Miss World 1993

Miss World 1993
Miss World 1993 Titlecard
Date	27 November 1993
Presenters	Pierce Brosnan, Doreen Morris, Gina Marie Tolleson, Kim Alexis
Venue	Sun City Entertainment Center, Sun City, South Africa
Entrants	81
Placements	10
Debuts	Czech Republic, Lithuania, Slovakia
Withdraws	Greenland, Hungary, Romania, Seychelles, Ukraine, Zambia
Returns	Honduras, Zimbabwe
Winner	Lisa Hanna  Jamaica
Personality	Charlotte Als  Denmark
Best National Costume	Karminder Kaur-Virk  India
Photogenic	Barbara Chiappini  Italy

Miss World 1993, the 43rd Miss World pageant was held on 27 November 1993 at the Sun City Entertainment Centre in Sun City, South Africa. The pageant attracted 81 contestants from all over the world. This is the second consecutive staging of the pageant in Sun City. The event was hosted by actor and future James Bond Pierce Brosnan.

Results

Countries and territories which sent delegates and results.

Finals results	Contestant
Miss World 1993	Jamaica - Lisa Hanna
1st Runner-up	South Africa - Palesa Mofokeng
2nd Runner-up	Philippines - Ruffa Gutierrez
Top 5	Croatia - Fani Čapalija  Venezuela - Mónica Lei
Top 10	Finland - Janina Frostell  France - Véronique de la Cruz  Korea - Lee Seung-yeon  Sweden - Victoria Silvstedt  United States - Maribeth Brown

Order of Semi-finalists

1. Finland 2. Philippines 3. Sweden 4. United States 5. Croatia

6. Korea 7. Venezuela 8. Jamaica 9. France 10. South Africa

Order of Finalists

• 1. Philippines
• 2. Croatia
• 3. South Africa
• 4. Venezuela
• 5. Jamaica

Continental Queens

• Africa: Palesa Mofokeng (South Africa)
• Americas: Mónica Lei - (Venezuela)
• Asia and Oceania: Ruffa Gutierrez (Philippines)
• Caribbean: Lisa Hanna (Jamaica)
• Europe: Fani Capalija (Croatia)

Special awards

• Best National Costume: Karminder Kaur-Virk (India)
• Miss Photogenic: Barbara Chiappini (Italy)
• Miss Personality: Charlotte Als (Denmark)

81 Contestants

Nation	Contestant	Age	Hometown
American Virgin Islands	Suzanne Palermo	21	St. Thomas
Argentina	Viviana Carcereri	19	Mendoza
Aruba	Christina van der Berg	18	Noord
Australia	Karen Ann Carwin	23	Brisbane
Austria	Jutta Ellinger	23	Vienna
Bahamas	Jacinda Saye Francis	18	Nassau
Belgium	Stephanie Meire	23	Bruges
Bermuda	Kellie Hall	22	Somerset
Bolivia	Claudia Lorena Arrieta Justiniano	18	Santa Cruz
Brazil	Lylia Virna Menezes Soriano	18	Alagoas
British Virgin Islands	Kaida Donovan	18	Tortola
Bulgaria	Vera Roussinova	17	Sofia
Canada	Tanya Lynn Memme	22	Toronto
Cayman Islands	Audry Elizabeth Ebanks	20	Grand Cayman
Chile	Jessica Miroslava Eterovic Pozas	20	Punta Arenas
China, Republic of	Virginia Long Wei-Yen	19	Taipei
Colombia	Silvia Isabel Duran Angarita	23	Bucaramanga
Costa Rica	Laura Odio Salas	19	San José
Croatia	Fani Čapalija	18	Split
Curaçao	Sally Daflaar	19	Willemstad
Cyprus	Maria Magdalini Valianti	19	Larnaca
Czech Republic	Simona Smejkalova	19	Prague
Denmark	Charlotte Als	22	Copenhagen
Dominican Republic	Lynn Alvarez Klinken	21	Concepción de La Vega
Ecuador	Dana Saab Saab	19	Guayaquil
El Salvador	Beatriz Eugenia Henríquez Pinto	21	San Salvador
Finland	Janina Frostell	20	Kuhmo
France	Véronique de la Cruz	19	Guadeloupe
Germany	Petra Klein	19	Lübbenau
Gibraltar	Jennifer Jane Ainsworth	18	Gibraltar
Greece	Mania Delou	19	Athens
Guam	Gina Burkhart	18	Sinajana
Guatemala	Maria Lucrecia Flores Flores	24	Guatemala City
Holland	Hilda van der Meulen	22	Oudeschoot
Honduras	Tania Brüchmann Escoria	18	Tegucigalpa
Hong Kong	May Lam Lei-Mei	20	Hong Kong
Iceland	Gudrun Hreidarsdóttir	19	Reykjavík
India	Karminder Kaur-Virk	20	Chandigarh
Ireland	Pamela Flood	22	Dublin
Israel	Tamara Porat	18	Tel Aviv
Italy	Barbara Chiappini	18	Piacenza
Jamaica	Lisa Hanna	18	Kingston
Japan	Yoko Miyasaka	22	Tokyo
Korea	Lee Seung-yeon	24	Seoul
Latvia	Sigita Rude	19	Liepāja
Lebanon	Ghada El Turk	21	Keserwan
Lithuania	Jurate Mikutaite	21	Kaunas
Macau	Isabela Madeira da Silva Pedruco	20	Macau
Malaysia	Jacqueline Ngu	23	Kuala Lumpur
Malta	Susanne-Mary Borg	17	Mosta
Mauritius	Viveka Babajee†	20	Beau Bassin
Mexico	Elizabeth Margain Rivera	22	Mexico City
Namibia	Christalene Barbara Kahatjipara	20	Windhoek
New Zealand	Nicola Johanna Brighty	20	Auckland
Nigeria	Helen Ntukidem	22	Lagos
Norway	Rita Omvik	21	Kongsvinger
Panama	Aracelys Cogley Preston	23	Colón
Paraguay	Claudia Florentin Fariña	19	Asunción
Philippines	Sharmaine (Ruffa) Rama Gutierrez	19	Manila
Poland	Aleksandra Spieczyńska	19	Wrocław
Portugal	Ana Luisa Barbosa Moreira	20	Porto
Puerto Rico	Ana Rosa Brito Suarez	23	San Juan
Russia	Olga Sysoeva	19	Moscow
Singapore	Desiree Chan Fam Yin	20	Singapore
Slovakia	Dana Vojtechovska	20	Košice
Slovenia	Metka Albrecht	18	Postojna
South Africa	Palesa Jacqueline Mofokeng	21	Soweto
Spain	Araceli Garcia Eugenio	23	Madrid
Sri Lanka	Chamila Wickremesinghe	22	Colombo
Swaziland	Sharon Richards	20	Mbabane
Sweden	Karen Victoria Silvstedt	19	Bollnäs
Switzerland	Patricia Fässler	19	Zürich
Thailand	Matoros Kato Leaudsakda	18	Bangkok
Trinidad & Tobago	Denyse Michelle Paul	23	San Fernando
Turkey	Emel Yildirim	19	Istanbul
Uganda	Linda Bazalaki	20	Kampala
United Kingdom	Amanda Louise Johnson	19	Nottingham
United States	Maribeth Brown	23	Hollister
Uruguay	Maria Fernanda Navarro Guigou	20	Montevideo
Venezuela	Mónica Lei Scaccia	22	Caracas
Zimbabwe	Karen Amanda Stally	19	Harare

Debuts

• Czech Republic, Lithuania and Slovakia competed in Miss World for the first time.

Returning countries

• Zimbabwe last competed in 1982.
• Honduras last competed in 1991.

Withdrawals

• Hungary, Romania, Seychelles, and Ukraine failed to send their delegates in Miss World.

Historical significance

• Czechoslovakia was no longer existing as two countries (Czech Republic and Slovakia) competed in Miss World.
• Croatia made into the semi-finals in Miss World for the first time, placed as finalist, and then received the "Queen of Europe" award.
• This is the first time that no European or North American country had made into the crowning ceremony.
• This is the first that a contestant who received the "Queen of Caribbean" award won the Miss World title.
• France, who failed to make into the semi-finals in Miss Universe 1993 in Mexico City, surprisingly made into the semi-finals in Miss World.
• All Latin American countries (except Brazil, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Puerto Rico and Venezuela) introduced themselves in Spanish.
• Curaçao, Italy, Japan, and Turkey introduced themselves in their native languages.
• Aruba, Bermuda, Curaçao, Israel, Mauritius, Netherlands, Paraguay, and Sri Lanka entered the Parade of Nations on stage.
• During the evening gown competition a part of the dress worn by Miss United States got caught in her heel.
• Half the number of countries which made it into the semifinals, were not in the semifinals last year: Philippines (1986), Korea and Sweden (1988), and France and Jamaica (1991). Croatia had made into the semi-finals for the first time after its debut in 1992. Ultimately, she finished in fourth place.
• Mauritius (Viveka Babajee), who later became a prominent actress in India, committed suicide on June 26, 2010 at her Bandra residence in Mumbai, India. She also competed in the 1994 Miss Universe pageant in the Philippines and got involved in the infamous Metro Manila Film Festival.
• Puerto Rico Ana Rosa Brito Suarez also competed at Miss Universe 1997 where she was a semi finalist and finished 8th.
• Philippines makes their highest performance since being first runner-up in 1973, and last seen at the top 10 in 1986.

External sources

• Pageantopolis
• Jimmy's Pageant Page