Miss World 1992

Miss World 1992
Miss World 1992 Titlecard
Date	12 December 1992
Presenters	Billy Dee Williams, Jerry Hall, Doreen Morris, Suanne Braun, Deborah Shelton
Venue	Sun City Entertainment Center, Sun City, South Africa
Broadcaster	E!, SABC
Entrants	83
Placements	10
Debuts	Croatia, Russia, Slovenia, Ukraine
Withdrawals	Belize, Ghana, Honduras, Kenya, Peru, Yugoslavia
Returns	Bermuda, Canada, Hong Kong, Seychelles, Sri Lanka, Uganda, Zambia
Winner	Julia Kourotchkina  Russia

Miss World 1992, the 42nd edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 12 December 1992 at the Sun City Entertainment Center in Sun City, South Africa. The winner was Julia Kourotchkina from Russia.^[1][2] She was crowned by Miss World 1991, Ninibeth Leal of Venezuela.

Results

Countries and territories which sent delegates and results for Miss World 1992^[1][3]

Placements

Final results	Contestant
Miss World 1992	Russia – Julia Kourotchkina
1st runner-up	United Kingdom – Claire Elizabeth Smith
2nd runner-up	Venezuela – Francis Gago
Top 5	Poland – Ewa Wachowicz  South Africa – Amy Kleinhans
Semi-finalists	Bahamas – Jody Weech  Denmark – Anja Hende Brond  Finland – Petra von Hellens  Israel – Ravit Asaf  United States – Sharon Belden

Continental Queens of Beauty

Continental Group	Contestant
Africa	South Africa – Amy Kleinhans
Americas	Venezuela – Francis Gago
Asia & Oceania	Thailand – Metinee Kingpayome
Caribbean	Bahamas – Jody Weech
Europe	Russia – Julia Kourotchkina

Contestants

Nation	Contestant	Hometown
American Virgin Islands	Leah Webster	St. Thomas
Argentina	Claudia Andrea Bertona	Cordoba
Aruba	Solange Noelle Nicolaas	Savaneta
Australia	Rebecca Simic	Sydney
Austria	Kerstin Kinberg	Graz
Bahamas	Jody Barbara Weech	Bimini
Belgium	Sandra Joine	Antwerp
Bermuda	Dianne Lorraine Mitchell	Pembroke
Bolivia	Verónica Pino	Tarija
Brazil	Priscilla Maria Furlan	Sao Paulo
British Virgin Islands	Bisa Smith	Tortola
Bulgaria	Elena Draganova	Sofia
Canada	Nina Khilji	Toronto
Cayman Islands	Pamela Joanne Ebanks	Grand Cayman
Chile	Paula Caballero Fernández	Santiago
Republic of China	Cheng Wei-Wei	Taipei
Colombia	Wguerddy Alejandra Oviedo Vargas	San Andrés
Costa Rica	Marisol Soto Alarcón	San Jose
Croatia	Elena Šuran	Rovinj
Curaçao	Cristina Bakhuis	Willemstad
Cyprus	Maria Kountouris	Nicosia
Czechoslovakia	Gabriela Harsanyova	Košice
Denmark	Anja Hende Brond	Aalborg
Dominican Republic	Gina María Rojas Mañón	Concepción de La Vega
Ecuador	Stephanie Krumholz de Menezes	Guayaquil
El Salvador	Raquel Cristina Durán	San Salvador
Finland	Petra Enrika von Hellens	Turku
France	Linda Hardy	Nantes
Germany	Carina Jope	Frankfurt
Gibraltar	Michelle Torres	Gibraltar
Greece	Eugenia Paschalidi	Athens
Greenland	Laali Lyberth	Nuuk
Guam	Michelle Cruz	Santa Rita
Guatemala	Ana María Johanis Iglesias	Guatemala City
Holland	Gabrielle van Nimwegen	Valkenburg
Hong Kong	Patsy Lau Yan-Ling	New Territories
Hungary	Bernadette Papp	Szombathely
Iceland	María Rún Hafliðadóttir	Reykjavík
India	Celine Shyla Lopez	Bangalore
Ireland	Sharon Ellis	Cork
Israel	Ravit Asaf	Tel Aviv
Italy	Paola Irrera	Messina
Jamaica	Julie Anne Bradford Houghton	Kingston
Japan	Kaoru Kikuchi	Tokyo
Korea	Lee Mi-young	Seoul
Latvia	Zane Valicka	Cēsis
Lebanon	Nicole Bardawil	Keserwan
Macau	Ho Lok-I	Macau
Malaysia	Fazira Wan Chek	Kuala Lumpur
Malta	Noelene Micallef	Fgura
Mauritius	Sarasvadee Rengassamy	Central Flacq
Mexico	Carmen Lucía Lehman Fernández	Mérida
Namibia	Linda Sharon Schulz	Windhoek
New Zealand	Karly Donne Kinnaird	Dunedin
Nigeria	Sandra Guenefred Petgrave	Lagos
Norway	Kjersti Brakestad	Oslo
Panama	Michelle Marie Harrington Hasbún	Panama City
Paraguay	Lourdes Magdalena Zaracho	Asuncion
Philippines	Marina Pura Santos Benipayo	Manila
Poland	Ewa Wachowicz	Krakow
Portugal	Fernanda Manuela Santos	Lisbon
Puerto Rico	Lianabel Rosario Centeno	Trujillo Alto
Romania	Camelia Ilie	Bucharest
Russia	Julia Kourotchkina [1]	Shcherbinka
Seychelles	Myrna Chantal Hoareau	La Digue
Singapore	Jennifer Wong	Singapore
Slovenia	Natasa Abram	Koper
South Africa	Amy Kleinhans	Cape Town
Spain	Samantha Torres Waldron	Ibiza
Sri Lanka	Ishara Abelashini Makolange	Colombo
Swaziland	Candy Litchfield	Mbabane
Sweden	Ulrika Johansson	Sollentuna
Switzerland	Valerie Bovard	La Tour-de-Peilz
Thailand	Metinee Kingpayome	Bangkok
Trinidad & Tobago	Renee Garib	St. Joseph
Turkey	Ozlem Kaymaz	Istanbul
Uganda	Olga Nampima	Rukungiri
Ukraine	Oksana Sabo	Kiev
United Kingdom	Claire Elizabeth Smith	Chester
United States	Sharon Flynn Belden	Miami
Uruguay	Leonora Irene Dibueno Fenocchi	Montevideo
Venezuela	Francis del Valle Gago Aponte	Maturín
Zambia	Elizabeth Mwanza	Lusaka

Judges

Miss World 1992 contestants were evaluated by a panel of judges.^[4] Some of them included:

• Sidney Sheldon ^[4]
• Ivana Trump ^[4]

Notes

Debuts

Croatia  Russia

Slovenia  Ukraine

Returns

Last competed in 1974:  Zambia Last competed in 1975:  Seychelles

Last competed in 1989:  Bermuda  Uganda

Last competed in 1990:  Canada  Hong Kong  Sri Lanka

Replacemets

•  Philippines – Marina Santos Benipayo was a last minute replacement for original representative Marilen Espino who had to withdraw due to an illness just days before her departure.

Withdrawals

Belize – Melanie Smith - Lack of Sponsorship. Went to Miss Universe 1993 instead.  Ghana – No contest.  Honduras – Yanina Elizabeth Fajardo - Lack of Sponsorship. Went to Miss Asia Pacific Quest 1992 instead.

Kenya – No contest.  Peru – Ingrid Yrivarren - Due visa problems and for some disagreements under her contract with Miss Peru Organization.  Yugoslavia – No contest due the Yugoslav Wars and sanctions placed to this country until 1996.

References

1. "The Milwaukee Sentinel". Retrieved 26 January 2016.
2. "Miss Russia 2014 crowned amid country tension". Al Arabiya News.
3. Auger Benjamin. "Election Of Miss World 1992 In Lost City In Bophuthatswana In South...". Getty Images. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
4. The Tuscaloosa News

External links

• Pageantopolis – Miss World 1992