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The 1992 Miss Universe edition
was held in Bangkok, Thailand.
It was the first time that
Thailand hosted the pageant,
the second was in 2005. The
venue was Queen Sirikit
National Convention Centre in
Bangkok. There were 78
countries participating in this
pageant. This year was
considered as one of the strongest year, because some veterans in Miss World
last year participated. They were: Michelle McLean (5th; NAMIBIA), Lisa Marie de Montalk (SF; NEW
ZEALAND), Anke van Dermeersch (unplaced; BELGIUM),Yvette Peggy Jordison (unplaced; CAYMAN
ISLANDS), Svava Haraldsdottir (unplaced; ICELAND) and Sandra Aegerter (unplaced; SWITZERLAND).
The early favorites were: Misses Venezuela (Carolina Iszak, the most local favorite), Namibias Michelle
McLean, Colombias Paola Turbay, Indias Madhu Sapre (considered as Asias bet), Icelands Svava
Haraldsdottir, the Netherlands Vivian Jansen, Belgiums Anke van Dermeersch and the hometown girl
Thailands Ornanong Panyawong. Many people thought that Venezuela would take its 4th Miss Universe
crown, because Carolina Iszak was so elegant and very beautiful and it was easy for her to take the
crown.
SAWASDEE!!! Welcome! Thats what two
former Miss Universes from Thailand:
Apasra Hongsakula (1965) and Pornthip
Nakhirunkanok (1988) welcomed all
audiences worldwide to the pageant. Its
a very good opening number for Miss
Universe 1992 in Bangkok. The pageant
was hosted by Dick Clark with the special
commentator from Entertainment
Tonights Liza Gibbons and former Miss
Universe 1989 Hollands Angela Visser
(Angela has probably been yhe best
commentator Miss Universe ever had).
And then, its the time to announce the Top 10 Semifinalists,
they were: Misses Australia, Sweden, India, Netherlands, New
Zealand, USA, Colombia, Namibia, Venezuela and Belgium. The
people of Thailand were so dissappointed as their candidate
didnt make the cut. Misses Sweden and Iceland were tied at
10th position overall, but the judges chose Miss Sweden
because she had a higher score in Interview preliminary. Three
giants entered the Top 10, they were Misses Venezuela,
Namibia and Belgium.

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(arranged by their preliminary scores):

Miss Venezuela Carolina Iszak Kemenify (9.477)
Carolina is a fashion model in Venezuela with 6 tall. She is the most local favorite
and many people thought that she would take the crown easily.

Miss Namibia Michelle McLean (9.147)
She competed in Miss World 1991 and placed 5th there. She was considered as a
strong contender in Miss Universe 92. She was as tall as Miss Venezuelas Carolina
Iszak and she was Carolinas strong rival. She was the first Namibian to enter the
semifinal in Miss Universe history.

Miss Belgium Anke van Dermeersch (8.983)
This Belgiums sexy-bomb was a surprise as she was unplaced in MW last year but
she placed 3rd overall in the preliminaries. She even bet Miss New Zealand, who
was a semifinalist in MW last year. She had the best catwalk skill in the pageant
and you wouldnt forget it!

Miss Colombia Paola Turbay (8.969)
Paola is a beautiful girl but she missed in height. Because of her eloquence,
elegance, intelligence and confidence, she was proper in this place.

Miss India Madhu Sapre (8.952)
Madhu was an athlete and also a model in India. Thats why she looked fit and full
of energy everytime.

Miss Netherlands Vivian Jansen (8.921)
Many her countrymen hoped that she would be the 2nd Miss Universe from
Holland after Angela Visser won in 1989. She was cute and beautiful.

Miss USA Shannon Marketic (8.874)
She was not a favorite, but she had a good figure as a semifinal. She was a surprise
that year.


Miss Australia Georgina Denahy (8.805)
She was a favorite from Down Under and you know, she wore a very cute national costume with
a koala doll.

Miss New Zealand Lisa Marie de Montalk (8.789)
Lisa was a semifinalist in Miss World 91. She was the first semifinalist from New Zealand since
the victory of Lorraine Downes in 1983.

Miss Sweden Monica Brodd (8.773)
She was tied with the favorite Miss Iceland for 10th place. Sweden advanced due
to a higher score in interview preliminary competition.

Then, its the time for Swimsuit Competition. The stage was beautifully designed with many
Thailands big orchid and a bridge on the stage. It was really great! All semifinalist wore the pink
swimsuit from Catalina. Its color was very proper to blonde semifinalists (Australia, Sweden, Belgium,
USA and New Zealand). But, they didnt get the highest score in swimsuit competition. Miss Venezuela, a
brunette semifinalist, won this competition.
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Venezuela (9.357)
India (9.321)
Netherlands (9.280)
Namibia (9.243)
Colombia (9.221)
Belgium (8.986)
Australia (8.857)
New Zealand (8.743)
USA (8.721)
Sweden (8.686)
After the break, the interview competition began. Dick Clark gave some
questions to all semifinalists. They all wore a really stunning and stylish cocktail
gowns. They gave the best responses, especially Misses Venezuela, Colombia
and India. Miss Australia told about her first trip to Thailand as a catalogue
model and she greeted in Thai, Miss Sweden told about her study in Australia,
Miss India shared her experience as an athlete and her coach was her father,
Miss Netherlands gave cute responses, Miss New Zealand told about the bungy jump in her country,
Miss USA responded elegantly and she looked beautiful in her white cocktail gown, Miss Colombia
shared about her study in psychology, Miss Namibia looked so elegant and told about her
countryside, Miss Venezuela shared her study in environment architect, and Miss Belgium told
about her study in law. Finally, Miss Colombia got the highest avarage score in this competition.
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Colombia (9.643)
Venezuela (9.586)
Namibia (9.529)
Belgium (9.526)
India (9.508)
New Zealand (9.350)
USA (9.350)
Australia (9.242)
Netherlands (9.229)
Sweden (8.786)
After semifinal interview competition, Lupita
Jones performed the musical number. She and all
contestants sang The City is Yours, where the stage
was designed really like a city, and there was a tuk-tuk
on the stage. Lupita danced well there!!!
And then, Evening Gown competition!
There was a temple and trees on the stage.
Miss Australia wore a luxury silver gown with a
cleft on her thigh, Miss Sweden wore a simple
white gown, Miss India wore a red gown and
there was a cleft on thigh, Miss Sweden wore
a green gown, Miss New Zealand wore a dark
green gown, Miss USA wore a very simple
black gown, Miss Colombia wore a luxury red
gown with a cleft on thigh, Miss Namibia wore
a beautiful red gown with a cleft on her thigh, Miss Venezuela wore a very stunning green gown and
Miss Belgium wore a horrible dark green gown, but she did the best catwalk on the stage. And Miss
Venezuela won this competition.



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Venezuela (9.679)
India (9.629)
Namibia (9.614)
Colombia (9.607)
Netherlands (9.421)
Belgium (9.361)
Australia (9.327)
USA (9.250)
New Zealand (9.043)
Sweden (8.971)
And then, we could get the average scores of all
semifinalists:
Venezuela (9.541)*
Colombia (9.490)*
India (9.486)*
Namibia (9.462)*
Netherlands (9.310)*
Belgium (9.291)*
Australia (9.142)
USA (9.107)
New Zealand (9.045)
Sweden (8.814)
After the break, Dick Clark
announced the Top 6 Finalists,
they were: Misses
Netherlands, Belgium, India,
Venezuela, Namibia and Colombia. Then, its the time for Top 6 Judges Question round. All 6
finalists answered all questions from the judges, especially Miss India, Madhu Sapre who gave the
best response. Thats why she got the highest average score in Top 6. And there was a video clip of
Miss Universe 1992 prize package modeled by MU 1991, Lupita Jones of Mexico.


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India 9.75*
Namibia 9.62*
Colombia 9.45*
Venezuela 9.43
Netherlands 9.40
Belgium 9.16
And then, the Top 3 was announced, they were: Misses Namibia, Colombia and India. And they
had to answer the same final question. And the final question was: If you would become a
leader of your country tomorrow, what is the first thing you would do?
Miss Namibia gave the best response by answering that she would help all children in her
country because they are the foundation in every nation. Contrastly, Miss India gave the
horrible answer and she said that she would build the biggest track of food because they are
lacking it there.
Then, Lupita Jones did the farewell walk
as Miss Universe 1991. When Lupita sat on her
throne, host Dick Clark informed us that Mexico
City would be the host of Miss Universe 1993.
And he introduced two former Miss Universe
titleholders from Thailand: Apasra Hongsakula
and Pornthip Nakhirunkanok. Its time to
announce the final result. The 2nd runner-up
was Miss India... And then there were 2, Misses
Namibia and Colombia. The 1st runner-up was Miss Colombia... and
the new Miss Universe was Miss Namibia, Michelle McLean. Michelle
is an extraordinary Miss Universe and she proved her promise in her final interview that she would help
all children in Namibia. She made it be real! She also became the commitee of Miss Universe 1995 in
Namibia. Now, Michelle is a famous presenter and TV host in South Africa and Namibia. She also has a
foundation to help all children in her homeland. How great you are, Michelle! We hope the best for you
in the future...
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Argentina Laura Rafael
Aruba Yerusha Rasmijn
Australia Georgina Denahy
Austria Karin Friedl (International & Europe 92)
Bahamas Fontella Dean Chipman
Belgium Anke van Dermeersch (World 91)
Bermuda Colita Joseph
Bolivia Natasha Gabriela Lema
Brazil Maria Carolina Portella Otto
British Virgin Islands Alicia Burke
Bulgaria Mihaela Dinova Nikolova
Canada Nicole Dunsdon
Cayman Islands Yvette Peggy Jordison
(World 91)
Chile Marcela Vacarezza Etcheverry
Colombia Paola Turbay
Commenwealth of Independent States Lidia Kubomskaya
Cook Islands Jeannine Tuavera
Costa Rica Jessica Fredrich
Curacao Mijanou de Paola
Cyprus Militsa Papadopoulo
Czechoslovakia Michaela Malacova
Denmark Anne Mette Voss
Dominican Republic Liza Gonzales
Ecuador Maria
Soledad Diab
Egypt Lamia
Mohammed Noshi
El Salvador Melissa
Salazar
Finland Kirsi
Syrjnen
France Linda Hardy
(SF Europe 92;
World 92)
Germany Monika Resch
Great Britain Tiffany Stanford
Greece Marina Tsintikidou (Miss Europe 1992)
Guam Cheryl Debra Payne
Guatemala Narcy Maricela Perez Hernandez (International 92)
Honduras Monica Raquel Martinez
Hungary Dora Patko
Iceland Svava Haraldsdottir (World 91)
India Madhu Sapre
Ireland Jane Thompson
Israel Einat Zmora
Jamaica Bridgette Rhoden
Japan Akiko Ando
Kenya Aisha Wawira Lieberg (World 90)
Korea Lee Young-hyun
Lebanon Abeer Sharrouf
Luxembourg Carole Reding (International & Europe 92)
Malaysia Crystal Yong
Malta Julienne Camilleri
Mauritius Stephanie Raymond
Mexico Monica Ziga Arriaga
Namibia Michelle McLean (4th RU World 91)
Netherlands Vivian Jansen
New Zealand Lisa Marie de Montalk (SF World 91)
Nicaragua Ida Patricia Delaney (International 93)
Nigeria Sandra Petgrave (World 92)
Northern Marianas Imelda Antonio
Norway Anne Sofie Galaasen
Panama Chia Orillac Arias
Paraguay Pamela Zarza
Peru Aline Arce Santos
Philippines Elizabeth Garcia
Poland Izabela Filipowska
Portugal Maria Fernanda Silva (SF Europe 92)
Puerto Rico Daisy Garcia
Romania Corina Corduneanu
Singapore Cori Teo
Spain Virginia Garcia Alvarez
Sri Lanka Hiranthi Devapriya
Surinam Nancy Kasangaloewar
Sweden Monica Brodd
Switzerland Sandra Aegeter (World
91; Europe 92)
Taiwan Shih Hsiu Chieh
Thailand Orn-anong Panyawong
Turkey Elif Ilgaz
Turk and Caicos Barbara Johnson
USA Shannon La Rhea Marketic
US Virgin Islands Cathy-Mae Sitaram
(World 88)
Uruguay Gabriela Ventura Escobar
Venezuela Carolina Iszak

Miss Congeniality: Barbara Johnson Turks and Caicos
Miss Photogenic: Maria Soledad Diab Ecuador
Best National Costume: Pamela Zarza Paraguay
Best in Swimsuit: Carolina Iszak Venezuela

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