Miss World 1994

Miss World 1994

Miss World 1994 titlecard
Date 19 November 1994
Presenters Richard Steinmetz, Suanne Braun, Bronson Pinchot
Venue Sun City Entertainment Center, Sun City, South Africa South Africa
Broadcaster E!, SABC
Entrants 87
Placements 10
Debuts Bangladesh, China PR, Estonia
Withdrawals Aruba, Bermuda, El Salvador, Honduras, Lithuania, Malta, Namibia, Uganda, Uruguay
Returns Botswana, Ghana, Hungary, Kenya, Peru, Romania, St. Lucia, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Seychelles, Tahiti, Tanzania, Ukraine
Winner Aishwarya Rai
 India [1]
Personality Patinya Thongsri
 Thailand
Best National Costume Irene Ferreira
 Venezuela
Photogenic Aishwarya Rai
 India

Miss World 1994, the 44th edition of the Miss World, was held on 19 November 1994 and marked the third consecutive staging of Miss World in Sun City, South Africa.[2] The pageant attracted 87 contestants from around the world. At the end of the night, Aishwarya Rai of India, at the time a 21-year-old architecture student,[3] was crowned the new Miss World.[1] She was crowned by Miss World 1993, Lisa Hanna of Jamaica. Earlier that year, another Indian, Sushmita Sen had won the Miss Universe title, securing the two leading international beauty pageants for India in 1994.

Results

Countries and territories which sent delegates and results for Miss World 1994[1][2][4]

Placements

Final results Contestant
Miss World 1994
1st runner-up
2nd runner-up
Top 5
  •  Zimbabwe – Angeline Musasiwa
  •  Croatia – Branka Bebic
Semi-finalists

Continental Queens of Beauty

Continental Group Contestant
Africa
Americas
Asia & Oceania
Caribbean
  •  Cayman Islands – Anita Lilly Bush
Europe
  •  Croatia – Branka Bebić

Contestants

Country/Territory Contestant Hometown
 American Virgin Islands Jessalyn Pearsall St. Thomas
 Argentina Miriam Elizabeth Nahon Buenos Aires
 Australia Skye-Jilly Edwards Hobart
 Austria Bianka Engel Graz
 Bahamas Deanna Tamara North Nassau
 Bangladesh Anika Taher Dhaka
 Belgium Ilse de Meulemeester Brussels
 Bolivia Mariel Gabriela Arce Taborga Cochabamba
 Botswana Hazel Kutlo Mmopi Gaborone
 Brazil Valquiria Melnik Blicharski Curitiba
 British Virgin Islands Khara Michelle Forbes Tortola
 Bulgaria Stella Ognianova Sofia
 Canada Shawna Roberts Calgary
 Cayman Islands Anita Lilly Bush Grand Cayman
 Chile Yulissa Macarena del Pino Pinochet Santiago
 China PR Pan Tao Shenzhen
 Colombia María Eugenia González Ponce de León Popayán
 Costa Rica Silvia Ester Muñoz Mata Puntarenas
 Croatia Branka Bebic Split
 Curaçao Marisa Corine Bos Willemstad
 Cyprus Johanna Uwrin Limassol
 Czech Republic Lenka Belickova Karlovy Vary
 Denmark Sara Maria Wolf Copenhagen
 Dominican Republic Claudia Franjul González Santo Domingo
 Ecuador Diana Margarita Noboa Gordon Guayaquil
 Estonia Auli Andersalu Tallinn
 Finland Mia Marianne Forsell Askola
 France Radiah Latidine Cayenne
 Germany Marte Helberg Munich
 Ghana Matilda Aku Alomatu Accra
 Gibraltar Melissa Berllaque Gibraltar
 Greece Evi Adam Athens
 Guam Chalorna Freitas Agana
 Guatemala Sonia María Rosales Vargas Zacapa
 Holland Joshka Bon Amsterdam
 Hong Kong Annamarie Wood Lai-Ming Hong Kong Island
 Hungary Timea Farkas Záhony
 Iceland Birna Bragadóttir Álftanes
 India Aishwarya Rai [1] Manglore
 Ireland Anna Maria McCarthy Dublin
 Israel Shirly Swarzberg Tel Aviv
 Italy Arianna Novacco Trieste
 Jamaica Johanna Simone Ulett Kingston
 Japan Shinobu Sushida Miyazaki
 Kenya Josephine Wanjiku Mbatia Nairobi
 Korea Chae Yeon-hee Seoul
 Latvia Daina Tobija Riga
 Lebanon Lara Badaoui Keserwan
Macau Chen Ji-Min Macau
 Malaysia Rahima Orchient Yayah Kuala Lumpur
 Mauritius Marie Priscilla Mardaymootoo Port Louis
 Mexico Claudia Hernández Rodríguez Nayarit
 New Zealand Shelley Jeannine Edwards Hastings
 Nigeria Susan Hart Benue
 Norway Anne Lena Hansen Oslo
 Panama Carmen Lucía Ogando Ginono Colón
 Paraguay Jannyne Elena Peyrat Scolari Asunción
 Peru Marcia Pérez Marcés Lima
 Philippines Caroline Subijano Manila
 Poland Jadwiga Flank Bielsko-Biała
 Portugal Leonor Filipa Correia Leal Rodrigues Lisbon
 Puerto Rico Joyce Marie Giraud Mojica Aguas Buenas
 Romania Leona Dalia Voicu Bucharest
 Russia Anna Malova Yaroslav
 St. Lucia Yasmine Lyndell Walcott Castries
 St. Vincent & the Grenadines Cornise Yearwood Georgetown
 Seychelles Marquise David Victoria
 Singapore Pickard Angela Lee Kim Mei Singapore
 Slovakia Karin Majtanova Bratislava
 Slovenia Janja Zupan Ljubljana
 South Africa Basetsana Makgalemele Johannesburg
 Spain Virginia Pareja Garófano Barcelona
 Sri Lanka Nushara Rusri Pramali Fernando Colombo
 Swaziland Stephanie Wesselo Mbabane
 Sweden Sofia Andersson Stockholm
  Switzerland Sarah Briguet Lausanne
 Tahiti Vaea Christine Sandra Olanda Papeete
 Taiwan R.O.C. Joanne Wu Chung-Chun Taipei
 Tanzania Aina William Maeda Dodoma
 Thailand Patinya Thongsri Bangkok
 Trinidad & Tobago Anabel Thomas Port of Spain
 Turkey Pinar Altug Istanbul
 Ukraine Nataliya Vasyliyivna Kozytska Kiev
 United Kingdom Melanie Abdoun London
 United States Kristie Harmon Atlanta
 Venezuela Irene Ferreira Caracas
 Zimbabwe Angeline Musasiwa Harare

Judges

Replacements

  •  Russia – Yulia Alekseeva ( 1º Runner Up - Miss Europe 1993) - Because the Miss World Organization did not accept her as contestant. [6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Miss Universe vs Miss World: Facts and comparisons". MSN. January 15, 2015. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  2. 1 2 "The Victoria Advocate". Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  3. ↑ Miss World, Toledo Blade, 20 November 1994.
  4. ↑ "The Telegraph". Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Lawrence Journal-World". Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  6. ↑ Vsenashimiss - Istoriya konkursa Miss Rossiya

External links

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