{{Short description|44th Miss Universe pageant}} {{pp-sock|small=yes}} {{Infobox beauty pageant | photo = | caption = [[Chelsi Smith]] | date = 12 May 1995<ref name="local date">The event was televised live at 09:00 pm [[West Africa Time|local time]] ([[UTC+01:00]]) in various broadcasters around the world. For the United States, it was tape delayed to make way for the primetime broadcast.</ref> | presenters = {{Hlist|[[Bob Goen]]|[[Daisy Fuentes]]}} | acts = {{Hlist|[[Jon Secada]]}} | venue = [[Windhoek Country Club Resort]], [[Windhoek]], Namibia | broadcaster = {{Hlist|[[CBS]] <small>(international)</small>|[[Namibian Broadcasting Corporation|NBC]] <small>(official broadcaster)</small>}} | entrants = 82 | placements = 10 | debuts = {{Hlist|Seychelles|Ukraine|Zambia}} | withdraws = {{Hlist|Argentina|Belgium|Honduras|Luxembourg|Swaziland|Zimbabwe}} | returns = {{Hlist|Belize|Bonaire|Czech Republic|Indonesia|Kenya|Nicaragua|South Africa|United States Virgin Islands}} | winner = [[Chelsi Smith]] | represented = United States | congeniality = [[Toyin Raji]] (Nigeria) | photogenic = [[Petra Hultgren]] (Sweden) | best national costume = María Reyes (Spain) | before = [[Miss Universe 1994|1994]] | next = [[Miss Universe 1996|1996]] }}
'''Miss Universe 1995''' was the 44th [[Miss Universe]] pageant, held at the [[Windhoek Country Club Resort]] in [[Windhoek]], Namibia on 12 May 1995.<ref name="local date"/> [[Chelsi Smith]] of the United States was crowned by [[Sushmita Sen]] of India at the conclusion of the event. This marks the first and so far only time the pageant has been held in Africa.<ref name=":3">{{Cite news |last=Kelly |first=Sean |date=May 14, 1995 |title=Miss USA wins 1995 Miss Universe pageant |work=[[Manila Standard]] |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=6pkVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=DAsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6452%2C2114866 |access-date=October 22, 2021}}</ref> Eighty-two contestants competed in this year.
==Results== ===Placements=== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;" |- ! Placement !! Contestant |- | Miss Universe 1995 | * {{flagu|United States}} – [[Chelsi Smith]] |- | 1st Runner-Up | * {{flagu|India}} – [[Manpreet Brar]] |- | 2nd Runner-Up | * {{flagu|Canada}} – Lana Buchberger |- | Top 6 | * {{flagu|Puerto Rico}} – [[Desiree Lowry]] * {{flagu|Trinidad and Tobago}} – Arlene Peterkin * {{flagu|Venezuela|1954}} – Denyse Floreano |- | Top 10 | * {{flagu|Colombia}} – Tatiana Castro * {{flagu|Dominican Republic}} – Cándida Lara * {{flagu|El Salvador}} – [[Eleonora Carrillo]] * {{flagu|South Africa}} – Augustine Masilela |}
=== Special awards === {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;" !Award !Contestant |- |Miss Photogenic | * '''{{flagicon|SWE}}''' [[Sweden]] – Petra Hultgren |- |Miss Congeniality | * '''{{flagicon|NGA}}''' [[Nigeria]] – Toyin Raji |- |Best National Costume | * '''{{flagicon|ESP}}''' [[Spain]] – María Reyes |- |Vibrance Most Beautiful Hair Award | * {{PER}} – Paola Dellepiane |- |}
==Contestants== Eighty-two contestants competed for the title. {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;" !Country/Territory !Contestant !Age{{efn|Ages at the time of the pageant|name=A}} !Hometown |- |{{flagicon|ABW}} [[Miss Aruba|Aruba]] |Marie-Denise Herrlein |20 |[[San Nicolaas]] |- |{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Miss Universe Australia|Australia]] |Jacqueline Shooter |20 |[[Gold Coast, Queensland|Gold Coast]] |- |{{flagicon|BHS}} [[Miss Universe Bahamas|Bahamas]] |Tenika Lindsay |20 |[[Grand Bahama]] |- |{{flagicon|BLZ}} [[Miss Universe Belize|Belize]] |Deborah Wade |20 |[[Belmopan]] |- |{{flagicon|BOL}} [[Miss Bolivia|Bolivia]] |Sandra Rivero |22 |[[Santa Cruz de la Sierra]] |- |{{flagicon|BOE}} [[Miss Bonaire|Bonaire]] |Donna Landwier |20 |[[Kralendijk]] |- |{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Miss Brazil|Brazil]] |Renata Bessa |18 |[[Contagem]] |- |{{flagicon|VGB}} [[Miss British Virgin Islands|British Virgin Islands]] |Elaine Patricia Henry |20 |[[Tortola]] |- |{{flagicon|BUL}} [[Miss Universe Bulgaria|Bulgaria]] |Boiana Dimitrova |18 |[[Pleven]] |- |{{flagicon|CAN}} [[Miss Universe Canada|Canada]] |Lana Buchberger |20 |[[Calgary]] |- |{{flagicon|CAY}} [[Miss Cayman Islands|Cayman Islands]] |Anita Bush |22 |[[Grand Cayman]] |- |{{flagicon|CHL}} [[Miss Universe Chile|Chile]] |Paola Falcone |20 |[[Santiago]] |- |{{flagicon|COL}} [[Señorita Colombia|Colombia]] |Tatiana Castro |21 |[[Bogotá]] |- |{{flagicon|COK}} [[Miss Cook Islands|Cook Islands]] |Tarita Brown |20 |[[Rarotonga]] |- |{{flagicon|CRI}} [[Miss Costa Rica|Costa Rica]] |Beatriz Alejandra Alvarado |19 |[[Alajuela]] |- |{{flagicon|CUW}} [[Miss Curaçao|Curaçao]] |Maruschka Jansen |24 |[[Willemstad]] |- |{{flagicon|CYP}} [[Miss Cyprus|Cyprus]] |Clara Davina Rainbow |18 |[[Larnaca]] |- |{{flagicon|CZE}} [[Miss Czech Republic|Czech Republic]] |Eva Kotulánová |20 |[[Brno]] |- |{{flagicon|DNK}} [[Miss Denmark|Denmark]] |Tina Dam |22 |[[Aalborg]] |- |{{flagicon|DOM}} [[Miss Dominican Republic|Dominican Republic]] |Cándida Lara |23 |[[Santo Domingo]] |- |{{flagicon|ECU}} [[Miss Ecuador|Ecuador]] |Radmila Pandžić |22 |[[Manabí Province|Manabí]] |- |{{flagicon|EGY}} [[Miss Egypt|Egypt]] |Nadia Ezz |22 |[[Cairo]] |- |{{flagicon|SLV}} [[Nuestra Belleza El Salvador|El Salvador]] |[[Eleonora Carrillo]] |19 |[[San Salvador]] |- |{{flagicon|EST}} [[Miss Estonia|Estonia]] |Enel Eha |19 |[[Tallinn]] |- |{{flagicon|FIN}} [[Miss Finland|Finland]] |Heli Pirhonen |20 |[[Kitee]] |- |{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Miss France|France]] |Corine Lauret |21 |[[Réunion]] |- |{{flagicon|GER}} [[Miss Universe Germany|Germany]] |Ilka Endres |25 |[[Aachen]] |- |{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Miss Universe Great Britain|Great Britain]] |Sarah-Jane Southwick |19 |[[Nottingham]] |- |{{flagicon|GRC}} [[Miss Greece|Greece]] |Helen Papaioannou |25 |[[Thessaloniki]] |- |{{flagicon|GUM}} [[Miss Guam|Guam]] |Alia Tui Stevens |23 |[[Chalan Pago-Ordot, Guam|Chalan Pago-Ordot]] |- |{{flagicon|GTM}} [[Miss Guatemala|Guatemala]] |Indira Chinchilla |23 |[[Guatemala City]] |- |{{flagicon|HKG}} [[Miss Hong Kong|Hong Kong]] |Halina Tam |22 |Hong Kong |- |{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Miss Universe Hungary|Hungary]] |Andrea Harsanyi |20 |[[Győr]] |- |{{flagicon|ISL}} [[Miss Iceland|Iceland]] |Margret Skuladóttir Sigurz |20 |[[Reykjavík]] |- |{{flagicon|IND}} [[Miss Diva|India]] |[[Manpreet Brar]] |22 |[[Delhi]] |- |{{flagicon|IDN}} [[Puteri Indonesia|Indonesia]] |[[Susanty Manuhutu]] |21 |[[Jakarta]] |- |{{flagicon|IRE}} [[Miss Ireland|Ireland]] |Anna Marie McCarthy<ref>{{Cite web|title=The World at her feet|url=https://www.independent.ie/life/the-world-at-her-feet/26237603.html|website=[[Irish Independent]]|date=30 November 2003|access-date=21 September 2023|language=en|last=Clarke|first=Victoria Mary}}</ref> |23 |[[Dublin]] |- |{{flagicon|ISR}} [[Miss Israel|Israel]] |Yana Kalman |20 |[[Tel Aviv]] |- |{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Miss Italia|Italy]] |Alessandra Meloni |22 |[[Cagliari]] |- |{{flagicon|JAM}} [[Miss Jamaica Universe|Jamaica]] |Justine Willoughby |23 |[[Kingston, Jamaica|Kingston]] |- |{{flagicon|JAP}} [[Miss Universe Japan|Japan]] |Narumi Saeki |19 |[[Tokyo]] |- |{{flagicon|KEN}} [[Miss Universe Kenya|Kenya]] |Josephine Wanjiku Mbatia |25 |[[Nairobi]] |- |{{flagicon|MYS}} [[Miss Universe Malaysia|Malaysia]] |[[Suziela Azrai]] |18 |[[Klang (city)|Klang]] |- |{{flagicon|MLT}} [[Miss Malta Universe|Malta]] |Sonia Massa |20 |[[Fleur-de-Lys, Malta|Fleur-de-Lys]] |- |{{flagicon|MUS}} [[Miss Mauritius|Mauritius]] |Marie Priscilla Mardaymootoo |25 |[[Port Louis]] |- |{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Mexicana Universal|Mexico]] |[[Luz María Zetina]] |21 |[[Mexico City]] |- |{{flagicon|NAM}} [[Miss Namibia|Namibia]] |Patricia Burt |20 |[[Windhoek]] |- |{{flagicon|NLD}} [[Miss Nederland|Netherlands]] |Chantal van Woensel |22 |[[Zeeland]] |- |{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Miss Universe New Zealand|New Zealand]] |Shelley Edwards |23 |[[Auckland]] |- |{{flagicon|NIC}} [[Miss Nicaragua|Nicaragua]] |Linda Clerk |22 |[[Managua]] |- |{{flagicon|NGA}} [[Miss Universe Nigeria|Nigeria]] |[[Toyin Raji]] |22 |[[Kogi State|Kogi]] |- |{{flagicon|MNP}} [[Miss Marianas|Northern Mariana Islands]] |Karah Kirschenheiter |18 |[[Saipan]] |- |{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Miss Norway|Norway]] |Lena Sandvik |23 |[[Østfold]] |- |{{flagicon|PAN}} [[Señorita Panamá|Panama]] |[[Michele Sage]] |25 |[[Panama City]] |- |{{flagicon|PAR}} [[Miss Paraguay|Paraguay]] |Bettina Barboza |19 |[[Asunción]] |- |{{flagicon|PER}} [[Miss Peru|Peru]] |Paola Dellepiane |18 |[[Lima]] |- |{{flagicon|PHI}} [[Miss Universe Philippines|Philippines]] |[[Joanne Santos-Quintas|Joanne Santos]]<ref>{{Cite news |last=Rosales |first=Francisco M. |date=14 March 1995 |title=Towering Pampango lass wins Bb. Pilipinas-Universe crown |pages=6 |work=[[Manila Standard]] |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=vWUVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ygoEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6562%2C1975873 |access-date=21 September 2023 |via=[[Google News Archive]]}}</ref> |18 |[[Manila]] |- |{{flagicon|POL}} [[Miss Polski|Poland]] |Magdalena Pecikiewicz |19 |[[Silesia]] |- |{{flagicon|POR}} [[Miss Portugal|Portugal]] |Adriana Iria |19 |[[Faro, Portugal|Faro]] |- |{{flagicon|PRI}} [[Miss Universe Puerto Rico|Puerto Rico]] |[[Desiree Lowry|Desirée Lowry]] |22 |[[Corozal, Puerto Rico|Corozal]] |- |{{flagicon|ROM}} [[Miss Romania|Romania]] |Monika Grosu |20 |[[Bucharest]] |- |{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Miss Russia|Russia]] |Yulia Alekseeva |22 |[[Moscow]] |- |{{flagicon|SEY}} [[Miss Seychelles Universe|Seychelles]] |Maria Payet |21 |[[Mahé, Seychelles|Mahé]] |- |{{flagicon|SGP}} [[Miss Universe Singapore|Singapore]] |Tun Neesa Abdullah |23 |[[Singapore]] |- |{{flagicon|SVK}} [[Miss Universe Slovenskej Republiky|Slovakia<!--Do not change to "Slovak Republic." Per WP:COMMONNAME, it does not matter what the sash says, the common name of the country is Slovakia.-->]] |Nikoleta Mezsarasova |20 |[[Bratislava]] |- |{{flagicon|ZAF}} [[Miss South Africa|South Africa]] |Augustine Masilela |26 |[[Johannesburg]] |- |{{flagicon|KOR}} [[Miss Queen Korea|South Korea<!--Do not change to "Korea." Per WP:COMMONNAME, it does not matter what the sash says, the common name of the country is South Korea.-->]] |Han Sung-joo |20 |[[Seoul]] |- |{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Miss Spain|Spain]] |María Reyes |18 |[[Soria]] |- |{{flagicon|LKA}} [[Miss Universe Sri Lanka|Sri Lanka]] |[[Shivani Vasagam Wedanayake|Shivani Vasagam]] |24 |[[Colombo]] |- |{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Miss Sweden|Sweden]] |[[Petra Hultgren]] |23 |[[Stockholm]] |- |{{flagicon|SWI}} [[Miss Switzerland|Switzerland]] |Sarah Briguet |24 |[[Geneva]] |- |{{flagicon|TWN}} [[Miss Chinese Taipei|Taiwan]] |Liao Chia-Yi |18 |[[Taipei]] |- |{{flagicon|THA}} [[Miss Universe Thailand|Thailand]] |Phavadee Vichienrat |20 |[[Bangkok]] |- |{{flagicon|TTO}} [[Miss Trinidad and Tobago|Trinidad and Tobago]] |Arlene Peterkin |27 |[[Port of Spain]] |- |{{flagicon|TUR}} [[Miss Turkey|Turkey]] |Gamze Saygi |21 |[[Istanbul]] |- |{{flagicon|TCA}} [[Miss Turks and Caicos|Turks and Caicos Islands]] |Sharleen Rochelle Grant |24 |[[Grand Turk Island|Grand Turk]] |- |{{flagicon|UKR}} [[Miss Ukraine Universe|Ukraine]] |Irina Chernomaz |19 |[[Kharkiv]] |- |{{flagicon|USA}} [[Miss USA|United States]] |[[Chelsi Smith]]<ref>{{cite news |date=February 10, 1995 |title=Texas Representative Named Miss USA |newspaper=The Victoria Advocate |agency=Associated Press |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=7nwKAAAAIBAJ&sjid=G0sDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4306,2074470&dq=miss-usa&hl=en}}</ref> |21 |[[Houston]] |- |{{flagicon|VIR}} [[Miss US Virgin Islands|United States Virgin Islands]] |Kim Marie Ann Boschulte |24 |[[Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands|Saint Thomas]] |- |{{flagicon|URU}} [[Miss Uruguay|Uruguay]] |Sandra Znidaric |22 |[[Montevideo]] |- |{{flagicon|Venezuela|1954}} [[Miss Venezuela|Venezuela]] |Denyse Floreano |18 |[[Ciudad Ojeda]] |- |{{flagicon|ZMB}} [[Miss Universe Zambia|Zambia]] |Luo Trica Punabantu |19 |[[Lusaka]] |}
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==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== * [http://www.missuniverse.com Miss Universe official website]
{{Miss Universe}} {{Miss Universe 1995 delegates}}
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