Miss Universe 1995
| Miss Universe 1995 | |
|---|---|
| Date | 12 May 1995[1] |
| Presenters | |
| Entertainment | |
| Venue | Windhoek Country Club Resort, Windhoek, Namibia |
| 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 at the Windhoek Country Club Resort in Windhoek, Namibia on 12 May 1995.[1] Chelsi Smith of the United States was crowned by Sushmita Sen of India at the conclusion of the event. This marks the first and so far only time the pageant has been held in Africa.[2] Eighty-two contestants competed in this year.
Results
Placements
| Placement | Contestant |
|---|---|
| Miss Universe 1995 |
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| 1st Runner-Up |
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| 2nd Runner-Up |
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| Top 6 |
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| Top 10 |
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Special awards
| Award | Contestant |
|---|---|
| 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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Contestants
Eighty-two contestants competed for the title.
| Country/Territory | Contestant | Age[a] | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|
 Aruba
|
Marie-Denise Herrlein | 20 | San Nicolaas |
.svg.png){kind=small} Australia
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Jacqueline Shooter | 20 | Gold Coast |
 Bahamas
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Tenika Lindsay | 20 | Grand Bahama |
 Belize
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Deborah Wade | 20 | Belmopan |
 Bolivia
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Sandra Rivero | 22 | Santa Cruz de la Sierra |
 Bonaire
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Donna Landwier | 20 | Kralendijk |
 Brazil
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Renata Bessa | 18 | Contagem |
 British Virgin Islands
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Elaine Patricia Henry | 20 | Tortola |
 Bulgaria
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Boiana Dimitrova | 18 | Pleven |
.svg.png){kind=small} Canada
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Lana Buchberger | 20 | Calgary |
 Cayman Islands
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Anita Bush | 22 | Grand Cayman |
 Chile
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Paola Falcone | 20 | Santiago |
 Colombia
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Tatiana Castro | 21 | Bogotá |
 Cook Islands
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Tarita Brown | 20 | Rarotonga |
 Costa Rica
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Beatriz Alejandra Alvarado | 19 | Alajuela |
 Curaçao
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Maruschka Jansen | 24 | Willemstad |
 Cyprus
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Clara Davina Rainbow | 18 | Larnaca |
 Czech Republic
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Eva Kotulánová | 20 | Brno |
 Denmark
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Tina Dam | 22 | Aalborg |
 Dominican Republic
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Cándida Lara | 23 | Santo Domingo |
 Ecuador
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Radmila Pandžić | 22 | Manabí |
 Egypt
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Nadia Ezz | 22 | Cairo |
 El Salvador
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Eleonora Carrillo | 19 | San Salvador |
 Estonia
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Enel Eha | 19 | Tallinn |
 Finland
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Heli Pirhonen | 20 | Kitee |
 France
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Corine Lauret | 21 | Réunion |
 Germany
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Ilka Endres | 25 | Aachen |
 Great Britain
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Sarah-Jane Southwick | 19 | Nottingham |
 Greece
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Helen Papaioannou | 25 | Thessaloniki |
 Guam
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Alia Tui Stevens | 23 | Chalan Pago-Ordot |
 Guatemala
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Indira Chinchilla | 23 | Guatemala City |
 Hong Kong
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Halina Tam | 22 | Hong Kong |
 Hungary
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Andrea Harsanyi | 20 | Győr |
 Iceland
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Margret Skuladóttir Sigurz | 20 | Reykjavík |
 India
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Manpreet Brar | 22 | Delhi |
 Indonesia
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Susanty Manuhutu | 21 | Jakarta |
 Ireland
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Anna Marie McCarthy[3] | 23 | Dublin |
 Israel
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Yana Kalman | 20 | Tel Aviv |
 Italy
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Alessandra Meloni | 22 | Cagliari |
 Jamaica
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Justine Willoughby | 23 | Kingston |
 Japan
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Narumi Saeki | 19 | Tokyo |
 Kenya
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Josephine Wanjiku Mbatia | 25 | Nairobi |
 Malaysia
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Suziela Azrai | 18 | Klang |
 Malta
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Sonia Massa | 20 | Fleur-de-Lys |
 Mauritius
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Marie Priscilla Mardaymootoo | 25 | Port Louis |
 Mexico
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Luz María Zetina | 21 | Mexico City |
 Namibia
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Patricia Burt | 20 | Windhoek |
 Netherlands
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Chantal van Woensel | 22 | Zeeland |
 New Zealand
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Shelley Edwards | 23 | Auckland |
 Nicaragua
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Linda Clerk | 22 | Managua |
 Nigeria
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Toyin Raji | 22 | Kogi |
 Northern Mariana Islands
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Karah Kirschenheiter | 18 | Saipan |
 Norway
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Lena Sandvik | 23 | Østfold |
 Panama
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Michele Sage | 25 | Panama City |
 Paraguay
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Bettina Barboza | 19 | Asunción |
 Peru
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Paola Dellepiane | 18 | Lima |
 Philippines
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Joanne Santos[4] | 18 | Manila |
 Poland
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Magdalena Pecikiewicz | 19 | Silesia |
.svg.png){kind=small} Portugal
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Adriana Iria | 19 | Faro |
 Puerto Rico
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Desirée Lowry | 22 | Corozal |
 Romania
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Monika Grosu | 20 | Bucharest |
 Russia
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Yulia Alekseeva | 22 | Moscow |
 Seychelles
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Maria Payet | 21 | Mahé |
 Singapore
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Tun Neesa Abdullah | 23 | Singapore |
 Slovakia
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Nikoleta Mezsarasova | 20 | Bratislava |
 South Africa
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Augustine Masilela | 26 | Johannesburg |
 South Korea
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Han Sung-joo | 20 | Seoul |
 Spain
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María Reyes | 18 | Soria |
 Sri Lanka
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Shivani Vasagam | 24 | Colombo |
 Sweden
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Petra Hultgren | 23 | Stockholm |
.svg.png){kind=small} Switzerland
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Sarah Briguet | 24 | Geneva |
 Taiwan
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Liao Chia-Yi | 18 | Taipei |
 Thailand
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Phavadee Vichienrat | 20 | Bangkok |
 Trinidad and Tobago
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Arlene Peterkin | 27 | Port of Spain |
 Turkey
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Gamze Saygi | 21 | Istanbul |
 Turks and Caicos Islands
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Sharleen Rochelle Grant | 24 | Grand Turk |
 Ukraine
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Irina Chernomaz | 19 | Kharkiv |
 United States
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Chelsi Smith[5] | 21 | Houston |
 United States Virgin Islands
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Kim Marie Ann Boschulte | 24 | Saint Thomas |
 Uruguay
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Sandra Znidaric | 22 | Montevideo |
.svg.png){kind=small} Venezuela
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Denyse Floreano | 18 | Ciudad Ojeda |
 Zambia
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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.
- ^ 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.