Miss Universe 1995

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Chelsi Smith after winning the Miss USA title in 1995 and later crowned Miss Universe 1995

Miss Universe 1995 was held at Windhoek Country Club Resort, Windhoek, Namibia on May 12, 1995. Chelsi Smith of USA was crowned as Miss Universe 1995 by Miss Universe 1994 Sushmita Sen of India. Eighty-two contestants competed in the 1995 Miss Universe Pageant.

Results

• Miss Universe 1995: Chelsi Smith (USA).
• The runners-up were:
  • 1st runner-up: Manpreet Brar (India)
  • 2nd runner-up: Lana Buchberger (Canada)
• The delegates who made in the top six were: Desiree Louny Lowry Rodriguez (Puerto Rico), Arlene Peterkin (Trinidad and Tobago), and Denyse Floreano (Venezuela).
• The following contestants made it as the top ten finalists: Tatiana Leonor Castro Abuchaibe (Colombia), Candida Lara Betances (Dominican Republic), Eleonora Carillo Alamani (El Salvador), and Augustine Masilela (South Africa).

Special awards

• Congeniality: Toyin Enitan Raji (Nigeria)
• Photogenic: Petra Hultgren (Sweden)
• National costume: Maria Reyes Vasquez (Spain)

1995 Contestants

Aruba

• Marie-Denise Herrlein

Australia

• Jacqueline Shooter

Bahamas

• Shammine Tenika Lindsay

Belize

• Deborah Wade

Bolivia

• Sandra Rivero Zimmermann

Bonaire

• Donna Landwier

Brazil

• Renata Aparecida Bessa Soares

British Virgin Islands

• Elaine Patricia Henry

Bulgaria

• Boiana Dimitrova

Canada

• Lana Buchberger
• 2nd RUNNER-UP

Cayman Islands

• Anita Lilly Bush

Chile

• Paola Falcone Basigalupo

Colombia

• Tatiana Leonor Castro Abuchaibe
• TOP 10

Cook Islands

• Tarita Brown

Costa Rica

• Beatriz Alejandra Alvarado Mejia

Curaçao

• Maruschka Jansen

Cyprus

• Clara Davina Rainbow

Czech Republic

• Eva Kotulanova

Denmark

• Tina Dam

Dominican Republic

• Candida Lara Betances
• TOP 10

Ecuador

• Radmila Padnizic Arapov

Egypt

• Nadia Ezz

El Salvador

• Eleonora Carillo Alamani
• TOP 10

Estonia

• Enel Eha

Finland

• Heli Pirhonen

France

• Corinne Lauret

Germany

• Ilka Endres

Greece

• Helen Papeannou

Guam

• Alia Tui Stevens

Guatemala

• Indira Lili Chinchilla Paz

Hong Kong

• Halina Tam Siu-Wan

Hungary

• Andrea Harsanyi

Iceland

• Margret Skuladóttir Sigurz

India

• Manpreet Brar
• 1st RUNNER-UP

Indonesia

• Susanti Manuhutu

Ireland

• Anna Marie McCarthy

Israel

• Yana Kalman

Italy

• Alessandra Meloni

Jamaica

• Justine Willoughby

Japan

• Narumi Saeki

Kenya

• Josephine Wanjiku Mbatia

Korea

• Sung-joo Han

Lebanon

• Clemence Achkar

Malaysia

• Suziela Binte Azra

Malta

• Sonia Massa

Mauritius

• Marie Priscilla Mardaymootoo

Mexico

• Luz Maria Zetina Lugo

Namibia

• Patricia Burt

Netherlands

• Chantal von Woensel

New Zealand

• Shelley Jeannine Edwards

Nicaragua

• Linda Asalia Clerk Castillo

Nigeria

• Toyin Enitan Raji

Northern Mariana Islands

• Karah Kirschenkeiter

Norway

• Lena Sandvik

Panama

• Michelle Jeanette Sage Navarrete

Paraguay

• Bettina Rosemary Barboza Caffarena

Peru

• Paola Dellepiane Gianotti

Philippines

• Joanne Zapanta Santos

Poland

• Magdalena Pecikiewicz

Portugal

• Adriana Iria

Puerto Rico

• Desiree Louny Lowry Rodriguez
• TOP 5

Romania

• Monika Grosu

Russia

• Yulia Alekseeva

Seychelles

• Maria Payet

Singapore

• Tun Neesa Abdullah

Slovak Republic

• Nikoleta Mezsarasova

South Africa

• Augustine Masilela
• TOP 10

Spain

• Maria Reyes Vasquez

Sri Lanka

• Shivani Vasagam

Sweden

• Petra Hultgren

Switzerland

• Sarah Briguet

Taiwan

• Liao Chia-Yi

Thailand

• Phavadee Vichienrat

Trinidad and Tobago

• Arlene Peterkin
• TOP 5

Turkey

• Oz Dursun

Turks and Caicos Islands

• Sharleen Rochelle Grant

Ukraine

• Irina Ivoanova Victorovna Chernomaz

Uruguay

• Sandra Znidaric

United Kingdom

• Sarah-Jane Southwick

USA

• Chelsi Smith

Venezuela

• Denyse Floreano
• TOP 10

Zambia

• Luo Tricia Punabantu