Miss International 1999

Miss International 1999
Date	December 14, 1999[1]
Presenters	Masumi Okada, Mari Christine
Broadcaster	TV Tokyo
Entrants	51[2]
Placements	15
Winner	Paulina Gálvez[1] Colombia
Congeniality	Miyuki Hill  Northern Marianas[1]
Photogenic	Paulina Gálvez Colombia[2]

Miss International 1999, the 39th Miss International pageant, was held on 14 December 1999 at Tokyo's U-Port Hall, hosted by Masumi Okada and Mari Christine.

Paulina Gálvez of Colombia was crowned at the end of the event, becoming the second titleholder from her country to win Miss International.

Results

Placements

Countries and territories which sent delegates and results.

Final results	Contestant
Miss International 1999	Colombia - Paulina Gálvez
1st runner-up	Spain - Carmen Fernández
2nd runner-up	Finland - Saija Palin
Top 15 semifinalists	Brazil - Alessandra do Nascimento  Curaçao - Pamela Winkel  Cyprus - Afroditi Pericleous  Czech Republic - Sárka Sikorová  Dominican Republic - Patsi Arias  Japan - Kana Onoda  Nicaragua - Claudia Alaniz  Poland - Adrianna Gerczew  Russia - Maria Tchebotkevitch  Senegal - Aïcha Faye  Uruguay - Daniela Abasolo  Venezuela - Andreína Llamozas

Special awards

Award	Contestant
Miss Congeniality	Northern Marianas - Miyuki Hill
Miss Photogenic	Colombia - Paulina Gálvez

Contestants

Argentina - Romina Belluscio  Aruba - Cindy Cam Tin Martinus  Bolivia - Natalia Arteaga  Brazil - Alessandra do Nascimento  Britain - Janeth Kehinde Ayuba  Colombia - Paulina Gálvez  Côte d'Ivoire - Madaussou Kamara  Curaçao - Pamela Winkel  Cyprus - Afroditi Pericleous  Czech Republic - Sárka Sikorová  Dominican Republic - Patsi Arias  Egypt - Engy Abdalla  Finland - Saija Palin  France - Céline Cheuva  Germany - Tania Freuderberg  Greece - Penelope Lentzou  Guam - Lourdes Jeanette Rivera  Guatemala - Gladys Alvarado  Hawaii - Christy Chung  Hong Kong - Myolie Wu Hun-Yee  Iceland - Ásbjörg Kristinsdóttir  India - Sri Krupa Murali  Israel - Nofit Shevach  Japan - Kana Onada  South Korea - Lee Jae-won  Latvia - Agnese Keisha

Lebanon - Clemence Achkar  Macedonia - Delfina Zafirova  Malaysia - Andrea Franklin Gomez  Malta - Catherine Seisan  Mexico - Graciela Soto Cámara  Nicaragua - Claudia Alaniz  Northern Marianas - Miyuki Hill  Norway - Anette Rusten  Palau - Charlene Kaud Omelau  Panama - Blanca Elena Espinosa  Philippines - Georgina Anne Sandico  Poland - Adrianna Gerczew  Portugal - Andreia Antunes  Russia - Maria Tchebotkevitch  Senegal - Aïcha Faye  Singapore - Janice Koh Yeok Teng  Slovak Republic - Adela Bartkova  Spain - Carmen Fernández  Togo - Deborah Tiyéna Bassuka  Tunisia - Leïla Bent Abdesalem  Turkey - Merve Alman  Ukraine - Liliya Zalunina  Uruguay - Daniela Abasolo  USA - Jennifer Glover  Venezuela - Andreína Llamozas

Crossovers

Miss Universe 1999  Egypt: Engy Abdalla  Lebanon: Clemence Achkar Miss Universe 1998  Nicaragua: Claudia Alaniz Miss World 2001  Uruguay: Daniela Abasolo Miss World 1999  Aruba: Cindy Cam Tin Martinus

Miss World 1998  Lebanon: Clemence Achkar  Nicaragua: Claudia Alaniz Miss USA 2001  California: Jennifer Glover Miss Europe 2001  Poland: Adrianna Gerczew (1st runner-up) Miss Europe 1999  Norway: Anette Rusten

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} "Colombian girl is Miss International". New Straits Times. December 15, 1999. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=801OAAAAIBAJ&sjid=axQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3623,3043918&dq=&hl=en. Retrieved 9 March 2011. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "Una Colombiana, Miss Internacional". El Tiempo. December 15, 1999. http://translate.google.com/translate?js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&sl=es&tl=en&u=http://www.eltiempo.com/archivo/documento/MAM-939681. Retrieved 9 March 2011. 

External links

• Official Miss International website