Miss World 1994
The 44th Miss World marked the third consecutive staging of the Miss World pageant in Sun City, South Africa. The pageant attracted 87 contestants from around the world. At the end of the night, Aishwarya Raiof India was crowned the new Miss World.
Results
| Final results | Contestant |
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| Miss World 1994 |  India - Aishwarya Rai
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| 1st runner-up |  South Africa - Basetsane Makgalemele
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| 2nd runner-up |  Venezuela - Irene Ferreira
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| Finalists |  Croatia - Branka Bebić Zimbabwe - Angeline Musasiwa
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| Semi-finalists |  Belgium - Ilse De Meulemeester Greece - Evangelia Adam Malaysia - Rahima Orchient Yayah Philippines - Caroline Subijano United Kingdom - Melanie Abdoun
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Order of Semi-finalists
- 1. Philippines
- 2. Croatia
- 3. Zimbabwe
- 4. India
- 5. United Kingdom
| - 6. Belgium
- 7. South Africa
- 8. Greece
- 9. Venezuela
- 10. Malaysia
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Order of Finalists
- 1. Zimbabwe
- 2. India
- 3. Croatia
- 4. South Africa
- 5. Venezuela
Special Awards
Countries and territories which sent delegates and results. - Miss Personality: Patinya Thongsri (Thailand)
- Miss Photogenic: Aishwarya Rai - (India)
- Best National Costume: Irene Ferreira (Venezuela)]
Continental Queens
- Africa: Basetsane Makgalemele (South Africa)
- Americas: Irene Ferreira (Venezuela)
- Asia & Oceania: Aishwarya Rai (India)
- Caribbean: Anita Lilly Bush (Cayman Islands)
- Europe: Branka Bebić (Croatia)
Judges
- Eric Morley - Chairman, Miss WOrld Organization
- Zindzi Mandela-Hlongwane - Daughter of Nelson Mandela
- Tony Leung - Actor
- Eileen Ford - founder, Ford Model agency
- Ron Moss - Actor, The Bold and Beautiful
- Katherine Kelly Lang - Actress
- Patrick Lichfield - Photographer
- Marsha Rae Ratcliff - Entertainer and Variety Clubs Ambassador
- Andres Garcia - Actor
- Charles Dance - Shakespearean actor
- Iman - international supermodel
87 contestants
| Nation | Contestant | Hometown |
 American Virgin Islands | Jessalyn Pearsall | St. Thomas |
 Argentina | Miriam Elizabeth Nahon | Buenos Aires |
 Australia | Skye-Jilly Edwards | Hobart |
 Austria | Bianka Engel | Graz |
 Bahamas | Deanna Tamara North | Nassau |
 Bangladesh | Anika Taher | Dhaka |
| Belgium | Ilse de Meulemeester | Brussels |
 Bolivia | Mariel Gabriela Arce Taborga | Cochabamba |
 Botswana | Hazel Kluto Mmopi | Gaborone |
 Brazil | Valquiria Melnik Blicharski | Curitiba |
 British Virgin Islands | Khara Michelle Forbes | Tortola |
 Bulgaria | Stella Ognianova | Sofia |
 Canada | Shawna Roberts | Calgary |
 Cayman Islands | Anita Lilly Bush | Grand Cayman |
 Chile | Yulissa Macarena del Pino Pinochet | Santiago |
 People's Republic of China | Pan Tao | Shenzhen |
 Colombia | Maria Eugenia González Ponce de León | Bogota |
 Costa Rica | Silvia Ester Muñoz Mata | Puntarenas |
| Croatia | Branka Bebić | Dubrovnik |
 Curaçao | Marisa Corine Bos | Willemstad |
 Cyprus | Johanna Uwrin | Limassol |
 Czech Republic | Lenka Belickova | Karlovy Vary |
 Denmark | Sara Maria Wolf | Copenhagen |
 Dominican Republic | Claudia Franjul González | Santo Domingo |
 Ecuador | Diana Margarita Noboa Gordon | Guayaquil |
 Estonia | Auli Andersalu | Tallinn |
 Finland | Mia Marianne Forsell | Askola |
 France | Radiah Latidine | Cayenne |
 Germany | Marte Helberg | Munich |
 Ghana | Matilda Aku Alomatu | Accra |
 Gibraltar | Melissa Berllaque | Gibraltar |
| Greece | Evangelia (Evi) Adam | Athens |
 Guam | Chalorna Freitas | Agana |
 Guatemala | Sonia Maria Rosales Vargas | Zacapa |
 Holland | Joshka Bon | Amsterdam |
 Hong Kong | Annemarie Wood Lai-Ming | Hong Kong |
 Hungary | Timea Farkas | Záhony |
 Iceland | Birna Bragadóttir | Álftanes |
| India | Aishwarya Rai | Bombay |
 Ireland | Anna Maria McCarthy | Dublin |
 Israel | Shirly Swarzberg | Tel Aviv |
 Italy | Arianna Novacco | Trieste |
 Jamaica | Johanna Simone Ulett | Kingston |
 Japan | Shinobu Sushida | Miyazaki |
 Kenya | Josephine Wanjiku Mbatia | Nairobi |
 Korea | Chae Yeon-hee | Seoul |
 Latvia | Daina Tobija | Riga |
 Lebanon | Lara Badaoui | Keserwan |
 Macau | Chen Ji-Min | Macau |
| Malaysia | Rahima Orchient Yayah | Kuala Lumpur |
 Mauritius | Marie Priscilla Mardaymootoo | Port Louis |
 Mexico | Claudia Hernández Rodríguez | Nayarit |
 New Zealand | Karly Donne Kinnaird | Hastings |
 Nigeria | Susan Hart | Benue |
 Norway | Anne Lena Hansen | Oslo |
 Panama | Carmen Lucía Ogando Ginono | Colon |
 Paraguay | Jannyne Elena Peyrat Scolari | Asuncion |
 Peru | Marcia Pérez Marcés | Lima |
| Philippines | Caroline Subijano | Manila |
 Poland | Jadwiga Flank | Bielsko-Biała |
| Portugal | Leonor Filipa Correia Leal Rodrigues | Lisbon |
 Puerto Rico | Joyce Marie Giraud Mojica | Aguas Buenas |
 Romania | Leona Dalia Voicu | Bucharest |
 Russia | Anna Malova | Moscow |
 St. Lucia | Yasmine Lyndell Walcott | Castries |
 St. Vincent & the Grenadines | Cornise Yearwood | Georgetown |
 Seychelles | Marquise David | Victoria |
 Singapore | Pickard Angela Lee Kim Mei | Singapore |
 Slovakia | Karin Majtanova | Bratislava |
 Slovenia | Janja Zupan | Ljubljana |
| South Africa | Basetsane Julia Makgalemele | Johannesburg |
 Spain | Virginia Pareja Garófano | Barcelona |
 Sri Lanka | Nushara Rusri Pramali Fernando | Colombo |
 Swaziland | Stephanie Wesselo | Mbabane |
 Sweden | Sofia Andersson | Stockholm |
 Switzerland | Sarah Briguet | Lausanne |
 Tahiti | Vaea Christine Sandra Olanda | Papeete |
 Taiwan (R.O.C.) | Joanne Wu Chung-Chun | Taipei |
 Tanzania | Aina William Maeda | Dodoma |
 Thailand | Patinya Thongsri | Bangkok |
 Trinidad & Tobago | Anabel Thomas | Port of Spain |
 Turkey | Pinar Altug | Istanbul |
 Ukraine | Nataliya Vasilievna Kozitskaya | Kiev |
| United Kingdom | Melanie Abdoun | London |
 United States | Kristie Harmon | Conyers |
| Venezuela | Irene Esther Ferreira Izquierdo | Caracas |
| Zimbabwe | Angeline Musasiwa | Harare |
Trivia
Returning countries and Debuts
- Bangladesh, People's Republic of China and Estonia competed in Miss World for the first time.
- Tanzania last competed in 1967.
- Botswana last competed in 1974.
- St. Lucia last competed in 1975.
- Tahiti last competed in 1985.
- St. Vincent & Grenadines last competed in 1989.
- Peru last competed in 1990.
- Ghana and Kenya last competed in 1991.
- Hungary, Romania, Seychelles and Ukraine last competed in 1992.
Withdrawals and Nations not competing
- Bermuda, Honduras, Lithuania, Malta, Namibia, Uganda and Uruguay failed to send their delegates in Miss World.
- El Salvador lost its franchise and sponsorship for Miss World until 2003.
Other Notes
- Argentina, Austria and Bolivia introduced themselves in their native languages.
- Republic of China changed the name of sash as Taiwan (R.O.C.).
- This is the first time that the Parade of Nations were held in the Palace of the Lost City grounds during day time.
- Zimbabwe made into the Top 5 Finals for the first time.
- 6 out of 10 countries which competed in the semi-finals, were not competed in the semi-finals last year: Belgium (1983), Greece (1973), India (1991), Malaysia (1979), United Kingdom (1992), and Zimbabwe (1982).
