Miss World 1995

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]

Miss World 1995
Miss World 1995 Titlecard
Date18 November 1995
Presenters
EntertainmentCaught in the Act
VenueSun City Entertainment Center, Sun City, South Africa
Broadcaster
Entrants84
Placements10
Withdrawals
Returns
WinnerJacqueline Aguilera
 Venezuela
PersonalityToyin Raji
 Nigeria
Best National CostumeAnica Martinović
 Croatia
PhotogenicJacqueline Aguilera
 Venezuela

Results
Countries and territories which sent delegates and results for Miss World 1995[2]

Placements
Placement Contestant
Miss World 1995
1st runner-up
2nd runner-up
Top 5
Top 10

Continental Queens of Beauty
Continental Group Contestant
Africa
Americas
Asia & Oceania
Caribbean
Europe

Pageant

Judges

Contestants

84 contestants competed for the title.

Country/Territory Contestant Age Hometown
 Argentina María Lorena Jensen 20 Buenos Aires
 Aruba Tessa Pieterz – –
 Australia Melissa Porter[2] 22 –
 Austria Elizabeth Unfried – –
 Bahamas Loleta Marie Smith – –
 Bangladesh Yasmin Bilkis Sathi – –
 Barbados Rashi Holder – –
 Belgium Véronique De Kock 19 Antwerp
 Bermuda Renita Minors – –
 Bolivia Carla Patricia Morón – –
 Botswana Monica Somolekae – –
 Brazil Elessandra Dartora – –
 British Virgin Islands Chandi Trott – –
 Bulgaria Evgenia Kalkandjieva – –
 Canada Alissa Lehinki – –
 Cayman Islands Tasha Ebanks – –
 Chile Tonka Tomicic – –
 Colombia Diana María Figueroa – –
 Costa Rica Shasling Navarro – –
 Croatia Anica Martinović 19 Zagreb
 Curaçao Danique Regales – –
 Cyprus Isabella Giorgallou – –
 Czech Republic Katerina Kasalova – –
 Denmark Tine Bay – –
 Dominican Republic Patricia Bayonet – –
 Ecuador Ana Fabiola Trujillo – –
 Estonia Mari-Lin Poom – –
 Finland Terhi Koivisto – –
 France Helene Lantoine – –
 Germany Isabell Brauer – –
 Ghana Manuela Medie – –
 Gibraltar Monique Chiara 18 Gibraltar
 Greece Maria Boziki – –
 Guam Joylyn Muñoz – –
 Guatemala Sara Elizabeth Sandoval – –
 Holland Didi Schackmann – –
 Hong Kong Shirley Chau[2] – –
 Hungary Ildiko Veinbergen – –
 India Preeti Mankotia – –
 Ireland Joanne Black 21 Cavan
 Israel Miri Bohadana[3] 25 Sderot
 Italy Rosanna Santoli – –
 Jamaica Imani Duncan – –
 Japan Mari Kubo – –
 Latvia Ieva Melina – –
 Lebanon Julia Syriani – –
 Lithuania Gabriele Bartkute – –
 Macau Geraldina Pedruco – –
 Malaysia Trincy Low – –
 Mexico Alejandra Quintero 19 Nuevo León
 New Zealand Sarah Brady[2] – –
 Norway Inger Lise Ebeltoft – –
 Panama Marisela Moreno 23 Panama City
 Paraguay Patricia Serafini – –
 Peru Paola Dellepiane – –
 Philippines Reham Snow Tago[4] 18 Manila
 Poland Ewa Izabella Tylecka – –
 Portugal Suzana Robalo – –
 Puerto Rico Swanni Quiñones – –
 Romania Dana Delia Pintilie – –
 Russia Elena Bazina – –
 Seychelles Shirley Low-Meng – –
 Singapore Jacqueline Chew[5] – Singapore
 Slovakia Zuzana Spatinova – –
 Slovenia Teja Boškin – –
 South Africa Bernelee Daniell – –
 South Korea Choi Yoon-young[2] – –
 Spain Candelaria Rodríguez – –
 Swaziland Mandy Saulus – –
 Sweden Jeanette Hassel – –
 Switzerland Stephanie Berger – –
 Tahiti Timeri Baudry – –
 Taiwan Hsu Chun-Chun[2] – –
 Tanzania Emily Adolf Fred – –
 Thailand Yasumin Leautamornwattana – –
 Trinidad and Tobago Michelle Khan 23 Port of Spain
 Turkey Demet Sener – –
 Ukraine Nataliya Shvachiy – –
 United Kingdom Shauna Gunn – –
 United States Jill Ankuda 19 El Paso
 United States Virgin Islands Roshini Nibbs – –
 Venezuela Jacqueline Aguilera 19 Valencia
 Zambia Miryana Bujisic – –
 Zimbabwe Dionne Best – –

Notes

Returns
  • Last competed in 1990:
    •  Barbados
  • Last competed in 1992:
    •  Zambia
  • Last competed in 1993:
    •  Bermuda
    •  Lithuania

Withdrawals

Withdrawals during the contest:

  •  Nigeria – Toyin Enitan Raji - She was forced to withdraw from the contest due political reasons; a few hours after being given the Miss Personality on 16 November, she received telephone threats over the execution by Nigeria's military regime of nine political activists a week ago.[6][7]

Others:

  •  China
  •  Iceland lost its franchise for Miss World until 1999.
  •  Kenya
  •  Mauritius
  •  Saint Lucia
  •  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
  •  Sri Lanka lost its franchise for Miss World until 1999.

Replacement
  •  Ukraine – The winner of Miss Ukraine 1995, Vlada Litovchenko couldn't participate due to the fact that she was a married woman with one child.[8] The 2nd runner up of Miss Europe 1994, Nataliya Shvachiy replaced her.

References
  1. "New Miss World crowned in controversial pageant". Indiana Gazette. Indiana, Pennsylvania. 19 November 1995. p. 7. Retrieved 17 May 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. "A bevy of beauties". New Straits Times. 12 November 1995. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  3. "Mandela meets contestants". The Canberra Times. Canberra. 9 November 1995. p. 11. Retrieved 17 May 2023 – via Trove.
  4. Rosales, Francisco M. (14 March 1995). "Towering Pampango lass wins Bb. Pilipinas-Universe crown". Manila Standard. Manila: Philippine Manila Standard Publishing, Inc. p. 6. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
  5. "Beauty and the peace:". Straits Times. 9 September 1995. p. 3. Retrieved 17 May 2023 – via National Library Board.
  6. "Nigeria's Representative to the Miss World Beauty Contest, Toyin Stock Photo, Royalty Free Image: 118049239 - Alamy". Archived from the original on 10 October 2016. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  7. EBSCOhost Connection
  8. "Девушки на миллион". 15 May 2012.

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