Miss World 1994
Appearance
Miss World 1994 | |
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Date | 19 November 1994 |
Presenters | |
Venue | Sun City Entertainment Center, Sun City, South Africa |
Broadcaster | |
Entrants | 87 |
Placements | 10 |
Debuts | |
Withdrawals | |
Returns | |
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. In December 2014, Aishwarya Rai was felicitated with Lifetime Beauty With a Purpose Award by Miss World Organisation at the 64th edition of the international beauty pageant for her humanitarian works since winning the crown two decades ago.[4][5]
Results
Placements
Final results | Contestant |
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Miss World 1994 | |
1st Runner-up | |
2nd Runner-up | |
Top 5 | |
Top 10 |
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Continental Queens of Beauty
Continental Group | Contestant |
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Africa | |
Americas | |
Asia & Oceania | |
Caribbean |
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Europe |
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Contestants
Country/Territory | Contestant | Hometown |
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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 | Wang Yin (Pan) Tao | Shenzhen |
Colombia | María Eugenia González Ponce de León | Popayán |
Costa Rica | Silvia Ester Muñoz Mata | Puntarenas |
Croatia | Branka Bebić | 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 | Mangalore |
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 | Tawau |
Mauritius | Marie Priscilla Mardaymootoo | Port Louis |
Mexico | Claudia Hernández Rodríguez | Santiago Ixcuintla |
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 |
Saint Lucia | Yasmine Lyndell Walcott | Castries |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Cornise Yearwood | Georgetown |
Seychelles | Marquise David | Victoria |
Singapore | Pickard Angela Lee Kim Mei | Singapore |
Slovakia | Karin Majtánová | 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 | Joanne Wu Chung-Chun | Taipei |
Tanzania | Aina William Maeda | Dodoma |
Thailand | Patinya Thongsri | Bangkok |
Trinidad and 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
- Eric Morley – Chairperson, Miss World Organization[citation needed]
- Eileen Ford – founder, Ford Model agency[7]
- Ron Moss – Actor, The Bold and the Beautiful[7]
- Katherine Kelly Lang – Actress, The Bold and the Beautiful[7]
- Patrick Lichfield – Photographer[7]
- Marsha Rae Ratcliff – Entertainer and Variety Clubs Ambassador[7]
- Charles Dance – Actor (International Stage, Film, and Television)[citation needed]
- Iman – international supermodel[7]
- Herb Ritts – Photographer[citation needed]
- Zindzi Mandela-Hlongwane – Daughter of Nelson Mandela[7]
- Tony Leung Ka-fai – Actor,L'amant[7]
Replacement
- Russia – Yulia Alekseeva ( 1º Runner Up - Miss Europe 1993) - Because the Miss World Organization did not accept her as contestant.[8]
References
- ^ a b c "Miss Universe vs Miss World: Facts and comparisons". MSN. 15 January 2015. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
- ^ a b "The Victoria Advocate". Retrieved 26 January 2016.
- ^ Miss World, Toledo Blade, 20 November 1994.
- ^ "Miss World 2014: Aishwarya Rai Bachchan felicitated for being most successful Miss World". 15 December 2014.
- ^ "Miss World 2014 : Lifetime Beauty with a Purpose Award - Aishwarya Rai Bachchan". YouTube.
- ^ "The Telegraph". Retrieved 26 January 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Lawrence Journal-World". Retrieved 26 January 2016.
- ^ Vsenashimiss - Istoriya konkursa Miss Rossiya