# Miss World 1993

Miss World 1993, the 43rd edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 27 November 1993 at the Sun City Entertainment Centre in Sun City, South Africa. It was the second time that the Miss World pageant was held in the South Africa.The pageant attracted 81 contestants from all over the world. This is the second consecutive staging of the pageant in Sun City. The winner was Lisa Hanna of Jamaica. She was crowned by Julia Kourotchkina of Russia.

## Results
### Placements

| Placement | Contestant |
| Miss World 1993 | Jamaica – Lisa Rene Shanti Hanna |
| 1st Runner-Up | South Africa – Palesa Jacqueline Mofokeng |
| 2nd Runner-Up | Philippines – Sharmaine Rama Gutierrez |
| Top 5 | Croatia – Fani Čapalija  Venezuela – Mónica Lei Scaccia |
| Top 10 | Finland – Janina Frostell  France – Véronique de la Cruz  South Korea – Lee Seung-yeon  Sweden – Karin Victoria Silvstedt  United States – Maribeth Brown |

## Contestants

| Country/Territory | Contestant | Age | Hometown |
| American Virgin Islands | Suzanne Palermo | 21 | St. Thomas |
| Argentina | Viviana Carcereri | 19 | Mendoza |
| Aruba | Christina van der Berg | 18 | Noord |
| Australia | Karen Ann Carwin | 23 | Brisbane |
| Austria | Jutta Ellinger | 23 | Vienna |
| Bahamas | Jacinda Sayde Francis | 18 | Nassau |
| Belgium | Stephanie Meire | 23 | Bruges |
| Bermuda | Kellie Hall | 22 | Southampton |
| Bolivia | Claudia Lorena Arrieta Justiniano | 18 | Santa Cruz de la Sierra |
| Brazil | Lyliá Virna | 18 | Maceió |
| British Virgin Islands | Kaida Donovan | 18 | Tortola |
| Bulgaria | Vera Roussinova | 17 | Sofia |
| Canada | Tanya Lynne Memme | 22 | Toronto |
| Cayman Islands | Audry Elizabeth Ebanks | 20 | Grand Cayman |
| Chile | Jessica Miroslava Eterovic Pozas | 20 | Punta Arenas |
| Republic of China | Virginia Long Wei-yen | 19 | Taipei |
| Colombia | Silvia Isabel Durán Angarita | 23 | Bucaramanga |
| Costa Rica | Laura Odio Salas | 19 | San José |
| Croatia | Fani Čapalija | 18 | Split |
| Curaçao | Sally Daflaar | 19 | Willemstad |
| Cyprus | Maria Magdalini Valianti | 19 | Larnaca |
| Czech Republic | Simona Smejkalová | 19 | Prague |
| Denmark | Charlotte Als | 22 | Copenhagen |
| Dominican Republic | Lynn Marie Álvarez Klinken | 21 | Concepción de La Vega |
| Ecuador | Danna Saab Saab | 19 | Guayaquil |
| El Salvador | Beatriz Eugenia Henríquez Pinto | 21 | San Salvador |
| Finland | Janina Frostell | 20 | Kuhmo |
| France | Véronique de la Cruz | 19 | Guadeloupe |
| Germany | Petra Klein | 19 | Ludwigsburg |
| Gibraltar | Jennifer Jane Ainsworth | 18 | Gibraltar |
| Greece | Mania Delou | 19 | Athens |
| Guam | Gina Burkhart | 18 | Sinajana |
| Guatemala | María Lucrecia Flores Flores | 24 | Guatemala City |
| Holland | Hilda van der Meulen | 22 | Oudeschoot |
| Honduras | Tania Brüchmann Escoria | 18 | Tegucigalpa |
| Hong Kong | May Lam Lai-mei | 20 | Hong Kong |
| Iceland | Guðrún Rut Hreiðarsdóttir | 19 | Reykjavík |
| India | Karminder Kaur-Virk | 20 | Chandigarh |
| Ireland | Pamela Flood | 22 | Dublin |
| Israel | Tamara Porat | 18 | Tel Aviv |
| Italy | Barbara Chiappini | 18 | Piacenza |
| Jamaica | Lisa Rene Shanti Hanna | 18 | Kingston |
| Japan | Yoko Miyasaka | 22 | Tokyo |
| Latvia | Sigita Rude | 19 | Liepāja |
| Lebanon | Ghada El Turk | 21 | Keserwan |
| Lithuania | Jurate Mikutaitė | 21 | Kaunas |
| Macau | Isabela Pedruco | 20 | Macau |
| Malaysia | Jacqueline Ngu | 23 | Kuala Lumpur |
| Malta | Susanne-Mary Borg | 17 | Mosta |
| Mauritius | Viveka Babajee † | 20 | Beau Bassin |
| Mexico | Elizabeth Margain Rivera | 22 | Mexico City |
| Namibia | Christalene Barbara Kahatjipara | 20 | Windhoek |
| New Zealand | Nicola Johanna Brighty | 20 | Auckland |
| Nigeria | Helen Ntukidem | 22 | Lagos |
| Norway | Rita Omvik | 21 | Kongsvinger |
| Panama | Aracelys del Carmen Cogley Prestán | 23 | Colón |
| Paraguay | Claudia Liz Florentín Fariña | 19 | Asunción |
| Philippines | Sharmaine (Ruffa) Rama Gutierrez | 19 | Manila |
| Poland | Aleksandra Spieczyńska | 19 | Wrocław |
| Portugal | Ana Luísa Barbosa Moreira | 20 | Porto |
| Puerto Rico | Ana Rosa Brito Suárez | 23 | San Juan |
| Russia | Olga Syssoeva | 19 | Moscow |
| Singapore | Desiree Chan Fam Yin | 20 | Singapore |
| Slovakia | Dana Vojtechovská | 20 | Košice |
| Slovenia | Metka Albreht | 18 | Postojna |
| South Africa | Palesa Jacqueline Mofokeng | 21 | Soweto |
| South Korea | Lee Seung-yeon | 24 | Seoul |
| Spain | Araceli García Eugenio | 23 | Madrid |
| Sri Lanka | Chamila Wickremesinghe | 22 | Colombo |
| Swaziland | Sharon Richards | 20 | Mbabane |
| Sweden | Karin Victoria Silvstedt | 19 | Bollnäs |
| Switzerland | Patricia Fässler | 19 | Zürich |
| Thailand | Maturose (Sherry) Kato Leaudsakda | 18 | Bangkok |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Denyse Michelle Paul | 23 | San Fernando |
| Turkey | Emel Yıldırım | 19 | Istanbul |
| Uganda | Linda Bazalaki | 20 | Kampala |
| United Kingdom | Amanda Louise Johnson | 19 | Nottingham |
| United States | Maribeth Brown | 23 | Holliston |
| Uruguay | María Fernanda Navarro Guigou | 20 | Montevideo |
| Venezuela | Mónica Lei Scaccia | 22 | Caracas |
| Zimbabwe | Karen Amanda Stally | 19 | Harare |

## Judges

* Eric Morley † - Chairman and CEO of Miss World Organization
* Frederick Forsyth
* Grace Jones
* Vanessa Williams
* Louis Gossett Jr.
* Christie Brinkley
* Jackie Chan
* John Ratcliffe
* Dali Tambo
* Juliet Prowse †
* Twiggy