Miss Universe 1995

Miss Universe 1995 was the 44th Miss Universe pageant, held on 12 May 1995[1] at the Windhoek Country Club Resort in Windhoek, Namibia. Chelsi Smith of the United States was crowned by Sushmita Sen of India at the end of the event. Eighty-two contestants competed in this year. This marks the first and so far only time the pageant has been held in Africa.[2]

Miss Universe 1995
Date12 May 1995[1]
Presenters
EntertainmentJon Secada
VenueWindhoek Country Club Resort, Windhoek, Namibia
BroadcasterCBS (international)
Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (official broadcaster)
Entrants82
Placements10
Debuts
  • Seychelles
  • Ukraine
  • Zambia
Withdrawals
  • Argentina
  • Belgium
  • Honduras
  • Luxembourg
  • Swaziland
  • Zimbabwe
Returns
  • Belize
  • Bonaire
  • Czech Republic
  • Indonesia
  • Kenya
  • Nicaragua
  • South Africa
  • US Virgin Islands
WinnerChelsi Smith
 United States
CongenialityToyin Raji
 Nigeria
Best National CostumeMaría Reyes
 Spain
PhotogenicPetra Hultgren
 Sweden
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Results

Placements

PlacementContestant
Miss Universe 1995
1st runner-up
2nd runner-up
Top 6
Top 10

Special awards

AwardContestant
Miss Photogenic
Miss Congeniality
Best National Costume
Vibrance Most Beautiful Hair Award
  •  Peru – Paola Dellepiane
Miss Clairol Herbal Essence

Contestants

Eighty-two contestants competed for the title.

Country/TerritoryContestantAge[a]Hometown
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 McCarthy[4]23Dublin
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 Barboza19Asunción
PeruPaola Dellepiane18Lima
PhilippinesJoanne Santos[5]18Manila
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 Smith[6]21Houston
United States Virgin IslandsKim Marie Ann Boschulte24Saint Thomas
UruguaySandra Znidaric22Montevideo
VenezuelaDenyse Floreano18Ciudad Ojeda
ZambiaLuo Trica Punabantu19Lusaka

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