Miss World 1994 was the 44th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 19 November 1994 and marked the third consecutive staging of Miss World in Sun City, South Africa. 87 contestants from around the world competed for the title. Lisa Hanna of Jamaica crowned her successor Aishwarya Rai of India at the end of the event.Miss World, Toledo Blade, 20 November 1994.
Debuts, returns, and withdrawals This edition marked the debut of Bangladesh, China and Estonia. And the return of Botswana, French Polynesia, Ghana, Hungary, Kenya, Peru, Romania, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Seychelles, Tanzania and Ukraine; Tanzania, which last competed in 1967, Botswana last competed in 1974, Saint Lucia last competed in 1975, French Polynesia last competed (as Tahiti) in 1985, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines last competed in 1989, Peru last competed in 1990, Ghana and Kenya last competed in 1991 and Hungary, Romania, Seychelles and Ukraine last competed in 1992.
Aruba, Bermuda, El Salvador, Honduras, Lithuania, Malta, Namibia, Uganda, and Uruguay withdrew from the competition.
Results
Placements Placement Contestant Miss World 1994 – Aishwarya Rai 1st Runner-Up – Basetsana Makgalemele 2nd Runner-Up – Irene Ferreira Top 5 – Branka Bebić – Angeline Musasiwa Top 10 – Ilse de Meulemeester – Evi Adam – Rahima Orchient Yayah – Cara Subijano – Melanie Abdoun
Continental Queens of Beauty Continental Group Contestant Africa – Basetsana Makgalemele Americas – Irene Ferreira Asia & Oceania – Aishwarya Rai Caribbean – Anita Bush Europe – Branka Bebić
Special awards Award ContestantMiss Photogenic India – Aishwarya RaiMiss Personality Thailand – Patinya ThongsriBest National Costume Venezuela – Irene Ferreira
Judges
Eric Morley – Chairman and CEO of Miss World Organization Eileen Ford – founder, Ford Models agency Ronn Moss – Actor, The Bold and the Beautiful Katherine Kelly Lang – Actress, The Bold and the Beautiful Patrick Lichfield – Photographer Marsha Rae Ratcliff – Entertainer and Variety Clubs Ambassador Charles Dance – Actor (International Stage, Film, and Television) Iman – international supermodel Herb Ritts – Photographer Zindzi Mandela-Hlongwane – Daughter of Nelson Mandela Tony Leung Ka-fai – Actor，L'amant
Contestants
Country/Territory Contestant Age Hometown Argentina Miriam Elizabeth Nahón 22 Buenos Aires Australia Skye-Jilly Edwards 23 Hobart Austria Bianca Engel 20 Graz Bahamas Deanna North 23 Nassau Bangladesh Anika Taher 22 Dhaka Belgium Ilse de Meulemeester 23 Brussels Bolivia Mariela Arce 22 Cochabamba Botswana Hazel Mmopi 19 Gaborone Brazil Valquíria Blicharski 20 Curitiba British Virgin Islands Khara Forbes 19 Tortola Bulgaria Stella Ognianova 17 Sofia Canada Shawna Roberts 18 Calgary Cayman Islands Anita Bush 22 Grand Cayman Chile Yulissa del Pino 20 Santiago China Tao Pan 22 Shenzhen Colombia María Eugenia González 20 Bogotá Costa Rica Silvia Muñoz 19 San Marcos Croatia Branka Bebić 19 Split Curaçao Marisa Bos 18 Willemstad Cyprus Johanna Uwrin 17 Limassol Czech Republic Lenka Beličková 21 Karlovy Vary Denmark Sara Maria Wolf 19 Copenhagen Dominican Republic Claudia Franjul 24 Santo Domingo Ecuador Diana Noboa 24 Guayaquil Estonia Auli Andersalu 18 Tallinn Finland Mia Forsell 20 Askola France Radiah Latidine 19 Cayenne French Polynesia Vaea Olanda 21 Papeete Germany Marte Helberg 18 Hamburg Ghana Matilda Alomatu 24 Accra Gibraltar Melissa Berllaque 17 Gibraltar Greece Evi Adam 21 Athens Guam Chalorna Freitas 23 Tamuning Guatemala Sonia María Rosales 19 Zacapa Holland Yoshka Bon 19 Amsterdam Hong Kong Annamarie Wood 20 Hong Kong Hungary Tímea Farkas 19 Záhony Iceland Birna Bragadóttir 19 Álftanes India Aishwarya Rai 21 Mangalore Ireland Anna McCarthy 22 Dublin Israel Shirly Schwatzberg 18 Tel Aviv Italy Arianna Novacco 19 Trieste Jamaica Johanna Ulett 22 Kingston Japan Shinobu Sushida 22 Miyazaki Kenya Josephine Mbatia 24 Nairobi Latvia Daina Tobija 20 Riga Lebanon Lara Badaoui 22 Keserwan Macau Ji-min Chen 20 Macau Malaysia Rahima Orchient Yayah 21 Kuala Lumpur Mauritius Priscilla Mardaymootoo 25 Port Louis Mexico Claudia Hernández 20 Santiago Ixcuintla New Zealand Shelley Edwards 22 Hastings Nigeria Susan Hart 19 Benue Norway Anne Lena Hansen 20 Harstad Panama Carmen Ogando 19 Colón Paraguay Jannyne Peyrat 20 Asunción Peru Marcia Pérez 21 Lima Philippines Cara Subijano 23 Manila Poland Jadwiga Flank 23 Bielsko-Biała Portugal Leonor Rodrigues 22 Lisbon Puerto Rico Joyce Giraud 19 Aguas Buenas Romania Leona Voicu 19 Bucharest Russia Anna Malova 23 Yaroslavl Saint Lucia Yasmine Walcott 21 Castries Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Cornise Yearwood 21 Georgetown Seychelles Marquise David 22 Victoria Singapore Angela Lee Pickard 20 Singapore Slovakia Karin Majtánová 20 Trenčín Slovenia Janja Zupan 20 Ljubljana South Africa Basetsana Makgalemele 20 Johannesburg South Korea Yeon-hee Chae 22 Seoul Spain María Virginia Pareja 18 Barcelona Sri Lanka Nushara Fernando 20 Colombo Swaziland Stephanie Wesselo 19 Mbabane Sweden Sofia Andersson 19 Stockholm Switzerland Sarah Briguet 24 Lausanne Taiwan Joanne Wu 25 Taipei Tanzania Aina Maeda 20 Dodoma Thailand Patinya Thongsri 20 Bangkok Trinidad and Tobago Anabel Thomas 22 Port of Spain Turkey Pınar Altuğ 20 Istanbul Ukraine Nataliya Kozytska 20 Kyiv United Kingdom Melanie Abdoun 20 London United States Kristie Harmon 20 Conyers United States Virgin Islands Jessal Pearsall 17 St. Thomas Venezuela Irene Ferreira 18 Caracas Zimbabwe Angeline Musasiwa 21 Harare
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