Miss Universe 1992
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| Miss Universe 1992 | |
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Title card (left) and Miss Universe 1991, Lupita Jones (right), riding on an elephant. | |
| Date | 9 May 1992[a] |
| Presenters | |
| Venue | Queen Sirikit National Convention Center, Bangkok, Thailand |
| Broadcaster | |
| Entrants | 78 |
| Placements | 10 |
| Debuts |
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| Withdrawals |
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| Returns |
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| Winner | Michelle McLean Namibia |
Miss Universe 1992 was the 41st Miss Universe pageant, held at the Queen Sirikit National Convention Center in Bangkok, Thailand, on 9 May 1992.[a]
Michelle McLean of Namibia was crowned by Lupita Jones of Mexico at the conclusion of the event. Seventy-eight contestants competed in the pageant. This is the first and thus far, the only Namibian to have won the pageant.
Location and date
Thailand anticipated holding the pageant as early as August 1991, when thousands of slum dwellers were evicted to improve the image of the city prior to a World Bank conference that was held in the city in October and the pageant.[1]
The official announcement that Bangkok would host the pageant was made in December 1991, with the date initially set as 16 May.[2] At the same time it secured an exclusive broadcast agreement for Thailand on the subscription television platform Thai Sky TV.[3] In March the date was moved back by a week to 8 May so that it would not clash with Wisakha Bucha Day, a Buddhist holiday.[4]
The pageant was held amidst a political crisis in Thailand that culminated, a week after the pageant, on 17 May in the Black May protests against the government of General Suchinda Kraprayoon. The day prior to the event the public relations director expressed fears that the show might have to be cancelled if the situation escalated, although the threat was played down by other pageant officials.[5]
Results

Placements
| Placement | Contestant |
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| Miss Universe 1992 |
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| 1st Runner-Up |
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| 2nd Runner-Up |
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| Top 6 |
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| Top 10 |
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Contestants
Argentina – Laura Rafael
Aruba – Yerusha Rasmijn
Australia – Georgina Denahy
Austria – Katrin Friedl
Bahamas – Fontella Chipman
Belgium – Anke Van dermeersch
Bermuda – Colita Joseph
Bolivia – Natasha Gabriel Arana
Brazil – Maria Carolina Otto
British Virgin Islands – Alicia Burke
Bulgaria – Michaella Dinova Nikolova
Canada – Nicole Dunsdon
Cayman Islands – Yvette Peggy Jordison
Chile – Marcela Vacarezza
CIS – Lidia Kuborskaya
Colombia – Paola Turbay
Cook Islands – Jeannine Tuavera
Costa Rica – Jessica Manley Fredrich
Curaçao – Mijanou de Paula
Cyprus – Militsa Papadopolou
Czechoslovakia – Michaela Maláčová
Denmark – Anne Mette Voss
Dominican Republic – Ana Eliza González
Ecuador – Soledad Diab
Egypt – Lamia Noshi
El Salvador – Melissa Salazar
Finland – Kirsi Syrjänen
France – Linda Hardy
Germany – Monica Resch
Great Britain – Tiffany Stanford
Greece – Marina Tsintikidou
Guam – Cheryl Debra Payne
Guatemala – Nancy Maricela Perez
Honduras – Monica Raquel Rapalo
Hungary – Dora Patko
Iceland – Svava Haraldsdóttir
India – Madhu Sapre
Ireland – Jane Thompson
Israel – Eynat Zmora
Jamaica – Bridgette Rhoden
Japan – Akiko Ando
Kenya – Aisha Wawira Lieberg
Lebanon – Abeer Sharrouf
Luxembourg – Carole Reding
Malaysia – Crystal Yong
Malta – Julienne Camilleri
Mauritius – Stephanie Raymond
Mexico – Monica Zuñiga
Namibia – Michelle McLean
Netherlands – Vivian Jansen
New Zealand – Lisa de Montalk[6]
Nicaragua – Ida Patricia Delaney
Nigeria – Sandra Guenefred Petgrave
Northern Mariana Islands – Imelda Antonio
Norway – Anne Sofie Galaen
Panama – Ana Orillac
Paraguay – Pamela Zarza
Peru – Aline Arce Santos
Philippines – Elizabeth Garcia Berroya
Poland – Izabela Filipowska
Portugal – Maria Fernanda Silva
Puerto Rico – Daisy Garcia
Republic of China – Vivian Shih Hsiu Chieh
Romania – Corina Corduneanu
Singapore – Cori Teo
South Korea – Lee Young-hyun
Spain – Virginia García
Sri Lanka – Hiranthi Divapriya
Suriname – Nancy Kasanngaloewar
Sweden – Monica Brodd
Switzerland – Sandra Aegerter
Thailand – Orn-anong Panyawong[7]
Turkey – Elif Ilgaz
Turks and Caicos Islands – Barbara Johnson
United States – Shannon Marketic[8]
United States Virgin Islands – Cathy-Mae Sitaram
Uruguay – Gabriela Escobar Ventura
Venezuela – Carolina Izsak