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 del Pilar 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 Briz

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.