Miss World 1993

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Miss World 1993
Lisa Hanna (cropped).jpg
Miss World 1993 titleholder - Lisa Hanna
Date27 November 1993
Presenters
VenueSun City Entertainment Center, Sun City, South Africa
Broadcaster
Entrants81
Placements10
Debuts
  • Czech Republic
  • Lithuania
  • Slovakia
Withdrawals
  • Czechoslovakia
  • Greenland
  • Hungary
  • Romania
  • Seychelles
  • Ukraine
  • Zambia
Returns
  • Honduras
  • Zimbabwe
Winner Lisa Hanna
Jamaica
PersonalityCharlotte Als (Denmark)
Best National CostumeKarminder Kaur-Virk (India)
Photogenic Barbara Chiappini (Italy)
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Miss World 1993, the 43rd edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 27 November 1993 at the Sun City Entertainment Centre in Sun City, South Africa. It was the second time that the Miss World pageant was held in the South Africa.The pageant attracted 81 contestants from all over the world. This is the second consecutive staging of the pageant in Sun City. The winner was Lisa Hanna of Jamaica. She was crowned by Julia Kourotchkina of Russia.

Contents

She became the third Jamaican to win Miss World since Carole Crawford in Miss World 1963 and Cindy Breakspeare in Miss World 1976.

Selection of participants

Replacements

Miss Iceland 1993, Svala Björk Arnardóttir was replaced by her first runner up, Gudrun Rut Hreidarsdóttir due undisclosed reason. She went to Miss Universe 1994 instead. Anna Baychik of Russia unable to compete internationally due underage. [1]

Debuts, returns, and, withdrawals

This edition marked the debut of the Czech Republic, Lithuania, and Slovakia and the return of Honduras and Zimbabwe; Zimbabwe last competed in 1982 and Honduras last competed in 1991.

Czechoslovakia, [a] Greenland, Hungary, Seychelles, Ukraine and Zambia, withdrew from the competition. Rita Onisca Muresan of Romania withdrew from the competition due lack of sponsor. Iryna Barabash of Ukraine, she got married few months prior the Miss World pageant. [2]

China was supposed to participate for the first time in this edition through Pan Tao Wang-Yin, but this did not push through due to a problem with her visa. Wang-Yin participated in the next edition. [3] [4] [5] Imela Nogic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, [6] [7] Sidorela Kola of Albania, [8] and Lilia Uksvarava of Estonia also did not proceed in the competition for undisclosed reasons. [9]

Results

Placements

PlacementContestant
Miss World 1993
1st Runner-Up
2nd Runner-Up
Top 5
Top 10

Judges

Contestants

Country/TerritoryContestantAgeHometown
Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina Viviana Carcereri19 Mendoza
Flag of Aruba.svg Aruba Christina van der Berg18 Noord
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia Karen Ann Carwin23 Brisbane
Flag of Austria.svg Austria Jutta Ellinger23 Vienna
Flag of the Bahamas.svg Bahamas Jacinda Sayde Francis18 Nassau
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium Stephanie Meire 23 Bruges
Flag of Bermuda.svg Bermuda Kellie Hall22 Southampton
Flag of Bolivia.svg Bolivia Claudia Lorena Arrieta Justiniano18 Santa Cruz de la Sierra
Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Brazil Lyliá Virna18 Maceió
Flag of the British Virgin Islands.svg British Virgin Islands Kaida Donovan18 Tortola
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria Vera Roussinova17 Sofia
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Tanya Lynne Memme 22 Toronto
Flag of the Cayman Islands (pre-1999).svg Cayman Islands Audry Elizabeth Ebanks20 Grand Cayman
Flag of Chile.svg Chile Jessica Miroslava Eterovic Pozas 20 Punta Arenas
Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia Silvia Isabel Durán Angarita23 Bucaramanga
Flag of Costa Rica (state).svg Costa Rica Laura Odio Salas19 San José
Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia Fani Čapalija18 Split
Flag of Curacao.svg Curaçao Sally Daflaar19 Willemstad
Flag of Cyprus.svg Cyprus Maria Magdalini Valianti19 Larnaca
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic Simona Smejkalová19 Prague
Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark Charlotte Als22 Copenhagen
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Dominican Republic Lynn Marie Álvarez Klinken21 Concepción de La Vega
Flag of Ecuador.svg Ecuador Danna Saab Saab19 Guayaquil
Flag of El Salvador.svg El Salvador Beatriz Eugenia Henríquez Pinto21 San Salvador
Flag of Finland.svg Finland Janina Frostell 20 Kuhmo
Flag of France.svg France Véronique de la Cruz19 Guadeloupe
Flag of Germany.svg Germany Petra Klein19 Ludwigsburg
Flag of Gibraltar.svg Gibraltar Jennifer Jane Ainsworth18 Gibraltar
Flag of Greece.svg Greece Mania Delou19 Athens
Flag of Guam.svg Guam Gina Burkhart18 Sinajana
Flag of Guatemala.svg Guatemala María Lucrecia Flores Flores24 Guatemala City
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Holland Hilda van der Meulen22 Oudeschoot
Flag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg Honduras Tania Brüchmann Escoria18 Tegucigalpa
Flag of Hong Kong (1959-1997).svg Hong Kong May Lam Lai-mei20 Hong Kong
Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland Guðrún Rut Hreiðarsdóttir19 Reykjavík
Flag of India.svg India Karminder Kaur-Virk20 Chandigarh
Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland Pamela Flood 22 Dublin
Flag of Israel.svg Israel Tamara Porat18 Tel Aviv
Flag of Italy.svg Italy Barbara Chiappini 18 Piacenza
Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica Lisa Rene Shanti Hanna [11] 18 Kingston
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Japan Yoko Miyasaka22 Tokyo
Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia Sigita Rude [12] 19 Liepāja
Flag of Lebanon.svg Lebanon Ghada El Turk21 Keserwan
Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania Jurate Mikutaitė21 Kaunas
Flag of Municipal Council of Macau.svg Macau Isabela Pedruco20 Macau
Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia Jacqueline Ngu23 Kuala Lumpur
Flag of Malta.svg Malta Susanne-Mary Borg17 Mosta
Flag of Mauritius.svg Mauritius Viveka Babajee †20 Beau Bassin
Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico Elizabeth Margain Rivera22 Mexico City
Flag of Namibia.svg Namibia Christalene Barbara Kahatjipara 20 Windhoek
Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand Nicola Johanna Brighty20 Auckland
Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria Helen Ntukidem22 Lagos
Flag of Norway.svg Norway Rita Omvik21 Kongsvinger
Flag of Panama.svg Panama Aracelys del Carmen Cogley Prestán23 Colón
Flag of Paraguay (1990-2013).svg Paraguay Claudia Liz Florentín Fariña19 Asunción
Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines Sharmaine “Ruffa” Rama Gutierrez [13] 19 Manila
Flag of Poland.svg Poland Aleksandra Spieczyńska19 Wrocław
Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal Ana Luísa Barbosa Moreira20 Porto
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Puerto Rico Ana Rosa Brito Suárez23 San Juan
Flag of Russia (1991-1993).svg Russia Olga Syssoeva19 Moscow
Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore Desiree Chan Fam Yin20 Singapore
Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia Dana Vojtechovská20 Košice
Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia Metka Albreht18 Postojna
Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg South Africa Palesa Jacqueline Mofokeng 21 Soweto
Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea [b] Lee Seung-yeon 24 Seoul
Flag of Spain.svg Spain Araceli García Eugenio23 Madrid
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka Chamila Wickremesinghe22 Colombo
Flag of Eswatini.svg Swaziland Sharon Richards20 Mbabane
Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Karin Victoria Silvstedt 19 Bollnäs
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland Patricia Fässler19 Zürich
Flag of the Republic of China.svg Taiwan [c] Virginia Long Wei-yen19 Taipei
Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand Maturose “Sherry” Kato Leaudsakda18 Bangkok
Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Trinidad and Tobago Denyse Michelle Paul23 San Fernando
Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey Emel Yıldırım19 Istanbul
Flag of Uganda.svg Uganda Linda Bazalaki20 Kampala
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom Amanda Louise Johnson19 Nottingham
Flag of the United States.svg United States Maribeth Brown23 Holliston
Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg United States Virgin Islands [d] Suzanne Palermo21 St. Thomas
Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay María Fernanda Navarro Guigou20 Montevideo
Flag of Venezuela (1954-2006).svg Venezuela Mónica Lei Scaccia 22 Caracas
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe Karen Amanda Stally19 Harare

Notes

  1. ↑ Czechoslovakia split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia on 1 January 1993.
  2. ↑ Competed as Korea in the pageant
  3. ↑ Also known as the Republic of China.
  4. ↑ competed as American Virgin Islands

Did not compete

Replacements

Other Notes

References

  1. ↑ The Moscow Times
  2. ↑ ""Мисс Украина": 7 победительниц — с олигархами, 4 — не у дел - Новости шоу бизнеса - Как сложились судьбы всех 26 девушек, становившихся королевами красоты в нашей стране. | СЕГОДНЯ". Archived from the original on 8 June 2017. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  3. ↑ "Anhui beauty to represent China in Miss World pageant". The Straits Times. 11 May 1993. Retrieved 5 May 2025– via National Library Board.
  4. ↑ "Meet China's Ms World hope". The New PaperThe. 10 May 1993. p. 2. Retrieved 5 May 2025– via National Library Board.
  5. ↑ "China to hold first national beauty pageant in May". The Straits Times. 27 March 1993. p. 11. Retrieved 5 May 2025– via National Library Board.
  6. ↑ Reid, Robert H. (30 May 1993). "Amid war, Sarajevo beauties vie for title". Star-News. p. 6. Retrieved 5 May 2025– via Google Books.
  7. ↑ "...As Sarajevo hosts a bittersweet beauty pageant". The Day. 30 May 1993. p. 2. Retrieved 5 May 2025– via Google Books.
  8. ↑ "Eligen a "Miss Albania"" [They chose "Miss Albania"]. La Opinion (in Spanish). 19 April 1993. p. 21. Retrieved 5 May 2025– via Google Books.
  9. ↑ Veidemann-Makko, Anna-Maria (13 June 2024). "HÕISSA, PULMAD! Miss Estonia 1993 abiellus Itaalia päikese all" [HAPPY WEDDING! Miss Estonia 1993 got married under the Italian sun]. Ohtuleht (in Estonian). Retrieved 5 May 2025.
  10. ↑ "Hanna to be Miss World judge - Entertainment". Jamaica Observer. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  11. ↑ "The Day".
  12. ↑ Tiļļa, Andris (21 April 2018). "30 gadi kopš skaistumkonkursā "Mis Rīga". Latvijas šovbiznesa balvas, skandāli, izaicinājumi, etaloni" [30 years since the beauty contest "Miss Riga". Latvian show business awards, scandals, challenges, benchmarks]. LA.LV (in Latvian). Archived from the original on 1 April 2025. Retrieved 23 April 2025.
  13. ↑ Burton-Titular, Joyce (1 October 2013). "From Vivien to Megan: The PH in Miss World history". Rappler . Archived from the original on 24 July 2024. Retrieved 28 April 2025.
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