Miss World 1995

Miss World 1995
Miss World 1995
	Miss World 1995 Titlecard
Date	18 November 1995
Presenters	Richard Steinmetz ;
Entertainment	Caught in the Act
Venue	Sun City Entertainment Center, Sun City, South Africa
Broadcaster	E! ; SABC ;
Entrants	84
Placements	10
Withdrawals	China ; Iceland ; Kenya ; Mauritius ; Nigeria ; Saint Lucia ; Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ; Sri Lanka ;
Returns	Aruba ; Barbados ; Bermuda ; Lithuania ; Zambia ;
Winner	Jacqueline Aguilera ; Venezuela
Personality	Toyin Raji (Nigeria)
Best National Costume	Anica Martinović (Croatia)
Photogenic	Jacqueline Aguilera (Venezuela)
	← 1994 1996 →

Last updated January 19, 2025

Miss World 1995, the 45th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 18 November 1995 for the fourth straight year at the Sun City Entertainment Centre in Sun City, South Africa. The 1995 pageant attracted 84 delegates. The pageant was hosted by Richard Steinmetz, Jeff Trachta, and Bobbie Eakes and also involved supermodels Linda Evangelista and Beverly Peele and Bruce Forsyth who acted as presenters. Aside from Sun City; Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and the Comoros hosted some segments of the show. The winner was Jacqueline Aguilera of Venezuela. She was crowned by Miss World 1994, Aishwarya Rai of India.^[1]

Results

Placements

Placement	Contestant
Miss World 1995	Venezuela – Jacqueline Aguilera ^[3]
1st runner-up	Croatia – Anica Martinović ^[3]
2nd runner-up	Trinidad and Tobago – Michelle Khan^[3]
Top 5	Israel – Miri Bohadana South Korea – Choi Yoon-young
Top 10	Australia – Melissa Porter Bolivia – Carla Morón Bulgaria – Evgenia Kalkandzhieva Mexico – Alejandra Quintero South Africa – Bernelee Daniell

Continental Queens of Beauty

Continental Group	Contestant
Africa	South Africa – Bernelee Daniell
Americas	Venezuela – Jacqueline Aguilera
Asia & Oceania	South Korea – Choi Yoon-young
Caribbean	Trinidad and Tobago – Michelle Khan
Europe	Croatia – Anica Martinović

Pageant

Judges

Astrid Carolina Herrera – Miss World 1984 from Venezuela
Bruce Forsyth
Christopher Lee
Eric Morley – Chairman and CEO of Miss World Organization
Emma Samms
Michael Winner
Amitabh Bachchan
Fanie de Villiers
Josie Borain
Mariasela Alvarez – Miss World 1982 from Dominican Republic

Contestants

84 contestants competed for the title.

Country/Territory	Contestant	Age	Hometown
Argentina	María Lorena Jensen	20	Buenos Aires
Aruba	Tessa Pieterz	–	Oranjestad
Australia	Melissa Porter^[2]	21	Perth
Austria	Elizabeth Unfried	–	Vienna
Bahamas	Loleta Marie Smith	–	Nassau
Bangladesh	Yasmin Bilkis Sathi	–	Dhaka
Barbados	Rashi Holder	–	Bridgetown
Belgium	Véronique De Kock	19	Schoten
Bermuda	Renita Minors^[4]	22	Hamilton
Bolivia	Carla Morón^[5]	20	Santa Cruz de la Sierra
Botswana	Monica Somolekae	–	Gaborone
Brazil	Elessandra Dartora	–	Paraná
British Virgin Islands	Chandi Trott	–	Road Town
Bulgaria	Evgenia Kalkandjieva	20	Sofia
Canada	Alissa Lehinki	–	Alberta
Cayman Islands	Tasha Ebanks	22	George Town
Chile	Tonka Tomicic	19	Antofagasta
Colombia	Diana María Figueroa^[6]	18	Tolima
Costa Rica	Shasling Navarro	–	San José
Croatia	Anica Martinović	19	Zagreb
Curaçao	Danique Regales	22	Willemstad
Cyprus	Isabella Giorgallou	–	Nicosia
Czech Republic	Kateřina Kasalová	19	Pardubice
Denmark	Tine Bay^[7]	22	Copenhagen
Dominican Republic	Patricia Bayonet	20	Santiago de los Caballeros
Ecuador	Ana Fabiola Trujillo	–	Guayas
Estonia	Mari-Lin Poom	17	Tallinn
Finland	Terhi Koivisto	17	Helsinki
France	Helene Lantoine	22	Étaples
Germany	Isabell Brauer	–	Baden-Württemberg
Ghana	Manuela Medie	–	Accra
Gibraltar	Monique Chiara	18	Gibraltar
Greece	Maria Boziki	–	Athens
Guam	Joylyn Muñoz	18	Barrigada
Guatemala	Sara Elizabeth Sandoval	–	Guatemala City
Holland	Didi Schackmann	17	Wijchen
Hong Kong	Shirley Chau^[8]	24	Hong Kong
Hungary	Ildiko Veinbergen	21	Székesfehérvár
India	Preeti Mankotia	–	Punjab
Ireland	Joanne Black	21	Cavan
Israel	Miri Bohadana ^[9]	18	Sderot
Italy	Rosanna Santoli^[10]	22	Pomezia
Jamaica	Imani Duncan	19	Kingston
Japan	Mari Kubo	–	Tokyo
Latvia	Ieva Melina	–	Riga
Lebanon	Julia Syriani	18	Beirut
Lithuania	Gabriele Bartkute^[11]	20	Vilnius
Macau	Geraldina Pedruco^[12]	24	Macau
Malaysia	Trincy Low	19	Kuala Lumpur
Mexico	Alejandra Quintero	19	Nuevo León
New Zealand	Sarah Brady^[2]	19	Auckland
Norway	Inger Lise Ebeltoft^[13]	18	Tromsø
Panama	Marisela Moreno	23	Panama City
Paraguay	Patricia Serafini	–	–
Peru	Paola Dellepiane	18	Lima
Philippines	Reham Snow Tago^[14]	18	Manila
Poland	Ewa Tylecka	21	Dzierżoniów
Portugal	Suzana Robalo	–	Lisbon
Puerto Rico	Swanni Quiñones	21	Guaynabo
Romania	Dana Delia Pintilie	–	Bucharest
Russia	Elena Bazina	17	Moscow
Seychelles	Shirley Low-Meng	–	Victoria
Singapore	Jacqueline Chew^[15]	–	Singapore
Slovakia	Zuzana Spatinova	–	Bratislava
Slovenia	Teja Boškin	21	Ljubljana
South Africa	Bernelee Daniell	22	Pretoria
South Korea	Choi Yoon-young^[2]	21	Seoul
Spain	Candelaria Rodríguez	21	Tenerife
Swaziland	Mandy Saulus	–	Mbabane
Sweden	Jeanette Hassel	–	Stockholm
Switzerland	Stephanie Berger	17	Männedorf
Tahiti	Timeri Baudry	–	Papeete
Taiwan	Hsu Chun-Chun^[2]	–	Taipei
Tanzania	Emily Adolf Fred	–	–
Thailand	Yasumin Leautamornwattana	–	–
Trinidad and Tobago	Michelle Khan	23	Port of Spain
Turkey	Demet Şener	18	Istanbul
Ukraine	Nataliya Shvachiy	–	Kyiv
United Kingdom	Shauna Gunn	22	Newtonbuttler
United States	Jill Ankuda	19	El Paso
United States Virgin Islands	Roshini Nibbs	–	Charlotte Amalie
Venezuela	Jacqueline Aguilera	19	Valencia
Zambia	Miryana Bujisic	17	Lusaka
Zimbabwe	Dionne Best	–	Harare

Notes

Returns

Last competed in 1990:
- Barbados
Last competed in 1992:
- Zambia
Last competed in 1993:
- Bermuda
- Lithuania

Withdrawals

Withdrawals during the contest:

Nigeria – Toyin Enitan Raji - She was forced to withdraw from the contest due political reasons; a few hours after being given the Miss Personality on 16 November, she received telephone threats over the execution by Nigeria's military regime of nine political activists a week prior.^[16]^[17]

Others:

China - No Pageant and they lost its Franchise for Miss World until 2001.
Iceland - Sigríður Ósk Kristinsdóttir - Due lack of Sponsorship and Founding.
Kenya No Pageant
Namibia - Patricia Burt - Due lack of Sponsorship and Founding.
Nepal - Sumi Khadka - Due lack of Sponsorship and Founding.
Mauritius No Pageant
Saint Lucia - No Pageant
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - Cornice Yearwood
Sri Lanka - Shivani Vasagam - Due lack of Sponsorship and Founding.
Uganda - Phiona Piloya

Replacements

Hong Kong – Miss Hong Kong 1995-1996, Winnie Young couldn't compete Internationally due her American Citzenship issue.
Uganda – Miss Uganda 1995, Betty Nantunga couldn't compete at Miss World 1995 due Family Disaproval. She was remplaced her first princess Phiona Piloya.
Ukraine – The winner of Miss Ukraine 1995, Vlada Litovchenko couldn't participate due to the fact that she was a married woman with one child.^[18] The 2nd runner up of Miss Europe 1994, Nataliya Shvachiy replaced her.^{[ citation needed ]}

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[1] "New Miss World crowned in controversial pageant". Indiana Gazette . Indiana, Pennsylvania. 19 November 1995. p. 7. Retrieved 17 May 2023– via Newspapers.com.

[google.com-2] 1 2 3 4 5 "A bevy of beauties". New Straits Times. 12 November 1995. Retrieved 26 January 2016.

[:0-3] 1 2 3 "New Miss World". The Canberra Times . 20 November 1995. p. 7. Retrieved 27 January 2024– via Trove.

[4] Bell, Jonathan (6 December 2013). "Meeting Mandela is something I'll never forget". The Royal Gazette . Hamilton, Bermuda. Retrieved 22 May 2023.

[5] "Bolivia se clasificó cinco veces en el Miss Mundo" [Bolivia qualified five times in Miss World]. El Deber (in European Spanish). 30 July 2019. Retrieved 22 May 2023.

[6] "Mi reino por la sonrisa de un niño!" [My reign for the smile of a child!]. El Tiempo (in Spanish). 12 July 1995. Retrieved 23 May 2023.

[7] "Tidligere Miss Danmark i gaseksplosion: - Huden gled bare af" [Former Miss Denmark in a gas explosion: - The skin just slipped off]. TV2 Østjylland (in Danish). 17 January 2021. Retrieved 23 May 2023.

[8] "Miss HK gala hit by June 4 demonstration". South China Morning Post. 5 June 1995. Retrieved 27 January 2024.

[9] "Mandela meets contestants". The Canberra Times . Canberra. 9 November 1995. p. 11. Retrieved 17 May 2023– via Trove.

[10] Epoca (in Italian). Vol. 46. 1995.

[11] "Į Lietuvą grįžusi Gabrielė Bartkutė – apie dalyvavimą konkurse "Mis Lietuva", santuoką su musulmonu ir atrastą tikėjimą" [Gabrielė Bartkutė returned to Lithuania - about participation in the "Miss Lithuania" contest, marriage to a Muslim and discovered faith]. Lrt.lt (in Lithuanian). 26 December 2022. Retrieved 27 January 2024.

[12] Chu, Henry (17 December 1999). "In Macao, a Culture on the Cusp". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved 27 January 2024.

[13] "Inger Lise Ebeltoft". Nordlys (in Norwegian). 8 June 2013. Retrieved 27 January 2024.

[14] Rosales, Francisco M. (14 March 1995). "Towering Pampango lass wins Bb. Pilipinas-Universe crown". Manila Standard. Manila: Philippine Manila Standard Publishing, Inc. p. 6. Retrieved 17 May 2023.

[15] "Beauty and the peace". The Straits Times. 9 September 1995. p. 3. Retrieved 17 May 2023– via National Library Board.

[16] "Nigeria's Representative to the Miss World Beauty Contest, Toyin Stock Photo, Royalty Free Image: 118049239 - Alamy". Archived from the original on 10 October 2016. Retrieved 10 October 2016.

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