Miss World 1993
Beauty pageant edition
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Miss World 1993, the 43rd edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 27 November 1993 at the Sun City Entertainment Centre in Sun City, South Africa. It was the second staging of the Miss World pageant in South Africa.The pageant secured 81 contestants from all over the world. This is the second consecutive staging of the pageant in Sun City. The winner was Lisa Hanna of Jamaica. She was crowned by Julia Kourotchkina of Russia.
.jpg)
- Pierce Brosnan
- Doreen Morris
- Gina Tolleson
- Kim Alexis
| Miss World 1993 | |
|---|---|
Miss World 1993 titleholder - Lisa Hanna | |
| Date | 27 November 1993 |
| Presenters |
|
| Venue | Sun City Entertainment Center, Sun City, South Africa |
| Broadcaster | |
| Entrants | 81 |
| Placements | 10 |
| Debuts |
|
| Withdrawals |
|
| Returns |
|
| Winner | Lisa Hanna Jamaica |
| Personality | Charlotte Als (Denmark) |
| Best National Costume | Karminder Kaur-Virk (India) |
| Photogenic | Barbara Chiappini (Italy) |
She became the third Jamaican to win Miss World since Carole Crawford in Miss World 1963 and Cindy Breakspeare in Miss World 1976.
Selection of participants
Replacements
Miss Iceland 1993, Svala Björk Arnardóttir was replaced by her first runner up, Gudrun Rut Hreidarsdóttir due undisclosed reason. She went to Miss Universe 1994 instead. Anna Baychik of Russia unable to compete internationally due underage.[1]
Debuts, returns, and, withdrawals
This edition marked the debut of the Czech Republic, Lithuania, and Slovakia and the return of Honduras and Zimbabwe; Zimbabwe last competed in 1982 and Honduras last competed in 1991.
Czechoslovakia,[a] Greenland, Hungary, Seychelles, Ukraine and Zambia, withdrew from the competition. Rita Onisca Muresan of Romania withdrew from the competition due lack of sponsor. Iryna Barabash of Ukraine, she got married few months prior the Miss World pageant.[2]
China was supposed to participate for the first time in this edition through Pan Tao Wang-Yin, but this did not push through due to a problem with her visa. Wang-Yin participated in the next edition.[3][4][5] Imela Nogic of Bosnia and Herzegovina,[6][7] Sidorela Kola of Albania,[8] and Lilia Uksvarav of Estonia also did not proceed in the competition for undisclosed reasons.[9] Yugoslavia attempt tried to return in Miss World 1993 with Dragana Grahovac, winner of Miss Ju 1993 pageant under a new organization[10], but due the International sanctions against Yugoslavia by the Yugoslav Wars was denied participation until 1996 when the sanctions were lifted.
Results
Placements
| Placement | Contestant |
|---|---|
| Miss World 1993 |
|
| 1st Runner-Up |
|
| 2nd Runner-Up |
|
| Top 5 |
|
| Top 10 |
|
Judges
- Eric Morley † - Chairman and CEO of Miss World Organization
- Frederick Forsyth
- Grace Jones[11]
- Vanessa Williams
- Louis Gossett Jr.
- Christie Brinkley
- Jackie Chan
- John Ratcliffe
- Dali Tambo
- Juliet Prowse †
- Twiggy
Contestants
Notes
- Czechoslovakia split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia on 1 January 1993.
- Competed as Korea in the pageant
- Also known as the Republic of China.
- competed as American Virgin Islands
Did not compete
Botswana – Mpho Lekoko - Due Lack of Time..
French Polynesia – Heikapua Thérèse Moke
Peru – Mónika Sáez Grimm - Due lack of sponsor.
Replacements
Slovakia – The winner of last Miss Czechoslovakia 1993 pageant, Silvia Lakatošová from Slovakia supossed to participate there, but was remplaced by undisclosed reazons by a runner up - Dana Vojtechovska also from Slovakia.
Turkey – The winner of Miss Turkey 1993, Arzum Onan was supposed to participate at Miss World 1993, however she won Miss Europe 1993 in June making her unable to compete after and remplaced by her runner up - Emel Yildirim.
Other Notes
France - Véronique de la Cruz, a semi-finalist at this year’s Miss World, was unplaced at Miss Universe 1993 pageant in Mexico City just 6 months earlier.