Miss Universe 1995 was the 44th Miss Universe pageant, held at the Windhoek Country Club Resort in Windhoek, Namibia on 12 May 1995. Chelsi Smith of the United States was crowned by Sushmita Sen of India at the conclusion of the event. This marks the first and so far only time the pageant has been held in Africa. Eighty-two contestants competed in this year.
Results Placements Placement Contestant Miss Universe 1995 – Chelsi Smith 1st Runner-Up – Manpreet Brar 2nd Runner-Up – Lana Buchberger Top 6 – Desiree Lowry – Arlene Peterkin – Denyse Floreano Top 10 – Tatiana Castro – Cándida Lara – Eleonora Carrillo – Augustine Masilela
Special awards AwardContestantMiss Photogenic Sweden – Petra HultgrenMiss Congeniality Nigeria – Toyin RajiBest National Costume Spain – María ReyesVibrance Most Beautiful Hair Award – Paola Dellepiane
Contestants Eighty-two contestants competed for the title. Country/TerritoryContestantAgeHometown ArubaMarie-Denise Herrlein20San Nicolaas AustraliaJacqueline Shooter20Gold Coast BahamasTenika Lindsay20Grand Bahama BelizeDeborah Wade20Belmopan BoliviaSandra Rivero22Santa Cruz de la Sierra BonaireDonna Landwier20Kralendijk BrazilRenata Bessa18Contagem British Virgin IslandsElaine Patricia Henry20Tortola BulgariaBoiana Dimitrova18Pleven CanadaLana Buchberger20Calgary Cayman IslandsAnita Bush22Grand Cayman ChilePaola Falcone20Santiago ColombiaTatiana Castro21Bogotá Cook IslandsTarita Brown20Rarotonga Costa RicaBeatriz Alejandra Alvarado19Alajuela CuraçaoMaruschka Jansen24Willemstad CyprusClara Davina Rainbow18Larnaca Czech RepublicEva Kotulánová20Brno DenmarkTina Dam22Aalborg Dominican RepublicCándida Lara23Santo Domingo EcuadorRadmila Pandžić22Manabí EgyptNadia Ezz22Cairo El SalvadorEleonora Carrillo19San Salvador EstoniaEnel Eha19Tallinn FinlandHeli Pirhonen20Kitee FranceCorine Lauret21Réunion GermanyIlka Endres25Aachen Great BritainSarah-Jane Southwick19Nottingham GreeceHelen Papaioannou25Thessaloniki GuamAlia Tui Stevens23Chalan Pago-Ordot GuatemalaIndira Chinchilla23Guatemala City Hong KongHalina Tam22Hong Kong HungaryAndrea Harsanyi20Győr IcelandMargret Skuladóttir Sigurz20Reykjavík IndiaManpreet Brar22Delhi IndonesiaSusanty Manuhutu21Jakarta IrelandAnna Marie McCarthy23Dublin IsraelYana Kalman20Tel Aviv ItalyAlessandra Meloni22Cagliari JamaicaJustine Willoughby23Kingston JapanNarumi Saeki19Tokyo KenyaJosephine Wanjiku Mbatia25Nairobi MalaysiaSuziela Azrai18Klang MaltaSonia Massa20Fleur-de-Lys MauritiusMarie Priscilla Mardaymootoo25Port Louis MexicoLuz María Zetina21Mexico City NamibiaPatricia Burt20Windhoek NetherlandsChantal van Woensel22Zeeland New ZealandShelley Edwards23Auckland NicaraguaLinda Clerk22Managua NigeriaToyin Raji22Kogi Northern Mariana IslandsKarah Kirschenheiter18Saipan NorwayLena Sandvik23Østfold PanamaMichele Sage25Panama City ParaguayBettina Barboza 19Asunción PeruPaola Dellepiane18Lima PhilippinesJoanne Santos18Manila PolandMagdalena Pecikiewicz19Silesia PortugalAdriana Iria19Faro Puerto RicoDesirée Lowry22Corozal RomaniaMonika Grosu20Bucharest RussiaYulia Alekseeva22Moscow SeychellesMaria Payet21Mahé SingaporeTun Neesa Abdullah23Singapore SlovakiaNikoleta Mezsarasova20Bratislava South AfricaAugustine Masilela26Johannesburg South KoreaHan Sung-joo20Seoul SpainMaría Reyes18Soria Sri LankaShivani Vasagam24Colombo SwedenPetra Hultgren23Stockholm SwitzerlandSarah Briguet24Geneva TaiwanLiao Chia-Yi18Taipei ThailandPhavadee Vichienrat20Bangkok Trinidad and TobagoArlene Peterkin27Port of Spain TurkeyGamze Saygi21Istanbul Turks and Caicos IslandsSharleen Rochelle Grant24Grand Turk UkraineIrina Chernomaz19Kharkiv United StatesChelsi Smith21Houston United States Virgin IslandsKim Marie Ann Boschulte24Saint Thomas UruguaySandra Znidaric22Montevideo VenezuelaDenyse Floreano18Ciudad Ojeda ZambiaLuo Trica Punabantu19Lusaka
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External links Miss Universe official website