# Miss Universe 1995

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44th Miss Universe pageant

Miss Universe 1995 Date 12 May 1995[1] Presenters Bob Goen Daisy Fuentes Entertainment Jon Secada Venue Windhoek Country Club Resort, Windhoek, Namibia Broadcaster CBS (international) NBC (official broadcaster) Entrants 82 Placements 10 Debuts Seychelles Ukraine Zambia Withdrawals Argentina Belgium Honduras Luxembourg Swaziland Zimbabwe Returns Belize Bonaire Czech Republic Indonesia Kenya Nicaragua South Africa United States Virgin Islands Winner Chelsi Smith United States Congeniality Toyin Raji (Nigeria) Best National Costume María Reyes (Spain) Photogenic Petra Hultgren (Sweden) ← 1994 1996 →

**Miss Universe 1995** was the 44th [Miss Universe](/source/Miss_Universe) pageant, held at the [Windhoek Country Club Resort](/source/Windhoek_Country_Club_Resort) in [Windhoek](/source/Windhoek), Namibia on 12 May 1995.[1] [Chelsi Smith](/source/Chelsi_Smith) of the United States was crowned by [Sushmita Sen](/source/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.[2] Eighty-two contestants competed in this year.

## Results

### Placements

Placement Contestant Miss Universe 1995 United States – Chelsi Smith 1st Runner-Up India – Manpreet Brar 2nd Runner-Up Canada – Lana Buchberger Top 6 Puerto Rico – Desiree Lowry Trinidad and Tobago – Arlene Peterkin Venezuela – Denyse Floreano Top 10 Colombia – Tatiana Castro Dominican Republic – Cándida Lara El Salvador – Eleonora Carrillo South Africa – Augustine Masilela

### Special awards

Award Contestant Miss Photogenic Sweden – Petra Hultgren Miss Congeniality Nigeria – Toyin Raji Best National Costume Spain – María Reyes Vibrance Most Beautiful Hair Award Peru – Paola Dellepiane

## Contestants

Eighty-two contestants competed for the title.

Country/Territory Contestant Age[a] Hometown Aruba Marie-Denise Herrlein 20 San Nicolaas Australia Jacqueline Shooter 20 Gold Coast Bahamas Tenika Lindsay 20 Grand Bahama Belize Deborah Wade 20 Belmopan Bolivia Sandra Rivero 22 Santa Cruz de la Sierra Bonaire Donna Landwier 20 Kralendijk Brazil Renata Bessa 18 Contagem British Virgin Islands Elaine Patricia Henry 20 Tortola Bulgaria Boiana Dimitrova 18 Pleven Canada Lana Buchberger 20 Calgary Cayman Islands Anita Bush 22 Grand Cayman Chile Paola Falcone 20 Santiago Colombia Tatiana Castro 21 Bogotá Cook Islands Tarita Brown 20 Rarotonga Costa Rica Beatriz Alejandra Alvarado 19 Alajuela Curaçao Maruschka Jansen 24 Willemstad Cyprus Clara Davina Rainbow 18 Larnaca Czech Republic Eva Kotulánová 20 Brno Denmark Tina Dam 22 Aalborg Dominican Republic Cándida Lara 23 Santo Domingo Ecuador Radmila Pandžić 22 Manabí Egypt Nadia Ezz 22 Cairo El Salvador Eleonora Carrillo 19 San Salvador Estonia Enel Eha 19 Tallinn Finland Heli Pirhonen 20 Kitee France Corine Lauret 21 Réunion Germany Ilka Endres 25 Aachen Great Britain Sarah-Jane Southwick 19 Nottingham Greece Helen Papaioannou 25 Thessaloniki Guam Alia Tui Stevens 23 Chalan Pago-Ordot Guatemala Indira Chinchilla 23 Guatemala City Hong Kong Halina Tam 22 Hong Kong Hungary Andrea Harsanyi 20 Győr Iceland Margret Skuladóttir Sigurz 20 Reykjavík India Manpreet Brar 22 Delhi Indonesia Susanty Manuhutu 21 Jakarta Ireland Anna Marie McCarthy[3] 23 Dublin Israel Yana Kalman 20 Tel Aviv Italy Alessandra Meloni 22 Cagliari Jamaica Justine Willoughby 23 Kingston Japan Narumi Saeki 19 Tokyo Kenya Josephine Wanjiku Mbatia 25 Nairobi Malaysia Suziela Azrai 18 Klang Malta Sonia Massa 20 Fleur-de-Lys Mauritius Marie Priscilla Mardaymootoo 25 Port Louis Mexico Luz María Zetina 21 Mexico City Namibia Patricia Burt 20 Windhoek Netherlands Chantal van Woensel 22 Zeeland New Zealand Shelley Edwards 23 Auckland Nicaragua Linda Clerk 22 Managua Nigeria Toyin Raji 22 Kogi Northern Mariana Islands Karah Kirschenheiter 18 Saipan Norway Lena Sandvik 23 Østfold Panama Michele Sage 25 Panama City Paraguay Bettina Barboza 19 Asunción Peru Paola Dellepiane 18 Lima Philippines Joanne Santos[4] 18 Manila Poland Magdalena Pecikiewicz 19 Silesia Portugal Adriana Iria 19 Faro Puerto Rico Desirée Lowry 22 Corozal Romania Monika Grosu 20 Bucharest Russia Yulia Alekseeva 22 Moscow Seychelles Maria Payet 21 Mahé Singapore Tun Neesa Abdullah 23 Singapore Slovakia Nikoleta Mezsarasova 20 Bratislava South Africa Augustine Masilela 26 Johannesburg South Korea Han Sung-joo 20 Seoul Spain María Reyes 18 Soria Sri Lanka Shivani Vasagam 24 Colombo Sweden Petra Hultgren 23 Stockholm Switzerland Sarah Briguet 24 Geneva Taiwan Liao Chia-Yi 18 Taipei Thailand Phavadee Vichienrat 20 Bangkok Trinidad and Tobago Arlene Peterkin 27 Port of Spain Turkey Gamze Saygi 21 Istanbul Turks and Caicos Islands Sharleen Rochelle Grant 24 Grand Turk Ukraine Irina Chernomaz 19 Kharkiv United States Chelsi Smith[5] 21 Houston United States Virgin Islands Kim Marie Ann Boschulte 24 Saint Thomas Uruguay Sandra Znidaric 22 Montevideo Venezuela Denyse Floreano 18 Ciudad Ojeda Zambia Luo Trica Punabantu 19 Lusaka

## Notes

1. **[^](#cite_ref-A_3-0)** Ages at the time of the pageant

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-local_date_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-local_date_1-1) The event was televised live at 09:00 pm [local time](/source/West_Africa_Time) ([UTC+01:00](/source/UTC%2B01%3A00)) in various broadcasters around the world. For the United States, it was tape delayed to make way for the primetime broadcast.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-:3_2-0)** Kelly, Sean (May 14, 1995). ["Miss USA wins 1995 Miss Universe pageant"](https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=6pkVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=DAsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6452%2C2114866). *[Manila Standard](/source/Manila_Standard)*. Retrieved October 22, 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Clarke, Victoria Mary (30 November 2003). ["The World at her feet"](https://www.independent.ie/life/the-world-at-her-feet/26237603.html). *[Irish Independent](/source/Irish_Independent)*. Retrieved 21 September 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Rosales, Francisco M. (14 March 1995). ["Towering Pampango lass wins Bb. Pilipinas-Universe crown"](https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=vWUVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ygoEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6562%2C1975873). *[Manila Standard](/source/Manila_Standard)*. p. 6. Retrieved 21 September 2023 – via [Google News Archive](/source/Google_News_Archive).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Texas Representative Named Miss USA"](https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=7nwKAAAAIBAJ&sjid=G0sDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4306,2074470&dq=miss-usa&hl=en). *The Victoria Advocate*. Associated Press. February 10, 1995.

## External links

- [Miss Universe official website](http://www.missuniverse.com)

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v t e Miss Universe 1995 national titleholders SLV: Eleonora Carrillo IND: Manpreet Brar INA: Susanty Manuhutu MYS: Suziela Azrai MEX: Luz María Zetina NGA: Toyin Raji PAN: Michele Sage PHI: Joanne Santos PUR: Desirée Lowry SRI: Shivani Vasagam SWE: Petra Hultgren USA: Chelsi Smith (winner) VEN: Denyse Floreano

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