Miss World 1993

Miss World 1993, the 43rd edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 27 November 1993 at the Sun City Entertainment Centre in Sun City, South Africa. It was the second time that the Miss World pageant was held in the South Africa.The pageant attracted 81 contestants from all over the world. This is the second consecutive staging of the pageant in Sun City. The winner was Lisa Hanna of Jamaica. She was crowned by Julia Kourotchkina of Russia.

Judges

 * Eric Morley † - Chairman and CEO of Miss World Organization
 * Frederick Forsyth
 * Grace Jones
 * Vanessa Williams
 * Louis Gossett Jr.
 * Christie Brinkley
 * Jackie Chan
 * John Ratcliffe
 * Dali Tambo
 * Juliet Prowse †
 * Twiggy

Returns

 * Last competed in 1982:
 * Last competed in 1991:
 * Last competed in 1991:

Withdrawals

 *  – Wang Yin Tao. She went to Miss World 1994 inserted.
 *  - Split into Czech Republic and Slovakia on 1 January 1993.
 *  - Lost their Miss World franchise.
 *  – Zsanna Pardy - Due lack of sponsor.
 *  – Mónika Sáez Grimm - Due lack of sponsor.
 *  – Adriana Silagy - Due lack of sponsor.
 *  – Irina Barabash (Chernomaz) - Actually she was a married woman. She later competed at Miss Universe 1995.
 *  – No contest.

Replacements

 *  – Anna Baychik - Unable to compete internationally due underage.

Other Notes

 *  - Véronique de la Cruz, a semi-finalist at this year’s Miss World, was unplaced at Miss Universe 1993 pageant in Mexico City just 6 months earlier.