# Miss Universe 1992

Miss Universe 1992 was the 41st Miss Universe pageant, held on 9 May 1992 at the Queen Sirikit National Convention Center in Bangkok, Thailand. Seventy-eight contestants competed in this year. Michelle McLean of Namibia was crowned by Lupita Jones of Mexico at the event's conclusion. This is the first and so far only time that Namibia won the pageant.

## Background
### Location and date

Thailand anticipated holding the pageant as early as August 1991, when thousands of slum dwellers were evicted in order to improve the image of the city prior to a World Bank conference that was held in the city in October and the pageant.
The official announcement that Bangkok would host the pageant was made in December 1991, with the date initially set as 16 May. At the same time it secured an exclusive broadcast agreement for Thailand on the subscription television platform Thai Sky TV. In March the date was moved back by a week to 8 May so that it would not clash with Wisakha Bucha Day, a Buddhist holiday.
The pageant was held amidst a political crisis in Thailand that culminated on 17 May in the Black May protests against the government of General Suchinda Kraprayoon. The day prior to the event the public relations director expressed fears that the show might have to be cancelled if the situation escalated, although the threat was played down by other pageant officials.

## Results
### Placements

| Placement | Contestant |
| Miss Universe 1992 | Namibia – Michelle McLean |
| 1st runner-up | Colombia – Paola Turbay |
| 2nd runner-up | India – Madhushree Sapre |
| Top 6 | Belgium – Anke Van dermeersch  Netherlands – Vivian Jansen  Venezuela – Carolina Izsak |
| Top 10 | Australia – Georgina Dehany  New Zealand – Lisa Maree de Montalk  Sweden – Monica Brodd  United States – Shannon Marketic |

## Contestants

* Argentina - Laura Rafael
* Aruba - Yerusha Rasmijn
* Australia - Georgina Denahy
* Austria - Katrin Friedl
* Bahamas - Fontella Chipman
* Belgium - Anke Van dermeersch
* Bermuda - Colita Joseph
* Bolivia - Natasha Gabriel Arana †
* Brazil - Maria Carolina Otto
* British Virgin Islands - Alicia Burke
* Bulgaria - Michaella Dinova Nikolova
* Canada - Nicole Dunsdon
* Cayman Islands - Yvette Peggy Jordison
* Chile - Marcela Vacarezza
* CIS - Lidia Kuborskaya
* Colombia - Paola Turbay
* Cook Islands - Jeannine Tuavera
* Costa Rica - Jessica Manley Fredrich
* Curaçao - Mijanou de Paula
* Cyprus - Militsa Papadopolou
* Czechoslovakia - Michaela Maláčová
* Denmark - Anne Mette Voss
* Dominican Republic - Ana Eliza González
* Ecuador - Soledad Diab
* Egypt - Lamia Noshi
* El Salvador - Melissa Salazar
* Finland - Kirsi Syrjänen †
* France - Linda Hardy
* Germany - Monica Resch
* Great Britain - Tiffany Stanford
* Greece - Marina Tsintikidou
* Guam - Cheryl Debra Payne
* Guatemala - Nancy Maricela Perez
* Honduras - Monica Raquel Rapalo
* Hungary - Dora Patko
* Iceland - Svava Haraldsdóttir
* India - Madhushree Sapre
* Ireland - Jane Thompson
* Israel - Eynat Zmora
* Jamaica - Bridgette Rhoden
* Japan - Akiko Ando
* Kenya - Aisha Wawira Lieberg ✝︎
* Lebanon - Abeer Sharrouf
* Luxembourg - Carole Reding
* Malaysia - Crystal Yong
* Malta - Julienne Camilleri
* Mauritius - Stephanie Raymond
* Mexico - Monica Zuñiga
* Namibia - Michelle McLean
* Netherlands - Vivian Jansen
* New Zealand - Lisa Maree de Montalk
* Nicaragua - Ida Patricia Delaney
* Nigeria - Sandra Guenefred Petgrave
* Northern Mariana Islands - Imelda Antonio
* Norway - Anne Sofie Galaen
* Panama - Ana Cecilia Orillac
* Paraguay - Pamela Zarza
* Peru - Aline Arce Santos
* Philippines - Elizabeth Garcia Berroya
* Poland - Izabela Filipowska
* Portugal - Maria Fernanda Silva
* Puerto Rico - Daisy Garcia
* Republic of China - Vivian Shih Hsiu Chieh
* Romania - Corina Corduneanu
* Singapore - Cori Teo
* South Korea - Lee Young-hyun
* Spain - Virginia García
* Sri Lanka - Hiranthi Divapriya
* Suriname - Nancy Kasanngaloewar
* Sweden - Monica Brodd
* Switzerland - Sandra Aegerter
* Thailand - Ornanong Panyawong
* Turkey - Elif Ilgaz
* Turks and Caicos Islands - Barbara Johnson
* Uruguay - Gabriela Escobar Ventura
* United States - Shannon Marketic
* United States Virgin Islands - Cathy-Mae Sitaram
* Venezuela - Carolina Izsak