Miss World 1995 Explained

Winner:Jacqueline Aguilera
Represented:Venezuela
Personality:Toyin Raji (Nigeria)
Best National Costume:Anica Martinović (Croatia)
Photogenic:Jacqueline Aguilera (Venezuela)
Acts:Caught in the Act
Date:18 November 1995
Venue:Sun City Entertainment Center, Sun City, South Africa
Entrants:84
Placements:10
Before:1994
Next:1996

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]

Results

Placements

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

Continental Queens of Beauty

Continental GroupContestant
Africa
Americas
Asia & Oceania
  • – Choi Yoon-young
Caribbean
Europe

Pageant

Judges

Contestants

84 contestants competed for the title.

Country/TerritoryContestantAgeHometown
ArgentinaMaría Lorena Jensen20Buenos Aires
ArubaTessa Pieterz–Oranjestad
AustraliaMelissa Porter21Perth
AustriaElizabeth Unfried–Vienna
BahamasLoleta Marie Smith–Nassau
BangladeshYasmin Bilkis Sathi–Dhaka
BarbadosRashi Holder–Bridgetown
BelgiumVéronique De Kock19Schoten
BermudaRenita Minors[3] 22Hamilton
Carla Morón[4] 20Santa Cruz de la Sierra
BotswanaMonica Somolekae–Gaborone
BrazilElessandra Dartora–Paraná
Chandi Trott–Road Town
BulgariaEvgenia Kalkandjieva20Sofia
CanadaAlissa Lehinki–Alberta
Cayman IslandsTasha Ebanks22George Town
ChileTonka Tomicic19Antofagasta
ColombiaDiana María Figueroa[5] 18Tolima
Costa RicaShasling Navarro –San José
CroatiaAnica Martinović19Zagreb
Danique Regales22Willemstad
CyprusIsabella Giorgallou–Nicosia
Czech RepublicKateřina Kasalová19Pardubice
DenmarkTine Bay[6] 22Copenhagen
Dominican RepublicPatricia Bayonet 20Santiago de los Caballeros
EcuadorAna Fabiola Trujillo–Guayas
EstoniaMari-Lin Poom17Tallinn
FinlandTerhi Koivisto17Helsinki
FranceHelene Lantoine22Étaples
GermanyIsabell Brauer–Baden-Württemberg
GhanaManuela Medie–Accra
GibraltarMonique Chiara18Gibraltar
GreeceMaria Boziki–Athens
GuamJoylyn Muñoz18Barrigada
GuatemalaSara Elizabeth Sandoval–Guatemala City
Didi Schackmann17Wijchen
Shirley Chau[7] 24Hong Kong
HungaryIldiko Veinbergen21Székesfehérvár
IndiaPreeti Mankotia–Punjab
IrelandJoanne Black21Cavan
IsraelMiri Bohadana[8] 18Sderot
ItalyRosanna Santoli[9] 22Pomezia
JamaicaImani Duncan19Kingston
JapanMari Kubo–Tokyo
LatviaIeva Melina–Riga
LebanonJulia Syriani18Beirut
LithuaniaGabriele Bartkute[10] 20Vilnius
Geraldina Pedruco[11] 24Macau
MalaysiaTrincy Low19Kuala Lumpur
MexicoAlejandra Quintero19Nuevo León
New ZealandSarah Brady19Auckland
NorwayInger Lise Ebeltoft[12] 18Tromsø
PanamaMarisela Moreno23Panama City
ParaguayPatricia Serafini––
PeruPaola Dellepiane18Lima
PhilippinesReham Snow Tago[13] 18Manila
PolandEwa Tylecka21Dzierżoniów
PortugalSuzana Robalo–Lisbon
Puerto RicoSwanni Quiñones21Guaynabo
RomaniaDana Delia Pintilie–Bucharest
Elena Bazina17Moscow
SeychellesShirley Low-Meng–Victoria
SingaporeJacqueline Chew[14] –Singapore
SlovakiaZuzana Spatinova–Bratislava
SloveniaTeja Boškin21Ljubljana
South AfricaBernelee Daniell22
Choi Yoon-young21Seoul
SpainCandelaria Rodríguez21Tenerife
SwazilandMandy Saulus–Mbabane
SwedenJeanette Hassel–Stockholm
SwitzerlandStephanie Berger17Männedorf
Timeri Baudry–Papeete
Hsu Chun-Chun–Taipei
Emily Adolf Fred––
ThailandYasumin Leautamornwattana––
Trinidad and TobagoMichelle Khan23Port of Spain
TurkeyDemet Şener18Istanbul
UkraineNataliya Shvachiy–Kyiv
United KingdomShauna Gunn22Newtonbuttler
United StatesJill Ankuda19El Paso
Roshini Nibbs–Charlotte Amalie
Jacqueline Aguilera 19Valencia
ZambiaMiryana Bujisic17Lusaka
ZimbabweDionne Best–Harare

Notes

Returns

Withdrawals

Withdrawals during the contest:

Others:

Replacement

Notes and References

  1. News: 19 November 1995 . New Miss World crowned in controversial pageant . 7 . . Indiana, Pennsylvania . 17 May 2023 . Newspapers.com.
  2. News: 20 November 1995 . New Miss World . 27 January 2024 . . 7 . Trove.
  3. Web site: Bell . Jonathan . 6 December 2013 . Meeting Mandela is something I'll never forget . 22 May 2023 . . en-US . Hamilton, Bermuda.
  4. Web site: 30 July 2019 . Bolivia se clasificó cinco veces en el Miss Mundo . Bolivia qualified five times in Miss World . 22 May 2023 . El Deber . es-ES.
  5. Web site: 1995-07-12 . Mi reino por la sonrisa de un niño! . My reign for the smile of a child! . 23 May 2023 . El Tiempo . es.
  6. Web site: 17 January 2021 . Tidligere Miss Danmark i gaseksplosion: - Huden gled bare af . Former Miss Denmark in a gas explosion: - The skin just slipped off . 23 May 2023 . TV2 Østjylland . da.
  7. Web site: 5 June 1995 . Miss HK gala hit by June 4 demonstration . 27 January 2024 . South China Morning Post . en.
  8. News: 9 November 1995 . Mandela meets contestants . 11 . . Canberra . 17 May 2023 . Trove.
  9. Book: Epoca . 1995 . 46 . it.
  10. Web site: 26 December 2022 . 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 . 27 January 2024 . Lrt.lt . lt.
  11. Web site: Chu . Henry . 17 December 1999 . In Macao, a Culture on the Cusp . 27 January 2024 . . en-US.
  12. Web site: 8 June 2013 . Inger Lise Ebeltoft . 27 January 2024 . Nordlys . no.
  13. News: Rosales . Francisco M. . 14 March 1995 . Towering Pampango lass wins Bb. Pilipinas-Universe crown . 6 . Manila Standard . Philippine Manila Standard Publishing, Inc. . Manila . 17 May 2023.
  14. News: 9 September 1995 . Beauty and the peace . 3 . The Straits Times . 17 May 2023 . National Library Board.
  15. Web site: Nigeria's Representative to the Miss World Beauty Contest, Toyin Stock Photo, Royalty Free Image: 118049239 - Alamy . 10 October 2016 . 10 October 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161010125954/http://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-nigerias-representative-to-the-miss-world-beauty-contest-toyin-raji-118049239.html . dead .
  16. http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/articles/9512102106/miss-nigeria-drops-out-miss-world-pageant-amid-protest-against-government EBSCOhost Connection
  17. Web site: Девушки на миллион. 15 May 2012.

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