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.

Miss World 1993
Miss World 1993 titleholder - Lisa Hanna
Date27 November 1993
Presenters
VenueSun City Entertainment Center, Sun City, South Africa
Broadcaster
Entrants81
Placements10
Debuts
Withdrawals
Returns
WinnerLisa Hanna
 Jamaica
PersonalityCharlotte Als
 Denmark
Best National CostumeKarminder Kaur-Virk
 India
PhotogenicBarbara Chiappini
 Italy
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Results edit

Placements edit

Placement Contestant
Miss World 1993
1st Runner-Up
2nd Runner-Up
Top 5
Top 10

Contestants edit

Country/Territory Contestant Age Hometown
  American Virgin Islands Suzanne Palermo 21 St. Thomas
  Argentina Viviana Carcereri 19 Mendoza
  Aruba Christina van der Berg 18 Noord
  Australia Karen Ann Carwin 23 Brisbane
  Austria Jutta Ellinger 23 Vienna
  Bahamas Jacinda Sayde Francis 18 Nassau
  Belgium Stephanie Meire 23 Bruges
  Bermuda Kellie Hall 22 Southampton
  Bolivia Claudia Lorena Arrieta Justiniano 18 Santa Cruz de la Sierra
  Brazil Lyliá Virna 18 Maceió
  British Virgin Islands Kaida Donovan 18 Tortola
  Bulgaria Vera Roussinova 17 Sofia
  Canada Tanya Lynne Memme 22 Toronto
  Cayman Islands Audry Elizabeth Ebanks 20 Grand Cayman
  Chile Jessica Miroslava Eterovic Pozas 20 Punta Arenas
  Republic of China Virginia Long Wei-yen 19 Taipei
  Colombia Silvia Isabel Durán Angarita 23 Bucaramanga
  Costa Rica Laura Odio Salas 19 San José
  Croatia Fani Čapalija 18 Split
  Curaçao Sally Daflaar 19 Willemstad
  Cyprus Maria Magdalini Valianti 19 Larnaca
  Czech Republic Simona Smejkalová 19 Prague
  Denmark Charlotte Als 22 Copenhagen
  Dominican Republic Lynn Marie Álvarez Klinken 21 Concepción de La Vega
  Ecuador Danna Saab Saab 19 Guayaquil
  El Salvador Beatriz Eugenia Henríquez Pinto 21 San Salvador
  Finland Janina Paivansade Frostell 20 Kuhmo
  France Véronique de la Cruz 19 Guadeloupe
  Germany Petra Klein 19 Ludwigsburg
  Gibraltar Jennifer Jane Ainsworth 18 Gibraltar
  Greece Mania Delou 19 Athens
  Guam Gina Burkhart 18 Sinajana
  Guatemala María Lucrecia Flores Flores 24 Guatemala City
  Holland Hilda van der Meulen 22 Oudeschoot
  Honduras Tania Brüchmann Escoria 18 Tegucigalpa
  Hong Kong May Lam Lai-mei 20 Hong Kong
  Iceland Guðrún Rut Hreiðarsdóttir 19 Reykjavík
  India Karminder Kaur-Virk 20 Chandigarh
  Ireland Pamela Flood 22 Dublin
  Israel Tamara Porat 18 Tel Aviv
  Italy Barbara Chiappini 18 Piacenza
  Jamaica Lisa Rene Shanti Hanna[1] 18 Kingston
  Japan Yoko Miyasaka 22 Tokyo
  Korea Lee Seung-yeon 24 Seoul
  Latvia Sigita Rude 19 Liepāja
  Lebanon Ghada El Turk 21 Keserwan
  Lithuania Jurate Mikutaitė 21 Kaunas
  Macau Isabela Pedruco 20 Macau
  Malaysia Jacqueline Ngu 23 Kuala Lumpur
  Malta Susanne-Mary Borg 17 Mosta
  Mauritius Viveka Babajee 20 Beau Bassin
  Mexico Elizabeth Margain Rivera 22 Mexico City
  Namibia Christalene Barbara Kahatjipara 20 Windhoek
  New Zealand Nicola Johanna Brighty 20 Auckland
  Nigeria Helen Ntukidem 22 Lagos
  Norway Rita Omvik 21 Kongsvinger
  Panama Aracelys del Carmen Cogley Prestán 23 Colón
  Paraguay Claudia Liz Florentín Fariña 19 Asunción
  Philippines Sharmaine (Ruffa) Rama Gutierrez 19 Manila
  Poland Aleksandra Spieczyńska 19 Wrocław
  Portugal Ana Luísa Barbosa Moreira 20 Porto
  Puerto Rico Ana Rosa Brito Suárez 23 San Juan
  Russia Olga Syssoeva 19 Moscow
  Singapore Desiree Chan Fam Yin 20 Singapore
  Slovakia Dana Vojtechovská 20 Košice
  Slovenia Metka Albreht 18 Postojna
  South Africa Palesa Jacqueline Mofokeng 21 Soweto
  Spain Araceli García Eugenio 23 Madrid
  Sri Lanka Chamila Wickremesinghe 22 Colombo
  Swaziland Sharon Richards 20 Mbabane
  Sweden Karin Victoria Silvstedt 19 Bollnäs
  Switzerland Patricia Fässler 19 Zürich
  Thailand Maturose (Sherry) Kato Leaudsakda 18 Bangkok
  Trinidad and Tobago Denyse Michelle Paul 23 San Fernando
  Turkey Emel Yıldırım 19 Istanbul
  Uganda Linda Bazalaki 20 Kampala
  United Kingdom Amanda Louise Johnson 19 Nottingham
  United States Maribeth Brown 23 Holliston
  Uruguay María Fernanda Navarro Guigou 20 Montevideo
  Venezuela Mónica Lei Scaccia 22 Caracas
  Zimbabwe Karen Amanda Stally 19 Harare

Judges edit

Notes edit

Debuts edit

  •   Czech Republic
  •   Lithuania
  •   Slovakia

Returns edit

  • Last competed in 1982:
    •   Zimbabwe
  • Last competed in 1991:
    •   Honduras

Withdrawals edit

  •   China – Wang Yin Tao. She went to Miss World 1994 inserted.
  •   Czechoslovakia - Split into Czech Republic and Slovakia on 1 January 1993.
  •   Greenland - Lost their Miss World franchise.
  •   Hungary – Zsanna Pardy - Due lack of sponsor.
  •   Peru – Mónika Sáez Grimm - Due lack of sponsor.
  •   Romania – Adriana Silagy - Due lack of sponsor.
  •   Ukraine – Irina Barabash (Chernomaz) - Actually she was a married woman.[3] She later competed at Miss Universe 1995.
  •   Zambia – No contest.

Replacements edit

  •   Russia – Anna Baychik - Unable to compete internationally due underage.[4]

Other Notes edit

  •   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 edit

  1. ^ "The Day".
  2. ^ "Hanna to be Miss World judge - Entertainment". Jamaica Observer. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  3. ^ ""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". Archived from the original on 8 June 2017. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  4. ^ The Moscow Times