Miss World 2000

Miss World 2000
Miss World 2000 Titlecard
Date	November 30, 2000
Presenters	Jerry Springer and Rebecca de Alba
Entertainment	Bryan Ferry, Bond, S Club 7
Venue	Millennium Dome, London, UK
Broadcaster	Five, Zee TV
Entrants	95
Placements	10
Debuts	Belarus, England, Moldova, and Northern Ireland
Withdraws	Guyana, Latvia, St. Maarten, Seychelles, Swaziland, Thailand, and Zambia
Returns	Barbados, British Virgin Islands, Chinese Taipei, Curaçao, Denmark, and Namibia
Winner	Priyanka Chopra  India

Countries and territories which sent delegates and results.

Miss World 2000, the 50th Miss World pageant, was held on 30 November, 2000 at the Millennium Dome in London, United Kingdom. The pageant's swimsuit segment was filmed in the Maldives.

The pageant was the first since the death of pageant owner Eric Morley, whose widow Julia Morley took over responsibility for the event. The pageant had 95 contestants the highest number of Miss World participants ever. This was surpassed in 2003.

The pageant was won by Priyanka Chopra of India, the fifth Indian Miss World and the second consecutive winner from her country. Internationally, Chopra reigned alongside Miss Universe 2000 titleholder Lara Dutta and Miss Asia Pacific 2000 titleholder Dia Mirza, both also of India. This was the first time since 1994 that Miss World and Miss Universe came from the same country and was the one of two times in the history of the pageant that Miss Universe, Miss World, and Miss Asia Pacific (all three major categories) are all from the same country; in 1994 the two titleholders were also Indians, Sushmita Sen (Miss Universe) and Aishwarya Rai (Miss World). Chopra was the third Indian winner of Miss World in four years.

Results

Placements

Final results	Contestant
Miss World 2000	India - Priyanka Chopra
1st runner-up	Italy - Giorgia Palmas
2nd runner-up	Turkey - Yüksel Ak
3rd runner-up	Kazakhstan - Margarita Kravtsova
4th runner-up	Uruguay - Katja Thomsen
Semi-finalists	Chile - Isabel Bawlitza  Colombia - Andrea Durán  Kenya - Yolande Masinde  Ukraine - Olena Scherban  United States - Angelique Breaux

Order of Semi-finalists

1. Italy 2. Chile 3. Colombia 4. United States 5. Uruguay

6. Kazakhstan 7. Turkey 8. Ukraine 9. India 10. Kenya

Order of Finalists

• 1. Kazakhstan
• 2. Italy
• 3. Uruguay
• 4. India
• 5. Turkey

Continental Queens

• Asia: Priyanka Chopra (India)
• Europe: Giorgia Palmas (Italy)
• Americas: Katja Thomsen (Uruguay)
• Africa Yolanda Masinde (Kenya)
• Caribbean Isles: Jozaine Marianella Wall (Curaçao)

Special Awards

• Best World Dress Designer: Margarita Kravtsova (Kazakhstan)

Contestants

American Virgin Islands - Luciah Hedrington  Angola - Deolinda Vilela  Argentina - Daniela Stucan  Aruba - Monique van der Horn  Australia - Renee Henderson  Austria - Patricia Kaiser  Bahamas - Latia Bowe  Bangladesh - Sonia Gazi  Barbados - Leilani McConney  Belarus - Sviatlana Kruk  Belgium - Joke van de Velde  Bolivia - Jimena Rico Toro  Bosnia & Herzegovina - Jasmina Mahmutović  Botswana - Puna Keleabetswe Serati  Brazil - Francine Eickemberg  British Virgin Islands - Nadia Harrigan Ubinas  Bulgaria - Ivanka Peytcheva  Canada - Christine Cho  Cayman Islands - Jacqueline Bush  Chile - Isabel Bawlitza  Colombia - Andrea Duran  Costa Rica - Cristina de Mezerville  Croatia - Andreja Čupor  Curaçao - Jozaine Wall  Cyprus - Iphigenia Papaioannou  Czech Republic - Michaela Salačová  Denmark - Anne Katrin Vrang  Dominican Republic - Gilda Jovine  Ecuador - Ana Dolores Murillo  England - Michelle Walker  Estonia - Irina Ovtchinnikova  Finland - Salima Peippo  France - Karine Meier  Germany - Natascha Berg  Ghana - Maame Ewarfaah Hawkson  Gibraltar - Tessa Sacramento  Greece - Athanasia Tzoulaki  Guatemala - Cindy Ramirez  Holland - Raja Moussaoui  Honduras - Veronica Rivera  Hong Kong China - Margaret Kan  Hungary - Judit Kuchta  Iceland - Elva Dogg Melsted  India - Priyanka Chopra  Ireland - Yvonne Ellard  Israel - Dana Dantes  Italy - Giorgia Palmas  Jamaica - Ayisha Richards

Japan - Mariko Sugai  Kazakhstan - Margarita Kravtsova  Kenya - Yolanda Masinde  Korea - Jung-sun Shin  Lebanon - Sandra Rizk  Lithuania - Martyna Bimbaite  Madagascar - Julianna Todimarina  Malaysia - Tan Sun Wei  Malta - Katia Grima  Mexico - Paulina Flores Arias  Moldova - Mariana Moraru  Namibia - Mia de Klerk  Nepal - Usha Khadgi  New Zealand - Katherine Allsopp-Smith  Nigeria - Matilda Kerry  Northern Ireland - Julie Lee-Ann Martin  Norway - Stine Pedersen  Panama - Ana Raquel Ochy  Paraguay - Patricia Villanueva  Peru - Tatiana Angulo  Philippines - Katherine Annwen de Guzman  Poland - Justyna Bergmann  Portugal - Gilda Dias Pe-Curto  Puerto Rico - Sarybel Velilla  Romania - Aleksandra Cosmoiu  Russia - Anna Bodareva  Scotland - Michelle Watson  Singapore - Charlyn Ding Zung Ee  Slovakia - Janka Horecna  Slovenia - Maša Merc  South Africa - Heather Joy Hamilton  Spain - Veronica Garcia  Sri Lanka - Rozelle Plunkett  Sweden - Ida Sofia Manneh  Switzerland - Mahara McKay  Tahiti - Vanini Bea  Chinese Taipei - Shu-Ting Hao  Tanzania - Jacqueline Ntuyabelikwe  Trinidad & Tobago - Rhonda Rosemin  Turkey - Yuksel Ak  Ukraine - Olena Shcherban  United States - Angelique Breaux  Uruguay - Katja Thomsen  Venezuela - Vanessa Cardenas  Wales - Sophie-Kate Cahill  Yugoslavia - Iva Milivojević  Zimbabwe - Victoria Moyo

National pageant notes

Returning countries and Debuts

• Belarus, England, Moldova, and Northern Ireland competed in Miss World for the first time.
• Barbados, and Denmark last competed in 1995.
• Namibia last competed in 1997.
• British Virgin Islands, Chinese Taipei, and Curaçao last competed in 1998.

Withdrawals and Nations not competing

• Guyana, Seychelles, Swaziland, and Zambia did not compete in Miss World 2000 for unknown reasons.
• Latvia (Dina Kalandarova) withdrew at the last minute for personal and private reasons. She competed in Miss World one year later.
• No national pageants in Thailand, and St. Maarten to be held in 2000.

Contestant notes and Trivia

• Two delegates were later runners-up at the Miss Earth 2001 pageant. Margarita Kravtsova (a finalist) placed second runner-up at Miss Earth and third runner-up was Daniella Stucan, who was unplaced at Miss World 2000. Stucan later competed at Miss Universe 2007 where she was also unplaced.
• A number of other contestants had previously competed in the Miss Universe pageant or would later compete at Miss Universe:
  • Sarybel Velilla Cabeza (Puerto Rico) competed at Miss Universe 1996.
  • Renee Henderson of Australia competed at Miss Universe 1998.
  • Heather Joy Hamilton had previously made the semi-finals at Miss Universe 2000 but was unplaced at Miss World. Joke van de Velde (Belgium), Gilda Jovine (Dominican Republic), Mia de Klerk (Namibia), Matilda Kerry (Nigeria) were unplaced in both pageants.
  • Jacqueline Bush (Cayman Islands), Sandra Rizk (Lebanon) and Mahara Brigitta McKay (Switzerland) competed at Miss Universe 2001.
• Angelique Breaux (United States) was Miss California USA 1999 and second runner-up at Miss USA 1999.
• 8 out of 10 countries which made it into the semifinals, were not in the semifinals last year: Italy (1973), Uruguay (1979), Kenya (1984), Colombia (1996), Turkey (1997), and Chile (1998). Kazakhstan and Ukraine made into the semi-finals for the first time, marking as the third and fourth nation from the former Soviet Union to enter in this stage of the competition. Ukraine debuted in 1992, while Kazakhstan in 1998.

Background Music

• Group 1 - A Girl Like You - Edwyn Collins
• Group 2 - My Girl - Temptations
• Group 3 - More Than A Woman - 911
• Group 4 -
• Group 5 - My First, My Last, My Everything - Barry White
• Group 6 - You To Me Are Everything -
• Group 7 - How Sweet It Is - Marvin Gaye
• Group 8 - She's A Lady - Tom Jones

SWIMWEAR GROUP 1 Uruguay Bahamas Argentina Italy American Virgin Islands Brazil Australia Bulgaria Angola Aruba Portugal Austria GROUP 2 Belgium Russia British Virgin Islands Moldova Czech Republic Barbados France Bangladesh Norway Nepal Kazakhstan Belarus GROUP 3 Cayman Islands Dominican Republic Botswana Costa Rica Curaçao Germany Estonia Ghana Bolivia Bosnia & Herzegovina Croatia Holland GROUP 4 Tanzania Denmark Singapore Philippines Hong Kong China Kenya Namibia Turkey Finland Chinese Taipei England Tahiti GROUP 5 Switzerland New Zealand Canada Korea Ireland Wales Malaysia Malta Israel Sweden Japan Iceland GROUP 6 India Jamaica Puerto Rico Slovakia Trinidad & Tobago Scotland Zimbabwe Northern Ireland Sri Lanka Nigeria Paraguay Slovenia GROUP 7 Poland Romania Greece Mexico Cyprus Colombia Guatemala Hungary Gibraltar Lithuania Chile Ecuador GROUP 8 South Africa Peru Lebanon Madagascar Honduras United States Panama Spain Ukraine Yugoslavia Venezuela

EVENING GOWN GROUP 1 Italy Portugal Aruba Austria Australia American Virgin Islands Angola Bulgaria Argentina Bahamas Uruguay Brazil GROUP 2 Czech Republic Belgium Norway Russia Moldova Bangladesh Belarus Nepal Kazakhstan Barbados France British Virgin Islands GROUP 3 Curaçao Estonia Bolivia Holland Botswana Germany Cayman Islands Croatia Dominican Republic Bosnia & Herzegovina Costa Rica Ghana GROUP 4 Turkey Namibia Denmark Philippines Hong Kong China England Chinese Taipei Singapore Tanzania Tahiti Finland Kenya GROUP 5 New Zealand Israel Switzerland Malta Sweden Korea Malaysia Japan Iceland Ireland Canada Wales GROUP 6 Slovenia Jamaica India Puerto Rico Northern Ireland Slovakia Zimbabwe Nigeria Scotland Trinidad & Tobago Paraguay Sri Lanka GROUP 7 Gibraltar Hungary Mexico Lithuania Greece Colombia Romania Ecuador Guatemala Cyprus Chile Poland GROUP 8 Venezuela Ukraine Panama Yugoslavia Spain Madagascar Honduras United States Peru South Africa Lebanon

Judges

Stephanie Beacham Ozwald Boateng Errol Brown Lulu

Terry O'Neill Lucy Sykes Hemant Trevedi Amanda Wakeley

External links

• Miss World official website