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Miss World 1995

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]

Miss World 1995
Miss World 1995 Titlecard
Date18 November 1995
Presenters
EntertainmentCaught in the Act
VenueSun City Entertainment Center, Sun City, South Africa
Broadcaster
Entrants84
Placements10
Withdrawals
Returns
WinnerJacqueline Aguilera
Venezuela
PersonalityToyin Raji (Nigeria)
Best National CostumeAnica Martinović (Croatia)
PhotogenicJacqueline Aguilera (Venezuela)
← 1994
1996 →

Results

 
Countries and territories which sent delegates and results for Miss World 1995[2]

Placements

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

Continental Queens of Beauty

Continental Group Contestant
Africa
Americas
Asia & Oceania
Caribbean
Europe

Pageant

Judges

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
  •   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

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. ^ a b c d e "A bevy of beauties". New Straits Times. 12 November 1995. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  3. ^ a b c "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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