Miss Universe 1993
| Miss Universe 1993 | |
|---|---|
 Miss Universe 1993 Dayanara Torres | |
| Date | 21 May 1993 |
| Presenters | |
| Venue | Auditorio Nacional, Mexico City, Mexico |
| Broadcaster | CBS (international) TV Azteca (official broadcaster) |
| Entrants | 79 |
| Placements | 10 |
| Debuts |
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| Withdrawals |
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| Returns |
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| Winner | Dayanara Torres  Puerto Rico |
| Congeniality | Jamila Haruna Danzuru  Ghana |
| Best National Costume | Ine Beate Strand  Norway |
| Photogenic | Eugenia Santana  Spain |
Miss Universe 1993 was the 42nd Miss Universe pageant, held on 21 May 1993 at the Auditorio Nacional in Mexico City, Mexico. At the event's conclusion, Dayanara Torres of Puerto Rico was crowned Miss Universe by outgoing titleholder Michelle McLean of Namibia.[1] Seventy-nine contestants competed in the pageant.
The pageant was hosted by Dick Clark for the fourth and final time, with colour commentary from former Miss Universe titleholders Cecilia Bolocco (1987) and Angela Visser (1989).[2]
This was the third time the pageant was held in Mexico, two years after Lupita Jones won Mexico's first Miss Universe title in 1991. In the weeks prior to the final telecast, the contestants visited Campeche, Oaxaca, Zacatecas, Querétaro and the Mexican borough of Xochimilco for official events and sight seeing.[3]
The pageant was marred by booing from the crowd following the failure of the Mexican delegate, Angelina González, to advance to the top 10 of the national costume competition or the finals as one of the top 10 semifinalists.[4] This was particularly directed towards Kenya Moore of the US, the country that owns the Miss Universe Organization.[1] During the judges' introduction, booing increased especially after Mexican judges José Luis Cuevas and Miss Universe 1991 Lupita Jones were introduced to the audience who held them responsible for Miss Mexico's non-placement.
This continued throughout the first two events of the night: the swimsuit and interview competition. The audience at National Auditorium only calmed down after the musical number with Michelle McLean and the delegates sang and danced to "Get on Your Feet" .[4] Generalized booing stopped and the competition continued with the evening gown event, the judges' questions, the final question and the crowning, without major incident.[4]
Results
Placements
| Placement | Contestant |
|---|---|
| Miss Universe 1993 | |
| 1st runner-up | |
| 2nd runner-up | |
| Top 6 |
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| Top 10 |
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Final Competition
Special Awards
| Awards | Winners |
|---|---|
| Best National Costume |
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| Miss Photogenic |
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| Miss Congeniality |
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Contestants
Seventy-nine contestants competed for the title.
| Country/Territory | Contestant | Age[a] | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|
 Argentina
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Alicia Andrea Ramón | 19 | Resistencia |
 Aruba
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Dyane Escalona[5] | 19 | Oranjestad |
 Australia
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Voni Delfos[6] | 18 | Brisbane |
 Austria
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Rosemary Bruckner | 21 | Vienna |
 Bahamas
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Marietta Ricina Sands | 24 | Nassau |
 Belgium
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Sandra Joine[7] | 24 | Antwerp |
 Belize
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Melanie Smith | 20 | Belize City |
 Bolivia
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Roxana Arias[8] | 19 | Santa Cruz de la Sierra |
 Brazil
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Leila Schuster[9] | 21 | São Paulo |
 British Virgin Islands
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Rhonda Hodge | 19 | Road Town |
 Bulgaria
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Lilia Koeva | 18 | Sofia |
 Canada
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Nancy Ann Elder[10] | 21 | Calgary |
 Cayman Islands
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Pamela Ebanks[11] | 19 | George Town |
 Chile
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Savka Pollak[12] | 19 | Santiago |
 Colombia
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Paula Andrea Betancur[13] | 21 | Leticia |
 Costa Rica
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Catalina Rodriguez[14] | 19 | Heredia |
 Curaçao
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Elsa Roozendal[15] | 19 | Willemstad |
 Cyprus
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Photini Spyridonos | 19 | Larnaca |
 Czech Republic
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Pavlína Babůrková[16] | 19 | Nový Bor |
 Denmark
|
Maria Hirse | ||
 Dominican Republic
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Odalisse Rodriguez | ||
 Ecuador
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Arianna Mandini Klein | ||
 El Salvador
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Katherine Mendez | ||
 Estonia
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Kersti Tänavsuu | ||
 Finland
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Tarja Smura | ||
 France
|
Veronique de la Cruz | ||
 Germany
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Verona Feldbusch | 25 | |
| Ghana
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Jamila Haruna Danzuru | ||
 Great Britain
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Kathryn Middleton | ||
 Greece
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Kristina Manoussi | ||
 Guam
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Charlene Gumataotao | ||
 Guatemala
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Diana Galván | ||
 Honduras
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Denia Marlen Reyes | ||
 Hong Kong
|
Emily Lo | ||
 Hungary
|
Zsanna Pardy | ||
 Iceland
|
Maria Run Haflidadóttir | ||
 India
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Namrata Shirodkar | ||
 Ireland
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Sharon Ellis | ||
 Israel
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Yana Khodyrker | ||
 Italy
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Elisa Jacassi | ||
 Jamaica
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Rachel Stuart | ||
 Japan
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Yukiko Shiki | ||
 Lebanon
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Samaya Chadrawi | ||
 Luxembourg
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Nathalie dos Santos | ||
 Malaysia
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Lucy Narayanasamy | ||
 Malta
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Roberta Borg | ||
 Mauritius
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Danielle Pascal | ||
 Mexico
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Angelina González | ||
 Namibia
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Anja Schroder | ||
 Netherlands
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Angelique van Zalen | ||
 New Zealand
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Karly Kinnaird | ||
 Nicaragua
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Luisa Urcuyo | ||
 Nigeria
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Rhihole Gbinigie | ||
 Northern Mariana Islands
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Victoria Taisakan Todela | ||
| Norway
|
Ine Beate Strand | ||
 Panama
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Giselle González | ||
 Paraguay
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Carolina Barrios | ||
 Peru
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Déborah de Souza-Peixoto | ||
 Philippines
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Melinda Joanna Gallardo | ||
 Poland
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Marzena Wolska | ||
 Portugal
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Carla Marisa da Cruz | ||
| Puerto Rico
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Dayanara Torres | ||
 Romania
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Angelica Nicoara | ||
 Singapore
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Renagah Devi | ||
 South Korea
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Yoo Ha-young | ||
| Spain
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Eugenia Santana | ||
 Sri Lanka
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Chamila Wickramesinghe | ||
 Suriname
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Jean Zhang | ||
 Swaziland
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Danila Faias | ||
 Sweden
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Johanna Lind | ||
 Switzerland
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Valérie Bovard | ||
 Thailand
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Chattharika Ubolsiri | ||
 Trinidad and Tobago
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Rachel Charles | ||
 Turkey
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Ipek Gumusoglu | ||
 Turks and Caicos
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Michelle Mills | ||
 United States
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Kenya Moore | ||
 United States Virgin Islands
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Cheryl Simpson | ||
 Uruguay
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María Fernanda Navarro | ||
 Venezuela
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Milka Chulina |
Notes
- ^ Ages at the time of the pageant
Debuts
Czech Republic - Though Czechoslovakia was split, Pavlina Baburcova was actually the winner of Miss Czechoslovakia in 1992.
Estonia
Swaziland
Returns
Replacements
- Estonia - The winner of Eesti Miss Estonia 1993, Lilia Üksvärav was replaced due to being underage. Her first runner up – Kersti Tänavsuu – made the first ever debut of Estonia at Miss Universe pageant.
Withdrawals
Bermuda
CIS – Yuliya Etina (From 
Russia) withdrew from the pageant due undisclosed reazons, just few days after arrive in Mexico DF. Later the countries which formed the CIS could compete separately from 1994.
Cook Islands- Czechoslovakia – Split into Czech Republic and Slovakia on January 1, 1993.
Egypt
Indonesia – Indira Sudiro withdrew because of the controversy in Indonesia.
Kenya - Due to lack of sponsorship and funding.
Republic of China - No pageant.
Did not compete
Zambia - Elizabeth Mwanza - did not compete due visa problems, the country would only make its debut in 1995.
General references
- "Miss Universe 1993". pageantopolis.com. Archived from the original on February 7, 2012.
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References
- ^ a b "Miss Puerto Rico crowned 1993 Miss Universe". Reuters. 1993-05-22.
- ^ "1993 MISS UNIVERSE Pageant hosted by Dick Clark in Mexico City to be broadcast live, May 21, on CBS Television Network" (Press release). Business Wire. 1993-04-20.
- ^ "Mexico to host Miss Universe pageant with emphasis on "smarts"". Reuters. 1993-04-13.
- ^ a b c "Puerto Rican beauty is Miss Universe". Straits Times. 1993-05-23.
- ^ "Miss Universe bezoekt Aruba" [Miss Universe visits Aruba]. Amigoe (in Dutch). 1 April 1993. p. 5. Retrieved 5 June 2024 – via Delpher.
- ^ Sandoval, Gina (24 May 1993). "Nueva Miss Universo dice ser 'todo Puerto Rico'" [New Miss Universe claims to be 'all Puerto Rico']. La Opinion (in Spanish). pp. 4D. Retrieved 5 June 2024 – via Google News Archive.
- ^ Van de Wal, Veerle (6 December 2021). "Gewezen Miss België Sandra Joine raakte zwaar verslaafd na het verlies van haar droomjob: "M'n zoon wil me nu niet meer zien"". Het Laatste Nieuws (in Dutch). Retrieved 5 June 2024.
- ^ "El título les dio alegrías, trabajo y fama que aún saborean". El Deber (in European Spanish). 29 July 2017. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
- ^ "Conheça a história do Miss Brasil". Terra (in Brazilian Portuguese). 29 September 2022. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
- ^ "Universal beauties". Gainesville Sun. 16 May 1993. pp. 5B. Retrieved 5 June 2024 – via Google News Archive.
- ^ "Miss World Cayman Islands 2022 Contestants Sashed". Caymanian Times. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
- ^ "Las bellas se preparan" [The beauties get ready]. La Opinion (in Spanish). 5 May 1993. pp. 2B. Retrieved 6 June 2024 – via Google News Archive.
- ^ Luna, Maria del Pilar C. (16 November 1992). "Llegó el momento de la hora cero en el Reinado Nacional de la Belleza". El Tiempo (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 June 2024.
- ^ López, Efrén (19 April 2016). "Katarina Rodríguez desea volver a la televisión" [Katarina Rodríguez wants to return to television]. La Nacion (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 June 2024.
- ^ "Miss Curacao 1992". Amigoe (in Dutch). 6 July 1992. p. 2. Retrieved 6 June 2024 – via Delpher.
- ^ Šaléová, Lucie (30 March 2023). "Konečně se ukázala lidem! Sexy Baburková opustila luxusní vilu a objevila se ve společnosti" [She finally showed herself to the people! Sexy Baburková left the luxury villa and appeared in society]. Expres.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 6 June 2024.