MISS UNIVERSE 1994
Saturday, may 21, 1994 (in philippines)
FRIDAY, MAY 20, 1994 (in america)
Philippine International Convention Center, Pasay, Metro Manila, Philippines
77 contestants
PRESENTERS: bob goen & arthel neville
commentator: angela visser
entertainment: Peabo Bryson, Bayanihan Philippine National Folk Dance Company.
Results
1 INDIA Sushmita Sen
2 COLOMBIA Carolina Gómez Correa
3 VENEZUELA Minorka Marisela Mercado Carrero
Top 6
4 USA Frances Louise "Lu" Parker
5 SLOVAK REPUBLIC Silvia Lakatosova (Europe '93)
6 PHILIPPINES Charlene Bonnin Gonzales
Top 10
7 ITALY Arianna David
8 SWEDEN Dominique Forsberg (Scandinavia '95)
9 SWITZERLAND Patricia Fässler (World '93)
10 GREECE Rea Toutountzi
Awards
Miss Amity NAMIBIA
Miss Photogenic VENEZUELA
Best National Costume 1) PHILIPPINES, 2) MEXICO, 3) RUSSIA
Best in Swim Suit VENEZUELA
Philippines Airlines Ambassador to the world DENMARK
Minolta Photo Contest 1) DENMARK, 2) SPAIN, 3) TAIWAN
Best Hair Miss Ivory Ultra Mild Shampoo PHILIPPINES and BELGIUM
Best in Filipino Terno 1) VENEZUELA, 2) SLOVAK REPUBLIC, 3) MEXICO
Best Kodak Smile THAILAND
Miss Fitness GREECE
Special diplomas: PHILIPPINES, MAURITIUS, VENEZUELA, KOREA, ROMANIA, SWITZERLAND, ARUBA, ECUADOR, COLOMBIA and EL SALVADOR.
Remainder
ARGENTINA Solange Guadalupe Magnano Silvestre (4th RU Banana '94, Nuestra Belleza '94, Coffee '95, Queen of the World '95)
ARUBA Alexandra Ochoa Hincapié (1st RU International '94, Coffee '97)
AUSTRALIA Michelle van Eimeren
BAHAMAS Meka Knowles (Nuestra Belleza '94)
BELGIUM Christelle Roelandts (SF International '93)
BOLIVIA Cecilia O'Connor-d'Arlach
BRAZIL Valéria Melo Peris (winner Nuestra Belleza '94)
BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS Delia Jon Baptiste
BULGARIA Nevena Marinova
CANADA Susanne Rothfos (SF Asia Pacific '94)
CAYMAN ISLANDS Audry Elizabeth Ebanks (World '93)
CHILE Constanza Barbieri Sanz
COOK ISLANDS Leilani Brown
COSTA RICA Jasmín Morales Camacho (Nuestra Belleza '95)
CURACAO Jasmin Clifton
CYPRUS Maria Vasiliou
DENMARK Gitte Andersen
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Vielka Valenzuela Lama (winner Señorita América '94, Sugar Cane '94, Coffee '95, Queen of the World '95)
ECUADOR Mafalda Arboleda Arditto
EGYPT Ghada El Salem
EL SALVADOR Claudia Méndez Cuéllar
ESTONIA Eva-Maria Laan (winner Baltic Sea '95)
FINLAND Henna Meriläinen (Scandinavia '95)
FRANCE Valérie Claisse
GERMANY Tanja Wild (Queen of the Year '94)
GREAT BRITAIN Michaela Pyke
GUAM Christina Perez
GUATEMALA Katya Schoenstedt
HONDURAS Jem Haylock
HONG KONG Mok Ho-Yan (SF Chinese International '94)
HUNGARY Szilvia Forian
ICELAND Svala Bjork Arnardóttir (4th RU Europe '93)
IRELAND Pamela Flood (World '93)
ISRAEL Ravit Yarkoni
JAMAICA Angelie Patricia Martin (Nuestra Belleza '94)
JAPAN Chiaki Kawahito
KOREA Sun-young Goong
LUXEMBOURG Sandy Wagner (International '94, Europe '94)
MALAYSIA Liza Koh
MALTA Paola Camilleri
MAURITIUS Viveka Babajee (World '93)
MEXICO Fabiola Pérez Rovirosa (winner Hispanidad '95)
NAMIBIA Christalene Barbara Kahatjipara (World '93)
NETHERLANDS Irene van der Laar
NEW ZEALAND Nicola Johanne Brighty (World '93)
NIGERIA Suzan Hart (World '94)
NORTHERN MARIANAS Elizabeth Tomokane
NORWAY Caroline Saetre
PANAMA María Sofía Velásquez Jaimes-Freyre
PARAGUAY Liliana Noémi González Mena (winner South America '94, winner Banana '94)
PERU Karina Calmet Brugnara (winner Hispanidad '94)
POLAND Joanna Brykczinska
PORTUGAL Mónica Sofia Borges Pereira (Europe '94)
PUERTO RICO Brenda Esther Robles Cortés (International '93, winner Coffee '94)
ROMANIA Mihaela Ciolacu
RUSSIA Inna Zobova (SF Queen of the World '94)
SINGAPORE Paulyn Sun
SPAIN Raquel Rodríguez Hidalgo
SRI LANKA Nushara Rusri Pramali Fernando (SF Asia-Pacific '92, World '94)
SWAZILAND Nicola Smith
TAIWAN Joanne Chung-Chun Wu (World '94)
THAILAND Areeya "Pop" Chumsai
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO Lorca Chelsea Gatcliffe
TURKEY Banu Usluer
TURKS & CAICOS Eulease Walkin
URUGUAY Leonora Irene Dibueno Fenocchi (World '92)
ZIMBABWE Yvette D'Almeida-Chakras
NO PERMISSION TO COMPETE:
INDONESIA Venna Melinda Bruglia (arrived but as an observer)
NO SHOWS:
LITHUANIA Loreta Brusokaite
AUSTRIA Kerstin Sattler
CZECH REPUBLIC Alice Karpíšková
NICARAGUA Linda Azalea Clerk Castillo
UKRAINE Elena Rubtsov
ZAIRE Grâce Nzeza Mwete
ZAMBIA Elizabeth Mwanza
REPLACED:
BELGIUM Stéphanie Meire
CZECH REPUBLIC Eva Kotulanová
EL SALVADOR Eleonora Beatrice Carrillo Alamanni (under age)
RUSSIA Anna Baitchik (under age)
DEBUTS: Slovak Republic (Russia competed before as USSR and CIS while Zimbabwe competed before as Rhodesia).
WITHDRAWALS: Austria, Belize, Czech Republic, Ghana, Lebanon, Nicaragua, Suriname, US Virgin Islands
RETURNS: Cook Islands, Egypt, Taiwan
JUDGES:
1- Carlos Arturo Zapata - Colombian fashion designer.
2- Florence LaRue - American Singer.
3- Richard Dalton - Princess Diana's stylist and confidante.
4- Beulah Quo - Chinese-American actress.
5- Emilio T. Yap - Publisher and Business tycoon.
6- Stephanie Beacham - English actress.
7- Jonas McCord - Chinese-Filipino business tycoon and philanthropist.
8- Mona Grudt - Miss Universe 1990 from Norway.