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Miss World 1999
Miss World 1999 TitlecardDate December 4, 1999 Presenters Ulrika Jonsson and Melanie Sykes Venue Olympia Hall, London, England Broadcaster Five Entrants 94 Placements 10 Debuts Scotland, Wales Withdraws British Virgin Islands, Chinese Taipei, Curaçao, Mauritius Returns Bangladesh, Guyana, Honduras, Iceland, Kenya, Latvia, Madagascar, Romania, Sri Lanka, Tahiti, Thailand Winner Yukta Mookhey
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The 49th Miss World pageant was held on 4 December 1999 at London's Olympia Hall. The pageant was hosted by Ulrika Jonsson and model Melanie Sykes. The 1999 pageant attracted 94 delegates from all over the world. The 1999 pageant also marked the first time that Scotland and Wales fielded their respective delegates.
Contents
Results
Final results Contestant Miss World 1999 1st runner-up 2nd runner-up South Africa - Sonia Raciti
Finalists Semi-finalists Croatia - Ivana Petković
Estonia - Karin Laasmae
Norway - Anette Haukaas
Spain - Lorena Bernal
United States - Natasha Allas
Order of Semi-finalists
- 1. Israel
- 2. Spain
- 3. Croatia
- 4. United States
- 5. Liberia
- 6. Norway
- 7. Estonia
- 8. Venezuela
- 9. India
- 10. South Africa
Order of Finalists
- 1. Israel
- 2. Liberia
- 3. Venezuela
- 4. India
- 5. South Africa
Continental Queens
- Africa: Sonia Raciti - South Africa
- Americas: Martina Thorogood - Venezuela
- Asia and Oceania: Yukta Mookhey - India
- Caribbean: Desiree Depass - Jamaica
- Europe: Genny Chervoney - Israel
Special Award
- Best Designed Evening Dress: Genny Chervoney - Israel
94 contestants
American Virgin Islands - Shari Afua Smith
Angola - Lorena Silva
Argentina - Veronica Denise Barrionuevo
Aruba - Cindy Vanessa Cam Tin Martinus
Australia - Nalishebo Gaskell
Austria - Sandra Kolbl
Bahamas - Mary Watkins
Bangladesh - Tania Rahman Tonni
Belgium - Brigitta Callens
Bolivia - Ana Raquel Rivera Zambrana
Bosnia & Herzegovina - Samra Begović
Botswana - Alimah Isaacs
Brazil - Paula de Souza Carvalho
Bulgaria - Violeta Zdravkova
Canada - Mireille Eid
Cayman Islands - Mona Lisa Tatum
Chile - Lissette Sierra Ocayo
Colombia - Mónica Elizabeth Escolar Danko
Costa Rica - Fiorella Martínez
Croatia - Ivana Petković
Cyprus - Sofia Georgiou
Czech Republic - Helena Houdova
Dominican Republic - Luz Cecilia García Guzman
Ecuador - Sofia Moran Trueba
Estonia - Karin Laasmae
Finland - Maria Laamanen
France - Sandra Bretones
Germany - Susan Höcke
Ghana - Mariam Sugru Bugri
Gibraltar - Abigail Garcia
Greece - Evangelia Vatidou
Guatemala - Ana Beatriz González Scheel
Guyana - Indra Changa
Holland - Ilona Marilyn van Veldhuisen
Honduras - Irma Waleska Quijada Henriquez
Hong Kong China - Marsha Yuan Hu-Ma
Hungary - Erika Dankai
Iceland - Katrin Baldursdóttir
India - Yukta Mookhey
Ireland - Emir-Maria Holohan Doyle
Israel - Jenny Chervoney
Italy - Gloria Nicoletti
Jamaica - Desiree Depass
Japan - Aya Mitsubori
Kazakhstan - Assel Issabayeva
Kenya - Esther Muthoni Muthee
Korea - Han Na-na
Latvia - Evija Rucevska
Lebanon - Norma Elias Naoum
Liberia - Sebah Esther Tubman
Lithuania - Renata Mackevičiūtė
Madagascar - Tantely Naina Ramonjy
Malaysia - Jaclyn Lee Tze Wey
Malta - Catharine Attard
Mexico - Danette Velasco Bataller
Nepal - Shweta Singh
New Zealand - Coralie Ann Warburton
Nigeria - Augustine Iruviere
Norway - Annette Haukaas
Panama - Jessenia Casanova Reyes
Paraguay - Mariela Candia Ramos
Peru - Wendy Monteverde
Philippines - Lalaine Bognot Edson
Poland - Marta Kwiecień
Portugal - Joana Ines Texeira
Puerto Rico - Arlene Torres
Romania - Nicoleta Luciu
Russia - Elena Efimova
St. Maarten - Ifelola Badejo
Scotland - Stephanie Norrie
Seychelles - Anne-Mary Jorre de St. Jorre
Singapore - Audrey Quek Ai Woon
Slovakia - Andrea Veresova
Slovenia - Neda Gačnik
South Africa - Sonia Raciti
Spain - Lorena Bernal Pascual
Sri Lanka - Dilumini de Alwis Jayasinghe
Swaziland - Colleen Tullonen
Sweden - Jenny Louise Torsvik
Switzerland - Anita Buri
Tahiti - Manoa Froge
Tanzania - Hoyce Anderson Temu
Thailand - Kamala Kumpu Na Ayutthaya
Trinidad & Tobago - Sacha Anton
Turkey - Ayşe Hatun Önal
Ukraine - Olga Savinskaya
United Kingdom - Nicola Willoughby
United States - Natasha Allas
Uruguay - Katherine Gonzalves
Venezuela - Martina Thorogood Heemsen
Wales - Clare Marie Daniels
Yugoslavia - Lana Marić
Zambia - Cynthia Chikwanda
Zimbabwe - Brita Maseluthini
Trivia & Updates
Returning countries and Debuts
- Scotland, and Wales competed in Miss World for the first time.
- Guyana last competed in 1989.
- Madagascar last competed in 1990.
- Iceland and Sri Lanka last competed in 1994.
- Bangladesh, Romania, and Tahiti last competed in 1996.
- Honduras, Latvia, and Thailand last competed in 1997.
Withdrawals and Nations not competing
- British Virgin Islands, Chinese Taipei, and Curaçao did not compete in Miss World 1999 for unknown reasons.
- Northern Ireland withdrew at the last minute for personal and private reasons.
Other Notes
- Honduras, Japan, Madagascar, Angola, and Uruguay introduced themselves in their native languages.
- Preliminary swimsuits were held in Malta for the second time after 12 years.
- This is the first time that the contestants were introduced in evening gowns. Israel, Jenny Chervoney (placed 4th in Miss World 1999) won the Best Evening Dress Award.
- England, Nicola Willoughby still represented as United Kingdom in Miss World because of Northern Ireland's last-minute withdrawal.
- Thailand (Karnala Kumpu Na Ayuthaya) was the 3rd Runner-Up in Miss Thailand World 1997.
- 7 out of 10 countries which made it into the semifinals, were not in the semifinals last year: Liberia (1964), Norway and Spain (1988), Croatia (1995), Venezuela (1996), and India (1997). Estonia made into the semi-finals for the first time since its debut in 1994.
- Philippines Lalaine Edson was just a replacement for Mirriam Quiambao who was sent to Miss Universe 1999. Originally Mirriam Quiambao will represent Philippines to the Miss World 1999 Pageant but replaced by Lalaine Edson. Later, Mirriam Quiambao Philippines' representative to the Miss Universe 1999 was 1st runner-up.
Group Order
SWIMWEAR
GROUP 1
- France
- Dominican Republic
- Yugoslavia
- Cayman Islands
- Jamaica
- Costa Rica
- Ecuador
- Wales
- Honduras
- Germany
- Hong Kong China
- Philippines
GROUP 2
- Holland
- Malta
- Swaziland
- Iceland
- Tanzania
- Ireland
- Japan
- Gibraltar
- Singapore
- Greece
- Cyprus
- United States
GROUP 3
- Chile
- Colombia
- Norway
- Liberia
- Ukraine
- Kenya
- Switzerland
- Israel
- Russia
- Lithuania
- Bulgaria
- Hungary
GROUP 4
- Sweden
- Paraguay
- American Virgin Islands
- Peru
- Guatemala
- Panama
- Bahamas
- Aruba
- Bolivia
- Bangladesh
- Bosnia & Herzegovina
- Guyana
GROUP 5
- Italy
- Croatia
- Madagascar
- Seychelles
- Canada
- Lebanon
- Korea
- Trinidad & Tobago
- Malaysia
- Nigeria
- Tahiti
- Ghana
GROUP 6
- Argentina
- Angola
- Brazil
- Portugal
- Australia
- Botswana
- Nepal
- India
- Austria
- Belgium
- New Zealand
- United Kingdom
GROUP 7
- Uruguay
- Zimbabwe
- Venezuela
- Poland
- Latvia
- Scotland
- South Africa
- Sri Lanka
- Thailand
- Zambia
GROUP 8
- Spain
- St. Maarten
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Estonia
- Finland
- Mexico
- Puerto Rico
- Kazakhstan
- Turkey
- Romania
- Czech Republic
EVENING GOWN
GROUP 1
- Dominican Republic
- Wales
- Hong Kong China
- Jamaica
- France
- Honduras
- Philippines
- Costa Rica
- Ecuador
- Cayman Islands
- Yugoslavia
- Germany
GROUP 2
- Singapore
- Gibraltar
- Japan
- Ireland
- Swaziland
- Malta
- Iceland
- Cyprus
- Tanzania
- United States
- Greece
- Holland
GROUP 3
- Hungary
- Bulgaria
- Switzerland
- Kenya
- Israel
- Ukraine
- Chile
- Liberia
- Russia
- Lithuania
- Colombia
- Norway
GROUP 4
- Sweden
- Peru
- Bosnia & Herzegovina
- Panama
- Bolivia
- Bahamas
- Bangladesh
- Aruba
- Guatemala
- American Virgin Islands
- Guyana
- Paraguay
GROUP 5
- Italy
- Malaysia
- Croatia
- Nigeria
- Trinidad & Tobago
- Ghana
- Korea
- Tahiti
- Canada
- Seychelles
- Madagascar
- Lebanon
GROUP 6
- Belgium
- Australia
- Nepal
- Argentina
- Brazil
- New Zealand
- Angola
- Botswana
- Austria
- Portugal
- United Kingdom
- India
GROUP 7
- Venezuela
- Scotland
- Thailand
- Latvia
- Poland
- Zimbabwe
- Sri Lanka
- Uruguay
- South Africa
- Zambia
GROUP 8
- Estonia
- Slovenia
- Czech Republic
- Slovakia
- Turkey
- St. Maarten
- Puerto Rico
- Kazakhstan
- Finland
- Spain
- Romania
- Mexico
Judges
- Eric Morley
- Louis Grech
- Luciana Morad
- Linda Pétursdóttir
- Dean Cain
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