Miss World 1992

{{Infobox beauty pageant

| photo =

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| winner = Julia Kourotchkina
{{flag|Russia|1991}}

| date = 12 December 1992

| presenters = {{Hlist|Billy Dee Williams|Jerry Hall|Doreen Morris|Suanne Braun|Deborah Shelton}}

| venue = Sun City Entertainment Center, Sun City, South Africa

| entrants = 83

| placements = 10

| best national costume = Nina Khilji
{{CAN}}

| personality = Ana María Johanis Iglesias
{{GUA}}

| photogenic = Ravit Asaf
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| broadcaster = {{Hlist|E!|SABC}}

| debuts = {{Hlist|Croatia|Russia|Slovenia|Ukraine}}

| returns = {{Hlist|Bermuda|Canada|Hong Kong|Seychelles|Sri Lanka|Uganda|Zambia}}

| withdraws = {{Hlist|Antigua and Barbuda|Belize|Ghana|Honduras|Kenya|Peru|Yugoslavia}}

| before = 1991

| next = 1993

}}

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.[http://english.alarabiya.net/en/life-style/fashion-and-beauty/2014/03/02/Make-beauty-pageants-not-war-Miss-Russia-2014-chosen-amid-country-tension.html "Miss Russia 2014 crowned amid country tension"]. Al Arabiya News. She was crowned by Miss World 1991, Ninibeth Leal of Venezuela.

= Selection of participants =

== Replacements ==

Marina Benipayo was a last minute replacement for original representative Marilen Espino who had to withdraw due to an illness just days before her departure.{{Cite news |last=Blacque |first=Iva Sylva |date=3 March 1992 |title=The frizz-haired commissioner wants to be a bum |language=en |pages=19 |work=Manila Standard |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=s48VAAAAIBAJ&sjid=PQsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6339%2C549828 |access-date=5 May 2025 |via=Google News Archive}}{{Cite web |last=Villano |first=Alexa |date=6 June 2019 |title=The Binibining Pilipinas legacy through the years |url=https://www.rappler.com/entertainment/pageants/232209-legacy-through-the-decades/ |access-date=5 May 2025 |website=Rappler |language=en-US}}

== Debuts, returns, and, withdrawals ==

This edition marked the debut of Croatia, Russia, Slovenia and Ukraine and the return of Zambia, which last competed in 1974, Seychelles last competed in 1975, Bermuda and Uganda last competed in 1989 and Canada, Hong Kong and Sri Lanka last competed in 1990.

Antigua and Barbuda, Ghana, Kenya and Yugoslavia, withdrew from the competition. Melanie Smith of Belize withdrew from the competition due to lack of Sponsorship. She went to Miss Universe 1993 instead. Likewise, Yanina Elizabeth Fajardo of Honduras withdrew from the competition due to lack of Sponsorship. She went to Miss Asia Pacific Quest 1992 instead.

Ingrid Yrivarren of Peru suppose to compete but withdrew due to visa problems and for some disagreements under her contract with Miss Peru Organization.

Results

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= Placements =

class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;"
Placement ! Contestant
Miss World 1992 \| {{flagu\|Russia\|1991}} – Julia Kourotchkina
1st Runner-up \| {{flagu\|United Kingdom}} – Claire Elizabeth Smith
2nd Runner-up \| {{flagu\|Venezuela\|1954}} – Francis Gago
Top 5 \| {{flagu\|Poland}} – Ewa Wachowicz {{flagu\|South Africa\|1928}} – Amy Kleinhans
Top 10 \| {{flagu\|Bahamas}} – Jody Barbara Weech {{flagu\|Denmark}} – Anja Hende Brond {{flagu\|Finland}} – Petra Enrika von Hellens {{flagu\|Israel}} – Ravit Asaf {{flagu\|United States}} – Sharon Flynn Belden

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Placement

! Contestant

Miss World 1992

{{flagu|Russia|1991}} – Julia Kourotchkina

1st Runner-up

{{flagu|United Kingdom}} – Claire Elizabeth Smith

2nd Runner-up

{{flagu|Venezuela|1954}} – Francis Gago

Top 5

{{flagu|Poland}} – Ewa Wachowicz
{{flagu|South Africa|1928}} – Amy Kleinhans

Top 10

{{flagu|Bahamas}} – Jody Barbara Weech
{{flagu|Denmark}} – Anja Hende Brond
{{flagu|Finland}} – Petra Enrika von Hellens
{{flagu|Israel}} – Ravit Asaf
{{flagu|United States}} – Sharon Flynn Belden

= Continental Queens of Beauty =

class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;"
Continental Group ! Contestant
Africa \| {{flagu\|South Africa\|1928}} – Amy Kleinhans
Americas \| {{flagu\|Venezuela\|1954}} – Francis Gago
Asia & Oceania \| {{flagu\|Thailand}} – Metinee Kingpayome{{Cite news\|date=18 August 2023\|title=5 คนดัง มากความสามารถ อดีตเจ้าของมงกุฏ Miss Thailand World\|trans-title=5 celebrities with many talents, former winners of Miss Thailand World\|url=https://corporate.teroasia.com/concerts-events/missthailandworld/newsdetail.php?content_id=1501\|access-date=27 April 2025\|website=Tero Entertainment\|language=th\|archive-date=26 April 2025\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250426191601/https://corporate.teroasia.com/concerts-events/missthailandworld/newsdetail.php?content_id=1501url-status=live}}
Caribbean \| {{flagu\|Bahamas}} – Jody Barbara Weech
Europe \| {{flagu\|Poland}} – Ewa Wachowicz

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Continental Group

! Contestant

Africa

{{flagu|South Africa|1928}} – Amy Kleinhans

Americas

{{flagu|Venezuela|1954}} – Francis Gago

Asia & Oceania

{{flagu|Thailand}} – Metinee Kingpayome{{Cite news|date=18 August 2023|title=5 คนดัง มากความสามารถ อดีตเจ้าของมงกุฏ Miss Thailand World|trans-title=5 celebrities with many talents, former winners of Miss Thailand World|url=https://corporate.teroasia.com/concerts-events/missthailandworld/newsdetail.php?content_id=1501|access-date=27 April 2025|website=Tero Entertainment|language=th|archive-date=26 April 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250426191601/https://corporate.teroasia.com/concerts-events/missthailandworld/newsdetail.php?content_id=1501url-status=live}}

Caribbean

{{flagu|Bahamas}} – Jody Barbara Weech

Europe

{{flagu|Poland}} – Ewa Wachowicz

Judges

Eric Morley † - Chairman and CEO of Miss World Organization
Anthony Delon
Jarvis Astaire †
Suzanne de Passe
Kim Alexis
Mbongeni Ngema
Gary Player
Ivana Trump †
Yvonne Chaka Chaka
Sidney Sheldon †
Alan Whicker †
Joan Collins

== Contestants ==

Country/Territory \|\| Contestant \|\| Age \|\| Hometown
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{{flagicon\|ARG}} Argentina	Claudia Andrea Bertona	23	Cordoba
{{flagicon\|ARU}} Aruba	Solange Noelle Nicolaas	22	Savaneta
{{flagicon\|AUS}} Australia	Rebecca Simic	20	Sydney
{{flagicon\|AUT}} Austria	Kerstin Kinberg	20	Graz
{{flagicon\|BAH}} Bahamas	Jody Barbara Weech	18	Bimini
{{flagicon\|BEL}} Belgium	Sandra Joine	23	Antwerp
{{flagicon\|BER}} Bermuda	Dianne Lorraine Mitchell	24	Pembroke
{{flagicon\|BOL}} Bolivia	Verónica Pino Linale	21	Tarija
{{flagicon\|BRA\|1968}} Brazil	Priscilla Maria Furlan	20	São Paulo
{{flagicon\|IVB}} British Virgin Islands	Bisa Smith	17	Tortola
{{flagicon\|BUL}} Bulgaria	Elena Draganova	17	Sofia
{{flagicon\|CAN}} Canada	Nina Khilji	25	Toronto
{{flagicon\|CAY\|old}} Cayman Islands	Pamela Joanne Ebanks	19	Grand Cayman
{{flagicon\|CHI}} Chile	Paula Maite Caballero Fernández	22	Santiago
{{flagicon\|COL}} Colombia	Wguerddy Alejandra Oviedo Vargas	20	Santa Fe de Bogotá
{{flagicon\|CRC\|state}} Costa Rica	Marisol Soto Alarcón	19	San Jose
{{flagicon\|CRO}} Croatia	Elena Šuran	21	Rovinj
{{flagicon\|CUR}} Curaçao	Cristina Bakhuis	20	Willemstad
{{flagicon\|CYP\|1960}} Cyprus	Maria Kountouris	19	Nicosia
{{flagicon\|TCH}} Czechoslovakia	Gabriela Harsanyová	21	Košice
{{flagicon\|DEN}} Denmark	Anja Hende Brond	20	Aalborg
{{flagicon\|DOM}} Dominican Republic	Gina María Rojas Mañón	21	Concepción de La Vega
{{flagicon\|ECU}} Ecuador	Stephanie Krumholz de Menezes	18	Guayaquil
{{flagicon\|ESA}} El Salvador	Raquel Cristina Durán	18	San Salvador
{{flagicon\|FIN}} Finland	Petra Enrika von Hellens	19	Turku
{{flagicon\|FRA}} France	Linda Hardy	19	Nantes
{{flagicon\|GER}} Germany	Carina Jope	21	Frankfurt
{{flagicon\|GIB}} Gibraltar	Michelle Torres	17	Alameda Estate
{{flagicon\|GRE}} Greece	Evgenia Paschalidi	20	Athens
{{flagicon\|GRL}} Greenland	Laali Lyberth	18	Nuuk
{{flagicon\|GUM}} Guam	Michelle Cruz	20	Santa Rita
{{flagicon\|GUA}} Guatemala	Ana María Johanis Iglesias	22	Guatemala City
{{flagicon\|NED}} Holland	Gabrielle van Nimwegen	21	Stoutenburg
{{flagicon\|British Hong Kong}} Hong Kong	Patsy Lau Yan-ling	23	New Territories
{{flagicon\|HUN}} Hungary	Bernadette Papp	19	Balatonalmádi
{{flagicon\|ISL}} Iceland	María Rún Hafliðadóttir	20	Reykjavík
{{flagicon\|IND}} India	Celine Shyla Lopez	23	Bangalore
{{flagicon\|IRL}} Ireland	Sharon Ellis	22	Cork
{{flagicon\|ISR}} Israel	Ravit Asaf	18	Lehavim
{{flagicon\|ITA}} Italy	Paola Irrera	19	Messina
{{flagicon\|JAM}} Jamaica	Julie Anne Bradford Houghton	23	Kingston
{{flagicon\|JPN\|1947}} Japan	Kaoru Kikuchi	17	Tokyo
{{flagicon\|LAT}} Latvia	Zane Vaļicka{{Cite news\|date=21 April 2018\|last=Tiļļa\|first=Andris\|title=30 gadi kopš skaistumkonkursā “Mis Rīga”. Latvijas šovbiznesa balvas, skandāli, izaicinājumi, etaloni\|trans-title=30 years since the beauty contest "Miss Riga". Latvian show business awards, scandals, challenges, benchmarks\|url=https://www.la.lv/skaistums-uz-izkersanu\|access-date=23 April 2025\|website=LA.LV\|language=Latvian\|archive-date=1 April 2025\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250401173245/https://www.la.lv/skaistums-uz-izkersanu\|url-status=live}}	19	Cēsis
{{flagicon\|LIB}} Lebanon	Nicole Bardawil	20	Keserwan
{{flagicon\|MAC\|municipal}} Macau	Ho Lok-I	22	Macau
{{flagicon\|MAS}} Malaysia	Fazira Wan Chek	18	Kuala Lumpur
{{flagicon\|MLT}} Malta	Noelene Micallef	19	Fgura
{{flagicon\|MRI}} Mauritius	Sarasvadee Rengassamy	23	Port Louis
{{flagicon\|MEX}} Mexico	Carmen Lucía Lehman Fernández	22	Mérida
{{flagicon\|NAM}} Namibia	Linda Sharon Schulz	19	Windhoek
{{flagicon\|NZL}} New Zealand	Karly Donne Kinnaird	19	Dunedin
{{flagicon\|NGR}} Nigeria	Sandra Guenefred Petgrave	20	Lagos
{{flagicon\|NOR}} Norway	Kjersti Brakestad	19	Oslo
{{flagicon\|PAN}} Panama	Michelle Marie Harrington Hasbún	19	Panama City
{{flagicon\|PAR\|1990}} Paraguay	Lourdes Magdalena Zaracho	18	Asunción
{{flagicon\|PHI}} Philippines	Marina Pura Santos Benipayo	24	Manila
{{flagicon\|POL}} Poland	Ewa Wachowicz	22	Kraków
{{flagicon\|POR}} Portugal	Fernanda Manuela Santos	20	Lisbon
{{flagicon\|PUR}} Puerto Rico	Lianabel Rosario Centeno	21	Trujillo Alto
{{flagicon\|ROM}} Romania	Camelia Ilie	19	Bucharest
{{flagicon\|RUS\|1991}} Russia	Julia Kourotchkina	18	Shcherbinka
{{flagicon\|SEY\|1977}} Seychelles	Myrna Chantal Hoareau	22	La Digue
{{flagicon\|SIN}} Singapore	Jennifer Wong	20	Singapore
{{flagicon\|SLO}} Slovenia	Natasa Abram	17	Koper
{{flagicon\|RSA\|1928}} South Africa	Amy Kleinhans	24	Cape Town
{{flagicon\|KOR}} South Korea{{efn\|competed as Korea}}	Lee Mi-young	23	Seoul
{{flagicon\|ESP}} Spain	Samantha Torres Waldron	19	Ibiza
{{flagicon\|SRI}} Sri Lanka	Ishara Abelashini Makolange	18	Colombo
{{flagicon\|SWZ}} Swaziland	Candy Litchfield	18	Mbabane
{{flagicon\|SWE}} Sweden	Ulrika Johansson	25	Trollhättan
{{flagicon\|SUI}} Switzerland	Valerie Bovard	21	La Tour-de-Peilz
{{flagicon\|TWN}} Taiwan{{Efn\|Also know as the Republic of China}}	Cheng Wei-wei	24	Taipei
{{flagicon\|THA}} Thailand	Metinee Kingpayome	20	Bangkok
{{flagicon\|TRI}} Trinidad and Tobago	Renée Garib	20	St. Joseph
{{flagicon\|TUR}} Turkey	Özlem Kaymaz{{Cite news\|date=4 May 2020\|last=Tarihi\|first=Güncelleme\|title=Güzeller canlı yayında buluştu\|trans-title=Beauties met on live broadcast\|url=https://www.hurriyet.com.tr/galeri-1929dan-gunumuze-turkiye-guzelleri-41508916\|access-date=29 April 2025\|website=Hürriyet\|language=tk\|archive-date=2 January 2023\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230102125519/https://www.hurriyet.com.tr/galeri-1929dan-gunumuze-turkiye-guzelleri-41508916\|url-status=live}}	18	Istanbul
{{flagicon\|UGA}} Uganda	Dorothy Olga Mazoe Nampima	19	Masaka
{{flagicon\|UKR}} Ukraine	Oksana Sabo	19	Kirovohrad
{{flagicon\|GBR}} United Kingdom	Claire Elizabeth Smith	21	Chester
{{flagicon\|USA}} United States	Sharon Flynn Belden	26	Coral Gables
{{flagicon\|ISV}} United States Virgin Islands{{efn\|competed as American Virgin Islands}}	Leah LaTasha Webster	19	St. Thomas
{{flagicon\|URU}} Uruguay	Leonora Irene Dibueno Fenocchi	25	Montevideo
{{flagicon\|VEN\|1954}} Venezuela	Francis del Valle Gago Aponte	19	Maturín
{{flagicon\|ZAM}} Zambia	Elizabeth Mwanza	21	Lusaka

Notes

References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20081009232539/http://www.pageantopolis.com/international/world_1992.htm Pageantopolis – Miss World 1992]

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Category:1992 in South Africa

Category:1992 beauty pageants

Category:Beauty pageants in South Africa