Miss World 1994

Miss World 1994
Miss World 1994 Titlecard
Date	19 November 1994
Presenters	Richard Steinmetz, Suanne Braun, and Bronson Pinchot
Venue	Sun City Entertainment Center, Sun City, South Africa
Entrants	87
Placements	10
Debuts	Bangladesh, People's Republic of China, Estonia
Withdraws	Bermuda, El Salvador, Honduras, Lithuania, Malta, Namibia, Uganda, Uruguay
Returns	Botswana, Ghana, Hungary, Kenya, Peru, Romania, St. Lucia, St. Vincent & Grenadines, Seychelles, Tahiti, Tanzania, Ukraine
Winner	Aishwarya Rai  India
Personality	Patinya Thongsri  Thailand
Best National Costume	Irene Ferreira  Venezuela
Photogenic	Aishwarya Rai  India

Miss World 1994 was the 44th Miss World pageant and marked the third consecutive staging of Miss World in Sun City, South Africa. Actor Blair Underwood and supermodel Naomi Campbell served as presenters. 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,^[1] was crowned the new Miss World. 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

Order of Semi-finalists

Order of Finalists

• 1. Zimbabwe
• 2. India
• 3. Croatia
• 4. South Africa
• 5. Venezuela

Special awards

Countries and territories which sent delegates and results.

• Miss Personality: Patinya Thongsri (Thailand)
• Miss Photogenic: Aishwarya Rai - (India)
• Best National Costume: Irene Ferreira (Venezuela)

Continental Queens

• Africa: Basetsane Makgalemele (South Africa)
• Americas: Irene Ferreira (Venezuela)
• Asia & Oceania: Aishwarya Rai (India)
• Caribbean: Anita Lilly Bush (Cayman Islands)
• Europe: Branka Bebić (Croatia)

Judges

• Eric Morley - Chairman, Miss World Organization
• Eileen Ford - founder, Ford Model agency
• Ron Moss - Actor, The Bold and the Beautiful
• Katherine Kelly Lang - Actress, The Bold and the Beautiful
• Patrick Lichfield - Photographer
• Marsha Rae Ratcliff - Entertainer and Variety Clubs Ambassador
• Charles Dance - Actor (International Stage, Film and Television)
• Iman - international supermodel
• Herb Ritts - Photographer
• Zindzi Mandela-Hlongwane - Daughter of Nelson Mandela

87 contestants

Nation	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
People's Republic of China	Pan Tao	Shenzhen
Colombia	Maria Eugenia González Ponce de León	Bogotá
Costa Rica	Silvia Ester Muñoz Mata	Puntarenas
Croatia	Branka Bebic	Dubrovnik
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	Evangelia (Evi) Adam	Athens
Guam	Chalorna Freitas	Agana
Guatemala	Sonia Maria Rosales Vargas	Zacapa
Holland	Joshka Bon	Amsterdam
Hong Kong	Annamarie Wood Lai-Ming	Hong Kong
Hungary	Timea Farkas	Záhony
Iceland	Birna Bragadóttir	Álftanes
India	Aishwarya Rai	Bombay
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	Moscow
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	Basetsane 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
Chinese Taipei	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	Conyers
Venezuela	Eira Salazar	Carúpano
Zimbabwe	Angeline Musasiwa	Harare

Returning countries and Debuts

• Bangladesh, People's Republic of China and Estonia competed in Miss World for the first time.
• Tanzania last competed in 1967.
• Botswana last competed in 1974.
• St. Lucia last competed in 1975.
• Tahiti last competed in 1985.
• St. Vincent & Grenadines last competed in 1989.
• Peru last competed in 1990.
• Ghana and Kenya last competed in 1991.
• Hungary, Romania, Seychelles and Ukraine last competed in 1992.

Withdrawals

• Bermuda, Honduras, Lithuania, Malta, Namibia, Uganda and Uruguay failed to send their delegates in Miss World.
• El Salvador lost its franchise and sponsorship for Miss World until 2003.

Crossovers

Miss Universe

• Miss Universe 1994: Nigeria, Sri Lanka and Taiwan R.O.C.
• Miss Universe 1995: Cayman Islands, Ireland, Kenya, Mauritius and Switzerland
• Miss Universe 1998: Puerto Rico (2nd runner-up) and Russia (semi-finalist)

Miss Internationals

• Miss International 1993: Slovakia
• Miss International 1994: Costa Rica and Paraguay
• Miss International 1995: Norway (winner)
• Miss International 1997: Ukraine (semi-finalist)

Historical significance

• Argentina, Austria and Bolivia introduced themselves in their native languages.
• Republic of China changed the name of sash as Taiwan (R.O.C.).
• This is the first time that the Parade of Nations were held in the Palace of the Lost City grounds during day time.
• Zimbabwe made into the Top 5 Finals for the first time.
• 6 out of 10 countries which competed in the semi-finals, were not competed in the semi-finals last year: Belgium (1983), Greece (1973), India (1991), Malaysia (1979), United Kingdom (1992), and Zimbabwe (1982).
• Philippines makes its first back to back appearance at the top 10 (being 2nd runner up last year).

References

1. ^ Miss World, Toledo Blade, November 20, 1994.

External sources

• Miss World Official Website
• Pageantopolis - Miss World 1994
• Veestarz - Miss World 1994