Miss Universe 1992

{{Short description|41st edition of the beauty pageant}} {{pp-sock|small=yes}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2025}} {{Infobox beauty pageant | photo = File:Miss Universe 1992 opening titles.jpg | caption = Title card (left) and Miss Universe 1991, [[Lupita Jones]] (right), riding on an elephant. | date = 9 May 1992{{efn|name=Thailand date|The event was held at 8:00 am [[Time in Thailand|Thailand Time]] ([[UTC+07:00]]); for the Americas, this was 8 May in their local times.}} | presenters = {{Hlist|[[Dick Clark]]|[[Leeza Gibbons]]|[[Angela Visser]]}} | venue = [[Queen Sirikit National Convention Center]], [[Bangkok]], Thailand | broadcaster = {{Hlist|[[CBS]] (international)|[[Channel 7 HD (Thailand)|Channel 7]] (official broadcaster)}} | entrants = 78 | placements = 10 | debuts = {{Hlist|Commonwealth of Independent States|Hungary}} | withdraws = {{Hlist|Belize|Ghana|Hong Kong|Italy|Saint Vincent and the Grenadines|Trinidad and Tobago|Soviet Union|Yugoslavia}} | returns = {{Hlist|Aruba|Australia|Austria|Cyprus|Denmark|Egypt|Honduras|Kenya|New Zealand|Portugal|Switzerland}} | winner = [[Michelle McLean]] | represented = Namibia | before = [[Miss Universe 1991|1991]] | next = [[Miss Universe 1993|1993]] }}

'''Miss Universe 1992''' was the 41st [[Miss Universe]] pageant, held at the [[Queen Sirikit National Convention Center]] in [[Bangkok]], Thailand, on 9 May 1992.{{efn|name=Thailand date}}

[[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.

==Background== === 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 Group|World Bank]] conference that was held in the city in October and the pageant.<ref>{{cite news |last=Shenon |first=Philip |date=25 August 1991 |title=Thailand Evicting the Poor: Coming Events Spur Leaders to Level Slum |publisher=Los Angeles Daily News}}</ref>

The official announcement that Bangkok would host the pageant was made in December 1991, with the date initially set as 16 May.<ref>{{cite news |date=17 December 1991 |title=Miss Universe contest to be held Bangkok in May |publisher=Agence France-Press}}</ref> At the same time it secured an exclusive broadcast agreement for Thailand on the subscription television platform [[Thai Sky TV]].<ref>{{cite web |date=18 December 1991 |title=Thailand to host Miss Universe next year |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19911218-1.2.25.6 |access-date=25 July 2024 |website=The Straits Times (retrieved from NLB)}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news |date=6 March 1992 |title=Organizers seek new date for beauty pageant |publisher=Agence France-Press}}</ref>

The pageant was held amidst a political crisis in Thailand that culminated, a week after the pageant, on 17 May in the [[Black May (Thailand)|Black May]] protests against the government of [[Suchinda Kraprayoon|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.<ref>{{cite news |date=7 May 1992 |title=Miss Universe organiser says political crisis threatens pageant |publisher=Agence France-Presse}}</ref> ==Results== [[File:Bkksirikitconvcentr0905a.jpg|thumb|right|Queen Sirikit Convention Center in Bangkok]] [[File:Miss Universe 1992 Map.PNG|thumb|Miss Universe 1992 participating nations and results]]

===Placements=== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;" |- ! Placement !! Contestant |- | Miss Universe 1992 | *{{flagu|Namibia}} – [[Michelle McLean]] |- | 1st Runner-Up | *{{flagu|Colombia}} – [[Paola Turbay]] |- | 2nd Runner-Up | *{{flagu|India}} – [[Madhu Sapre]] |- | Top 6 | *{{flagu|Belgium}} – [[Anke Van dermeersch]] *{{flagu|Netherlands}} – Vivian Jansen *{{flagu|Venezuela|1954}} – [[Carolina Izsak]] |- | Top 10 | *{{flagu|Australia}} – Georgina Denahy *{{flagu|New Zealand}} – Lisa de Montalk *{{flagu|Sweden}} – [[Monica Brodd]] *{{flagu|United States}} – [[Shannon Marketic]] |}

==Contestants== {{colbegin|colwidth=30em}} * '''{{ARG}}''' – Laura Rafael * '''{{ABW}}''' – Yerusha Rasmijn * '''{{AUS}}''' – Georgina Denahy * '''{{AUT}}''' – Katrin Friedl * '''{{BHS}}''' – Fontella Chipman * '''{{BEL}}''' – [[Anke Van dermeersch]] * '''{{BMU}}''' – Colita Joseph * '''{{BOL}}''' – Natasha Gabriel Arana * '''{{flag|Brazil|1968}}''' – Maria Carolina Otto * '''{{VGB}}''' – Alicia Burke * '''{{BGR}}''' – Michaella Dinova Nikolova * '''{{CAN}}''' – [[Nicole Dunsdon]] * '''{{flag|Cayman Islands|old}}''' – Yvette Peggy Jordison * '''{{CHL}}''' – [[Marcela Vacarezza]] * '''{{flag|CIS|1992}}''' – Lidia Kuborskaya * '''{{COL}}''' – [[Paola Turbay]] * '''{{COK}}''' – Jeannine Tuavera * '''{{CRI}}''' – Jessica Manley Fredrich * '''{{CUW}}''' – Mijanou de Paula * '''{{Flag|Cyprus|1960}}''' – Militsa Papadopolou * '''{{TCH}}''' – Michaela Maláčová * '''{{DNK}}''' – Anne Mette Voss * '''{{DOM}}''' – Ana Eliza González * '''{{Flag|Ecuador|1900}}''' – [[Soledad Diab]] * '''{{EGY}}''' – Lamia Noshi * '''{{SLV}}''' – Melissa Salazar * '''{{FIN}}''' – Kirsi Syrjänen * '''{{FRA}}''' – [[Linda Hardy]] * '''{{GER}}''' – Monica Resch * '''{{flag|Great Britain}}''' – Tiffany Stanford * '''{{GRC}}''' – [[Marina Tsintikidou]] * '''{{GUM}}''' – Cheryl Debra Payne * '''{{GTM}}''' – Nancy Maricela Perez * '''{{flag|Honduras|1949}}''' – Monica Raquel Rapalo * '''{{HUN}}''' – Dora Patko * '''{{ISL}}''' – Svava Haraldsdóttir * '''{{IND}}''' – [[Madhu Sapre]] * '''{{IRL}}''' – Jane Thompson * '''{{ISR}}''' – Eynat Zmora * '''{{JAM}}''' – Bridgette Rhoden * '''{{flag|Japan|1870}}''' – Akiko Ando * '''{{KEN}}''' – Aisha Wawira Lieberg * '''{{LBN}}''' – Abeer Sharrouf * '''{{LUX}}''' – Carole Reding * '''{{MYS}}''' – Crystal Yong * '''{{MLT}}''' – Julienne Camilleri * '''{{MUS}}''' – Stephanie Raymond * '''{{MEX}}''' – Monica Zuñiga * '''{{NAM}}''' – '''[[Michelle McLean]]''' * '''{{NLD}}''' – Vivian Jansen * '''{{NZL}}''' – Lisa de Montalk<ref>{{cite news |title=In brief: Beauty in top 10 |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/press/1991/12/30/3 |work=[[The Press]] |page=3 |access-date=1 February 2026 |date=30 December 1991 |location=[[Christchurch]], New Zealand |via=[[National Library of New Zealand#Papers Past|Papers Past]]}}</ref> * '''{{NIC}}''' – Ida Patricia Delaney * '''{{NGA}}''' – Sandra Guenefred Petgrave * '''{{MNP}}''' – Imelda Antonio * '''{{NOR}}''' – Anne Sofie Galaen * '''{{PAN}}''' – [[Ana Orillac]] * '''{{flag|Paraguay|1990}}''' – Pamela Zarza * '''{{PER}}''' – Aline Arce Santos * '''{{flag|Philippines|1986}}''' – Elizabeth Garcia Berroya * '''{{POL}}''' – Izabela Filipowska * '''{{POR}}''' – Maria Fernanda Silva * '''{{flag|Puerto Rico|1952}}''' – Daisy Garcia * '''{{ROC}}''' – Vivian Shih Hsiu Chieh * '''{{ROM}}''' – Corina Corduneanu * '''{{SGP}}''' – Cori Teo * '''{{flag|KOR|1949|name=South Korea}}''' – Lee Young-hyun * '''{{ESP}}''' – Virginia García * '''{{LKA}}''' – Hiranthi Divapriya * '''{{SUR}}''' – Nancy Kasanngaloewar * '''{{SWE}}''' – [[Monica Brodd]] * '''{{CHE}}''' – Sandra Aegerter * {{flagdeco|THA}} [[Miss Thailand|Thailand]] – [[Orn-anong Panyawong]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=13 December 2023|title=เปิดหน้า อรอนงค์ ในวัย 51 กระรัต ตำนานจักรวาลล้านนา ทำหน้าใหม่จนสวยอมตะ |trans-title= Revealing the face of Aronong at the age of 51, the legend of the Lanna universe has a new face until she is beautiful forever. |url= https://www.thairath.co.th/entertain/news/2747649 |access-date=24 March 2025|website=ไทยรัฐ|language=Thai}}</ref> * '''{{TUR}}''' – Elif Ilgaz * '''{{TCA}}''' – Barbara Johnson * '''{{USA}}''' – [[Shannon Marketic]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bates |first1=Michael |date=9 February 1992 |title=Miss USA had quit pageants after error |pages=15 |work=[[The San Bernardino County Sun]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-san-bernardino-county-sun/14554732/ |access-date=16 October 2025 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> * '''{{VIR}}''' – Cathy-Mae Sitaram * '''{{URY}}''' – Gabriela Escobar Ventura * '''{{flag|Venezuela|1954}}''' – [[Carolina Izsak]] {{colend}}

==Notes== {{notelist}} ===Debuts=== * '''{{flag|CIS|1992}}''' * '''{{HUN}}'''

===Returns=== Last competed in [[Miss Universe 1987|1987]]: * '''{{CYP}}''' * '''{{KEN}}'''

Last competed in [[Miss Universe 1989|1989]]: * '''{{NZL}}'''

Last competed in [[Miss Universe 1990|1990]]: * '''{{ABW}}''' * '''{{AUS}}''' * '''{{AUT}}''' * '''{{DNK}}''' * '''{{EGY}}''' * '''{{flag|Honduras|1949}}''' * '''{{POR}}''' * '''{{CHE}}'''

== Notes == {{notelist}} ===Replacements=== * {{ISR}} — Eynat Zmora, the first runner-up in the [[Miss Israel]] pageant, was sent to Miss Universe because the winner, Ravit Asaf, was under the age restriction of 18 years.<ref>{{cite news|title=Miss Israel loser gives up quest to be Miss Universe|date=13 April 1992|publisher=The Jerusalem Post}}</ref> * {{flag|CIS|1992}} — Julia Etina, Miss CIS 1992, did not compete in Miss Universe 1992, because she had turned 18 years old ''after'' 1 February. Her first runner-up of Miss CIS 1992, Lydia Kuborskaya went to Miss Universe instead of her. However, Etina got an official visit to the United States as a consolation prize for missing the big event.<ref>[http://www.bibliotekar.ru/divo/25-26.htm «МИСС ВСЕЛЕННАЯ»]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20130916155950/http://articles.philly.com/1992-04-18/news/26002749_1_beauty-pageant-pageant-finals-evening-gown-competition Crowning Achievement Falls Flat A Hit At Soviet Pageant Will Miss Next Step]</ref> * {{IRL}} — Jane Thompson replaced [[Amanda Brunker]] because Brunker was underage before 1 February. * {{ROC}} — Wu Pei-Chun, Miss Universe Republic of China 1992, was underage before 1 February. Her first runner-up, Liu Yu-Hsin couldn't go either due to her health problems. So the chance was given to her second runner-up, Vivian Shih Hsiu-Chieh, who went to the pageant instead.<ref>〈世界环姐选举改派第三名施秀洁参赛〉，《联合晚报》，1992年4月10日，4版</ref> * {{ESP}} – {{ill|Sofía Mazagatos|es}}, [[Miss Spain|Miss España]] 1991, did not compete because she was underage before 1 February. Her first runner-up, Virginia García went instead of her.{{cn|date=September 2024}}

===Withdrawals=== * {{BLZ}} – Their pageant was delayed until Fall 1992. * {{GHA}} – Jamilla Haruna Danzuru – Due to lack of funds & visa problems. She went to compete in [[Miss Universe 1993]]. * {{flag|British Hong Kong|name = Hong Kong}} — [[Amy Kwok]] was expected to represent Hong Kong and even arrived in Bangkok for the pageant, but was disqualified because she did not meet residency requirements. Kwok was an American resident, who became the first overseas contestant to win the Miss Hong Kong title. The same issue would come up again in [[Miss Universe 1996]] when the winner, Winnie Yeung, was also an American citizen and was also disqualified. The first runner-up in that pageant, Sofie Rahman, was her replacement.<ref>{{cite news|title=Miss Hong Kong disqualified from Miss Universe contest |publisher=Agence France-Press|date=21 April 1992}}</ref> * {{ITA}} – [[Miss Italia]] 1991, [[Martina Colombari]], could not compete due to being underage. She was not replaced. Therefore, this is Italy's first ever withdrawal at Miss Universe since its inception in 1952. They would only withdraw again in 2006. * '''{{GIB}}''' – Ornella Costa – She was underage prior to 1 February. * {{VCT}} – Nicole Hendrickson – Due to lack of sponsorship. * {{USSR}} – [[Dissolution of Soviet Union|Collapsed in]] 1991 to be split into fifteen countries. Twelve of them were aggregated into the [[Commonwealth of Independent States|CIS]]. Four years later, Miss USSR 1991, Ilmira Shamsuttinova was appointed to compete in [[Miss Universe 1996|the pageant]] as Miss Russia. * {{TTO}} – Rachel Charles – She was underage before 1 February. She competed in [[Miss Universe 1993|1993]] instead. * {{YUG}} – {{ill|Slavica Tripunović|sr|Славица_Трипуновић|lt=Slavica Tripunović}} – Due to [[Breakup of Yugoslavia|the breakup in April]], there were a lack of funds to send her in the pageant. In addition, the organizing committee was dissolved. The country would later return in [[Miss Universe 1998|1998]]. * {{UKR}} – [[Miss Ukraine]] 1992, Oksana Szabo, was invited to compete in the Miss Universe 1992, but due to a lack of founds and sponsorship, she didn't go. Ukraine finally debuted at [[Miss Universe 1995]].

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==External links== * [http://www.missuniverse.com Miss Universe official website]

[[Category:Miss Universe by year|1992]] [[Category:1992 in Thailand]] [[Category:1992 beauty pageants]] [[Category:Beauty pageants in Thailand|Universe]] [[Category:Organized events in Bangkok]] [[Category:May 1992 in Thailand]]