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Miss World 1993
Miss World 1993, the 43rd edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 27 November 1993 at the Sun City Entertainment Centre in Sun City, South Africa. It was the first time the Miss World pageant was held in the South Africa.The pageant attracted 81 contestants from all over the world. This is the second consecutive staging of the pageant in Sun City. The winner was Lisa Hanna of Jamaica. She was crowned by Miss World 1992, Julia Kourotchkina of Russia. Results Placements Contestants Judges *Eric Morley † *Frederick Forsyth * Grace Jones *Vanessa Williams *Louis Gossett Jr. *Christie Brinkley *Jackie Chan * John Ratcliffe * Dali Tambo * Juliet Prowse † * Twiggy Notes Debuts * * * Returns *Last competed in 1982: ** *Last competed in 1991: ** Withdrawals * – Wang Yin Tao. She went to Miss World 1994 inserted. * - Split into Czech Republic and Slovakia on 1 January 1993. * - Lost their Miss World franchise. * – Zsanna Pardy - Due lack of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mónica Lei
Mónica Lei Scaccia (born March 22, 1971 in Caracas, Venezuela) is a Venezuelan model and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss World Venezuela who placed fourth runner-up to Miss World 1993 as Miss World Americas. Miss World Venezuela Lei competed in 1993 as Miss Distrito Federal in her country's national beauty pageant, Miss Venezuela, obtaining the title of ''Miss World Venezuela''. Miss World 1993 As the official representative of her country to the 1993 Miss World pageant held in Sun City, South Africa on November 27, 1993, she became Miss World Americas and fourth runner-up to eventual winner Lisa Hanna of Jamaica Jamaica (; ) is an island country situated in the Caribbean Sea. Spanning in area, it is the third-largest island of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean (after Cuba and Hispaniola). Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, and west of His .... References External linksMiss Venezuela Official Website [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MW 1993 - SABC
MW or mW may refer to: Science and technology *MediaWiki, (MW) the software that runs MediaWiki-powered websites *Megawatt, (MW) a unit of power *Milliwatt, (mW) one thousandth of a watt *.mw, the country code top level domain (ccTLD) for Malawi *Medium wave, (MW) frequency range of 530 to 1700 kHz (commonly called the AM band) *Molecular weight, a former term for molecular mass *Microwave, a type of electromagnetic wave *Moment magnitude scale (), a measure of earthquake size *Weight average molecular weight Arts and entertainment Games *'' Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare'', a 2007 first person shooter *'' Call of Duty: Modern Warfare'', a 2019 first person shooter *'' MechWarrior'', a video game series first released in 1989 * Need for Speed: Most Wanted (other), two racing video games released in 2005 and 2012 Other media * ''MW'' (manga), a manga series by Osamu Tezuka *Miss World, an international beauty pageant *Museums and the Web, an international conference ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romania
Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Moldova to the east, and the Black Sea to the southeast. It has a predominantly Temperate climate, temperate-continental climate, and an area of , with a population of around 19 million. Romania is the List of European countries by area, twelfth-largest country in Europe and the List of European Union member states by population, sixth-most populous member state of the European Union. Its capital and largest city is Bucharest, followed by Iași, Cluj-Napoca, Timișoara, Constanța, Craiova, Brașov, and Galați. The Danube, Europe's second-longest river, rises in Germany's Black Forest and flows in a southeasterly direction for , before emptying into Romania's Danube Delta. The Carpathian Mountains, which cross Roma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janina Fry
Janina Päivänsäde Fry (née Frostell) (born 12 November 1973 in Helsinki) is Finnish pop singer and model. She hosted the show ''Bella'' on Finnish television channel Nelonen. Her breakthrough was winning the "Maiden of Finland" beauty pageant in 1993 and getting to the semi-finals in Miss World the same year. She also has a singing career, although her records have not been particularly successful, despite efforts by her record company Sony BMG. Fry gave birth to her first child, a daughter, Sophia on March 2007. The father of the child is Mark Fry, the director of marketing at Sony BMG in Finland. They had been dating for several years before marrying in the summer of 2007. In 2010 she gave birth to their second child Brandon. The family lived in Espoo, Finland, before they moved to Stockholm Stockholm () is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, largest city of Sweden as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, larg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruffa Gutierrez
Sharmaine Ruffa Rama Gutierrez (born June 24, 1974) is a Filipino Model (person), model, beauty queen, host and actress. She was the 1992 Look of the Year - Philippines, Binibining Pilipinas World, Binibining Pilipinas World 1993 and Second Runner-up to Miss World 1993. Career Gutierrez began acting as a teenager in the 1980s, under BMG Films. She became part of German Moreno's ''That's Entertainment (Philippine TV program), That's Entertainment'' variety show in the early 1990s before becoming a beauty queen in 1993. In December 1990, Gutierrez replaced Snooky Serna for the lead role in Regal Entertainment, Regal Film's ''Wunder Wuman Plus One'', paired with comedian Rene Requiestas. However, the project did not come to fruition, with Gutierrez and Requiestas instead paired in the 1993 film ''Hulihin: Probinsyanong Mandurukot''. As the official representative of her Philippines, country to the 1993 Miss World 1993, Miss World pageant held in Sun City, North West, Sun City, Sou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lisa Hanna (cropped)
Lisa Rene Shanti Hanna (born August 20, 1975) is a Jamaican politician and beauty queen who was crowned Miss World 1993, becoming the third Jamaican to win the title. A member of the opposition People's National Party, Hanna currently serves as Member of Parliament for Saint Ann South East, and was Jamaica's Minister of Youth and Culture from 2012–2016. Hanna was a candidate in the 2020 People's National Party leadership election, following the PNP's defeat at the 2020 Jamaican general election and the subsequent resignation of PNP President and Opposition Leader, Peter Phillips. Hanna was defeated by Mark Golding. Education She was educated at the Queen's School, Jamaica, where she was appointed a Goodwill Ambassador by the United Nations Development Programme, and has a Bachelors and Masters degree in Communications from the University of the West Indies. Professional life Career in entertainment In 1998, Hanna acted in the romantic comedy ''How Stella Got Her Groove B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russia
Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eighth of Earth's inhabitable landmass. Russia extends across Time in Russia, eleven time zones and shares Borders of Russia, land boundaries with fourteen countries, more than List of countries and territories by land borders, any other country but China. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, world's ninth-most populous country and List of European countries by population, Europe's most populous country, with a population of 146 million people. The country's capital and List of cities and towns in Russia by population, largest city is Moscow, the List of European cities by population within city limits, largest city entirely within E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julia Kourotchkina (beauty Queen)
Julia Alexandrovna Kourotchkina (russian: Юлия Александровна Курочкина; born 10 August 1974 in Shcherbinka, Russia) is a Russian actress, model and beauty queen who was crowned Miss Russia 1992 and was later crowned as Miss World 1992 in Sun City, South Africa making her the first Russian to be crowned as Miss World. She also served as one of the judges for Miss World 2005 Miss World 2005, the 55th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 10 December 2005 at the Crown of Beauty Theatre in Sanya, China. María Julia Mantilla of Peru crowned her successor Unnur Birna Vilhjálmsdóttir of Iceland. 102 contesta .... She has a daughter, Katya. References 1974 births Living people Miss Russia winners Miss World 1992 delegates Miss World winners Russian beauty pageant winners {{Russia-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamaica
Jamaica (; ) is an island country situated in the Caribbean Sea. Spanning in area, it is the third-largest island of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean (after Cuba and Hispaniola). Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola (the island containing the countries of Haiti and the Dominican Republic); the British Overseas Territory of the Cayman Islands lies some to the north-west. Originally inhabited by the indigenous Taíno peoples, the island came under Spanish rule following the arrival of Christopher Columbus in 1494. Many of the indigenous people either were killed or died of diseases, after which the Spanish brought large numbers of African slaves to Jamaica as labourers. The island remained a possession of Spain until 1655, when England (later Great Britain) conquered it, renaming it ''Jamaica''. Under British colonial rule Jamaica became a leading sugar exporter, with a plantation economy dependent on the African slaves and later their des ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss World
Miss World is the oldest existing international beauty pageant. It was created in the United Kingdom by Eric Morley in 1951. Since his death in 2000, Morley's widow, Julia Morley, has co-chaired the pageant. Along with Miss Universe, Miss International, and Miss Earth, it is one of the Big Four international beauty pageants. The current Miss World is Karolina Bielawska of Poland, who was crowned by Toni-Ann Singh of Jamaica on March 16, 2022, in San Juan, Puerto Rico. History 20th century In 1951, Eric Morley organised a bikini contest as part of the Festival of Britain celebrations that he called the Festival Bikini Contest. The event was popular with the press, which dubbed it "Miss World". The swimsuit competition was intended as a promotion for the bikini, which had only recently been introduced to the market and was still widely regarded as immodest. When the 1951 Miss World pageant winner, Kerstin "Kiki" Hakansson from Sweden, was crowned in a bikini, it added to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss World 1994
Miss World 1994, the 44th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 19 November 1994 and marked the third consecutive staging of Miss World in Sun City, South Africa. 87 contestants from around the world competed for the title. Lisa Hanna of Jamaica crowned her successor Aishwarya Rai of India at the end of the event.Miss World', Toledo Blade, 20 November 1994. In December 2014, Aishwarya Rai was felicitated with a Lifetime Beauty with a Purpose Award by the Miss World Organisation at the 64th Miss World contest for her humanitarian works since she won the crown. Results Placements Continental Queens of Beauty Contestants Judges * Eric Morley † – Chairperson, Miss World Organization * Eileen Ford † – founder, Ford Models agency * Ron Moss – Actor, The Bold and the Beautiful * Katherine Kelly Lang – Actress, The Bold and the Beautiful * Patrick Lichfield † – Photographer * Marsha Rae Ratcliff – Entertainer and Variety Clubs Ambassad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss World 1992
Miss World 1992, the 42nd edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 12 December 1992 at the Sun City Entertainment Center in Sun City, South Africa. The winner was Julia Kourotchkina from Russia. '' Al Arabiya News''. She was crowned by Miss World 1991, of . Results [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
