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Miss Universe 1995

44th Miss Universe pageant


44th Miss Universe pageant

FieldValue
captionChelsi Smith
winner**Chelsi Smith**
United States
congenialityToyin Raji
Nigeria
photogenicPetra Hultgren
Sweden
best national costumeMaría Reyes
Spain
date12 May 1995
presenters
actsJon Secada
venueWindhoek Country Club Resort, Windhoek, Namibia
broadcasterCBS (international)
Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (official broadcaster)
entrants82
placements10
debuts
withdraws
returns
before1994
next1996

United States Nigeria Sweden Spain Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (official broadcaster)

Miss Universe 1995 was the 44th Miss Universe pageant, held at the Windhoek Country Club Resort in Windhoek, Namibia on 12 May 1995. Chelsi Smith of the United States was crowned by Sushmita Sen of India at the conclusion of the event. Eighty-two contestants competed in this year. This marks the first and so far only time the pageant has been held in Africa.****

Results

Placements

PlacementContestant
Miss Universe 1995
1st runner-up
2nd runner-up
Top 6
Top 10

Special awards

AwardContestant
Miss Photogenic
Miss Congeniality
Best National Costume
Vibrance Most Beautiful Hair Award

Contestants

Eighty-two contestants competed for the title.

Country/TerritoryContestantAgeHometown
ABW ArubaMarie-Denise Herrlein20San Nicolaas
AUS AustraliaJacqueline Shooter20Gold Coast
BHS BahamasTenika Lindsay20Grand Bahama
BLZ BelizeDeborah Wade20Belmopan
BOL BoliviaSandra Rivero22Santa Cruz de la Sierra
BOE BonaireDonna Landwier20Kralendijk
BRA BrazilRenata Bessa18Contagem
VGB British Virgin IslandsElaine Patricia Henry20Tortola
BUL BulgariaBoiana Dimitrova18Pleven
CAN CanadaLana Buchberger20Calgary
CAY Cayman IslandsAnita Bush22Grand Cayman
CHL ChilePaola Falcone20Santiago
COL ColombiaTatiana Castro21Bogotá
COK Cook IslandsTarita Brown20Rarotonga
CRI Costa RicaBeatriz Alejandra Alvarado19Alajuela
CUW CuraçaoMaruschka Jansen24Willemstad
CYP CyprusClara Davina Rainbow18Larnaca
CZE Czech RepublicEva Kotulánová20Brno
DNK DenmarkTina Dam22Aalborg
DOM Dominican RepublicCándida Lara23Santo Domingo
ECU EcuadorRadmila Pandžić22Manabí
EGY EgyptNadia Ezz22Cairo
SLV El SalvadorEleonora Carrillo19San Salvador
EST EstoniaEnel Eha19Tallinn
FIN FinlandHeli Pirhonen20Kitee
FRA FranceCorine Lauret21Réunion
GER GermanyIlka Endres25Aachen
GBR Great BritainSarah-Jane Southwick19Nottingham
GRC GreeceHelen Papaioannou25Thessaloniki
GUM GuamAlia Tui Stevens23Chalan Pago-Ordot
GTM GuatemalaIndira Chinchilla23Guatemala City
HKG Hong KongHalina Tam22Hong Kong
HUN HungaryAndrea Harsanyi20Győr
ISL IcelandMargret Skuladóttir Sigurz20Reykjavík
IND IndiaManpreet Brar22Delhi
IDN IndonesiaSusanty Manuhutu21Jakarta
IRE IrelandAnna Marie McCarthy23Dublin
ISR IsraelYana Kalman20Tel Aviv
ITA ItalyAlessandra Meloni22Cagliari
JAM JamaicaJustine Willoughby23Kingston
JAP JapanNarumi Saeki19Tokyo
KEN KenyaJosephine Wanjiku Mbatia25Nairobi
MYS MalaysiaSuziela Azrai18Klang
MLT MaltaSonia Massa20Fleur-de-Lys
MUS MauritiusMarie Priscilla Mardaymootoo25Port Louis
MEX MexicoLuz María Zetina21Mexico City
NAM NamibiaPatricia Burt20Windhoek
NLD NetherlandsChantal van Woensel22Zeeland
NZL New ZealandShelley Edwards23Auckland
NIC NicaraguaLinda Clerk22Managua
NGA NigeriaToyin Raji22Kogi
MNP Northern Mariana IslandsKarah Kirschenheiter18Saipan
NOR NorwayLena Sandvik23Østfold
PAN PanamaMichele Sage25Panama City
PAR ParaguayBettina Barboza19Asunción
PER PeruPaola Dellepiane18Lima
PHI PhilippinesJoanne Santos18Manila
POL PolandMagdalena Pecikiewicz19Silesia
POR PortugalAdriana Iria19Faro
PRI Puerto RicoDesirée Lowry22Corozal
ROM RomaniaMonika Grosu20Bucharest
RUS RussiaYulia Alekseeva22Moscow
SEY SeychellesMaria Payet21Mahé
SGP SingaporeTun Neesa Abdullah23Singapore
SVK SlovakiaNikoleta Mezsarasova20Bratislava
ZAF South AfricaAugustine Masilela26Johannesburg
KOR South KoreaHan Sung-joo20Seoul
ESP SpainMaría Reyes18Soria
LKA Sri LankaShivani Vasagam24Colombo
SWE SwedenPetra Hultgren23Stockholm
SWI SwitzerlandSarah Briguet24Geneva
TWN TaiwanLiao Chia-Yi18Taipei
THA ThailandPhavadee Vichienrat20Bangkok
TTO Trinidad and TobagoArlene Peterkin27Port of Spain
TUR TurkeyGamze Saygi21Istanbul
TCA Turks and Caicos IslandsSharleen Rochelle Grant24Grand Turk
UKR UkraineIrina Chernomaz19Kharkiv
USA United StatesChelsi Smith21Houston
VIR United States Virgin IslandsKim Marie Ann Boschulte24Saint Thomas
URU UruguaySandra Znidaric22Montevideo
Venezuela VenezuelaDenyse Floreano18Ciudad Ojeda
ZMB ZambiaLuo Trica Punabantu19Lusaka

Notes

References

References

  1. The event was televised live at 09:00 pm [[West Africa Time. 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.
  2. Kelly, Sean. (May 14, 1995). "Miss USA wins 1995 Miss Universe pageant". [[Manila Standard]].
  3. Clarke, Victoria Mary. (30 November 2003). "The World at her feet".
  4. Rosales, Francisco M.. (14 March 1995). "Towering Pampango lass wins Bb. Pilipinas-Universe crown". [[Manila Standard]].
  5. (February 10, 1995). "Texas Representative Named Miss USA". The Victoria Advocate.
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