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Miss World 1993

Beauty pageant edition


Beauty pageant edition

FieldValue
photoLisa Hanna (cropped).jpg
captionMiss World 1993 titleholder - Lisa Hanna
winnerLisa Hanna
representedJamaica
best national costumeKarminder Kaur-Virk (India)
personalityCharlotte Als (Denmark)
photogenicBarbara Chiappini (Italy)
date27 November 1993
presenters
venueSun City Entertainment Center, Sun City, South Africa
broadcaster
entrants81
placements10
debuts
returns
withdraws
before1992
next1994

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

PlacementContestant
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/TerritoryContestantAgeHometown
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

  1. [http://www.themoscowtimes.com/sitemap/free/1993/9/article/thorn-in-beauty-queens-crown/217286.html The Moscow Times]
  2. ""Мисс Украина": 7 победительниц — с олигархами, 4 — не у дел - Новости шоу бизнеса - Как сложились судьбы всех 26 девушек, становившихся королевами красоты в нашей стране. | СЕГОДНЯ".
  3. (11 May 1993). "Anhui beauty to represent China in Miss World pageant".
  4. (10 May 1993). "Meet China's Ms World hope". The New PaperThe.
  5. (27 March 1993). "China to hold first national beauty pageant in May". The Straits Times.
  6. Reid, Robert H.. (30 May 1993). "Amid war, Sarajevo beauties vie for title". Star-News.
  7. (30 May 1993). "...As Sarajevo hosts a bittersweet beauty pageant". The Day.
  8. (19 April 1993). "Eligen a "Miss Albania"". La Opinion.
  9. Veidemann-Makko, Anna-Maria. (13 June 2024). "HÕISSA, PULMAD! Miss Estonia 1993 abiellus Itaalia päikese all".
  10. "Hanna to be Miss World judge - Entertainment". Jamaica Observer.
  11. "The Day".
  12. Tiļļa, Andris. (21 April 2018). "30 gadi kopš skaistumkonkursā "Mis Rīga". Latvijas šovbiznesa balvas, skandāli, izaicinājumi, etaloni".
  13. Burton-Titular, Joyce. (1 October 2013). "From Vivien to Megan: The PH in Miss World history".
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