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Miss World 1993
Beauty pageant edition
Beauty pageant edition
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| photo | Lisa Hanna (cropped).jpg |
| caption | Miss World 1993 titleholder - Lisa Hanna |
| winner | Lisa Hanna |
| represented | Jamaica |
| best national costume | Karminder Kaur-Virk (India) |
| personality | Charlotte Als (Denmark) |
| photogenic | Barbara Chiappini (Italy) |
| date | 27 November 1993 |
| presenters | |
| venue | Sun City Entertainment Center, Sun City, South Africa |
| broadcaster | |
| entrants | 81 |
| placements | 10 |
| debuts | |
| returns | |
| withdraws | |
| before | 1992 |
| next | 1994 |
Miss World 1993, the 43rd edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 27 November 1993 at the Sun City Entertainment Centre in Sun City, South Africa. It was the second time that the Miss World pageant was held in the South Africa.The pageant attracted 81 contestants from all over the world. This is the second consecutive staging of the pageant in Sun City. The winner was Lisa Hanna of Jamaica. She was crowned by Julia Kourotchkina of Russia.
She became the third Jamaican to win Miss World since Carole Crawford in Miss World 1963 and Cindy Breakspeare in Miss World 1976.
Selection of participants
Replacements
Miss Iceland 1993, Svala Björk Arnardóttir was replaced by her first runner up, Gudrun Rut Hreidarsdóttir due undisclosed reason. She went to Miss Universe 1994 instead. Anna Baychik of Russia unable to compete internationally due underage.
Debuts, returns, and, withdrawals
This edition marked the debut of the Czech Republic, Lithuania, and Slovakia and the return of Honduras and Zimbabwe; Zimbabwe last competed in 1982 and Honduras last competed in 1991.
Czechoslovakia, Greenland, Hungary, Seychelles, Ukraine and Zambia, withdrew from the competition. Rita Onisca Muresan of Romania withdrew from the competition due lack of sponsor. of Ukraine, she got married few months prior the Miss World pageant.
China was supposed to participate for the first time in this edition through Pan Tao Wang-Yin, but this did not push through due to a problem with her visa. Wang-Yin participated in the next edition. Imela Nogic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sidorela Kola of Albania, and Lilia Uksvarava of Estonia also did not proceed in the competition for undisclosed reasons.
Results
Placements
| Placement | Contestant |
|---|---|
| Miss World 1993 | |
| 1st Runner-Up | |
| 2nd Runner-Up | |
| Top 5 | |
| Top 10 |
Judges
- Eric Morley † - Chairman and CEO of Miss World Organization
- Frederick Forsyth
- Grace Jones
- Vanessa Williams
- Louis Gossett Jr.
- Christie Brinkley
- Jackie Chan
- John Ratcliffe
- Dali Tambo
- Juliet Prowse †
- Twiggy
Contestants
| Country/Territory | Contestant | Age | Hometown | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARG Argentina | ||||||
| ARU Aruba | ||||||
| AUS Australia | ||||||
| AUT Austria | ||||||
| BAH Bahamas | ||||||
| BEL Belgium | ||||||
| BER Bermuda | ||||||
| BOL Bolivia | ||||||
| BRA Brazil | ||||||
| IVB British Virgin Islands | ||||||
| BUL Bulgaria | ||||||
| CAN Canada | ||||||
| CAY Cayman Islands | ||||||
| CHI Chile | ||||||
| COL Colombia | ||||||
| CRC Costa Rica | ||||||
| CRO Croatia | ||||||
| CUR Curaçao | ||||||
| CYP Cyprus | ||||||
| CZE Czech Republic | ||||||
| DEN Denmark | ||||||
| DOM Dominican Republic | ||||||
| ECU Ecuador | ||||||
| ESA El Salvador | ||||||
| FIN Finland | ||||||
| FRA France | ||||||
| GER Germany | ||||||
| GIB Gibraltar | ||||||
| GRE Greece | ||||||
| GUM Guam | ||||||
| GUA Guatemala | ||||||
| NED Holland | ||||||
| HON Honduras | ||||||
| British Hong Kong Hong Kong | ||||||
| ISL Iceland | ||||||
| IND India | ||||||
| IRL Ireland | ||||||
| ISR Israel | ||||||
| ITA Italy | ||||||
| JAM Jamaica | ||||||
| JPN Japan | ||||||
| LAT Latvia | ||||||
| LIB Lebanon | ||||||
| LTU Lithuania | ||||||
| MAC Macau | ||||||
| MAS Malaysia | ||||||
| MLT Malta | ||||||
| MRI Mauritius | ||||||
| MEX Mexico | ||||||
| NAM Namibia | ||||||
| NZL New Zealand | ||||||
| NGR Nigeria | ||||||
| NOR Norway | ||||||
| PAN Panama | ||||||
| PAR Paraguay | ||||||
| PHI Philippines | ||||||
| POL Poland | ||||||
| POR Portugal | ||||||
| PUR Puerto Rico | ||||||
| RUS Russia | ||||||
| SIN Singapore | ||||||
| SVK Slovakia | ||||||
| SLO Slovenia | ||||||
| RSA South Africa | ||||||
| KOR South Korea | ||||||
| ESP Spain | ||||||
| SRI Sri Lanka | ||||||
| SWZ Swaziland | ||||||
| SWE Sweden | ||||||
| SUI Switzerland | ||||||
| TWN Taiwan | ||||||
| THA Thailand | ||||||
| TRI Trinidad and Tobago | ||||||
| TUR Turkey | ||||||
| UGA Uganda | ||||||
| GBR United Kingdom | ||||||
| USA United States | ||||||
| ISV United States Virgin Islands | ||||||
| URU Uruguay | ||||||
| VEN Venezuela | ||||||
| ZIM Zimbabwe |
Notes
Did not compete
- Botswana – Mpho Lekoko - Due Lack of Time..
- French Polynesia – Heikapua Thérèse Moke
- Peru – Mónika Sáez Grimm - Due lack of sponsor.
Replacements
- Slovakia – The winner of last Miss Czechoslovakia 1993 pageant, Silvia Lakatošová from Slovakia supossed to participate there, but was remplaced by undisclosed reazons by a runner up - Dana Vojtechovska also from Slovakia.
- Turkey – The winner of Miss Turkey 1993, Arzum Onan was supposed to participate at Miss World 1993, however she won Miss Europe 1993 in June making her unable to compete after and remplaced by her runner up - Emel Yildirim.
Other Notes
- France - Véronique de la Cruz, a semi-finalist at this year’s Miss World, was unplaced at Miss Universe 1993 pageant in Mexico City just 6 months earlier.
References
References
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