Miss World 1992

Miss World 1992
Miss World 1992
	Miss World 1992 Titlecard
Date	12 December 1992
Presenters	Billy Dee Williams; Jerry Hall; Doreen Morris; Suanne Braun; Deborah Shelton;
Venue	Sun City Entertainment Center, Sun City, South Africa
Broadcaster	E!; SABC;
Entrants	83
Placements	10
Debuts	Croatia; Russia; Slovenia; Ukraine;
Withdrawals	Belize; Ghana; Honduras; Kenya; Peru; Yugoslavia;
Returns	Bermuda; Canada; Hong Kong; Seychelles; Sri Lanka; Uganda; Zambia;
Winner	Julia Kourotchkina ; Russia
Personality	Ana María Johanis Iglesias; Guatemala
Best National Costume	Nina Khilji; Canada
Photogenic	Ravit Asaf; Israel
	← 1991 1993 →

Miss World 1992, the 42nd edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 12 December 1992 at the Sun City Entertainment Center in Sun City, South Africa. The winner was Julia Kourotchkina from Russia.^[1]^[2] She was crowned by Miss World 1991, Ninibeth Leal of Venezuela.

Results

Placements

Placement	Contestant
Miss World 1992	Russia – Julia Kourotchkina
1st Runner-up	United Kingdom – Claire Elizabeth Smith
2nd Runner-up	Venezuela – Francis Gago
Top 5	Poland – Ewa Wachowicz South Africa – Amy Kleinhans
Top 10	Bahamas – Jody Barbara Weech Denmark – Anja Hende Brond Finland – Petra Enrika von Hellens Israel – Ravit Asaf United States – Sharon Flynn Belden

Continental Queens of Beauty

Continental Group	Contestant
Africa	South Africa – Amy Kleinhans
Americas	Venezuela – Francis Gago
Asia & Oceania	Thailand – Metinee Kingpayome
Caribbean	Bahamas – Jody Barbara Weech
Europe	Poland – Ewa Wachowicz

Contestants

Country/Territory	Contestant	Age	Hometown
American Virgin Islands	Leah LaTasha Webster	19	St. Thomas
Argentina	Claudia Andrea Bertona	23	Cordoba
Aruba	Solange Noelle Nicolaas	22	Savaneta
Australia	Rebecca Simic	20	Sydney
Austria	Kerstin Kinberg	20	Graz
Bahamas	Jody Barbara Weech	18	Bimini
Belgium	Sandra Joine	23	Antwerp
Bermuda	Dianne Lorraine Mitchell	24	Pembroke
Bolivia	Verónica Pino Linale	21	Tarija
Brazil	Priscilla Maria Furlan	20	São Paulo
British Virgin Islands	Bisa Smith	17	Tortola
Bulgaria	Elena Draganova	17	Sofia
Canada	Nina Khilji	25	Toronto
Cayman Islands	Pamela Joanne Ebanks	19	Grand Cayman
Chile	Paula Maite Caballero Fernández	22	Santiago
Republic of China	Cheng Wei-wei	24	Taipei
Colombia	Wguerddy Alejandra Oviedo Vargas	20	Santa Fe de Bogotá
Costa Rica	Marisol Soto Alarcón	19	San Jose
Croatia	Elena Šuran	21	Rovinj
Curaçao	Cristina Bakhuis	20	Willemstad
Cyprus	Maria Kountouris	19	Nicosia
Czechoslovakia	Gabriela Harsanyová	21	Košice
Denmark	Anja Hende Brond	20	Aalborg
Dominican Republic	Gina María Rojas Mañón	21	Concepción de La Vega
Ecuador	Stephanie Krumholz de Menezes	18	Guayaquil
El Salvador	Raquel Cristina Durán	18	San Salvador
Finland	Petra Enrika von Hellens	19	Turku
France	Linda Hardy	19	Nantes
Germany	Carina Jope	21	Frankfurt
Gibraltar	Michelle Torres	17	Alameda Estate
Greece	Evgenia Paschalidi	20	Athens
Greenland	Laali Lyberth	18	Nuuk
Guam	Michelle Cruz	20	Santa Rita
Guatemala	Ana María Johanis Iglesias	22	Guatemala City
Holland	Gabrielle van Nimwegen	21	Stoutenburg
Hong Kong	Patsy Lau Yan-ling	23	New Territories
Hungary	Bernadette Papp	19	Balatonalmádi
Iceland	María Rún Hafliðadóttir	20	Reykjavík
India	Celine Shyla Lopez	23	Bangalore
Ireland	Sharon Ellis	22	Cork
Israel	Ravit Asaf	18	Lehavim
Italy	Paola Irrera	19	Messina
Jamaica	Julie Anne Bradford Houghton	23	Kingston
Japan	Kaoru Kikuchi	17	Tokyo
Korea	Lee Mi-young	23	Seoul
Latvia	Zane Vaļicka	19	Cēsis
Lebanon	Nicole Bardawil	20	Keserwan
Macau	Ho Lok-I	22	Macau
Malaysia	Fazira Wan Chek	18	Kuala Lumpur
Malta	Noelene Micallef	19	Fgura
Mauritius	Sarasvadee Rengassamy	23	Port Louis
Mexico	Carmen Lucía Lehman Fernández	22	Mérida
Namibia	Linda Sharon Schulz	19	Windhoek
New Zealand	Karly Donne Kinnaird	19	Dunedin
Nigeria	Sandra Guenefred Petgrave	20	Lagos
Norway	Kjersti Brakestad	19	Oslo
Panama	Michelle Marie Harrington Hasbún	19	Panama City
Paraguay	Lourdes Magdalena Zaracho	18	Asunción
Philippines	Marina Pura Santos Benipayo	24	Manila
Poland	Ewa Wachowicz	22	Kraków
Portugal	Fernanda Manuela Santos	20	Lisbon
Puerto Rico	Lianabel Rosario Centeno	21	Trujillo Alto
Romania	Camelia Ilie	19	Bucharest
Russia	Julia Kourotchkina	18	Shcherbinka
Seychelles	Myrna Chantal Hoareau	22	La Digue
Singapore	Jennifer Wong	20	Singapore
Slovenia	Natasa Abram	17	Koper
South Africa	Amy Kleinhans	24	Cape Town
Spain	Samantha Torres Waldron	19	Ibiza
Sri Lanka	Ishara Abelashini Makolange	18	Colombo
Swaziland	Candy Litchfield	18	Mbabane
Sweden	Ulrika Johansson	25	Trollhättan
Switzerland	Valerie Bovard	21	La Tour-de-Peilz
Thailand	Metinee Kingpayome	20	Bangkok
Trinidad and Tobago	Renée Garib	20	St. Joseph
Turkey	Ozlem Kaymaz	18	Istanbul
Uganda	Dorothy Olga Mazoe Nampima	19	Masaka
Ukraine	Oksana Sabo	19	Kirovohrad
United Kingdom	Claire Elizabeth Smith	21	Chester
United States	Sharon Flynn Belden	26	Coral Gables
Uruguay	Leonora Irene Dibueno Fenocchi	25	Montevideo
Venezuela	Francis del Valle Gago Aponte	19	Maturín
Zambia	Elizabeth Mwanza	21	Lusaka

Judges

Eric Morley † - Chairman and CEO of Miss World Organization
Anthony Delon
Jarvis Astaire †
Suzanne de Passe
Kim Alexis
Mbongeni Ngema
Gary Player
Ivana Trump †
Yvonne Chaka Chaka
Sidney Sheldon †
Alan Whicker †
Joan Collins

Notes

Debuts

Croatia
Russia
Slovenia
Ukraine

Returns

Last competed in 1974:
- Zambia
Last competed in 1975:
- Seychelles
Last competed in 1989:
- Bermuda
- Uganda
Last competed in 1990:
- Canada
- Hong Kong
- Sri Lanka

Replacements

Philippines – Marina Benipayo was a last minute replacement for original representative Marilen Espino who had to withdraw due to an illness just days before her departure.

Withdrawals

Belize – Melanie Smith - Lack of Sponsorship. Went to Miss Universe 1993 instead.
Ghana – No contest.
Honduras – Yanina Elizabeth Fajardo - Lack of Sponsorship. Went to Miss Asia Pacific Quest 1992 instead.
Kenya – No contest.
Peru – Ingrid Yrivarren - Due visa problems and for some disagreements under her contract with Miss Peru Organization.
Yugoslavia – No contest due to the Yugoslav Wars and sanctions placed to this country until 1996.