# Miss World 1993

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International beauty pageant

Miss World 1993 Miss World 1993 titleholder - Lisa Hanna Date 27 November 1993 Presenters Pierce Brosnan Doreen Morris Gina Tolleson Kim Alexis Venue Sun City Entertainment Center, Sun City, South Africa Broadcaster E! SABC Entrants 81 Placements 10 Debuts Czech Republic Lithuania Slovakia Withdrawals Czechoslovakia Greenland Hungary Romania Seychelles Ukraine Zambia Returns Honduras Zimbabwe Winner Lisa Hanna Jamaica Personality Charlotte Als (Denmark) Best National Costume Karminder Kaur-Virk (India) Photogenic Barbara Chiappini (Italy) ← 1992 1994 →

**Miss World 1993**, the 43rd edition of the [Miss World](/source/Miss_World) pageant, was held on 27 November 1993 at the Sun City Entertainment Centre in [Sun City](/source/Sun_City%2C_North_West), South Africa. It was the second staging of the Miss World pageant in [South Africa](/source/South_Africa).The pageant secured 81 contestants from all over the world. This is the second consecutive staging of the pageant in Sun City. The winner was [Lisa Hanna](/source/Lisa_Hanna) of [Jamaica](/source/Jamaica). She was crowned by Julia Kourotchkina of [Russia](/source/Russia).

She became the third Jamaican to win Miss World since Carole Crawford in [Miss World 1963](/source/Miss_World_1963) and Cindy Breakspeare in [Miss World 1976](/source/Miss_World_1976).

## Selection of participants

### Replacements

Miss Iceland 1993, Svala Björk Arnardóttir was replaced by her first runner up, Gudrun Rut Hreidarsdóttir due undisclosed reason. She went to [Miss Universe 1994](/source/Miss_Universe_1994) instead. Anna Baychik of Russia unable to compete internationally due underage.[1]

### Debuts, returns, and, withdrawals

This edition marked the debut of the Czech Republic, Lithuania, and Slovakia and the return of Honduras and Zimbabwe; Zimbabwe last competed in [1982](/source/Miss_World_1982) and Honduras last competed in [1991](/source/Miss_World_1991).

Czechoslovakia,[a] Greenland, Hungary, Seychelles, Ukraine and Zambia, withdrew from the competition. Rita Onisca Muresan of Romania withdrew from the competition due lack of sponsor. [Iryna Barabash](/source/Miss_Universe_1995) of Ukraine, she got married few months prior the Miss World pageant.[2]

China was supposed to participate for the first time in this edition through Pan Tao Wang-Yin, but this did not push through due to a problem with her visa. Wang-Yin participated in the next edition.[3][4][5] Imela Nogic of Bosnia and Herzegovina,[6][7] Sidorela Kola of Albania,[8] and Lilia Uksvarav of Estonia also did not proceed in the competition for undisclosed reasons.[9] Yugoslavia attempt tried to return in Miss World 1993 with Dragana Grahovac, winner of *Miss Ju 1993* pageant under a new organization[10], but due the [International sanctions against Yugoslavia](/source/International_sanctions_against_Serbia_and_Montenegro) by the [Yugoslav Wars](/source/Yugoslav_Wars) was denied participation until 1996 when the sanctions were lifted.

## Results

### Placements

Placement Contestant Miss World 1993 Jamaica – Lisa Hanna 1st Runner-Up South Africa – Jacqueline Mofokeng 2nd Runner-Up Philippines – Ruffa Gutierrez Top 5 Croatia – Fani Čapalija Venezuela – Mónica Lei Scaccia Top 10 Finland – Janina Frostell France – Véronique de la Cruz South Korea – Lee Seung-yeon Sweden – Karin Victoria Silvstedt United States – Maribeth Brown

## Judges

- [Eric Morley](/source/Eric_Morley) † - Chairman and CEO of Miss World Organization

- [Frederick Forsyth](/source/Frederick_Forsyth)

- [Grace Jones](/source/Grace_Jones)[11]

- [Vanessa Williams](/source/Vanessa_Williams)

- [Louis Gossett Jr.](/source/Louis_Gossett_Jr.)

- [Christie Brinkley](/source/Christie_Brinkley)

- [Jackie Chan](/source/Jackie_Chan)

- John Ratcliffe

- [Dali Tambo](/source/Dali_Tambo)

- [Juliet Prowse](/source/Juliet_Prowse) †

- [Twiggy](/source/Twiggy)

## Contestants

Country/Territory Contestant Age Hometown Argentina Viviana Carcereri 19 Mendoza Aruba Christina van der Berg 18 Noord Australia Karen Ann Carwin 23 Brisbane Austria Jutta Ellinger 23 Vienna Bahamas Jacinda Sayde Francis 18 Nassau Belgium Stephanie Meire 23 Bruges Bermuda Kellie Hall 22 Southampton Bolivia Claudia Lorena Arrieta Justiniano 18 Santa Cruz de la Sierra Brazil Lyliá Virna 18 Maceió British Virgin Islands Kaida Donovan 18 Tortola Bulgaria Vera Roussinova 17 Sofia Canada Tanya Lynne Memme 22 Toronto Cayman Islands Audry Elizabeth Ebanks 20 Grand Cayman Chile Jessica Miroslava Eterovic Pozas 20 Punta Arenas Colombia Silvia Isabel Durán Angarita 23 Bucaramanga Costa Rica Laura Odio Salas 19 San José Croatia Fani Čapalija 18 Split Curaçao Sally Daflaar 19 Willemstad Cyprus Maria Magdalini Valianti 19 Larnaca Czech Republic Simona Smejkalová 19 Prague Denmark Charlotte Als 22 Copenhagen Dominican Republic Lynn Marie Álvarez Klinken 21 Concepción de La Vega Ecuador Danna Saab Saab 19 Guayaquil El Salvador Beatriz Eugenia Henríquez Pinto 21 San Salvador Finland Janina Frostell 20 Kuhmo France Véronique de la Cruz 19 Guadeloupe Germany Petra Klein 19 Ludwigsburg Gibraltar Jennifer Jane Ainsworth 18 Gibraltar Greece Mania Delou 19 Athens Guam Gina Burkhart 18 Sinajana Guatemala María Lucrecia Flores Flores 24 Guatemala City Holland Hilda van der Meulen 22 Oudeschoot Honduras Tania Brüchmann Escoria 18 Tegucigalpa Hong Kong May Lam Lai-mei 20 Hong Kong Iceland Guðrún Rut Hreiðarsdóttir 19 Reykjavík India Karminder Kaur-Virk 20 Chandigarh Ireland Pamela Flood 22 Dublin Israel Tamara Porat 18 Tel Aviv Italy Barbara Chiappini 18 Piacenza Jamaica Lisa Rene Shanti Hanna[12] 18 Kingston Japan Yoko Miyasaka 22 Tokyo Latvia Sigita Rude[13] 19 Liepāja Lebanon Ghada El Turk 21 Keserwan Lithuania Jurate Mikutaitė 21 Kaunas Macau Isabela Pedruco 20 Macau Malaysia Jacqueline Ngu 23 Kuala Lumpur Malta Susanne-Mary Borg 17 Mosta Mauritius Viveka Babajee † 20 Beau Bassin Mexico Elizabeth Margain Rivera 22 Mexico City Namibia Christalene Barbara Kahatjipara 20 Windhoek New Zealand Nicola Johanna Brighty 20 Auckland Nigeria Helen Ntukidem 22 Lagos Norway Rita Omvik 21 Kongsvinger Panama Aracelys del Carmen Cogley Prestán 23 Colón Paraguay Claudia Liz Florentín Fariña 19 Asunción Philippines Sharmaine “Ruffa” Rama Gutierrez[14] 19 Manila Poland Aleksandra Spieczyńska 19 Wrocław Portugal Ana Luísa Barbosa Moreira 20 Porto Puerto Rico Ana Rosa Brito Suárez 23 San Juan Russia Olga Syssoeva 19 Moscow Singapore Desiree Chan Fam Yin 20 Singapore Slovakia Dana Vojtechovská 20 Košice Slovenia Metka Albreht 18 Postojna South Africa Palesa Jacqueline Mofokeng † 21 Soweto South Korea[b] Lee Seung-yeon 24 Seoul Spain Araceli García Eugenio 23 Madrid Sri Lanka Chamila Wickremesinghe 22 Colombo Swaziland Sharon Richards 20 Mbabane Sweden Karin Victoria Silvstedt 19 Bollnäs Switzerland Patricia Fässler 19 Zürich Taiwan[c] Virginia Long Wei-yen 19 Taipei Thailand Maturose “Sherry” Kato Leaudsakda 18 Bangkok Trinidad and Tobago Denyse Michelle Paul 23 San Fernando Turkey Emel Yıldırım 19 Istanbul Uganda Linda Bazalaki 20 Kampala United Kingdom Amanda Louise Johnson 19 Nottingham United States Maribeth Brown 23 Holliston United States Virgin Islands[d] Suzanne Palermo 21 St. Thomas Uruguay María Fernanda Navarro Guigou 20 Montevideo Venezuela Mónica Lei Scaccia 22 Caracas Zimbabwe Karen Amanda Stally 19 Harare

## Notes

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [Czechoslovakia](/source/Czechoslovakia) split into the [Czech Republic](/source/Czech_Republic) and [Slovakia](/source/Slovakia) on 1 January 1993.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-16)** Competed as Korea in the pageant

1. **[^](#cite_ref-17)** Also known as the [Republic of China](/source/Republic_of_China).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-18)** competed as American Virgin Islands

### Did not compete

- **Botswana** – Mpho Lekoko - Due Lack of Time..

- **French Polynesia** – Heikapua Thérèse Moke

- **Peru** – Mónika Sáez Grimm - Due lack of sponsor.

### Replacements

- **Slovakia** – The winner of last Miss Czechoslovakia 1993 pageant, Silvia Lakatošová from Slovakia supossed to participate there, but was remplaced by undisclosed reazons by a runner up - Dana Vojtechovska also from Slovakia.

- **Turkey** – The winner of Miss Turkey 1993, [Arzum Onan](/source/Arzum_Onan) was supposed to participate at Miss World 1993, however she won [Miss Europe 1993](/source/Miss_Europe_1993) in June making her unable to compete after and remplaced by her runner up - Emel Yildirim.

### Other Notes

- **France** - Véronique de la Cruz, a semi-finalist at this year’s Miss World, was unplaced at Miss Universe [1993](/source/Miss_Universe_1993) pageant in [Mexico City](/source/Mexico_City) just 6 months earlier.

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [The Moscow Times](http://www.themoscowtimes.com/sitemap/free/1993/9/article/thorn-in-beauty-queens-crown/217286.html)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [""Мисс Украина": 7 победительниц — с олигархами, 4 — не у дел - Новости шоу бизнеса - Как сложились судьбы всех 26 девушек, становившихся королевами красоты в нашей стране. | СЕГОДНЯ"](https://web.archive.org/web/20170608222116/http://www.segodnya.ua/culture/showbiz/micc-ukraina-7-pobeditelnits-%E2%80%94-c-oliharkhami-4-%E2%80%94-ne-u-del.html). Archived from [the original](http://www.segodnya.ua/culture/showbiz/micc-ukraina-7-pobeditelnits-%E2%80%94-c-oliharkhami-4-%E2%80%94-ne-u-del.html) on 8 June 2017. Retrieved 10 October 2016.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Anhui beauty to represent China in Miss World pageant"](https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/page/straitstimes19930511-1.1.6). *The Straits Times*. 11 May 1993. Retrieved 5 May 2025 – via National Library Board.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Meet China's Ms World hope"](https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/page/newpaper19930510-1.1.2). *The New PaperThe*. 10 May 1993. p. 2. Retrieved 5 May 2025 – via National Library Board.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["China to hold first national beauty pageant in May"](https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/page/straitstimes19930327-1.1.11). *The Straits Times*. 27 March 1993. p. 11. Retrieved 5 May 2025 – via National Library Board.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** Reid, Robert H. (30 May 1993). ["Amid war, Sarajevo beauties vie for title"](https://books.google.com/books?id=bX1OAAAAIBAJ&dq=%22Miss+World%22&pg=PA6). *Star-News*. p. 6. Retrieved 5 May 2025 – via Google Books.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["...As Sarajevo hosts a bittersweet beauty pageant"](https://books.google.com/books?id=cjJHAAAAIBAJ&dq=%22Miss+World%22&pg=PA2). *The Day*. 30 May 1993. p. 2. Retrieved 5 May 2025 – via Google Books.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** ["Eligen a "Miss Albania""](https://books.google.com/books?id=F3REAAAAIBAJ&dq=Miss+Albania&pg=PA21) [They chose "Miss Albania"]. *La Opinion* (in Spanish). 19 April 1993. p. 21. Retrieved 5 May 2025 – via Google Books.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** Veidemann-Makko, Anna-Maria (13 June 2024). ["HÕISSA, PULMAD! Miss Estonia 1993 abiellus Itaalia päikese all"](https://www.ohtuleht.ee/melu/1108832/hoissa-pulmad-miss-estonia-1993-abiellus-itaalia-paikese-all) [HAPPY WEDDING! Miss Estonia 1993 got married under the Italian sun]. *Ohtuleht* (in Estonian). Retrieved 5 May 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** ["NEKAD I SAD Nikola Idžan, estradni menadžer: MISICE su nekada bile popularnije od fudbalera"](https://bosnainfo.ba/retrovizor/nekad-i-sad-nikola-idzan-estradni-menadzer-misice-su-nekada-bile-popularnije-od-fudbalera/). *BosnaInfo* (in Serbian). 4 June 2024. Retrieved 4 February 2026.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-12)** ["Hanna to be Miss World judge - Entertainment"](http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/entertainment/Hanna-to-be-Miss-World-judge_44858). *Jamaica Observer*. Retrieved 30 January 2016.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-google.com1_13-0)** ["The Day"](https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1915&dat=19931126&id=8_ggAAAAIBAJ&pg=4926,6387637&hl=en).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-14)** Tiļļa, Andris (21 April 2018). ["30 gadi kopš skaistumkonkursā "Mis Rīga". Latvijas šovbiznesa balvas, skandāli, izaicinājumi, etaloni"](https://www.la.lv/skaistums-uz-izkersanu) [30 years since the beauty contest "Miss Riga". Latvian show business awards, scandals, challenges, benchmarks]. *LA.LV* (in Latvian). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20250401173245/https://www.la.lv/skaistums-uz-izkersanu) from the original on 1 April 2025. Retrieved 23 April 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-15)** Burton-Titular, Joyce (1 October 2013). ["From Vivien to Megan: The PH in Miss World history"](https://www.rappler.com/entertainment/pageants/40304-philippines-miss-world-history/). *[Rappler](/source/Rappler)*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20240724212547/https://onedio.com/haber/hepsi-zirveye-cikti-ancak-hepsi-orada-kalamadi-turkiye-nin-son-25-yildaki-turkiye-guzelleri-simdi-ne-yapiyor-860708) from the original on 24 July 2024. Retrieved 28 April 2025.

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v t e Miss World 1993 national titleholders Stephanie Meire Tanya Memme Jéssica Eterovic Janina Fry Pamela Flood Barbara Chiappini Lisa Hanna Lee Seung-yeon Viveka Babajee Ruffa Gutierrez Victoria Silvstedt Mónica Lei

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