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Bottom
Macau, Nigeria, Trinidad & Tobago, Bolivia, Cyprus, Guam, Jamaica,
Swaziland, Mauritius, Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Gibraltar, British
Virgin Islands, Belgium, American Virgin Islands, Sri Lanka, Mexico, Lebanon
& Guatemala
2nd row
Switzerland, Aruba, Australia, Canada,
Bulgaria, U.S.A.,
Bermuda, Costa Rica, Curacao, El Salvador, Venezuela, Greenland, India,
Ireland, Japan, Latvia, Paraguay, Seychelles, South Africa & Zambia
3rd row
Greece, Puerto Rico, Turkey, Brazil,
Taiwan, Dominican Republic, France, Germany, Holland, Hungary, Poland,
Korea, Namibia, Uruguay, New Zealand, Panama, United Kingdom, Spain, Ukraine & Thailand
Top
Colombia, Argentina, Austria, Sweden,
Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Bahamas, Chile, Croatia, Finland, Iceland, Italy,
Malta, Portugal, Philippines, Israel, Norway, Romania, Slovenia, Uganda &
Russia
Not in picture
Cayman Islands & Ecuador |
Miss World 1992
- an amalgam
of news reports -
Miss Russia, Julia Kurotchinka, a strikingly tall brunette, was chosen Miss
World in a spectacular extravaganza in the African bush.
In
a sign of the changing times in her former Communist homeland, the
18-year-old, blue-eyed student said her ambition “is to be a financier” and
travel the world.
She attends a financial college.
Chairman Eric Morley said it was the closest result in the pageant’s 42
years. Ms. Kurotchinka beat her RU by one point.
The tallest of the 83 contestants at six feet, Ms. Kurotchinka listed
classical music and travel as her hobbies, and she speaks Russian, English
and a little French.
The new Miss World earlier defended the importance of pageants, which have
been under attack in recent years as wasteful and disrespectful of women.
“It’s a contest for the help of the whole world because everybody must love
women,” she said through a translator.
Dressed in a black outfit trimmed in gold, she was carried in triumph on a
gold and zebra skin throne on a litter adorned by golden elephants. The
throne was carried by men in African warrior costumes.
First RU to Miss Russia
was Miss United Kingdom, Claire Smith, 21, and second RU was
Venezuela’s Francis Gago, 19.
The other two finalists were South Africa’s Amy Kleinhans, 24, and Poland’s
Ewa Wachowicz, 22.
The pageant, held for the first time in Africa, formed part of the glittering events marking
the opening of the $300 million African theme fantasy resort, The Lost City,
at Bophuthatswana’s lavish gambling resort Sun City, 80 miles
northwest of Johannesburg.
Bophuthatswana
is a black homeland created under South Africa’s apartheid system to
segregate blacks on a tribal basis. The resort is surrounded by the poverty
and deprivation that dominate the homelands.
It
considers itself a sovereign nation, but only South Africa recognizes its
independence and Bophuthatswana is not allowed to enter the Miss World
pageant.
Tight security stopped plans by black community groups to demonstrate in
protest at the show.
Proceeds of the pageant would, according to organizers, go to help feed
starving children through the U.N. sanctioned Operation Hunger, a food
relief organization operating in South Africa.
Barred from Miss World for 20 years because of apartheid, South Africa was
readmitted only last year. This year, South Africa’s representative, Miss
Kleinhans, was a mixed-race woman who is the country’s first non-white Miss
South Africa.
Attended by at least 6,000 guests, the event was televised in 71 countries,
reaching more than 400 million viewers, with the resort boasting an
international celebrity list.
The emcee was Billy Dee Williams and the co-host was Jerry Hall, the wife of
Mick Jagger. The panel of 12 judges included Ivana Trump, former golf great
Gary Player and actress Joan Collins. |
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Russia |
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South Africa & Denmark |
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MISS WORLD 1992
1992 December
12
Sun City Entertainment Centre, South Africa
83 entries
Results
1 Russia Yuliya Alexandrovna Kourochkina
Queen of Europe
2 United Kingdom Claire
Elizabeth Smith (International-Britain
'93)
3 Venezuela Francis del Valle Gago Aponte
(winner Sudamericana '92)
Queen of Americas
Finalists
4 Poland Ewa Wachowicz
(winner World Miss University '93)
5 South Africa Amy Kleinhans
Queen of Africa
Semi-finalists
6
U.S.A. Sharon Flynn Belden
7 Israel Ravit Asaf
8 Bahamas Jody Barbara Weech
Queen
of Caribbean Isles
9 Denmark Anja Hende Brond
10
Finland Petra Enrika Von Hellens (Scandinavia
'95)
Remainder
American Virgin Islands Leah Webster (Universe '98)
Argentina Claudia Andrea Bertona
Aruba Solange Noelle Nicolaas (Caraibes Hibiscus
'93)
Australia Rebecca Simic
Austria Kerstin Kinberg
Belgium Sandra Joine (Europe
'92, Universe '93)
Bermuda Dianna Lorraine Mitchell
Bolivia Verónica Pino
Brazil Priscila Maria Furlan (winner Int'l Queen of Harvest
'94, winner Latin
America '94)
British Virgin Islands Bisa Smith
Bulgaria Elena Draganova
Canada Nina Khilji
Cayman Islands Pamela Joanne Ebanks (Universe '93)
Chile Paula Caballero Fernández (Hispanidad
'99)
Colombia Wguerddy Alejandra Oviedo Vargas
Costa Rica Marisol Soto Alarcón (International
'92, Coffee '93,winner Mrs World
'95)
Croatia Elena Suran
Curacao Cristina Bakhuis
Cyprus Maria Kountouris
Czechoslovakia Gabriela Harsanyova
Dominican Republic Gina Maria Rojas Mañón (Coffee
'93)
Ecuador Stephanie Krumholz de Menezes
El Salvador Raquel Cristina Durán
France Linda Hardy (Universe '92, SF Europe
'92)
Germany Carina Jope
Gibraltar Michelle Torres
Greece Evgenia Paschalidi
Greenland Laali Lyberth
Guam Michelle Cruz
Guatemala Ana Maria Johanis Iglesias
Holland Gabrielle van Nimwegen
Hong Kong Patsy Lau Yan-Ling
Hungary Bernadett Papp
Iceland Maria Run Haflidadóttir (Universe '93)
India Celine Shyla Lopez
Ireland Sharon Ellis (Universe '93)
Italy Paola Irrera
Jamaica Julie-Ann Bradford
Japan Kaoru Kikuchi
Korea Lee Mi-young
Latvia Zane Valicka
Lebanon Nicole Bardawil (3rd RU Mrs Globe
'99)
Macau Ho Lok-I (Chinese International
'93)
Malaysia Fazira Wan Chek
Malta Noelene Micallef (Europe
'94)
Mauritius Sarasvadee Rengassamy
Mexico Carmen Lucía Lehman Fernandez
Namibia Linda Sharon Schultz
New Zealand Karly Donne Kinnaird (Universe '93)
Nigeria Sandra Guenefred Petgrave (Universe '92)
Norway Kjersti Brakestad
Panama Michelle Marie Harrington Hasbún
Paraguay Lourdes Magdalena Zaracho
Philippines Marina Santos Benipayo (Chinese International
'88)
Portugal Fernanda Manuela Santos
Puerto Rico Lianabel Rosario Centeno (3rd
RU Hispanidad '91, 2nd
RU Int'l Queen
of Harvest '92)
Romania Camelia Ilie
Seychelles Myrna Chantal Hoareau
Singapore Jennifer Wong
Slovenia Natasa Abram
Spain Samantha Torres Waldrón (SF International
'92)
Sri Lanka Ishara Abelashini Makolange
Swaziland Candy Litchfield
Sweden Ulrika Johansson
Switzerland Valérie Bovard (Universe
'93)
Taiwan Cheng Wei-Wei
Thailand
Metinee
"Look Ked" Kingpayome
Queen of Asia &
Oceania
Trinidad & Tobago Renée Garib
Turkey Ozlem Kaymaz
Uganda Olga Nampima
Ukraine Oksana Sabo
Uruguay Leonora Irene Dibueno Fenocchi (Hispanidad
'92, Universe '94)
Zambia Elizabeth Mwanza
Awards
Miss Personality Guatemala
Miss Photogenic Israel
Best National Costume Canada
Replaced
Philippines Marilen Epsino (health reasons) |
Sweden, Bahamas, Jamaica, chaperone, British Virgin Islands, American Virgin
Islands & Cayman Islands |
Malaysia & Nigeria |
Chile, Uruguay, Poland, Colombia, Dominican Republic & Costa Rica |
United Kingdom, Korea, Bahamas, South Africa, Denmark, Venezuela & France |
U.S.A., United Kingdom, France, Denmark, Venezuela & South Africa |
United Kingdom (1st
RU),
Russia (winner) & Venezuela (2nd RU) |
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