Miss World 1992

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The 42nd Miss World Pageant was held on December 12, 1992 in Sun City Entertainment Center, Sun City, South Africa. The winner was Julia Alexandrovna Kourotchkina (Queen of Europe) from Russia. Runner up was Claire Elizabeth Smith representing United Kingdom and third was Francis del Valle Gago Aponte (Queen of Americas) from Venezuela.

Contents 1 Results 2 Special awards 3 Continental Queens 4 81 Contestants 5 Trivia 6 External Sources

[edit] Results

• Miss World 1992: Julia Alexandrovna Kourotchkina (Russia).
• The runners-up were:
  • 1st runner-up: Claire Elizabeth Smith (United Kingdom)
  • 2nd runner-up: Francis del Valle Gago Aponte (Venezuela)
• Finalists:
  • 3rd runner-up: Ewa Wachowicz (Poland)
  • 4th runner-up: Amy Kleinhans (South Africa)
• The delegates who made in the top ten are: Jody Barbara Weech (Bahamas), Anja Hende Brond (Denmark), Petra Enrika von Hellens (Finland), Ravit Asaf (Israel), and Sharon Flynn Belden (United States).

[edit] Special awards

• Best National Costume: Nina Khilji (Canada)
• Personality: Ana Maria Johanis Iglesias (Guatemala)
• Photogenic: Ravit Asaf (Israel)

[edit] Continental Queens

• Africa: Amy Kleinhans - South Africa

• America: Francis del Valle Gago Aponte - Venezuela

• Asia & Oceania: Metinee Kingpayome - Thailand

• Caribbean: Jody Barbara Weech - Bahamas

• Europe: Julia Alexandrovna Kourotchkina - Russia

[edit] 81 Contestants

American Virgin Islands Leah Webster Argentina Claudia Andrea Bertona Aruba Solange Noelle Nicolaas Australia Rebecca Simic Austria Kerstin Kinberg Bahamas Jody Barbara Weech SEMI-FINALIST Belgium Sandra Joine Bermuda Dianne Lorraine Mitchell Bolivia Veronica Pino Brazil Priscilla Maria Furlan British Virgin Islands Bisa Smith Bulgaria Elena Dragavnova Canada Nina Khilji Cayman Islands Pamela Joanne Ebanks Chile Paual Caballero Fernandez Republic of China Cheng Wei-Wei Colombia Wguerddy Alejandra Oveido Vargas Costa Rica Marisol Soto Alarcon Croatia Elena Suran Curaçao Cristina Bakhuis Cyprus Maria Kountouris Czechoslovakia Gabriela Harsanyova Denmark Anja Hende Brond SEMI-FINALIST Dominican Republic Gina Maria Rojas Mañon Ecuador Stephanie Krumholz de Menezes El Salvador Raquel Cristina Duran Finland Petra Enrika von Hellens SEMI-FINALIST France Linda Hardy

Germany Carina Jope Gibraltar Michelle Torres Greece Eugenia Paschalidi Greenland Laali Lyberth Guam Michelle Cruz Guatemala Ana Maria Johanis Iglesias Holland Hilda van der Meulen Hong Kong Patsy Lau Yan-Ling Hungary Bernadette Papp Iceland Maria Run Haflidadóttir India Celine Shyla Lopez Ireland Sharon Ellis Israel Ravit Asaf SEMI-FINALIST Italy Paola Irrera Jamaica Julie Anne Bradford Haughton Japan Kaoru Kikuchi Korea Mi-young Lee Latvia Zane Valicka Lebanon Nicole Bardawil Macau Ho Lok-I Malaysia Fazira Wan Chek Malta Noelene Micallef Mauritius Sarasvadee Rengassamy Mexico Carmen Lucia Lehman Fernandez Namibia Linda Sharon Schulz New Zealand Karly Donne Kinnaird Nigeria Sandra Guenefred Petgrave Norway Kjersti Brakestad Panama Michelle Marie Harrington Hasbun

Paraguay Lourdes Magdalena Zaracho Philippines Marina Santos Benipayo Poland Ewa Wachowicz TOP 5 FINALIST Portugal Fernanda Manuela Santos Puerto Rico Lianabel Rosario Centeño Romania Camelia Ilie Russia Julia Alexandrovna Kourotchkina MISS WORLD 1992 Seychelles Myrna Chantal Hoareau Singapore Jennifer Wong Slovenia Natasa Abram South Africa Amy Kleinhans TOP 5 FINALIST Spain Samantha Torres Waldron Sri Lanka Ishara Abelashini Makolange Swaziland Candy Litchfield Sweden Ulrika Johansson Switzerland Valerie Bovard Thailand Metinee Kingpayome Trinidad & Tobago Renee Garib Turkey Ozlem Kaymaz Uganda Olga Nampima Ukraine Oksana Sabo United Kingdom Claire Elizabeth Smith 1st RUNNER-UP United States Sharon Flynn Belden SEMI-FINALIST Uruguay Leonora Irene Dibueno Fenocchi Venezuela Francis del Valle Gago Aponte 2nd RUNNER-UP Zambia Elizabeth Mwanza

[edit] Trivia

• This is the first time that no Asian country made into the Top 10 in Miss World. Israel, who made into the Top 10, competed as part of Europe in Miss World after 1989.

• Russia sent its first delegate to Miss World for the first time and won the title. She is also the judge in Miss World 2005 in Sanya.

• Ukraine, Croatia and Slovenia also sent their first delegates to Miss World.

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

• United Kingdom, Claire Elizabeth Smith, was also the host of Miss World 2001 in Sun City and 2002 in London.

• United States, Sharon Flynn Belden, competed as Miss Florida in Miss USA 1992, but failed to make into the semi-finals.

• Bahamas had made into the semi-finals in Miss World for the first time.

• Zambia returned to Miss World after 18 years.

• Belgium was born in Kinshasa, Zaire by Belgian parents.

[edit] External Sources

• Pageantopolis

• Jimmy's Pageant Page

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