Miss World 1995, the 45th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 18 November 1995 for the fourth straight year at the Sun City Entertainment Centre in Sun City, South Africa. The 1995 pageant attracted 84 delegates. The pageant was hosted by Richard Steinmetz, Jeff Trachta, and Bobbie Eakes and also involved supermodels Linda Evangelista and Beverly Peele and Bruce Forsyth who acted as presenters. Aside from Sun City; Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and the Comoros hosted some segments of the show. The winner was Jacqueline Aguilera of Venezuela. She was crowned by Miss World 1994, Aishwarya Rai of India.
Results
Placements
Continental Queens of Beauty
Pageant
Judges
- Astrid Carolina Herrera – Miss World 1984 from Venezuela
- Bruce Forsyth
- Christopher Lee
- Eric Morley – Chairman and CEO of Miss World Organization
- Emma Samms
- Michael Winner
- Amitabh Bachchan
- Fanie de Villiers
- Josie Borain
- Mariasela Alvarez – Miss World 1982 from Dominican Republic
Contestants
84 contestants competed for the title.
Notes
Returns
Withdrawals
Withdrawals during the contest:
- Nigeria – Toyin Enitan Raji - She was forced to withdraw from the contest due political reasons; a few hours after being given the Miss Personality on 16 November, she received telephone threats over the execution by Nigeria's military regime of nine political activists a week prior.
Others:
Replacements
- Hong Kong – Miss Hong Kong 1995-1996, Winnie Young couldn't compete internationally due her American citzenship issue.
- Uganda – Miss Uganda 1995, Betty Nantunga couldn't compete at Miss World 1995 due to family disapproval. She was replaced by her first princess Phiona Piloya.
- Ukraine – The winner of Miss Ukraine 1995, Vlada Litovchenko couldn't participate due to the fact that she was a married woman with one child. The 2nd runner up of Miss Europe 1994, Nataliya Shvachiy replaced her.
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