Miss World 1993

Miss World 1993
Miss World 1993 Titlecard
Date	27 November 1993
Presenters	Pierce Brosnan, Doreen Morris, Gina Tolleson, Kim Alexis
Venue	Sun City Entertainment Center, Sun City, South Africa
Broadcaster	E!, SABC
Entrants	81
Placements	10
Debuts	Czech Republic, Lithuania, Slovakia
Withdrawals	Greenland, Hungary, Peru, Romania, Seychelles, Ukraine, Zambia
Returns	Honduras, Zimbabwe
Winner	Lisa Hanna [1][2]  Jamaica

Miss World 1993, the 43rd edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 27 November 1993 at the Sun City Entertainment Centre in Sun City, South Africa. The pageant attracted 81 contestants from all over the world. This is the second consecutive staging of the pageant in Sun City. The winner was Lisa Hanna of Jamaica. She was crowned by Miss World 1992, Julia Kourotchkina of Russia. It was estimated that 1.2 billion people watched the telecast worldwide.^[2]

Results

Countries and territories which sent delegates and results for Miss World 1993^[1][2][3]

Placements

Final results	Contestant
Miss World 1993	Jamaica – Lisa Hanna [1][2]
1st runner-up	South Africa – Palesa Mofokeng
2nd runner-up	Philippines – Ruffa Gutierrez [3]
Top 5	Croatia – Fani Čapalija  Venezuela – Mónica Lei
Semi-finalists	Finland – Janina Frostell  France – Véronique de la Cruz  Korea – Lee Seung-yeon  Sweden – Victoria Silvstedt  United States – Maribeth Brown

Continental Queens of Beauty

Continental Group	Contestant
Africa	South Africa – Palesa Mofokeng
Americas	Venezuela – Mónica Lei
Asia & Oceania	Philippines – Ruffa Gutierrez
Caribbean	Jamaica – Lisa Hanna
Europe	Croatia – Fani Capalija

Contestants

Nation	Contestant	Age	Hometown
American Virgin Islands	Suzanne Palermo	21	St. Thomas
Argentina	Viviana Carcereri	19	Mendoza
Aruba	Christina van der Berg	18	Noord
Australia	Karen Ann Carwin	23	Brisbane
Austria	Jutta Ellinger	23	Vienna
Bahamas	Jacinda Saye Francis	18	Nassau
Belgium	Stephanie Meire	23	Bruges
Bermuda	Kellie Hall	22	Somerset
Bolivia	Claudia Lorena Arrieta Justiniano	18	Santa Cruz
Brazil	Lylia Virna Menezes Soriano	18	Alagoas
British Virgin Islands	Kaida Donovan	18	Tortola
Bulgaria	Vera Roussinova	17	Sofia
Canada	Tanya Lynn	22	Toronto
Cayman Islands	Audry Elizabeth Ebanks	20	Grand Cayman
Chile	Jessica Miroslava Eterovic Pozas	20	Punta Arenas
Taiwan	Virginia Long Wei-Yen	19	Taipei
Colombia	Silvia Isabel Durán Angarita	23	Bucaramanga
Costa Rica	Laura Odio Salas	19	San José
Croatia	Fani Čapalija	18	Split
Curaçao	Sally Daflaar	19	Willemstad
Cyprus	Maria Magdalini Valianti	19	Larnaca
Czech Republic	Simona Smejkalova	19	Prague
Denmark	Charlotte Als	22	Copenhagen
Dominican Republic	Lynn Alvarez Klinken	21	Concepción de La Vega
Ecuador	Dana Saab Saab	19	Guayaquil
El Salvador	Beatriz Eugenia Henríquez Pinto	21	San Salvador
Finland	Janina Frostell	20	Kuhmo
France	Véronique de la Cruz	19	Guadeloupe
Germany	Petra Klein	19	Ludwigshafen
Gibraltar	Jennifer Jane Ainsworth	18	Gibraltar
Greece	Mania Delou	19	Athens
Guam	Gina Burkhart	18	Sinajana
Guatemala	María Lucrecia Flores Flores	24	Guatemala City
Holland	Hilda van der Meulen	22	Oudeschoot
Honduras	Tania Brüchmann Escoria	18	Tegucigalpa
Hong Kong	May Lam Lei-Mei	20	Hong Kong Island
Iceland	Guðrún Hreiðarsdóttir	19	Reykjavík
India	Karminder Kaur-Virk	20	Chandigarh
Ireland	Pamela Flood	22	Dublin
Israel	Tamara Porat	18	Tel Aviv
Italy	Barbara Chiappini	18	Piacenza
Jamaica	Lisa Hanna [2]	18	Kingston
Japan	Yoko Miyasaka	22	Tokyo
Korea	Lee Seung-yeon	24	Seoul
Latvia	Sigita Rude	19	Liepāja
Lebanon	Ghada El Turk	21	Keserwan
Lithuania	Jurate Mikutaite	21	Kaunas
Macau	Isabela Madeira da Silva Pedruco	20	Macau
Malaysia	Jacqueline Ngu	23	Kuala Lumpur
Malta	Susanne-Mary Borg	17	Mosta
Mauritius	Viveka Babajee †	20	Beau Bassin
Mexico	Elizabeth Margain Rivera	22	Mexico City
Namibia	Christalene Barbara Kahatjipara	20	Windhoek
New Zealand	Nicola Johanna Brighty	20	Auckland
Nigeria	Helen Ntukidem	22	Lagos
Norway	Rita Omvik	21	Kongsvinger
Panama	Aracelys Cogley Preston	23	Colón
Paraguay	Claudia Florentín Fariña	19	Asunción
Philippines	Ruffa Gutierrez	19	Manila
Poland	Aleksandra Spieczyńska	19	Wrocław
Portugal	Ana Luisa Barbosa Moreira	20	Porto
Puerto Rico	Ana Rosa Brito Suárez	23	San Juan
Russia	Olga Sysoeva	19	Moscow
Singapore	Desiree Chan Fam Yin	20	Singapore
Slovakia	Dana Vojtechovska	20	Košice
Slovenia	Metka Albrecht	18	Postojna
South Africa	Palesa Jacqueline Mofokeng	21	Soweto
Spain	Araceli García Eugenio	23	Madrid
Sri Lanka	Chamila Wickremesinghe	22	Colombo
Swaziland	Sharon Richards	20	Mbabane
Sweden	Karen Victoria Silvstedt	19	Bollnäs
Switzerland	Patricia Fässler	19	Zürich
Thailand	Matoros Kato Leaudsakda	18	Bangkok
Trinidad & Tobago	Denyse Michelle Paul	23	San Fernando
Turkey	Emel Yildirim	19	Istanbul
Uganda	Linda Bazalaki	20	Kampala
United Kingdom	Amanda Louise Johnson	19	Nottingham
United States	Maribeth Brown	23	Boston
Uruguay	María Fernanda Navarro Guigou	20	Montevideo
Venezuela	Mónica Lei Scaccia	22	Caracas
Zimbabwe	Karen Amanda Stally	19	Harare

Judges

• Christie Brinkley
• Frederick Forsyth
• Grace Jones^[4]

Notes

Debuts

Czech Republic

Lithuania

Slovakia

Returns

Last competed in 1982:  Zimbabwe

Last competed in 1991:  Honduras

Withdrawals

Hungary – Zsanna Pardy  Peru – Mónika Sáez Grimm  Romania – Angelica Nicoara

Seychelles – Myrna Hoareau  Ukraine – Iryna Barabash

Replacements

Russia – Anna Baychik - Unable to compete internationally due underage. [5] References "Herald-Journal". "The Day". "Manila Standard". "Hanna to be Miss World judge - Entertainment". Jamaica Observer. Retrieved 30 January 2016. The Moscow Times External links Pageantopolis – Miss World 1993