Miss Universe 1995, the 44th Miss Universe

Miss Universe

Miss Universe is an annual international beauty contest that is run by the Miss Universe Organization. The pageant is the most publicized beauty contest in the world with 600 million viewers....

 pageant was held at Windhoek Country Club Resort

Windhoek Country Club Resort

The Windhoek Country Club Resort is a multi-use resort outside of Windhoek, Namibia owned by Legacy Hotels and Resorts International. The Resort was opened in May 1995 and was home to the 1995 Miss Universe Pageant. The resort's golf course is home to the yearly Bank Windhoek Namibian Open Golf...

, in Windhoek

Windhoek

Windhoek is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Namibia. It is located in central Namibia in the Khomas Highland plateau area, at around above sea level. The 2001 census determined Windhoek's population was 233,529...

, Namibia

Namibia

Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia , is a country in southern Africa whose western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and east. It gained independence from South Africa on 21 March...

 on May 12, 1995. Chelsi Smith

Chelsi Smith

Chelsi Mariam Pearl Smith is a former beauty pageant titleholder from the United States who became the first Miss USA in fifteen years to capture the Miss Universe crown on May 12, 1995.-Early life:...

 of USA was crowned as Miss Universe 1995 by Miss Universe 1994 Sushmita Sen

Sushmita Sen

Sushmita Sen is an Indian actress who appears in mainly Bollywood films. A former model, Sen was crowned Miss Universe in 1994. She was the first Indian woman to win the contest.-Personal life:Sen was born on 19 November 1975....

 of India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

. 82 contestants competed for the crown.

Results

Placements

Final results	Contestant
Miss Universe 1995	United States - Chelsi Smith Chelsi Smith Chelsi Mariam Pearl Smith is a former beauty pageant titleholder from the United States who became the first Miss USA in fifteen years to capture the Miss Universe crown on May 12, 1995.-Early life:...
1st runner-up	- Manpreet Brar Manpreet Brar Manpreet Brar won the Miss India crown in 1995. She was then first runner-up at the 1995 Miss Universe pageant, behind Miss USA Chelsi Smith. Brar modeled an ethnic wardrobe designed by Ritu Kumar and financed by The Times of India....
2nd runner-up	- Lana Buchberger
Top 6	' - Arlene Peterkin - Desirée Lowry Desiree Lowry Desiree Lowry Rodríguez , is a former Miss Puerto Rico, fashion model, TV host, radio presenter, event coordinator, beauty pageant director and model agency owner...  Venezuela - Denyse Floreano Denyse Floreano Denyse del Carmen Floreano Camargo is Miss Venezuela 1994 and Top 6 finalist at Miss Universe 1995.-Miss Venezuela:...
Top 10	- Augustine Masilela - Eleonora Carrillo - Cándida Lara - Tatiana Castro

Semifinal scores

Delegate	Swimsuit	Interview	Evening Gown	Average	Top 6 Finalists
United States	9.719 (1)	9.639 (3)	9.656 (7)	9.671 (1)	9.789 (2)
	9.598 (2)	9.538 (5)	9.789 (1)	9.641 (2)	9.818 (1)
	9.561 (5)	9.653 (2)	9.661 (6)	9.625 (3)	9.658 (5)
Venezuela	9.566 (4)	9.499 (7)	9.705 (2)	9.590 (4)	9.425 (6)
	9.515 (6)	9.499 (7)	9.674 (5)	9.563 (5)	9.724 (4)
	9.378 (8)	9.573 (4)	9.700 (3)	9.550 (6)	9.748 (3)
	9.348 (9)	9.525 (6)	9.688 (4)	9.520 (7)
	9.305 (10)	9.674 (1)	9.531 (10)	9.503 (8)
	9.573 (3)	9.219 (9)	9.573 (9)	9.455 (9)
	9.430 (7)	9.020 (10)	9.599 (8)	9.350 (10)

Winner

First Runner-up

Second Runner-up

Top 6 Finalist

Top 10 Semifinalist Rank in each round of competition

Special awards

Award	Contestant
Best National Costume	- María Reyes - Renata Bessa - Luo Tricia Punabantu
Miss Congeniality	- Toyin Raji Toyin Raji Toyin Enitan Raji is a Nigerian Nollywood actress and former beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria and represented her country in Miss Universe 1995 and Miss World 1995.-Miss Universe 1995:...
Miss Photogenic	- Petra Hultgren Petra Hultgren Petra Cecilia Alexandra Hultgren is a Swedish actress.She was crowned as Miss Sweden in 1995 and won the Miss Photogenic award at Miss Universe 1995....
Jantzen Jantzen Jantzen is a brand of swimwear that was established in 1916 and first appeared in the city of Portland, Oregon, United States. The brand name later replaced the name of the parent company that manufactured the branded products...  Best in Swimsuit	United States - Chelsi Smith Chelsi Smith Chelsi Mariam Pearl Smith is a former beauty pageant titleholder from the United States who became the first Miss USA in fifteen years to capture the Miss Universe crown on May 12, 1995.-Early life:...
Most Beautiful Hair	- Paola Dellepiane

Judges

• Ann Magnuson
  Ann Magnuson
  Ann Magnuson is an American actress, performance artist, and nightclub performer who first gained prominence in the 1985 film Desperately Seeking Susan...
  
   – American actress and singer
• Zakes Mokae
  Zakes Mokae
  Zakes Makgona Mokae was a South African-born American actor.-Life and career:Mokae was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, moved to Great Britain in 1961, and to the United States in 1969. He turned to acting at the same time as playwright Athol Fugard was emerging...
  
   – South African-born American actor
• Lucero – Singer and actress
• Dan McVicar  – American actor
• Natasha Alexandrovna – Russian pop star
• Phil Gallo – Entertainment journalist
• Vanessa Bell Calloway
  Vanessa Bell Calloway
  Vanessa Bell Calloway is an American actress who has appeared in a number of films, including Biker Boyz, Love Don't Cost a Thing, What's Love Got to Do with It, Coming to America, and Cheaper by the Dozen....
  
   – African American actress
• Peter Kwong – Asian American actor and martial artist
• Irene Sáez – Miss Universe 1981
  Miss Universe 1981
  Miss Universe 1981, the 30th Miss Universe pageant, was held at Minskoff Theater, New York City, New York, USA on July 20, 1981. 19-year-old Irene Sáez of Venezuela was crowned as Miss Universe 1981. There were 77 contestants competing for the crown, but Miss Mauritius got homesick and withdrew....
  
  
• Freddy Taylor - Actor

Contestants

• - Marie-Denise Herrlein
• - Jacqueline Shooter
• - Shammine Tenika Lindsay
• - Deborah Wade
• - Sandra Rivero Zimmermann
•  Bonaire - Donna Landwier
• - Renata Aparecida Bessa Soares
• - Elaine Patricia Henry
• - Boiana Dimitrova
• - Lana Buchberger
• - Anita Lilly Bush
• - Paola Falcone Bacigalupo
• - Tatiana Leonor Castro Abuchaibe
• - Tarita Brown
• - Beatriz Alejandra Alvarado Mejía
• - Maruschka Jansen
• - Clara Davina Rainbow
• - Eva Kotulanova
• - Tina Dam
• - Cándida Lara Betances
• - Radmila Padnizic Arapov
• - Nadia Ezz
• - Eleonora Beatrice Carrillo Alamanni
• - Enel Eha
• - Heli Pirhonen
• - Corine Lauret
• - Ilka Endres
• ' - Sarah-Jane Southwick
• - Helen Papaioannou
• - Alia Tui Stevens
• - Indira Lili Chinchilla Paz
• ' - Halina Tam Siu-Wan
• - Andrea Harsanyi
• - Margret Skuladóttir Sigurz
• - Manpreet Brar
  Manpreet Brar
  Manpreet Brar won the Miss India crown in 1995. She was then first runner-up at the 1995 Miss Universe pageant, behind Miss USA Chelsi Smith. Brar modeled an ethnic wardrobe designed by Ritu Kumar and financed by The Times of India....
  
  
• - Susanty Manuhutu
• - Anna Marie McCarthy
• - Jana Kalman
• - Alessandra Meloni
• - Justine Willoughby
• - Narumi Saeki

• - Josephine Wanjiku Mbatia
• ' - Han Sung-joo
• - Suziela Binte Azrai
• - Sonia Massa
• - Marie Priscilla Mardaymootoo
• - Luz Maria Zetina Lugo
• - Patricia Burt
• - Chantal von Woensel
• - Shelley Jeannine Edwards
• - Linda Asalia Clerk Castillo
• - Toyin Enitan Raji
  Toyin Raji
  Toyin Enitan Raji is a Nigerian Nollywood actress and former beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria and represented her country in Miss Universe 1995 and Miss World 1995.-Miss Universe 1995:...
  
  
• ' - Karah Kirschenheiter
• - Lena Sandvik
• - Michele Jeanette Sage Navarrete
  Michele Sage
  Michele Jeanette Sage Navarrete, born Ciudad de Panamá Panamá, is a Panamanian beauty pageant contestant winner of the Señorita Panamá 1994 title...
  
  
• - Bettina Rosemary Barboza Caffarena
• - Paola Dellepiane Gianotti
• - Joanne Zapanta Santos
  Joanne Quintas
  Joanne Quintas is a Filipina actress and former beauty queen who captured the crown of Binibining Pilipinas at age 18, participating in Miss Universe 1995.-Early life:...
  
  
• - Magdalena Pecikiewicz
• - Adriana Iria
• - Desirée Louny Lowry Rodríguez
• - Monika Grosu
• - Yulia Alekseeva
• - Maria Payet
• - Tun Neesa Abdullah
• - Nikoleta Mezsarasova
• - Augustine Masilela
• - María Reyes Vásquez
• - Shivani Vasagam
• - Petra Hultgren
  Petra Hultgren
  Petra Cecilia Alexandra Hultgren is a Swedish actress.She was crowned as Miss Sweden in 1995 and won the Miss Photogenic award at Miss Universe 1995....
  
  
• - Sarah Briguet
• ' - Liao Chia-Yi
• - Phavadee Vichienrat
• ' - Arlene Peterkin
• - Gamze Saygi
• ' - Sharleen Rochelle Grant
• - Irina Ivoanova Victorovna Chernomaz
• - Sandra Znidaric
•  United States - Chelsi Mariam-Pearl Smith
  Chelsi Smith
  Chelsi Mariam Pearl Smith is a former beauty pageant titleholder from the United States who became the first Miss USA in fifteen years to capture the Miss Universe crown on May 12, 1995.-Early life:...
  
  
•  United States Virgin Islands - Kim Marie Ann Boschulte
•  Venezuela - Denyse del Carmen Floreano Camargo

Denyse Floreano

Denyse del Carmen Floreano Camargo is Miss Venezuela 1994 and Top 6 finalist at Miss Universe 1995.-Miss Venezuela:...

• - Luo Trica Punabantu

Preliminary scores

Delegate	| Swimsuit	| Evening Gown	| Interview	| Average
USA	9.29	9.37	9.37	9.343
Puerto Rico	8.88	9.58	9.54	9.333
Colombia	9.03	9.40	9.56	9.330
Trinidad & Tobago	9.21	9.39	9.34	9.313
Venezuela	9.23	9.31	9.09	9.209
Dominican Republic	8.95	9.21	9.44	9.200
El Salvador	8.83	9.30	9.46	9.197
Canada	8.67	9.38	9.43	9.160
India	8.61	9.26	9.59	9.153
South Africa	9.04	9.12	9.27	9.143
Nigeria	8.88	9.02	9.37	9.090
Russia	9.15	9.11	8.99	9.083
Spain	8.94	9.21	8.99	9.047
Thailand	8.86	9.07	9.19	9.040
Cook Islands	8.73	9.18	9.15	9.020
Philippines	8.76	9.22	9.06	9.013
Korea	8.65	9.15	9.24	9.013
Panama	8.94	9.18	8.85	8.990
Italy	8.88	9.00	8.98	8.953
Jamaica	8.64	9.04	9.17	8.950
France	8.99	8.95	8.89	8.943
Netherlands	8.87	9.04	8.88	8.930
Sri Lanka	8.52	9.11	9.13	8.920
Israel	8.83	9.09	8.83	8.917
Singapore	8.83	9.04	8.88	8.917
Estonia	8.93	9.06	8.76	8.917
Iceland	8.71	8.93	8.88	8.840
Mexico	8.45	8.87	9.16	8.827
Poland	8.84	8.77	8.82	8.810
Namibia	8.87	8.88	8.67	8.807
Curaçao	8.60	8.87	8.94	8.803
Mauritius	8.79	8.94	8.66	8.797
Cayman Islands	8.72	8.97	8.66	8.783
Slovak Republic	8.54	8.84	8.91	8.763
Peru	8.59	8.59	9.08	8.753
Norway	8.66	8.68	8.86	8.733
Germany	8.36	8.83	8.89	8.693
Czech Republic	8.42	8.75	8.90	8.690
Northern Marianas	8.61	8.80	8.64	8.683
Turkey	8.64	8.61	8.79	8.680
Ireland	8.27	8.76	9.01	8.680
Bahamas	8.23	8.62	9.14	8.663
New Zealand	8.34	8.76	8.84	8.647
Switzerland	8.47	8.52	8.91	8.633
Hong Kong	8.16	8.99	8.71	8.620
Chile	8.54	8.84	8.48	8.620
Romania	8.60	8.61	8.64	8.617
Sweden	8.56	8.71	8.57	8.613
Greece	8.38	8.78	8.66	8.607
Great Britain	8.43	8.69	8.69	8.603
Zambia	8.82	8.73	8.22	8.590
Brazil	8.28	8.74	8.74	8.587
Japan	8.62	8.66	8.47	8.583
Costa Rica	8.25	8.70	8.76	8.570
Finland	8.56	8.55	8.55	8.553
Portugal	8.70	8.21	8.74	8.550
Australia	8.10	8.47	9.08	8.550
Kenya	8.02	8.49	9.09	8.533
Aruba	7.97	8.58	9.04	8.530
Guatemala	8.08	8.93	8.56	8.523
Bolivia	7.87	8.74	8.93	8.513
Paraguay	8.37	8.38	8.78	8.510
Belize	8.10	8.64	8.76	8.500
Ecuador	7.89	8.44	9.15	8.493
Guam	8.15	8.41	8.88	8.480
Cyprus	8.37	8.42	8.63	8.473
Egypt	7.95	8.43	9.04	8.473
Nicaragua	8.37	8.43	8.56	8.453
Taiwan R.O.C.	8.10	8.54	8.64	8.427
Indonesia	7.99	8.59	8.58	8.387
Ukraine	8.40	8.27	8.49	8.387
Uruguay	8.38	8.30	8.47	8.383
Seychelles	8.19	8.54	8.28	8.337
Malaysia	8.16	8.55	8.26	8.323
Hungary	8.10	8.27	8.59	8.320
Denmark	7.96	8.10	8.90	8.320
Bulgaria	8.02	8.63	8.29	8.313
Turks & Caicos	8.04	8.16	8.56	8.253
Malta	8.04	8.15	8.38	8.190
British Virgin Islands	7.94	8.33	8.09	8.120
US Virgin Islands	7.56	8.01	8.29	7.953
Bonaire	7.53	7.94	8.32	7.930

Winner

First Runner-up

Second Runner-up

Top 6 Finalist

Top 10 Semifinalist

Historical significance

• Chelsi Smith, a multiracial American
  Multiracial American
  Multiracial Americans, US residents who identify themselves as of "two or more races", were numbered at around 9 million, or 2.9% of the population, in the census of 2010. However there is considerable evidence that the real number is far higher. Prior to the mid-20th century many people hid their...
  
  , is the second Miss Universe
  Miss Universe
  Miss Universe is an annual international beauty contest that is run by the Miss Universe Organization. The pageant is the most publicized beauty contest in the world with 600 million viewers....
  
   of African
  Black people
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   heritage in history.

• For the first time, no Europe
  Europe
  Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
  
  an countries made it into the semifinals.

International broadcasters

These are some of the networks outside the United States (telecasted on CBS

CBS

CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...

 at the time) that showed the 1995 Miss Universe pageant live (or recorded earlier) in their respective countries and territories:

• : RTV21
  RTV21
  RTV21 is a radio and TV broadcaster operating in Kosovo since 1998. The radio broadcasting started in 1998, while TV broadcasting began in 1999 after Serbian forces withdrew from Kosovo. RTV21 is the most popular channel in Kosovo. RTv21 has also other two channels 21+ and 21 Popullore...
  
  
• : Seven Network
  Seven Network
  The Seven Network is an Australian television network owned by Seven West Media Limited. It dates back to 4 November 1956, when the first stations on the VHF7 frequency were established in Melbourne and Sydney.It is currently the second largest network in the country in terms of population reach...
  
  
• : TW1
  TW1 (Austria)
  TW1 was an Austrian digital television channel, broadcasting programmes about news, culture, leisure, travel and weather. It was owned by the Austrian national broadcaster, Österreichischer Rundfunk...
  
  
• : América 2
• : ZNS-TV
  ZNS-TV
  ZNS is a national radio and TV broadcaster operated by the state-owned Broadcasting Corporation of The Bahamas....
  
  
• : ZBM-TV
  ZBM-TV
  ZBM-TV is a television station serving Hamilton and the British territory of Bermuda. It is owned by Bermuda Broadcasting Company and is an affiliate of United States television network CBS...
  
  
• : Star!
  Star! Scandinavia
  Star! Scandinavia is a television channel in northern Europe that is devoted to entertainment and celebrity news and programming. The channel is managed by Scandinavian television broadcaster NonStop Television, part of Turner Broadcasting System, TBS, Inc., which merged with Time Warner in 1996,...
  
  
• : Unitel
  Unitel Bolivia
  UNITEL is a Bolivian television network headquartered in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia. It was founded in 1987. It is owned by businessman Osvaldo Monasterio Nieme. The station is well known for its political bias towards Bolivia's right-wing opposition parties....
  
  
• : BNT 1
• : CBC Television
  CBC Television
  CBC Television is a Canadian television network owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the national public broadcaster.Although the CBC is supported by public funding, the television network supplements this funding with commercial advertising revenue, in contrast to CBC Radio which are...
  
  
• : CCTV-1
  CCTV-1
  CCTV-1 is the primary channel of the Chinese television network, CCTV in the People's Republic of China. It has a mixture of all kinds of TV programs, and is available to both cable and terrestrial television viewers.-External links:*...
  
  
• : Canal A
  Canal A
  Canal A was a Colombian state-owned privately run national television channel. It was launched March 27, 1972 as Segunda Cadena, since it was the second television channel in Colombia, and replacing Tele 9 Corazón...
  
  
• : Teletica
  Teletica
  Teletica, formerly known as Televisora de Costa Rica S.A., is a Costa Rican television company, founded in 1958; it was the first television company in Costa Rica. It operates Teletica Canal 7 and Teletica Canal 33. It has mostly imported programming and it also handles a high production and...
  
  
• : Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation
  Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation
  The Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation ) or CyBC is Cyprus's public broadcasting service, transmitting island-wide on four radio and two television channels. CyBC is a non-profit organization that utilises its entire income for the promotion of its main mission, which is the objective provision of...
  
  
• : Star! Scandinavia
  Star! Scandinavia
  Star! Scandinavia is a television channel in northern Europe that is devoted to entertainment and celebrity news and programming. The channel is managed by Scandinavian television broadcaster NonStop Television, part of Turner Broadcasting System, TBS, Inc., which merged with Time Warner in 1996,...
  
   and Showtime Scandinavia
  NonStop Television
  NonStop Television is a Scandinavian television company, part of Turner Broadcasting System, packaging and distributing a number of specialty channels, mostly to the Nordic region. The company is a part of Millennium Media Group...
  
  
• : Color Vision
  Colorvision
  Color Visión is a television network based in the Dominican Republic. It is one of the largest television channels in that country. Color Visión is channel 9 in the Dominican Republic's television dial.-History:...
  
  
• : Ecuavisa
  Ecuavisa
  Ecuavisa is one of the major television networks in the Republic of Ecuador.Since the start of their transmissions, on March 1st of 1967, the channel is one of the major networks and biggest of Ecuador, It broadcasts on channel 8 in Quito and on channel 2 in Guayaquil...
  
  
• : MBC3
  MBC 3
  MBC 3 is a free-to-air children channel that hosts by Dania al-Shafii and Hassan al-Mula and belongs to the Middle East Broadcasting Center . It was launched on 8 December 2004...
  
  
• : TCS
• : Star!
  Star! Scandinavia
  Star! Scandinavia is a television channel in northern Europe that is devoted to entertainment and celebrity news and programming. The channel is managed by Scandinavian television broadcaster NonStop Television, part of Turner Broadcasting System, TBS, Inc., which merged with Time Warner in 1996,...
  
   and Viasat Baltics
  Viasat
  Viasat is a DBS distributor and TV broadcaster, owned by the Swedish media conglomerate Modern Times Group. Broadcasting from London, the target markets are in the Nordic and the Baltic Countries...
  
  
• : MTV3
  MTV3
  MTV3 is a Finnish commercial television station owned by Bonnier. It had the biggest audience share of all Finnish TV channels until Finnish Broadcasting Company’s YLE1 took the lead. The letters MTV stand for Mainos-TV , due to the channel getting its revenue from running commercials...
  
  , Star! Scandinavia
  Star! Scandinavia
  Star! Scandinavia is a television channel in northern Europe that is devoted to entertainment and celebrity news and programming. The channel is managed by Scandinavian television broadcaster NonStop Television, part of Turner Broadcasting System, TBS, Inc., which merged with Time Warner in 1996,...
  
   and Showtime Scandinavia
  NonStop Television
  NonStop Television is a Scandinavian television company, part of Turner Broadcasting System, packaging and distributing a number of specialty channels, mostly to the Nordic region. The company is a part of Millennium Media Group...
  
  
• : Paris Première
  Paris Première
  Paris Première is a French TV channel, available on cable, satellite and the digital terrestrial service, Télévision Numérique Terrestre. It was launched on December 15, 1986 and is now wholly owned by M6.-External links:*...
  
  
• : Das Vierte 
• : ANT1
  ANT1
  Antenna, better known as ANT1, is a television network airing in Greece and Cyprus. The alternate spelling is play on words in Greek; ena is the Greek number 1, thus ANT1 is pronounced the same as Antenna . It launched on 31 December 1989, the same year as rival Mega Channel, and is owned by...
  
  
• : Canal 11
  Canal 11 (Honduras)
  Canal 11 is a television station in Honduras.-External links:**...
  
  
• ': TVB Pearl
  TVB Pearl
  TVB Pearl is one of the two free television services in Hong Kong that mainly broadcast in the English language, the other being ATV World. It is owned and operated by Television Broadcasts Limited, and together with its sister Cantonese language station TVB Jade, is broadcast from TVB City at 77...
  
  
• : m1
  M1 (TV channel)
  m1 is a Hungarian television channel own and operated by Magyar Televízió. It is also transmitted in high definition.It was 24 hours in 2000 along with m2...
  
  
• : Star! Scandinavia
  Star! Scandinavia
  Star! Scandinavia is a television channel in northern Europe that is devoted to entertainment and celebrity news and programming. The channel is managed by Scandinavian television broadcaster NonStop Television, part of Turner Broadcasting System, TBS, Inc., which merged with Time Warner in 1996,...
  
   and Showtime Scandinavia
  NonStop Television
  NonStop Television is a Scandinavian television company, part of Turner Broadcasting System, packaging and distributing a number of specialty channels, mostly to the Nordic region. The company is a part of Millennium Media Group...
  
  
• : DD National
  DD National
  DD National or DD1 is Doordarshan's flagship channel and the most widely available terrestrial television channel in India.-The Early Years:...
  
  
• : Indosiar
  Indosiar
  Indosiar is a publicly owned national television station in Indonesia, and has been operating from West Jakarta since 1994. It was listed on the Indonesian Stock Exchange in 2004. Citibank Singapore has an 8.5 percent shareholding...
  
   
• : RTE One
  RTÉ One
  RTÉ One is the flagship television channel of Raidió Teilifís Éireann , and it is the most popular and most watched television channel in Ireland. It was launched as Telefís Éireann on 31 December 1961, it was renamed RTÉ Television in 1966, and it was renamed as RTÉ One upon the launch of RTÉ...
  
  
• : Arutz 2
  Channel 2 (Israel)
  Channel 2 is an Israeli commercial television channel.- History :In 1990, after 13 years of deliberations, the Knesset passed a law that paved the way for the establishment of commercial television in Israel. The goal was to enhance pluralism and create competition. Channel 2 began broadcasting on...
  
  
• : Stream
  Stream
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• : Ination TV

• : NHK
  NHK
  NHK is Japan's national public broadcasting organization. NHK, which has always identified itself to its audiences by the English pronunciation of its initials, is a publicly owned corporation funded by viewers' payments of a television license fee....
  
  
• : KBS1
• : Star!
  Star! Scandinavia
  Star! Scandinavia is a television channel in northern Europe that is devoted to entertainment and celebrity news and programming. The channel is managed by Scandinavian television broadcaster NonStop Television, part of Turner Broadcasting System, TBS, Inc., which merged with Time Warner in 1996,...
  
   and Viasat Baltics
  Viasat
  Viasat is a DBS distributor and TV broadcaster, owned by the Swedish media conglomerate Modern Times Group. Broadcasting from London, the target markets are in the Nordic and the Baltic Countries...
  
  
• : LBC
  LBC
  LBC Radio operates two London-based radio stations, with news and talk formats. LBC was Britain's first legal commercial Independent Local Radio station, providing a service of news and information to London. It began broadcasting on 8 October 1973, a week ahead of Capital Radio...
  
   and MBC3
  MBC 3
  MBC 3 is a free-to-air children channel that hosts by Dania al-Shafii and Hassan al-Mula and belongs to the Middle East Broadcasting Center . It was launched on 8 December 2004...
  
  
• : TV1
• ': TVM
  TVM (Malta)
  Television Malta is the national television station of Malta. TVM is operated by Public Broadcasting Services Ltd . PBS Ltd is state owned....
  
  
• : Canal de las Estrellas
  Canal de las Estrellas
  Canal de las Estrellas is one of the cornerstone networks of Televisa, with affiliate stations all over Mexico, flagshipped at XEW-TV in Mexico City. Many of the programs of Canal de las Estrellas are seen in the United States on Univision, Telefutura, and Galavisión...
  
  
•  Myanmar: TV Myanmar
  TV Myanmar
  Television broadcasting in Burma began in 1979 as a test trial in Yangon. Regular television service was first formally launched in 1981.Most television channels in the country are broadcast from Yangon. TV Myanmar and Myawaddy TV are the two main channels, providing Burmese language programming in...
  
  
• (host country): NBC
  Namibian Broadcasting Corporation
  The Namibian Broadcasting Corporation is the public broadcaster of Namibia.It was established in 1990, replacing the South West African Broadcasting Corporation.-History:...
  
  
• : Star!
  Star! Scandinavia
  Star! Scandinavia is a television channel in northern Europe that is devoted to entertainment and celebrity news and programming. The channel is managed by Scandinavian television broadcaster NonStop Television, part of Turner Broadcasting System, TBS, Inc., which merged with Time Warner in 1996,...
  
  
• : Televicentro
  Televicentro (Canal 2)
  Televicentro is a nationwide terrestrial television channel from Nicaragua owned by Televicentro de Nicaragua, S.A.- History :Televicentro de Nicaragua, S.A. was founded in December 1965 by Octavio Sacasa Sarria, first broadcast in March, 1966. It was the second television channel in Nicaragua,...
  
  
• : TV2
• : Telemetro
• : ATV
  ATV (Peruvian Network)
  ATV or Andina de Radiodifusión y Television shortly known as ATV, is a Peruvian television network founded in 1969, after unsuccessful attempt on early 1970s and after the political turmoil in Peru the station was closed...
  
  
• : ABC 5
  Associated Broadcasting Company
  The Associated Broadcasting Company, Inc is a television network in the Philippines, with main broadcast facilities and transmitter located at 762 Quirino Highway, San Bartolome, Novaliches, Quezon City. The network was previously known as the , Associated Broadcasting Company remains the legal...
  
  
• : TVP2
• : RTP1
• : WAPA-TV
  WAPA-TV
  WAPA-TV is an independent television station located in San Juan, Puerto Rico transmitting over digital channel 27, virtual channel 4. The station is owned by InterMedia Partners and is branded as WAPA Television....
  
  
• : TVR1
• : C1R 
• : Television Corporation of Singapore
  Television Corporation of Singapore
  Television Corporation of Singapore was a private company that provide television broadcasting services in then monopolised media industry. TCS existed from 1 October 1994 to 11 February 2001; Singapore Broadcasting Corporation was privatised on 1 October 1994 at 00:00 am...
  
  
• : TVE1
• : RTS
  Radio Television of Serbia
  Radio Television of Serbia or Serbian Broadcasting Corporation is the public broadcaster in Serbia. It broadcasts and produces a variety of news, drama, and sports programming through radio, television and the Internet. RTS is, since July 2001, a member of the European Broadcasting Union. RTS is...
  
  
• : Star! Scandinavia
  Star! Scandinavia
  Star! Scandinavia is a television channel in northern Europe that is devoted to entertainment and celebrity news and programming. The channel is managed by Scandinavian television broadcaster NonStop Television, part of Turner Broadcasting System, TBS, Inc., which merged with Time Warner in 1996,...
  
   and Showtime Scandinavia
  NonStop Television
  NonStop Television is a Scandinavian television company, part of Turner Broadcasting System, packaging and distributing a number of specialty channels, mostly to the Nordic region. The company is a part of Millennium Media Group...
  
  
• : SF 1
  SF 1
  SF 1 is a Swiss television channel run under the public SRG SSR idée suisse broadcasting group. It is the first of the three national German language channels in Switzerland ....
  
  
• ': CTS
  Chinese Television System
  Chinese Television System is a broadcast television station in Republic of China .-History:Founded on October 31, 1971, CTS started off as a joint venture between the ROC's Ministry of National Defense and the Ministry of Education. At the time of its establishment, CTS was the only VHF-supported...
  
  
• : MCOT
  MCOT
  MCOT Public Company Limited )) is a Thai media conglomerate. Its origins date back to the creation in 1955 of Thailand's first television broadcaster, The Thai Television Company Limited. In 1977, this company was reconstituted as a state enterprise, the Mass Communications Organization of Thailand...
  
   
• : NTV
• : MBC3
  MBC 3
  MBC 3 is a free-to-air children channel that hosts by Dania al-Shafii and Hassan al-Mula and belongs to the Middle East Broadcasting Center . It was launched on 8 December 2004...
  
  
• : BBC One
  BBC One
  BBC One is the flagship television channel of the British Broadcasting Corporation in the United Kingdom. It was launched on 2 November 1936 as the BBC Television Service, and was the world's first regular television service with a high level of image resolution...
  
  
• : UT1
• : CBS
  CBS
  CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
  
  
•  Venezuela: Venevisión
  Venevisión
  Venevisión is one of Venezuela's largest television networks and a Venezuelan cable and terrestrial television network, which is owned and presided over by Gustavo Cisneros...
  
  
• : VTV1