Miss World 1995

Miss World 1995, the 45th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 18 November 1995 for the fourth straight year at the Sun City Entertainment Centre in Sun City, South Africa. The 1995 pageant attracted 84 delegates. The pageant was hosted by Richard Steinmetz, Jeff Trachta, and Bobbie Eakes and also involved supermodels Linda Evangelista and Beverly Peele and Bruce Forsyth who acted as presenters. Aside from Sun City; Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and the Comoros hosted some segments of the show. The winner was Jacqueline Aguilera of Venezuela. She was crowned by Miss World 1994, Aishwarya Rai of India.

Miss World 1995
Miss World 1995 Titlecard
Date18 November 1995
Presenters
EntertainmentCaught in the Act
VenueSun City Entertainment Center, Sun City, South Africa
Broadcaster
Entrants84
Withdrawals
Returns
WinnerJacqueline Aguilera
 Venezuela
PersonalityToyin Raji
 Nigeria
Best National CostumeAnica Martinović
 Croatia
PhotogenicJacqueline Aguilera
 Venezuela

Results
Countries and territories which sent delegates and results for Miss World 1995[1]

Placements
Final results Contestant
Miss World 1995
1st Runner-up
2nd Runner-up
Top 5
Top 10

Continental Queens of Beauty
Continental Group Contestant
Africa
Americas
Asia & Oceania
  •  Korea – Choi Yoon-young
Caribbean
Europe

Contestants

Judges

Notes

Returns
  • Last competed in 1990:
    •  Barbados
  • Last competed in 1992:
    •  Zambia
  • Last competed in 1993:
    •  Bermuda
    •  Lithuania

Withdrawals

Withdrawals during the contest:

  •  Nigeria – Toyin Enitan Raji - She was forced to withdraw from the contest due political reasons; a few hours after being given the Miss Personality on 16 November, she received telephone threats over the execution by Nigeria's military regime of nine political activists a week ago.[2][3]

Others:

  •  China
  •  Iceland lost its franchise for Miss World until 1999.
  •  Kenya
  •  Mauritius
  •  Saint Lucia
  •  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
  •  Sri Lanka lost its franchise for Miss World until 1999.

Replacement
  •  Ukraine – The winner of Miss Ukraine 1995, Vlada Litovchenko couldn't participate due to the fact that she was a married woman with one child.[4] The 2nd runner up of Miss Europe 1994, Nataliya Shvachiy replaced her.

References
  1. "New Straits Times". Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 10 October 2016. Retrieved 10 October 2016.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. EBSCOhost Connection
  4. http://jetsetter.ua/stati/svetskaya-sreda/devushki-na-million.html?ismobile=0?ismobile=0

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