Miss World 1994

Miss World 1994, the 44th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 19 November 1994 and marked the third consecutive staging of Miss World in Sun City, South Africa.^[2] 87 contestants from around the world competed for the title. Lisa Hanna of Jamaica crowned her successor Aishwarya Rai of India at the end of the event.^[3][1]

Miss World 1994
Miss World 1994, Aishwarya Rai
Date	19 November 1994
Presenters	Richard Steinmetz Suanne Braun Bronson Pinchot
Venue	Sun City Entertainment Center, Sun City, South Africa
Broadcaster	E! SABC
Entrants	87
Placements	10
Debuts	Bangladesh China Estonia
Withdrawals	Aruba Bermuda El Salvador Honduras Lithuania Malta Namibia Uganda Uruguay
Returns	Botswana French Polynesia Ghana Hungary Kenya Peru Romania Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Seychelles Tanzania Ukraine
Winner	Aishwarya Rai[1] India
Personality	Patinya Thongsri (Thailand)
Best National Costume	Irene Ferreira (Venezuela)
Photogenic	Aishwarya Rai
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Background

In December 2014, Aishwarya Rai was felicitated with a Lifetime Beauty with a Purpose Award by the Miss World Organisation at the 64th Miss World contest for her humanitarian works since she won the crown.^[4][5]

Debuts, returns, and withdrawals

This edition marked the debut of Bangladesh, China and Estonia. And the return of Botswana, French Polynesia, Ghana, Hungary, Kenya, Peru, Romania, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Seychelles, Tanzania and Ukraine; Tanzania, which last competed in 1967, Botswana last competed in 1974, Saint Lucia last competed in 1975, French Polynesia last competed (as Tahiti) in 1985, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines last competed in 1989, Peru last competed in 1990, Ghana and Kenya last competed in 1991 and Hungary, Romania, Seychelles and Ukraine last competed in 1992.

Aruba, Bermuda, El Salvador, Honduras, Lithuania, Malta, Namibia, Uganda, and Uruguay withdrew from the competition.

Results

Countries and territories which sent delegates and results for Miss World 1994^[1][2][6]

Placements

Placement	Contestant
Miss World 1994	India – Aishwarya Rai
1st Runner-up	South Africa – Basetsana Julia Makgalemele
2nd Runner-up	Venezuela – Irene Esther Ferreira Izquierdo
Top 5[7]	Croatia – Branka Bebić  Zimbabwe – Angeline Musasiwa
Top 10[7]	Belgium – Ilse De Meulemeester  Greece – Evangelia “Evi” Adam  Malaysia – Rahima Orchient Yayah  Philippines – Caroline “Cara” Villarosa Subijano  United Kingdom – Sarah Melanie Abdoun

Continental Queens of Beauty

Continental Group	Contestant
Africa	South Africa – Basetsana Julia Makgalemele
Americas	Venezuela – Irene Esther Ferreira Izquierdo
Asia & Oceania	India – Aishwarya Rai
Caribbean	Cayman Islands – Anita Lilly Bush
Europe	Croatia – Branka Bebić

Special awards

Parangal	Nagwagi
Miss Photogenic	India – Aishwarya Rai[8][9]
Miss Personality	Thailand – Patinya Thongsri[7]
Best National Costume	Venezuela – Irene Ferreira[7]

Judges

• Eric Morley † – Chairman and CEO of Miss World Organization^[10]
• Eileen Ford † – founder, Ford Models agency^[10]
• Ron Moss – Actor, The Bold and the Beautiful^[10]
• Katherine Kelly Lang – Actress, The Bold and the Beautiful^[10]
• Patrick Lichfield † – Photographer^[10]
• Marsha Rae Ratcliff – Entertainer and Variety Clubs Ambassador^[10]
• Charles Dance – Actor (International Stage, Film, and Television)^[10]
• Iman – international supermodel^[10]
• Herb Ritts † – Photographer^[10]
• Zindzi Mandela-Hlongwane † – Daughter of Nelson Mandela^[10]
• Tony Leung Ka-fai – Actor，L'amant^[10]

Contestants

Country/Territory	Contestant	Age[a]	Hometown
Argentina	Miriam Elizabeth Nahón	22	Buenos Aires
Australia	Skye-Jilly Edwards[11]	23	Hobart
Austria	Bianca Engel	20	Graz
Bahamas	Deanna Tamara North[12]	23	Nassau
Bangladesh	Anika Taher[13]	22	Dhaka
Belgium	Ilse De Meulemeester[14]	23	Brussels
Bolivia	Mariel Gabriela Arce Taborga	22	Cochabamba
Botswana	Hazel Kutlo Mmopi	19	Gaborone
Brazil	Valquíria Melnik Blicharski	20	Curitiba
British Virgin Islands	Khara Michelle Forbes	19	Tortola
Bulgaria	Stella Ognianova	17	Sofia
Canada	Shawna Roberts	18	Calgary
Cayman Islands	Anita Lilly Bush	22	Grand Cayman
Chile	Yulissa Macarena del Pino Pinochet	20	Santiago
China	Pan Tao[15]	22	Shenzhen
Colombia	María Eugenia González Ponce de León	20	Bogotá
Costa Rica	Silvia Ester Muñoz Mata	19	San Marcos
Croatia	Branka Bebić	19	Split
Curaçao	Marisa Corine Bos	18	Willemstad
Cyprus	Johanna Uwrin	17	Limassol
Czech Republic	Lenka Beličková	21	Karlovy Vary
Denmark	Sara Maria Wolf	19	Copenhagen
Dominican Republic	Claudia Karina Franjul González †	24	Santo Domingo
Ecuador	Diana Margarita Noboa Gordon	24	Guayaquil
Estonia	Auli Andersalu	18	Tallinn
Finland	Mia Marianne Forsell[16]	20	Askola
France	Radiah Latidine[17]	19	Cayenne
French Polynesia[b]	Vaea Christine Sandra Olanda[18]	21	Papeete
Germany	Marte Helberg	18	Hamburg
Ghana	Matilda Aku Alomatu	24	Accra
Gibraltar	Melissa Berllaque	17	Gibraltar
Greece	Evangelia “Evi” Adam	21	Athens
Guam	Chalorna Freitas	23	Tamuning
Guatemala	Sonia María Rosales Vargas	19	Zacapa
Holland	Yoshka Bon	19	Amsterdam
Hong Kong	Annamarie Wood Lai-ming	20	Hong Kong Island
Hungary	Tímea Farkas	19	Záhony
Iceland	Birna Bragadóttir[19]	19	Álftanes
India	Aishwarya Rai[20]	21	Mangalore
Ireland	Anna Maria McCarthy	22	Dublin
Israel	Shirly Schwatzberg	18	Tel Aviv
Italy	Arianna Novacco	19	Trieste
Jamaica	Johanna Simone Ulett	22	Kingston
Japan	Shinobu Sushida	22	Miyazaki
Kenya	Josephine Wanjiku Mbatia	24	Nairobi
Latvia	Daina Tobija	20	Riga
Lebanon	Lara Badaoui	22	Keserwan
Macau	Chen Ji-min	20	Macau
Malaysia	Rahima Orchient Yayah[21]	21	Kuala Lumpur
Mauritius	Marie Priscilla Mardaymootoo	25	Port Louis
Mexico	Claudia Hernández Rodríguez	20	Santiago Ixcuintla
New Zealand	Shelley Jeannine Edwards	22	Hastings
Nigeria	Susan Hart	19	Benue
Norway	Anne Lena Hansen	20	Oslo
Panama	Carmen Lucía Ogando Ginono	19	Colón
Paraguay	Jannyne Elena Peyrat Scolari	20	Asunción
Peru	Marcia Pérez Marcés	21	Lima
Philippines	Caroline “Cara” Villarosa Subijano[22]	23	Manila
Poland	Jadwiga Flank	23	Bielsko-Biała
Portugal	Leonor Filipa Correia Leal Rodrigues	22	Lisbon
Puerto Rico	Joyce Marie Giraud Mojica	19	Aguas Buenas
Romania	Leona Dalia Voicu	19	Bucharest
Russia	Anna Malova	23	Yaroslavl
Saint Lucia	Yasmine Lyndell Walcott	21	Castries
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Cornise Yearwood	21	Georgetown
Seychelles	Marquise David	22	Victoria
Singapore	Angela Lee Pickard Kim Mei	20	Singapore
Slovakia	Karin Majtánová[23]	20	Trenčín
Slovenia	Janja Zupan[24]	20	Ljubljana
South Africa	Basetsana Julia Makgalemele	20	Johannesburg
South Korea[c]	Chae Yeon-hee	22	Seoul
Spain	María Virginia Pareja Garófano	18	Barcelona
Sri Lanka	Nushara Rusri Pramali Fernando	20	Colombo
Swaziland	Stephanie Wesselo	19	Mbabane
Sweden	Sofia Andersson	19	Stockholm
Switzerland	Sarah Briguet	24	Lausanne
Taiwan[d]	Joanne Wu Chung-chun	25	Taipei
Tanzania	Aina William Maeda	20	Dodoma
Thailand	Patinya Thongsri[25]	20	Bangkok
Trinidad and Tobago	Anabel Thomas	22	Port of Spain
Turkey	Pınar Altuğ[26]	20	Istanbul
Ukraine	Nataliya Vasyliyivna Kozytska	20	Kyiv
United Kingdom	Sarah Melanie Abdoun	20	London
Miss World America	Kristie Harmon	20	Conyers
United States Virgin Islands	Jessalyn Pearsall	17	St. Thomas
Venezuela	Irene Esther Ferreira Izquierdo	18	Caracas
Zimbabwe	Angeline Musasiwa	21	Harare

Note

1. Ages at the time of the pageant
2. Competed as Tahiti in the pageant
3. Competed as Korea in the pageant
4. Also known as the Republic of China