Miss Universe 1995, the 44th

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pageant, was held on 12 May 1995 at the

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of the

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was crowned by

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at the end of the event. Eighty-two contestants competed in this year. This marks the first and only time it was held in

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Results

Placements

Final competition

Contestants

* - Marie-Denise Herrlein * - Jacqueline Shooter * - Shammine Tenika Lindsay * - Deborah Wade * - Sandra Rivero Zimmermann * - Donna Landwier * - Renata Aparecida Bessa Soares * - Elaine Patricia Henry * - Boiana Dimitrova * - Lana Buchberger * - Anita Lilly Bush * - Paola Falcone Bacigalupo * - Tatiana Leonor Castro Abuchaibe * - Tarita Brown * - Beatriz Alejandra Alvarado Mejía * - Maruschka Jansen * - Clara Davina Rainbow * - Eva Kotulanova * - Tina Dam * - Cándida Lara Betances * - Radmila Pandzic Arapov * - Nadia Ezz * - Eleonora Carrillo * - Enel Eha * - Heli Pirhonen * - Corine Laurent * - Ilka Endres * - Sarah-Jane Southwick * - Helen Papaioannou * - Alia Tui Stevens * - Indira Lili Chinchilla Paz * - Halina Tam Siu-Wan * - Andrea Harsanyi * - Margret Skuladóttir Sigurz * -

Manpreet Brar Manpreet Kaur Brar is an Indian actress and model. She won the Miss India crown in 1995, and was the first runner-up at the 1995 Miss Universe pageant. Early life Manpreet was born on 9 June 1973 to a Jat Sikh family in Mizoram, India. She g ...

* - Susanty Manuhutu * - Anna Marie McCarthy * - Jana Kalman * - Alessandra Meloni * - Justine Willoughby * - Narumi Saeki * - Josephine Wanjiku Mbatia * - Suziela Binte Azrai * - Sonia Massa * - Marie Priscilla Mardaymootoo * - Luz Maria Zetina Lugo * - Patricia Burt * - Chantal van Woensel * - Shelley Jeannine Edwards * - Linda Asalia Clerk Castillo * -

Toyin Raji Toyin Enitan Raji (born c. 1972) is a Nigerian former actress who was crowned Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria and represented her country at the Miss Universe 1995 pageant in Windoek Namibia and at the Miss World 1995 pageant held in Sun City ...

* - Karah Kirschenheiter * - Lena Sandvik * -

Michele Sage Michele Jeanette Sage Navarrete (born November 12, 1969 in Ciudad de Panamá Panamá) is a Panamanian beauty pageant contestant winner of the Señorita Panamá 1994 title. Also represented Panama in Miss Universe 1995, the ''44th Miss Universe'' pa ...

* - Bettina Rosemary Barboza Caffarena * - Paola Dellepiane Gianotti * - Joanne Santos * - Magdalena Pecikiewicz * - Adriana Iria * - Desirée Lowry Rodríguez * - Monika Grosu * - Yulia Alekseeva * - Maria Payet * - Tun Neesa Abdullah * - Nikoleta Mezsarasova * - Augustine Masilela * - Han Sung-joo * - María Reyes Vázquez * - Shivani Vasagam * -

Petra Hultgren Petra Cecilia Alexandra Hultgren (born 21 April 1972, in Värmdö Municipality, Värmdö, Stockholm County) is a Sweden, Swedish actress. She was crowned as Miss Sweden in 1995 and won the Miss Photogenic award at Miss Universe 1995#Special awards ...

* - Sarah Briguet * - Liao Chia-Yi * - Phavadee Vichienrat * - Arlene Peterkin * - Gamze Saygi * - Sharleen Rochelle Grant * - Irina Chernomaz-Barabash * - Sandra Znidaric * -

† * - Kim Marie Ann Boschulte * -

Denyse Floreano Denyse del Carmen Floreano Camargo (born August 26, 1976) is a Venezuelan model and beauty pageant titleholder who was Miss Venezuela 1994 and Top 6 finalist at Miss Universe 1995. Miss Venezuela Floreano competed in 1994 as Miss Costa Oriental i ...

* - Luo Trica Punabantu

Order of introduction

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but edited more countries.

Notes

Debuts

* * *

Returns

Last competed in

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: * Last competed in

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: * Last competed in

1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast A ...

: * Last competed in

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: * Last competed in

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: * * * *

Withdrawals

* - Cecilia Gagliano * * * * *

Awards

* - Miss Congeniality (

) * - Miss Photogenic (

) * - Best National Costume (María Reyes) * - Miss Clairol Herbal Essences ( Susanty Manuhutu)

General references

References

External links

Miss Universe official website
{{Miss Universe 1995 delegates

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