Flag of Russia.svg Russia Yulia Alekseeva22 Moscow
Flag of Seychelles.svg Seychelles Maria Payet21 Mahé
Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore Tun Neesa Abdullah23 Singapore
Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia Nikoleta Mezsarasova20 Bratislava
Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa Augustine Masilela26 Johannesburg
Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea Han Sung-joo20 Seoul
Flag of Spain.svg Spain María Reyes18 Soria
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka Shivani Vasagam 24 Colombo
Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Petra Hultgren 23 Stockholm
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland Sarah Briguet24 Geneva
Flag of the Republic of China.svg Taiwan Liao Chia-Yi18 Taipei
Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand Phavadee Vichienrat20 Bangkok
Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Trinidad and Tobago Arlene Peterkin27 Port of Spain
Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey Gamze Saygi21 Istanbul
Flag of the Turks and Caicos Islands.svg Turks and Caicos Islands Sharleen Rochelle Grant24 Grand Turk
Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine Irina Chernomaz19 Kharkiv
Flag of the United States.svg United States Chelsi Smith [5] 21 Houston
Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg United States Virgin Islands Kim Marie Ann Boschulte24 Saint Thomas
Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay Sandra Znidaric22 Montevideo
Flag of Venezuela (1954-2006).svg Venezuela Denyse Floreano18 Ciudad Ojeda
Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia Luo Trica Punabantu19 Lusaka

Notes

  1. ↑ Ages at the time of the pageant

References

  1. 1 2 The event was televised live at 09:00 pm local time (UTC+01:00) in various broadcasters around the world. For the United States, it was tape delayed to make way for the primetime broadcast.
  2. ↑ Kelly, Sean (May 14, 1995). "Miss USA wins 1995 Miss Universe pageant". Manila Standard . Retrieved October 22, 2021.
  3. ↑ Clarke, Victoria Mary (30 November 2003). "The World at her feet". Irish Independent . Retrieved 21 September 2023.
  4. ↑ Rosales, Francisco M. (14 March 1995). "Towering Pampango lass wins Bb. Pilipinas-Universe crown". Manila Standard . p. 6. Retrieved 21 September 2023– via Google News Archive.
  5. ↑ "Texas Representative Named Miss USA". The Victoria Advocate. Associated Press. February 10, 1995.
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