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Miss Universe 1995
44th Miss Universe pageant
44th Miss Universe pageant
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| caption | Chelsi Smith |
| winner | **Chelsi Smith** |
| United States | |
| congeniality | Toyin Raji |
| Nigeria | |
| photogenic | Petra Hultgren |
| Sweden | |
| best national costume | María Reyes |
| Spain | |
| date | 12 May 1995 |
| presenters | |
| acts | Jon Secada |
| venue | Windhoek Country Club Resort, Windhoek, Namibia |
| broadcaster | CBS (international) |
| Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (official broadcaster) | |
| entrants | 82 |
| placements | 10 |
| debuts | |
| withdraws | |
| returns | |
| before | 1994 |
| next | 1996 |
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
| Placement | Contestant |
|---|---|
| Miss Universe 1995 | |
| 1st runner-up | |
| 2nd runner-up | |
| Top 6 | |
| Top 10 |
Special awards
| Award | Contestant |
|---|---|
| Miss Photogenic | |
| Miss Congeniality | |
| Best National Costume | |
| Vibrance Most Beautiful Hair Award |
Contestants
Eighty-two contestants competed for the title.
| Country/Territory | Contestant | Age | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABW Aruba | Marie-Denise Herrlein | 20 | San Nicolaas |
| AUS Australia | Jacqueline Shooter | 20 | Gold Coast |
| BHS Bahamas | Tenika Lindsay | 20 | Grand Bahama |
| BLZ Belize | Deborah Wade | 20 | Belmopan |
| BOL Bolivia | Sandra Rivero | 22 | Santa Cruz de la Sierra |
| BOE Bonaire | Donna Landwier | 20 | Kralendijk |
| BRA Brazil | Renata Bessa | 18 | Contagem |
| VGB British Virgin Islands | Elaine Patricia Henry | 20 | Tortola |
| BUL Bulgaria | Boiana Dimitrova | 18 | Pleven |
| CAN Canada | Lana Buchberger | 20 | Calgary |
| CAY Cayman Islands | Anita Bush | 22 | Grand Cayman |
| CHL Chile | Paola Falcone | 20 | Santiago |
| COL Colombia | Tatiana Castro | 21 | Bogotá |
| COK Cook Islands | Tarita Brown | 20 | Rarotonga |
| CRI Costa Rica | Beatriz Alejandra Alvarado | 19 | Alajuela |
| CUW Curaçao | Maruschka Jansen | 24 | Willemstad |
| CYP Cyprus | Clara Davina Rainbow | 18 | Larnaca |
| CZE Czech Republic | Eva Kotulánová | 20 | Brno |
| DNK Denmark | Tina Dam | 22 | Aalborg |
| DOM Dominican Republic | Cándida Lara | 23 | Santo Domingo |
| ECU Ecuador | Radmila Pandžić | 22 | Manabí |
| EGY Egypt | Nadia Ezz | 22 | Cairo |
| SLV El Salvador | Eleonora Carrillo | 19 | San Salvador |
| EST Estonia | Enel Eha | 19 | Tallinn |
| FIN Finland | Heli Pirhonen | 20 | Kitee |
| FRA France | Corine Lauret | 21 | Réunion |
| GER Germany | Ilka Endres | 25 | Aachen |
| GBR Great Britain | Sarah-Jane Southwick | 19 | Nottingham |
| GRC Greece | Helen Papaioannou | 25 | Thessaloniki |
| GUM Guam | Alia Tui Stevens | 23 | Chalan Pago-Ordot |
| GTM Guatemala | Indira Chinchilla | 23 | Guatemala City |
| HKG Hong Kong | Halina Tam | 22 | Hong Kong |
| HUN Hungary | Andrea Harsanyi | 20 | Győr |
| ISL Iceland | Margret Skuladóttir Sigurz | 20 | Reykjavík |
| IND India | Manpreet Brar | 22 | Delhi |
| IDN Indonesia | Susanty Manuhutu | 21 | Jakarta |
| IRE Ireland | Anna Marie McCarthy | 23 | Dublin |
| ISR Israel | Yana Kalman | 20 | Tel Aviv |
| ITA Italy | Alessandra Meloni | 22 | Cagliari |
| JAM Jamaica | Justine Willoughby | 23 | Kingston |
| JAP Japan | Narumi Saeki | 19 | Tokyo |
| KEN Kenya | Josephine Wanjiku Mbatia | 25 | Nairobi |
| MYS Malaysia | Suziela Azrai | 18 | Klang |
| MLT Malta | Sonia Massa | 20 | Fleur-de-Lys |
| MUS Mauritius | Marie Priscilla Mardaymootoo | 25 | Port Louis |
| MEX Mexico | Luz María Zetina | 21 | Mexico City |
| NAM Namibia | Patricia Burt | 20 | Windhoek |
| NLD Netherlands | Chantal van Woensel | 22 | Zeeland |
| NZL New Zealand | Shelley Edwards | 23 | Auckland |
| NIC Nicaragua | Linda Clerk | 22 | Managua |
| NGA Nigeria | Toyin Raji | 22 | Kogi |
| MNP Northern Mariana Islands | Karah Kirschenheiter | 18 | Saipan |
| NOR Norway | Lena Sandvik | 23 | Østfold |
| PAN Panama | Michele Sage | 25 | Panama City |
| PAR Paraguay | Bettina Barboza | 19 | Asunción |
| PER Peru | Paola Dellepiane | 18 | Lima |
| PHI Philippines | Joanne Santos | 18 | Manila |
| POL Poland | Magdalena Pecikiewicz | 19 | Silesia |
| POR Portugal | Adriana Iria | 19 | Faro |
| PRI Puerto Rico | Desirée Lowry | 22 | Corozal |
| ROM Romania | Monika Grosu | 20 | Bucharest |
| RUS Russia | Yulia Alekseeva | 22 | Moscow |
| SEY Seychelles | Maria Payet | 21 | Mahé |
| SGP Singapore | Tun Neesa Abdullah | 23 | Singapore |
| SVK Slovakia | Nikoleta Mezsarasova | 20 | Bratislava |
| ZAF South Africa | Augustine Masilela | 26 | Johannesburg |
| KOR South Korea | Han Sung-joo | 20 | Seoul |
| ESP Spain | María Reyes | 18 | Soria |
| LKA Sri Lanka | Shivani Vasagam | 24 | Colombo |
| SWE Sweden | Petra Hultgren | 23 | Stockholm |
| SWI Switzerland | Sarah Briguet | 24 | Geneva |
| TWN Taiwan | Liao Chia-Yi | 18 | Taipei |
| THA Thailand | Phavadee Vichienrat | 20 | Bangkok |
| TTO Trinidad and Tobago | Arlene Peterkin | 27 | Port of Spain |
| TUR Turkey | Gamze Saygi | 21 | Istanbul |
| TCA Turks and Caicos Islands | Sharleen Rochelle Grant | 24 | Grand Turk |
| UKR Ukraine | Irina Chernomaz | 19 | Kharkiv |
| USA United States | Chelsi Smith | 21 | Houston |
| VIR United States Virgin Islands | Kim Marie Ann Boschulte | 24 | Saint Thomas |
| URU Uruguay | Sandra Znidaric | 22 | Montevideo |
| Venezuela Venezuela | Denyse Floreano | 18 | Ciudad Ojeda |
| ZMB Zambia | Luo Trica Punabantu | 19 | Lusaka |
Notes
References
References
- 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.
- Kelly, Sean. (May 14, 1995). "Miss USA wins 1995 Miss Universe pageant". [[Manila Standard]].
- Clarke, Victoria Mary. (30 November 2003). "The World at her feet".
- Rosales, Francisco M.. (14 March 1995). "Towering Pampango lass wins Bb. Pilipinas-Universe crown". [[Manila Standard]].
- (February 10, 1995). "Texas Representative Named Miss USA". The Victoria Advocate.
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