Miss Universe 1992
| Miss Universe 1992 |
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| Date |
8 May 1992 |
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| Presenters |
Dick Clark, Leeza Gibbons, Angela Visser |
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| Venue |
Queen Sirikit National Convention Center, Bangkok, Thailand  |
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| Broadcaster |
CBS |
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| Entrants |
78 |
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| Placements |
10 |
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| Debuts |
CIS, Hungary |
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| Withdrawals |
Belize, Ghana, Hong Kong, Italy, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Trinidad & Tobago, USSR, Yugoslavia |
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| Returns |
Aruba, Australia, Austria, Cyprus, Denmark, Egypt, Honduras, Kenya, New Zealand, Portugal, Switzerland |
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| Winner |
Michelle McLean
 Namibia |
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| Congeniality |
Barbara Johnson
 Turks & Caicos |
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| Best National Costume |
Pamela Zarza
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| Photogenic |
Soledad Diab
 Ecuador |
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Miss Universe 1992, the 41st Miss Universe pageant, was held on 8 May 1992 at the Queen Sirikit National Convention Center in Bangkok, Thailand. Seventy-eight contestants competed in this year. Michelle McLean of Namibia was crowned by Lupita Jones of Mexico at the event's conclusion. This is the first and so far only time that Namibia won the pageant.
Results
Countries and territories which sent delegates and results
Queen Sirikit Convention Center in Bangkok
Placements
| Final results |
Contestant |
| Miss Universe 1992 |
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| 1st runner-up |
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| 2nd runner-up |
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| Top 6 |
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| Top 10 |
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Special awards
| Awards |
Contestant |
| Best National Costume |
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| Miss Congeniality |
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| Miss Photogenic |
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| Catalina Best in Swimsuit |
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Semi-final scores
Preliminary scores
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- Winner
- First runner-up
- Second runner-up
- Top 6 finalist
- Top 10 semi-finalist
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a Iceland placed eleventh, after a very low Interview scores, she failed to make the cut.
Order of announcements
Top 10
- Australia
- Sweden
- India
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- USA
- Colombia
- Namibia
- Venezuela
- Belgium
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Top 6
- Netherlands
- Belgium
- India
- Venezuela
- Namibia
- Colombia
Top 3
- Namibia
- Colombia
- India
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Judges
Contestants
Notes
Crossovers
Other notes
- Einat Zamoa, who represented Israel, placed first runner-up in the Miss Israel pageant but was sent to Miss Universe because the winner, Ravit Asaf, was under the age restriction of 18 years.[1]
- Miss Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) 1992, Julia Etina did not compete in Miss Universe 1992, due that she was turn the 18 years after February 1. Her first runner-up of Miss CIS 1992, Lydia Kuborskaya went to Miss Universe inserted of her. However, Etina got a official vist to the United States as sort of a consolation prize for missing the big event.[2][3][4]
- Miss Hong Kong 1991, Amy Kwok was expected to represent Hong Kong and even arrived in Bangkok, but was disqualified because she did not meet residency requirements. Kwok was a US resident who became the first overseas contestant to win the Miss Hong Kong title. The same issue came up again in Miss Universe 1996 when the winner Winnie Yeung was also a US citizen and she was disqualified. The 1st runner up in the pageant, Sofie Rahman was her replacement.[5]
- Prior to the final telecast a sports analyst for USA Today picked Shannon Marketic (USA) and Carolina Izsak (Venezuela) as co-favourites to win the title, offering 4-1 odds.[6]
Host city
Thailand anticipated holding the pageant as early as August 1991, when thousands of slum dwellers were evicted in order to improve the image of the city prior to a World Bank conference that was held in the city in October and the pageant.[7]
The official announcement that Bangkok would host the pageant was made in December 1991, with the date initially set as May 16.[8] In March the date was moved back to May 8 so that it would not clash with Wisakha Bucha Day, a Buddhist holiday.[9]
Political crisis
The pageant was held amidst a political crisis in Thailand that culminated on 17 May in the Black May protests against the government of General Suchinda Kraprayoon. The day prior to the event the public relations director expressed fears that the show might have to be cancelled if the situation escalated, although the threat was played down by other pageant officials.[10]
References
- ↑ "Miss Israel loser gives up quest to be Miss Universe". The Jerusalem Post. 1992-04-13.
- ↑ «МИСС ВСЕЛЕННАЯ»
- ↑ Crowning Achievement Falls Flat A Hit At Soviet Pageant Will Miss Next Step
- ↑ МИСС СТРАН СОДРУЖЕСТВА 1992
- ↑ "Miss Hong Kong disqualified from Miss Universe contest". Agence France-Press. 1992-04-21.
- ↑ Landis, David (1992-05-06). "Best-bet Beauties". USA Today.
- ↑ Shenon, Philip (1991-08-25). "Thailand Evicting the Poor: Coming Events Spur Leaders to Level Slum". Los Angeles Daily News.
- ↑ "Miss Universe contest to be held Bangkok in May". Agence France-Press. 1991-12-17.
- ↑ "Organizers seek new date for beauty pageant". Agence France-Press. 1992-03-06.
- ↑ "Miss Universe organiser says political crisis threatens pageant". Agence France-Presse. 1992-05-07.
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