Miss Universe 1995
Appearance
Miss Universe 1995 | |
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Date | 12 May 1995[1] |
Presenters | |
Entertainment | Jon Secada |
Venue | Windhoek Country Club Resort, Windhoek, Namibia |
Broadcaster | CBS (international) Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (official broadcaster) |
Entrants | 82 |
Placements | 10 |
Debuts |
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Withdrawals |
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Returns |
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Winner | Chelsi Smith† United States |
Congeniality | Toyin Raji Nigeria |
Best National Costume | María Reyes Spain |
Photogenic | Petra Hultgren Sweden |
Miss Universe 1995 was the 44th Miss Universe pageant, held on 12 May 1995[1] at the Windhoek Country Club Resort in Windhoek, Namibia. Chelsi Smith of the United States was crowned by Sushmita Sen of India at the end of the event. Eighty-two contestants competed in this year. This marks the first and so far only time the pageant has been held in Africa.[2]
Results
Placements
Placement | Contestant |
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Miss Universe 1995 | |
1st runner-up | |
2nd runner-up |
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Top 6 |
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Top 10 |
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Special awards
Award | Contestant |
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Miss Photogenic |
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Miss Congeniality |
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Best National Costume |
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Vibrance Most Beautiful Hair Award |
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Miss Clairol Herbal Essence |
Contestants
Eighty-two contestants competed for the title.
Country/Territory | Contestant | Age[a] | Hometown |
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Aruba | Marie-Denise Herrlein | 20 | San Nicolaas |
Australia | Jacqueline Shooter | 20 | Gold Coast |
Bahamas | Tenika Lindsay | 20 | Grand Bahama |
Belize | Deborah Wade | 20 | Belmopan |
Bolivia | Sandra Rivero | 22 | Santa Cruz de la Sierra |
Bonaire | Donna Landwier | 20 | Kralendijk |
Brazil | Renata Bessa | 18 | Contagem |
British Virgin Islands | Elaine Patricia Henry | 20 | Tortola |
Bulgaria | Boiana Dimitrova | 18 | Pleven |
Canada | Lana Buchberger | 20 | Calgary |
Cayman Islands | Anita Bush | 22 | Grand Cayman |
Chile | Paola Falcone | 20 | Santiago |
Colombia | Tatiana Castro | 21 | Bogotá |
Cook Islands | Tarita Brown | 20 | Rarotonga |
Costa Rica | Beatriz Alejandra Alvarado | 19 | Alajuela |
Curaçao | Maruschka Jansen | 24 | Willemstad |
Cyprus | Clara Davina Rainbow | 18 | Larnaca |
Czech Republic | Eva Kotulánová | 20 | Brno |
Denmark | Tina Dam | 22 | Aalborg |
Dominican Republic | Cándida Lara | 23 | Santo Domingo |
Ecuador | Radmila Pandžić | 22 | Manabí |
Egypt | Nadia Ezz | 22 | Cairo |
El Salvador | Eleonora Carrillo | 19 | San Salvador |
Estonia | Enel Eha | 19 | Tallinn |
Finland | Heli Pirhonen | 20 | Kitee |
France | Corine Lauret | 21 | Réunion |
Germany | Ilka Endres | 25 | Aachen |
Great Britain | Sarah-Jane Southwick | 19 | Nottingham |
Greece | Helen Papaioannou | 25 | Thessaloniki |
Guam | Alia Tui Stevens | 23 | Chalan Pago-Ordot |
Guatemala | Indira Chinchilla | 23 | Guatemala City |
Hong Kong | Halina Tam | 22 | Hong Kong |
Hungary | Andrea Harsanyi | 20 | Győr |
Iceland | Margret Skuladóttir Sigurz | 20 | Reykjavík |
India | Manpreet Brar | 22 | Delhi |
Indonesia | Susanty Manuhutu | 21 | Jakarta |
Ireland | Anna Marie McCarthy[4] | 23 | Dublin |
Israel | Yana Kalman | 20 | Tel Aviv |
Italy | Alessandra Meloni | 22 | Cagliari |
Jamaica | Justine Willoughby | 23 | Kingston |
Japan | Narumi Saeki | 19 | Tokyo |
Kenya | Josephine Wanjiku Mbatia | 25 | Nairobi |
Malaysia | Suziela Azrai | 18 | Klang |
Malta | Sonia Massa | 20 | Fleur-de-Lys |
Mauritius | Marie Priscilla Mardaymootoo | 25 | Port Louis |
Mexico | Luz María Zetina | 21 | Mexico City |
Namibia | Patricia Burt | 20 | Windhoek |
Netherlands | Chantal van Woensel | 22 | Zeeland |
New Zealand | Shelley Edwards | 23 | Auckland |
Nicaragua | Linda Clerk | 22 | Managua |
Nigeria | Toyin Raji | 22 | Kogi |
Northern Mariana Islands | Karah Kirschenheiter | 18 | Saipan |
Norway | Lena Sandvik | 23 | Østfold |
Panama | Michele Sage | 25 | Panama City |
Paraguay | Bettina Barboza | 19 | Asunción |
Peru | Paola Dellepiane | 18 | Lima |
Philippines | Joanne Santos[5] | 18 | Manila |
Poland | Magdalena Pecikiewicz | 19 | Silesia |
Portugal | Adriana Iria | 19 | Faro |
Puerto Rico | Desirée Lowry | 22 | Corozal |
Romania | Monika Grosu | 20 | Bucharest |
Russia | Yulia Alekseeva | 22 | Moscow |
Seychelles | Maria Payet | 21 | Mahé |
Singapore | Tun Neesa Abdullah | 23 | Singapore |
Slovakia | Nikoleta Mezsarasova | 20 | Bratislava |
South Africa | Augustine Masilela | 26 | Johannesburg |
South Korea | Han Sung-joo | 20 | Seoul |
Spain | María Reyes | 18 | Soria |
Sri Lanka | Shivani Vasagam | 24 | Colombo |
Sweden | Petra Hultgren | 23 | Stockholm |
Switzerland | Sarah Briguet | 24 | Geneva |
Taiwan | Liao Chia-Yi | 18 | Taipei |
Thailand | Phavadee Vichienrat | 20 | Bangkok |
Trinidad and Tobago | Arlene Peterkin | 27 | Port of Spain |
Turkey | Gamze Saygi | 21 | Istanbul |
Turks and Caicos Islands | Sharleen Rochelle Grant | 24 | Grand Turk |
Ukraine | Irina Chernomaz | 19 | Kharkiv |
United States | Chelsi Smith[6] | 21 | Houston |
United States Virgin Islands | Kim Marie Ann Boschulte | 24 | Saint Thomas |
Uruguay | Sandra Znidaric | 22 | Montevideo |
Venezuela | Denyse Floreano | 18 | Ciudad Ojeda |
Zambia | Luo Trica Punabantu | 19 | Lusaka |
Notes
- ^ Ages at the time of the pageant
References
- ^ a b The event was televised live at 09:00 pm local time (UTC+01:00) in various broadcasters around the world. For the United States, it was tape delayed to make way for the primetime broadcast.
- ^ Kelly, Sean (May 14, 1995). "Miss USA wins 1995 Miss Universe pageant". Manila Standard. Retrieved October 22, 2021.
- ^ "Pemilihan Puteri Indonesia 2021 Diundur, Akankah Indonesia Menunjuk Langsung Wakilnya ke Ajang Miss Universe 2021?". Kompas. Retrieved 10 July 2021.,
- ^ Clarke, Victoria Mary (30 November 2003). "The World at her feet". Irish Independent. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
- ^ Rosales, Francisco M. (14 March 1995). "Towering Pampango lass wins Bb. Pilipinas-Universe crown". Manila Standard. p. 6. Retrieved 21 September 2023 – via Google News Archive.
- ^ "Texas Representative Named Miss USA". The Victoria Advocate. Associated Press. February 10, 1995.