Miss World 1995

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Miss World 1995
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Miss World 1995 Titlecard
Date18 November 1995
Presenters
Entertainment Caught in the Act
VenueSun City Entertainment Center, Sun City, South Africa
Broadcaster
Entrants84
Placements10
Withdrawals
Returns
Winner Jacqueline Aguilera
Venezuela
Personality Toyin Raji (Nigeria)
Best National Costume Anica Martinović (Croatia)
Photogenic Jacqueline Aguilera (Venezuela)
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1996  →

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]

Contents

Results

Countries and territories which sent delegates and results for Miss World 1995 Miss World 1995 Map.PNG
Countries and territories which sent delegates and results for Miss World 1995

Placements

PlacementContestant
Miss World 1995
1st runner-up
2nd runner-up
Top 5
Top 10

Continental Queens of Beauty

Continental GroupContestant
Africa
Americas
Asia & Oceania
Caribbean
Europe

Pageant

Judges

Contestants

84 contestants competed for the title.

Country/TerritoryContestantAgeHometown
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina María Lorena Jensen20 Buenos Aires
Flag of Aruba.svg  Aruba Tessa Pieterz– Oranjestad
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Melissa Porter [2] 21 Perth
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Elizabeth Unfried– Vienna
Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas Loleta Marie Smith– Nassau
Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh Yasmin Bilkis Sathi – Dhaka
Flag of Barbados.svg  Barbados Rashi Holder– Bridgetown
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Véronique De Kock 19 Schoten
Flag of Bermuda.svg  Bermuda Renita Minors [4] 22 Hamilton
Flag of Bolivia.svg  Bolivia Carla Morón [5] 20 Santa Cruz de la Sierra
Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana Monica Somolekae– Gaborone
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Elessandra Dartora– Paraná
Flag of the British Virgin Islands.svg  British Virgin Islands Chandi Trott– Road Town
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria Evgenia Kalkandjieva20 Sofia
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Alissa Lehinki– Alberta
Flag of the Cayman Islands (pre-1999).svg  Cayman Islands Tasha Ebanks22 George Town
Flag of Chile.svg  Chile Tonka Tomicic 19 Antofagasta
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia Diana María Figueroa [6] 18 Tolima
Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica Shasling Navarro– San José
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia Anica Martinović 19 Zagreb
Flag of Curacao.svg  Curaçao Danique Regales22 Willemstad
Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus Isabella Giorgallou– Nicosia
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Kateřina Kasalová19 Pardubice
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Tine Bay [7] 22 Copenhagen
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic Patricia Bayonet20 Santiago de los Caballeros
Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador Ana Fabiola Trujillo– Guayas
Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia Mari-Lin Poom17 Tallinn
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Terhi Koivisto17 Helsinki
Flag of France.svg  France Helene Lantoine22 Étaples
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Isabell Brauer– Baden-Württemberg
Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana Manuela Medie– Accra
Flag of Gibraltar.svg  Gibraltar Monique Chiara18Gibraltar
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Maria Boziki– Athens
Flag of Guam.svg  Guam Joylyn Muñoz18 Barrigada
Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala Sara Elizabeth Sandoval– Guatemala City
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Holland Didi Schackmann17 Wijchen
Flag of Hong Kong (1959-1997).svg  Hong Kong Shirley Chau [8] 24Hong Kong
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Ildiko Veinbergen21 Székesfehérvár
Flag of India.svg  India Preeti Mankotia– Punjab
Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland Joanne Black21 Cavan
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Miri Bohadana [9] 18 Sderot
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Rosanna Santoli [10] 22 Pomezia
Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica Imani Duncan19 Kingston
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan Mari Kubo– Tokyo
Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia Ieva Melina– Riga
Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon Julia Syriani18 Beirut
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania Gabriele Bartkute [11] 20 Vilnius
Flag of Municipal Council of Macau.svg  Macau Geraldina Pedruco [12] 24Macau
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia Trincy Low19 Kuala Lumpur
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico Alejandra Quintero 19 Nuevo León
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Sarah Brady [2] 19 Auckland
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Inger Lise Ebeltoft [13] 18 Tromsø
Flag of Panama.svg  Panama Marisela Moreno 23 Panama City
Flag of Paraguay (1990-2013).svg  Paraguay Patricia Serafini––
Flag of Peru.svg  Peru Paola Dellepiane18 Lima
Flag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg  Philippines Reham Snow Tago [14] 18 Manila
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Ewa Tylecka21 Dzierżoniów
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal Suzana Robalo– Lisbon
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico Swanni Quiñones21 Guaynabo
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania Dana Delia Pintilie– Bucharest
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Elena Bazina17 Moscow
Flag of Seychelles (1977-1996).svg  Seychelles Shirley Low-Meng– Victoria
Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore Jacqueline Chew [15] –Singapore
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia Zuzana Spatinova– Bratislava
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia Teja Boškin21 Ljubljana
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Bernelee Daniell22 Pretoria
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Choi Yoon-young [2] 21 Seoul
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Candelaria Rodríguez21 Tenerife
Flag of Eswatini.svg  Swaziland Mandy Saulus– Mbabane
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Jeanette Hassel– Stockholm
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland Stephanie Berger17 Männedorf
Flag of French Polynesia.svg  Tahiti Timeri Baudry– Papeete
Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Taiwan Hsu Chun-Chun [2] – Taipei
Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania Emily Adolf Fred––
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand Yasumin Leautamornwattana––
Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago Michelle Khan23 Port of Spain
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Demet Şener 18 Istanbul
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Nataliya Shvachiy– Kyiv
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Shauna Gunn22 Newtonbuttler
Flag of the United States.svg  United States Jill Ankuda19 El Paso
Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg  United States Virgin Islands Roshini Nibbs– Charlotte Amalie
Flag of Venezuela (1954-2006).svg  Venezuela Jacqueline Aguilera 19 Valencia
Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia Miryana Bujisic17 Lusaka
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe Dionne Best– Harare

Notes

Returns

  • Last competed in 1990:
    • Flag of Barbados.svg Barbados
  • Last competed in 1992:
    • Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia
  • Last competed in 1993:
    • Flag of Bermuda.svg Bermuda
    • Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania

Withdrawals

Withdrawals during the contest:

Others:

  • Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China - No pageant and they lost its franchise for Miss World until 2001.
  • Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland - Sigríður Ósk Kristinsdóttir - Due to lack of sponsorship and founding.
  • Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya No Pageant
  • Flag of Namibia.svg Namibia - Patricia Burt - Due to lack of sponsorship and founding.
  • Flag of Nepal.svg   Nepal - Sumi Khadka - Due to lack of sponsorship and founding.
  • Flag of Mauritius.svg Mauritius No pageant
  • Flag of Saint Lucia (1979-2002).svg Saint Lucia - No pageant
  • Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.svg Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - Cornice Yearwood
  • Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka - Shivani Vasagam - Due to lack of sponsorship and founding.
  • Flag of Uganda.svg Uganda - Phiona Piloya

Replacements

References

  1. ↑ "New Miss World crowned in controversial pageant". Indiana Gazette . Indiana, Pennsylvania. 19 November 1995. p. 7. Retrieved 17 May 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "A bevy of beauties". New Straits Times. 12 November 1995. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  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.
  17. ↑ EBSCOhost Connection [ dead link ]
  18. ↑ "Девушки на миллион". 15 May 2012.

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