Miss World 1994

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The 44th Miss World marked the third consecutive staging of the Miss World pageant in Sun City, South Africa. The pageant attracted 87 contestants from around the world.

Contents 1 Results 2 Special Awards 3 Continental Queens 4 87 contestants 5 Trivia 5.1 Returning countries and Debuts 5.2 Withdrawals and Nations not competing 5.3 Other Notes

[edit] Results

• Miss World 1994: Aishwarya Rai,  India
  • 1st Runner-up: Basetsane Julia Makgalemele,  South Africa
  • 2nd Runner-up: Irene Esther Fereira Izquierdo,  Venezuela

Finalists:

• Branka Bebic,  Croatia
• Angeline Musasiwa,  Zimbabwe

Semi-finalists:

• Ilse de Meulemeester,  Belgium
• Evangelia (Evi) Adam,  Greece
• Rahima Orchient Yayah,  Malaysia
• Caroline Villarosa Subijano,  Philippines
• Melanie Abdoun,  United Kingdom

[edit] Special Awards

• Miss Personality: Patinya Thongsri - Thailand
• Miss Photogenic: Aishwarya Rai - India
• Best National Costume: Irene Esther Fereira Izquierdo - Venezuela

[edit] Continental Queens

• Africa: Basetsane Julia Makgalemele - South Africa
• Americas: Irene Esther Fereira Izquierdo - Venezuela
• Asia and Oceania: Aishwarya Rai - India
• Caribbean: Anita Lilly Bush - Cayman Islands
• Europe: Branka Bebic - Croatia

[edit] 87 contestants

American Virgin Islands - Jessalyn Pearsall  Argentina - Miriam Elizabeth Nahon  Australia - Skye-Jilly Edwards  Austria - Bianka Engel  Bahamas - Deanna Tamara North  Bangladesh - Anika Taher  Belgium - Ilse de Meulemeester  Bolivia - Mariel Gabriela Arce Taborga  Botswana - Hazel Kluto Mmopi  Brazil - Valquiria Melnik Blicharski  British Virgin Islands - Khara Michelle Forbes  Bulgaria - Stella Ognianova  Canada - Shawna Roberts  Cayman Islands - Anita Lilly Bush  Chile - Yulissa Macarena del Pino Pinochet  China, People's Republic of - Pan Tao  China, Republic of - Joanne Wu Chung-Chun  Colombia - Maria Eugenia Gonzalez Ponce de Leon  Costa Rica - Silvia Ester Muňoz Mata  Croatia - Branka Bebic  Curaçao - Marisa Corine Bos  Cyprus - Johanna Uwrin  Czech Republic - Lenka Belickova  Denmark - Sara Maria Wolf  Dominican Republic - Claudia Franjul Gonzalez  Ecuador - Diana Margarita Noboa Gordon  Estonia - Auli Andersalu  Finland - Mia Marianne Forsell  France - Radiah Latidine  Germany - Marte Helberg  Ghana - Matilda Aku Alomatu  Gibraltar - Melissa Berllaque  Greece - Evangelia (Evi) Adam  Guam - Chalorna Freitas  Guatemala - Sonia Maria Rosales Vargas  Holland - Joshka Bon  Hong Kong - Annemarie Wood Lai-Ming  Hungary - Timea Farkas  Iceland - Birna Bragadottir  India - Aishwarya Rai  Ireland - Anna Maria McCarthy  Israel - Shirly Swarzberg  Italy - Arianna Novacco  Jamaica - Johanna Simone Ulett

Japan - Shinobu Sushida  Kenya - Josephine Wanjiku Mbatia  Korea - Yeon-hee Chae  Latvia - Daina Tobija  Lebanon - Lara Badaoui  Macau - Chen Ji-Min  Malaysia - Rahima Orchient Yayah  Mauritius - Marie Priscilla Mardaymootoo  Mexico - Claudia Hernandez Rodriguez New Zealand - Shelley Jeanine Edwards  Nigeria - Susan Hart  Norway - Anne Lena Hansen  Panama - Carmen Lucia Ogando Giňono  Paraguay - Jannyne Elena Peyrat Scolari  Peru - Marcia Perez Marces  Philippines - Caroline Villarosa Subijano  Poland - Jadwiga Flank  Portugal - Leonor Filipa Correia Leal Rodrigues  Puerto Rico - Joyce Marie Giraud Mojica  Romania - Leona Dalia Voicu  Russia - Anna Malova  Saint Lucia - Yasmine Lyndell Walcott  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - Cornise Yearwood  Seychelles - Marquise David  Singapore - Pickard Angela Lee Kim Mei  Slovakia - Karin Majtanova  Slovenia - Janja Zupan  South Africa - Basetsane Julia Makgalemele  Spain - Virginia Pareja Garofano  Sri Lanka - Nushara Rusri Pramali Fernando  Swaziland - Stephanie Wesselo  Sweden - Sofia Andersson  Switzerland - Sarah Briguet  Tahiti - Vaea Christina Sandra Olanda  Tanzania - Aina William Maeda  Thailand - Patinya Thongsri  Trinidad and Tobago - Anabel Thomas  Turkey - Pinar Altug  Ukraine - Nataliya Vassilievna Kozitskaya  United Kingdom - Melanie Abdoun  United States - Kristi Harmon  Venezuela - Irene Esther Ferreira Izquierdo  Zimbabwe - Angeline Musasiwa

[edit] Trivia

[edit] Returning countries and Debuts

• Bangladesh, People's Republic of China, and Estonia competed in Miss World for the first time.
• Tanzania last competed in 1967.
• Botswana last competed in 1974.
• St. Lucia last competed in 1975.
• Tahiti last competed in 1985.
• St. Vincent & the Grenadines last competed in 1989.
• Peru last competed in 1990.
• Ghana, and Kenya last competed in 1991.
• Hungary, Romania, Seychelles, and Ukraine last competed in 1992.

[edit] Withdrawals and Nations not competing

• Bermuda, Honduras, Lithuania, Malta, Namibia, Uganda and Uruguay failed to send their delegates in Miss World.
• El Salvador lost its franchise and sponsorship for Miss World until 2003.

[edit] Other Notes

• Argentina, Austria, and Bolivia introduced themselves in their native languages.
• Republic of China changed the name of sash as Taiwan (R.O.C.).
• This is the first time that the Parade of Nations were held in the Palace of the Lost City grounds during day time.
• Zimbabwe made into the Top 5 Finals for the first time.
• Six contestants made into the semi-finals after a long year hiatus: Belgium (1983), Greece (1973), India (1991), Malaysia (1979), United Kingdom (1992), and Zimbabwe (1982).

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