- Miss Universe 1993
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Miss Universe 1993 Date May 21, 1993 Presenters Dick Clark, Cecilia Bolocco and Angela Visser Venue Auditorio Nacional, Mexico City, Mexico Broadcaster CBS, TV Azteca Entrants 79 Placements 10 Debuts Czech Republic, Estonia, Swaziland Withdraws Bermuda, Commonwealth of Independent States, Cook Islands, Egypt, Kenya, Republic of China Returns Belize, Ghana, Hong Kong, Italy, Trinidad & Tobago Winner Dayanara Torres
Puerto RicoCongeniality Jamila Haruna Danzuru
GhanaBest National Costume Ine Beate Strand
NorwayPhotogenic Eugenia Santana
Spain
Countries and territories which sent delegates and results
Miss Universe 1993, the 42nd Miss Universe pageant, was held at Auditorio Nacional, Mexico City, Mexico on May 21, 1993. Dayanara Torres of Puerto Rico was crowned as Miss Universe 1993.[1] Seventy-nine contestants competed in the 1993 Miss Universe 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 Miss USA Kenya Moore, the country that owns the Miss Universe organization.[1] During the judges' introduction, booing increased especially after Mexican judges Jose 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 rest of the delegates, where Michelle would sing: "Come on, everybody! Get on your feet! ... And sing with me!".[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]
Contents
Results
Placements
Result Contestant Miss Universe 1993 1st runner-up 
Colombia - Paula Andrea Betancourt
2nd runner-up Top 6 
Australia - Voni Delfos
USA - Kenya Summer Moore
India - Namrata Shirodkar
Top 10 
Brazil - Leila Cristine Schuster
Czech Republic - Pavlina Barbukova
Finland - Tarja Smura- Spain - Eugenia Santana
Semifinal Scores
Country Swimsuit Interview Evening Gown Average Top 6 Finalists 
Venezuela9.336 (2) 9.843 (1) 9.526 (4) 9.568 (1) 9.588 (3) Australia9.624 (1) 9.267 (8) 9.743 (2) 9.545 (2) 9.389 (4) Colombia9.267 (4) 9.508 (2) 9.815 (1) 9.530 (3) 9.633 (1) Puerto Rico9.114 (6) 9.314 (6) 9.507 (5) 9.312 (4) 9.589 (2) India8.886 (9) 9.429 (3) 9.582 (3) 9.299 (5) 8.778 (6) USA9.136 (5) 9.367 (5) 9.367 (7) 9.290 (6) 9.363 (5) Brazil8.936 (8) 9.297 (7) 9.496 (6) 9.243 (7) Czech Republic9.286 (3) 9.154 (9) 9.171 (8) 9.204 (8) Finland9.043 (7) 9.407 (4) 9.091 (10) 9.180 (9) Spain8.800 (10) 8.914 (10) 9.167 (9) 8.960 (10) - Winner
- First Runner-up
- Second Runner-up
- Top 6 Finalist
- Top 10 Semifinalist
- (#) Rank in each round of competition
Special Awards
Award Contestant Best National Costume Miss Congeniality - Ghana - Jamila Haruna Danzuru
Miss Photogenic - Spain - Eugenia Santana
Catalina Best in Swimsuit - Australia - Voni Delfos
Palmolive Most Beautiful Hair Judges
- María Conchita Alonso – Cuban-Venezuelan singer and actress.
- A.J. Kitt – U.S. alpine ski racer and bronze medalist at the 1993 World Championships.
- Mirjana Van Blaricom – Former president of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.
- José Luis Cuevas – Mexican painter and sculptor.
- Pamela Dennis – American fashion designer.
- Glenn Daniels – Casting director.
- Keiko Matsui – Japanese jazz artist.
- Michael Dorn – African American actor.
- Lupita Jones – Miss Universe 1991.
Contestants
Argentina - Alicia Andrea Ramón
Aruba - Dyane Escalona- Australia - Voni Delfos
Austria - Rosemary Bruckner
Bahamas - Marietta Ricina Sands
Belgium - Sandra Joine
Belize - Melanie Smith
Bolivia - Roxana Arias Becerra- Brazil - Leila Cristine Schuster
British Virgin Islands - Rhonda Hodge
Bulgaria - Lilia Koeva
Canada - Nancy Ann Elder
Cayman Islands - Pamela Ebanks
Chile - Savka Pollak- Colombia - Paula Andrea Betancourt
Costa Rica - Catalina Rodriguez
Curaçao - Elsa Roozendal
Cyprus - Photini Spyridonos- Czech Republic - Pavlina Baburkova
Denmark - Maria Hirse
Dominican Republic- Odalisse Rodriguez
Ecuador - Arianna Mandini
El Salvador - Katherine Mendez
Estonia - Kersti Tänavsuu- Finland - Tarja Smura
France - Veronique de la Cruz
Germany - Verona Feldbusch- Ghana - Jamila Haruna Danzuru
Great Britain - Kathryn Middleton
Greece - Kristina Manoussi
Guam - Charlene Gumataotao
Guatemala - Diana Galvan
Honduras - Denia Marlen Reyes
Hong Kong - Emily Lo
Hungary - Zsanna Pardy
Iceland - Maria Run Haflidadóttir- India - Namrata Shirodkar
Ireland - Sharon Ellis
Israel - Yana Khodyrker
Italy - Elisa Jacassi
Jamaica - Rachel Stuart
Japan - Yukiko Shiki
Korea - Yoo Ha-Young
Lebanon - Samaya Chadrawi
Luxembourg - Nathalie dos Santos
Malaysia - Lucy Narayanasamy
Malta - Roberta Borg
Mauritius - Danielle Pascal
Mexico - Angelina González
Namibia - Anja Schroder
Netherlands - Angelique van Zalen
New Zealand - Karly Dawn Kinnaird
Nicaragua - Luisa Amalia Urcuyo
Nigeria - Rhihole Gbinigie
Northern Mariana Islands - Victoria Taisakan Todela- Norway - Ine Beate Strand
Panama - Giselle Amelia Gonzales
Paraguay - Carolina Barrios
Peru - Deborah de Souza-Peixoto
Philippines - Melinda Gallardo
Poland - Marzena Wolska
Portugal - Carla Marisa da Cruz- Puerto Rico - Dayanara Torres
Romania - Angelica Nicoara
Singapore - Renagah Devi- Spain - Eugenia Santana
Sri Lanka - Chamila Wickramesinghe
Suriname - Jean Zhang
Swaziland - Danila Faias
Sweden - Johanna Lind
Switzerland - Valérie Bovard
Thailand - Chattharika Ubolsiri
Trinidad and Tobago - Rachel Charles
Turkey - Ipek Gumusoglu
Turks and Caicos Islands - Michelle Mills
Uruguay - María Fernanda Navarro- USA - Kenya Moore
U.S. Virgin Islands - Cheryl Simpson- Venezuela - Milka Yelisava Chulina Urbanich
Contestant notes
- A number of contestants had competed previously in or would later compete at the Miss World pageant.
- Jamilla Haruna Danzuru (Ghana) competed at the Miss World 1991 pageant.
- Sandra Joine (Belgium), Pamela Joanne Ebanks (Cayman Islands), Maria Run Haflidadóttir (Iceland), Sharon Ellis (Ireland), Karly Dawn Kinnaird (New Zealand) and Valérie Bovard (Switzerland) competed at the Miss World 1992 pageant.
- Véronique de la Cruz (France) went unplaced at Miss Universe but was a semi-finalist at Miss World 1993. Chamila Wickremesinghe (Sri Lanka) and María Fernanda Navarro Guigou(Uruguay) competed at both pageants without placing.
- Miss Austria, Rosemary Bruckner, was the only woman of an African racial heritage to represent Austria at Miss Universe.
- Germany, Verona Feldbusch was Miss Intercontinental 1993.
- Indira Sudiro was expected to represent Indonesia but came under fire because of the perceived immorality of the swimsuit contest and was eventually pulled out of the pageant a week later following a directive by the Minister of Women's Affairs.[5][6]
Preliminary scores
Country Swimsuit Interview Evening Gown Average Brazil 9.06 9.53 9.27 9.287 Venezuela 9.21 9.61 8.90 9.239 USA 9.19 9.38 9.14 9.238 Colombia 8.79 9.70 9.16 9.217 Spain 9.34 9.29 8.97 9.202 Finland 9.26 9.31 8.97 9.183 Australia 9.41 9.07 8.83 9.102 Puerto Rico 9.01 9.14 9.07 9.074 India 8.69 9.39 9.06 9.050 Czech Republic 9.04 8.91 9.01 8.990 Peru 8.96 9.06 8.79 8.937 Mexico 8.81 9.15 8.69 8.883 Jamaica 8.71 9.46 8.48 8.883 Iceland 8.64 9.01 8.91 8.853 Netherlands 8.64 9.31 8.54 8.830 Sweden 8.34 9.44 8.66 8.813 Chile 8.54 9.52 8.24 8.767 Romania 8.84 8.86 8.53 8.743 Denmark 8.66 9.16 8.23 8.683 Nicaragua 8.60 9.25 8.18 8.677 Norway 8.99 8.50 8.44 8.643 Philippines 8.46 9.06 8.41 8.643 Israel 8.80 8.91 8.11 8.607 Namibia 8.59 8.91 8.31 8.603 US Virgin Islands 8.08 9.08 8.57 8.577 Argentina 8.42 8.86 8.44 8.573 Poland 8.23 9.07 8.41 8.570 Hungary 8.59 8.87 8.25 8.570 Guatemala 8.66 8.56 8.44 8.553 Singapore 8.26 9.17 8.23 8.553 Aruba 8.20 8.61 8.76 8.523 Belgium 8.25 8.89 8.35 8.497 Italy 8.24 9.13 8.07 8.480 Luxembourg 8.64 8.69 8.09 8.473 New Zealand 8.46 8.69 8.26 8.470 Switzerland 8.06 8.91 8.41 8.460 Lebanon 8.14 9.09 8.04 8.423 Panama 8.26 8.65 8.34 8.417 Portugal 8.17 8.71 8.30 8.393 Costa Rica 8.11 8.77 8.26 8.380 Ecuador 8.00 8.89 8.25 8.380 Trinidad and Tobago 8.02 9.05 7.84 8.303 Korea 7.90 8.66 8.33 8.297 Turkey 8.21 8.43 8.20 8.280 Uruguay 7.85 8.89 8.09 8.277 Dominican Republic 8.28 8.51 7.91 8.233 France 8.06 8.83 7.80 8.230 Canada 7.96 9.03 7.63 8.207 Hong Kong 8.01 8.27 8.16 8.147 El Salvador 7.76 8.94 7.74 8.147 Cyprus 8.03 8.46 7.91 8.133 Japan 7.84 8.62 7.78 8.080 Curaçao 7.81 8.27 8.14 8.073 Suriname 7.76 8.54 7.90 8.067 Swaziland 7.67 8.68 7.84 8.063 Thailand 7.80 8.27 8.08 8.050 Ireland 7.61 8.85 7.69 8.050 Germany 7.89 8.56 7.69 8.047 Austria 7.80 8.30 8.02 8.040 Bolivia 7.81 8.17 8.09 8.023 Great Britain 7.52 8.60 7.91 8.010 Greece 7.61 8.44 7.94 7.997 Nigeria 8.09 7.94 7.95 7.993 Mauritius 7.65 8.19 8.11 7.983 Bahamas 7.46 8.47 8.01 7.980 Cayman Islands 7.58 8.46 7.87 7.970 Turks and Caicos 7.68 8.68 7.55 7.970 Guam 7.60 8.59 7.65 7.947 Estonia 7.48 8.49 7.78 7.917 Malta 7.56 8.41 7.74 7.903 Sri Lanka 7.51 8.61 7.54 7.887 Paraguay 7.54 8.15 7.93 7.873 Northern Marianas 7.81 8.14 7.45 7.800 Honduras 7.49 8.21 7.67 7.790 Ghana 7.22 8.49 7.44 7.717 Bulgaria 7.59 7.84 7.71 7.713 Belize 7.32 8.24 7.51 7.690 British Virgin Islands 7.26 8.06 7.67 7.663 Malaysia 7.20 7.43 7.46 7.363 - Winner
- First Runner-up
- Second Runner-up
- Top 6 Finalist
- Top 10 Semifinalist
International Broadcasters
These are some of the networks outside the United States (telecasted on CBS at the time) that showed the 1993 Miss Universe pageant live (or recorded earlier) in their respective countries and territories:
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.
- ^ "Indonesian beauty told she disgraces her country". Reuters. 1993-04-20.
- ^ "Jakarta pulls out of Miss Universe contest". Reuters. 1993-04-29.
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