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Miss Universe 1995
Miss Universe 1995 was the 44th Miss Universe pageant, held on 12 May 1995 at the Windhoek Country Club Resort in Windhoek, Namibia. Chelsi Smith of the United States was crowned by Sushmita Sen of India at the end of the event. Eighty-two contestants competed in this year. This marks the first and so far only time the pageant has been held in Africa. Results Placements Special awards Contestants Eighty-two contestants competed for the title. Notes References External links Miss Universe official website {{Miss Universe 1995 delegates 1995 1995 was designated as: * United Nations Year for Tolerance * World Year of Peoples' Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War This was the first year that the Internet was entirely privatized, with the United States government ... 1995 in Namibia 1995 beauty pageants Beauty pageants in Namibia Windhoek May 1995 in Africa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chelsi Smith
Chelsi Mariam Pearl Smith (August 23, 1973 – September 8, 2018) was an American actress, singer, TV host and beauty queen who was crowned Miss USA 1995 and Miss Universe 1995. Smith was the third Miss USA of African-American origin, after Carole Gist (1990) and Kenya Moore (1993), in addition to being the sixth American woman to win Miss Universe and the first since Shawn Weatherly was crowned Miss Universe 1980. Early life Smith was born in Redwood City, California, to 19-year-old parents Craig Smith, an African-American maintenance man, and Mary Denise Trimble, a white American secretary. Her parents divorced before she was two, and her mother, an alcoholic at the time, granted Smith's maternal grandparents Barnie and Jeanette custody of her. When Smith was seven years old, she moved to Kingwood, Texas, where her grandparents would later get divorced. Smith grew up in a divided home while she attended high school in Deer Park, Texas. Prior to her win at Miss USA, she ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Africa
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 20% of Earth's land area and 6% of its total surface area.Sayre, April Pulley (1999), ''Africa'', Twenty-First Century Books. . With nearly billion people as of , it accounts for about of the world's human population. Demographics of Africa, Africa's population is the youngest among all the continents; the median age in 2012 was 19.7, when the worldwide median age was 30.4. Based on 2024 projections, Africa's population will exceed 3.8 billion people by 2100. Africa is the least wealthy inhabited continent per capita and second-least wealthy by total wealth, ahead of Oceania. Scholars have attributed this to different factors including Geography of Africa, geography, Climate of Africa, climate, corruption, Scramble for Africa, colonialism, the Cold War, and neocolonialism. Despite this lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss Universe Australia
Miss Universe Australia is a national beauty pageant that selects Australia's representative to the Miss Universe. Organization Miss Universe is a registered trademark owned by the Miss Universe Organization. It was owned by Donald Trump and NBC from 1996. In 2015, after Trump made statements about illegal aliens from Mexico in his presidential campaign kickoff speech, NBC ended its business relationship with Trump and stated that they will no longer air the pageant, or the Miss USA pageant, on their networks. Since 1992, Jim Davie, a distributor of swimwear and athletic wear, has also been managing the Miss Australia Awards.The age, 25 May 2005Beauty quests looking more attractive/ref> In 2002, Davie obtained the licence from the Miss Universe Organisation to select Miss Universe Australia to represent Australia at international Miss Universe pageants. The new national director of the Miss Universe Australia Organisation is Troy Barbagallo of Pink Tank Events. Pink Tank have ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Nicolaas
San Nicolaas () is southeast of Oranjestad, and is Aruba's second largest city. it has a population of 15,283, many of whom originate from the British Caribbean and the rest of the Caribbean. History According to oral tradition, San Nicolaas was named after a Mr. Nicolaas van der Biest (1808–1873), who owned a big piece of the land there.Johannes Hartog. '' Aruba Past and Present: From the Time of the Indians Until Today''. D. J. DeWit; 1961. p. 152. Landowners were then addressed by their subordinates by their first names preceded by 'Shon' meaning 'master'. So he was called 'Shon Nicolaas', as was the area. It is thought that the change from Shon Nicolas to San Nicolaas was due to the influence of Spanish. Many Afro-Arubans settled in San Nicolaas during the 1920s, attracted by the many jobs associated with the oil refinery. Immigrants from other Latin-American and Caribbean countries would also later settle the town. Some residents speak a little studied native variet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss Aruba
The Miss Aruba is a national beauty pageant in Aruba. The pageant was founded in 1964, where the winners were sent to Miss Universe. History Under the direction of the New Star Promotion Organization since 1992, Aruba has been accumulating positive results, with Taryn Mansell placing as first runner-up in 1996 at Miss Universe 1996, Miss Universe and Tamara Scaroni, becoming the first Aruban to receive the Miss Congeniality award in Miss Universe 2000, 2000; representatives placing as semifinalists in Miss World 1990, 1990, Miss World 1996, 1996, Miss World 2002, 2002, along with a first runner-up in Miss World 2001, 2001 at Miss World; and another semifinalist in Miss International 2001, three Best National Costume awards in Miss International 2000, 2000, Miss International 2007, 2007, Miss International 2008, 2008 and a first runner-up placement in Miss International 1994, 1994 at Miss International. In 2011, the New Star Promotion acquired the franchise for Miss Earth. Nat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kompas
''Kompas'' () is an Indonesian national newspaper published in Jakarta, founded on 28 June 1965. It is published by PT Kompas Media Nusantara, which is part of Kompas Gramedia Group. The paper's head office is located at the Kompas Multimedia Towers, Tanah Abang, Central Jakarta. It is considered Indonesia's newspaper of record. The paper manages an online portal, kompas.id, which contains updated news and the digital subscription version of the paper, while Kompas Gramedia also manages another editorially separated portal, kompas.com. ''Kompas'' is one of two newspapers in Indonesia audited by the International Federation of Audit Bureau of Circulations. History General Ahmad Yani, then commander of the Indonesian Army, first suggested the paper to Frans Seda, a government minister and leader of the Catholic Party. Yani encouraged Seda to publish a newspaper representative of the Catholic Party faction to counter the communist propaganda spearheaded by the PKI. Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susanty Manuhutu
Susanty Priscilla Adresina Manuhutu (born 7 January 1974) is an Indonesian model, architect, engineer and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Puteri Indonesia 1995. She represented Indonesia at the Miss Universe 1995 pageant and ended up winning the ''"Miss Clairol Herbal Essences"'' award.,, She is the first and the only eastern Indonesian women who was crowned Puteri Indonesia, where she represented her parents' hometown Maluku at Puteri Indonesia 1995. Personal life Susanty was born in Jakarta, Indonesia, on 7 January 1974 to a Moluccan family background, where she also spend her childhood in Ambon, Maluku. She holds a bachelor's degree on architecture from Christian University of Indonesia in Jakarta, Indonesia. She work as a model and being the brand ambassador of Sunsilk hair shampoo and conditioner. On 30 December 1997, She is married to American businessman Haries Alexander Crabtree in Amankila by Aman Resorts, Bali. In 1999 besides being a full-time mother, s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spain
Spain, or the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe with territories in North Africa. Featuring the Punta de Tarifa, southernmost point of continental Europe, it is the largest country in Southern Europe and the fourth-most populous European Union member state. Spanning across the majority of the Iberian Peninsula, its territory also includes the Canary Islands, in the Eastern Atlantic Ocean, the Balearic Islands, in the Western Mediterranean Sea, and the Autonomous communities of Spain#Autonomous cities, autonomous cities of Ceuta and Melilla, in mainland Africa. Peninsular Spain is bordered to the north by France, Andorra, and the Bay of Biscay; to the east and south by the Mediterranean Sea and Gibraltar; and to the west by Portugal and the Atlantic Ocean. Spain's capital and List of largest cities in Spain, largest city is Madrid, and other major List of metropolitan areas in Spain, urban areas include Barcelona, Valencia, Seville, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nigeria
Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean to the south. It covers an area of . With Demographics of Nigeria, a population of more than 230 million, it is the List of African countries by population, most populous country in Africa, and the List of countries and dependencies by population, world's sixth-most populous country. Nigeria borders Niger in Niger–Nigeria border, the north, Chad in Chad–Nigeria border, the northeast, Cameroon in Cameroon–Nigeria border, the east, and Benin in Benin–Nigeria border, the west. Nigeria is a Federation, federal republic comprising 36 States of Nigeria, states and the Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria, Federal Capital Territory, where its capital, Abuja, is located. The List of Nigerian cities by population, largest city in Nigeria by population is Lagos, one of the largest List of largest cities, metr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic country by both area and population, and is the List of European countries by area, fifth-largest country in Europe. Its capital and largest city is Stockholm. Sweden has a population of 10.6 million, and a low population density of ; 88% of Swedes reside in urban areas. They are mostly in the central and southern half of the country. Sweden's urban areas together cover 1.5% of its land area. Sweden has a diverse Climate of Sweden, climate owing to the length of the country, which ranges from 55th parallel north, 55°N to 69th parallel north, 69°N. Sweden has been inhabited since Prehistoric Sweden, prehistoric times around 12,000 BC. The inhabitants emerged as the Geats () and Swedes (tribe), Swedes (), who formed part of the sea-faring peopl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eleonora Carrillo
Eleonora Carrillo is a Salvadoran model and beauty pageant titleholder who participated in the 44th edition of Miss Universe pageant, held in Windhoek, Namibia. Miss Universe 1995 In Miss Universe, Eleonora Carrillo placed in the semifinals; making it the first time El Salvador was placed in a Miss Universe contest since Carmen Elena Figueroa's participation in 1975. Although she had the highest score in the interview session, she had the lowest score in both the swimsuit and evening gown portion, which ultimately cost her a spot in the Top 6. Personal life Born in San Salvador, her father, son of the Salvadoran ambassador to the U.N., met her mother when he went to school in Turin. Her mother, Beatrice Alamanni de Carrillo, moved to El Salvador, was naturalized, and became human rights advocate. In 2001, she became Attorney for the Defense of Human Rights, created after the Salvadoran Civil War, until her term ended in 2007. After doing some modeling in Italy, Carrillo curre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denyse Floreano
Denyse del Carmen Floreano Camargo (born August 26, 1976) is a Venezuelan model and beauty pageant titleholder who was Miss Venezuela 1994 and Top 6 finalist at Miss Universe 1995. Pageantry ;Miss Venezuela Floreano competed in 1994 as Miss Costa Oriental in her country's national beauty pageant, Miss Venezuela, capturing the crown and the right to represent her country in Miss Universe 1995. ;Miss Universe As the official representative of her country to the 1995 Miss Universe pageant held in Windhoek, Namibia Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country on the west coast of Southern Africa. Its borders include the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south; in the no ... on May 12, 1995, she was one of the Top 6 finalists. Agencia Mariela Centeno Model Agency References External linksMiss Venezuela Official Website [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
