Miss World 1992, the 42nd edition of the

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 Int ...

pageant, was held on 12 December 1992 at the Sun City Entertainment Center in Sun City, South Africa. The winner was

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''. She was crowned by Miss World 1991, Ninibeth Leal of Venezuela.

Results

Placements

Continental Queens of Beauty

Contestants

Judges

Eric Morley Eric Douglas Morley (26 September 1918 – 9 November 2000) was a British TV host and the founder of the Miss World pageant and ''Come Dancing'' TV programme. His wife, Julia Morley, is now head of the pageant and his son Steve Douglas is one of ...

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* Kim Alexis * Mbongeni Ngema * Gary Player * Ivana Trump † *

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* Sidney Sheldon † *

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† * Joan Collins

Notes

Debuts

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Returns

*Last competed in

1974 Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War determined politics; f ...

: ** *Last competed in

1975 It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...

: ** *Last competed in

1989 File:1989 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Cypress Street Viaduct, Cypress structure collapses as a result of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, killing motorists below; The proposal document for the World Wide Web is submitted; The Exxo ...

: ** ** *Last competed in

1990 File:1990 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1990 FIFA World Cup is played in Italy; The Human Genome Project is launched; Voyager I takes the famous Pale Blue Dot image- speaking on the fragility of Humankind, humanity on Earth, Astroph ...

: ** ** **

Replacements

* – Marina Santos Benipayo was a last minute replacement for original representative Marilen Espino who had to withdraw due to an illness just days before her departure.

Withdrawals

* – Melanie Smith - Lack of Sponsorship. Went to Miss Universe 1993 instead. * – No contest. * – Yanina Elizabeth Fajardo - Lack of Sponsorship. Went to Miss Asia Pacific Quest 1992 instead. * – No contest. * – Ingrid Yrivarren - Due visa problems and for some disagreements under her contract with Miss Peru Organization. * – No contest due to the Yugoslav Wars and sanctions placed to this country until 1996.

References

External links

Pageantopolis – Miss World 1992
{{Miss World 1992 delegates Miss World 1992 in South Africa 1992 beauty pageants Beauty pageants in South Africa December 1992 events in Africa