Miss Universe 1995

Miss Universe 1995
Date	12 May 1995
Presenters	Bob Goen, Daisy Fuentes
Entertainment	Jon Secada
Venue	Windhoek Country Club Resort, Windhoek, Namibia
Broadcaster	CBS
Entrants	82
Placements	10
Debuts	Seychelles, Ukraine, Zambia
Withdrawals	Argentina, Belgium, Honduras, Luxembourg, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
Returns	Belize, Bonaire, Czech Republic, Indonesia, Kenya, Nicaragua, South Africa, U.S. Virgin Islands
Winner	Chelsi Smith USA
Congeniality	Toyin Raji Nigeria
Best National Costume	María Reyes Spain
Photogenic	Petra Hultgren Sweden

Miss Universe 1995, the 44th Miss Universe pageant, was held on 12 May 1995 at the Windhoek Country Club Resort in Windhoek, Namibia. Chelsi Smith of the USA crowned by Sushmita Sen of India. Eighty-two contestants competed in this year.

Results

File:Miss Universe 1995 Map.PNG

Countries and territories which sent delegates and results

Placements

Final results	Contestant
Miss Universe 1995	USA - Chelsi Smith
1st runner-up	India - Manpreet Brar
2nd runner-up	Canada - Lana Buchberger
Top 6	Trinidad & Tobago - Arlene Peterkin Puerto Rico - Desiree Lowry Venezuela - Denyse Floreano
Top 10	South Africa - Augustine Masilela El Salvador - Eleonora Carrillo Dominican Republic - Cándida Lara Colombia - Tatiana Castro

Special awards

Awards	Contestant
Best National Costume	Spain - María Reyes Brazil - Renata Bessa Zambia - Luo Tricia Punabantu
Miss Congeniality	Nigeria - Toyin Raji
Miss Photogenic	Sweden - Petra Hultgren
Jantzen Best in Swimsuit	USA - Chelsi Smith
Most Beautiful Hair	Peru - Paola Dellepiane

Semi-final scores

Delegate	Swimsuit	Interview	Evening Gown	Average	Top 6 Finalists	Finalist Average
USA	9.719 (1)	9.639 (3)	9.656 (7)	9.671 (1)	9.789 (2)	9.730 (1)
Canada	9.598 (2)	9.538 (5)	9.789 (1)	9.641 (2)	9.818 (1)	9.730 (1)
Puerto Rico	9.561 (5)	9.653 (2)	9.661 (6)	9.625 (3)	9.658 (5)	9.642 (5)
Venezuela	9.566 (4)	9.499 (7)	9.705 (2)	9.590 (4)	9.425 (6)	9.508 (6)
Trinidad & Tobago	9.515 (6)	9.499 (7)	9.674 (5)	9.563 (5)	9.724 (4)	9.644 (4)
India	9.378 (8)	9.573 (4)	9.700 (3)	9.550 (6)	9.748 (3)	9.649 (3)
South Africa	9.348 (9)	9.525 (6)	9.688 (4)	9.520 (7)
El Salvador	9.305 (10)	9.674 (1)	9.531 (10)	9.503 (8)
Dominican Republic	9.573 (3)	9.219 (9)	9.573 (9)	9.455 (9)
Colombia	9.430 (7)	9.020 (10)	9.599 (8)	9.350 (10)

     Winner

     First runner-up

     Second runner-up

     Top 6 finalist

     Top 10 semi-finalist

(#) Rank in each round of competition

Preliminary scores

Delegate	Swimsuit	Evening Gown	Interview	Average
USA	9.29	9.37	9.37	9.343
Puerto Rico	8.88	9.58	9.54	9.333
Colombia	9.03	9.40	9.56	9.330
Trinidad & Tobago	9.21	9.39	9.34	9.313
Venezuela	9.23	9.31	9.09	9.210
Dominican Republic	8.95	9.21	9.44	9.200
El Salvador	8.83	9.30	9.46	9.197
Canada	8.67	9.38	9.43	9.160
India	8.61	9.26	9.59	9.153
South Africa	9.04	9.12	9.27	9.143
Nigeria	8.88	9.02	9.37	9.090
Russia	9.15	9.11	8.99	9.083
Spain	8.94	9.21	8.99	9.047
Thailand	8.86	9.07	9.19	9.040
Cook Islands	8.73	9.18	9.15	9.020
Philippines	8.76	9.22	9.06	9.013
Korea	8.65	9.15	9.24	9.013
Panama	8.94	9.18	8.85	8.990
Italy	8.88	9.00	8.98	8.953
Jamaica	8.64	9.04	9.17	8.950
France	8.99	8.95	8.89	8.943
Netherlands	8.87	9.04	8.88	8.930
Sri Lanka	8.52	9.11	9.13	8.920
Israel	8.83	9.09	8.83	8.917
Singapore	8.83	9.04	8.88	8.917
Estonia	8.93	9.06	8.76	8.917
Iceland	8.71	8.93	8.88	8.840
Mexico	8.45	8.87	9.16	8.827
Poland	8.84	8.77	8.82	8.810
Namibia	8.87	8.88	8.67	8.807
Curaçao	8.60	8.87	8.94	8.803
Mauritius	8.79	8.94	8.66	8.797
Cayman Islands	8.72	8.97	8.66	8.783
Slovak Republic	8.54	8.84	8.91	8.763
Peru	8.59	8.59	9.08	8.753
Norway	8.66	8.68	8.86	8.733
Germany	8.36	8.83	8.89	8.693
Czech Republic	8.42	8.75	8.90	8.690
Northern Marianas	8.61	8.80	8.64	8.683
Turkey	8.64	8.61	8.79	8.680
Ireland	8.27	8.76	9.01	8.680
Bahamas	8.23	8.62	9.14	8.663
New Zealand	8.34	8.76	8.84	8.647
Switzerland	8.47	8.52	8.91	8.633
Hong Kong	8.16	8.99	8.71	8.620
Chile	8.54	8.84	8.48	8.620
Romania	8.60	8.61	8.64	8.617
Sweden	8.56	8.71	8.57	8.613
Greece	8.38	8.78	8.66	8.607
Great Britain	8.43	8.69	8.69	8.603
Zambia	8.82	8.73	8.22	8.590
Brazil	8.28	8.74	8.74	8.587
Japan	8.62	8.66	8.47	8.583
Costa Rica	8.25	8.70	8.76	8.570
Finland	8.56	8.55	8.55	8.553
Portugal	8.70	8.21	8.74	8.550
Australia	8.10	8.47	9.08	8.550
Kenya	8.02	8.49	9.09	8.533
Aruba	7.97	8.58	9.04	8.530
Guatemala	8.08	8.93	8.56	8.523
Bolivia	7.87	8.74	8.93	8.513
Paraguay	8.37	8.38	8.78	8.510
Belize	8.10	8.64	8.76	8.500
Ecuador	7.89	8.44	9.15	8.493
Guam	8.15	8.41	8.88	8.480
Cyprus	8.37	8.42	8.63	8.473
Egypt	7.95	8.43	9.04	8.473
Nicaragua	8.37	8.43	8.56	8.453
Taiwan R.O.C.	8.10	8.54	8.64	8.427
Indonesia	7.99	8.59	8.58	8.387
Ukraine	8.40	8.27	8.49	8.387
Uruguay	8.38	8.30	8.47	8.383
Seychelles	8.19	8.54	8.28	8.337
Malaysia	8.16	8.55	8.26	8.323
Hungary	8.10	8.27	8.59	8.320
Denmark	7.96	8.10	8.90	8.320
Bulgaria	8.02	8.63	8.29	8.313
Turks & Caicos	8.04	8.16	8.56	8.253
Malta	8.04	8.15	8.38	8.190
British Virgin Islands	7.94	8.33	8.09	8.120
US Virgin Islands	7.56	8.01	8.29	7.953
Bonaire	7.53	7.94	8.32	7.930

     Winner

     First runner-up

     Second runner-up

     Top 6 finalist

     Top 10 semi-finalist

Order of announcements

Top 10

1. Colombia
2. South Africa
3. Canada
4. Trinidad & Tobago
5. Puerto Rico
6. Dominican Republic
7. India
8. Venezuela
9. El Salvador
10. USA

Top 6

1. Trinidad & Tobago
2. USA
3. Venezuela
4. India
5. Canada
6. Puerto Rico

Top 3

1. India
2. USA
3. Canada

Judges

• Ann Magnuson – American actress and singer
• Zakes Mokae – South African-born American actor
• Lucero – Mexican singer and actress
• Dan McVicar – American actor
• Natasha Alexandrovna – Russian pop star
• Phil Gallo – Entertainment journalist
• Vanessa Bell Calloway – African American actress
• Peter Kwong – Asian American actor and martial artist
• Irene Sáez – Miss Universe 1981 from Venezuela
• Freddy Taylor – Actor

Contestants

• Aruba - Marie-Denise Herrlein
• Australia - Jacqueline Shooter
• Bahamas - Shammine Tenika Lindsay
• Belize - Deborah Wade
• Bolivia - Sandra Rivero Zimmermann
• Bonaire - Donna Landwier
• Brazil - Renata Aparecida Bessa Soares
• British Virgin Islands - Elaine Patricia Henry
• Bulgaria - Boiana Dimitrova
• Canada - Lana Buchberger
• Cayman Islands - Anita Lilly Bush
• Chile - Paola Falcone Bacigalupo
• Colombia - Tatiana Leonor Castro Abuchaibe
• Cook Islands - Tarita Brown
• Costa Rica - Beatriz Alejandra Alvarado Mejía
• Curaçao - Maruschka Jansen
• Cyprus - Clara Davina Rainbow
• Czech Republic - Eva Kotulanova
• Denmark - Tina Dam
• Dominican Republic - Cándida Lara Betances
• Ecuador - Radmila Padnizic Arapov
• Egypt - Nadia Ezz
• El Salvador - Eleonora Beatrice Carrillo Alamanni
• Estonia - Enel Eha
• Finland - Heli Pirhonen
• France - Corina Lauret
• Germany - Ilka Endres
• Great Britain - Sarah-Jane Southwick
• Greece - Helen Papaioannou
• Guam - Alia Tui Stevens
• Guatemala - Indira Lili Chinchilla Paz
• Hong Kong - Halina Tam Siu-Wan
• Hungary - Andrea Harsanyi
• Iceland - Margret Skuladóttir Sigurz
• India - Manpreet Brar
• Indonesia - Susanty Manuhutu
• Ireland - Anna Marie McCarthy
• Israel - Jana Kalman
• Italy - Alessandra Meloni
• Jamaica - Justine Willoughby
• Japan - Narumi Saeki

• Kenya - Josephine Wanjiku Mbatia
• Korea - Han Sung-joo
• Malaysia - Suziela Binte Azrai
• Malta - Sonia Massa
• Mauritius - Marie Priscilla Mardaymootoo
• Mexico - Luz Maria Zetina Lugo
• Namibia - Patricia Burt
• Netherlands - Chantal van Woensel
• New Zealand - Shelley Jeannine Edwards
• Nicaragua - Linda Asalia Clerk Castillo
• Nigeria - Toyin Enitan Raji
• Northern Marianas - Karah Kirschenheiter
• Norway - Lena Sandvik
• Panama - Michele Jeanette Sage Navarrete
• Paraguay - Bettina Rosemary Barboza Caffarena
• Peru - Paola Dellepiane Gianotti
• Philippines - Joanne Zapanta Santos
• Poland - Magdalena Pecikiewicz
• Portugal - Adriana Iria
• Puerto Rico - Desirée Lowry Rodríguez
• Romania - Monika Grosu
• Russia - Yulia Alekseeva
• Seychelles - Maria Payet
• Singapore - Tun Neesa Abdullah
• Slovak Republic - Nikoleta Mezsarasova
• South Africa - Augustine Masilela
• Spain - María Reyes Vásquez
• Sri Lanka - Shivani Vasagam
• Sweden - Petra Hultgren
• Switzerland - Sarah Briguet
• Taiwan R.O.C. - Liao Chia-Yi
• Thailand - Phavadee Vichienrat
• Trinidad & Tobago - Arlene Peterkin
• Turkey - Gamze Saygi
• Turks & Caicos - Sharleen Rochelle Grant
• Ukraine - Irina Ivoanova Victorovna Chernomaz
• Uruguay - Sandra Znidaric
• USA - Chelsi Mariam-Pearl Smith
• U.S. Virgin Islands - Kim Marie Ann Boschulte
• Venezuela - Denyse del Carmen Floreano Camargo
• Zambia - Luo Trica Punabantu

Notes

Crossovers

Miss World

• 1994: Cayman Islands - Anita Lilly Bush (Queen of Caribbean)
• 1994: Ireland - Anna Marie McCarthy
• 1994: Kenya - Josephine Wanjiku Mbatia
• 1994: Mauritius - Marie Priscilla Mardaymootoo
• 1994: New Zealand - Shelley Jeannine Edwards
• 1994: Switzerland - Sarah Briguet
• 1995: Nigeria - Toyin Enitan Raji (Miss Personality, Withdrawal)
• 1995: Peru - Paola Dellepiane Gianotti

Miss International

• 1990: Germany - Ilka Endres
• 1994: Slovak Republic - Nikoleta Mezsarasova
• 1995: Dominican Republic - Cándida Lara Betances
• 1995: Guatemala - Indira Lili Chinchilla Paz

Queen of the World

• 1994: Puerto Rico - Desirée Lowry Rodríguez (Semi-finalist)

Miss América Latina

• 1990: Ecuador - Radmila Padnizic Arapov (2nd runner-up)
• 1994: Uruguay - Sandra Znidaric

Reinado Internacional del Café

• 1995: Puerto Rico - Desirée Lowry Rodríguez (3rd runner-up)
• 1995: Costa Rica - Beatriz Alejandra Alvarado Mejía
• 1996: Dominican Republic - Cándida Lara Betances (Winner)
• 1996: Paraguay - Bettina Rosemary Barboza Caffarena

Maja Internacional

• 1991: Ecuador - Radmila Padnizic Arapov
• 1995: Paraguay - Bettina Rosemary Barboza Caffarena (Semi-finalist)

Nuestra Belleza Internacional

• 1994: El Salvador - Eleonora Carrillo (4th runner-up)
• 1995: Guatemala - Indira Lili Chinchilla Paz
• 1995: Nicaragua - Linda Asalia Clerk Castillo
• 1995: Paraguay - Bettina Rosemary Barboza Caffarena

Miss Europe

• 1993: Russia - Yulia Alekseeva (1st runner-up)
• 1994: Iceland - Margret Skuladóttir Sigurz (Semi-finalist)
• 1994: Slovak Republic - Nikoleta Mezsarasova (Semi-finalist)
• 1995: Germany - Ilka Endres (Semi-finalist)
• 1995: Israel - Jana Kalman (Semi-finalist)
• 1995: Ireland - Anna Marie McCarthy
• 1995: Poland - Magdalena Pecikiewicz
• 1995: Portugal - Adriana Iria

Miss Baltic Sea

• 1991: Germany - Ilka Endres
• 1996: Finland - Heli Pirhonen

Miss Scandinavia

• 1996: Finland - Heli Pirhonen (Finnish TV Viewers' Choice)

Miss Asia Pacific

• 1993: Sri Lanka - Shivani Vasagam
• 1995: Guam - Alia Tui Stevens

Miss Oktoberfest

• 1993: Canada - Lana Buchberger (2nd runner-up, Miss Swimsuit, as Calgary)

Miss Chinese International Pageant

• 1995: Hong Kong - Halina Tam Siu-Wan (Finalist)

International broadcasters

These television networks televised the 1995 Miss Universe pageant live (or recorded it earlier for future broadcast) in their respective countries and territories:

• Albania: RTV21
• Australia: Seven Network
• Austria: TW1
• Argentina: América 2
• Bahamas: ZNS-TV
• Bermuda: ZBM-TV
• Belgium: Star!
• Bolivia: Unitel
• Bulgaria: BNT 1
• Canada: CBC Television
• Chile: Megavisión
• China: CCTV-1
• Colombia: Canal A
• Costa Rica: Teletica
• Cyprus: Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation
• Denmark: Star! Scandinavia, Showtime Scandinavia
• Dominican Republic: Color Vision
• Ecuador: Ecuavisa
• Egypt: MBC3
• El Salvador: TCS
• Estonia: Star!, Viasat Baltics
• Finland: MTV3, Star! Scandinavia, Showtime Scandinavia
• France: Paris Première
• Germany: Das Vierte (German)
• Greece: ANT1
• Honduras: Canal 11
• Hong Kong: TVB Pearl
• Hungary: m1
• Iceland: Star! Scandinavia, Showtime Scandinavia
• India: DD National
• Indonesia: Indosiar
• Ireland: RTE One
• Israel: Arutz 2
• Italy: Stream
• Jamaica: Ination TV

• Japan: NHK
• Korea: KBS1
• Latvia: Star!, Viasat Baltics
• Lebanon: LBC, MBC3
• Malaysia: TV1
• Malta: TVM
• Mexico: Canal de las Estrellas
• Myanmar: TV Myanmar
• Namibia: NBC
• Netherlands: Star!
• Nicaragua: Televicentro
• Norway: TV2
• Panama: Telemetro
• Peru: ATV
• Philippines: ABC 5
• Poland: TVP2
• Portugal: RTP1
• Puerto Rico: WAPA-TV
• Romania: TVR1
• Russia: C1R
• Singapore: Television Corporation of Singapore
• Spain: TVE1
• Serbia: RTS
• Sweden: Star! Scandinavia, Showtime Scandinavia
• Switzerland: SF 1
• Taiwan R.O.C.: CTS
• Thailand: Channel 7
• Trinidad & Tobago: CCN TV6
• Turkey: NTV
• Ukraine: UT1
• United Arab Emirates: MBC3
• United Kingdom: BBC One
• USA: CBS
• Venezuela: Venevisión
• Vietnam: VTV1 (Vietnamese)

External links

• Miss Universe official website