Miss World 1995
Beauty pageant
- Richard Steinmetz
- E!
- SABC
- China
- Iceland
- Kenya
- Mauritius
- Nigeria
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Sri Lanka
- Aruba
- Barbados
- Bermuda
- Lithuania
- Zambia
Venezuela
← 1994
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]
Results
Placements
Placement | Contestant |
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Miss World 1995 | |
1st runner-up |
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2nd runner-up |
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Top 5 |
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Top 10 |
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Continental Queens of Beauty
Continental Group | Contestant |
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Africa |
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Americas | |
Asia & Oceania |
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Caribbean |
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Europe |
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 |
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![]() | María Lorena Jensen | 20 | Buenos Aires |
![]() | Tessa Pieterz | – | Oranjestad |
![]() | Melissa Porter[2] | 21 | Perth |
![]() | Elizabeth Unfried | – | Vienna |
![]() | Loleta Marie Smith | – | Nassau |
![]() | Yasmin Bilkis Sathi | – | Dhaka |
![]() | Rashi Holder | – | Bridgetown |
![]() | Véronique De Kock | 19 | Schoten |
![]() | Renita Minors[4] | 22 | Hamilton |
![]() | Carla Morón[5] | 20 | Santa Cruz de la Sierra |
![]() | Monica Somolekae | – | Gaborone |
![]() | Elessandra Dartora | – | Paraná |
![]() | Chandi Trott | – | Road Town |
![]() | Evgenia Kalkandjieva | 20 | Sofia |
![]() | Alissa Lehinki | – | Alberta |
![]() | Tasha Ebanks | 22 | George Town |
![]() | Tonka Tomicic | 19 | Antofagasta |
![]() | Diana María Figueroa[6] | 18 | Tolima |
![]() | Shasling Navarro | – | San José |
![]() | Anica Martinović | 19 | Zagreb |
![]() | Danique Regales | 22 | Willemstad |
![]() | Isabella Giorgallou | – | Nicosia |
![]() | Kateřina Kasalová | 19 | Pardubice |
![]() | Tine Bay[7] | 22 | Copenhagen |
![]() | Patricia Bayonet | 20 | Santiago de los Caballeros |
![]() | Ana Fabiola Trujillo | – | Guayas |
![]() | Mari-Lin Poom | 17 | Tallinn |
![]() | Terhi Koivisto | 17 | Helsinki |
![]() | Helene Lantoine | 22 | Étaples |
![]() | Isabell Brauer | – | Baden-Württemberg |
![]() | Manuela Medie | – | Accra |
![]() | Monique Chiara | 18 | Gibraltar |
![]() | Maria Boziki | – | Athens |
![]() | Joylyn Muñoz | 18 | Barrigada |
![]() | Sara Elizabeth Sandoval | – | Guatemala City |
![]() | Didi Schackmann | 17 | Wijchen |
![]() | Shirley Chau[8] | 24 | Hong Kong |
![]() | Ildiko Veinbergen | 21 | Székesfehérvár |
![]() | Preeti Mankotia | – | Punjab |
![]() | Joanne Black | 21 | Cavan |
![]() | Miri Bohadana[9] | 18 | Sderot |
![]() | Rosanna Santoli[10] | 22 | Pomezia |
![]() | Imani Duncan | 19 | Kingston |
![]() | Mari Kubo | – | Tokyo |
![]() | Ieva Melina | – | Riga |
![]() | Julia Syriani | 18 | Beirut |
![]() | Gabriele Bartkute[11] | 20 | Vilnius |
![]() | Geraldina Pedruco[12] | 24 | Macau |
![]() | Trincy Low | 19 | Kuala Lumpur |
![]() | Alejandra Quintero | 19 | Nuevo León |
![]() | Sarah Brady[2] | 19 | Auckland |
![]() | Inger Lise Ebeltoft[13] | 18 | Tromsø |
![]() | Marisela Moreno | 23 | Panama City |
![]() | Patricia Serafini | – | – |
![]() | Paola Dellepiane | 18 | Lima |
![]() | Reham Snow Tago[14] | 18 | Manila |
![]() | Ewa Tylecka | 21 | Dzierżoniów |
![]() | Suzana Robalo | – | Lisbon |
![]() | Swanni Quiñones | 21 | Guaynabo |
![]() | Dana Delia Pintilie | – | Bucharest |
![]() | Elena Bazina | 17 | Moscow |
![]() | Shirley Low-Meng | – | Victoria |
![]() | Jacqueline Chew[15] | – | Singapore |
![]() | Zuzana Spatinova | – | Bratislava |
![]() | Teja Boškin | 21 | Ljubljana |
![]() | Bernelee Daniell | 22 | Pretoria |
![]() | Choi Yoon-young[2] | 21 | Seoul |
![]() | Candelaria Rodríguez | 21 | Tenerife |
![]() | Mandy Saulus | – | Mbabane |
![]() | Jeanette Hassel | – | Stockholm |
![]() | Stephanie Berger | 17 | Männedorf |
![]() | Timeri Baudry | – | Papeete |
![]() | Hsu Chun-Chun[2] | – | Taipei |
![]() | Emily Adolf Fred | – | – |
![]() | Yasumin Leautamornwattana | – | – |
![]() | Michelle Khan | 23 | Port of Spain |
![]() | Demet Şener | 18 | Istanbul |
![]() | Nataliya Shvachiy | – | Kyiv |
![]() | Shauna Gunn | 22 | Newtonbuttler |
![]() | Jill Ankuda | 19 | El Paso |
![]() | Roshini Nibbs | – | Charlotte Amalie |
![]() | Jacqueline Aguilera | 19 | Valencia |
![]() | Miryana Bujisic | 17 | Lusaka |
![]() | Dionne Best | – | Harare |
Notes
Returns
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
Iceland lost its franchise for Miss World until 1999.
Kenya
Mauritius
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Sri Lanka lost its franchise for Miss World until 1999.
Replacement
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]
References
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- ^ a b c "New Miss World". The Canberra Times. 20 November 1995. p. 7. Retrieved 27 January 2024 – via Trove.
- ^ Bell, Jonathan (6 December 2013). "Meeting Mandela is something I'll never forget". The Royal Gazette. Hamilton, Bermuda. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Miss HK gala hit by June 4 demonstration". South China Morning Post. 5 June 1995. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
- ^ "Mandela meets contestants". The Canberra Times. Canberra. 9 November 1995. p. 11. Retrieved 17 May 2023 – via Trove.
- ^ Epoca (in Italian). Vol. 46. 1995.
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