# Miss Universe 1992 > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Miss_Universe_1992 > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Miss_Universe_1992.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_Universe_1992 > Source revision: 1353321825 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 41st edition of the beauty pageant Miss Universe 1992 Title card (left) and Miss Universe 1991, Lupita Jones (right), riding on an elephant. Date 9 May 1992[a] Presenters Dick Clark Leeza Gibbons Angela Visser Venue Queen Sirikit National Convention Center, Bangkok, Thailand Broadcaster CBS (international) Channel 7 (official broadcaster) Entrants 78 Placements 10 Debuts Commonwealth of Independent States Hungary Withdrawals Belize Ghana Hong Kong Italy Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Trinidad and Tobago Soviet Union Yugoslavia Returns Aruba Australia Austria Cyprus Denmark Egypt Honduras Kenya New Zealand Portugal Switzerland Winner Michelle McLean Namibia ← 1991 1993 → **Miss Universe 1992** was the 41st [Miss Universe](/source/Miss_Universe) pageant, held at the [Queen Sirikit National Convention Center](/source/Queen_Sirikit_National_Convention_Center) in [Bangkok](/source/Bangkok), Thailand, on 9 May 1992.[a] [Michelle McLean](/source/Michelle_McLean) of Namibia was crowned by [Lupita Jones](/source/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](/source/Slum) dwellers were evicted to improve the image of the city prior to a [World Bank](/source/World_Bank_Group) 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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Black_May_(Thailand)) protests against the government of [General Suchinda Kraprayoon](/source/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 Queen Sirikit Convention Center in Bangkok Miss Universe 1992 participating nations and results ### Placements Placement Contestant Miss Universe 1992 Namibia – Michelle McLean 1st Runner-Up Colombia – Paola Turbay 2nd Runner-Up India – Madhu Sapre Top 6 Belgium – Anke Van dermeersch Netherlands – Vivian Jansen Venezuela – Carolina Izsak Top 10 Australia – Georgina Denahy New Zealand – Lisa de Montalk Sweden – Monica Brodd United States – Shannon Marketic ## Contestants - **[Argentina](/source/Argentina)** – Laura Rafael - **[Aruba](/source/Aruba)** – Yerusha Rasmijn - **[Australia](/source/Australia)** – Georgina Denahy - **[Austria](/source/Austria)** – Katrin Friedl - **[Bahamas](/source/The_Bahamas)** – Fontella Chipman - **[Belgium](/source/Belgium)** – [Anke Van dermeersch](/source/Anke_Van_dermeersch) - **[Bermuda](/source/Bermuda)** – Colita Joseph - **[Bolivia](/source/Bolivia)** – Natasha Gabriel Arana - **[Brazil](/source/Brazil)** – Maria Carolina Otto - **[British Virgin Islands](/source/British_Virgin_Islands)** – Alicia Burke - **[Bulgaria](/source/Bulgaria)** – Michaella Dinova Nikolova - **[Canada](/source/Canada)** – [Nicole Dunsdon](/source/Nicole_Dunsdon) - **[Cayman Islands](/source/Cayman_Islands)** – Yvette Peggy Jordison - **[Chile](/source/Chile)** – [Marcela Vacarezza](/source/Marcela_Vacarezza) - **[CIS](/source/Commonwealth_of_Independent_States)** – Lidia Kuborskaya - **[Colombia](/source/Colombia)** – [Paola Turbay](/source/Paola_Turbay) - **[Cook Islands](/source/Cook_Islands)** – Jeannine Tuavera - **[Costa Rica](/source/Costa_Rica)** – Jessica Manley Fredrich - **[Curaçao](/source/Cura%C3%A7ao)** – Mijanou de Paula - **[Cyprus](/source/Cyprus)** – Militsa Papadopolou - **[Czechoslovakia](/source/Czechoslovakia)** – Michaela Maláčová - **[Denmark](/source/Denmark)** – Anne Mette Voss - **[Dominican Republic](/source/Dominican_Republic)** – Ana Eliza González - **[Ecuador](/source/Ecuador)** – [Soledad Diab](/source/Soledad_Diab) - **[Egypt](/source/Egypt)** – Lamia Noshi - **[El Salvador](/source/El_Salvador)** – Melissa Salazar - **[Finland](/source/Finland)** – Kirsi Syrjänen - **[France](/source/France)** – [Linda Hardy](/source/Linda_Hardy) - **[Germany](/source/Germany)** – Monica Resch - **[Great Britain](/source/United_Kingdom)** – Tiffany Stanford - **[Greece](/source/Greece)** – [Marina Tsintikidou](/source/Marina_Tsintikidou) - **[Guam](/source/Guam)** – Cheryl Debra Payne - **[Guatemala](/source/Guatemala)** – Nancy Maricela Perez - **[Honduras](/source/Honduras)** – Monica Raquel Rapalo - **[Hungary](/source/Hungary)** – Dora Patko - **[Iceland](/source/Iceland)** – Svava Haraldsdóttir - **[India](/source/India)** – [Madhu Sapre](/source/Madhu_Sapre) - **[Ireland](/source/Republic_of_Ireland)** – Jane Thompson - **[Israel](/source/Israel)** – Eynat Zmora - **[Jamaica](/source/Jamaica)** – Bridgette Rhoden - **[Japan](/source/Japan)** – Akiko Ando - **[Kenya](/source/Kenya)** – Aisha Wawira Lieberg - **[Lebanon](/source/Lebanon)** – Abeer Sharrouf - **[Luxembourg](/source/Luxembourg)** – Carole Reding - **[Malaysia](/source/Malaysia)** – Crystal Yong - **[Malta](/source/Malta)** – Julienne Camilleri - **[Mauritius](/source/Mauritius)** – Stephanie Raymond - **[Mexico](/source/Mexico)** – Monica Zuñiga - **[Namibia](/source/Namibia)** – **[Michelle McLean](/source/Michelle_McLean)** - **[Netherlands](/source/Netherlands)** – Vivian Jansen - **[New Zealand](/source/New_Zealand)** – Lisa de Montalk[6] - **[Nicaragua](/source/Nicaragua)** – Ida Patricia Delaney - **[Nigeria](/source/Nigeria)** – Sandra Guenefred Petgrave - **[Northern Mariana Islands](/source/Northern_Mariana_Islands)** – Imelda Antonio - **[Norway](/source/Norway)** – Anne Sofie Galaen - **[Panama](/source/Panama)** – [Ana Orillac](/source/Ana_Orillac) - **[Paraguay](/source/Paraguay)** – Pamela Zarza - **[Peru](/source/Peru)** – Aline Arce Santos - **[Philippines](/source/Philippines)** – Elizabeth Garcia Berroya - **[Poland](/source/Poland)** – Izabela Filipowska - **[Portugal](/source/Portugal)** – Maria Fernanda Silva - **[Puerto Rico](/source/Puerto_Rico)** – Daisy Garcia - **[Republic of China](/source/Taiwan)** – Vivian Shih Hsiu Chieh - **[Romania](/source/Romania)** – Corina Corduneanu - **[Singapore](/source/Singapore)** – Cori Teo - **[South Korea](/source/South_Korea)** – Lee Young-hyun - **[Spain](/source/Spain)** – Virginia García - **[Sri Lanka](/source/Sri_Lanka)** – Hiranthi Divapriya - **[Suriname](/source/Suriname)** – Nancy Kasanngaloewar - **[Sweden](/source/Sweden)** – [Monica Brodd](/source/Monica_Brodd) - **[Switzerland](/source/Switzerland)** – Sandra Aegerter - [Thailand](/source/Miss_Thailand) – [Orn-anong Panyawong](/source/Orn-anong_Panyawong)[7] - **[Turkey](/source/Turkey)** – Elif Ilgaz - **[Turks and Caicos Islands](/source/Turks_and_Caicos_Islands)** – Barbara Johnson - **[United States](/source/United_States)** – [Shannon Marketic](/source/Shannon_Marketic)[8] - **[United States Virgin Islands](/source/United_States_Virgin_Islands)** – Cathy-Mae Sitaram - **[Uruguay](/source/Uruguay)** – Gabriela Escobar Ventura - **[Venezuela](/source/Venezuela)** – [Carolina Izsak](/source/Carolina_Izsak) ## Notes 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Thailand_date_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Thailand_date_1-1) The event was held at 8:00 am [Thailand Time](/source/Time_in_Thailand) ([UTC+07:00](/source/UTC%2B07%3A00)); for the Americas, this was 8 May in their local times. ### Debuts - **[CIS](/source/Commonwealth_of_Independent_States)** - **[Hungary](/source/Hungary)** ### Returns Last competed in [1987](/source/Miss_Universe_1987): - **[Cyprus](/source/Cyprus)** - **[Kenya](/source/Kenya)** Last competed in [1989](/source/Miss_Universe_1989): - **[New Zealand](/source/New_Zealand)** Last competed in [1990](/source/Miss_Universe_1990): - **[Aruba](/source/Aruba)** - **[Australia](/source/Australia)** - **[Austria](/source/Austria)** - **[Denmark](/source/Denmark)** - **[Egypt](/source/Egypt)** - **[Honduras](/source/Honduras)** - **[Portugal](/source/Portugal)** - **[Switzerland](/source/Switzerland)** ## Notes ### Replacements - [Israel](/source/Israel) — Eynat Zmora, the first runner-up in the [Miss Israel](/source/Miss_Israel) pageant, was sent to Miss Universe because the winner, Ravit Asaf, was under the age restriction of 18 years.[9] - [CIS](/source/Commonwealth_of_Independent_States) — 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.[10][11] - [Ireland](/source/Republic_of_Ireland) — Jane Thompson replaced [Amanda Brunker](/source/Amanda_Brunker) because Brunker was underage before 1 February. - [Republic of China](/source/Taiwan) — 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.[12] - [Spain](/source/Spain) – [Sofía Mazagatos](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sof%C3%ADa_Mazagatos&action=edit&redlink=1) [[es](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sof%C3%ADa_Mazagatos)], [Miss España](/source/Miss_Spain) 1991, did not compete because she was underage before 1 February. Her first runner-up, Virginia García went instead of her.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] ### Withdrawals - [Belize](/source/Belize) – Their pageant was delayed until Fall 1992. - [Ghana](/source/Ghana) – Jamilla Haruna Danzuru – Due to lack of funds & visa problems. She went to compete in [Miss Universe 1993](/source/Miss_Universe_1993). - [Hong Kong](/source/British_Hong_Kong) — [Amy Kwok](/source/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](/source/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.[13] - [Italy](/source/Italy) – [Miss Italia](/source/Miss_Italia) 1991, [Martina Colombari](/source/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. - **[Gibraltar](/source/Gibraltar)** – Ornella Costa – She was underage prior to 1 February. - [Saint Vincent and the Grenadines](/source/Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines) – Nicole Hendrickson – Due to lack of sponsorship. - [Soviet Union](/source/Soviet_Union) – [Collapsed in](/source/Dissolution_of_Soviet_Union) 1991 to be split into fifteen countries. Twelve of them were aggregated into the [CIS](/source/Commonwealth_of_Independent_States). Four years later, Miss USSR 1991, Ilmira Shamsuttinova was appointed to compete in [the pageant](/source/Miss_Universe_1996) as Miss Russia. - [Trinidad and Tobago](/source/Trinidad_and_Tobago) – Rachel Charles – She was underage before 1 February. She competed in [1993](/source/Miss_Universe_1993) instead. - [Yugoslavia](/source/Socialist_Federal_Republic_of_Yugoslavia) – [Slavica Tripunović](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Slavica_Tripunovi%C4%87&action=edit&redlink=1) [[sr](https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B0_%D0%A2%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BF%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%9B)] – Due to [the breakup in April](/source/Breakup_of_Yugoslavia), 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 [1998](/source/Miss_Universe_1998). - [Ukraine](/source/Ukraine) – [Miss Ukraine](/source/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](/source/Miss_Universe_1995). ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Shenon, Philip (25 August 1991). "Thailand Evicting the Poor: Coming Events Spur Leaders to Level Slum". Los Angeles Daily News. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** "Miss Universe contest to be held Bangkok in May". Agence France-Press. 17 December 1991. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Thailand to host Miss Universe next year"](https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19911218-1.2.25.6). *The Straits Times (retrieved from NLB)*. 18 December 1991. Retrieved 25 July 2024. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** "Organizers seek new date for beauty pageant". Agence France-Press. 6 March 1992. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** "Miss Universe organiser says political crisis threatens pageant". Agence France-Presse. 7 May 1992. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["In brief: Beauty in top 10"](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/press/1991/12/30/3). *[The Press](/source/The_Press)*. [Christchurch](/source/Christchurch), New Zealand. 30 December 1991. p. 3. Retrieved 1 February 2026 – via [Papers Past](/source/National_Library_of_New_Zealand#Papers_Past). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["เปิดหน้า อรอนงค์ ในวัย 51 กระรัต ตำนานจักรวาลล้านนา ทำหน้าใหม่จนสวยอมตะ"](https://www.thairath.co.th/entertain/news/2747649) [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.]. *ไทยรัฐ* (in Thai). 13 December 2023. Retrieved 24 March 2025. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** Bates, Michael (9 February 1992). ["Miss USA had quit pageants after error"](https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-san-bernardino-county-sun/14554732/). *[The San Bernardino County Sun](/source/The_San_Bernardino_County_Sun)*. p. 15. Retrieved 16 October 2025 – via [Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** "Miss Israel loser gives up quest to be Miss Universe". The Jerusalem Post. 13 April 1992. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** [«МИСС ВСЕЛЕННАЯ»](http://www.bibliotekar.ru/divo/25-26.htm) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-12)** [Crowning Achievement Falls Flat A Hit At Soviet Pageant Will Miss Next Step](https://web.archive.org/web/20130916155950/http://articles.philly.com/1992-04-18/news/26002749_1_beauty-pageant-pageant-finals-evening-gown-competition) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-13)** 〈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 1. **[^](#cite_ref-14)** "Miss Hong Kong disqualified from Miss Universe contest". Agence France-Press. 21 April 1992. ## External links - [Miss Universe official website](http://www.missuniverse.com) v t e Miss Universe 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Titleholders Runners-up and finalists Editions Countries Scorings v t e Miss Universe 1992 national titleholders BEL: Anke Van dermeersch CAN: Nicole Dunsdon CHI: Marcela Vacarezza COL: Paola Turbay ECU: Soledad Diab FRA: Linda Hardy GRE: Marina Tsintikidou IND: Madhushree Sapre NAM: Michelle McLean (winner) PAN: Ana Orillac SWE: Monica Brodd THA: Orn-anong Panyawong USA: Shannon Marketic VEN: Carolina Izsak --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Miss Universe 1992](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_Universe_1992) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_Universe_1992?action=history)). 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