{{Short description|Beauty pageant edition}} {{pp-sock|small=yes}} {{EngvarB|date=November 2015}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2015}} {{Infobox beauty pageant | photo = | caption = | winner = '''Julia Kourotchkina'''<br>'''{{flag|Russia|1991}}''' | date = 12 December 1992 | presenters = {{Hlist|[[Billy Dee Williams]]|[[Jerry Hall]]|Doreen Morris|[[Suanne Braun]]|[[Deborah Shelton]]}} | venue = Sun City Entertainment Center, [[Sun City (South Africa)|Sun City]], South Africa | entrants = 83 | placements = 10 | best national costume = Nina Khilji<br>{{CAN}} | personality = Ana María Johanis Iglesias<br>{{GUA}} | photogenic = Ravit Asaf<br>{{ISR}} | broadcaster = {{Hlist|[[E!]]|[[SABC]]}} | debuts = {{Hlist|Croatia|Russia|Slovenia|Ukraine}} | returns = {{Hlist|Bermuda|Canada|Hong Kong|Seychelles|Sri Lanka|Uganda|Zambia}} | withdraws = {{Hlist|Antigua and Barbuda|Belize|Ghana|Honduras|Kenya|Peru|Yugoslavia}} | before = [[Miss World 1991|1991]] | next = [[Miss World 1993|1993]] }}

'''Miss World 1992''', the 42nd edition of the [[Miss World]] pageant, was held on 12 December 1992 at the Sun City Entertainment Center in [[Sun City (South Africa)|Sun City]], South Africa. The winner was Julia Kourotchkina from [[Russia]].<ref name="google.com"/><ref>[http://english.alarabiya.net/en/life-style/fashion-and-beauty/2014/03/02/Make-beauty-pageants-not-war-Miss-Russia-2014-chosen-amid-country-tension.html "Miss Russia 2014 crowned amid country tension"]. ''[[Al Arabiya News]]''.</ref> She was crowned by [[Miss World 1991]], [[Ninibeth Leal]] of [[Venezuela]].

== Selection of participants == === Replacements === Marina Benipayo was a last minute replacement for original representative Marilen Espino who had to withdraw due to an illness just days before her departure.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Blacque |first=Iva Sylva |date=3 March 1992 |title=The frizz-haired commissioner wants to be a bum |language=en |pages=19 |work=Manila Standard |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=s48VAAAAIBAJ&sjid=PQsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6339%2C549828 |access-date=5 May 2025 |via=Google News Archive}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Villano |first=Alexa |date=6 June 2019 |title=The Binibining Pilipinas legacy through the years |url=https://www.rappler.com/entertainment/pageants/232209-legacy-through-the-decades/ |access-date=5 May 2025 |website=[[Rappler]] |language=en-US}}</ref>

=== Debuts, returns, and, withdrawals === This edition marked the debut of Croatia, Russia, Slovenia and Ukraine and the return of Zambia, which last competed in [[Miss World 1974|1974]], Seychelles last competed in [[Miss World 1975|1975]], Bermuda and Uganda last competed in [[Miss World 1989|1989]] and Canada, Hong Kong and Sri Lanka last competed in [[Miss World 1990|1990]].

Antigua and Barbuda, Ghana<!-- No contest -->, Kenya<!-- No contest --> and Yugoslavia<!-- No contest due to the Yugoslav Wars and sanctions placed to this country until 1996. -->, withdrew from the competition. Melanie Smith of Belize withdrew from the competition due to lack of Sponsorship. She went to [[Miss Universe 1993]] instead. Likewise, Yanina Elizabeth Fajardo of Honduras withdrew from the competition due to lack of Sponsorship. She went to Miss Asia Pacific Quest 1992 instead.

Ingrid Yrivarren of Peru was supposed to compete but withdrew due to visa problems and for some disagreements under her contract with [[Miss Peru|Miss Peru Organization]].

== Results == [[File:Miss World 1992 Map.PNG|thumb|250px|Countries and territories which sent delegates and results for Miss World 1992<ref name="google.com">{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1368&dat=19930510&id=rJRQAAAAIBAJ&pg=2162,2544608&hl=en|title=The Milwaukee Sentinel|access-date=26 January 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/election-of-miss-world-1992-in-lost-city-in-bophuthatswana-news-photo/162563756|title=Election Of Miss World 1992 In Lost City In Bophuthatswana In South...|author=Auger Benjamin|work=[[Getty Images]]|date=23 February 2013 |access-date=26 January 2016}}</ref>]] === Placements === {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;" |- ! Placement ! Contestant |- | '''Miss World 1992''' | * '''{{flagu|Russia|1991}}''' – '''Julia Kourotchkina''' |- | 1st Runner-up | * {{flagu|United Kingdom}} – [[Claire Elizabeth Smith]] |- | 2nd Runner-up | * {{flagu|Venezuela|1954}} – Francis Gago |- | Top 5 | * {{flagu|Poland}} – Ewa Wachowicz * {{flagu|South Africa|1928}} – [[Amy Kleinhans]] |- | Top 10 | * {{flagu|Bahamas}} – Jody Barbara Weech * {{flagu|Denmark}} – Anja Hende Brond * {{flagu|Finland}} – Petra Enrika von Hellens * {{flagu|Israel}} – Ravit Asaf * {{flagu|United States}} – Sharon Flynn Belden |}

=== Continental Queens of Beauty === {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;" |- ! Continental Group ! Contestant |- | '''Africa''' | * {{flagu|South Africa|1928}} – [[Amy Kleinhans]] |- | '''Americas''' | * {{flagu|Venezuela|1954}} – Francis Gago |- | '''Asia & Oceania''' | * {{flagu|Thailand}} – [[Metinee Kingpayom|Metinee Kingpayome]]<ref name=THAI>{{Cite news|date=18 August 2023|title=5 คนดัง มากความสามารถ อดีตเจ้าของมงกุฏ Miss Thailand World|trans-title=5 celebrities with many talents, former winners of Miss Thailand World|url=https://corporate.teroasia.com/concerts-events/missthailandworld/newsdetail.php?content_id=1501|access-date=27 April 2025|website=[[Tero Entertainment]]|language=th|archive-date=26 April 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250426191601/https://corporate.teroasia.com/concerts-events/missthailandworld/newsdetail.php?content_id=1501url-status=live}}</ref> |- | '''Caribbean''' | * {{flagu|Bahamas}} – Jody Barbara Weech |- | '''Europe''' | * {{flagu|Russia|1991}} – Julia Kourotchkina |}

== Judges == {{div col|colwidth=30em}} * [[Eric Morley]] - Chairman and CEO of Miss World Organization * [[Anthony Delon]] * [[Jarvis Astaire]] * [[Suzanne de Passe]] * [[Kim Alexis]] * [[Mbongeni Ngema]] * [[Gary Player]] * [[Ivana Trump]] * [[Yvonne Chaka Chaka]] * [[Sidney Sheldon]] * [[Alan Whicker]] * [[Joan Collins]] {{div col end}}

== Contestants ==<!-- FOR NAMES OF COUNTRIES OR TERRITORIES, PLEASE STRICTLY ADHERE TO WP:COMMONNAME POLICIES, DO NOT CHANGE IT JUST BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT MISS WORLD USES. --> {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;" |- ! Country/Territory || Contestant || Age || Hometown |- | '''{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Belleza Argentina|Argentina]]''' || Claudia Andrea Bertona || 23 || [[Cordoba, Argentina|Cordoba]] |- | '''{{flagicon|ARU}} [[Miss Aruba|Aruba]]''' || Solange Noelle Nicolaas || 22 || [[Savaneta, Aruba|Savaneta]] |- | '''{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Miss World Australia|Australia]]''' || Rebecca Simic || 20 || [[Sydney]] |- | '''{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Miss Austria|Austria]]''' || Kerstin Kinberg || 20 || [[Graz]] |- | '''{{flagicon|BAH}} [[Miss Bahamas|Bahamas]]''' || Jody Barbara Weech || 18 || [[Bimini]] |- | '''{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Miss Belgium|Belgium]]''' || Sandra Joine || 23 || [[Antwerp]] |- | '''{{flagicon|BER}} [[Miss World Bermuda|Bermuda]]''' || Dianne Lorraine Mitchell || 24 || [[Pembroke, Bermuda|Pembroke]] |- | '''{{flagicon|BOL}} [[Miss Bolivia|Bolivia]]''' || Verónica Pino Linale || 21 || [[Tarija, Bolivia|Tarija]] |- | '''{{flagicon|BRA|1968}} [[Miss Brazil World|Brazil]]''' || Priscilla Maria Furlan || 20 || [[São Paulo]] |- |'''{{flagicon|IVB}} [[Miss British Virgin Islands|British Virgin Islands]]''' || Bisa Smith || 17 || [[Tortola]] |- |'''{{flagicon|BUL}} [[Miss World Bulgaria|Bulgaria]]''' || Elena Draganova || 17 || [[Sofia]] |- |'''{{flagicon|CAN}} [[Miss World Canada|Canada]]''' || Nina Khilji || 25 || [[Toronto]] |- | '''{{flagicon|CAY|old}} [[Miss Cayman Islands|Cayman Islands]]''' || Pamela Joanne Ebanks || 19 || [[Grand Cayman]] |- | '''{{flagicon|CHI}} [[Miss World Chile|Chile]]''' || Paula Maite Caballero Fernández || 22 || [[Santiago, Chile|Santiago]] |- | '''{{flagicon|COL}} [[Miss Mundo Colombia|Colombia]]''' || Wguerddy Alejandra Oviedo Vargas || 20 || [[Santa Fe, Bogotá|Santa Fe de Bogotá]] |- | '''{{flagicon|CRC|state}} [[Reinas de Costa Rica|Costa Rica]]''' || Marisol Soto Alarcón || 19 || [[San Jose, Costa Rica|San Jose]] |- | '''{{flagicon|CRO}} [[Miss Croatia|Croatia]]''' || Elena Šuran || 21 || [[Rovinj]] |- | '''{{flagicon|CUR}} [[Señorita Curaçao|Curaçao]]''' || Cristina Bakhuis || 20 || [[Willemstad]] |- | '''{{flagicon|CYP|1960}} [[Miss Cyprus|Cyprus]]''' || Maria Kountouris || 19 || [[Nicosia]] |- | '''{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Miss Czechoslovakia|Czechoslovakia]]''' || Gabriela Harsanyová || 21 || [[Košice]] |- | '''{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Miss Denmark|Denmark]]''' || Anja Hende Brond || 20 || [[Aalborg]] |- | '''{{flagicon|DOM}} [[Miss Dominican Republic|Dominican Republic]]''' || Gina María Rojas Mañón || 21 || [[Concepción de La Vega]] |- | '''{{flagicon|ECU}} [[Miss Ecuador|Ecuador]]''' || Stephanie Krumholz de Menezes || 18 || [[Guayaquil]] |- | '''{{flagicon|ESA}} [[Reinado de El Salvador|El Salvador]]''' || Raquel Cristina Durán || 18 || [[San Salvador]] |- | '''{{flagicon|FIN}} [[Miss Finland|Finland]]''' || Petra Enrika von Hellens || 19 || [[Turku]] |- | '''{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Miss France|France]]''' || [[Linda Hardy]] || 19 || [[Nantes]] |- | '''{{flagicon|GER}} [[Miss World Germany|Germany]]''' || Carina Jope || 21 || [[Frankfurt]] |- | '''{{flagicon|GIB}} [[Miss Gibraltar|Gibraltar]]''' || Michelle Torres || 17 || [[Gibraltar|Alameda Estate]] |- |'''{{flagicon|GRE}} [[Star Hellas|Greece]]''' || Evgenia Paschalidi || 20 || [[Athens]] |- |'''{{flagicon|GRL}} [[Miss Greenland|Greenland]]''' || Laali Lyberth || 18 || [[Nuuk]] |- | '''{{flagicon|GUM}} [[Miss World Guam|Guam]]''' || Michelle Cruz || 20 || [[Santa Rita, Guam|Santa Rita]] |- | '''{{flagicon|GUA}} [[Miss Guatemala|Guatemala]]''' || Ana María Johanis Iglesias || 22 || [[Guatemala City]] |- | '''{{flagicon|NED}} [[Miss Nederland|Holland]]''' || Gabrielle van Nimwegen || 21 || [[Stoutenburg]] |- | '''{{flagicon|British Hong Kong}} [[Miss Hong Kong|Hong Kong]]''' || Patsy Lau Yan-ling || 23 || [[New Territories]] |- | '''{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Miss Hungary|Hungary]]''' || Bernadette Papp || 19 || [[Balatonalmádi]] |- | '''{{flagicon|ISL}} [[Miss Iceland|Iceland]]''' || María Rún Hafliðadóttir || 20 || [[Reykjavík]] |- | '''{{flagicon|IND}} [[Femina Miss India|India]]''' || Celine Shyla Lopez || 23 || [[Bengaluru]] |- | '''{{flagicon|IRL}} [[Miss Ireland|Ireland]]''' || Sharon Ellis || 22 || [[Cork (city)|Cork]] |- | '''{{flagicon|ISR}} [[Miss Israel|Israel]]''' || Ravit Asaf || 18 || [[Lehavim]] |- | '''{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Miss World Italy|Italy]]''' || Paola Irrera || 19 || [[Messina]] |- | '''{{flagicon|JAM}} [[Miss Jamaica World|Jamaica]]''' || Julie Anne Bradford Houghton || 23 || [[Kingston, Jamaica|Kingston]] |- | '''{{flagicon|JPN|1947}} [[Miss World Japan|Japan]]''' || Kaoru Kikuchi || 17 || [[Tokyo]] |- | '''{{flagicon|LAT}} [[Miss Latvia|Latvia]]''' || [[Zane Vaļicka]]<ref>{{Cite news|date=21 April 2018|last=Tiļļa|first=Andris|title=30 gadi kopš skaistumkonkursā "Mis Rīga". Latvijas šovbiznesa balvas, skandāli, izaicinājumi, etaloni|trans-title=30 years since the beauty contest "Miss Riga". Latvian show business awards, scandals, challenges, benchmarks|url=https://www.la.lv/skaistums-uz-izkersanu|access-date=23 April 2025|website=LA.LV|language=Latvian|archive-date=1 April 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250401173245/https://www.la.lv/skaistums-uz-izkersanu|url-status=live}}</ref> || 19 || [[Cēsis]] |- | '''{{flagicon|LIB}} [[Miss Lebanon|Lebanon]]''' || Nicole Bardawil || 20 || [[Keserwan District|Keserwan]] |- | '''{{flagicon|MAC|municipal}} [[Miss Macau|Macau]]''' || Ho Lok-I || 22 || [[Portuguese Macau|Macau]] |- | '''{{flagicon|MAS}} [[Miss World Malaysia|Malaysia]]''' || [[Erra Fazira|Fazira Wan Chek]] || 18 || [[Kuala Lumpur]] |- | '''{{flagicon|MLT}} [[Miss World Malta|Malta]]''' || Noelene Micallef || 19 || [[Fgura]] |- | '''{{flagicon|MRI}} [[Miss Mauritius|Mauritius]]''' || Sarasvadee Rengassamy || 23 || [[Port Louis]] |- | '''{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Miss Mexico Organization|Mexico]]''' || Carmen Lucía Lehman Fernández || 22 || [[Mérida, Yucatan|Mérida]] |- | '''{{flagicon|NAM}} [[Miss Namibia|Namibia]]''' || Linda Sharon Schulz || 19 || [[Windhoek]] |- | '''{{flagicon|NZL}} [[New Zealand at Miss World|New Zealand]]''' || Karly Kinnaird<ref>{{cite news |title=Television: Two |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/press/1992/12/14/9 |work=[[The Press]] |page=9 |access-date=4 January 2026 |date=14 December 1992 |location=[[Christchurch]], New Zealand |via=[[National Library of New Zealand#Papers Past|Papers Past]]}}</ref> || 19 || [[Otago]] |- |'''{{flagicon|NGR}} [[Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria|Nigeria]]''' || Sandra Guenefred Petgrave || 20 || [[Lagos]] |- | '''{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Norway at Miss World|Norway]]''' || Kjersti Brakestad || 19 || [[Oslo]] |- | '''{{flagicon|PAN}} [[Señorita Panamá|Panama]]''' || Michelle Marie Harrington Hasbún || 19 || [[Panama City]] |- | '''{{flagicon|PAR|1990}} [[Miss Paraguay|Paraguay]]''' || Lourdes Magdalena Zaracho || 18 || [[Asunción]] |- | '''{{flagicon|PHI}} [[Binibining Pilipinas|Philippines]]''' || Marina Pura Santos Benipayo || 24 || [[Manila]] |- | '''{{flagicon|POL}} [[Miss Polski|Poland]]''' || Ewa Wachowicz || 22 || [[Kraków]] |- | '''{{flagicon|POR}} [[Miss República Portuguesa|Portugal]]''' || Fernanda Manuela Santos || 20 || [[Lisbon]] |- | '''{{flagicon|PUR}} [[Miss Puerto Rico|Puerto Rico]]''' || Lianabel Rosario Centeno || 21 || [[Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico|Trujillo Alto]] |- | '''{{flagicon|ROM}} [[List of Romania representatives at international beauty pageants|Romania]]''' || Camelia Ilie || 19 || [[Bucharest]] |- | '''{{flagicon|RUS|1991}} [[Krasa Rossii|Russia]]''' || '''Julia Kourotchkina''' || 18 || [[Shcherbinka]] |- | '''{{flagicon|SEY|1977}} [[Miss Seychelles|Seychelles]]''' || Myrna Chantal Hoareau || 22 || [[La Digue]] |- | '''{{flagicon|SIN}} [[Miss Singapore World|Singapore]]''' || Jennifer Wong || 20 || [[Singapore]] |- | '''{{flagicon|SLO}} [[Miss Slovenia|Slovenia]]''' || Natasa Abram || 17 || [[Koper]] |- | '''{{flagicon|RSA|1928}} [[Miss South Africa|South Africa]]''' || [[Amy Kleinhans]] || 24 || [[Cape Town]] |- | '''{{flagicon|KOR}} [[Miss Korea|South Korea]]'''{{efn|competed as Korea}} || Lee Mi-young || 23 || [[Seoul]] |- | '''{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Miss Spain|Spain]]''' || Samantha Torres Waldron || 19 || [[Ibiza]] |- | '''{{flagicon|SRI}} [[Miss World Sri Lanka|Sri Lanka]]''' || Ishara Abelashini Makolange || 18 || [[Colombo]] |- | '''{{flagicon|SWZ}} [[Miss Swaziland|Swaziland]]''' || Candy Litchfield || 18 || [[Mbabane]] |- | '''{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Miss Sweden|Sweden]]''' || Ulrika Johansson || 25 || [[Trollhättan]] |- | '''{{flagicon|SUI}} [[Miss Switzerland|Switzerland]]''' || Valerie Bovard || 21 || [[La Tour-de-Peilz]] |- | '''{{flagicon|TWN}} [[Miss Taiwan|Taiwan]]'''{{Efn|Also known as the [[Republic of China]]}} || Cheng Wei-wei || 24 || [[Taipei]] |- | '''{{flagicon|THA}} [[Miss Thailand World|Thailand]]''' || [[Metinee Kingpayome]]<ref name=THAI /> || 20 || [[Bangkok]] |- | '''{{flagicon|TRI}} [[Miss Trinidad and Tobago|Trinidad and Tobago]]''' || Renée Garib || 20 || [[Saint Joseph, Trinidad and Tobago|St. Joseph]] |- | '''{{flagicon|TUR}} [[Miss Turkey|Turkey]]''' || Özlem Kaymaz<ref>{{Cite news|date=4 May 2020|last=Tarihi|first=Güncelleme|title=Güzeller canlı yayında buluştu|trans-title=Beauties met on live broadcast|url=https://www.hurriyet.com.tr/galeri-1929dan-gunumuze-turkiye-guzelleri-41508916|access-date=29 April 2025|website=[[Hürriyet]]|language=tk|archive-date=2 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230102125519/https://www.hurriyet.com.tr/galeri-1929dan-gunumuze-turkiye-guzelleri-41508916|url-status=live}}</ref> || 18 || [[Istanbul]] |- | '''{{flagicon|UGA}} [[Miss Uganda|Uganda]]''' || Dorothy Olga Mazoe Nampima || 19 || [[Masaka]] |- | '''{{flagicon|UKR}} [[Miss Ukraine|Ukraine]]''' || Oksana Sabo || 19 || [[Kirovohrad]] |- | '''{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Miss United Kingdom|United Kingdom]]''' || [[Claire Elizabeth Smith]] || 21 || [[Chester]] |- | '''{{flagicon|USA}} [[United States representatives at Miss World|United States]]''' || Sharon Flynn Belden || 26 || [[Coral Gables, Florida|Coral Gables]] |- | '''{{flagicon|ISV}} [[Miss US Virgin Islands|United States Virgin Islands]]'''{{efn|competed as American Virgin Islands}} || Leah LaTasha Webster || 19 || [[Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands|St. Thomas]] |- | '''{{flagicon|URU}} [[Miss Uruguay|Uruguay]]''' || Leonora Irene Dibueno Fenocchi || 25 || [[Montevideo]] |- | '''{{flagicon|VEN|1954}} [[Miss Venezuela|Venezuela]]''' || Francis Gago || 19 || [[Maturín]] |- | '''{{flagicon|ZAM}} [[Miss Zambia|Zambia]]''' || Elizabeth Mwanza || 21 || [[Lusaka]] |}

== Notes == {{notelist}}

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