Miss Universe 1992

Miss Universe 1992
Miss Universe 1992 participating nations and results
Date	8 May 1992
Presenters	Dick Clark, Leeza Gibbons, Angela Visser
Venue	Queen Sirikit National Convention Center, Bangkok, Thailand
Broadcaster	CBS
Entrants	78
Placements	10
Debuts	CIS, Hungary
Withdrawals	Belize, Ghana, Hong Kong, Italy, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Trinidad & Tobago, USSR, Yugoslavia
Returns	Aruba, Australia, Austria, Cyprus, Denmark, Egypt, Honduras, Kenya, New Zealand, Portugal, Switzerland
Winner	Michelle McLean  Namibia
Congeniality	Barbara Johnson  Turks & Caicos
Best National Costume	Pamela Zarza  Paraguay
Photogenic	Soledad Diab  Ecuador

Miss Universe 1992, the 41st Miss Universe pageant, was held on 8 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.

Results

Queen Sirikit Convention Center in Bangkok

Placements

Contestants

Notes

• Einat Zamoa, who represented Israel, placed first runner-up in the Miss Israel pageant but was sent to Miss Universe because the winner, Ravit Asaf, was under the age restriction of 18 years.^[1]
• Miss Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) 1992, Julia Etina did not compete in Miss Universe 1992, due to the fact that she had turned 18 years old after February 1. Her first runner-up of Miss CIS 1992, Lydia Kuborskaya went to Miss Universe instead of her. However, Etina got an official visit to the United States as sort of a consolation prize for missing the big event.^[2][3][4]
• Miss Hong Kong 1991, Amy Kwok was expected to represent Hong Kong and even arrived in Bangkok, but was disqualified because she did not meet residency requirements. Kwok was a US resident who became the first overseas contestant to win the Miss Hong Kong title. The same issue came up again in Miss Universe 1996 when the winner Winnie Yeung was also a US citizen and she was disqualified. The 1st runner up in the pageant, Sofie Rahman was her replacement.^[5]

Host city

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.^[6]

The official announcement that Bangkok would host the pageant was made in December 1991, with the date initially set as May 16.^[7] In March the date was moved back to May 8 so that it would not clash with Wisakha Bucha Day, a Buddhist holiday.^[8]

Political crisis

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.^[9]

References

External links

• Miss Universe official website