# Miss Universe 1995

Miss Universe 1995 was the 44th Miss Universe pageant, held on 12 May 1995 at the Windhoek Country Club Resort in Windhoek, Namibia. Chelsi Smith of the United States was crowned by Sushmita Sen of India at the end of the event. Eighty-two contestants competed in this year. This marks the first and so far only time the pageant has been held in Africa.

## Results
### Placements

| Placement | Contestant |
| Miss Universe 1995 | United States – Chelsi Smith |
| 1st runner-up | India – Manpreet Brar |
| 2nd runner-up | Canada – Lana Buchberger |
| Top 6 | Puerto Rico – Desiree Lowry  Trinidad and Tobago – Arlene Peterkin  Venezuela – Denyse Floreano |
| Top 10 | Colombia – Tatiana Castro  Dominican Republic – Cándida Lara  El Salvador – Eleonora Carrillo  South Africa – Augustine Masilela |

### Special awards

| Award | Contestant |
| Miss Photogenic | Sweden – Petra Hultgren |
| Miss Congeniality | Nigeria – Toyin Raji |
| Best National Costume | Spain – María Reyes |
| Vibrance Most Beautiful Hair Award | Peru – Paola Dellepiane |
| Miss Clairol Herbal Essence | Indonesia – Susanty Manuhutu |

## Contestants

Eighty-two contestants competed for the title.
| Country/Territory | Contestant | Age | Hometown |
| Aruba | Marie-Denise Herrlein | 20 | San Nicolaas |
| Australia | Jacqueline Shooter | 20 | Gold Coast |
| Bahamas | Tenika Lindsay | 20 | Grand Bahama |
| Belize | Deborah Wade | 20 | Belmopan |
| Bolivia | Sandra Rivero | 22 | Santa Cruz de la Sierra |
| Bonaire | Donna Landwier | 20 | Kralendijk |
| Brazil | Renata Bessa | 18 | Contagem |
| British Virgin Islands | Elaine Patricia Henry | 20 | Tortola |
| Bulgaria | Boiana Dimitrova | 18 | Pleven |
| Canada | Lana Buchberger | 20 | Calgary |
| Cayman Islands | Anita Bush | 22 | Grand Cayman |
| Chile | Paola Falcone | 20 | Santiago |
| Colombia | Tatiana Castro | 21 | Bogotá |
| Cook Islands | Tarita Brown | 20 | Rarotonga |
| Costa Rica | Beatriz Alejandra Alvarado | 19 | Alajuela |
| Curaçao | Maruschka Jansen | 24 | Willemstad |
| Cyprus | Clara Davina Rainbow | 18 | Larnaca |
| Czech Republic | Eva Kotulánová | 20 | Brno |
| Denmark | Tina Dam | 22 | Aalborg |
| Dominican Republic | Cándida Lara | 23 | Santo Domingo |
| Ecuador | Radmila Pandžić | 22 | Manabí |
| Egypt | Nadia Ezz | 22 | Cairo |
| El Salvador | Eleonora Carrillo | 19 | San Salvador |
| Estonia | Enel Eha | 19 | Tallinn |
| Finland | Heli Pirhonen | 20 | Kitee |
| France | Corine Lauret | 21 | Réunion |
| Germany | Ilka Endres | 25 | Aachen |
| Great Britain | Sarah-Jane Southwick | 19 | Nottingham |
| Greece | Helen Papaioannou | 25 | Thessaloniki |
| Guam | Alia Tui Stevens | 23 | Chalan Pago-Ordot |
| Guatemala | Indira Chinchilla | 23 | Guatemala City |
| Hong Kong | Halina Tam | 22 | Hong Kong |
| Hungary | Andrea Harsanyi | 20 | Győr |
| Iceland | Margret Skuladóttir Sigurz | 20 | Reykjavík |
| India | Manpreet Brar | 22 | Delhi |
| Indonesia | Susanty Manuhutu | 21 | Jakarta |
| Ireland | Anna Marie McCarthy | 23 | Dublin |
| Israel | Yana Kalman | 20 | Tel Aviv |
| Italy | Alessandra Meloni | 22 | Cagliari |
| Jamaica | Justine Willoughby | 23 | Kingston |
| Japan | Narumi Saeki | 19 | Tokyo |
| Kenya | Josephine Wanjiku Mbatia | 25 | Nairobi |
| Malaysia | Suziela Azrai | 18 | Klang |
| Malta | Sonia Massa | 20 | Fleur-de-Lys |
| Mauritius | Marie Priscilla Mardaymootoo | 25 | Port Louis |
| Mexico | Luz María Zetina | 21 | Mexico City |
| Namibia | Patricia Burt | 20 | Windhoek |
| Netherlands | Chantal van Woensel | 22 | Zeeland |
| New Zealand | Shelley Edwards | 23 | Auckland |
| Nicaragua | Linda Clerk | 22 | Managua |
| Nigeria | Toyin Raji | 22 | Kogi |
| Northern Mariana Islands | Karah Kirschenheiter | 18 | Saipan |
| Norway | Lena Sandvik | 23 | Østfold |
| Panama | Michele Sage | 25 | Panama City |
| Paraguay | Bettina Barboza | 19 | Asunción |
| Peru | Paola Dellepiane | 18 | Lima |
| Philippines | Joanne Santos | 18 | Manila |
| Poland | Magdalena Pecikiewicz | 19 | Silesia |
| Portugal | Adriana Iria | 19 | Faro |
| Puerto Rico | Desirée Lowry | 22 | Corozal |
| Romania | Monika Grosu | 20 | Bucharest |
| Russia | Yulia Alekseeva | 22 | Moscow |
| Seychelles | Maria Payet | 21 | Mahé |
| Singapore | Tun Neesa Abdullah | 23 | Singapore |
| Slovakia | Nikoleta Mezsarasova | 20 | Bratislava |
| South Africa | Augustine Masilela | 26 | Johannesburg |
| South Korea | Han Sung-joo | 20 | Seoul |
| Spain | María Reyes | 18 | Soria |
| Sri Lanka | Shivani Vasagam | 24 | Colombo |
| Sweden | Petra Hultgren | 23 | Stockholm |
| Switzerland | Sarah Briguet | 24 | Geneva |
| Taiwan | Liao Chia-Yi | 18 | Taipei |
| Thailand | Phavadee Vichienrat | 20 | Bangkok |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Arlene Peterkin | 27 | Port of Spain |
| Turkey | Gamze Saygi | 21 | Istanbul |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | Sharleen Rochelle Grant | 24 | Grand Turk |
| Ukraine | Irina Chernomaz | 19 | Kharkiv |
| United States | Chelsi Smith | 21 | Houston |
| United States Virgin Islands | Kim Marie Ann Boschulte | 24 | Saint Thomas |
| Uruguay | Sandra Znidaric | 22 | Montevideo |
| Venezuela | Denyse Floreano | 18 | Ciudad Ojeda |
| Zambia | Luo Trica Punabantu | 19 | Lusaka |