Pageant Analytics: Miss Universe batch 1994

The Batch 1994 of Miss Universe is one of the most successful batch in history in terms of group performance.

Eight out of the ten semi–finalist who made it in the competition all became successful in their own field in their respective countries. Two who are no longer active to date are Minorka Mercado of Venezuela who was the second runner up on that year and Miss Sweden, Domenique Forsberg. None of the candidate was involved in a scandal. Arriana David (Italy) did some topless pictorials but unlike others who posed nude, she didn’t show off her pelvic part.

Nevertheless, some of the candidates who didn’t place in the Top 10 did became successful too. In fact, even more successful than the winner, Sushmita Sen. They are Inna Zubova (Russia), Vielka Valenzuela (Dominican Republic), Areeya Chumsai (Thailand) and Paulyn Sun (Singapore).

This batch also produced the highest recorded scores in Miss Universe history ever since the scoring system was introduced in 1978. The three finalist all occupy the Ten Highest scores in the Evening Gown Competition. Carolina Gomez (Colombia) has the highest Evening Gown score of 9.897. Minorka Mercado (Venezuela) has the fourth highest score of 9.843 and Sushmita Sen (India) has the sixth highest score of 9.792. Using today’s standard of 16 semi–finalist, Charlene Gonzales (Philippines) is on the twelfth place with a score of 9.72 where she tied with Marena Bencomo (Miss Venezuela 1997) & Veruzkha Ramirez (Miss Venezuela 1998).

As for the Swimsuit Competition, Minorka Mercado’s score of 9.752 is the fifth highest score in history while Sushmita Sen’s score of 9.722 is the seventh highest score to date.All semi-finalist of this batch scored "nine point something" in the preliminary pageant.

As for the interview, Silvia Lakatosova’s score of 9.668 is the seventh highest score in history while Carolina Gomez score of 9.655 is the eight highest to date.