Miss World 1995 | |
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Date | 18 November 1995 |
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Entertainment | Caught in the Act |
Venue | Sun City Entertainment Center, Sun City, South Africa |
Broadcaster | |
Entrants | 84 |
Placements | 10 |
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Returns | |
Winner | Jacqueline Aguilera Venezuela |
Personality | Toyin Raji Nigeria |
Best National Costume | Anica Martinović Croatia |
Photogenic | Jacqueline Aguilera Venezuela |
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]
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Top 10 |
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84 contestants competed for the title.
Country/Territory | Contestant | Age | Hometown |
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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 |
Withdrawals during the contest:
Others:
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